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LONDON. VARSITY
POPULAR
FOREIGN STUDENTS
NUMBER 2,387
London, Jan. 0.
OPERA SEASON
· CONCLUDES
FINE PERFORMANCE
OF "FAUST"
JANUARY
LONG-SENTENCE PRISONERS
REPORTS TO BE MADE TO GOVERNOR
Amongst amendments mado to opora "Faust" at the Star Theatre the Prison Rules, is the following last night, the B. Carlo Grand Rulo 836 in place of that formerly Opera Company brought their soa-In force:
"The name of every prisoner, in on to a brilliant close.
Giving an exceptionally fina per At the beginning of the newformance of the popular dramatic University term, a consus shows that there are 2,887 foreign stud ents in the various colleges of London University. They come from sixty-one countries.
Oxford has only 472 foreigners and Cambridge 471, while at Edin- burgh University there are 475.
The well-filled theatre was not respective of his age, sentenced stow in displaying appreciation of to imprisonment for a term ex the work, of the artistos, all of ceeding six years, shall be submitt
ed for the consideration of the whom gave of their very best.
M. Poori gave a magnificent Governor after he has served four, Interpretation of Faust, his rich seven, ten and twelve years, and The largest contingent of Lon-tenor voice being admirably suit- thereafter at the completion of don's foreign students comes from ed to Gounod's music with its further periods of two years. India, and this term they number varying moods.
The Medical Officer shall report 728. Five hundred of them aro studying medicine, economics and engineering,
Of 232 students from South Africa, a considerable number are taking tropical medicine at the London School of Hyglene.
Equally delightful and enter-In each ease the condition of the taining was the singing of Mlle. prisoner, mental and physical, and Garotto as Marguerite, whilst M. whether imprisonment appears to Cavallo surpassed all his previous have had, or in his opinion may be successes in Hongkong In his likely to have, an injurious effect interpretation of Valentine. His on the prisoner's condition. The curaing of Marguerite before his Superintendent will furnieh n report on the prisoner's conduct dramatic death was masterly..
The eminence which London en- M. Maucer! was perfectly at and industry in prison and on any. Joya as a medical centro is indicat-case and wholly accomplished in matter which may come to his ed by the fact that 600 students his handling of the difficult char-notice which might affect con- from European countries are tak-acter of Blephistopheles, and the sideration of the case." ing their course in London hospi-chorus work was adequate. tale,
Of 700 foreign women students In British universities, nearly 600 are in London University, India having the largest representation.. -British Wireless,
NEW BISHOP TO PREACH
AT ST. ANDREW'S TO-MORROW
The Rt. Rev. Ronald Hall, the recently-enthroned Bishop of Vice toria, will pay his first visit to St. Andrew's, Kowloon, to-morrow, Sunday, when he will preach at the evening service, at 1 pm,,
Immediately following the ser vice thore will be a social hour in the Church Hall, at which the Bishop will be present, and have an opportunity of meeting mem- bers of the Council and congrega- tion. All members of the Church are invited to make a special point of being present, and thus giving the Bishop a real welcome.
TO-DAY ONLY
As 2.30, 5.10,
7.15 89.30 p.m.
Hongkong will say farewell to the S. Carlo Company with genuine regrets.
BANK RETURNS NOTE & SPECIE FIGURES FOR DECEMBER
The returns of the average amount of bank notes in circulation and of specio in reserve in Hongkong, dur- ing the month ended 31st December, 1932, as certißed by the Managers of the respective banks are: Chartered
Banks.
Chartered
Bank H.K. & S.
Bank
Mercantilo
Bank.
Averago Amount
Specio
in Reserve
Previously, names of prisoners sentenced to periods exceeding ten years had to be submitted to the Governor after. four years, ten years fifteen years and twenty years.
CHIEF OFFICER INJURED
JAPANESE SENT TO HOSPITAL
Mr. S. Koga, chief officer of tho 3.9. Hiroshi Maru, was removed to the Government Civil Hospital
$ 21,058,643 $ 8,300,000 yesterday on the arrival in port of the ship. He was suffering from 130,222,863 112,000,000+ injuries as a result of a fall from the bridge of the vowel whon was 2,380,100 1,350,000$ un hour out of Hongkong.
121,650,000 ..$153,011,605 In addition Sterling Securities are dopoxited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,129,000.
Total
It is stated that his condition may prove serious.
Amongst tenders accepted by the the following:- In addition Securities deposited Government
Welfare Centre. with the Crown Agents and Straits Lady Ho Tung
Blackburn Fanling, Messrs. Government valued at £3,500,000.
and
Lec
In addition Securities deposited Blackmore, Ltd.; hot water apparatus with the Crown Agents valued at for Kowloon Hospital, Messrs. £190,000.
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