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RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
HK VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS ORDERS FOR THE COMING WEEK-
Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, Onders by Lieat. Colonel R C. B. Anderson, M.C. Comman-
The following programme will dant. Hong Kong Volunteer De- be broadcast to-day from the Hong fence Corps Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W.
metres.
or a wavelength of 355 (845 kc's). 31.49 metres, (9.52 megacycles).
London-The Manchester November
HKT
Handicap Safety First Talk
12.30-215 pm-European Pro- kramme.
12.30 pm-The New Light
Hour Fong
THERE'S ONE THING SHE CAN DO
Stary told by the Duke of Mon- trose" în a“speech in London re- cently.
I was looking for a cook. A stout lady presented, bassalf to me and mid, "No, I came "cook, but I am a good tin-opener."
ST. ANDREWS DAY CONCERT
By East Lancash
Band-
PENINSULA HOTEL FUNCTION TO-MORROW
By kind permission of Major W. E. E. Dowling and Officers, the
The Company will parade at Band of the 2nd Battalion, The 5.30 pm on Monday, 30th: Novem-jEast Lancashire Regiment, will Friday, 27th. November, 1996.
ber for Section Drill Direct. play the following programme of ISSUE OF CORPS ORDERS Orders will be issued on Thurs- The shoot in the Miniature music at the St. Andrew's Day day, 3rd. December instead of on Range on Thursday 3rd. Decem concert at the Peninsula Hotel to- Friday. 4th. Desember during the ber is cancelled. There will be a morrow, beginning at 9 pm-
lectare înstead on "Camp" at 5.30 1. March Triumphant. Camp period.
"The London Scottish”
Os. C. Units are requested to pm in the Miniature Range, 2: send in their Orders not later) which it is hoped all those who Sym- thar 10 am on Thursday mornare attending Camp will be pre- 2.
Isent. ing.
The Company will proceed to CAMP AT FANLING. 4TH-6TH
Camp on pan. Friday ath. Decem- DECEMBER Mobile Column, No. $ber. For full details see Company
phony Orchestra
1 pmLocal: Time Signal Weather Report.
and
103 pm-Nat Gonella and
Eis
The
Georgians
1.20 p.m.-Three Songs by Gracie (M.G.) Company. Corps Infantry Circular No. 5. Fields (Comedienne).
and Medical Section will proceed
1.30 p.m.-Renter Press, Rugby to Fanling Camp on Friday, 4th. Press, Local:
Weather
Time and Announcements.
Forecast, December.
1.40 p.m.-The Hill Billies. 1.53 pm-Favourite of Yesterday by Charlie Enna (Piano).
215 pm-Close Down
4-7 p.m-Chinese Programine.
7 p.m.-12 midnight-European,
gramine.
7 pm-A Concert.
Orchestramen
Spring Song (Mendelssohn)
Simple Aven (Thome)
M. G. BN. SIGNALS Saturday, 28th. November
D/Rs, as Despatch Riders 4
Baggage for Camp must be de-detailed, report for duty with Ro- livered to H. Q. not later than 12 yal Corps Signals at 0800, Kow-
loon and 0930, Hong Kong noon on Friday, 4th. December.
Members proceeding to Camp
their Rifles and Ea-i will draw
Pro-yonets from Stores before 12 noon
on Friday, 4th. December.
Marching order with box res- pirator and Steel Helmet slung,
Marek Weber and His Orchestra.
Pianoforte Solos
Etude Tableau in A Minor
(Rachmanino)
Daace of the Gnomes (Liszt)
Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Tenor Solos
I Love the Moon (Rubens), A Brown Bird Singing (Barrie,
ar. Wood)..Richard Tauber. Violin Solo-
Monday, 30th. November Subsection "D" will parade for arms drill under R.S.M. Parkin-
SOM
Wednesday, 2nd. December Subsection "A". D/R work over
will be worn proceeding to and connected lines. from Camp.
Subsection "B". Line work in
Uniform only will be worn at conjunction with Subsection “A”. Subsection "C2. W/T. instruc- Camp. S. D. Caps will worn; sun Helmets will not be taken
Trains leave Kowloon Station as follow:-
tion.
Camp For Subsections "A" & "C" 4th-6th December 3.19
Ranks, as detailed, will report at Command E. Q. Signal Office -7.55 at 5.30 pm. Uniform-Slacks will
be worn.
Friday. 4th.. December p.m.
Friday, 4th. December
p.m.
Joseph Stigeti
Saturday, 5th. December
6.30
a.m
Scherzo Valse (Chabrier)
Soprano Solo
My little nest of heavenly blue
(Spaeth, arr. Lebar)
Twilight (Hamilton)
7.30 p.m.-Hong
Market Report.
