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ALFONSO'S ORDER TO FRIENDS.

¿Continued from Papi 5) Dover, where the pullie was which excluded from the quay. W78

strictly guarded by police until the King had entrained or London.

At Victoria, far exited King had

SIR JOHN SIMON ON INDIA.

URGES NEED OF PATIENT

STUDY

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1931.

YOURA GULLER'S SECOND RECITAL:

ANOTHER ENTHUSIASTIC

AUDIENCE.

REFORMING THE COMMONS.

He said he believed It was piore Important for the house of Com mions to be a grand forum of de bate tha a machine for passing all kinds of Billa into law, and added:

Arc

of war or of

NEW YORK'S MAYOR REPLIES.

CLAIMS TO HAVE DONE HIS DUTY ADEQUATELY.

are.

Walker, Mayor of New York City for some years past, has dis charged his duties in a "wasteful" and incompetant fashion," made by the City Affairs Commit»., tee, whose report was published to-day by Governor Frankli Koosevelt, n close friend of the Mayor.

The Committee, which is a pri- organisation of leading

crowds of sympathisers and mem- heen given to the Indian people look back on Pavlova, Helitz. present in existence in this country. national emergency, Mr. Churchill Are unwarranted, false and rock citizens, aays that Mr. Walker's

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MR. CHURCHILL'S PROPOSAL.

All the trouble we are suffering Mr. Winston Churchill, giving from is because of the facility with

Bills

passed. The

Albany, Apr. 21. Your Guller's second Plano evidence at a meeting of the Blouse which London, Apr. 21.

"I have adequately and-consis- Sir John Simon, speaking at the Sort recital yesterday evening of Commons Committee which is Statute-books of this country arr proces encumbered with legislation as tonight, vids one of the memorable eventa considering parliamentary Landon University

charges to be dismissed. They vale it was the paramount duty of Br-of the season--one of those neendure on public business, and he some of the Statute-books of the tently done my duty. I ask the

than any al

Except in times fish people to make a close study of ions which the audience will was in favour of devolution to local South American State.

Pledges had remember, long afterwards, as we bodies much larger a tremendous welcome from hage the Indian Problem.

suid, Parliament ought not to sit lessly unde," said Mayor Walker who attend- people bers of the Spanish colony, though which every Party was committed, Levitzki and the English Singers, He continued:

of a more am also in favour

than five or six months, of New York, in a 15,000 word and from which not one wouldThe number of the greatest precautions against a

ed was larger than before-not so

sub-parliament, which When he first went to the louar possible attempt on his life were dream- of drawing bark.

rapy as this pianist is accustomed economic Laken.

But, added Sir John, before any-to, but quite a fair attendance for would guide and old the House of they used to sit for six months, asreply to the report of the City A- Hundreds of police and fifly

one could usefully consider the al-a sticky night in Hongkong: and Commons in all commercial bust there were six months of peare for fairs

may be said of the sizes and on many financial ques- the country without Parliament be-month.-Reuter's American Ser-

ing in session. detectives were

He was partially. In favour of There was no formality on the erations to the present very com

allented onstitutional structure of of the audience, there was no

Mr. Churchill was asked to sub-making Parliament mure dramatic. (A New York message of March) platform, which was not carpeted, India, they must study patiently doubt about its enthusiasm, which Alfonso being treated as a private what it was, heenuse wintever the Increased as the recital proceeded. mit a memorandum on his proposal with a revival of the "fierce, intense he Mlle. Guller chooses light, delicate for economie sub-parlament brashing out of great public ques- citizen. He was accompanied by

new constitutional plan--and the former Spanish Ambassador in London, the Marquis Merry del rusted it would be an ampler and works to open her recitals, show-hfter Easter,

more generous, plan--it must ineve-ing the many gradations in soft tably besojn-imposed on the existing Wireless,

Val

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Another Exile.

thescene.

A welcome surprise awaited the Klug when he arrived at Claridge's

whatever

tone-calour which her technique Toundations.--British commande; and she ends the first group with a big work-this time the Bach Fontasia and Fugue in

mian-which reveals in addi

Botel. He was greeted by **FREE TO LOVE AGAIN. tion to the clarity and perfretion

King Manuel of Portugal.

