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RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will ba broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.R.W. on a wave length - of 355 metres (845 K.C.);
12.30-2.16
gramme.
Pm-European
12.30-1 p.m.-Recorded Masic.
Pro
1 p.m.-Local Time and Weather Report.
1.03 p.m.-Recorded Musle,
from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room 1.15 p.m.-A Belay of the Orchestra (by courtesy of the Management).
1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press, Bulletins, Rugby Press News, etc.
2.15 pm-Close Down
Classical Programme To-night
4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme
7-11 p.m-European Programme.
7 p.m.-Closing. Local Stock Quota- tions, London and New York Stock and Commodity Quotations.
7.08-7.40 p.m-Light
Music.
Orchestral
Prelude in G Minor (Rachmaninoff, Op.
23, No. 5)
Prelude in C sharp Minor (Rachmani-
noff, Op. 3, No. 9)
REMOVAL Mock Morris Dance (Grainger)
Handel in the Strand (Grainger) Delibes in Vienna (arr. Walter)
NOTICE A Musical Jig-Saw (arr. Aston)
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|- 7,40-8 p.m.-A Jaza Plano recital by
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1. A Thousand Goodnights
2. True.
3. Sweet and Lovely
4. Many Happy Returns of the Day. 5. One hour with You-Medley.
8 p.m.-Local Time and Weather Report.
8.03-8.43 p.m. Variety. Humorous Songs—Me
The King of Zulu
Riding down from Bangor
Organ Solos-
Frank Crumit.
Wedding of the Painted Doll Medley of Old Songs
Infante Beatriz daughter of the former King of "Spals, will have an American woman, Mrs. Elele Moore Torlonis, of New York, us mother-in-law, The engagement of the princess to Alessandro Torlonia, who is the son of an Italian prince, is to be a Rome affair,
BRIDGE NOTES
Leslie James HANDS THAT HOLD
Song-
Love's Last Word is Spoken
Gracle Fields. Humorous Monologue-- ESSRS. H. RUTTONJEE & The Lion and Albert
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Why Can't this night go on forever? Charles Carlisle (Tenor). Orchestra-Noel Coward Medley
843-9 p.m.-Debroy Somers Band.
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AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS,
Public Auctions -
HONG KONG ENGINEERING &
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NOTICE.
M
HUGH BRAGA, B.Sc. (Eng.), Hong Kong, has This
Manager of this Company.
1. Northern and Southern Memories
(arr. Somerz),
2. Dixieland Selection.
9-11 p.m.-Classica] Progrataime,
Sonata No. 3 in E (Bach)
Isolde Menges (Violin) and
Harold Samuel (Pianoforte). Marriage of Figaro--Overture
(Mozart) Seraglio Overture (Mozart) Buine of Athens-Overture,
(Beethoven)
TROUBLE
by Ely Culbertson.
BAN ON SHIPPING DEAL
“GRENFELL OF LABRADOR" Sir Wilfrid's Many Activities
WONDERFUL RESULTS OF 42 YEARS' WORK
BIBLE OF SECOND CENTURY Fragments Beported
Found
OLDEST DOCUMENT IN BOOK FORM?
Since Sir Wilfred Grenfell start- Fragments of a second-century ed his medical and social work in Bible, written on papyrus, in the Newfoundland and Labrader 43 form of a book (and not the usual years ago, five hospitals seven papyrus scroll), are stated to be nuraing stations, four, orphanage in the possession of the Austrian boarding schools, hospital steamers National Library in Vienna and a supply schooner have been provided.
They were, states Exchange, ob- Gerstinger, of the University of tained in Cairo by Prof., Hans
Sir Wilfred, accompanied by Lady Grenfell, will be cruising along the coast next summer in the hospital Vienna, and are said to comprise steamer Strathcona.
portions of the Old Testament, the... Not only can Sir Wilfred be con- Pauline Epistles. They appear to frospel of St. Matthew and the sulted as a surgeon, but as Lloyd's belong to that sheaf of early agent in regard to wrecks, as Hiblical papyri of which Mr. Chen magistrate in regard to the law, ter Beatty, the American collector,
as a librarian with circulating} boxes of books, as the provider of
has the largest portion, clothes for the needy, and as "bought the fragments from persons Prof. Gerstinger, it is stated, siduary legates of any orphans
who may have accrued since hle who are supposed to have found former visit.
them in a water jar that had been
However pour the people may be, buried in the cellar of a Christian they give what they can for their monastery in Egypt. It is claimed clothing, never in money, but in that the fragments form the oldest kind, such as fish, even if only their presence in the monastery document in book form, and that
cod.
Indicates that the Christian Church Invented book form to replace the.
SCRAP-TIN IMPORTS Oriental scroll.
Removal Of Duty
By Treasury
The Treasury, on the recommen- dation of the Import Duties Ad-
300 MEN STRIKE OVER 4d.
Weaver Refuses To Pay
A broken gas mantle, costing 4d, was the cause of a weavers' strike at Nelson,
Lancashire, during November. A weaver employed at
Treasury's Objection visory Committee have lasued an order adding to the Free List un- The Treasury has placed a ban mought alloys or mixtures_pf metal, in blocks, ingots, cakes, bara on the proposed purchase of a num- and slabs (whether broken or not). ber of Red Star liners by a group containing more than 20 per cent, of prominent British shipping and by weight of tin. pitch de food
The committee point out that a The salty tongue of the Pan-financial houses. It was intended
number of firtas in Britain are en-Seedhill Mill accidentally broke a tan pioneers who peopled the New that these ships should be employ gaged in the recovery of tin from mantle. England states has done much toed on the North Atlantic route, and imported scrap material which, for that he would have to pay for it.
