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BELA SIKI ¦ RECITAL

Loke Yew Hall has off night

By D. E. GRAY

ATE seemed to be working against Bela Siki, the bril

recital last night in Loke Yew Hall,

when gave his

The CORTI

autumn wind whirling away the withered leaves over the fresh grass."

First, the air-conditioning ment, one could have heard a system of the hall was not fund pin drop in the hall, tioning, and artist and audience artist seemed to catch alike were more than a little pletely the spirit of the presto uncomfortable; next, he seemed, Anale "that to be a little unhappy with the lighting arrangements in the first half of the programme, for the lights struck him full in the eyes as he leaned over the keys; finally, and to cap all, there was an irritating clanging noise from the piano in all fortissimo passages !!

Oh, roll on the City Hall, with its proper concert hall and its full-size Steinway planol

these

However, although things were annoying they did not mar the performance in the slightest as far as I was con- cerned,

on

CHINA

Pare 10

MAIL

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1960.

YOU'D BETTER WATCH OUT, PRESIDENT TELLS LANDLORD

be

You may

expelled'

A landford of a building

which is up for exemp tion, was this morning commended by the Pre- sident of the Tenancy Tribunal, Mr B. V. › Rhodes, for his generosity in paying compensation to his 34 tenants at the rate of $17 a square foot. The usual compensation paid for such a building is $14 per square foot.)

The second part of the pro- gramme opened with the Pre-

uae Arioso and Fuguetta the Name of Bach, by Honeg ger, and this was followed by a Sonatina for left hand by

Mr Rhodes said that is hel Dinu Lipatti. The latter could Fave been a composition by didn't watch out, the applicant Stravinsky, Webern; or Alban would be expelled from the Pro- Berg and I could find no-perty Owners Association for iting of interest in it.

setting much high rates of com- pensation.

Sikh undoubtedly bencfted Siki is undoubtedly a brilliant cm his training under that for planket and a very fine artist. great pianist Dinu Lipatti, He opened with the Beethoven his Chopin and his Liszt (with which he ended the pro- Sonata Op. 10 No. 2, in F major gramme) had passages must re- This Sonata is cast, generally, in a happy mood, and is "light"mimscent of ones of Lipatti, musically. But it is not easy to "pull off."

This applied particularly to he Chopin Polonaise which he

uyed as his last encore.

The capriciousness of the first

or the Liszt PROLO the movement, the mysterious and

หล 1 rare somewhat cerie atmosphere of "Paganini" Elude the minuet and the playfulness delight this is a wonderful of the presto movement, ail call transcription of the famous 24th and Caprice of Paganini, and it show- for tremendous neatness

wered off Siki's faultless technique contrast, These moods

Our thanks gu admirably brought out by Siki to advantage. who played this Sonata as wellence again to the Music Society as I have ever heard it played. for an evening of superb plano

His outstanding work of the evening, however, was the B Rat minor Sonata by Chopin. This was magnificently done- never have I heard such a per- formance. It is not a model of classical form, of course, but in depth of beauty and poetic content it ranks high.

music.

He

was Heung On Chien, of two three-storeyed owner houses at 238 and 240 Sal Yeung Mongkok, Kow- Chol Street, loon.

The area of the houses was

8,760 square feet, and the total

$73,950. amount of compensation

WES

The present building will be demolished, and on the site will be constructed

a sx- building atveyed

housing domestle premises and shops. it will cost $100,000.

Tribunal Sadick and Mr Chau Joye.

Representing the applicant was Mr P. T. Yu of F. Zimmern and Co,

With Mr. Rhodes on

Me were

the

Опал

TV, Radio recitals 200-year-old

by Bela Siki

Mr Bela Sild, who gave a

The third movement (the piano recital last night at Löke

tree goes

famous Funeral march) con- New Hall, will speight be aces on exhibition

This A 200-year-old Yellow Willow

tains harmonies which tear the Television at 7.30 pm, where heart strings, and the trio with he will give a short recital, Later Its peculiar detached serenity he will be heard at 8.30 p.m seemed to bring a calmness to over Radio Honglong. the audience which I have rectal "will feature works by seldim seen in Hongkong. Chopin including Ballade in

During Siki's playing of this Nocturne in B, and Andante movement and the last, move- Spionato and Polonaise.

Simply

Scrumptious!!!

all that lovely new dreamwear

tree can be seen at St John's Cathedral Hall.

It is one of many mintature frees un display with a collec- tion of scrolls, calligraphy and embroidered pictures of great age.

The art of growing dwarf trees originated in the Sung dynasty, 1,000 years ago, and was per- fected by the Chinese,

Among the exemples shown at this unique exhibition are umbrella pines 50 years old, with a spread of only about three- feet, tiny but venerable laren trees, black pine and others.

Miniature gardens in typical landscape style, with craggy grey rocks bearing old, gnarled trees in their crevices show how expertly their designers have nurtured them, over many decades, to keep their perfect forzi.

Particularly interesting in a. Ming dynasty embroidered pic-. ture and an ode written 500 years ago in praise of the Em- peror's palaces and gardens at

Nanking.

This rare exhibition set up by

Sir Sik-nin Chau knighted

Sir Siksnim Chau, Lady Chau und son,

uphed outside Bucking-

ham Foface yesterday after the Queen hud bestowed the accolade of Knight: Bachelor on this leading Hongkong personality—

Judge's query in heroin

case

Does mere knowledge of a: Hid- ing place for dangerous drugs constitute the offence of possessing them?

Judge Derek Cons asked this

question in the Victoria trict Court today after Chan Kam, 32, pleaded not guilty to

$750 FINE FOR MAN WHO CLAIMED

40-YEAR FRIENDSHIP.

