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BIRTHS & DEATHS REGISTRATION.
CHANGES IN THE LOCAL
ORDINANCE.
NEW REGISTRAR.
The Gazette contains the draft of an Ordinance to amend the lay relating to the registration of
·hirths-and-deaths,
|
TRINITY COLLEGE
OF MUSIC.
LOCAL STUDENTS AGAIN
WINS EXHIBITIONS.
1. Mr. W. Anderson, Secretary of the Local Centre, has received in/ formation from London that Mina Caroline Braga has again been awarded a Local Exhibition Certi- floate, Higher Local Division, by, the Trinity College of Music, Lou- don.
THE HONGKONG
MR. CLYNES AND À MYTH.
CONVICTS CHOOSE THEIR OWN WORK.
HUMAN TOUCH.
Back from a visit to Dartmour, Mr. J. R. Clynes (Home Secretary) gave his impressions of convict
TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1931.
THE ART OF STAR GAZING.
ONLY TWO HUNDRED EXPERTS IN WORLD.
of
Only 200 real astronomers ard at work in the whole world, accord- ing to the estimate of Dr. J. 8. Plaskett, director the Canadian astrophysical observatory at Vic- torin, B.C., Dr. Plaskett's estimates are usually considered reliable in the astronomical world. With his great telescope, second largest Outstanding among these were: reflecting telescope in the world and That it looks worse outside weighing, with its movable mount- inga, 45 tons, he has many achieve than Inalde:
That everything possible is donements to his credit. And when he to reform the men undergoing says that one astronomer to evory 1,000,000 inhabitants is too liberal sentence there:
an estimate, his calculations can be relied upon.
This cortifiente enrries with itiffe there. tuition fees amounting to £12 12%. It is explained that the Regis for musical instruction for one trar (whose title was changed to Secretary for Chinese intra result of the examination held in
year, and the award, is given as Ordinance No. 21 of 13) was Hongkong in June last, Registrar of Births and Deaths under the Births and Deaths Behibition Certificate for the Senior Miss Braga was awarded the Ex. until
Division Inat year, and is to be con gratulated on her success, should prove u stimulus to en- trants for the forthcoming exami- nation
tian which will take place next month.
which
loformation has been received by the Italian Convent, of which
That you cannot tell a criminal by his face..
pre-
RADIO BROADCAST
PROGRAMME FOR. TO-DAY
AND SUNDAY.
The radio programme to be broad- cast by Z. B. W. on a wavelength of 365 metres to-day is:
2.00 p.m.
Close Down. 4.00-7.00 p.m. Chinese Programnic. 7.00-11.30
p.m. European Pro- gramme of Victor and H. M. V. Re- words kindly supplied by Mesarų, 9. Moutrie and Co.
7.00-7.26 p.m. Orchestral.
The Daughter Of The Regiment
(Donizetti). La Scala Orchestra Milan. Eugen Onegin (Tschaikowsky). 1812 Overture (Tschaikowsky),
C1654.
gistration Ordinance, 1896, 1900 when by the Public Service
"I came away," he said, "with Transfer of Duties Ordinance the
Among the latest of the famous the feeling that Dartmoor is a Canadian astronomer's discoveries Head of the Sanitary Department
very much better place for the
is that announced last year to the
Royal Opera Orchestra Covent was substituted. It is new con-
purpose of correction and im-
effect that the whole
Garden. C128; visible Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffman- sidered, as a part of the scheme for
provement
the uf
irufividual
universe is moving around a distant re-organization of the Medical and
the public ever
Offenbach). criminal than Sanitary Services of the Calony,
centre, much as the world movek imaginos."
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascogni). This theory was New Light Symphony Orch. 82377. He declared his intention of around the sun. that the Director of those Service should be the Registrar of Birth, she was a bull, that alias May visiting more gnols In his desireached by Dr. Pinskett after six
7.26-744 p.m. Organ Solos, years study of what Were
Andantino (Lemare). and Deaths. As the Medical and Chen has also been awarded an
exhibition. for the intermediate understand at first hand theviously supposed to be "errors" in Marche Militaire (Schubert · the Sanitary Department, are in the
conditions.
observatory records. These
arr, Best). Like Average Good Fathers same building the transfer of oleivision. Both she and her tutors
The best thing that one could called "errors" were well known. Spirit of The Dance (Ewing). had been puzzling to soomers and were generally called Scherzo In B Flat (Schubert),
the "K. dented a movement of the stars not Cantilene Nuptiale (Dubois).
component." They in-
Edward O'Henry. B3638.
previously accounted for, but ex- a rotation infinitely larger than plainable" by Dr. Plaskett's theory had been stappeted before.
and atall from one department ti another involves no chúnges in the routine of registration.
congratulated
17 to be heartily on the honour accorded,
HONGKONG CHURCH
INCORPORATION.
