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"Madame Butterfly-Fantasie"
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Victor Symphony Orchestra. "Reflections On The Water"
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"Freischutz" (Weber).
"Danny Deever". "On The Road To Mandalay".
Baritone, Reinald Werrenrath, "Wild Amongst the Trees".
Flute Solo, Clement Barone. "At the Brook".
Violin, Cello and Harp, Venetian Trio, "Love's Sorrow" (Fritz Kreisler), "Serenade" (Moszkowski).
San Francisco Symphony
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"Aubade" (Auber), "So Blue" (Henderson). "A Tree In The Park" (Rodgers).
Baritone, Melville Gideon. "Some Day He'll Come" (from
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Dramatic Reading, John Barrymore. "Loheugrin-Prelude" (Wagner). Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. “Serenade" (Schubert), "Calm As The Night" (Bohm).
Contralto, Louise Hon.jr. "The Question," "The Answer" (Wolstenholme).
Organ Solo, Reginald Goss- Custard, "The Roast Beef Of Old England"
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Humorous. Ernest Hastings. "Trovatore-Anvil Chorus"
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"The Yeoman's Wedding". "Out Of The Night".
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"I Hear A Thrush At Eva" (Cad-
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Tenor, Derek Oldham. "Joggin' Along The Highway", "The Devout Lover".
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China Lights 1928 issue
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Singapore Tractions
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The Hon, Mr. R. A. C. North, Secretary for Chinese
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The Hon. Sir Shou-san Chow, Kt.
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The Hon. Dr. S. W. Ts'o, O.B.E.
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Dairy Farms Watsons It has been known for some time Der A. Wings past that several settlers in Canada, Lane, Crawfords Australia and Africa have relied Mackintoshs
on the Sinceres Baritone, Percy Heeming. at times of emergency,
owners of private aeroplanes to Wm. Powells.... 10.10 p.m.-News Bulletin. "Moonlight And Roses" (Black-bring the doctor over to them from
Moret).
the nearest township, writes an HK. Amusements ..$25 b 25.15 sa "Because I Love You" (Berlin).
air correspondent. Indeed,
some Hong Kong Constructions .$1 Victor Salon Orchestra. private owners in lonely places have B. Ind. G. Bonds.......86% 8 "Alda-Grand March and Finalo"
taken up lying largely for this very H.K. Govt. Loans...64% b prem. '(Verdi).
purpose, but it has been left to a "Alda-Introduction and Moorish member of the Suffolk and Eastern
Ballet",
Counties Acroplane Club to fulfil a Creatore's Band.similar errand of mercy in Eng- land and probably it constitutes the first one on record.
10.30 p.m.-Close Down.
This gallant airman was named Schofield and it seems, when a nesty HONG KONG HOTEL VISITORS motor accident occurred near by
March 12. 1929. Messra. A. Ashworth, G. A. Abendanon.
·
Mestra. Chas. A. Baband, J. M. Bonnardel, D. G. Bruce, J. Bowen, Capt. J. Beck, Mra. L. A. Bellair, Miss C. M. Bellair.
Mr. E. J. Carmichael, Mr. and Mrs. A. Crumpton.
Mr. J. Didisheim, Mrs. I. L. M. Danfell, Misa J. Dantell.
Mr. E. E. Elser.
Mr. W. G. Finn, Mrs. E. Faster and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. P.: J. Fleazar, t
Marshall del Gozzo. Messrs. A..S. Hill, B. Henderson, Wm. Hughes,
Hadleigh, and a driver was injured, he dashed over to Norwich, got a Dr. Sleigh to return with him and 80. saved 20 minutes of valuable time. As we progress, no doubt aeroplanes will prove of invaluable assistance to doctors in case of oddly similar casualties. Indeed, enough, every English light aero- plane club already seems to number medical men among its members.
The next class to také to the air will be our professional politicians. l'Anyway, Mr. Basil Murray who le fighting Argyll at our Parliament- ary election this summer believes that he will win the seat if he can get some enthusiastic owner-pilot to fly with him around the district, for. Mr. J.,E. Joseph.
Argyll for which he has been Mess. A. Kopp, A. H. Kutsch- adopted, consists of more than bach.
forty felends, to say nothing of a Messrs. A. C. Lofta, R. de Lajarto, wide stretch of forbidding main- Mr. and Mrs. D. Leslie, Miss Lland, That is why the local As- H. Laffond, E Lesur, Miss Lsociation usually, provides the cap- Ladue,
didate with a motor-boat, but, Messrs. V. Mormel, P. Muerer, Mr. Murray thinks he will seem J. Madier, Mr. and Mrs. II. Monroe. twice as Impressive to the crofters
Mr. P. Ortet.
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