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RADIO CONCERT,
LAST NIGHT'S STUDIO INAUGURATION.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1929.
SENATE LOBBYING.
SUB-COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE.
Washington, Oct. &
HONGKONG'S WATER.
FOUR MILLION GALLONS DECREASE IN WEEK.
to
The total storage in the laland reservoirs on the morning of Mon- day, October 7, amounted sub-Committee .to Investigate 1,880,13 million gallone showing a
Lobbying" as the outcome
of decrease of 411 million gallons. the Shearer revelation. Mr. during the past week; the amount Caraway (Democrat) is Chairman collected from streams being 50.79 of the Sub-Committee and Senator million gallons. Borah is one of the members.
The inaugural concert Was broddenst last night from the The Chairman of the Judiciary studio recently completed in con-Committee has appointed a strong nexion with ZBW, the Government broadcasting station. The con- cert marked the beginning of the work of the committes recently ap. pointed by the Government, and was preceded by an address from H. E. the Officer Administering the Government. The studio is. located in the Post Office build-
Ing, being connected by land line
Reuters, American Service,
records and occasional relays from
The week's consumption amounted to 54.90 million gallons. Kowloon's Supply.
The
The total storage in the main- with the transmitting station on
public buildings: The Govern-land reservoirs on the morning of the Peak, and has adjoining it a ment has, therefore, invited a Monday, October 7, amounted to waiting room for artistes and an number of gentlemen to form a 614,98 million gallons shewing an ongineer's control room,
committee under, the chairman- increase of 1.18 million gallons. On arriving at the Post Ofship of the Postmaster General to during the past week. fice, H. E. the Officer Administer-improve, so far as is possible in
consumption week's ing the Government, the Hon. Mr. Hongkong, the programmes to amounted to 26.70 million gallons. W. T. Southorn; C.M.G., who was which you will in future stan. (not including 1.62-million gallons accompanied by Capt. P. C. Per- This committee has for some time supplled to shipping through Lai fect, A.D.C., was received by Mr. been working unostentatiously but Chi Kok)...
The yield from the Shing Mun N. L. Smith fchairman of the vigorously with this end in viaw, broadcasting committee), the Hon. The results of their voluntary River and streams during the week Mr. J. P. Braga (chairman of the labours will no doubt be criticized, is 29.40 million gallons. publielty aub-committee) and the as everything in this Colony s Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton. His criticized, sometimes fairly and Excellency was escorted to the sometimes unfairly, but I am sure waiting room and members of the that in the course of time the committee and Mrs. Younghus Colony will realise how much it is indebted to their energy and band, programme secretary, were enterprise.. introduced.
After the formal introductions were completed, His Excellency was conducted round the studio by Mr. N. E. Smith, Mr. L. H. King and Mr. R. Sutherland, who performed the duties of announcer, in the course of which Mr. H. R. Sequeira, director of the Aloha Serenaders, who contributed three items to the programme, was in- troduced.
Mr. Southorn's Address. Afterwards His Excellency de livered the following speech be- fore the transmitter:"-
Good Evening, everybody!
་་
ing the interval. Following were
the contributors:
The Aloha Serenaders, Mr. and Mrs.
Bowes- A. M. Stalth, Mr. Li Chor-chi, Mr. The concert to which you are about to listen is the first-fruits John Braga, Dick "Barty, Mrs. of their endeavours, and I trust G. W. R. Griggs, Mrs. O... that other artistic talent of the Womack, Mrs. Scott-Little, Mr. H. Colony will give their aid with Glover, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cornelius, the same generosity as those who Mr. Frank Austin and Mr. George are now awaiting their turn. If Grimble.. they do, I can at least assure them that they will earn the gratitude of a large and, I hope, Increasing number of listeners. It is a mat- ter of no small interest that "the number of receiving licenses has increased since the first of Jan- uary last by an average of over one a day.
I shall now make way for the more interesting part of the pro- gramme, which I am sure you will all enjoy..
Dr. Kotewall Speaks.
The furniture, drapings and carpets were supplied by Messrs. Whiteaway Laidlaw, and the piano by Anderson's.
