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WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1957.

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VIEW FROM A BANYAN TREE WRONG

-IN 1890-

AN OLD RESIDENT SAYS GOODBYE

By WILLIAM SMYLY

IN April, 1890 a small boy sat in the branches of a front. He was banyan tree on the Hong kong sea almost directly over the head of the Duke of Connaught who was laying the foundation stone of Hongkong's "Big Re- clamation" the reclamation on which the greater part of Victoria now stands.

The banyan tree is not there any more, and you can not even see the sea from where it stood. But then it was on the sea shore with the cricket field sweeping down to the beach, and the old praya wall run- ning approximately down the present tram lines.

The City Hall stood in old Wadley Street in those days, For eyes old enough to remein- her it's shade stands partly

Bandman

came up certing from Aus- alia to call t Hẹngtrong Shanghal, end sometimes at the growing ports of Japro.

to largely ሓነኒ St Some prople managed boy centred

Cathedip where he weather the eluentional storms John's

ilke all however, and the organist and was a chorister and,

choir master at St John's.... Mr. choir boys in those days, was paid for. He also attended C. F. A. Sangster remained on for more years than any of hla The choir school that was run

Bateman

U12 young choristers could count, a by Mr C. J.

regular and influential figure in that gentleman one day gave

their lives. up quoting the Bible and on- noticed his conversion to the Church of Rome.

The family was that of the Hongkong auctioneers "Lammert

ethers."

Alkin-

the Hongkong and Shangh Bank, part spoining the street, red part in the Bank of China. The "Pollard Lipuikus"...a group of performlag children who visited from time to time from Australla, were on at the City Hall Theatre, witch was The end of the choir school also visited by the "Dallas however did not end the

Opera Co. and by ↑ choir, and

THE FAMILY the boys would travelling mulent shows which spend their weekly choir money on a Chinese bean teost

Originally "Lammer to which the choir master was cometings invited and would to and Co it was foutaged in contribute a jug of limonade 1858. By October 7, 1080, whea

Lionel Eugene Lammert from

of the Hongkong born in cid dadine's building. "Grog Shops,"

At other times the boys would steering partner or stepped out. The boy was a chorister at St

town looking 1or John's Cathedral, and performed wandte the

Greg regularly for the same choir entertainment, and the

The auctioneer's family hed! provided ií, ne master in optras put on by the Sas muy

Ite that children were allowed tight boys and two girls. A.. thr | Amateur Operatie Suclety."

boys passed through the auction had already appeared in Gilbert side. and Sullivan's comle operas —

when 100, referring or being re

their ther called by which

cách were

needed, and branching out into seva al Conei

And he appeared with work to get the most beautiful many oifferent lines of busine:: elder sister too in "Beauty and maid... to sit be when more profitable opportuni- tirs presented themselves. Final-

REGULARLY

perforine

one

The Grog Shops catered for roatahy nen, and each hunted the Colony and the surrounding

the Atkinson had

wus

become t

BRITISH SOLDIER NOT GUILTY

KATCHEN-A JOYTO HEAR

PERSON BEING SUED?

Mr Oswald Cheung, re- presenting a merchant who is being sued by a widow was killed in a motor accident, sub- in the Supreme Court this morning that she her action for damages.

whose husband

had not made out a case in

the

He also

suggested that

JULIUS Katchen gave the first of two recitals in the Queen's Theatre last night. This pianist has a brilliant technique combined with a delicacy mitted of touch and a pianissimo which is a joy to hear. However I felt that the louder passages were dis plays of Mr Katchen's virtuousity rather than of his musicianship and that he was trying to get wrong person was being sued.

