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BOOK

DELIGHTFUL ANTHOLOGY,

The

Lover's

Miscellany

witty.

NEW FICTION

Music

In the "augnty nineties the Selected and Edited by Eric, very daring people-the men n Blom. Gollancz, London, 70 their clubs or the sancity of their This is a delightful anthology of smoking-rooms, where no temale

senti- or the household quotations—grave,

dare intrude:

mental

spiteful, wise, stupid, and the wicked little ladies in pedantic, superfl tal-on every just any quiet place to which they pect of the musical art. compiled could smuggle B from biographies, essays, letters, ncvels, memoirs, in fact from every possible literary source from The Bible to James Joyce's "Ulysses" It is an extraordinarily catholle selection and is well cal- culated to afford both instruction

and amusement

HONG KONG "DAILY

PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1936.

REVIEWS

CHINA REVIEWS

The Chinese Recorder,-169 Yuen

IMPRESSIONS

NEARER TRUTH

"The Acting Second Mate,” by La Revue Nationals Chinoke-53 Far Japan Glimpses and Sketches.

Parkman By Frank H. Hedges. Hoku- Sydney

and (Hodder Foochow Rd., Shanghai. $1,00.

peldo Press, Kanda, Tokyo, 6/6. | Stoughton, Londen 7/8), comes so In "Far Japan" Mr. Hedges, who hear the truth as almost not to be dction. True, the actual manner is patently an American and àp-

of piracy on the China Coast he parently a journalist, attempts to

describes has not, so far as is Ed-convey an impression of Japan in

t

Ming Yuen Road, Shanghal, $0.80,

Oriental Affairs.-19 Avenue

a series of "glimpses and sketches."known, yet found its way into ac- tual practice, but everyone in the Far East knows the "Ingenuity" of these rogues, and the plot on which the novel is built is perfect- ly feasible. As the publishers say la. their Introduction. "Anything. can happen between Macassar arid Shanghat" There is a brief in- terlude in Shanghai, and it is only there, in the whole book, that Mr. Parkman stretches a point or two. It is a thrilling novel and quite the best yet encountered dealing

book-used to.

ward VII, Shanghal. $1.00, chuckle ever "Gals', Gossip" as

Many of the sketches are sen- "La Revue Nationale Chinoise" enthusiastically as they applauded

sitive, delicate and charming, some for January, gives a brief account Arthur Roberts in the music-halls.

are just trivial, and too large a The modern bright young thing, or of the career of the new Minister proportion is spoiled by bad writ- either Sex would plich "Gals'

to China, M. Naggler, who former-

Ing, conscious "fine" writing that Gossip" on the fire, il a fire couldly was on two occasions Consul- is over-ripe, or by the author's un- be found. as being too boringly General in Shanghal and later was fortunate habit of interlarding his to music-loves, muld, and Arthur Roberts would be

prose with Japanese words which a special delegate of the French Perhaps the latter emotion will tooted off the stage. To-day they

the ant

Government to the province of he fails to explain. But if one predominate. Whether by

Sumething like "indiscrezi

follows the author's advice and Yunnan. The Journal considers cliance of selection or as reflect- Cunfessions of a Nice Girl," by an

dips into the book, rather than writer

Werner that M. Naggiar's successes in these ¿T. ing the temperament of the com- anonymous

nd it through from cover to cover, previous appointments in China in- piler, a large number of the quota Laurte, London. 7/8). The pubit.

the glimpsca one will obtain tions will raise a smile at the preshers say of this effort. "Not since dicate his supreme fitness for his haphazardly as the author's with the pirates of the China seas Judile or the ignorance the Gentlemen Prefer Blondes has new office, M, Naggia will pre-

E writer, or at

criticism of or there been a more ellarious story sumably, be soon raised to ambas-pressions were obtained-will give

sadorial rank, and it is expected puniegpile

contemporary of a girl who knew her men." upon

The book's most serious fault les muste which the passage of years There is no comparison, for "In-that he will succeed in consolidat- Confessions leaves the ing Sino-French friendship and has rendered nugatory. Thus. in discreet

contribute towards the good under- 1841 the "Musical World" wrote of other in the kindergarten class.