Sections 3 and 6 implement pre- tion 14 (2) of the Probates Ogin- ance, 1897, in order to give effect i to an arrangement which his han arrived at between His Majesty'a Government and the United States Government, relating to the man- ner in which the provisions of Ar ticle of the Real and Personal The Trusiera of Property Convention of Washington Tong Church of Christ in
LOCAL ORBINANCE TO BE SOUGHT.
marked, "was that Balf full
The prison had a capa city for nearly 1,200 convlets, He continued:
80-
Looking closely and with great are at the several groups of men whom 1 saw i reached the con- Felusion that one could not tell a The observatory at Victoria, af feriminal at sight.
the southern end of Vanenúver "Although perhaps, say, 50 outIsland, B. C., is available, not only the Hop Yat
ot 500 were men on whom you to astronomers but to all comers. Bong-would look with suspicion, und It stands on the summit of
who exhibited traces of reckless | treetopped hill, high above the Straits of Juan de Fuca. The fire, the reminder would pass for lightest touch upon button trains respectable effizens and gpoi a giant telescope on some remote fathers in an average household," constellation. Hlour after hour. It follows a star while the rotation of the earth is compensated by means; of clockwork mechanism.
of the 2nd March, 1899, which has | Fong are applying for the enact been applied to this Colong, may be ment of an Ordinance for the iness and the experience of hard carried out. Under that arrange frorporation of the Church,
ment, provision is made for you. The Hop Yat Tong Chirch of fication to the nearvat Anerican Christ in Hongkong was formed by Consul whenever a ritizen of the Chinese members of certain Chri- United States dies in the folazy, stunn Congregations under the Under section 14 of the Proletes management of the trustees of the Orduance, the notification is made sald church. For this purpose the by the Officin! Administrator. The trusters purchased the leasehold anserstments made in the principal property konian and rogistered la Ordinance by this Ordinance make the Land Offer as Section 3 of provision for informing the Official | Gland Lot Na, 590 and exceted a Administrator Informants for pur church thereon.
The Soulful Organist. in the chapel Mr. Clyneя was struck by the beautiful playing of fan organ voluntary.
"I went up" he said)' "to the organist. He was a gentle-looking soul, and prison clothing is such that you do not easily detect the garb of a convict.
manner and courtesy charmed me and would see he was wrapped up in his playing.
the
Arthur Meale, B2353,
Stanley Reper. C1207. Concerts in E Minar (Medtner).
7.448,00 p.m. Pianoforte Solas, Suggestion Dinkilique (Prokofief). Ballad No. 3 (Chopin).
Bennu Moiselvitch, Eh30.
Benin Moiseivitch. D1370," report, etc.
8.00 p.m. Local time, weather 8.05-9.5 p.m. Iolanthe. The entire Opera "toinnthe" (Gilbert- Sullivan) the Victor Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Malcolm Sargent. CIO. 9.30-11.36 p.m. Dance Programme. Fox Troi-I'm Bringing a Red Red Rose. 21868, Fox Trot-Come West Little Girl,
Conte West,
Fox Trot-She's A Gorgeous
Thing! 23046 Fox Trot-Tie A Little String
Around Your Finger. Fox Trut-With All My
Heart. 22531. Fox Trot-You Didn't Have To
Tell Me. Fox Trot-Lever Come Back
In 1911, when director of Dominion Observatory at Ottawa; Dr. Plaskett organized a campaign before the Cardina Parliament to establish a great observatory that might increase in scope the work that carried on by a 15-inch refracting télescope erected
Waltz-Coquette. After a two-year endeavour,
"It was not the Brat sentence 1905. he was serving.
with
poses of Registration of Death are The Church singlependent of therefore required to stale, it al- other churches bearing the same dition to the usual particulars, the name in South Chinn.
