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THE SMOKING CONCERT.
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responded with " Songs of Araby," song in ❘ and law studies, as was contemplated, he decided which he always figures to advantage It suits to remain in the Navy. After various promo- his voice, and he has absorbed the spirit of the tions, and service o iefly on the North Attic, composition.
European, and Asiatic stations, 1.8 attained the rank of Paymaster in 877; and for a time, during the administration of the late William C. Whitney, as Secretary of the Navy, he was acting Paymaster-General of the Navy.
Very punctually His Excellency the Governor #ppeared at the City Hall on the 21st inst. for the Interport Smoking Concert, and after a bar of
Quite a change was the next event, the con- the national anthem had been played, the Chair. juring by Mr. L H. Branson It was describ. man (r. E. W. Mitchell) called upon the Banded by the Chairman as a great treat." It of HM 8. Vengeance for the Arst item, a lively selection from "Hiawatha."
and each appearance.
In addition to those at the numerous tables arranged on the floor. there were Humerous auditors upstairs. One of the gorgeous flunkies from the "Dorothy" cast put up the numbers. was greeted with ironic applause at The first vocal contribution was by Mr. F. Austen, who sang "Old Heidelburg, to Mr, Daniel's accompaniment. He has a nice, flexible voice, and when he gets more confidence, will probably develop into a real singer. He
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was more at home 88 the song proceeded, "producing with better effect than in the opening lines.
A great burst of applause followed the chairman's announcement that Mr. Tozer would
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now sing, and his appearance (dressed for the part of a man who had been away on a "beanfeast") was greeted with yells of Up Devon." He was in "great form," and a local hit he made at someone known as "the Count" awoke a joyous pandemonium. (Encore), Hø next sang of the loss of a safety pin, and the company seemed quite concerned about it.
Of quite a diffrent order was Mr. P. W. Goldring's contribution, a song entitled "My love is come, a carolsome ditty which he rendered with good voice and appropriate ex- pression. Mr. Bovet was his accompanist. Being encored, Mr. Goldring, evidently a highly trained singer, sang "My Great Heart." In this he was not so happy.
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Mr. R. Sutherland followed with a musical sketch entitled Our Penny Reading. His imitations of the various performers were punctuated by gurglings of bottles. His imita tion of a village sp nster singing was excellent, and very funny. He was better still as the little boy reciting. The climax came with the wooden-armed man's recitation.
The naval band then played "Populonia," apparently a coined word for "popular airs While it was on, two of the cricket captains appeared and were cheered.
The exhibition of sparring by Messrs Arms. trong and Franks was really well worth watch. ing. It was a good match. Armstrong was a sweet tempered lad with a very quick counter, and a pretty left hand play for favourite. Franks was a stayer, and on the second round more than held his own. In the third and fourth, the points (if counted) would probably mostly have gone to Armstrong.
The band played "Choristers during the interval. With Mr. A. G. Ward at the piano, Mr. G. H. Edwards sang of the Dear Land." It was very carefully rendered, in a voice that reached every part of the hall, and evoked a hearty burst of applause.
The sailors' hornpipe by two real sailormen, Mesars Halton and O'Leary, was 2 very popular item, that secured repeated plaudits, and
an encore.
Amid ories of "Good Evans," Mr. A. R Evans came on to sing a comic song. It was about a series of annoyances he experienced just as he was retiring for the night He was dressed in a quaint“ knockabout "costume, and had a very professional manner of making his points. He had to sing again, and gave a clever imitation of George Robey, which greatly delighted the company.
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was really conjury of a high order, as the complete silence each trick secur d seemed to show. The silence was broken at the end of each one, by tumu'tuous applause.
Mr. P. W. Goldring re-appeared, amid great applause, to sing Simon the Cellarer," in much better style. The refrain was caught up enthusiastically by the crowd (Encore) "After this song "Boy was in great demand all over the room. A Bailor-man, Mr. Millar, with the assistance of five of his mates, gave an exhibi- | tion of hypnotism. After this Mr. Mitchell's health was toasted, and that gentleman suit- ably acknowledged the compliment. He threat- ened to send a Hongkong eleven to Singapore that would beat the Straits team. They needed a beating. (laughter). He proposed the toast of "the visitors.
The programme was finished with a lively song by Mr. Sutherland (in Scotch, without soda) and a "honeymoon march" by the Band. Mr. Sutherland's effort required an encore. He sang a tribute to the bassoon, with the aid of some strange reed instrument
The health of Vir. A. R Lowe, the Hong. kong Club's popular secretary, was toasted, and a very merry company dispersed shortly after midnight.
DEATH OF AN OLD AMERICAN
NAVAL OFFICER.
FORM RLY WELL KNOWN IN THE FAR EAST.
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Such is the record, briefly written, of the recently deceased officer; but it remains to be said, when considering the performance of all his duties, and the high character of his personal qualities, that "Ned" Whitehouse, as he was affectionately called by his intimates comrades of long ago, was like unto that most noble Chevalier of olden time, for whose shield was written, Sans peur et 8098 reproche. For always, in him, was the gentle. man apparent. We must be gentle, now we are gentlemen ; and those words of Shake- speare's might properly be transcribed for his maxim, to meet the circums ances of daily life But there are no words to manifest the sching void, the utter grief, that appal the solitary figure left alone in the by-way, who travelled with him in the appy sunshine, and walked with him through the shadows in the Dark Valley; who has been privileged to share in his loyal friendship, his tender sympathy, and his never-ending kindness, for s per.od of time tuat is approaching half a century.
