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Mozart's Concerto in E Flat Major
[Part 1-1st movement-Allegro moderato
Part 2-1st movement (Continued) Allegro moderato (Part 31st movement--(Concluded) Allegro moderato
6745 (Part 4-2nd movement-Un poco adagio
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Part 5-2nd movement (Concluded) Un poco adagio (Rondo)
3rd movement
Part 6-3rd movement (Concluded)
Haydn's Trio in G Major
with Alfred Cortot (Pianist)
and Pablo Casals (Violoncellist)
[Part 1-1st movement-Andante
[Part 2-2nd movement-Poco adagio cantabile
(Part 3-2nd movement-Poco adagio.cantabile Part 4-3rd movement-Rondo all'ongareso
Mendelssohn's Trio in D Minor (Op 49)
with Alfred Cortot (Planist)
and Pablo Casals (Violoncellist (Complete on four double-faced records) with albam.
Schubert's Trio in B Flat, No. 1 (Op 99).
with Alfred Cortot (Pianist)
and Pablo Casals (Violonchilist) (Conplate on four double-faced records)
with album.
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-BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE
FIRE OFFICES' COMMITTEE— -PHYSIKALISCH-TECHNICHE REICHSANSTALT-GERMANY--
-LABORATOIRE CENTRAL D'ELECTRICITY-PARIS.
MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1928.
DAY BY DAY,
REJOICES EVERY - MAN
TWICE WHEN HE HAS A PARTNER OF HIS JOY; A FRIEND SHARES MY SORROW AND MAKES IT BUT A MOIETY, BUT HE SWELLS MY JOY AND MAKES IT DOUBLE-Jeramy Tayler.
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| FRACAS ON "FATSHAN.”
· INDIAN GUARD SENT TO PRISON.
As the outcome of a fracas on board the 8.6. Fatshan on Satur.
The Very Idea!
The Long Arm of Coincidencat / A London correspondent reporta the following incident, which bap-
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the protection afforded to the finished products themselves. It is, however, one thing for a League of Nations Committee to make re- commendations; and quite another for those recommendations to re- ceive endorsement by the Govern-
day evening, when that Vessel pened recently in London to ments of the world's principal
sounded the police call,on leaving well-known D.S.O. Some time ago. The E. and A. sis. St. Albans is harbour, Kapoor Singh, an Indian he got out of a taxi, leaving on the trading countries. From the
due here from Moji on the 28thguard, was charged at the Marine seat a valuable presentation economic standpoint, this subject | instant.
Court this morning, bofore Com-cigarette case, bearing his namo of tariffs is not without its dim-
mdr. J. B. Newill, D.S.O., R.N., and address. Discovering his loss The Ceylon Turf Club has de for, whilst drunk, assaulting Chau immediately, he turned to recover culties. AN taxation, however imcided to abolish sweepstakes on Yuk-lam
it just in time to see the taxi being posed, is, of course, a restriction Race Days.
Defendant pleaded guilty and driven off with a fresh fare, ap on trade, and in that respect Great
stated that he was passed on deck parently a gentleman. The Empress of Asia left Van by a Chinesa suloon boy, who call
'He felt confident that the case Britain is very considerably ham-
|couver on the 21st June and is duo ed him a Moto Kwai. Words were would be returned in due course. pered, as the illuminating Agures hera on the 9th July,
exchanged and the boy atruck the It never was; but several months just disclosed by Mr.. Winston
accused in the face, he in turn re-later he was waiting in Piccadilly taliating. "I was 'a little drunk to hall a taxi when one drove up Churchill show. The ideal, if it
at the time," added the accussed. and a fare, descended whose face were only feasible, would be Free
His Worship found that a mis-seemed vaguely familiar. Before Trade all round, but, unhappily,
demeanour had been committed the officer had mentally identified The P. and O. s.s, Malwa, from and in view of the fact that Ina-bim na the man who had entered the topdency, in recent years has
Hongkong, arrived at Marseillospector Moss poluted out that the the taxi in which the cigarette case been in the direction of raising on the 23rd June at 8.30 am.. accused had also threatened the had been left he had disappeared rather than lowering the tarif
Chief Officer of the ship, and sub-in the crowd; but on getting into “he waiting tax himself he found One case of plague (Chinese)sequently had to be handcuffed, ho walls. In the case of Britain, the
the guard to
lying on the seat his own cigarette and one case of typhold (Chinese) sentenced Free Trade system has been very were notified to the Medical Officer month's imprisonment with hard case. materially
labour. modified under the of Health during the week-end.
