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TUESDAY

SHREDS AND PATCHES.

However else one may A Slogam rogard Benito Musso

Hin's ideals of govern-

mant, the new slogan that he is reported to have adopted for him-

beauti

erament. A revenue raising array of shops. underneata The mattar 18 worthy the attention of a com mittee of enquiry on which the present Committee of the City Hall should be well represented. self and his followers may to ad- A modern theatre is certainly vantage "be commended to many. I Watchfulness; and Silence" needed so is a place suitable for Let us keep quiet and allow our the holding of large and small actions to talk is said to be the mectings and those functions Premier's idea. which are the peculiar assets of certain societies. There are cer

Singing should be en tain organizations, and others Warblers, couraged because of its disciplinary value, says: doing work for culture, who need Sir Hugh Percy Allen, director of to be encouraged. At the the Royal College of Music in True, singing teaches moment certain cultural efforts London.

the singer courage, and combined are fraught with financial risks singing, humility. But it has an- which are a continual worry other value, a value boat put, in Charges should be reasonable the words of the popular song: But the first thing is to get it."Singing is the thing that makes you cheery. But does this justify into the heads of those who Kowloon's bath-tub warblers? ought to be concerned about such

matter,.

→ that #new City Hall is needed. This being

Government as presented in reply to the criticisms at yesterday's mecting of the Finance Com-14. mittee.

In questioning this or that item accomplished, the other things of expenditure figuring in the will or should come as a mat- Supplementary Estimates, the Unter of course.

official members were naturally ||• · performing a very obvious duty, Simply to vote the whole million

THEY SAY THAT→

when the masters scored In the past. To my mind it was always a soft toned beautiful Instru ment.

Tam very rauch inclined to think that the public are apt to- confuse the saxophone with the horrible bleating noise of the muted trumpet, or muted: troms bone,

Mr Jack Hylton (leader of the

popular orchestra)-The saxo phone le an Instrument that has been brought into prominence by dance orchestras,... Shough that. does not meah it is a pow In- atrument by any means. It was invented in 1840:

"It is a difficult. Instrument, and the man who can play it properly commands a greater salary than the judge who asked, "What is a saxophone and the counsel who gave so foolish a reply.

* : ༈༙ What constitutes good

| Good Music: or "bad" muzic, isan This is as important ever present problem. The Bedside to padron as it is to The problem does not seem to be "Manner. doctors. Hors is helped much by the discussion story in this connec which recently took place on the tion, concerning the late Archquestion of broadcasting good bishop Temple:-

music, Sir Hugh Allen, director He was examining candidates for of the Royal College of Music, giv Holy Orders, and in order to satisfying evidence before the Broad- himself as to the qualiications of casting Committee, said: Nobody. one of them he said that he would was obliged to listen to bad feign illness, threw himself down music any more than anyone was and a quarter dollars without the

I have seen any number of de-on a couch and asked the candidate obliged to cat bad food. People slightest desire to "know the rea-tective stories in which the same to proceed, as though he had been were starved in regard to good writer first failed to mystify and called in, in his spiritual capacity, music many years ago, but at pre- then failed to elucidate. Mr. G. Kto minister to him. The candidate sent they could hear good music Chesterton,

approached the couch, looked at every day. The whole nation had the Archbishop for a moment, put been enfranchised in regard to hds, hand on the archi-episcopul music, and they found it rather brow and "anid: "Now, Fred, you're dimcult to make use of it. Broad- drunk again-jump up at once and casting had caused no diminution get back to work.

in the number of children « whore were learning music, f the right Dwellers in flats, and policy were pursued there would What Is It? the large number who probably be a large increase in the dance to its strains. Inumber of these who took to muafe may not know what a saxophone in some practical form or another, Is Just as a famods Judge once He urged that nothing bad should enquired what are Keats?" so be broadcast.

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:

No doubt Mr. Shaw has a sense:

son why would be alien to the duties of members of the Finance Committee. They have a perfect.

Who is safe against this plague right to know everything apper- of reminiscence hunters with or taiming to each particular item, without note-books? Mr. A. G. and if they do at times appear to Gardiner. demuz It is the equal duty of the Government members to enlighten them.Nothing can be plainer than that. Hends of Government Departments are as prone to err as any other mortal, and where the spending of public money is in one volved, they cannot take it as, re-

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of humour-Mr. A. B. Walkley.. »

As soon as we get an ulterior motive for education it loses its value. Dr. W., H. D. Rousee.

An author makes on an average lin every novel "Mr. Gilbert Frankau..

ALLEGED FRAUD.

It would not require a very akil Yesterday, afternoon the F-miss to be criticised

The Colony may lack the serful writer of paradoxes to prove ance Committee of the Legisla

that in a democracy it is the tive Council appear to have had vices of a financier of the minority that rules Mr Robert Another field day, being called standing of a Rivett Carnac, or a Lund.. lupon to vote Supplementary W. J. F. Williamson, both of whom Estimates to the amount of have done renowned work for the nearly a million and a quarterfinances of Siam, during the past dollars. These supplementary quarter of a century but it is ivotes have on more than one occafortunate in the possession of both sion recently evoked criticism on Official and Unofficial members of the part of the Unofficial members the Legislative Council whose real concern and anxiety for the fin- who Council,

of

the

-em-

THE WING ON CASE CONTINUED.

FURTHER EWIDENCE.

The charge of alleged conspiracy.

braced the opportunity yester- ances of the Colony are creditable to defraud the Wing On Company's

day to express

disapproval and praiseworthy.

