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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY,
APRIL 8,
1988.
LOYALIST ARMIES
RALLYING
Tortosa's Capture
Now Denied
Reorganising
Government
Barcelona, Apr. 7. The Loyalist lines are atlil in- tact at three important points on the Eastern front, according to observers and doctors returning from the front.
highway,
Reports that Tortosa had fallen, and that the Insurgents were cutting the Barcelona-Valencia railway, and also shelling the Barcelona-Valencia ny, were declared to be false. A now
confidence reported among
result
sult of the re- the troops Government organisation of the
A Saragossa message says that the Insurgents have
captured Tremp,
where is situated one of the four big generating stations supplying Barce- Insurgents with electricity. luna
from Kalaguer are approaching San Lorenzo and Camarasa, where two hydro-electric stations are situated. 10-mile long and there is also a reservoir at Camarasa.
Another Barcelona message report: that Senor Julian Gugaza Coltin. former Socialist home member for the Basque Republic, has been ap- pointed General War Secretary in the newly constructed Government, and he is to reorganise the War Ministry-Reuter.
JAPANESE SET FIRE TO JUNK
Crew Sent Adrift
In Sampan
The seizure of another Chinese Junk by the Japanese on Wednesday occurred near Lintin, in Chinese waters.
Leung Hoi-ching, master of
near
the
LOCAL SCULPTOR'S BUST OF CHINESE
ITALIAN ARTIST
HAPPY VALLEY
By T. Paul Gregory
IN
NE OF THE MOST INTERESTING PERSONALITIES WITH WHOM I HAVE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO MEET IS ONE WHO DESERVES TO BE BETTER KNOWN TO THE HONG- KONG PUBLIC.
MONTI, AN THIS IS CAV. FRANCESCO RICCARDO ITALIAN SCULPTOR AND ARTIST OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT, junk, told the police on his return UT A MAN WITHAL WHOSE MODEST AND UNOBTRUSIVE MODE OF LIFE HAS RENDERED HIM COMPARATIVELY UN- to the Colony yesterday, that he wis
car Lintin about 11 am, on Wednes-KNOWN TO ALL BUT A FEW INTIMATES IN THE COLONY. day when a Japanese trawler, with As I sat in his studio in Happy the number 13 on its bows, approach- ed. The sound of machine-gun firing Valley and viewed a succession was heard, and the trawier steamed of artistic examples of striking alongside the junk.
beauty and delicacy of composi- A party of Japanese suitors board- tion, I could not help thinking
and seized three can- vessel. 11on, six rifles, two hundred rounds what a pity it is that a man of of ammunition and 20 cattles of gan- such consummate genius should powder, which they carried to the not be better known. trawler. Leung and his eight were then ordered to get into a small sampan and told to away.
The trawler steamed off with the junk in tow, and some distance off, set fire to it. The junk later park. The value of the junk and its arms and ammunition were placed $4,000.
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Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on Frequencies of 945 k.e's. 9.02 m.c's, per second,
0.0-7.0 Chinese Programme. 7.0 Dance Music.
Slow Fox-Trot-What Will I Tell My Heart; Fox-Trot-On The Trail Where The Sun Hangs Low..... (By HECTOR C. BYWATER)
Havana Heaven; Rumba Cuban The Navy is to have a special Roy Fox and His Orchestra; Tango- Mantovani and His Tipica corps of short-service officers, to Pete.
Orch.;
Fox-Trots-My Red Letter (From "This'll make you be employed solely on naval duties. This important innova-istle'); I'm In A Dancing Mood tion was announced by the Ad- (From "This'll make you
Ambrose and His Orchestra
Dance chorus: for the new vocal
Everybody The regulations
My, Whui the Film): (Front Night category af officers are being ap-
(From 'Everybody proved by an Order in Council,
Although it is nearly six months Dance')... Louis Levy and His with since the Fleet Air Arm was trans-Gaumont British Symphony
not Lind Edward Molloy and Janet fered to Admiralty control, a
is (Vocalists); Waltz-Song Of The foane Serenaders; The Moana siderable percentage of its officers
by the Royal Air Force. Island. still ventually, however, I will be Fox-Trot-Moon Over Mlomi.
miralty last night.
ofllccred
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with
tirely by the Royal Navy Roy Closing local Stock Quotations.
and the Royal Marines, supplemented
7.35 Latest Variety Records. by the new category of officers.
Vocal-Whispers In The
Dark Entries to the new branch are to
Frances begin in April. Candidates must be (From Artists and Models'); I Will
(Beverley Nichols)... of nge, the Pray not less than 17
years upper limit being "under 23 on Jun. 1 Day. Accordion-Six Hits Of The Primo Scala's in the year in which they are enter-Day No. 16: Band... ed." They must be British subjects Accordion Band with Vocal Chorus. European descent, and un-Vocal-After All These Years; Sail of
Home
Layton. Turner married.
