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Rigoletto (a bunchback, jesler to the Duke of Mantua)
Gilda (his daughter)
Giovanna (her nurse) ...
Duke of Mantua...
Sparafucile (a hired bravoj
Er. Piazza (baritone) Sra. Poglinghi 'soprano)
Sru. Brambilla (mezzo-soprano)
Sr. Folgar tenor)
Br. Menni (bass)
Maddalona (his sister, a dancing girl). Sra. de Cristöf“
Count Coprano..
Courtese Coprano
Count Monterono...
Borsa
Marullo
Chorus of Courtiers
(mezzo-sopráno) Sr. Menni (bass) Bra Brambilbi (mezzo-soprano) Sr. Buracchi (Burítóna) Sr. Nessi (tenor) Sr. Baracchi (h witone) Chorus of La Scala, Milan
Accompaniment by Mombers of the Orchestra of La Scala, Milan.
The performance conducted by Maestro Carlo Sabajno.
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hongkong Telegraph.
FRIDAY.
SEPT. 28.
1928.
MACAO BOUNDARY ·
QUESTION.
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER
DAY BY DAY.
There was a clean bill of health in the Colony yesterday.
scheme, which caused construc tion to be suspended for a time, but eventually, as a result of Bri
NO ONE BHLOULD BE CALLED HAPPY Hahmedindon, work was resumed, zerone 1118 FUNERAL Ovid. subject to the diaputed localityS roverting to the Chinoso if on delimitation it were adjudicated as pertaining to China, As.wa in The Government of Netherlands dicated yesterday, for many years East Indies has declared Hong the Portugueso paid a ground kong free from plague with effect rental to the Chinese authorities from 24th September for their occupation of Macao, but
MOONCAKE FESTIVAL
CELEBRATIONS.
CHINESE. TRIBUTES TO THE HARVEST MOON.
The Very Idea!
A good story, or perhaps an old one in new guise, was told at the Today is the Chinese Mooncake reception to Bishop Le Fanuit Bishopsbourno recently The Festival, an event in the native calendar, corresponding alsophers story of that the village, glear, with an epoch in the year when a locura.tenons, and to the vorger, having to absent himself, engaged the golden harvest is bbing gether was entrusted, the duty of meeting od in together with other gifts the substitute at the tailgaY which are tokons of nature's station and conveying, him, to the
· On a charge of returning from bounty to mankind. As is the vicarage. Uillortunately, the new in 1848, the Governor, Ferreira banishment after having been decase with oach of the other three comer was a complete stranger to do Amaral, refused to pay this ported from the Colony, for five great festivals of the chinese the Verger, who duly, went to the any longer and forcibly drove but years, a Chinese was sentenced to year, this mid-autumn celebration station and searched diligently voix months' hard labour by Mr. W. is traced back to a charming Eventually he came across useddy, the Chinese Customs and every Schofield at the Kowloon Magia legond which has to do wamlagrable looking object very vestigo of Chinese authority. tracy this morning.
princess, a cowhond and the moon; down at hools, wearing a black but in the spirit, it is casentially crush hat. To him the verger. This cost him his life, for he was!
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kent cole the same as would have marked, addressed himself "Are you the barbariously murdered near the brate their silver wedding on Sun in more temperate climos, sea clergyman No rejoined the barrier in the following years. day, having been married at St. son of peace and plenty. A unhappy man, a chronic indiz: In 1909, a fresh attempt was made Briavel's Parish Church, Glouces familiar legend conceived in nur gestion that makes me look like to delimit the boundaries, butter, on September 30th, 1908. Mr. sory days is that the moon is made Kent is the well-known, Assistant without success, whilst in the fol- Superintendent of Police. ・・ lowing year the Portuguese 08- serted their jurisdiction over the Island of Colowan by clearing the place of a piratical horde which had long terrorised the whole delta,
The 8.8. Selatan, from Singapore and Holhow with .586 deck pas sengers, reports the death of one Chinese male en route. The de- ceased probably intended suicide and jumped overboard, it is stated.