The manager told, him onrich the vocabulary of the entire it was hoped to build up an entire convenience of transport, is frequent The weaver refused, and for English speaking world. However, ly new class of traffic by fixing fares ly melted down abroad and roughly nearly a week was running part of some of their finest expressions are
rarely heard outside the confines of at a low rate of £20 first class and moulded into blocks. ingots, &c., bls loom by the aid of lights from containing varying percentages of other looms. Oficials of the New England itself. One expres-10 touriat class-plus atated sion that these seafaring Amerl-charges for meals for the journey then undertaken in this country. viewed the firm, and finally the em tin. The final refining process is Weavers Association later Inter cans used to designate a certain between Southampton and New
This material, at present, la ployers said that they would type of day was that it was a York and vice versa.
chargeable with the general ad half the cost of the mantle and the "weather breeder," meaning that The Government's objection to valorem duty. In consequence of weaver would have to pay the other the best you could expect in the the proposed deal, it is believed, in this increase in the cost there has The weaver was instructed not
instructions to sell by Publie Day been appointed General Work London 1 p.m. Stock and Commodity Way of weather, was the worst based on the view that the new been a tendency for supplies to be to pay, and the association called
THE Undersigned have received
Auction
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MONDAY, the 7th January, 1935
commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at our Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow
Road, Kowloon
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
1 Radio Gramaphone
I Radio Set
On view from Saturday the 5th.
January, 1935.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 3rd. January, 1935.
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man, no detail is too mall to
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tice. And that's why he insists on Kiwi for his shoes.
Kiwi enhancemeze,
shoe leather, giving it rous polish that lasts all
KIWI
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By Order,
B. ALVES
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 2nd January, 1935.
9.30 p.m.-Renter Press, Bulletins,
There are some types of Bridge venture would compete with the diverted to countries where smel-out on strike the 800 weavers. Quotations. Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major bands which deserve a like expres-Cunard-White Star.
("Emperor") (Beethoven) (Opsion. They have in them the needs 78)
of trouble for efther one partner- Artur Schnael and the London ym-ship or the other and not infre
phony Orchestra.
"Crown of India" Suite, Op. 60 (Elgar) quently both.
11 pm Reuter Fress Bulletins. Recently in a New York Bridge, Rugby Mid-day Press News, Further club where some of the most ex London Stock and Commodity Quota pert players gather, one of the
tions.
11.10.p.m-Close Down.
hands dealt was a true “weather; breeder" in a sense that all sorts of things could happen and gen-
BOXING ZEPPELIN TO FLY rally did. The hand was:
INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
LEE THEATRE
TO-MORROW
at 9.15 pm.
N. ATLANTIC
West, Dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
Fortnightly Service To NORTH:
U.S. From Europe
On his return to Friedrichsha- fen from a visit to the United
Featherweight Championship of the States, Dr. Eckener, the Com-
Colony.
A. B. PRANDY
H.M.S. Kent
mander of the Graf Zeppelin, pu- blished an account of his nego- tiations with the United States
H-K Q 8 70 DJ 8
C-A E Q 94
WEST:-
S-A 8 6
DK Q 10 65 C-30.5.2
Featherweight Champion Royal Navy Government upon the question of EAST:
and Royal Marines
STOKER DEE
H.M.S. Medway
Bantam and Featherweight Champion of Cornwall
10 Rounds Welterweight Contest
MAX
BRICKA
Former German Welterweight
Contender
A. B. APPLEBY
R.M.S. Pandora
6 Rounds "Middleweight Contest
A. B. FANCY
H.M.S. Medway
A. B. WINGRAVE
H.M.S. Modway
# Rounds Middleweight Contest.
CORPORAL FITZGERALD
EDM.S. Kent
A. B. CLARKE H.MS Medway
6 Rounds Welterweight Contest
AB. PARKER
H.M.8. Medway
PO DAVIS H.M.S.Kent
6 Rounds Welterweight Cont
A. B. ROBINSON
HM.9. Medway.
MEL" HERMES U.S.S."Mindanao
Booking at MO
an airship service over the North}" Atlantic
SK Q.10 54 H.-J. 9 54.8.
D-9:32
C.
SOUTH-
S-9 7.8.2 H-A-10 2
DAT
08 7:6:3
The bidding varied with the tem peraments of the players. One
Dr. Eckener states that he has come to an agreement with the United States Government by which the new airship L Z 129. on its completion about next July, will be permitted to operate a fortnightly service between Germany and Lakehurst or Miami Plans for a Zeppelin hangar, mooring mast, and gas Alling station at Lakehurst have player seated East reached a con already been submitted by an in-tract of four spades, which was terested company.
doubled by South and which he Dr. Eckener calculates that made
with an overtrick. A few Journeying-eastwards the EZ West players played at a contract 129 will cross the Atlantic in 48 of Ave diamonds doubled and ful hours; Journeying westwards-in alled the contract. North And 65 hours. There will be room in Fate had played a rather dirty South were the ones upon whom the Zeppelin for 50 passengers and twenty tons of freight and trick. But in a number of cases mail The fare will cost about even the holders of the North and 800 dollars (460).
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