Or Λ
Double standard of education, including Dance Orch.-Mr. Dodd Takes The
Selection;
Carroli equivalent to that of the Air-Film mathematics,
At-Nothing-Flim Selection.. school certificate, is required. tendance before an Admiralty selec- Gibbons (Piano) and
8.0 Time, Weather and Announce- tion committee and a strict medical
menis. examination are also necessary.
coples of the regulatioained from
and up- plication forms can be
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8.03 "On Your Toes" Selection. There's A Small Hotel; I'm Glad to be Unhappy: Quiet Night (Vocal): It's Got To Be Love (Vocal): On /Air-Whitehall, London. Your Tocs; The Heart Is Quicker
of the Admiralty
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Carroll Gib on Tenth Avenue Accepted candidates will
bons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans quired to serve for seven years, the with Jack Whiting.
8.10
Relay-Food London first two years being occupied In training, including preliminary naval Thought.
Three short talks on matters of training, ashore and afloat. They will be instructed in flying from ships topical interest. and shore stations. After training
8.30 Studio Beethoven 2nd Con- Lewis (Violin). cerio-Trio: True they will spend the remaining five years mostly in warships, including. Ettore Fellegatti ('Cello) and Lind- The majorly of cases, service say A. Lafford (Plano).
Muzio Claudia 9.0 Songs by foreign stations.
On the completion of seven years on (Soprano).
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mother, you the active list the officers will be transferred to an emergency list for know the story)-(Mascagni); La eight years. During this time they Boheme (Yes, They Call Me Mimi--- will be required to keep themselves Puccini).
9.10 Selections from Grand Opera. in nying practice and to undergo
"Jewels Of The Madonna"-Inter- periodical training, either of a fort-
Introduction (Wolf-Ferrari) to Act
and Act 3.New Light yents,
"Barbiere Di Orchestra: art-impressive monuments, magni-night yearly or a month every two mezzo
From the emergency list they will Symphony
(Ros- cent statues and noble bas-reliefs. Some of them have been especially be transferred to the retired list of Siviglia, Largo Al Factotum praised, and of these is the famous the Royal Navy, the only obligation sin!)... Riccarde Stracciari (Bari- (Bizet)....Trio: Riccardo Stracciarl, bronze figure "La Cieen" (The Blind of which is liability for service in war tone); "Carmen"Toreador's Sung
or emergency. Girl) to be found in the Cremona
Officers who, at the end of seven A. Appoloni, E. Ticozzi and Chorus with Orchestra; "Madame Chrysan- W(G. Hartmann et theme" Museum. It is related that upon one to "see" this statue. After securing further ight years may be retained on asion a group of children came years active service, volunteer for nermission from the Director of the further eight years may be retained Alexandre-A. Messager) Acte
...Mile
do Museum they preceeded to Inspect
Yoshiko Miyagawa (Soprano)
Orchestre Why wouldn't it
Avec be possible for the work in their own way-touching on the active list for that period at Le jour sous le soleil bent....
that the discretion of the Admirally.
l'Opera-Comique those who sponsor the cause of artis- Be appreciation in the Colony to
is so characteristic of those without From those who complete 15 years n
9.30 London Relay--The News
by. Peter Dawson 9.50 Songs to head. qualify for retired pay. erect school wherein those who are
to waist and from body interested in studying art and esthe sight-feeling it all over, from feet few may be allowed to remain and sous la direction de M. Elie Cohen.
tiny hunds
Officers of the Air Eranch who are
(Bass Baritone). ties under such an accomplished mas- Upon the latter their.
and 22 at the time of entry will rank as
Bedouin Love Song (Pinsuti); The ter instead of having to go abrond to ingered for a long moment Europe and America?
when they had found what they so Acting Sub-Lieutenants (A.): entries Bandolero (Stuart).
10.0 London Belay-Palace Cav. Monti is native of Cremona, assiduously sought the eyes-their below that age will rank as Midship-
scarcely justly joy could
ment (A.). Their uniform will be Varieties. repressed. which a every one knows is
Ernest and' Manager Licensee
Billy Merson, celebrated in the annals of artistic Their poor little souls welled forth similar to that of executive naval
Willmott, accomplishment on account of it be in copious tears, and they could be officers except for a distinguishing Longstaffe With
Johnson Clark, Berthe ing the home of that famous family heard exclaiming to their teachers, badge.
RATES OF PAY
Dale and Dodd, George Harris, Les of violin makere--Amati and Strael wonderful man-he has port- Monti, the skilful artist "Ah, Cav.