standing between the two coun- Liszt as "the Asrora Borealis of

tries. The review also deals with musteal effulgence"; a contempor-

the 5th Congress of the Kuomin- ary of Bach stigmatized his works

tang Party and has its usual ex- As made "unnatural by bombast

cellent special articles reviewing and confusion': Edward Bulwer

the press and the conditions in the Lytton wrote, "Many voices of men

provinces. The issue begins with and women joined in deeper bass

an attractive little poem by M. with the shrill tenor of the choral

Gervalx, entitled "Vive La France!" urchins"; and Boileau, in a letter

Racine, was convinced that "A" good opera will never be written. Music does not know how to nar→ rate." According to the ing Chronicle" of August 16, 1818:

'Mom-

•

Gur

It is not to say the book is vul- gar, for, whatever

grand- fathers and grandmothers might have thought, after all it only deals with a state of affairs that definitely exists, is tolerated by the law, and is well howa to all men and women who have eyes, cars, and brains that function. Furthermore, it is very cleverly written, und contains a wealth of epigram such as would be tolerat el in almost any drawing-room of to-day. The author makes bat cne mistake, but it is one he or might, it be she?-shares with all who write books of this type. Ex- Lepting the Russian Grand Dukes of the did regime, and the great commercial' 'magnates of our own time prior to, the depression-ard these latter were far too busy add- ing to their millions to spend niuch time in night-clubs or mal- souette boudoirs-it is doubtful if The Wedding-Guest here beat the world has 500 men who can spend, two-thirds of every day and his breast.

the necessary money .to also. clothe, feed (in the very best re-

A lady after performing with the most brillant execution sonata on the pianoforte in the presence of Dr. Johnson, took the liberty of asking him if he ford of music. "No. madam," replied the Doctor "but of all noises I think music the least disagreeable.”

was

The captions to the quotations instance, are well-chosen. For :he lines from Coleridge's- "An- cient Mariner:"

+

}

For he heard the loud basson. are headed "Overdoing Criticism.

Altogether a pook for the music-staurants, and, with the very best lover's table.

NEW

wine accompanying), bejewel, and

LAWS AFFECTING

MOTORISTS

Direction Indicators, Stop Lights, "and Imprisonment for Non-Payment of Fines

On Jannary 1st, 1936, a num- "ber of new laws affecting motor- ists and the motor industry in genura wu come into operation.

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In the first place, certain re- quirements will have to be ob served with regard to direction indicators and stop lights. These new requirements, however, only apply to motor vehicles which are registered for the Arst time

or after

January 1st, 1938 Motor vehicles which were regis- tered before that date will thus be exempt from the'r operation. In the case of vehicles with electric lighting iqu pment, direction ind.cator, if any 's fitt ed, must be in the form of an, Plum nated sign of amber colour. luminated and of a minimum length of six inches, and a maxi-

cum luminated breath not ex-, creding one-fourth of the length. The luminated surface of the Indicator must also be visible from both the front and the rear of the vehicle

If the vehicle, is not fitted with electrk lighting equipment the indicator may only be th the form or a hand, not less than 8 inches in length and it must have a white surface, that is visible from .both the front and rear of the

vehicle.

It not essentist, If a direction indicator is fitted that it should be nited on both sides but an Indicator intended to intimate a right-hand turn may only be fitted on the off side, whe an indicator intended to intimate a -left-hand turn misy only be fitted

on the ear side

As regards the position of the fitting, this must be not miste

than 6 feet 6 inches above the level of the ground, and not more than 4 feet behind the base of the

wind-screen, although this latter requirement need not be observed in the case of a pilur- less saloon zo ong as the In- dicator is not situated. heh nd the widest part of the body.

