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Mania. What is the difference between "naturalist" and an ornitho logist "?
WEATHER REPORT.
Fab. 284. 11h. 50m-Pressure has increased slightly at Guam, and over Japan. F moss, and the Philippines. It is nearly stationary in other districes.
The anticyclone is probably re moving eastward,
or
Is Creative Art Threatened ? Protests Against Collectiors'
which The perfection to "player" pianos and organs and other mechanical musical instru- ments are brought to day has
The question is raised by the ben causing some anxiety among!
A typhoon is shown to the Royal Soci-ty for the Protection! tovers of music.
The Some fear that the individualuf Birds, in the current quarterly | north-east of Hokkaido,
Guam depression player and the personal temperas cumber of its organ, Bird Notes ment will count less and lees in and Nera, white calling attention typhoon appeses to be in about! music and that mechanism will to the efforts of a societs of “field | Lat. 15 N and Long 142 E irade the whole art, doing away naturalists" to secure specimens moving NW. Bath position and with any distinction between the of Britain's rarest birds for the direction uncertain, musical and non-musical per local museuro,
It is explained that the socists farms. There is no doubt that a
with its has recently sent out a circular keyed instrument,
request for such mechanical appliances, does lend containing a
38 the Keatish itself readily to further great rarities mechanical development. But 1 Plaver, the Dartford Warbler. bate
never get heard of a Bearded Tit. Black Tern, Sand- and the Mamb mechanical violin player, writes wich Tero,
D
Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 10 am, to-day. 1.00 inch. Total since January ist 0,5 inches, gxinst Iverage of 3.11 inches. PORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS ENDINO AT NOON TO-MORROW.
District.
Formosa Channal
2 South
coast of China between .K. & Lamocks.
3 Hongkong
to
Forecast.
NE winds,
strong.
NE. winds, fresb:
Gap Rock......... fair. coast of
South
Chica between A.K.
Hainan. J
1. F. CLAITON. Director.
1 K.Observatory, Feb. 28, 1923.
THIS IS SO SUDDEN
a contributor to a Home paper. Warbler, with the intimation that The violinist need certainly have they should be sent "immediately after death" or preferably stuffed no fear on this particular score.
And the pianist and organist giving the address of a local may take comfon, despite the firm of bird stuffers. activities of the mechsoicino. PLEA FOR PROTECTION. Nothing can possibly be full
Urging that it is high time some and satisfactory substitute for the! touch of the human finger on the specific definition was attached to the words "naturalist" and key and the direct interpretation ornithologist," so that the public of the true rousical artist Task- ed a distinguished professor of may know the actual airns and policy pursued by such persona music the other day whether the the comment is added "Is it well various sorts of mechanically that one generic name and one played pianos were having a handbook should cover associa effet on the number of real tions which prompt to hirl-des- musicians Jearning that instedtruction of the most mischievous ment. He told me that the piano kind, and associations of wengine was more popular than ever and
h nourably which naturalists quite unaffected by any of these
strive for bird protection? developments.
As an instance of the need for the society's watchers, it is point. Moreover, there is no doubt ed out that whereas the kite, in that these developments of pianoiden days, was common in the player, gramophone. "listening- in," and the like, are bringing music (and very possibly good music) within the reach of many
In the report of the Watchers' who formerly we: t,without it.
The fear of making things too Committee, covering a period of common or hacko-Fed oppresses two years, it is stated that in 1921
the acciety in regard to the pto- many appreciative folks. I know there were 2 watchers employed roastzuards to co-operate with tection of wild birds, and that a musician who positively refusest 18 stations, and, in 1922, 33 at
a: 23 station". to bear or play certain favourite
It is mentioned that the Ad.there is evidence that the men are pieces, exce; t on the rarest coca-
have intimated that individualiy miralty sions, lest they should lose their orders have been issued to the work.
MUSIC FOR THE MILLION.
freshness and fragrance.
John Stuart Mill, it will be bicaseif remembered, tor ured
streets of London, its nests in Great Britain can now be counted
on the fingers of one hand.
with the notion that all possible' combinations of musical totes: would become exhausted and! further original composition be impossible. The tremendous de Tr wlopment in musical production Ti since his time, & development150 $4 which sometimes takes strange 1
4. m forms, shows that this fear is groundless.
A man summond. tur furious motoring at Sunderlsad pleaded that be had come into town to make a proposal of marriage, and was anticus to get it over 1 quickly as possile. Taking a lenient view in the circumstances, the Banch allowed the dashing wooer to go on his pusing thirty shillings in the poor box.
EXCHANGE.
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TT. Shanghai
1. Singapore I On the whole we must be grati-T.. Japan TT Ins fed that the sogue of music is
Demand In his being so greatly increased and that is elevating and inspiring and consoling influences are more widely available than ever.
THE MEANING OF TERNIUM QUID.
"Howlers" of 1922.
The annual" howler" competi tion of the niceraity Correspon- Ident has again produced aj yous all-ction of schoolboy mistakes contributed by the mes'ers and
im stresses. The tran-tions of Smith minor from the dead lan- De guages are always fruitful. mortuis nil nisi bonum produces
TT. San Francisco and New T.T. Java
TT. Marke T.T. Franes.... Demand. Pa
flemand, Singapore Demand. Bala An Huphong
On Bangkok
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Hongkong. February 28, 1923,
Lantra sub. coins
From
POST OFFICE NOTICES.
on this cecasion as an English version. There's nothing but 3 A, Japan & Shanzbvi bones in the dead" and Ne plus 178.A. Japan & Shangbai
Shanghai
uliza, "There's nothing beyond Japan
Ulster." Tertium quid "is a lezal | Straits
lat Feb.
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of a dead vegetarian."
pecimens are:~~
Other
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In the departments of bistory, Reography, grammar, and litera tare the following occur:-
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The capital of Norway is Pakhoi Christianity.
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Saigon Kiongchow & Haiphany The French Revolution was swatow. Amoy & Foochow won violently, not by "freedom Philippine Islands slowly broadening down from Shen.hi President
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Guy's Hospital was built to! commemorate the Gunpowder
Plot.
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Hiyang
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topheles was a Greek comic nost
te ita & Calcutta
for
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