NO PERIODIC REFILLING Baldwin Government, through the
CONTENTS NEVER DETERIORATE NON-CONDUCTOR of ELECTRICITY
RELIABLE, EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE. Typus for Mutor Cara, & Eto,
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The P. and O. 8.8. Mirzapore, with the Siberian mails, le duc here at 6 am, to-morrow.
The Empresa of Russia, which left Shanghai at noon on Saturday, is due Here this afternoon. She
at 6 pm salls for Manita Wednesday..
on
A truck coolie who was admitted to the Government Civil Hospital after being knocked down by pub- he motor car No. 437, on Friday, died in the hospital yesterday at
operation of what is known as "safeguarding," and whilst this has in some spheres stimulated home production, it has obviously raised costs. For, in the long ru it is the consumer who ina to pi...
The revolt against high ́tariffs; will be heard much of in the near KELLER KERN & Co., Ltd. | future, we have no doubt. That these artifetal barriers are a dis-
St. Peter's Church is holding its tinct factor in the tendency to- Patronal Festival and Thanksgiv wards higher living costs needs ing Service on Friday. There will he Holy Communion at 7 a.m., and no arguient. ft was, indeed, be-Festal Evensong of 6 p.m., when the cause the English Protectionists Dean will preach.
16/10 Convent ROAD, U.
Mr. & Mrs. S. D. Carothers The Miss Carothers,
The
P.T.C.
Hongkong Telegraph.
MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1928: ·
TRADE BARRIERS.
10 a.m.
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one
Leung Tal-tai, master of a pas- An amusing story is told by Mx. senger boat, charged with carry-Winston Churchill concerning an ing cargo other than passengers incident that occurred. when he
pleaded luggage,
guilty and was First Lord of the Admiralty. stated that tools and material, in-One of the British cruisers visited cluding angle irons and sheet me- a remote eastern station, and on tal up to the weight of 5 cwt., arrival the sailors amused them- were put on board by the person selves by throwing pennies into who chartered the boat. He ac- the water for the native boys to cepted them as luggage.
A fine of $5, with the usual ternative, was inflicted.
OPIUM SMUGGLING.
MAN WHO ADMITTED
BEING CARRIER. --
dive after. Some of the officers, al-joining in the fun, threw shillings
Charged with having in his pos- session one tael of filicit oplum, a Chinese frankly told Mr. R. E. His Worship Lindsell this morning that he was 40 apium carrier. imposed a fine of $75, or six weeks' hard labour.
were not content with a mod rate
A Chinese, nineteen years of duty on corn, in the 40's, that the age, lost his life by drowning in country's fiscal policy was revers-Ma Wa village when he accidently ed. And we all know the veho fell into a stream while crossing it on some planks. His body was mence of the agitation for the re-removed to the Public Mortuary. peal of the Corn Laws. Much has happened in world economics since mitted to the Kwong Wah Hospital those days; hat we do seem to have yesterday with injuries to her roached a point at which it would head, told the police that her as- he advisable for the financial and sailant was a Chinese who wanted her to join an illegal society and commercial experts of the world that the assault was due to her re-opium in his possession. He was
of Chairmun
A Chinese woman who was ad-
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In another case, a fine of $60, or four weeks, was imposed, the the defendant quantity found on
being eight mace.
A ticket collector on the Yaumat Ferry Wharf was charged with having thirteen trels of smuled.
arrestad by Revenue Officers on the Yeung Tai Hing Wharf. fendant explained that he only act In reply to his Worship, the de- ed as a carrier and was promised 20 cents for each tacl be helped to smuggle.
or $1.000, or, in de A fine fault, four months' hard labour, was imposed.
FOUR CHARGES AGAINST WOMAN.
and florins. Meanwhile the native mayor, accompanied by several officials in full regalia, were wait ing on the quay to give their dis- tinguished visitors a fitting recep- tion. Suddenly a British resident came dashing breathlessly down to the wharf, and shouted to, the group of officers on the quarter- deck: If you want this corcniony to go on, for goodness' unke stop throwing those silver coins. The chief of police has already kicked starting to remove his cont!" off his shoes and the mayor is just
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Man at Lambeth: I was perfect- ly sober; I knew the time.
Mr. Cairna, Thames magistrate, ordering a man accused of drun- kenness to pay the doctor's feg; You are net fined; I leave you to the tender mercies of your wife,
Willesden wife: threatens to leave me unless I get My husband a separation from him.
Judge Gluer to a talkalive wo- man at Shoreditch; Would not
you feel funny, if you left off talking?
Solictor at Mansfield: Is there any impediment to the marriage? Girl: Who do you mean by that big word?
