THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1988.
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9137
So Rare-Fox Trot
..Billy Cotton's Orchestra
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Lily of Laguna-Barn Dance
On the Avenue--Selection
..Billy Merrin's Band .Billy Merrin's Band Jay Wilbur's Band
9146 My Cabin of Dreams-F.T....Dick Robertson's Orchestra
Till the Clock strikes three-F.T.
9148 Dixon Hits No. 16
9152 Yours and Mine-FT.
For You-Quick Step
9156 Sandy's Happy Home
9157 Sweet Adeline
A Little bit of Heaven
9161 Gipsy Violin
Dick Robertson's Orchestra
.Reginald Dixon
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The Organ, the Monkey and me
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T. PAUL GREGORY WRITES OF
THE “VERY IDEA“
"FINE TO-DAY. COOLER TO-MORROW"
CHINESE NEW YEAR.
BALLADS-
Hongkong Telegraph. THE whole first moon is a methodical rat-a-tat-tat
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1938.
TERRORISM IN SHANGHAI
*
of
AS THE MAGISTRATE SAID WHEN KELLY WAS WARNED NOT TO APPEAR AGAIN
By Eddle ("Dewdrop") Kelly
ANEMOMETER, ain't
nature grand!
To-day we are going to tell you something about weather. Weather you like: it or not...
We were rending last week that the most brilliant display of the aurora borealis in living memory has just been seen in England.
The aurora borealis is entised' when an isobar fuses.
It happens once every eleven- years, and is associated with sun- spots. Sun-spots
Bre
sometimes referred to as freckles.
(Do you know, we think there must have been something wrong with that fish we had for tifin. We always find that it's better to eat fish that you've caught your acif).
ALL WET
Eh? Oh, weather. Weather comes in squalls and monsoons.
We once lad a friend who thought that a monsoon WES A Scots boy whose voice was begin- ning to break.
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The best climate in. Hongkong is n street-singers of old London on the Peak, but you have to. be season of joyousness to small Chinese hand drum.
but rhymes which are known to Somebody before you can climate. the Chinese; for it is the
every Chinese, and being thus Freezing point is usually found in familiar are all the more trea- Hongkong above 1,800 feet. period when the year begins LET us presume that he has sured. anew, and life enters a new been prevalled upon to ren- When heard at this time they stage of progressive de- der a series of verses from his invariably awaken a warm and extensive repertoire. It is pro responsive chord in the kindly velopment.
Chinese heart, and scarcely any
their nests.
There is an air of expec- tancy throughout the whole month, and the Chinese de- light in making it a season
of song.
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"The drum beat la heard, come ve
into the streets to ramble Sisters don't quarrel with one au-
other Packets of "lucky money" stuck on the dragon's head Dragon's head, dragon's tail- hap- pineas and long life from them flow
ате
It is the month which bable that he will choose for his By a series of crimes of the heralds
first effort the following: the Spring, and "Loh-kwoo heung, ch'ut-kaai yau most revolting brutality an soon the birds of the Taz-mooi ui-yan mak ta-tau
Pung-fung lei-shi chaak lung-t'au .Brian Lawrence's Orchestra allegedly pro-Japanese element southern provinces will be
Lung-t'au lung-mei ch'eung fuk
alqu in Shanghai appears to be at-busily engaged in building
Lo-shiu ping-on to pack-t'au" Sandy Powell
tempting to discourage critics joo Peterson of the actions and policies of Joe Peter in Japan. The display of the heads Gracie Fields of the victims of this incredible
campaign of terrorism will per-} Vera Lynhaps dismay those persons who Vera Lyn are accustomed to the freedom of speech that goes with de- mocratic government. For there some of the old songs which THERE are many other rustics is no reasoning with these self-have delighted generations who make their choral talent appointed censors who punish of the Sons and Daughters a source of extra income during
the course of the first moon. with death the expression of of Han.
These individuals pass from Amongst these peripatetic door to door and sing one or opinions which do not conform
singers are some with their own.
of more other of their verses of felicita- than usual interest.
tlon-not necessarily their own composition as the
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But we must still speak with caution on this subject for there is no proof of the source of this horror, no positive evidence that
Throughout the length and breadth of the land travelling singers may be met. For a copper they will entertain-the-hearer--with-
One of these is the man who specialises in the chanting of a species of rustic ballad known as the lung-chau-koh, or "dra- gon boat song." This indivi-
it is, instigated or inspired by dual is generally a rustic from Japanese or even pro-Japanese, the country districts and usually makes his appearance in the
It may be the work of some streets of the city shortly after madman; and indeed it seems it the New Year.
must.
a
I
the
And old and young enjoy tran- quillity until they the time when their hair shall turn to silvery grey."
WHY I
familiar
individual will refrain from tossing a copper to the humble singer. One of the most com-f monly heard of these seasonal) songs is the following:
"Tim-chouk tung, paai taai-ihan Po-pau te-te tohi chaan ngan Chaan to taai-ngan hei tasi-uk Nin-nin ta eng chaan taal-fa-tang|| Fa-lang luk-luk-chuen Faan-kwaf 'p'a lung-shuck P'a tak faai, ho shat-kaal Kuk-mal pau-p'eng Teal-nui yau faal-taal "Light the lantern, and worship the
urçat pods
Beseeching them to ald daddy in
curning more moncy
If he makes a great deal of cash
--he-will-build-a-big-house——————
And
every year he will hire a big coloured lanter (to hang before
The coloured lantern goes round
and round
it)
The
"forcion_devil" "paddles the "dragon boat"
Frost is often seen on the Happy Valley Race Course.
