APRIL 15, 1926.
LAST NIGHTS CONCERT.
FOUR TALENTED VOCALISTS.
Last night's concert in St. John's Cathedral Hall, in aid of the Organ Fund, was the last of the series, and it must most as- suredly be voted the best. De- spite the inclement weather, there was quite a good attendance, and those present spent a most enjoy- able hour listening to the feast of good things provided by four most talented vocalists.
Mrs. Davis more than confrm- ed the good Impressions formed of her abilities on a previous oc- has a 'delightful casion. She soprano volce, which she uses with much taste. Firat she gave the Jewel Song from "Faust," and later followed with three hracket- ed songs of varying theme, all be- ing moat artistically sung, `.
The pqancusor of a rich con- tralto volee of remarkable range and purity, Mrs. Watt was respon-" sible for four songs, of which Handel's popular "Ombra mai fu" and Elgar's "Like to the Damask Rose" were the best, although ini each number she displayed mark) ed ability.
Mr. Li Chor-chi enhanced his reputation as a pleasing, baritone by his rendering of two French songs, and he was deservedly en- cored,
Mr. H. E. Gardner, who is now a great favourite on the local con- cert platform, made two appear. Ances. A polished singer, he was brilliant in all his numbers, and on each appearance he was recall-i ed. He is undoubtedly one of the i finest tenors Hongkong has ever | Chad.
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All the accompantaients sympathetically played by Air. F. Mason, the Cathedral organist; who is to be complimented on the success of the series of concerts for the arrangement of which he has been responsible.
MINING PROBLEM.
LITTLE ADVANCE TO
RECORD.
London, April 14. A continuous series of confer- ences all day has apparently done
te to advance the settlement of the coal crisis. The most impor- tant meatings have been betweer the Miners Executive, and the Trade Union Congress Industrial Committee, at which the latter pr tested against the action of the owners abandoning national negotiations and reiterated their "determination to support the miners' resistance to the degrado. tion of the standard of living. Later, the owners conferred with Sir Arthur Steel Maitland and an-] nounced their intention to post no- tices terminating the agreements on April 30. In the meantime they have offered to confer, with the miners' district associations re- garding the local regulation of wages,
POINT-TO-POINT RACES.
Lady Mainwaring saddling her horse, "Crost," in the ladies' point-to-point race organised by the South and West Wilts Hunt. Mrs. Bell, wife of the Master of the Hunt,
was the winner.
Admiral Earl Beatty coming in after competing in the Military Lightweigh! Point-to-Point Steeplechase for the Prince of Wales' Cup. The Admiral's horse fell, but he remounted and finished the course,
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OPTICAL WAR.
A deputation of the Tradea Union Congress to-night conferred with Mr. Baldwin for an hour but IN DISPUTE WITH DOCTORS, declined to issue a atatement.as Reuter.
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London, March 3-A straggle of vital interest to the general public has begun between the threw myself into the sight-testing opticiana and the Thames at Westminster and float-medical profession. ed to Charing Cross," a woman told the Highgate magistrate.
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