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Bournemouth Borough Council has appointed Mr. Charles Thomas Hutchison, for over two yours manager of the Blackpool Winter Gardens and Pavilion Company, Limited, as manager of the now Bournemouth Pavilion, which will be opened next Castor.
About Hong Kong.
Do you know that-
St. Peter's Church was brected to provide means of worship for scafarerat
In 1866, weekly services for seamen were held in the Sai- lors' Home, and eventually a portion of the grounds of the Home was secured from the trustees through the efforts of Bishop Alford.
The foundation stone of the Church was, laid on March 22, 1871, and the building WES opened on January 14, 1872.
this.
It is highly probable that when she goes bathing. In future Mrs. Dorothy Montoith, an English visitor to Mentone, will leave her. valuables locked up at home, for she has had an adventure which night well serve as a warning to many other bathurs
Some weeks ago, whon bathing from the beach at Garavan, sho loft hor jewellery, valued at 50,000 (£400), in one of her shoes.. It is suggested that she was watch- ed by a stranger, who made off with the jewela while she was in the sea.
It is worth recalling that in the Treaty of Peking, of 1887, it was laid down that Commissioners should be appointed by both the Portugueso and Chincac Govern- ments for the purpose of the de- limitation of the boundaries, and it was further provided that so long ns such delimitation remained unconcluded, everything in every
affair is true or not, la hot to bo respect was to continue as at Uie time of the signing of the Treaty,
of green cheese, but here in 'China, investigated, for Mrs. Monteith, It was In all subsequent agreements, how-stated by Mr. P. J. O'Brien, to judge from the groat delicacy asking no questions, handed to her S.P.C.A. Inspector, that the legs that is being consumed in vast the 5,000f reward which had been ever, this boundary issue has roof the pigs had been cut by the quantities today, it le mado "of [promised for the recovery of the
At the Kowloon Magistracy this morning a tailor from the New Territories was fined $5, by Mr. W. Schofield, for conveying three pigs by train without providing the craten with matting,
mained untouched, and the matter rattan. is still left in an unsatisfactory position. It ought to be possible for the Portuguese and Chinese to reach an equitable solution of the problem, failing which wa think the Portuguese suggestion of 1909-reference to the Hague Tribunal-would be the happiest way out of the impasse.
Absurd Rumours. The unprecedented
.crop
The coxswain of the steam launch Yau Sang, has made are port to the police to the effect that at 5.30 a.m. yesterday, what a number of Chinese were going on board the s.8. Man Fuk Sze from his launch, one man slipped and fell overboard. Although a search was made in the locality, the body was not recovered.
Later her property was restored to her by a little girl, who said sho had found it on the sand not far from the bathing-place. Whether this little girl's version of the
rice with a satisfying foundation jewels. of sweets and minced meat. Tho
Mooncake in point of fact today "There is no hope of a cheaper occupies a prominent position in breakfast-table," declares a political the household altar, and its sub-correspondent. sequent consumption by the de- votees has attained the nature of a sacred as well as agreeable duty.
The celebration reaches its climax this evening, when the moon on reaching Its zenith, whi have attained Ita fuli roundness. The Inhabitants will kowtow to it from open- This morning's Harbour, Ofice air altara where will be laid a reports gave 14 arrivals and 23 plentiful display of fruits and departures, with British holding other products of the season, top place with six and nine respec- For the amusement of the children as rumours regarding the nature of pively, leaving 68 vessels in part, there will be lanterns in the form
Ton- the Anglo-French agreement on of which 21 were British.
of beast, fish and fowl that for the naval limitation would arouse lit nage was good for the number of last few days had been hanging tle interest, or incentive to pub-arrivals and through freights out in tempting fashion in the lication, but for the serious impl-wore heavier, while inward regis-fosspaper shens. cation involved; An unnamed tries were comparatively poor, London newspapór has just intro-
With the Nationalist Govern- ment at present 'actively engaged in Treaty revision, it comes
no aurprise that the question of negotiating for the delimitation of Macno's boundaries should now
be definitely put forward. It
.
would appear from Chinese mess
of
When you toy with the eggs and
bacon enda
You're dreadfully mistaken If you fancy that the Keeper Of the Purse finds things much.
chonper
Their height le still
deplored!