The widow, Yam Yuel-ho, more out of his instrument than out of the music. ctated damages against Lo Hung, a Police Constable, ond An example of this is the had not known, one could have Leung Mocn-chuen, the mer- the been caslly misled into thinking chant. She alleged that Beethoven Senata in E. Major. The first two movements are that these were written at least accident on Island Road, Aber-

one hundred years later than deen, on marked Vivace, ma non troppo

June 19, 1953, was nux Prestissimo, These gave Mr they were. The third move-

caused through the negligence Katehen the opportunity to dis- ment, Andante con variazioni, of the constable and that Leung play his virtuosity but If one however, allowed Mr Katchen to Moca-chuen permitted Lo to demonstrate his ghter, mere drive his car without third party lyrical playing to advantage,

Insurance risk. The Birceuce by Chopin was described in the programme noles as one of Chopin's most magical compositions, Once

Mr Terence Shurleck, lostruct again Mr.Kuichen was at his best and produced a fine singinged by P. L. Lam and Co., is the widow. Mr quality which truly made it representing

Cheung is Instructed by F. Zinmern rad Co. Lo Hung dis not appear in Court, nor was he represented.

Played Truant At Five To Play The Piano

by J. P. PRETTEJOHN

cradle song.

At His Best

The rest of the programme consisted of a Prelude and Fugue

THE LICENCE

The plaintiff's case having Cheung sul- concluded, Mr in E Minor by Mendelssohn, mitted that she had failed to He said the Ballade and make out a case. Chopin's third

Mr breach of stautory law alloged Carnival; Mr

in the statement or claim uc- his client of permitting cused Again 1 felt that the the Kalchen Anhed with three cn- quieter passages were handled Kicht delicacy, warmth and while the more understanding

corts.

The noted pianist Julius Katchen, who charm-Schumann's ed his audience at the Queen's Theatre last night, played truant at the age of five just to practise at his piano.

"I love the piano so much that I ran away from school to practise on it," he told me yesterday,

swell

the

with

brilliant passages although play-

to

cor.

Hung to drive his private

THE BROTHER

ed with technical brilliance and

Mr Cheung cald there was no gical competence were rather

doubt, from the evidence, that overpowering and there was not

Leung himself had not per- much time spent betw: these mitted Le to drive his car. The two extremes.

evidence was that Loung'a May now direct one request brother, a building foreman, had the stage management? Most borrowed the car from Leung to of

us like

to glimpse at theure it to transport workmen and and execilent pro-building materials. programme gramme notes by Father Ryan Mr Cheung stated that t during the actual playing. Last WES clear ako from the night many people were groping evidence that Leung's brother

straining to rend

was the one who subsequently

to drive permitted Lo Hung the car.

"It may well be," he COM- Unued, "that the wrong pemon is being sued."

Mr Julius Kalchen, who is stablish a scholarship, for now in Hongkong in the courge youth to further his study. of a world tour, will be giving The Katchen Scholarship was another recital this evening. He founded, with sufflelent inoncy, arrived here with

pretty to enable him to study music ini ไปส French wife on July 26.

England for a year. During the first leg of his

before coming to Hong preant tour, he has given at-.

kong, Mr Kelchen gave a public most 70 public performances.

the performance 10 Mr Keichen, who is scholarship funds go that the lad days short of his 30th birthday, was born with a musical note in his mouth."

Nussian Of

After leaving Hongkong in stock, his grand-parents were! noter musicians before they three of four days' time, he and migrated to the United States in Mrs Katchen will go on an ex- please, but jual dimmed? Watson went to Kal Tak to bid A 23-year-old

British 1900. Lionel soldier. John Milne of 21,! Field Engineer Regiment !

1:e Dist" She was "Beauty."lishment, The shops niso badly Lionel remained as the seis He, as usual, was a page boy fancy

names. "Traveller

cl proprietor.

"Lammert

and sang treble in the chorus. fatel" "Globe Hole" "The Mal

at th Wheel "Rose, Shamrock Brothers" until he took to

son-in-law Mr

We

partnership his

K. A. Watson,

This mouing Me

on Thistle" "The Land

In" "International", Live

"German Tovern."

He sat back in his old desle in the auction rooms Atty yards from the place he was born and close his Dyca to lock hat "Criterion",

early 70 years.....said with a mile Iolanthe, 1889.