ALTERING OUTLINE OF VEHICLE

Further, the indicator, when in operation," must temporarily alter the out.ine of the ven ce to the

al Tensis x extent of inches measured horizontally, and its outermost point must be least- six inches farther from the Jongitudinal ax's of the vehic ́e than the outermost point of 'driver's cab. or of the side of the

body immediately behind driver's" seat.

the

Further essentials are that the indicator must remain steady when operation, and must not he in any way misleading to other road users, and its correct operation must be capable of being readily gauged from the driver's seat.

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considerable pleasure.

in. Its obvious lack of balance. As

its. Irritating title suggests and as

seems to have come under the in- fluence of that oriental attitude of mind-of which Zen Buddhism is a characteristic expression.

.

GRAO

Possibly only those who have lived in small villages in Scotland, particularly in the nearer High- lands. really will appreciate Torches Through the Bash," by a frequent use of "Old Japon," in Ralph Connor (The Bodeley Head capitals (u horribly "bogus "}

a story of phrase, reminiscent of Stratford-London 7/6). It is

the great Scottish And Irish on-Avon and "Ye Olde Englysshe migration to Canada, when these Shoppe" confirms

Mr. Hedges folk largely in the lumber dis- tricts. formed their own com- Etunities and,

the except for changed manner of earning a living, ran through the same A book review is scarely the

course of life as in their place in which to dilate upon the

countries. The Kirk, the minister moral implications of a European and the elders, of course, dominate (or American) losing touch with the Scottish settlements and Mr. striving and reality in the woolly Connor makes much-and with clouds of Zen idealistic nihilism; minute correctness as to detall but this phenomenon-increasingly of their undoubted пастор- widespread. alas-leads to "emas-mindedness

and bigotry. How- culate books, concerned only with ever. Just as that narrow-minded- that which is soft, dainty, melan-ness to a 'great extent has died out choly, rather effeminate and almost

in Scotland with the march of over-civilized.

time, so the author kills much of it in his novel, and give very good reasons why its passing should not be lamented. Not a wildly exctt- ing, but an interesting book, and probably a true portrayal of things as they were.

generally amuse a vivacious little plece of nonsense. Yet "Indis- creet Confessions" alone seems to deal with a good 500 such, and there are lots of other writers each dealing with as many, and it cannot always be the same 500. Furthermore, according to India- erect Confessions,"" no man in- dulging in this class of amuse- After all countries only differ ment can be relied upon for fide- superficially one from the other: lity. Practically every one has a in all places men are born, marry, wife to begin with, and any num- reproduce, drink and die; and the ber from one to a half-dozen of strangeness of a given country the vivacious little pleces of non-

merely lles in the diferent! sense dependent upon him at the ornaments It adds to those funda- same time. Admittedly VĚTY mental acis. Surely Japan pro- cleverly written, and certainly | duced "The Tale of the 47 Ronin " very amusing in the main, this and sword-hilts as well as wood- book probably will attain a big euis? circulation, for the modern world runs that way.

some sketches and glimpses of that other side to life, which must ex'st in Japan as elsewhere, so the coun- In justice to his subject, there- try and people might cause to be in fore, Mr. Hedges should have added | the round and with humanity.

MOTOR JOTTINGS

ITALY TRYING NEW FUELS

ΟΙ

The colour of stop Lghts may in the future, be only red

amber, and the light, which mut be quite steady, must be diffused by frosted glass or otherwise.

Having regard to the fact that a substantial, proportion of the cases heard in police courts are cases relating to motoring offen- ces, motorists as a class will also be interested in the chariges in the law with regard to the power of a court to order imprisonment in default of payment of a fine.