the deceased, if ¦ · Ja order to secure perpetund ane- nationality of known; and where the information (ression it is proposed that the is of the death of a citizen of the fetaireh shall be incorporated as a United States, the Registrar is re- corporation sole under the nusnage quired to pass such information onment of Trustees and the Bill now to the Official Administrator and į proposed follows in its main lines that sort saying to yourself 'ON Victoria vated in buy a hill site and; through him to the Consul
the incorporating ordinances which have been passed from time Section of Lis Ordionace to time. amends section 10 (2) of the prin
eipal Ordinance. Under that sub- section, which was introdued into
the principal Ordinance by Ordin- SUBWAY HIBERNATING
unce No. 26 of 1923, the Inte re-
gistration fee, after twelve months,
ja at the rate of five dollars for
(Continued from Page 6)
Like a Public School. "Has Dartmoor become a sort
nt
every year or part of a year that interpreted as areasing the ability public school?" was a quration pulit left Belgium a week before the
SONN
to Mr. Clynes. He replied:
"in respoti to conditions
at
A weakness for the Government contracted deception when be had got inta | two American firms to buikl the social life had brought him back, mounting and optical parts of a 72-
"You come away from a visit of inch reflecting telescope.
The Provincial Government Pho pity of it and feeling that you would like to liberate the lot in 1913 an order was placed with If it were not for the certainty |the St. Gobian Glass Works, Paris, that so many of them would slide for a gluss disk from which a 72- back into same serluna offenesinech concave mirror would be By June, 1914, it was Kround. [rom which the community shost: be protected."
cast and annealed and hurriedly shipped to Antwerp without walf- ofing for the 65-inch glass auxiliary disk used for testing the mirror. has elapsed since death. It is eno retreat into a folisterlike shell of
World War was declared. sidered that the progressive fee thental resistance to outside pusli- defeats its object as it doters pering and turmoil.
discipline and efforts at education vented the final grinding and polish- Delays incident to the war pre- from registering who might Other Commuters think they are there is something answeringing of the 5,000-pound disk of an- otherwise de so particularly in the alde to read anenperrnedly Sufter the spablig school method, il is New Territories where the absence being delivered to tie train, There very good thing that as many mentaled glass into a concave mirror,
within is literary precedent for such are willing to visit prisons and accurate
four-hundred- of district registries has been enn-
hazardous Greupation. W. II. Hud-associate with the people there fog1918, it was finished and placed in thousandth of an inch, but in April, ducive to late registration.
sun did the same thing on top of the education work." Landon buses, Nothing, declare
The Grim Exlertur,
Lelo- the Lenton policemen, could dis
you approach Dartmour, tract that scholarly eye from the particularly,
No Imperfections have marred on a grey, forbid this instrument and because of its hook held tenaciously before it.ding day," he continued, "the Pri-optleat and mechanical perfection. But serious doubt might be en- son presents a very grim appear-Canala has made unusual progress. tertained whether even Hudson Jarice, and makes you feel what a
in any
In astronomy. Extreme accuracy could have read
mauer chilling place must be, but in has been possible because of a nther than desperately in a New side (making allowances that it is climatic condition which never is York suloway.
prison) you and many evidences, too but nor too cold. of a line human touch and of rea-
To Dr. Plaskett and his staff of tion and of sperie in reserve in Gilbreth, chairman of the women's needs, and oven personal comforts, for
for the physical five astronomers goes Elian M. sonable care
the credit Hongkong, during the
many famous discoveries. ended 30th April, 1931, as certified division of President Hoover's of those who are deprived of their Among these discoveries was by the Managers of the respective | Emergency Employment Com-liberty.”
most massive star known, 150 The prisoners, he said, were far times greater in mass them. the sun. gathering of girl students at Bar- from being pampered, but the This giant star was found during nard College she suggests that the central idea of the system now research work on the remote and 1,300.00* way to pass the time in the subway was reform. 130,249,553 112.000.000 is to sleep through it.
BANK RETURNS.
NOTE & SPECIE FIGURES
FOR APRIL..
