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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1932.

OUR WATER SUPPLY.

1,800 MILLION GALLONS IN RESERVOIRS.

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The level and storage: water in the 'Colony's reservoirs on" the 1st February was as follow:-

ISLAND "WATER WORKS,

CHINA NEW YEAR AT WUCHOW.

PEOPLE IGNORE OFFICIAL BAN.

IRONSIDES" FOR

SHANGHAI?'

MONEY RAISING SALE

Silk Lamp Shades, Chinese'.

Arts and Curios, Table Linens, Lingerie, and Crystal Beads. The B-B-C-Company

18, Ice Hoare SreetTM

Reservoir,

Tytom

Tytom Byowash

1031.

1932.

Below Overflow.

Contents in Millions of Gallons,

Below Overflow,

Contents in Millions of Gallons."

23/03/

203.27

12*2*

·92'. I'

253.32 1.87

193.08

3851

808.00

· 24' 1'

1.

.8.90

18' 10"

20.04

Aberdeen Upper ......... Aberdeen Lower

15' I'

21 0°

44:35

800.50". 10.74. 33,84 .85.75

Tytam Intermediate Tytam Tuk. Wong Nei Chung Pokfulam

1,240.19

1,301.77

Total Storage

Consumption of Water in the City and Hill District in millions and decimals of gallons during the month of January-

Consumption

Estimated population

1531.

1032

248 15

1.

4-49,700

17.7.

*314,73 million gallons.

389,000.

90.8 gallons.

Consumption per head per day

*—Includes 15.15 million gallons from Mainland, January, 1931.-From 1st to 18th January, inclusive a constant Bupply was given "in all Rider" Main Districts east of Enstern Street From 1st to 15th inclusive a constant street fountain supply was given in the districts west of Eastern Streek From 18th January constant supply street fountain supply wie operat ed in all Ridor Main Districła

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January, 1032-From 1st to 16th January constant supply. throughout the City, Hill and High Love! Districte. From 10th to 31st All Rider Mains closed, and a constant street fountain supply was given to all Rider Main Districts.

Reservoir,

MAINLAND WATER WORKS..

Contents in Millions of Gallona.

1931.

1932,

Below Overflow,

Contents in Millions of Gallons.

Kowloon Main

झुक झुल

968.20

Below Overflow,

78"

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Kowloon Byewash

9' 2"

10.00

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$1.15

Shak Li Pui

be gr

90.60

g" "

50.40

Shing Mum Recoption.

410

21.03 11′ 0′′

7.58

Total Storage"

395.91

419.01

Consumption of water in Kowloon in millione and decimals of gallons during the month of January:

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WUCHOW, Feb. 12, Although the authorities notice prohibiting the cbservance of the old China New Year, the poo plo.wore on fete as usual.

When the news was pooived chat the 10th Army had again resisted the Japanese of Shanghai, crackers. wore fred in the streets as an in- dication of the people's patriotism,

Dr. Ma Kwan Po who, during the winter, vacation, intended to. procesato Shanghai for the pur pose of calling on General Li-Chung Yen for instructions, was sometime ago appointed by the Goverment as director of the sulphate factory at Bam Kok Tsui, on the other side! of the Fu River: Owing to the Shanghai trouble, he has returned tq Wuchow from Hong Kong,, and is now busy working at the factory and the university,

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General Pak Shung Hsi paid a short visit to Wachow and proceed- ed to Nanning by asroplane, it is said that General Li Chung Yan is now in Hong Kong, and will be back, in Kwangeni very shortly.

Province Peaceful"

It is very peaceful. throughout. the whole province, and, as the rains itnrted very early this year, there are excellent prospects. When the river risca, it will b convenient for passengers to "go direct to Wuchow hy steamer: from Hong Kong

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To is said that the Ironsides.” have arrived in Hunan, and that General Choung Fat Huei has been asked to take those troops Shangbai to help the 10th Army.

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Estimated population -

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134.32

178,720

3032.

139.98 million gallons. 205.350

Consumption per head per day 24.9

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MUSICAL NOTES. which are neglected or lost when

Molseiwitsch's New Records— Difficulties of Reviewing Records,

Allegro." in a Grossing Mood-Cause of all the Trouble.

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played by many pianiste, creep forth in his playing and he intro- duces us to subtle beauties where wo did not realize they existed. «

The only criticism that could justly be made would be on count" of the uniformity of tone During the "off" musical season, throughout the Fugue. Following when there is very little to comment it from the printed music, one can on locally, these Notes will appear not help remarking how loudly he [bnice a month only, unless some plays oven the soft parts, so that

special material

forward the climax of the last page offers justifying the fortnightly appear ao contrast to the preceding ones. ance. Incidentally, this will givə. me more time to wrta home and tell

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I am glad to see that the Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Thome by Handel have at last heen re-

A similar failing is noticeable in

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rendered to the musical world by bringing out another arrangement of Liebestraum? This has been ro- corded for H.M.V. and Columbia; Eby ve pianists, two orchestras, a

cinema organ, a band, an octet, a! tenor and twice as a vocal duet,

Now, we have it as a viola solo. I

don't know what the latter is like for I've not played it... should Why

that pot-boiler, Albert W. Ketolbey, of Persian Market and Monastery Garden fame, consider himself qualified to depict in fhusic the Majesty of the Mountain Fuji San and the Dance of the Japanese Actors, and why should Reginald Foort play "Hula dance on an organ? Why a vocal should Columbia issue waltr' from Tales from the Fienna Woods, sung by the B.B.C. Wire- less Chorus, on which, hardly" a word is distinguishable, though you try to follow them from a printed slip, supplied with the

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Why am I in this state of us noyance and irritation. Well, the

Butt's mournful

NEXT CHANGE AT THE KING'S

ELISSA LANDI ALWAYS GOODBYE

LEWIS STONE

CHINESE FOREMAN

CHARGED.