In the past justices were in the habit of entirely overlooking the question of imprisonment when 'nflicting fincs because the states under which they proceeded usually directed imprisonment in the event of non-payment of the fine, and it was not usually anti- cipated that the defendant would not, or might not, pay the fine. In some casts, accordingly, the unfortunate defendant who per- hape could not pay might have had to suffer proportionately severe sentence of imprisonment,

By an Act which cies into cperation on January 1st next this ey! has been remedied, and in future the question of whether. a defendant shoud be imprisoned for non-payment is to be given first a separate and careful con- sideration by the court on the primary question of whether he is guilty or not. Imprisonmint on non-payment is not to be automatic and unvarying as hit- herto.

buretter chamber. Trials with a

`small utility car, having a com-"

pression ratio of 7 to 1 attained, on an 80 per cent. mixture. 94 kph. over the flying kilometre, Then, with the same mixture, seven kilometres were run on one

Htre of fuel

The Duce's car ran at 125 k.ph.. using one Hire of alcohol

mixture for every three and a

half kilometres covered.

The application of sanctions is leading to some strange experi- ments in Italy with fuels of all descriptions, but perhaps the most curious is the one recently made cy Giuseppe Boasio and Paolo Coglio, of Novi Ligure. A 1,500 cle. car was modified so that instead of petrol, acę.ylene provided the driving power. The device con- tained one kilo, of calcium car- b.de, sufficient for a run of some' 22 minutes, whilst not the slight- 28 difficulty was experienced with starting, from either hot or cold..

Trials have proved that one kilo, of calcium carbide is zumal- ent for run of 18 miles when tra, velling at

The normal speeds. carbide holder contains enough for a run of 125 miles, and it can be refilled in under two minutes. Since carbide is priced at only 1.08 lite per kilo,, the car costs only a shade över a farthing 'per, mile to rune. The inventors de- clare that there is no danger from explosion, The experiment was made before the managing dir An amusing little item_from ector of the Bocleta Elettrica

warlike Italy is that a govern- L'gure-Piemontese, and other ex-ment decree is about to be pa-

perts,

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"Carbarburante ad alcol dena- turato" has been painted on the side of Mussolini's car as the re- sult of experiments made with denaturised alcohol. Til of late, alcohol has not been exploited," chiefly because petrol has been cheaper, and because a suitable carburetter had not been devised. Now, three engineers, Ohelf, Marchetti and Parvo-Pauu," have designed a carburetter which requires not anhydrous alcohol, but a mixture of 60 per cent. spirit and 40 of water. The pre-

Additional indiestors may be fitted at the rear, so long as they operate coincidentally with the

GOOD SERVICE PENSION principal indicator in front, and

Major-General H. B. Neville so long as they are visible at a

White, C.B., M.V.O. Royal Marines, reasonable distance from any

has been awarded a Good Berfice point in the rear of the vehicle.

penaton of £200 a year, from As regards stop lights. they December 2, in the vacancy created may only be fitted at the rear, by the death of General Bir Wam and not to the 'of the centre of C. Nicholls, K.C.8. Entering the the centre of the vehicle. A Royal Marine Light Infantry. In duplicate stop light may, how-1918 He served in the Sudan Cam-sence of the latter, when vapor- ever, he atted on the near side.paign of 1884-5. being Dresent at but it must come into operation. I the ections of Abu Kles and Gubat, simultaneously with the principal Loring the Great War he was Com- -stop light on the of side.

mandant of the Deal Depot.

ising, lowers the working tem- perature of the engine and calls for a much smaller, radiator. To start, petrol is placed in the car.

In some cases the normal car- buretter can be altered to suit

the new fuel, whilst in others a "special carburetter is required. the cost being somewhere tween 300 and 500 lire (five, to

eight pounds sterling).

be-

The cost of alcohol is 2.15. lire, which is far from being cheap, but the reason is perhaps because" the production for the moment Is low.

blished consenting to the Reale Aero Club d'Italia (R.A.C.I.;), changing its name to that of the Reale Unione Nazionale Aero- nautica (RUNA.).. The word *Clud" in the old denomination is considered offensive in these times of sanctions in order to ald the country to resist the sanctions, besides giving money. gold and silver trinksis, and in- vesting in government stock, the Milanese motorists, are offering their old cars, or those whoss cubic capacity renders them too expensive to run. Forty-five 80. far have been given, among which are two Rolls-Royce. One of them formerly belonged to Italy's wealthiest subject, the

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