•
Autorisee
The returns of the amount of bank notes in circula-
Banks are:
Banka
Chartered Houk Hongkong Dant Mercantile Bank
Total
`ASSTAKE Amint
22,5:0,838
Specie
ax61,163
$140,705.632
1.350.0005
Now
Dr. comes
millee, with
new iden. To a
Obviously the notion is best with 121.00 obstacles quite formidable. 11. In addition Storting Securities nation could not start before the are deposited with the Crownhole in the ground called the en Agents valued at £1,321,800.
trance has been negotiated and the
In addition Securities deposit-hopeful traveller more or less sufely deposited inside the train. Pre-
ed with the Crown Agents and sumably even the soporific effect of Straits Governant valued at
the underground will not help him £2,932,618,
EXCHANGE RATES.
"AN
cell at the bottom of the BLOBO.
To Me. 21880. 21880. Fox Trot-Would You Like To
Take A Walk. 22311. Fox Trot-09 Out Of A Hundred
Wanna Be Loved. Fox Trout-Say Hello To The Folks
Back Home. 2012. Fax Trot-Heart Aches. Fox Trot-I'm Doing That
Thine. 22605. Fox Trot-Go Home and Tell Your Mother, Waltz-Just A Little While. 22543. Fox Trut-Just A Little Dance
Mam'selle. Fox Trol-Beyond the Blue Horizon.
14530.
Fox Trot-Always In All Ways. Fox Trot-l'ench of A Pair. 22846, Fox Trot-Maybe It's Love. 22546. Fox Trot-Cheerful Little
Earful. 22506. Fox Trot-Overnight. Fox Trot-Waiting at The End
of The Road. 22073. Waltz-My Sung of The Nile. Fox Trot-You are The
Melody. 22573. Fox Trot-Old Fashioned Girl. Fox Trot-It Must Be Truc. 22501, Fox Trot-Fool Me Some More. Fox Trot-You're Driving Me Fox Trot-Thinking of You,
Crazy. 22572.
Dear. Fax Trot I'm A Ding Dong
Daddy. 22504. fox Trot-The One Man Band. Waltz-The Waltz You saved
For Mc. 22575. Waltz-In A Window, In A House,
In Caroline. 11.35 p.m. Close down. SUNDAY'S PROGRAMME.
Church Service Relay,-Sermon-("De-
10.00-11.00 1.m
St. Joseph's vollon to the Blessed Virgin").
11.00-2.00 p.m. Chinese Programme. 1.00 p.m. Local Time, Weather Report.
2.00 p.m. Close Down. 8.00-10.00 p.m. space
European Pro- gramme of Columbia Records kindly supplied by Messrs. Anderson Music
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the
hottest stars of the sky in an effort to determine their temperature and sizes.
this
RUMANIAN CROWN
These stars were hater found to he rushing about through PRINCE.
containing calcium, and sodium gas, RECOVERS FROM ATTACK
and it was discovered that matter was extremely tenuous, only OF DIPHTHERIA,
a quarter of a pound, in a volume Bucharest, May 2,
of space au large as the hollow Former King Michael, the ten sphere the size of our earth. In addition Securities deposit-o relapse into slumber unless he is
Such briefly is the story of the ed with the Crown Agents Valted fortunate enough to get tethered in years old son of King Carol Il and
Victorių telescope. What the strap. In that happy event it Queen Helena, to-day was pro- at £180,000,
should be no more difficult to steepounded entirely out of danger future holds in the way of further than if one were hung on the wall. after a serious attack of diphtherin, discoveries no one can say. But Physicians announced. that their one thing is certain, that Canada But of course, the somnolent one must guard himself against being and that his condition may be con- will continue along this line in Royal pationt no longer has fever through the efforts of Dr. Plaskett, dislodged altogether when the prea sidered entisfactory.
which it has made such unusual Bare toward the exit starts at the Previous Day. Yesterday, various stops. In New York it is, Grand Duke Michael, who is the progress.
Heir to the Rumanian Throne and .124,45 124.41 not unusual to see a passenger, prn. 125.25
25.24 testing weakly that he is still on who ruled under a regency until .20.12
20.421 the train, catapulted onto the plat-King Carol staged a 18.164 form with the alighting,
coup, contracted
diphtheria with passengers, 16 and left there. Altogether, large two sons of a Palace offcial, one of 34.5/16****
whom died. scale hibernation in the subway 475
y it 1/3% ect some way off. Possibly
will be achieved when the new re- 4.8G 12.10% frigeration advances to a point 18.14 where passengers could be subject- 34.37% ed to "quick freezing" at the turn- 47. stiles, packed in the cars ng blocks 817 of ice, and thawed out again at 30% their destinations. H. B. E.