When
Solicitor at Shoreditch:
did you borrow this money? Deb- tor: He can tell you. He has the
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The foreman's position at a fac- tory was about to become vacant, and some of the employees were discussing the situation.
Lo examine the situation and seefusal to do so. how far it would be possible to
One week's remand was granted effect the removal of some of the by Mr. R. E. Lindsell, this morning, barriers not impeding interna.when a Chinese was charged with tional trade. For this is a matter being in possession of 650 leaflets contalving seditious matter. The Whatever our opinions may be which affects the people of all na remand was granted in order to on the respective merits of Freetion.
obtain an official translation of the document from the S.C.A. Trade and Protection, there can be no doubting the truth of the 18-
Messrs. Dodwell and Co, inform Nanking Indecision.
us that the new twin serew motor sertion made by Mr. F. G.
The greatest need of foreign vessel Greystone Castle is due here OPIUM AND BRANDY. Interest worked out to the hour. Goodenough, the
On Wednesday after- Buoy A.1. Barclay's Bank, that high tariffsympathisers with the Nationalists to-morrow and will be moored at in the present extraordinary
Captain R. noon,
L. Hughes exercise a restrictive influence situation would appear to be an will be at home aboard the vessel
and unlimited reserve of patience, for to friends of the Company. upon international trado
to attempt to understand the force up Internal prices and the course of events, which have been
Pleading guilty to a charge. of For possession of a pair
keeping an opium divan at No. 154, general cost of living. It is also nothing but a series of disappoint-of gold links, which the
Wellington Street, A Chinese true, in the main, as this well- ments, would most probably re-police believe to have been stolen, woman was fined $50, or, in do- sult in further perplexity. It is a Chinese, who could!! give known authority says, that the in- easy to be critical of Nanking's no better account of how he fault, four weeks' hard labour,, by creasing demands, of civilisation reluctance to take any step to came by the links than that they Mr.R. E. Lindsell this morning.
The defendant was also charged tend to reduce the ability of most wards the establishment of an at- were picked up near the Majima with having in her possession 3.5 thoritative Government of China. Hospital in Wanchat, was sentenced countries to be self-supporting, Many highly delicate probems to four weeks' hard labour by Mr. muce of illicit opium, for which his Worship imposed a find and this in turn enhances the im- will have to be solved R. E.. Lindsell this morning.
of $25 or fourteen days.. portance of international trade before the Nationalist political
A coolle ambitions can be achieved. But
the employed by
"Revenue Officer Grimmitt, who Possibly, the United States is, in it is three weeks since Peking Dairy Farm Company told raided No. 154, Wellington Street police yesterday that last week, also found there three certain respects, an exception to came hypothetically under Na- the
tionalist
to battles of adulterated wine. In control, and
victimised this he had been this rule, but it holds good for the
modernist, Government, which the extent of $11 which he gave to respect of this, the Magistrate im- majority of the nationis. However, boasted of its intention to a man named Chan who said he posed a further fine of $50 for even in the case of America, the restore order out of chaos when wanted it to meet the funeral ex- possession of dutiable liquor, the China became unified, has done penses of one of his relatives. The alternative being four weeks' demand for the lowering of her precisely nothing. The least to victim discovered later that none hard labour.
For possession of adulterated tariff walls is becoming more in-be expected was that the leaders of Chan's relatives were dead.
brandy, his Worship imposed a sistent witness the complaints of would convene a national con-
ference where the difficultlea Great excitement was caused atfined of $100, or six weeks, the the farmers at the recent Repub-would be thrashed out, and de- the Star Ferry Kowloon Wharf last sentence to run concurrently lican National Convention. This finite plans laid down for the last night when a motor bus sed-with the others.
Is an issue of which we shall | doubt hear a great deal during progress of the Presidential tion in the States.
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threw
future. Nanking has studiously denly caught fire. Fortunately no refused to consider auch a con-one was in the vehicle at the time, theference, and has put forward the both driver and conductor having elec-excuse that it would merely result alighted. The fire was promptly in further chaos, and would be of extinguished with the assistance no value to the Nationalists or to of other conductors, who the country. We Can read nothing and on the flames. For into this except an acknowledge-reason not determined the wood- ment of inipotence to control the work under the driver's seat had forces set in motion. It seems to become ignited. The bus had to a confession of failure in be towed back to its garage. victory, which, moreover, Nanking
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some
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE TATTOO.
"What we want now is a man with new ideas," remarked one. "That'ud be the best qualification for the job."