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(We're sure there must have been something wrong with that fish-although it tasted all right. A man of our age can't be too careful about his diet. We know a man who, after he had caten radishes, used to belch so fright- fully that he could never keep his hat on. He got a job as a fog horn eventually, but the work was only carual).
A SAD TAIL
n
But we were discussing weather. Comets are sometimes soen in Hongkong. A photograph just taken by n French astronomer reveals shocking breach of decorum by Encke's Comet, which came into view with its tail towards the sun. It just shows that they will comet anything these days.
-Ioo- la-often a danger-to-naviga» tion in Hongkong, especially when it is mixed with whisky and gin And
other meteorological phenomena (Golly!}
Hail is most frequently seen dur- ing the summer months. There are several different kinda of kall, in- Hail,
If he paddles fast, there will be cluding Pale Hall, Ewo
good times ahead
Both grain and rice will be cheap And the bays and girls will quick-
ly grow up."
SHOULD
MARRY?
Tiger Hall, etc.
(You know, we don't see how ong little plateful of fish could make a man feel like this. It might have been the radishes.
·Radishes do play up with 'you. Ever
tried
pickled radishes? They're awful. Pickled onions are digerent.)
OFFICIAL FORECAST
Listen, wo've got the hiccoughs. We'll tell you more about this won-
AM 24 years old; 1 earn $400, I lends to an insecure, unhappy exist ther busincas to-morrow. We're am very happy and I definitely ence, in which both parties long in going to PRESS now, and there's a don't want to get marriedi Why their hearts to confess to each other storm brewing in the Editor's office. that the whole thing was a terrible We always seem to be late with our
In Hongkong, he is quite popular By what specious argument Chinese masses who delight in should I?
figure amongst anyone could convince himself his improvisations. He may Yet whenever I tell other girls mistake. that the cold-blooded murder of be distinguished from other tains no thrills for me, they think which every woman's heart is supEt Mon Drought, and all that.
that the thought of a husband con-
copy. But they have taken the step on political antagonists would peripatetic singers of Chinese I'm crazy.
dittics because he carries
posed to be set from an early age But what Is there silence criticism, it is difficult to over his shoulder a long pole which would justify my throwing up maybe I'm a freak because my in marriage and they won't admit defeat. Well | imagine. Murders of vengeance aurmounted by a model of a my present life of hard work, good heart is anything but set on getting
fun-and security?
married,
consider.
more than enough to make me feel that the world is never a borlog or an unhappy place- it seems to appear to so many young wives.
B. I. K.
Don't forget. To-morrow, Dieu
These war clouds in China look pretty cirrus, don't they?
(It must have been the fish! It couldn't have been those three glasses of rum and milk we had just before we came to the office.)
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or of hate are more comprehen- dragon boat, about a foot long, For my life at present does I'm not going to throw away the |sible; they may be all a part of complete in every detail down to represent security to me. That is substance for the shadow. Because
the tiny carved figures of the the point which those who can't I'm sure it is a shndow.... war. By killing a man may re- men with long slender paddles, understand my philosophy fall to move one enemy; but he will not which they grasp as if they were
I know exactly what life stifle animosity. Rather he will actually endeavouring to pro- means to me now--and It means nourish it. Rational minds will pel their craft through the wa- ior. This individual announces recognise that by such crimes his presence in the streets by as these porpetrated in Shang- the crashing reverberations of a
I know that from Monday until Saturday timn-time every week I seriously. For that reason It is
have to work. But I know my work almost Incredible that patriot-foundations. Co-operation might from A to Z and I enjoy it. And lam, even of a fanatical order, be enforced through fear; but although I know how to cope with things from A to Z that does not as long as there is a spark of mean that each week's work is the reads should fall into such error.
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"Dog Fights Over Hankow" newspaper heading. It is Japan's Intention to and cold hand that makes the I know that I have a large circle What about the cat fights over subdue by force that element in pact. And it is certain that not of, friends, a smaller circle of good in Kowloon?
friends, and a st smoller circle of China which insists upon indoby bomb-throwing and threats very good friends without
will Japancas secure the good- company my life would seem point- pendence, the respect of 80-will and approval of the foreign | less. vereign rights and nationhood. nationals in Shanghai or else Unhappy Unions Japah seeks to destroy opposi- where.
In the present crime crisis it HAT do I get it I suddenly catch his say about cricket, we are Now that McWhirter has had | tion, and finally, presumably fa certain that the responsible the epidemic politely called when there is no apirit of regist-Japanese authorities will work "love"?
awaiting R. Abbit's Commen" ance in the country, to try to wholeheartedly with the inter Frankly, I don't know--and I don't tary on curling. make friends with the survivors, national police in Shanghai to want to know. This may sound It is hard to visualise any last-suppress all terrorism; whether cowardly, but I don't think that it is. It is pro-Japanese or pro-Chinese ing friendship built upon such or pro-some-other-thing..
I call it common sense. 2
I see that the love which becomes
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It really curious how some eryatailised in marriage too often people get shirty over a tio,
Judging by the spirited bid- ding at a fur auction this week, we should say that some women have no reserve.
The £100 aeroplane has made its appearance. This should en- able highflyers to keep up ap- pearances..
A Lonton coalman calls out his wares through a microphone attached to his van. Let's hope Hongkong hawkers don't hear of thia.