Alfonso was accompanied from

Paris by the Duke of Mirniola coUPLES STRANGE REASON|work only. 1. dined alone, not

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his close friends being admiteal

WIM

FOR DIVORCE,

nt style, her dynamic power and fulless of tone in portissimos. fter performance of this

Kreat Wa outstanding. remarkable even among its Inter pretations at the hands of artista Berlin. Mar, 20, whose numes are household words. The middle secting of the pro- Johannes and Helena Klinger, n

consisted of

Chopin's eotiple, ap| armemme VOORK

ALTERE, In the heared in u Beziin sourt to ask the Santa in B flat

Erst two movements, which Yours audire to pract them a divorce?

Cutter interpreted with fierceness and a full nieasure of Impetumeity Lexeept, of course, the charming entre lesion of the Scherza), beg disabilities fix pluging on that

to the Royal apartment.

Informed That Reuter

England pand-looking » Alfonso's visit "sutely conuerted with the future of the tufants Juan, who is poiti for the British Navy, and will canbirnice naval studies at Hart mouth Naval College"

Queen Depurių.

Winter

Paris. Ap. 21.

But alltits

A

Wi

Johannes admitted that he had and e unfaithful to Helena. Helena admitted that she had been antaithful to Johannes, and they both delayed that a further spet of married tile was traderata

Bure

than in the other piceren.

The ju rated a divorce and The in-trument is seldern played witnessed to las veheti tres n Ena | ordereal each of them to pay halfen, and on divm weather stich as

Spain and her child let

drute for thele Her Majesty and her Are Tearful.

K

de platens

MORE SOVIET DEATH SENTENCES.

WOMAN AND FIVE MEN GET FULL PENALTY.

Khra, Apr. 23, One woman hd five men wee sentenced to denile by the Soviet Court at Yet remoy al the conclu sion of a spectacular five days trial in which this town men at three women were charged with Pannier-rexotationary activities by attempting to influence peasant's from entering colleliy» farme.

years

In addition to those entenend to death, one wmnan and tour men

sentenced were forced alone and the remunder to periods af from threw to des

lienter.

YOL

PRINCE TO VISIT LISBON.

DUE IN PORTUGAL ON SATURDAY.

London, Apr. 21.

the ends

tel The newt the been given an aon bing change

Their hostility 199 came over the two vanished and th smiled and I hanby a it they had always

been experiencing, it is Tar Eyre having an ideal touri

ault common to all pianos ou! go that are not constantly used. This kartor inspeases enormou dy he difficulties of the panist, gho in this case Wat still sufferin Long the prained ante. putler atste tot

last revital. triumphed over these disabilities, bar one felt that si berself not altogether sailshed with some

the beat of trends, "Now we are free anal can fall In love with each other wako." ald Julantes, offering his son, Ind not of the court then went

ith the air of a newde manned or the effects produced, especially in the Scherzn, In the Funeral "And that is what they cal: March movement. she showed her married love exclaimed angifte as a true cousie inn, Imbtring elderly womau in the court, look #12 ፡፡ the retreating couple in disgust.

LIMCHOW DUE ON FRIDAY.

SALVAGE WORK WELL IN HAND,

1

with Th

Sadarrang The shaamer Linchey, which gruanded

this mitch-mutilated composition with the right spirit which alon Jean hold the audience breathless, intent on each chord and com- pletely absorbed in the music. Her rhythmle playing of this sretion was a great achievement. as was her rendering of the pisto at the pluse.

There is very little sentimens tality or mawkishness about Me Guber's playing of Chopin--she is of the artists who imbue his

with virility and robustnes works

ami this fact Was again in Hainan Strait. is proceeding emphasized in the Markus which rapidly, and it is expected that the followed. By espest, she repca. forised w4 roh Hongkong some fed two of the Spanish pivees whien ch [1 feature at ber Come on Friday.

were According to the Naval authori-previous recital, and in conclusion * Thi morning. the galopt the audience off its feet le

on the tag Henry Keawick her dazzling

has head fe amplrted the repairs Liszt's

performan <.

Volta. The

Mephisto

to enable the chip making its way musical worth of this last com- Tongkong. The Hony Eesenck pusition is negligible, but as a

is experbad to begin to tow the mediunt

. . . the Prine Wairs, Limehow at about nong to-morrow..

rith

who is travelling homeward from South America in the . Arlanza, Satur- reach Listin will day. He will go ashore and pay an official visit, later, attending banquet in his honour, to Ive given

by the Portuguese President.

