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A limited 5,000 First Day Covers, prepared by the University of Hongkong in commemoration of its Golden Jubilee next Monday, were sold out within the first hour of sale this morning.

Long queues formed at the Dr L. T. Ride, Vice Chri- counters ef the post offices in cellor of the University, will the Colony for the red-yellow buy the first jubilee stamp at envelopes which bear the inthe General Post Office at 8 scription "University of Hong- am on Monday. kong Golden Jubilee 1901" and its Coat of Arms.

Inside each envelope is a rard describing briefly the Univerally,

The cuvers were sold zi is cents each.

The jubiler stamps painted in five colours will be available on Monday," said Mr A. G. Crook, the Postmaster General. These stamps at $1 each, cân day be used with the first covers.

"We shall keep two counters

on Monday for those who want the covers to be hand chopped by us specifically for the oc- caslon and

CHINA MAIL

Ihoto shows the queue wall- log their Turn to buy Hong- kong University Golden Jublice First Dar Covers at the Gineral Post Ofice morning. A limited stock of 5,000 covers was sold out with- in the first hour of sale.

Vostok satellite

designer

said German

New York, Sept. 4.

Russin falled to The reason

mention the man who designed cosmonaut Gherman Titov's Vustak satellite is that he is a German, Newsweek magazine Post sald in General

today in its "Periscope" Office. Hongkong, and the other section. at the Kowloon Central Post Ofice in Salirbury-road," Mr Crook sold.

I qupled vistlon men in Vienna as saying the designer Brunholt Brude. too was Dr

for World "But the covers must have engineer

War II Junker bombers.--UPI. addreuses," he added.

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1961.

IT WAS NOT ONE OF CHERKASSKY'S BETTER NIGHTS

By A GUEST CRITIC

Shura Cherkassky opened his piano recital in Loke Yew Hall last night with 3.Sonatas by Scarlatti. The artist played them really de lightfully; but the remainder of the pro- gramme left a good deal to be desired.

This was partly due, I think, i work, to the choice of programme, the happy inadequacies of the plano, and pictorial the temperament of the artist.

well. Most visiting artists seem to come to terms with our Inadequate planos in Hongkong

and

ask from them no more than they can give. Mr Cher kassky gave me the impression that he only knew what he wanted, and if the piano did not give it, well it was just too bad for the plane, and the audience. Beethoven's 15 Variations and Fugue (opus 35) based on the them of the Finale of Prometheus Ballet Music thcine subsequently developed by Beethoven to fur greater effret in the Finale of his 3rd Symphony) are a long and Tather tedious set of variations, INTERPRETATION

the La

The music is not of Beeth via's greatest, and the plunist's efforts seemed to be designed to got more out of the muste than was netually, In it. At times the keyboard was virtually attacked. Wrong notes Were not ja- frequently struck; and we were plunged into cach succeeding variation before the echoes of its predecessor had reached the back of the ball. I did not like Mr Cherkassky's Beethoven.

came the Mussorgsky "Pictures"; and I was Intrigued his interpretation of tha

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PICTORIAL PARADE

RIGHT: Daniso Wilson (in her brother's arms), Australian teenager stric- ken with ал incurable discase, soon with har family and friends before boarding a piano bound for home last week..

BELOW: Scon of the Sino- British Club's dinner for. Mr Jack Braga at the Club Lusitano (1-r)—Mr Braga, Dr J. Pequito, and Mr C.

Haye.

ABOVE: Michael Julian Gough, infont son of Mr and Mrs R. W. Gough,

·scon with his parents after his christening at St John's Cathedral.

LEFT: Sir Michael Turner taking the solute at the passing out parade of

Sales Auxillary Police at the Police Training School in Aberdeen,

Mr Cherkassky is very when he is presenting

music and he does

His Promenades from plcture tu picture were very effective- one saw the hulling, hurried, reftalive and bold step of the visitor; and the pletures were all good although depicted in a way which was quite now to I must confess that some of the tempos used by the artist were new to me.

me.

of the Chopin group. I liked the Barcarolle Opus 60 best, Again the artist exploited the triplet figure which pervades the whole work, to convey the idea of the rise and fall or the boat.

throughout the F Minor

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Photo shows the green Austin after the crash this morn-

the Ing outside HMS Tamar gate when Mr and Mrs Au Ping-cheung were hurt. Their injuries were later describ- ed as being "not serious."Stafl photographer.

Couple injured

in car crash

From the Files

25

years AGO-

September 1936

With

than 2,000 French and Chinese notables, educators and studente attend- ing, an impressivo · ceremony of dedication for the fina new administration building of Aurora

Septembeverity was held on

"The opening exercises were combined with an exhibition of French

and books, classic

modern, engraving and bind- |ings, which will be kept open

for two weeks,

The new büilding, largest and most modern of the group of university structures which I stand on both sides of Avenue Dubail near Rue Lafayette, was designed by 'Mears. Minutti and Company.

STATEMENT made

But he and the "ard Scherzo A Chinese couple were injured when their small Ab the Acting Colonial green Austin crashed against the wall west Secretary, the Hon. Mr of the HMS Tamar gate at about 8.35 am R. A. D. Forrest on Friday today.

there was far tvo much rubato for my liking, This criticism is one which applies to a greater or less extent to all the works performed, except the Scarlatt! where the rubato stemed to "come oft".