"I've a scheme," volunteered tho oldest employee, "whereby no workman would ever bo intal”
"They all turned to him. "Well, lot's hear it."
"My scheme," said the old 'un, "is that the last man to arrive at work should start the buzzer.”
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Copied from an old tombstone in Bushey Churchyard (before 1860):
Hora lies a poor woinan Who always was tired, For she lived in a piaco Where help was not hired; Her last words on earth were:- Dear friends, I'm going where Washing ain't done, nor sweep-
ing, nor sewing, And everything there is exact to
my wishes,
For there they don't eat, There's no washing of dishes. I'll be where loud anthems will
always be ringing, But having no voice I'll be out of
the singing.
Don't mourn for me now, Don't moura for me ever, For I'm going to do nothing for
ever and ever.
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More schoolboy howlers: Acrimony (sometimes called holy) is another name for mar, riage.
The rivers of India deposit the segment at their mouths, and this deltas..
Bacon, the Lord Chancellor, WAS
In one of its latest reports, the Economic Consultative Committee
[To The Editor of Hongkong Telegraph.] of the Lengue of Nations has dealt
Sir-May I ask if local repro- with this problem. It has recome mended the study of "a monetary is content to accept. The North-A large number of Hongkong sentatives of Canada, Australia, policy which should so far as pos-ern Expedition has been in vain residents loft for Home on the P. New Zealand and South Africa and O. a.s, Nanpura on Saturday. have been invited to participate in sible reduce fluctuations in the if nothing has been accomplished These included Mr. and Mrs. J. W the forthcoming Military Tattoo?
other than establishing Marshal
If not, why not?.-Youra, etc, purchasing, power of gold," but Yen Hai-ahan as Tuchun of Chihli, Baldwin, Captain and Mrs. S. Bell
EMPIRE CITIZEN. the report is mainly concerned leaving Fong Yu-hsiang quietly Smith, Mrs. S. A. Boulton. Mr. and course in the Mrs. R. L. Bridger, Mr. and Mrs.
Hongkong, June 25th, 1928. with the question of tariff rea- pursuing his own
[80 far as we understand, the trictions on trade. The principal objective. We are forced to the Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Craig, Mt. Tattoo is not to be wholly a mill-impeached for accepting brides,
North with an, as yet undisclosed S. D. Carothers, Misses Carothers, conclusions reached are that conclusion that Nanking is/wait Mrs. J. W. Creighton, Dr. R. H.
A mangel-wurzel is a mangled the divisions Crossfield, Surgeon Comdr. F. E. tary affair, nor a British Empire
in efforts should be made to secure ing for
vegetable. the ranks to disappear, of their Fitzmaurice, Mr. W. J. Grantham, Tattoo, but an event in which, be-
A Fakir is a Hindu twister. agreement for general reduction own volition as it were, but this Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Joughin, aides the troops, various local or- of tariffs on particular groups of irritating Indecision will, we are Mr. and Mrs. G. T. May, Det. Sgt. ganisations will participate, Any. A pessimist is a man who is
D. V. MacDonald, the Rey, and assistance or suggestions from commodities, and that the agree. Jafraid, lose the Nationalists many Mrs. 0. W. McMillen, Mr. B. B. Dominion residents will doubtless never happy unless he is miserable
friends, particularly as they per- ment with regard to each group alat in an attempt to bluff the Morton, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Nisbet, be fully appreciated.-Ed, H. K. T.} should cover as many stages as world into the belief that the Captain S. C. Renny, Mrs. R. R. possible. This is suggested be. situation is, in control. Sir Cecil Roxburgh, Mr. F. S. Samways, Sir
Clementi, in a recent interview in Victor Sassoon, Mr. W. C. Simp- Of the Harbour Office officials
A philosopher is a man who cause of a realisation of the point Canada, appears to have put it son, Lt. J. D. Welch (King's Own who have been off duty by reason of that if the reductions are limited correctly in expressing the opinion Scottish Borderers), Mrs. H. E.Influenza, Mr. Elvidge and Mr. C. makes the best of a bad job, to Socrates is called a philosopher Messrs. Wyatt and Hillyer because he didn't worry, much to raw materials and semi-finished that the unification of China is a Gill, Mr. H. Pearman, Mrs. G. H. Thompson have returned
dream no more tangible than the Rundell, Mr. F. Schofield, Mr. R. duty.
are atill sick.
when he was poisoned. products, they will only increase United States of Europe.
H. Whiteford.
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-even then he is not pleased.
Joan of Arc was Noah's sister. A period is a dot at the end of a sentence. Period costumes, are dresses all covered with dots.