By devious devices The breakfast-taple prices Still soar towards the sky. And that is the reason why
We call it.""a grögning
board!!
Willesden magistrate, to an old offender: Cannot you restrain your appetite for drink? Man I got.
ages that Mr. Chu Chao-hain, the ing an' alleged agreement with Europe via. Suez, dated London THE WEEK'S PICTURES, so fearfully thirsty, sir.
settled once and for all is obvious,
MANY IN TO-MORROW'S
TELEGRAPH."
Wife, at Willesden: My hus band said, "Do you want any money?" and, of course, 1. said;. "Yes, please, dear,"
duced a new sensation by report- The 8.8. Khiva, with mails from
Canton Foreign Commissioner, France on aerial matters. The August 30, and the s.s. Kashgar who is also Vice-Minister for For Foreign Offico has promptly and with the Siberian mail from eign Affairs in the Nationalist categorically denied every word of Europe, both entered at 7am. the story, declaring that there has The Khiva mall consisted of 425
Woman at Willesden: I am. Government, has been instructed been no agreement or understandbags of correspondence, and 99 to prepare for the holding of con- ing of any kind that has not been bags of parcels, while the Kashgar To-morrow's Telegraph will con- Mra. May, and I have called to ask: versations on the subject with the published, This is plain enough, mail consisted of 478 bags of cor- tain a large number of pictures of you to arrange a washing day for me. Magistrate: So L'arrange. but we are afraid the harm has respondence, All, were distribut-topical interest, Portuguese authorities, and it is already been done. We may be led this morning.
Amongst these will be a photo-washing days now, do 11.5 to be presumed that in due course sure that the rumour was imme
Wife at Highgate: My husband. graph taken at Government House negotiations will begin. The de-diately flashed across the Atlanile,
The many friends of the Rev. on Wednesday on the occasion of told me confidentially that he had, sirability of getting this question and widely featured in the AmeriFather Couvreur, formerly a well- the presentation to Lady Stuart been out with another woman.
Barrister at Bow County can press. It is also certain that known figure in Hongkong, will be Taylor; another taken at the fare- many U.S. papers will give equal interested to learn that he cele-well dinner given by the Esma Court: Then she became more Woman, misunderstand- for it has long been the cause of publicity to the denial, while brated the golden jubilee of his Club to Lient, Col. F. Hayley Bell; hostile. friction between the Portuguese others will regard the right to ordination to the priesthood last a group taken at the wedding of ing: Docila! She threatened to
ignore the correction as justifiable Friday. Father Couvreur first Mr. E. J. J. Spradbory and Miss P. have my hair out. and the Chinese, occasionally to in view of their policy. It la to arrived in the Far East in 1878. S. Rix, as well as several snapshots Omcial Receiver at Bangor: the point of the creation of strain-be deplored that a British paper After three years in Hongkong heat, the Army aquatic sports at the Were you. solvent at the time? Man: Yes. Official Receiver: ed relations. If the parties can should he prepared to open fresh went to Singapore as Procurator V.B.C.
allegations against the British and of the Societe des Missiona Of interest to the sporting com- Do you know what solvent means? now come together in a spirit of French Governments through the Etrangeres and he remained in munity will bo groups of the Man: Yes, that I had nothing. sweet reasonability and finally ad-medium of an unconfirmed "wo-charge for nearly 40 yours. He P.W.D. "Blue" and "White" tennis A map said at the Old Bailpy- just the matter, the consequences man's tale" at this particular now lives at Le Vesinet, near which figured in the final of the that he thought that the manager should be such as to prevent für- time, when a bad atmosphere al Paris,
ready prevails in Anglo-American ther troubles in the days ahead. political circles. The implication From the very earliest days of cannot fall to be that in spite of Lord Cushendun's plainly stated Portuguese occupation of Macao, pronouncements to the contrary, the Chinese have contested Por in spite of clear explanations by tugal's rights to certain areas of the Quat D'Orsay, a secret under- land and also to portions of the standing has been reached be tween London and Paris #m-
com-
21 YEARS AGO.
SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE
"TELEGRAPH" FILES.