Paris.. Geneva..
..Berlin.
Osto...
Helsingfors
Buenos Aires...34
18.1614 .193
.376
Athena...
Shanghai, ..1/3%
New York.
Amsterdam.. Stockholm.
Vienna Madrid
Bucharent Montavideo
Hongkong
.4.80
.12.10
.18.14
34,57 .49.85 ..817 .31 ,11% ..34.08
.02.02% .104%
108.25 43.7/82
114
34.97
18.10% 92.01
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Copenhagon .18.18.
Brussels.
Milan
Prague..
Lisbon
Rio
Bombay.
successful
H.M.S. LONDON RETURNS. -
Another remand. was granted at the Central Magistracy this morning in the case in which Mrs. Jony Skec, formerly of California, Is being de tained in connexion with the nileged embezzlement of G$25,000 in the United States. Inspector Reynolds asked Mr. Schofield for a remand until London, May 8. Monday afternoon, stating that the H.M.S. London, in which during fugitive was likely to leave under the recent revolt in Madeira in-scort for Amerien early on Tuesday surgent ofeera and, some civilians morning. took refuge, arrived at Portsmouth |to-day.-British Wireless.
An olvction by Justices of the Peace of a member of the Legislative Charged in connexion with the Council in place of Sir Henry Pollock, The annual meeting of the Bible murder of an elderly man who was
during his absence, in to take place 104 theque Francaise will be held on found dead in the tane behind a house the Supreme Court on May 22nd. 108.25 Thursday, May 14 at 5 pm. at the in Austin Read, a Chinese, who ap. Nominations must be sent in not later 8% Franch Consulate office (Alexandra poared on remand before Mr. Hamil Hell, of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., has than the 12th instant, Mr. W. H. 1/5.27/12 Building). The Association now has ton at the Kowloon Magistracy yoster- 2/0.18/32 more than fifty members and the ne day, was committed by his Worship posed by the Hen. Mr. W. E. L. already been nominated, being pro- 13.3/18 counts showed a satisfactory balance for trini at the Criminal Sessions, 18.3/10 of $834.62. The number of books In The defendant's wife was also charged. Shenton and reconded by the Hon. British Wireless.
the library is 2,200,"
but acquitted.
Bir Bhouson Chow.
1/5.27/32
Yokohama... ..2/0.13/32
Silver (spot)...134
(forward) 181⁄4ˆ
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8.00 p.m. Local time, wenther re-
8.03-9.25 p.m. Orchestral-Poet and Peasant (Suppe). Percy Pitt and Auginented Symphony
Orch. 9700 Choral-Faith of Our Fathers. Choral-Hail Queen of Heaven. Celeste Octet-Toreador et Andalouse, Celeste Octet-Romance. (Rubinstein
London Catholle Choir. 4967.
(Rubinstein arr. Sonr),
urr. Sear).
J. H. Squire Celeste Octot, $218. Organ Solo-The Sacred Hour
(Ketelboy).
Quentin Maclean. 0010. Violin Solo-Czardas (Mont!). Violin Sele-Madrigale (Simozeti).
Yvonne Curti. 6200, Orchestral-Masaniello-Overturo
(Aüber). Milan Symphony Orchestra: DX187. Choral-Sweet. and Low (Tennyson.
Barnby). Choral-When Evening's Twilight ·
(Hatton).
| Salisbury Singers, 32788. Octet-Abide With Mo (Liddie), Octet-Ave Maria (Schubert).
J. 11. Squire Celente Octol, DECOR, Organ Solo-Suite Gothique
(Boellmann).
Francis W. Button. $100-6101. Viola Solo-Themo and Variations
(Beethoven);
Lionel Tertis. L3172,
London Catholle Choir, RODA. 9.25-10.00 p.m. Twelve “Marorkas
of Chopin Played by Imnazi Friedman (Pianist). LXD9-LX108. 10.00 p.m. Olose Down.
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Ahocks wore felt last night in the Hawkes Bay and Poverty Bay districts.
"Many residents in the township of Tiniroto, in south Gisborne have left their homes,
MORE QUAKES IN NEW ZEALAND.
OVER A HUNDRED SHOCKS RECORDED.
Many chimneys at Wairos, 6- Wellington, N.Z., May 8. bullt after the last earthquake,:
Д hundred earthquakowers, shaken down.-Router.
Over