THOMAS GIBBONS, U.S.N.
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PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES, There was a fair a tendance at the City Hall or the 35 h iust, when His Excellendy the Governor presented t e certificates secured by members of this Institute for Sanitary Science. Ura, Atkinson and Barnett and Messrs Hewett and Ough were seated on the pl tfo m with His Excellency.
Dr. ATKINSON explained the objects of the San tary Instituts, and described the growth of this insti ution from its inauguration till the present time Its success was dục in a large measure to the effo ts of the secretary (Dr Barnett) and the Assistant Secretary” (Mr. Carter) (Applause).
His EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOB, after pre-- senting the successful candidates with their certificates, said:-I look upon this ceremony, which I have been invit d here this afternoon to perform, as one of the most important since I have be n in Hongkong The future prosperity of this colony depends largely on the extent to which we are able to eradicate diseases which disorganise labour and pat obstacles in the way of our intercourse with other countries. The speaker then described the picture of the plague ten years ago drawn by Sir William Robinson, the then Governor, and said there was no more melan-
The American Navy journals, brought by the mail steamer Empress of Japan, announce the death of Paymaster Edward Norman White. house, U.S. Navy (retired), at Varenna, Lake Como, Italy, on the 20 h of last month. At one time Paymaster Whitehouse was a well- known and familiar figure among Army and Navy men and the foreign official residents in the Far East, and had a wide oircle of acquain- tances among English military men everywhere. He served a full cruise in the historic old Monoc cy, during the 'serenties, and was wrecked in the gunboat Ashuelot, on the Lammock Rocks, outside of Amoy, in 884. Since his retirement, in 1898. Paymaster Whitehouse had resided almost continuously in Europe, mostly in Switzerland. where his wife was buried in 897. His niece. Lady Ramsay. a daughter of William Fi zhugh Whitehouse, of Kent, England, and her husband, were with him when the end came. after a bief illness. Three brothers survive him, one of whom is Cope Whitehouse, the celebrate Egyptolo ist. Paymaster Whitehouse, born sixty-three years ago in New York City, was a choly sight than that presented by the graduate of Columbia College, and a member City of Victoria at that time. Each succeeding of an ancient and wealthy Anglo-American year has added to the plague death roll, and has family, being a son of Bishop Henry Jon also seen some change in our procedure for the Whitehouse, one of the most learned and bril. prevention of plagus That is, by sanitation of liant prelates of the Episcopal Church in The town. The sanitary worker, in striving to America, who re eived honorary degrees from obtain physical purity in any place, must make Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and was hims if conversant with physical impurities the intimate friend, for many years, of the and work in impure conditions. In so doing he great English Churchman. Dr. Arthur Pen-establishes a strong claim on the respect and rhyn Stanley, the good and gentle Dean of gratitude of the community in which he works. Westminster
I take pleasure in being here to-night to give the Paymaster Whitehouse entered the Navy as ce:tificates to those who have gained them from an acting assistant paymaster in December, the Royal Sanitary Institute which, as Dr. 1862, and was assigned to duty in the river Atkinson said, has recently been put under the ironclad Choctaw, in which vessel he experi- patronage of our King (pplause). Before enced much hard service and saw a deal of sitting down I would like to remind gentlemen fighting, in the backwaters of the Mississippi present that the establishment of the Hongkong River, during the Civil War. Porter's "Gun- branch of the Sanitary Institute was largely due boat Squadron," as it was called, was constantly to he suggestion of our present acting Sanitary
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the Surveyor, Mr. Carter, a man who, both from banks of the Yazoo and Red Rivers; and in European and Chin se testimony, is serious and those fierce eno unters, which largely prevented earnest in what he does. (Applause). I should the concen ration of Confederate troops in like also to express the hope that Sanitary those localities, and hindered them orossing the Inspectors will emulate. "him. -Mr. Hewett secluded waterways of Louisiana, the Choctaw, proposed a vote of thanks to this Excellency for commanded by Lieutenant (now Rear Admiral) presiding, which was carried and responded to. F. M. Ramsay, became famous. He also served The following is a list of the candidates who before Vicksburg, and in many minor engage- ments during the closing period of the great War for the Union. When peace finally settled over the land, instead of returning to civil life
The next item was the Hassar's chorus and dance from "His Excellency," by ten gentle. These gallant warriors, transformed into ballet girls by an eccentric governor, did some novel ågures. After this item, advanced from its place in the programme to permit His Ex-employed cellency to see it, the real Governor left, while another verse of the national anthem was play. ed. Three cheers and a tiger were given for His Excellency.
Mr. G. P. Lammert had an ovation when he made his bow before singing "Queen of the Earth! He sang the fine old song splendidly; it was decidedly the most musical event of the night. He got a beautifully rounded tone for that rather exacting renultimate note in the finate, and had an undeniable encore. He
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were awarded certificates :-
For Practical Sanitary Solence: Patrick A. Cunningham, Robert Edwin Hemmings, John Lemm, and Arthur P. Samy.
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