Allen and Murgatroyd and Winter- Duties will be similar to those of a youth, varius. Monu, as
carly
aerinti played a predilection
on for art; for, like rayed 50
naval officer of the executive branch bottom. The B.B.C. Variety Orches- ayed so well one of us!"
tra conducted by Ernest Longstaffe. Cellini, his father was also an artist The especial forte of Cav. Mont! who is attached to the Fleet Air Arm. of no inconsiderable ability, and seems to be however the delineation They will be eligible for the com- Chairman, Vernon Watson.
units and 11.0 Close Down. hence bis first instruction was glean- of the Chinese physignomy, and with mand of Fleet Air Arm
guidance. He had the insight of the great artist that certain other administrative work, but Likewise au experiment in medium which very soul of the Sons and Daughters vessels or navigation duties. wus the delight of the ancient sculp-of Han--who have been times with-
Rates of pay in the new branch tors of Greece and Rome. However, out number described by Occidentals
day; acting are: midshipman, 5s. despite the ability to chisel will
as "an unemotional and inscrutable sub-lieutenant, 75. 8d.; sub-Lieuten- with con-
ant. Ds; ileutenant, 13s. Od. rising to summate skill works which
early people." him acclaim throughout the Examples of his ability in
18s. 2d. after aix years; Beutenant- cities of his native Lombardy, was field are a delight to see, as they commander, 275. 24. rising to 30s. 10d. not enough for the aspiring youth display the acme of dignity coupled after six years.
iechnique. truly with to become
R marvellous who determined
In addition, offlcers whose duties versatile not only in sculpture, but One of his intest works is illustrated include frequent flying will receive
19 A plastic re- also in modelling and painting well. Therefore, he studied under presentation of the bust of Mr."ying pay" at the rate of 48. a day well.
ranks. some of the greatest masters of mo- Hsiung Hsi-ling, a former Premier for midshipmen and Us. for all higher The creation of this new branch of dern Italy-Butt, Tallone and Men of China, who died in Hongkong tessi-artists whose works are uni- during Deceraber of last year. versally admired and grace the gal- It may be interesting to mention officersunderstood to have no coun- "magic eye," designed to enable a leries of the great museums of the here that Cav. Monti has also beenter-part in any foreign navys an world. So accomplished was young commissioned to "do" portrait Dusts essential prelude to the coming ex- Monti in his zeal to master the diff- In bronze of Hongkong "grand old pansion of the Fleet Air Arm, which cult media of his teachers that he men"-Sir Robert Ho Tung and Sir managed to graduate with honours Shouson Chow.
be
ed under parental opportunity to he is scems able to probe into the not for the command of sea-going]
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An act of bravery which earned Private J, E. Matt, 1st. Bh. the at Placenza to the memory of his fallen comrades. In Essex Regt., the medal of the mili- recognition of this beautiful tribute tary division of the O,B.E.-an-
to Italy's glorious dead, Il Duce in nouneed in a recently London Gazette
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Mr. John L. Baird, the television pioneer, left London recently for Australia, where he is to continue experiments with a television set for use in bombing acroplanes. to Mar-
He is travelling overland
the voyage Strathaird. seilles to join the P. and O. Uner out tests with a Baird ship's pilot to see through fog.
On
will carry
Mr.
Mr. Baird, who is president of the Baird Television Company Limited, is planned on an imposing scale.
of Crystal Palace is to address the Congress in The present strength of the Air International Radio Arm is about 230 machines. By the Sydneyve already curried out ex- end of 1940, when the five big aircraft carrlers now building are in com-periments in an acroplane at Crystal mission, about 600 aircraft should be Palace with avallable, Including nearly 100 borne use in bombing aircraft," in battleships and cruisers.
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Private G. Thornton, of the same Athens, bestowed upon him the arder of the Coronin d'Italia, which corresponds regiment, who had just arrived home Milan. In its way to the British Grand from Palestine, said: "Molt and I Oslo.. Cross of the Bath.
went into a Halfa cafe for a glass of Copenhagen. During those years after 1916, beer. The place was crowded with Stockholm. Monti acquired a continental reputasoldiers and policemen, and during Helsingfors
his brilliant the hubbub of conversation an Arab Shanghai tion on account
New York. studies and conceptions in the field threw a bomb into the cafe.
Vienna "There Whe of modern art. Indeed, Montl of ali
silence, then a a
Amsterdam things is a modern-not the bizar-general scramble to get out of the re nonentity of the cubist school; but way. Without any hesitation Mott Prague. the creative spirit of a reluvenated
picked up the bomb and threw it into Madrid, which whilst based on classic Gridley, Cal.
the road, where there was a terrific Lisbon models is
bold and original enough Corey Hanks, blind lecturer and to appreciate the contributions of
explosion.
Private Mott's home is at Litch- educator, recognized the volco of a
feld-road, Becontree. former schoolmate here whom he had science and industry in adding to its not met since they were boys to fund of artistic subjects. Thus, many his most ambitious works display of gether 32 years ago.
clearly his dependence upon the artistle Edward Bates, after listening to a new conception of what is
their portray in sermon by Ilanks and recollecting and they had been schoolmates together nobility of labour, the throb at Charleston, Utah, 32 years pre-machinery, and the patient research viously, spoke to Hanks after the of the scientist.
Works of his may be found in groat sermon, only to have the latter call him promptly by name.
profusion throughout his native Italy Hanks bus bean bind 21 years. and they embrace every category of
scope the
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The set, which can be comfortably carried in the cockpit of a 'plane, enables the crew of a bomber to see on a ground-glass screen a town from 60 to 100 miles away,
VALUE TO SCOUTS
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and will be 6474 reconnaissance work,
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are deployed. 22.40 tion of troops who are
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