HOUSE,
7.33 pra. X. Octet.
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Friday, 4th December Subsection "D". Promotion ex- Volunteers wearing uniformamination for all Ranks. Corps Infantry will receive. a ticket to Fanling!
Parade on Tuesday, 1st Decem- free of charge, on application at
Kong Exchange the Booking Office. Kowloon Sta-ber at 5.30 p.m. at H. Q.
Squire Celeste
Humoreske (Dvorak, arr. Sear).
La Cinquantaine (Gabriel Marie). Barcarolle-"Tales of Hoffmann.“
(Offenbach).
tion.
PARADES
1ST. BATTERY
4 Section
A Company-Lecture.
Platoon
in Attack & Defence by Major S. Jarvis.
B Company-Lewis Gun, Ground
Section will parade at H. Q. on Training. Instructor Sergt. Hill, Thursday, 3rd. December at 5.30 R.U.R. Salat D'Amour (Sir Edward Elgar).p.m. for Rifle and Squad Drill.
7.45 p. From the Studio.
A Talk on "Safety First" by C. Champkin, Deputy Superintendent of Police ReserYES.
8 paz--Local: Time Signal, Wez- ther Report and Announcements.
2.03 pm-A Variety Programme,
of Old Tunes. Vocal
Billy Merson Memories
Dress. Overalks. Members already passed need not attend.
Camp. A and B Companies will proceed to Camp at Fanling on out Friday, 4th. December. Details as
iper last Camp.
L Section Next parade at Belchers Fort on Friday 4th. December at 5.30
Dress. Overalls, blue caps and
Billy Merson and Chorus, Platform Shoes.
Organ Solom
Love in Bloom
I hate myself
Two Piano Selection-
Stonecutters Range Sunday, 13th. December. Mus- ketry and Lewis Gun Classifica- tion Tables B & C
Recruits who have not fred Table A must not attend.
Range
Officer-2/Lt
C
M Section Wednesday. 2nd December. D'Almada e Castro and "/Lt. H. A Sidney Torch. Parade on H.M.S. "Tamar" at 5.30 de B. Botelho supernumerary.
Dinah-After you've gone→→ Nobody's Sweetheart St. Louis. Blues--Some of these days
Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye
Piano Duct-
"Nymph Errant" Selection There's a ring around the Moon
Carroll Gibbons and John W.
Green
3.25 pm-Variety.
Songs-
Moon over Miami
He's an Angel
Piano Solo-
Turner Layton
Charlie Kinz Piano Medley
Charlie Kunz.
Vocal
A Melody from the Sky At the close of a long, long day Les Allen and His Canadian
Bachelors. Song-But for you
Lilian Harvey (Soprano). InstrumentaṬ...
Papalina Labilahi Haleiwa
Ray Kinney with Dick McIntire's
Harmony Hawaïjans. Vocal
It ain't nobody's bizness what I do Or Sussamman
We'll rest at the end of the Trail
The Rocky Mountaineers.
9 pm The Band of H.M. Cold- stream Guards:
Horwaths—“March (Moret). Liberty Beli-March (SouSE). Les Cloches de Carneville-Selection
(Planqnotis).
PIL
Re-
Launch leaves Queen's Pier at 8.20 am and Kowloon at 8.30 a.m. Air Arm
Tuesday, 1st December. Pa ade: at Kai Tak for a lecture at 5.30.
Corps Engineers Monday, November, 30th. cruft. Drill. Miniature Bange.
Corps Signals No. 1 Signal Class will parade) 2.ML
Army Service Corps Company at the Command Signal Office un-i
Lec- Thursday, December 3rd. der Sergt. Lake at 5.25 oz Tues-
ture by L. E. H: Reeder, RASC. day, 1st December.
Remainder will parade at at P. Blocks, Wellington Barracks Corps B. Q. at 5.30 p.m. on Tues- at 5.30 pm day, Ist. December for Signal In- straction.
M. G. Troop. Tuesday, December 1st. Classes B and C will parade at E Q. for M. G. Instruction at 5.30
p.m.
Armoured Car Section Section will parade at HQ. on Tuesday, 1st. December, at 5.30 p.m for M. G. Instruction as per programme.
Section will proceed to Camp on 4th. December.
3
Motor M. G. Section Monday, 30th. November-Par- ade at L. Q. at 5.30 pm
B Class-Section Drill. Direct.
Medical Section Section will proceed to Camp at} Fanling on Friday 4th. December.
Appointments
The following appointments are made in No. 3 (M.G.) Company" w.e.f. 27.11.26.
Overture.
"Tam o Shanter"
Haines.