EXCHANGE RATES.

Paris. The same night, he will join Geneva B. M. S. Kent, which is providing Berlin.

him. British | Oslo. .... to meet

10 ishon Wireless.

FORCED LABOUR IN COLONIES.

GENEVA CONVENTION TO

BE APPLIED.

London, Apr. 21.

the

for displaying of the pianist it is

Until we heard the there we were unaware of the fall rugge of Mile, Güller's marvelous technique, a fact which is all to tlo prodit of the player, siner she

true artist and histor

before musicianship

virtuosity. reerived an evation at the She

lose and Taut to give two enzares

20-107 Mendelssohn's Bee's Woldin

1.17 1933

and

1.1-ingfor Buenos Aires

Previon Day. Yesterday.

124.976 124.997 125.2219 120,414%

18.17

P3

Athena

Shanghai

New York

Amsterdam

1/34 1.857% 12,000 18.14 21.554

$9.75

Stockholm

Viempa Madrid,

Bucharest

Montevideo Hongkong Brussels. Copenhagen,

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A White Paper Issued in London Milas states that the British invern Prague, ment proposed to apply in at its Lisbon. self-governing colonies which in- Rin cludes Hongkong) and in all pra Bohay tectorates and mandatel territories, Yokohama. without any notification, the draft Silver (spot)... 13.5/16 convention and recommendations concerning forced or compalary Jabour, which was adopted at the International Labour Conference at Geneva in June last.-Reuter,

TRIBUTE TO MONTAGU NORMAN.

AGAIN ELECTED GOVERNOR OF THE BANK,

London, Apr. 21. Mr. Montagu Norman, whe arriv. ed in London to-night from the United States, where he has been accretly conferring on International finance problems, including the de- preciation of silver prices, American Anunciers, has been re- elected Governor of the Bank of England for the eleventh time.

with

His is the longest tenure of the post in the history of the bank, Reuter and British Wireless.

(forward) 13

a Russian Dance #7.5 16 Stravinsky "Petrushka."

Beside

MOB congratul: 1/8 tions 4.85.15/16 Guller, gratitude to the Hongkong 12.10 Musical Society was freely ex- 18.441 pressed. These two recitals have 4.56% est the first to be definitely 18.75 organised by them, and knowing

817 the difficulty

offered to Me. Youra

325

18.11.

of arousing any

13.18 16 uthilasm over a piano recital in Hongkong, they are probably more 349 satisfied with the measure of sup 92.7744 port accorded to them than is

noticeable 164 pianist herself.

the was

almost entire 108.25 feature

absence of the Chinese and Portu- uese musical communities, about 2,0.13/16 a hundred of whom recived the 13% usual postal intimations; with 13.3/10 dequate support, which is usually

both (forthcoming from

there quarters, Mile. Guller would have had a full house."ALLEGRO."

-British Wirclens.

WEATHER REPONT.

The Royal Observatory reports that a somewhat deep depression An is central over N.E. Japan. antleyclone has formed over N.E. Chius.

SUGAR MARKET.

THE LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS.

The following eable at the close of the sugar market yesterday has There were two cases of small-pox heen received by Messrs. "Pen- and one case of diphtheria reported (treath and Co. to the authorities on Monday. The completed return for last week gave one non-fatal case of small-pox and er fatal case of typhold. There were 62 deaths from pulmonary tuber.

culosla

The Consul for Japan and Mrs. T, Yoshida announce that, in celebration of the birthday of a Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan, a reception will be held at their home, TA, Condult Road, on Wednesday, April 29, from 4.30. le 5.30 pan.

London Terminals. March 1932 6/11% down Id. May 1932 7/2% down 14. August 1931 6/4% down 1d. December 1931 0/8% down l

New York Terminals. March 1932 1.53 down 2 pta. May 1931 1.21 down 1 pt. July 1931 1.28 down 3 pts. September 1991 1.38 no change. December 1931 1.45 down 1 pt.

tions."

THE

Bong,"

Committee

Issued

"conduct in office has been incom- petent, inefficient and futile, and as a result of this, the machinery of government has failed to func- last city 1st week, a petition wna hae boon brought into disre tion and the administration of the

sent to Governor Roosevelt by the Society for the Prevention of Crime which, without impugning the Mayor's integrity, demanded "some proof that he really desires Formal charges that Mr. Jamo clean up the city."]

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