Mr. Elaley Zeitlyn continued his cross-examination of the assistant

cashier, who was closely questioned about the illness and death of the other assistant cashier who was in- troduced into the banking depart ment.

to-day.

another one has raised a query Captain Fraser, the blind M.P.,,. concerning a much-debated Instru- who is a member of the Committee. ment Counsel defined the saxe-asked Sir Hugh to define what he phone as an instrument that re-meant by bad. Sir Hugh replied sembles a cornet used in what I that that was a very difficult thing understand are jazz bandy," But to define. a London paper went out of its way to collect opinions, with the following result:-

A long-haired 2osthete.-An infie

tion, compared with which the plagues of Egypt must have been a blessing.REN

Captain Fraser: Is a tune bad which is only worth remembering. for a short time?

Sir Hugh Probably. Good music is like good material It will wear for many years.

"Captain Fraser Is there any

A jovial, diner-out. The best all-merit in a tune which gives people.

round instrument evar invented pleasure for a short "time?"

Sir Landon Ronald.It is a moat. Sir Hugh said he would not like

beautiful instrument when used to admit that

as it was before Jazz was intro-Captain Fraser urged that if duced.***

people "got pleasure out of auch music they should have it.

Bizet, the composer of "Car- men," introduced it as a solo in- strument in." L'Arlesfenfe," and as there were very few saxo- phone players, in England; gen- erally it had to be played here with the clarinet

I cannot tell you whether the saxophones as used in the jazz bands are the game as those for

COLONY'S MONEY.

YESTERDAY'S FINANCE. COMMITTEE VOTES. -

QUARTERS ABANDONED.

Sir Hugh disagreed, saying bad music would be bad for the people.

Captain Fraser said there were some tunes that gave him Intense pleasure for about six months, and then he tired of them.

"If those tunes give me pleasure 1 call them good," he added, amid laughter:

88,250, and that the ration vote. of $40,000 will require supple- menting to the extent; of $3,000. Salaries of men recruited will be paid from lapsing salaries. A eupplementary vote of $6,250 is therefore requested,

Victoria Hospital

banking department was continued at the Central Magistracy yester- of several Items. Indeed, the

day when Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton, Hon. Mr. A. O. Läng was merely

who appears for one of the two.de. A CITY HALL. voicing what many others. have

fendants, cross-examined a pre- vious witness..who stated he was inwardly felt-namely, that "this

In the City Beautiful, the at one time an assistant, in a print year's Estimates are not worth appearance of buildings musting shop in Cantoni the paper they are written on."

necessarily take an important It certainly must be disconcertplace. And next to that, comes ing to members of the Finance their utility. We pass by the con Committee not in the service of troversial subject of the present the Government to find time and City Hall's appearance, and deal again, that, after a vote has been only with its usefulness It is an The principal cashier was called passed apparently once and for o subject. But raises its head and described the method of dealing all, they are asked months later time after time. No annual bell with deposits. Questioned about ganday his signature in the forged book, to approve of supplementary pays Fald but then arises/comment witness denied that it was in his ments for the same item. This on the restrictions of space which writing. of course, is nothing new in Goy; preclude the successful practice Hearing was adjourned until ernment finance, either here or of what alleged stylists call the elsewhere. The unexpected never light fantastic. Visiting pro crops up so frequently as in the fessional companies have been renim of Government. finance known to be severely critical of Budget framers love nothing so the limitations of the Theatre much as to pose as economists; Royal; whilst the many who have Auction Rooma yesterday afternoon however, employed architects to As the University authorities, but too often it is a pose and no caught chills in its draughty by Mr EV M. B. de Souan, and up plans and specifications, ceeded, but the sum now required thing more than a pose. The terior, have been equally caustic was finally knocked down for

block. The estimate had had to crucial test arrives when contracts in the use of uncomplimentary re $120,000, this being $5,000 above a vote was necessary for $7,298 was for additions to the main are exceeded, when unforeseen ferences. If the present build The property was Nos. 244 and

the upset price

to meet this cost,

Other matters which came be increased each year it had contingencies arise when local rings, which house the "appurten 216, Des Voeux Road, Central it under review and which are not come up because, additional re- and overseas conditions fluctu tances of ordinary culturea was sold by order of the mortgagees mentioned elsewhere were as quirements bad to be provided... and when bills are rendered far library and museum are not. The premises are occupied by the follows:

Tat You Company, Limited, and the langue prestijli ist beyond the expectat

what they might be, let us give cover a total ares, of 1,882, square Colony's Water. most sanguine framer of Budge

thank for the fact that they feet. It is held under two Crown All these conditions, can be ap might conceivably be than Leases for terms of 999 years in plied to the Col

they are. Perhaps we owe a debt each case The Crown rant pay

able in respect of the property of of some sort to those?

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PROPERTY, BALE:

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bust does not do 180 Zow,

Quarters for the University staff and Government officers which had been under contempla tion were not going to be erected, it was stated in the course of the Finance Committee meeting yes terday,

Hon. Mr. Holyoak referred to a vote relating to postponed Public- Works for 1925, and enquired whether the original estimate for the Victoria Hospital had been exceeded, ME WAS

original estimate had not been ex-

The Director replied that the

Hot Sir Henry Pollock: What about the Fire Brigade Station?

Has the original estimate of cost An increase in the filtering been exceeded?

The Director: The revised capacity of the Colony to over six

*The times the present capacity we estimates $1,450,000. foreshadowed by the Director of original estimate was $1110,000.

who, in reply to a Hon Sir Henry Pollock What

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