Drysdale. (The hour approaches, Tam aman ride).
fimland Eleanor Whitney. Learmont Drysdale, a very young Scots composer,
is pictured in an wrote
dancing star, works of strong Scottish character
enthusiastic moment in a Holly- but his “Tam ở Shanter" however
wood night club. Miss Whitney in said to be the fastest tap dan- was his best work.. Receiving re-
alo She is cognition it obtained
cer in the world. the high
pretty, as our photo shows.
award of publication of full score: and parts from the Carnegie Trast in 1920 and also obtained first prize from the Glasgow Society of Musicians.
That hour, o'night's arsh the:
keystone
"That dreary hour be mounts his
beast in.'
Those who know the famous poem will have no difficulty in fol- lowing this highly descriptive work and the above quotation is felt in the opening bars of the introduc- tion
the oboe and cornet which in turn is given to almost every instrument
One in the band.
of the great Features of this movement are the Crashing 'aforzandos', followed by frest a silence that can almost be felt, then later crashing chords fol- lowed by an exquisite pianissimo". 5. Euphonium Solo.
"The Bandolero"
Stuart. Soloist:-Corporal F. Coward.
6. Selection of Harry Lauder's
Popular Songs.
arr. Ord Hume. Introducing-Tobermory"--"I love
Later we hear suggestions "Bogles" "haists and warlocks during the ride, till nexting the ford Here the near the Kirk-Alloway. eerie nature of the spot is depict- ed by a judicious use of pungent discords leading up to a beautiful I'm a the safest of the family- Andante theme when Tam reaches | "Stop yer ticklin' Jock
a lassie'
the Kirk. Tam's keek" (look) into Calligan call again-Early in the the Kirk is suddenly brought to morning-
INTERVAL
an end when Meg of the Cutty The weddin" o Sandy Macnab Sark gives
“Killieczankie' and others equally an eltritch skriech."
popolar The kirk is plunged into darkness, Tami rallies his mare and races for the brig (aridge) with the hellish legion in pursuit and
eventually reaches the "Key-stane' o' the brig": and safety.
The mare unfortunately loses her tail through when 'Cutty Sark 'caught her by the rump' This final incident is shrewdly depicted in the closing bars. 3. Vaire.
4.
"Gung'l
"Amorettan Tanze”
First Movement of the
"Dramatic Symphony"
(The unfinished).
Schubert.
Franz Schubert was born near Vienna 1797 and died in 1828.
As a song writer he was. UN- equalled, whilst his other works just fall short of the highest order. Originally known and often refer red to as the Dramatic Symphony, it was written about the year 1829 but Schubert considered it un- worthy of his pen and it was not mutil after his death that it was discovered unfinished' and given to the public.
dest Space does not permit to fully with the benty of this work but a general reference zaust be made particularly to the delight- ful broad opening given out by the basses (the first theme) and the tender second theme taken up by
Section, 1st. Battery, is granted leave from 20.1136 to 19.137.
Strength
No. 2720 Private, E. M. Gutier- rez. Corps Infantry No. 12 Pla. 17.113S.
No. 1759 Cpl. V. H. White to be
No. 2721 Private Leo Choa No.3 Acting Lance Sergeant.
No. 1538 CL E. Bubbay to be (3G) Co. 20.11.56.
No. 2722 Signaller, A. H. G. H Acting Lance Sergeant.
No. 1703 L/COL G. S. Winch to Kikabhoy. Corpe Signals 24.1136. No. 2723 Sapper, D. J. S. be Acting Corporal.
No. 1886 L/Cpl G. J. White to Crozier, R.O.D.C. Const. Sec. be Acting Corporal.
18.11.36.
No. 1967 L/Cpl. J. F. C. Mackay Re-enrollment, A.S.C. Company
No. 1911 Private W. S. V. Curtis to be Acting Corporal.
No. 1959 L/Cpl D. J. Willis telon 19.11.36.
C Class Care and Cleaning be Acting Corporal. and use of Blank Firing. Muzzle Attachment.
Section will proceed to Camp at Fanling on Friday, 4th. Decem
9.15 pm-London-News and An-ber. Dormeements.
No. 2630-Private J. Rodger, oz
No. 2159 Pte. A. W. Rowe to be 5.11.36. Lance Corporala m
No. 2196 Pte. G. E. K. Roylance." to be Lance Corporal,
No. 2235 Pte W. E. Broadbridge to be Lance Corporal.:
Qualification
G. S. FRIELLE.
Captain, Adjutant, EK.V.D. Corps. NOTICE
Hong Kong Rifle Association Annual Dinner, December 1st.