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Civil Service Summer Football of a company should be managed League; as well as a snapshot by the managing director. The taken in the baseball final in which Common Berjeant, Sir Henry the Filipinos won the champion- Dickens, K.C.; "Bravo!"." ship.
Other pictures will include a
New words are not, as a rule, Ying-fan, the former Canton politi-to be encouraged, but the corres- group taken in honour of Mr. Koo cian, who arrived here this week;pondent of the New Statesman who and pictures of Professor Mauricio proposts, that the Customs official and two of his physical culture detailed to keep a look-out for in- obscenitary Inspector is not, pupils, Miss Regina Rosario and proper books should be called the Mr. M. F. Houghton.
stretching the langungo very far
EXCHANGE RATES.
territorial waters of the Colony. bracing all branches of the
The following items are from For many years they maintained fighting services. It has been the Hongkong Telegraph for the week ended September 28th, 1007. naval that tho a barrier wall, with a gateway stated therein, to mark aff what they clauses, all of which have been promise contains éxactly five
The rate of the dollar on de- regarded as the frontier, and on communicated in full to the naval mand was 28. 21⁄2d several occasions the Portuguese Powers concerned. Nevertheless,
The Hon. F. I. (lator Bir have taken steps to assert their have obstinately refused to accept Honry) May was re-elected, as many newspaper correspondents jurisdiction in areas which the this in good faith; and have given Rector of the Hongkong College
Paris Chinese claimed as their own. currency to contrary statements. of Medicine,
Brusselal Amsterdam Once, in 1787, the Portuguese. au- It would be interesting to know
exactly how such rumour-mongers, The annual report of the Royal Berlin.... thorities forcibly evicted the ten-who apparently seek to embarrasa Hongkong Yacht Club stated that Copenhagen ants of over a hundred Chinese the Government, overcome the good progress was being made Vienna **** aheda on disputed land, after due stated position that in the event with the, new Clubhouse at North, Helsingfors
Lisbon i warning, whilst three houses were to the other, naval nations, the
of the terms proving unacceptable Point.
Bucharest also pulled down. After this, the compromise would automatically Dr. Wu. Ting-fang (father of Buenos Aires Chinese isolated Macao for some cense to have Importance. The Mr. C. C. Wu, the Nationallat Shanghal
Yokohamo time and considerable inconvent- American Government, we learn, politician) was re-appointed Chin-
Now York. Genova ence was suffered by the populafter two months, is applying the ese Minister to the United States, finishing touches to the Reply to
Milan tion of the Colony as a result the original communication." It is A disastrous, fire broke out at Stockholm
Oslo many occasions since, friction not clear whether corners are be-Wuchow, hundreds of houses boosto has occurred both in regard to ing pointed, or whether it is being ing gutted and a large number of
Mad Athons land boundarica and the toned down. However, in spite of boats and pontoons destroyed.
the suggestion that President Coo Colony's torritorial waters. Not lidge stund at Proline The Portuguese Consul (Mr. A. Ris so many years ago, there was a big building programme before G. Romano) and the Vice-Consul Bombay very sharp disputo in connexion British and French eyes, we still | (Mr. J. J. Lairía) were "at home" Hongkong
Bliver (forward) with the Macao harbour works anticipate that presidential eles on the occasion of Portugal's Na-Silver (apot) İtion counsels will largely prevail. Itional Day,
the
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