ALLEGED THEFT OF IRON PIPES.

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fendants were alleged to have run Away and enquiries into the mat ter led to their, arrest later on.

Defendant's Story,

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It will be remembered, that at away. The lorry was still there and when he went to examine it in company with the watchman, they found two coolies near it. He did not know either of them¡ ̈

At yesterday's hearing, the fore- man gave evidence to the effect that. be asually went to work about: 8,80 The case in which Lee Chuen, «

On the day in question he foreman in the employ of the Hong arrived at the yard about 7.10 a.m1. Kong Excavation and Pile Driving when he saw a gang of seven or Company, and two others are eight coolies working near the my friends, how wo are getting Murdoch's recording of Sibelius'

Yalse Triste, which is the piano trouble is that I started off with chargod with conspiracy was con" watchmen's quarters. One of the along at the War.

the wrong record. I thought I had binued at Kowloon Magistracy: recard of the month in the latest got hold of that racy tune. The Columbia list. Accustomed to Queen wine in the Parlour and yesterday. The first-named is also watchmen, said witness, told him hearing the

introduced acidentally put dinge. There is pipes from the Company's yard at coclies came

Clara charged with larceny of water that about 5 am, that day some pianistimo on the violins in the my Wandering Boy To-night! It

to steal some pipes. corded (Victor Album 114, 3 re-orchestrated version, his forte has simply finished me for the en- Ngau Shi Wan,

but he (the watchman) drove them cords), and that the pinnist in Moi-playing of the first and second Anderson's not to send me any tire evening. I must beg of Messra. seiwitsch. Hitherto, most of the pages sounds terribly crude. In more of these super-priced purple the initial hearing, the foreman first recordings of the bigger works fict there is senteoly a soft moment Butt has the entire monopoly. It was alleged to have made certain

label records, of which Dams Clam have been made by Cortot, who has on the whole of his record. On the is bad enough to have to it through bargains with two men for the sale thereby been extending his fame other side he plays Greig's Norwe The Lost Chord and The Keys of and reputation while other pianista gian Bridal Procession, already re. inve been footing about with Lio-corded by Grainger. bestraums and Campanellas. He gave us the Schumang Carneval Many other Columbia records have been sent for review. I al- and Etudes Symphoniques, besides

ways fool a bit of a humbug over the Gonnerto; the Chopin Preludes this reviewing of records, for one's just noticed that the cost of her 10 as the vehicle was moving off the and Hallades; Debussy's Children's impressions are so much influenced inch record is $6 actt. Yet you can Carner Suite; and he

by one's mood when listening to get Bobby Howes singing Who do Indian watchman questioned them was the them. On this occasion I am in you Love for a mere $2.75. I am pianist in Cesar Franck's Quintet, more of a quandary, than usual, for just going to put him on again, Fiolin Sonata andı Variations Spm- I have played them through twich He's the best of the bunch to-night the goods. At this point the de- ed for the first defendant. phoniques, in Beethoven's Kreuzery mood was a "receptive" one. -first yesterday, when I suN.NOAS Sonata and Schubert's B flat Trio. and again to-day when fool like The selection of Cortot as inter- & bear with a sore head. Yester preter of so many of these big day, I would have eulogised Huber- man's Kol Nidrei. (violin), Tertia' works was becoming a little puzzl-Prelude and Allegro (viola), and ing the others seemed to be miss the Funeral March from Gotter

dommerung: I should have re- ing so many opportunities.

commended Sibelius Karelia Suite Moiseiwitsch appears in the H.M. forchestral) and the: Overture to V. catalogue as the soloist on Zampa (band), even Maclean's Organ Solo awakened a response, thirteen rerords, representing.

and I thought Vivian Foster, as the twenty-five different pieces; this is Vicar of Mirth, was fearfully. the first big work electrically re- funny,

corded by him, and on hearing it Yet, sitting down to-day and one can only regret that he has not listening to one record after an- been chosen for more of the big other, it is the irritating things monterpieces. The Variations (25 that are uppermost. Why on earth in number) reflect an infinite ahould Lionel Tertis, the viola variety of moods and Moiseiwit's player, or the Gramophone Com- interpretations are delightful. His many who instructs him what to loft hand work is always so inter-play, imagina, that any service', 'is. esting; little counter melodies

(Continual on next (olums.). (

Hennen, with the singer'e stately of a number of iron pipes. It was platform appearance to divert your thoughts from her pulchral tones; also alleged that the defendants ar- but to listen to her records; to unalloyed "contraltoism" without ranged to have a truck sent to the any visual diversion, is more than yard to remove the piper, but just 1, at any. rato, can stand. I have

After further evidence had been. taken, hearing was adjourned;

Mr. G. S.. Hugh-Jones of Messrs." Wilkinson and Grist was for the prosecution while Mr. O E. C.

as regards the permit for removing Marton of Messrs. Deacons appear-

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