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CONDUCTOR'S REIGN OF "TERROR."

TRAINING AN ORCHESTRA BY FEAR."

LECTURER BREAKS HIS BATON.

CHINESE LOAN DEFAULTS.

MARCONI AND VICKERS ISSUES.

A report of the committee, of holders of Chinese Government & per Cent. Ten-Year Sterling Bill, 1918 (Marconi Issue) and Chinese Government 8 per Cent. Ten Year Sterling Treasury Notes, 1919 (Vic- conductor, continued in music teachers Issue), states that since the ing at Oxford last month,

There was more baton clashing when Mr. Walton O'Donnell, the

One of the first casualties was his own katon, for demonstrating how to cut off a beat abruptly he brought it down so smartly that it snapped in half to the amusentent of the

students.

"It is the conductor who supplies the electricity, power, and fire to his orchestra or choir," he said. "The essence of good conducting is that your players will do exactly what you want. The worst conduc- tor is he who allows his orchestra to conduct him.

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"I think the wireless is still rather regarded as a toy. People are still playing with it, but they think it will ever get the upper hand of personal performance, but it does show more than anything else that clarity and fidelity are necessary in a performance, since many things that pass muster in a microphone, which, shows up every little fault. I also think wireless is having the effect of making people use more discrimination and dis cernment, so that in future they will

demand higher performances."

•Cowardly " Men Students. - Several young women; students again wielded the baton, conduct ing the rest of the students in medieval singing and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.

Mr. O'Donnell did not spare their feelings. Sometimes he stood be- hind them and, clasping their arma, did the conducting movements with them so violently they were nearly lifted off their feet. At last he call ed for a man student to try, but none would pluck up courage to face that ordeal. To cries of "Cowards they hid both themselves and their batons behind, chairs and left the girls to it.

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"You cannot be nervous if

you concentrate on what you are doing," said Mr. O'Donnell. "You can be forehand, but when you start all your energy is directed on the job and there is no time for anything else."""

RELIGIOUS RIOTS.

THREE POLICEMEN AMONG

FIFTEEN INJURED.

Three policemen were injured in' a baton charge during religious riots in the Everton district of Liverpool last month.

Twelve people were injured in addition to the policemen, and a number of arrests were made.

Two hundred policemen from four divisions were on special duty, and committee's last communication in

a police guard was placed cutside July, 1999, they have been endea

every church in the district. vouring, both in England and in

A serious conflict between Roman China, to get some definite pro-Catholics and Orangemen occurred posal for the settlement of the outside the new Roman Catholic claims of the Notcholders, both as presbytery; in York Terrace. to interest arrears and capital.

Abusive notices were chalked on the presbytery walls, stones were thrown at the windows, and the railings were tora up

In June, 1999, the committee re ceived a visit from Mr. Atwell, the Tientsin partner of Messrs. Lowe, Binghain & Matthews, who have

A crowd then gathered outside a been and still are co-operating with house occupied by a woman who the committee in this matter, and cleans the steps of the church of representing them in China. He Our Lady Immaculate, Everfor,

gave the "committee much detailed information regarding the chaos and confusion existing in China, and expressed, the opinion that it would be some considerable time before the political situation was such that any progress could be made towards repayment of these loans.

Within the last two months the committee have received several further communications from their agents in China, enclosing cuttings from the Press dealing, with the present situation. The cuttings show that the Foreign Minister bas publicly announced that the Chinese Government has commenced to set aside annually $5,000,000 from the Customs revenue for the purpose of consolidating the domestic and for- eign obligations in Chins, and also that it "intends to call a conference of the representatives of crediters on or before October 1 of this year, to discuss plans for the con- solidation of debt, etc When this conference takes place, Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews will attend as the properly accredited representatives of the committee.

The woman brought a bucket of water to clean of a chalk message, when she was roughly handled by a number of women, and a free fight broke out.

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Police were rushed to the scene in patrol-wagons, and were forced to use their batons to disperse the mob. A sergeant and two cor stables were struck by stones and ..badly cut.

The police again had to use their batons again when Orangemen tried to break up a demonstration raised by the Everton district division of the Irish Foresters.

Stones and bricks were thrown, and women were knocked down and trampled in the crush.

A fifteen year-old boy paraded a maig, street with an effigy of Dr. Downey, Archbishop of Liverpool. He was followed by about 100 children. Police marched the child-

ren into a side street and corfis- The report further states that thecated the efigy, which, was placed cominittee has brought to the notice by a constable in a nearby house.. of the British Foreign Office the claims of the Noteholders regard. ing the Chinese liability in respect of the Marconi and Vickers issues of Bills and Treasury Notes, and received an assurance that "His Majesty's Minister in Peiping had been instructed to include, these ENDOWMENT OF debts among the claims awaiting. aztisfaction, and to press for pay. ment of them when the proper time comes."

LATE DR. DALMAHOY

ALLAN...

BEDEMORIAL

In memory of the late Dr. Mr. C. Birch Crisp, who rendered valuable assistance at the time, of Dalmahoy Allan, who died four the formation of the committee, has years ago, a number of friends recently intimated that he does not gathered at St. Paul's Hospital, see his way to continue to serve on the committee, which consists of Causeway Bay, yesterday, the qn- Mr. Maurice Jerks, F.O.A, Sirniversary of his death, on the Arthur du Cros, and Mr. George occasion of the endowment of a bed Cursons.