Today's Programme. 5.00-6.00 p.m. Programme of Chi nese music, (Records supplied through. the courtesy of Messrs. Tack Shing Co.).
Tenor (Puccini),
Francesco Merli. "Three Sketches," (L. Tertis).
No. 1 Serenade.
No. 2: The Blackbirds. No. 3. The River
6.00-7.00 p.m. English records pro-
(For Hospital). gramme.
7.48 p.m. Evening weather report. It was a very great pleasure to
9 p.m. Evening general pro- me to be able to accept the invita
gramme, (Columbia Records supplied. tion of the Eroadcasting Com-
through the courtesy of Messrs. An- mittee to say a few words on the
In a speech which he delivered dorson Music
The
"Girl Friend" Vocal "Gems, occasion of the first organized in Chinese, the Hon. Dr. R. H.
"Peggy Ann"
Gems, concert to be broadcast from the Kotewall spoke of the great oro-
Columbia
Opera Company." new studio, and it is perhaps gress wireless had made during "An Epic Symphony." (Fletcher), right that I should explain what recent years, and of 'how it was
St. Hilda Colliery Priza Band, has been the policy of the Govern still being improved upon. He "So Fair A Maid I've Never Seen," ment of Hongkong in this impor- dwelt on the benefits it conferred "Ah! Da Not tant matter. After various ex upon the community in broadcast- periments by local enthusiasts, ting music, entertainment, news and was decided last year that broad- propaganda: As it was brought casting should be undertaken by to a greater degree of proficiency, Government, partly because it so would the benefits to humanity
Viola Solo, Lionel Tertis. seemed unlikely that any private through its working be increased.
"A lending," (Tschaikowsky), concore would undertake such a
Dr. Kotewall went on to speak
Viola Solo, Lionel Tortis.. service with no immediate) pros of the modern, inventions with Wildflower-Bambalina," pect of financial profit, and partly which Hongkong was equipped, Wildflower-April Blossoms," because some measure of Govern-pointing out that radio was ona
Duet: Kitty Reidy and Howett
Worster. ment Control would in any case of those inventions, It was in-Mazurka," (Chopin-Op. 7, No. 1),. Iseem desirable in a matter of such teresting to note that there were (a) The Butterfly (Op. 25).""
potentialities for good and evil as 300 non-Chinese licence holders
Pianoforte Solo. Ignaz Friedma. broadcasting.
with receiving sets, and about 200"(b) Study on the Black Key The Government accordingly Chinese. As the Chinese popula-
(Op. 18)," collects all licence fees as revenue,tion was 9 to 1 in Hongkong, it "Carvinal, Children; Waltz,"
(Strauss) and I trust that everyone who is was his opinion that many more listening to these words has paid Chinese would avail themselves of "Twirling Millions, Waltz,"
(Strauss), his fees or, if he has not done so, its use in the near future. There
The Geiger Orchestra. will compel was no doubt that Chinese lia-Tannhauser-0 Star of Eve," that his conscience him to hasten to the Post Officeteners-in would increase.
(Wagner). to-morrow morning to take out a The Hongkong Broadcasting "Prelude in C Sharp Minor," licence for his receiving set. The Committee consists of the follow- (Rachmaninoff).
The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. Government has now equipped. aing.--Mr. N. L. Smith (chairman), studio which the experts agree to the Hon. Mr. W. E, L. Shenton, the "Faust Gainst the Power,"
(Gounod), ROTTERDAM, AMSTERDAM, HAMBURG AND SCANDINAVIA be all that could be desired for Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga, Mr. B. Wylle,
Harold Williams. Mr. F. Austin, Professor R. K. M.Faust-Soldiers' Chorus." (Gound), Simpson, Mr. L. H. King, Mr. H.
The B. B. C. Chorus. Lowcock, Mr. R. Sutherland and "Perlmutter as An M. P.” Mr. Chan Heung-pak.
(N. Adams)..
Talking by Nicholas Adams. "Reminiscences of Scotland,"
Highland Military Band. "Litany," (F. Schubert),
Duetto, from "Songs, without
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