No. 1 GL G.) Company Friday, December 4th. Parade At the Padat Corps H. Qat: 5:30 pm. The following members off No. Dress for Officers will be Mess No. 1 Squad Company Parade 3 (3.G.) Company are qualified as Dress, and for Other Ranks, blue Nos. 11 to IV Squads Infantry Marksmen at the Classification serge, or walking-out dress (S.D.), Drill.
held at Stonecutters on 9th. No-jor Dark lounge:guit- vember
9.35 pm The Manchester Noven- ber Handicap. A running com. mentary on the race. dock, R. V. Long "At the Grand- stard, RC Lyle. From the Man- chester Racecourse. Castle Irwell.
10 p.m. Big Ben, t
A Belay of Dance Music from the Grill-Room of the Hong Kong Hotel
12 midnight-Close Devra
GAUGUITS GREATEST
CANVAS
(Continued from Page 4)
No, 1957 L/Cpl. J. F. Mackay, No. 2367 Pte. F-C. Quah.
Transfer
Na. 2 (Scottisk) Company Sunday, 29th November-Am nual Church Parade Volunteer H. Q. z 9:45.20710
Thursday, Srd: December- Class B-Setting up Stoppages, -Class C-Stripping the locks -
No. 3 (M.G.) Company, we£*271136=--but a pedra
No. 2197 Pte L. A Sanh transferred from No. 3 (M.G.) Company to Corps Engineers
AFFILIATED UNIT- Nursing Detachment H.KV.D.C
LA MEETING The next meeting will be held at the PW.D. Onces on Monday, 30th November at 5:30 pm.
* Command
Mrs. K. Durran returned from Squads Fox. 1 to 8-inclusive will; No. 917 CQMS/B. E. Maughan leave on 24:11:36, and renamed fire M. G. Course Part II at Stone is transferred from AS.C. Cadre command of the Nursing Detec Maria" also in an American col cutters on Sunday 29th Novem-to AC Company-wef 27.1136 ment, HKV.D.C/
Leave lection, that of Mr.Adolph Lewi-ber: Launch, will leave Queen's) bung
sohn, Arsens Alexandre has point-Pier Hong Kong at 8.00 am and No: 614 L/CDL A Wadinore Miss G. K. Saunders ed out that the early picture is Police Pier Kowloon at 8.30 am, is granted leave from 19.11.86 to sick leave from
as fresh as a beautiful morning Dress Optional: Uniform or 18.2.37 (Corps Signals). while the Boston museum picture Mufti) bot Webbing must be worn No. 2385 Tpr. R. Edwards, M.G. “Doa Venons Nous ?" is "as glow-when dringethylene
Troop, is granted leave from
21831
ing and relaxing as is a gorgeous Range Officer: 2/14 R M 21.3.36 to 31.1258.
Wood. levening in contrast.”
No. 2515 Gar. A. A. Elms,
Nursing Dob
HIV.D. Caps.
|
7. Selection from Sir Arthur Sullivan's melodramatic opera "The Pirates of Penzance" Containing:-The overture--"When Frederic was a little child' Leave me not to pine'-"Policemans"
Song The modern Major General-Aria. 'O
in there not one maiden' *Poor wandring. one'-'Chorus of
'Chorus of Pirates and Police
8. Comet Solo.
9.
Police' and
""Love's Old Sweet Song”
Malloy. Soloists-Bandsman W. Foster Excerpts from the Opera
"Il Trovatore”
Verdi
Guiseppe Verdi was born nes? Bosseto in the Duchy of Parzom in 1813 and was educated in Milan, where he produced his first opera "Oberto Conte di S. Bonifacio." He died in 1901.
His works may be divided into three periods viz-the early. mid- die and latest, each of which have their own characteristics particular to the period of his mental developi
Produced in 1853, II Trovatore placed the stamp of fame on the man who had already won, wide- spread publicity in the realm of operatic music.
The opera with
its abundent' charm of Itaka melody has won for itself an failing appreciation
This selection contains the cele brated Miserere Scene which oc curs during the fourth act of the opera.
Manrico: has been con dermed to death and from the courtyard below. "the prison walls, Leonors bears the funeral dirge and her husband's last farewell. 10. Selection from the musical play "The Merry Widow"
Lehar. The melodies of this well-known play are so popular that they re quire no further comment. 11: Fantasia "The Thistle"
arr. Myddleton. No country in the world is richer in folk song than Scotland and its greatest rivals in this respect would probably be Ireland, Poland, and the The origin. Holk songs is easily trac-
emotional
ed, as frous>
a. a moment's reflection
on the history of these countries, the reason become apparent.
Folk songs have been styled "links that bind" and this Tautavia, is a most worthy collection of Scot Captain tish national melodies.. ing many well-known aire, one in particular deserves special mention Le, "Arild Lang Syne”: (the last to be played in this selection) melody which binds that friendship not only between friends but mations.
Regimental Marches:
The Attack Lancashire Lad GOD SAVE THE KING- Conductor:MAN