All

DENTIST

round

There was also Yeomen, and

grouped were the Gondoliers. And there was "rupper after the show" about, and as ner es pessible, cold supper served in, one of the the Central Theatre, and while large assembly rooms of the the girls pulled the handles a City Hall St Andrew's Hall. Portuguese pianist would pound The Music Reom, St George's at a tinkling plano. All pianists in these days were reported to be Portuguese, and next to the These Arembly Rooms were aleo the scene of the big winter beauty of the barmaid, the Grog balls in the Colony at that time Shops vied with cach other in ... balls at which some years providing the best pianist with later on he met and danced the largest repertoire (and, if with und married the pretty possible

Her name behead). Florence O'Dell. came Lammcri.

190,

strongest the

and Mrs

flew

off

the

The Lit of farewell 10 Hongkong Lammert's. and Florenc England. Their plans were not definite, but just longong has changed so much since we were young"

Two Suspects Detained

Enchanting

could continue his studies for another year.

tended second honeymoon.

!

We will enjoy ourselves, no work, no concerts for two months," he said.

Then he will take Mrs Kat-

was discharged by Mr Derek: At the age of live he found Cons at Kowloon Court this, music so oftenties that he achen in Euros to complete bis morning when he was found away from schont just to be four before returning home to

with his pirno. He loved music New Jersey, not guilty of theft.

so much that his parents took Mile WAS represented by him out of hool at the age of Mal. J. C. Roberizon,

seven and gave him all the

Nat at

28 Cameron

foundation that

tutor.

fle was

*1*

in serve

"discovere:" at the

D. S. I, Ronald, Baylera pro-fuition they could to build up a secuted,

Milne

was allegedi to have him ro well later. And in the stelen 572 frem Chinese evening, he was taught English

On July 27 woman, Chan Ho, The Police have delnined a when he went with her to her and the three. Is by private

Road first Or Fenicthines the boys would suspect following the theft or a

from X Chinese floor, Oh Hongkong

was different, go to see Dr Scquah....a famous wrist watch

in Nathon Chan alleged in her evidence age of 11 d he made his first

debut as yesterday

a professions gleist that Mike gave her $30 to We knew everyene then, Of: Hongkong dentist of the day woman

with the

Philadelphia focus course we knew all their bus who worked in public and got Road, near Pitt Street, The nan

arrested by a

defective spend the night with her and Orchestra. Thin for the

that he had stolen this plus ness too. It's change." Sald 77-round the "no advertising" rule was

chase. The watch was

nother $42 which she had put yours until he was about 13, almost all the year- Lionel Lammert, lean of his trade (if such a rule even after a cha

he played with in those

those days) by per- recovered,

under her pillow whilst she was Another suspect was detained in the bathroom.

great Grchestras in the United ing back in his chair in Pecido: txisted

States. Milne said he never gave her auctioneer's office.

At the age of 14 the already also had been' stolen from a pedes-

$30 n she

made this mons young pianist was taken off the concert plage by his her time,

to brata band.

Stri recally, in a cluttered | formi Scquah worked with following a report that money |

REPULSE BAY

served to drown

the band

SIDE the

GLANCES

By Galbraith

Cut each the cries of his Lian in Po On Read, near Wing allegation because he had wasted patients.

And he had speelal Lung Street, on Monday, The Peak Tram was going of signale to indicate to his trum- course in those days, His brother peter when would be an appro- jumped onto a fuck that was

was | priate intment for a cadenza, being towed up and down on A horse oinnibus ran the first experimental runs, and streets in 1839. The Indian type of "Charry" or pony cart ran claimed to be the first passenger

the level of the Peak Railway-n pubile its taxi service on service that like some others of roarts around the shores. People has ook rickshaws for shopping in vintage engineering Tiven completely trouble free town, and sedan chairs up the vise for five or six times the life hills to the residential necus

of any of the modern wonders unless, like many of the Europ which have come to supplement cans in town then, they lived

11.

above their place of work and

Roads were few. When boys had no need of transport.

went swimming in those days

they would walk to Repulse

CALAMITY.

