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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1933.
LOCAL WEDDING
MIL. G. TRUE MARRIED ON SATURDAY
ORGAN: DEDICATED.
BISHOP VALTORTA OFFICIATE
AT ROSARY CHURCH
At the celebration of Solema Bir. George William Ewart True, High Mass at tho. Rosary -Church, the well-known local musician, son Kowloon, yesterday morning, sung of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. True, was by a selected choir and at which the married on Saturday afternoon at celebrant was Rev. Fr. G. M. Blahop Lordship St. John's Cathedral, where he took Spada, His as his bride Mise Constance Marie Valtorta dedicated and blessed tho Halsall, the daughter of Mr. and new organ. In an address he ap- Mrs. C. F. Halsall.
pealed for funds to clear off the The Very Rev. Dean A. Swana debt outstanding on the organ. officiated and Mr. F. Mason played Mass was followed by Benediction. appropriate music at the organ. At the organ during the ceremony
was Professor A. Gualdi.
The bride, who was given away by Mr. L. C. F. Bellamy, looked; charming in white satin and a long ¡lace voll. Sho carried a bouquet
CORRESPONDENCE.
Capital Punishment
(To the Editor, Hongkong'
Telegraph.]
BOIL-
Sir, Your leader advocating commutation of the death tenco on Chong Kwok-yau may not accord with the views of those who hold that the obligation to in- Äict capital punishment depends on the fact of guilt and not on the motive or circumstances of the crime. It is, however, quite com- petent to be at variance with the organerude priciple of the lex talionis and yet be free from mushy sen-
The Instrument is a pipo of two manuals and pedal organ and le constructed almost entirely of white roses and was attended by of teak and mahogany at a cost of the Misses Geraldine and Joan
approximately $5,000,
The great organ contains the Davidson, whose dresses were of following stops: Open diapason, long pale green organdio. The 8ft. hole fute, 8ft.: dulclann, 8ft.; bridesmaids had bouquets of violets principal, 4ft.; and plecolo, 2ft. and pink sweet pons.
In the swell organ there is a Mrs. L. C. F. Bellamy WES matron of honour and wore a dark stopped diapason, 8ft,; a viol di red ince and satin dress, with black Gamba, 8ft.; n volx celeste, 8ft.; a hat. She carried a bouquet of gold gemsheln, 4ft.; one fifteenth, 2ft.; chrysanthemums.
The best man was Mr. R. A. Fawcett, while the ushers wore Mesara. C. F. Hyde and S. J. H.
Fox.
and a tremulent.
The pedal organ consists of a Bourdon, 16ft.; swell to pedals: great pedals; and swell to great pedals,
ago
The work of construction had A reception was subsequently been carried out by Mr. William hold at 1 St. John's Place, the real- Chariton Blackett, the well-known dence of Mr. V. M. Grayburn organ builder, who came to the (Chief manager of the Hongkong Colony some 16 years and and Shanghai Bank.) The bride's during that period has made and going away dress was a navy and renovated the organs in many of white ensemblɑ,
the churches and chapels in Hong- Portuguese United.
kong. He is the only organ builder In the Far East. The wedding was quietly solemnised at the Rosary Church, Miss L. Maher. A reception was Kowloon on Saturday afternoon, subsequently held at the Club de Įbetween Mr. Carlos P. Basto and Reerolo, King's Park.
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It would be gratuitous to ques- tion the justice of the sentence ac- cording to the law as it stands. Public sentiment is outraged by this callous and calculated crime. but it cannot be doubted that those who have the power to com muto a death pontence have also the courago and wisdom to run counter to public sentiment # broader and more humane con-
siderations can be established in their minds.
I am more concerned perhaps with the general tenet of capital punishment, which I believe to be fallacious in principle, than with its particular application, though during my time in the East I have known of two men who were hang. ed and whose innocence was after- ward fully established and of ficially admitted: In this case it does seem to me that the execution of a mere youth as an act of ven- gence; though It be right by legal aanction, is of itself and of its very nature. intrinsically wrong.
The main purpose of capital punishment fa deterrent, and if wo may Judge from the stultification of every forecast in times when it was a common penalty for all kinds of petty offences, we may
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No country that has abolished this relic of barbarism has found' it necessary to re-introduce it as a deterrent. Our people, who led the nations In prison reform, still hold fast to an outworn theory; yet it is certain that not long hence men will marvel that Eng- Jand lagged so far behind.
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Looking like someone fumous has intrigued many a hardy Bout into gambling his life on the chance of impersonating his double. A Czar of Russla, Dumphin of France, a Duke of England-they've all, for example, been impersonated, with and without success, in the past centuries. Para- mount Pictures officials discovered that fact as they not production under way on "The Phantom President" political comedy featuring George Cohan, Claudette Colbert, and Jimmy Durante, the film now on display at the King's Theatre. For "The Phan tam President" is the story of a man who passes himself off as someone elso. and gets away with it. The role is played by Cohan, who is cast an a candidate for Prezident. He is well qualified for the official, but lacks the personality to win
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