Wednesday's Special Service and First Recital: The Story of a Great Enterprise arried Out Against Many Difficulties: Instrument of Unsurpassable: Béauty An event, took place at Holy Trinity Cathedral on Wednesday. auch as is rare anywhere and in the Far East may happen only ones in life-time. the new organ which, with the beautiful chapel on the south side of the apse, forms part of the Catheral War Memorial.
Immediately after the conclusion caf the Great War, Dean Walker set: himself strenaousiy to the take of collecting funds for the Cathedral Memorial, and so successful were his efforts that, assisted by the abnormally high' rate of exchange, before he lair Shanghai the available funds were suflleient to cover tthe cost of the Chapel and provide, for the contract price of the organ in England, To the great regret of his many friends he has been unable to see the completion of his labours, 'To Mr. R. B, Hurry, Mus. Bac., the organist of the Cathedral at' the time, belongs the credit of drawing up the specification of the organ, in consultation with Messrs, Harrison Harrison of Durham.
The organ was ordered in 1920, and it was originally: intended that it should have arrived in Shanghai n 1923, But the labour troubles in England and diffeulties connected with its erection in Shanghai, post poned its despatch from England until this year.
common with the Municipal Council of the Foreign Settlement, the Council of the French Concession, agreed to remote the—wharfage dues on the organ and interesting to note that through the—instrument of DI. Minister and the Commissioner cof Customs, in Shanghai, the Chinese Government waived payment of the import duty in consideration of the fact that it was a war memorial.
The organ arrived in Shanghai by the str. Carmarthanshire on May 4, the Glen Line Company most; generously carrying it freight free.
was accompanied by two' representatives of the organ builders, whose passages the same company' most kindly provided at a nominal' rate,
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