In the hospital in his name.

All the same, Mr. O'Donnell ad- vocated instilling fear into perform- ers at rehearsals. You have to make them so frightened before you MORE METRICAL MUSINGS: by D. 6. S. Strahan, who, in a

start that they dare not flicker an eyelid," he said. "Train them to look at you continually. To do this you must dig deep holes and trups and let them fall right in. When they have done that many times they will get terriñed and watch, your every beat until they become so wary that, however, suhtle the trap they will not get caught..

The Art of Training.

The audience must not get the idea that a conductor is merely spectacular. The wrong time to look at a conductor is at a concert. Looking pretty on the platform

a very small part of a conductor's job. The art of conducting is the arf of training, and that is done at rehearsals.

There is an enormous amount of fun in conducting a mixed string orchestra, and I would like to ste many more formed. I hope we shall get such a number of orchestral players in a few years that we shall be able to start a colony where the band conductors can train pro- perly, and instead of having one re hearsal a month, have three hours évery day."

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Mr. Richard Walthew, professor at the Guildhall School of Music, said that although there were ho really bad quartets, for the simple reason that careless workmanship was too obvious in so small a com- bination, modern quartets could hardly he called chamber music. This, he said, is partly due to the times. Few people ait at home, and modern composers, instead of writing intimately for friends in small rooms, have a vision instead of vast halls and audiences, and "write accordingly man

there are not many amateurs practising quartets, thus showing genuine love of music. They seem to think that unless they play well they should not attempt quartets. This is sad, for, as some. ohe mill, if a thing is worth doing," itis worth doing-badly."

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EUROPEAN FINED IN PENANG.

POLICE INSPECTOR GETS HIS LICENCE ENDORSED.

Abubakak bin Pacheed was then called.

Mr. Conaghan pleaded for miti gation of the sentence on his cli- ent, who had pleaded guilty, Cir- cumstances showed there WILB 10

And so were born those stories Dr. Strahan then proceeded to which have since made woman unveil the tablet, which is fixed to wild.

the wall on the right hand side of

L. G. Blakesley & Enropean do criminal tashness or negligence. the main entrance to the Hospital. tective inspector, pleaded guilty (Mr. Blakesley had been blinded by The tablet reads:-"In loving at Penang on August 27 to causing the headlights of an approaching memory of James Cyril Dalmahoy grievous hurt by driving a motor-motor-car, and had misjudged dis- Allan, physician of this hospital, car in a rash and negligent man. tances. He had a creditable re- who died on September 8, 1928. ner. He was fined $50 and had his cord. This tablet has been erected by licence endorsed friends in Hong Kong and Creat Mr. B. E. Ross, the Deputy Pub EUROPEAN KILLED IN JAVA. Britain who, as a token of their lic Prosecutor, appeared for the affection, have endowed a bed here Crown and Mr. Conaghan for the to be known as the Dalmahoy

defence. Allan Memorial Bed.”

Each one is still regarded as a - reasonable excuse.

Detained at office; met a man; or

missed the bally train; Have served to weather many storms, and may do so again.. While many others still extant in

this most ancient text book, Will charm away (if lucky) scorn- ful comment or a vexed Took, And if to any of these yarns at a taches any shame, The clock of papas father should, I think, take all the blame. ?

I've

A truce, to all this chatter,

a most important "date," And heaven help the sailors if

this maiden has to wait!

After unveiling the tablet, Dr. Strahan handed an envelope con- taining the Endowment Fund to the Mother Superior of the Hospital.

SHOT BY ESCAPED CRIMINAL

It is reported from Batavia that the Vice-Commissioner of Police, Mr. van Rees, has been shot dead

Addresing the court Mr. Ross said that the case was the result of an accident on August 20 Abubakak bin Pacheed was driv ing along Leith Street towards It is understood that Mr. VAD Penang Road. He saw Mr. Blakes Hoes, with a European constable, ley's motor-ca" zig-zagging" down made a search for a revolver in a the road. It hit a ricksha and col native's house. Suddenly the con-

A rolling stud laughs mockingly, At a meeting of the National

Committee for the Training of the while I mop my face,

sult of which Baaid Ahmad got his up, aw man running And play the age-long game of Teachers, held at Edinburgh re-lided with his motor-car, as a re- stable heard a shot and, rushing

wooking out the hiding plan (cently Sir Henry Keith issued fanfound the train disening to parents, particularly of leg Fractured:

girl pupils at present in secondary schools, that the teaching profes. It had been ruled by Mr. Jus on the Hos sion in Scotland is overcrowded tien Sproule that when an accused

- appearing red and bulbous eye Malevolently winks; nor cares the

lightest bit that I

Am late again; the cable hums it's

joyous exultation,

Oh! dash it all! I've got to frame

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The murdered was a notorioue

of the students who left the train-person pleaded guilty to a charge wiminal, who fled from prison some” ing centres and colleges in June,

1929, over 500 ware still unemployed of this nature, it was desirable that sears

on January 31, 1930.

ovidence be placed before the court,

He has not, as yet tren