MASTERPIECE

The programme closed with own arrangement Stravinsky's for plano of part of his Ballet music for Petrouchka, Techni- a most difficult cally, this is piece of music, and Mr. Cher-

It played

brilliantly kassky and coldly. How lacking

music of this sort!

in

Stravinsky's original, concep- tion (before he was invelgled into contributing the moale for the magnificent ballet) was a work for plano and Orchestra. As it turned out, the Ballet music was richly scored for double woodwind, full brass and full percussión.

Tells court he

did not know

about narcotics,

indicated there is a pos.

sibility of Government re The driver, Mr Au Ping-

the censorship cheung, aged about 30. suffered examining chest bruises caused by the of Chinese newspapers. steering wheel as a result of The Colonial Secretary the accident.

added that, following the His wife, sitting beside him. Hon. Mr M. K. Lo's motion for the abrogation of the Their condition was reported censorship the Government to be "not serious" in the did not have time to make n Queen Mary hospital.

thorough investigation of

suffered cuts in the lips and chin and lost two teeth.

The front near side mudguard

censorship

WAB

tonal colour the plane is for A 35-year-old unemployed of the private car was pushed the subject along all the in by the Impact. The other lines of the supporters' case, man, Kwok Lam, facing mudguard and headlight were but inquiry would be made charges of possessing damaged.

in the early future. nearly ten. pounds of Sub Lieut. C. H. Hartwill, of The horoin, morphine and HMS Tamar, was just round- dblum, said this morning road into Queen's-road Central meeting of the Legislative ing the corner from Murray-lengthily debated at the last that he did not known of

In his radio van when the Council on Wednesday when the contents in a leather crash occurred.

it was submitted that there bag he was carrying when "I did not see the crash my did not exist now the danger arrested.

elf, but I was the first man on to

public welfare which the scene," he said. He then radiord the Patrol Room to dial inspired the initiation of the 000 and send for ald from the censorship 11 years ago. Slek Bay."

Furthermore, it was stated The man and woman scaled by the Hon. Mr Lo, many In the car looked dazed, and entirely harmless articles the woman was bleeding from had been erased, and much the mouth," he said.

The accused Kwok Lan, sold Wong You, to he was told by his employer, carry the bag. The man had told him that the

The Orchestral scoring is a masterpiece, a thing of fascinat- ing gaiety, wit and beauty. But, when years later he transcribed 3 of the most colourful aernes for solo plano, how he ever Ex- pected this instrument to achieve his purpose, passes my comprehension. Tho plund music is calculated to show off planist's technical brilliance;

of heroin, but it is not the best of choices barbitone and prepared oplum

bag contained plastic goods. Kwok said.

Kwok was alleged to have had three ounces of heroin in n leather bag, and pounds

inconvenience

HMS Tamar Sick Bay staff unnecessary nearly ten

first aid to Mrs Au cqused to the Chinese press. gave morphine, before the ambulance arrived. In the division called for by the mover, the motion to abrogate was lost by 14 votes to two. Since then the case for the Chinese press received strong support from the English press and

for major work before in fat in Pokfulam-rood. He Hongkong audience today.

was also alleged to have had un This was not one of Mr oplum pipe on May 2. Cherkasky's better nights; all artists have their of days like he other mortals.

Woman drug

addict surrenders

A woman who went to the police because she wanted to cut off the drug habit, was jailed for six months by Mr J. T. Williams at Central Magistracy this morning.

The

27-year-old woman, Yeung Chu, of 21 Lower Lascar- row, second floor, Central, ad- mitted possessing a small quan- tity of oplum water.

Young had 13 previous con- victions, including four for heroin offences.

Inspector G.. D. Carter told the court that it was quite an unusual case. Young approached a police officer in Cochrane- street near Lynhurat Terrace, Central, on Sunday afternoon, 'hinded him a boille of opium water and asked to be arrested. She told the police that she wanted to go to fall to cut off her addiction to the drug.

Saboteurs

on the job

Nocals, ent Felice, sald today that "unknowi

enbolture?", blew up an-, nico- | trially" sub-station at Milenro, 18 mlion wosk of hero, renter

The sub-siation” supplies, ofers: tricity to the ble Installations of the fellente › Búning Company, recently, given to the Grock- Cypriol."@community-by Me Albinsssion {{Modonnakis, the Greek millionaire Ching, Mall: Special A

Kwok sald in his defence that had been unemployed for some time, and in April, was introduced to factory pro- prietor, Wong Yau, to work as a kitchen hand,

He said he worked in a Queen's-road flat for a little aver ten days and later he was told to work in the Pokfulam- read flat.

On May 2, he said, Wong Yau, asked him to cross the harbour with him. Wong also told him he said contained plastle goods, to carry a leather bag, which

As they were walking in the street, Kwok said, two pollee

en approached them and ar- rested them.

Hearing before Mr Justice 1. C. C. Rigby is continuing.

Mr W. S. W. Davidson, Crown Counsel, prosecuting.

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Govt officers study food

needs of

fishes from correspondents.

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Miss AnnaL, May Wong, famous Chinese film star of Hollywood, was among the ar rivala hero yesterday by the President Hoover.

What are the specific food fishes requirements of cultivated commercially in brackish water? This is what officers of Co-Operative Development and ing to find out by research at Hongkong and Canton some Fisheries Department are try- Au Tau, in the Yuen Long Dis-monika ago when she first ar- trict of the New Territories.

the

Mies Wong, who visited

They have stocked a pond rived from America, is returns- with a smail number of fishing from her visit to Shanghai to determine whether the water and Nanking. She intends to in this pond is of such quality remain in the Colony for a as to allow for the cultivation, few days before continuing to of pond flah in the area.

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