Bay over the catchwater iracle The calmly of Mr C. J.

from Wongnelcheng Gap, or up Bateman was the second occa- over Wenchat Gap and down slon, co which the Church of the hill paths to Beep Water Home upset altempts at English Bry

education. The first was when There was also a forest then

a new headmaster arrived from in which the boy's father got England and took a pleasure lust, cod he went to hunt, and trip to Macao. He arrived at found him. That was before soine ble festival when proces the Tat Tam Tuk reservoir, and sions were passing down the the forest was in the bottom. street and everyone was knect- The occasion (1801) กล 2 Ing... but luncel, he refused to launch picnic to Tai Tam bay, do,

After getting lest in the wood As ecasequence there was the sea began blowing up rough In rist and ho landed in prisc and the women In the party which young officers of the Bri- decided to put ashore at Stanley | tish Navy —paykų a "Courtesy and take sedan chairs back to Call" in Macao at the time- Victeria, while the small boy stormed, cad carried him away. went co in the launch whistling Protests flew furiously, One for wind and hoping for a storm, of them was from the new In those days' a swim at Re- headmaster himself, Ho- sald pulse Bay was a day's outing that he had quite underesti- away from town. Life moyed | mated the dangers of Hongkong moro. slowly and in a smaller and asked to be returned to compass. Lifo for this smell England at once.

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"Don't you remember me? I'm the fellow who taught you to skate last winter!"

NEARLY COLLIDED WITH LAUNCH

Cheng Yin Kai, coxswain of a which narrowly police meter bost

seaped collision with a launch on July 19 at the Naval Anchorage, Wanchai was fined $50 by Mr D. L. P. Edwards

the charge of failing to keep out R: Marine Count this morning.

Chen pleaded not guilty to

ef way of another vessel on the for mere sludy, le entered starboard side. Haverford College to learn more He told the court that he was about philosophy and English stooping over an oil control literature. In 1546 he gradualed valve at the time and did not Int College with honours and see the police Inunch spproach. When he was told that ho

parents and put in high school

125

Gro ot five American

students awarded a scholarship

Gave Up Studies

by the French Government to pun the wheel heavily on stc- ing the appreaching lunch and study philosophy,

did not give any sound signal indicating his intention to turn, he told the court that he was In France, then engaged in

# dual role of coxswal and Engineer.

The Magistrate replied that was beside the point."

Upon his arrivai he applied and was allowed by the Government to study music instead of philosophy under the scholarship.

Fils talent was noted and he once more went on the con- cert stage and had to give up his studies.

Later he took part in the festival, first Unesco music performing with the world's leading musicians. Because of his youth and his talent, he Was one of the hits of the festival.

his

married

Mr Kalchen pretty French wife and has sincs made his home in France.

Three Hurt In Traffic Mishaps

A 75-year-old woman, Chow Yuot-ying, was knocked down and injured by a lorry yester- cay at the junction of Prince Edward Road and Laichikok wind Ioad, Kawinon Chow lives at No. 97, Chatham Road, wns admitted o Kowloon

This is 'Mr Kntchen's third world concert tour and His Hospital,

second visit to Hongkong.

He

A taxi struck down and in- likes the Colony, and especially jured a Chinese woman, Wong Chinese food. Hig lunch Lee Lee, oged 27. outside No.

wag his cecond 221

In

221, Nathan Road early this menis since his arrival, morning. She is being detained

incident Recalling an

in Kowloon Hospital. Singapore, Mr Katchen said on invitation; he adjudged a young bay, Yu Chur-yee, the winner of the Singapore Muskeet Festival two years ago..

Ng Chung Hel, aged 29, reald- lng at the Tal Tung Construc- tion Company Workers' Quar- ters, received injuries when he fell of a moving lorry Inside Following the award, he the Kal Tak reclamation managed to persuade soine richyesterday. He was admitted to people to subscribe monty to Kowloon Hospital,

GET A

and

their one

programme and I believe person even produced a pocke torch. Could the auditorium light not be turned right out

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