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THE OPERA

Sir Thomas Beecham Pleased

BRITAIN AND JAPAN

Prince Kaya's Visit

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London, May 12. London May. 12. Prince and Princess Kaya and After the two invidants at Covent Sir Robert and Lady Clive were the Garden Opera House on Monday principal guests at the annual din- night when Sir Thomas Beechammer of the Japan Society, held at called the audience to order, bis Claridge's Hotel last night. The entry to the orchestra pit last night Japanese Ambassador, Mr,

Ma was dramatic.

tsudaira, presided.

Quite five minutes before "Das Mr. Matsudaira said that the Rheingold" was due to begin the Prince and Princess had long been Audience had all arrived. Bow-desirous of visiting this country, street and Long Aore were entire ly free of cars.

The crowded house was hushed as Sir Thomas entered. Then as he walked slowly to his place there was a great out-burst of applause, which lasted for more then a minute. Sir Thomas bowed first to the members of the orchestra, who themselves were applauding their leader, and then to the audience. He settled in his seat...

There was silence. except for coughing in various parts of the house. Sir Thomas waited. The coughing went on and Sir Thomas continued to wait. Then when the „last"cough had censed and there was complete silence throughout the building, he tapped lightly with his baton...

So complete was the silence that the tap could be heard distinctly right at the back of the gallery.

There was an interruption of an unusual character during the second scene the Valhalla scene of the opora A fizzing noise, per sistently auchble, in the stalls, came trom the now lifting apparatus of the stage It sounded like the hum of an electric dynamo. It lasted nearly all the evening with dis- tinetly disturbing effect, but the and the difficulty was overcome noise cessed before the end of the performance.

After the opera Sir Thomas said; "The audience to-night was won- derful. It was all in the best Bay reath style. The audience was a wonderful as the people on the stage."

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but owing to various circumstances they had had to postpone the visis and it was only now that they had been able to leave Japan for a world tour.

FALL IN BIRTH RATE

Due To Later Marriages

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Glasgow, May 12 Addressing the annual meeting of the Association of Registrars of Scotland' at Dundee on Saturday, Mr W.-H. Phillip, Dundee, the retiring president, commented on the declining birth rate..

The chief features of the vital statistics for Scotland for 1933, he sald, were a birth-rate which was the lowest on record; a marriage- rate which was the highest since 1923, a death-rate which was be- low the average of recent years, Prince Kaya replying to the and an infantile mortality-rate toast of the health of himself and which was the lowest since 1923. the Princess, proposed by Lieuten- It was generally agreed that the ant-General Sir William Pulteney, declining birth-rate was mainly said that he had long known of the due to a decrease in the number unfalling effort exerted by the of children in the upper and mid- society for the preservation and dle-class families, and one of the furtherance of the traditional causes was undoubtedly the mo- | friendship between Great Britain | dern fashion of later marriages, and Japan of the many successes as the age of marriage clearly had which had been achieved “Although ¦ an influence on the birth-rate. we have only been here a few The arrest of the birth-rate. days." he added, "we feel quite at and the fact that none of the one in the congenial atmoshere more desirable elements was doing of this courtry for which we enter-

its bit to keep up the population. tain a sincere liking and respect. was a question much too extensive we have already seen enough to for him to deal with, but if by any be captivated by the charm of the chance in the future the popula English country side in spring. I tion am happy to confess that Great Britain is a nation which we regard with feeling of special intimacy which is shared by the members of the ruling houses.

Great Britain and Japan are two great island] Empires. one West and one East, Office-bearers for the ensuing. which have something common in year were elected as follows:- their national circumstances, and President, Mr. James A. Hunter, they are bound together by strong P. Clackmannan; vice-president, ties of amity and friendship, which | Mr. John Robertson, Bannockburn; reveal a history of close alliance honorary treasurer, Mr. David J. and faithful cooperation through" "Black, J.P., Cámbuslang; honorary all vicissitudes. It is the object of secretary. Mr. James M. Grieve, this society to make the frienship Glasgow. between the two countries closer and closer." (Cheers.)

The Japanese Ambassador, pro- posing the health of Bir. Robert Clive. the British Ambassador- designate to Tokyo, and of "Lady Clive, on the eve of their departure for Japan, congratulated Bir Robert on his new appointment, and said that at the same time they could

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Mr. Charis V, Sale, who submit ted the toast of "The Guests," said he hoped the Ambassador- designate would reach Tokyo" in time to celebrate, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the arrival of Sir Rutherford Alcock, our first Minis- ter to Japan. When he arrived Japan regarded the advent of the West as a dangerous intrusion upon their ancient ways of life. Just as now there were those who regarded the advent of the East with a certain apprehension. He was confident that the one fear was as ill-founded as the other.

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