Central Magistrate, Mr T. L. Yang this morning fined a 67-year-old company secretary $750 or three months jail for wilfully making a false statement to procure a travel document, The secretary, Lam Ho-chi, in compliance, with a friend's of Flat 45, No. 188 Praias Street, request. pleaded guilty

Sheaff

BALL POINT PEN

Norwegian Fr

gets six months for stabbing

25

years AGO

July, 1935

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|^|| A|Mórwegion" motor-man_of ADY Southorn opened.

the

the ms Talabot, who ad-

mitted that he had knifed Hongkong a new Lido at his third officer, was on Repulse Bay yesterday. tenced to six months at After Mr J, H. Taggart had by Central Magistrate, Mr described the main features Mr. I. T. Morris, this of the scheme, Lady Sou- thorn spoke on the neces morning

sity for superseding the old Edgar Andreson, 47 wounded matshed system which was

third officer,

Thorlief

so beloved by, those who Kristensen, on the left shoulder owned a matshed, by ac-

and forearm

He told the court at the last commodation for the hearing that he was drunk at general public. The Lido that time and could not was member what had actually taken place.

He also said that he and Kristensen were friends and that he would not have, com mitled the offence 17 he had not been drank.

Unversed

catering for the greatest good of the greatest number.

A

MONG recent appoint- ments and promotions.

are Mias N. K. Johnson to be

In his judgment, Mr Morris nursing sister, and Mr E. said he believed that Andreson Hamilton, cadet officer class war obviously unversed in Bri-II to be a cadet officer class 1. tish laws, unfamiliar with the Mr J. B. Frentis has been op

without procedure and

the pointed a funior legal officer necessary ability to properly and Mr Andrew Todd Hamil. present his case,

ton and Mr Ernest Hames

"I have made allowances for Edwards have been appointed these matters and have con official Justices of the Peace. sequently given him all the as- sistance I cen to ensure that be has had a fair trial.

"It is regrettable that this. man has to go to jail but it is unavoidable" having" regard to the facts revealed, and he can

Sd to hear the lady IR I was indeed, delight-"

ZBW

consider himself extremely for announcer from: rtunate that he is not facing a yesterday conclude the mid- still more serious charge and day broadcast with the that the injured nan ber made words "that ends the pro- a most remarkable recovery,"

gramme of luncheon- music”. Mr Morris sald,

Instead of using that tire. some word tiffin.

I

Photographer have yet to discover

leaves for Japan

the reason why this Indian word should be so popular both "here and throughout the Far East luncheon in a perfectly good English word.

Why should it not be used A French free-lance photo by English-speaking people? grapher left here yesterday for There are many expressions Tokyo after completing a ter

day pictorial assignment on and words as we know, Hongkong for a Swiss magazine. which we have borrowed He was Mr Yvan Butler, free-from French and other Lam sald in Court that what lance photographer for Paris languages. But these are

and Swellzer Detective Inspector Ne Ying- he did was not out of a mer-Jour Magazine fun testified that on August 20, ecnary motive,

but with

the Illustre of Geneva left by Swiss-used in order to express 1957, Wung' Pui-kai applied to humane intention of helping air for Tokyo on the last stage shades of meaning for which

we have no English equiva the Immigration Office for a Wong to further his studies in of a Far Eastern tour.

Mr Butler has been to Run-lent. But tiffin! there is no British passport and submitted England. two certificates bearing the sig natures of two guarantors, of whom Lam was one.

a charge of "possexing nine grams of heroin, Inspector T. W. Wheeler, the prosecutor, said the Crown's case against-Chan rested on the fact that he led police directly to a rooftop drug cache durlig arald on May 15 at One Ling Chan Second Lane, Walled City, Kowloon. Chan old officers the drugs belonged to Lau Ling-tai, 33, his female companion. She having aded guilty to grams, and also to a further. On July 5, this year; Lam charge of having 4 grams on was interviewed by a detective her person...

at Bolice Headquarters...where Judge Cons said the evidence mder a caution, Lam admitted would show-if-Chan should be that he did not know Weng Put considered in possession of the kai or his parents personally, drugs.

and that what he had stated in the guarǝther's form was done

a group of Hongkong collectors The hearing continues. will remain open until Saturday, i July 16-MP.

goon, Bangkok, Singapore, Indo- nesia. Cambodia during the past excuse for it..

Man overboard onth

"The reason I spent so long- In the guarantor's form, Lam

here was that part of my case. stated that he had known A 50-year-old man fell or signment was to fully cover the Wong's parents for 40 odd jumped into the harbour from the refugee problem. I also went to Macao for a short years, and that Wong was ferry Man King about a hun down born in the Colopy..

dred yards from Shamshuipo time."

He goes on to Paris byer the pler at about 8.35 this morning.

The ferry was travelling from Pole from Tokyo.

Shamshuipo. Hongkong to

W.C.T

Considerable excitement wari caused shortly before 7. o'clock last night when dense, clouds of smoks, poured out of the premises in the East Arcade of the Gloucester

Gilman & Co Ltd.

One of the crew members LAUNCH PICNIC Building occupied by Messrs. dived in and rescued the man, The man was unconscious when brought up and sent to hospital by Marine police.

According to the latest in formation, the victim is still unconscious,

POP

The St John's Cathedral launch pienie, amanged for next

In response to an alarm, Saturday, leaving Blake Pier at five appliances under "Supt, 8 pm, will be held as planned. H.T. Brooks, quickly arrived $3 tickets are on sale at the on the scene. The outbreak Cathedral office.

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