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RADIO
6.40 p.m.-Indian Programme,
8.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-
tlona
4.32 p.m.-Derlioz-King Lear" Over- ture, Op. 4 and other compositions, Overture "King Lear," Op. 4....The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra cond.
by Sir Adrian Boult. La Damnation
de Faust-Invocation a la nature.... George Thill (Tonor) with Orch. Damnation of Faust Hungarian March:
Sylphes Les Mengelberg conducting certgebouw Orchestra.
Willem
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 3, 1941
His One-Man Fire Brigade
ROY CLIFFORD DAY, of Southampton A.F.S.,' became a one-man fire brigade when the Luftwaffe bombed his town.
For his courage and resource he was awarded the Con the O.B.E. The official record tells of it in a single
vivid sentence:
7.00 p.m.-London Relay The News.
7.15 p.m.-London Relay "Questions
of the Hour.**
7.30 p.m.-Portuguese Programme.
"He had no previous experience of sustained incendiary attack accompanied by H.E. bombard- ment, but when I call came through after all the other inem-
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and An-bers of the crew had been taken
nouncements
8.02 p.m.-Excerpts from Grand Opera.
Overture (Mozart) 1 Seragito
Philharmonic Vienna
Orchestra. Boris Godounov"-In the Town of
Chaltapine (Bass) with Orchestra. "Carmen"--Entr'acte. Act 4 (Bizel}
tra cond. by Leopold Stokowski
+
to hospital, he took a pump out
by himself and worked through- out the night."
Fireman Day had been a mem- ber of the crew of a trailer pump
MALAYAN
FRONTIER
'INCIDENT'
Kasan (Moussorgsky!....Theodore which attended two fires during THE THAI FOREIGN OFFICE the height of a raid. On their SPOKESMAN TO-DAY GAVE AN UNVARNISHED Philadelphia Symphony Orches way back to their station, with REUTER
bombs falling all around, theyVERSION OF WHAT AN AXIS **Lucia cii Lammermoor Thou narrowly escaped death when two REPORT HAS SENSATIONALLY
exploded nearby. hast spread thy wings (Donizetti)H.E.s
They DRAMATISED INTO A FRON- Beniamino Gigli (Tenor) & Ezio were badly shaken, and the car TIER "INCIDENT." Pinza (Bass) & Metropolitan Opera | tralling the pump was damaged. The spokesman said two Aus- The crew reached their station tralian officers, armed with revoly- and collapsed. Then came aers and carrying camerus, stray- call to another fire. Firemaned across the Thal-Malaya border Day, the only member of the in a car.
Chorus & Orchestra. The Valky-
12** - Ride
the Valkyries
(Wagner). Symphony Orchestra
"I ar cand by Albert Contes biere di Siviglia* -Una Voce Pore
Rossinl Pa (Kallmann
Milza i Korjaus (Soprano) with Orchestama 8.26 p.m. Chausson-Symphony
in
8
Flat Major, Op. 20
145 MUY
crew able to stand, Immediately The local Thai authorities seiz- drove his trailer pump to the ed the revolvers and cameras and
He remained оп scene.
duty detained the
officers, who have a.one for the rest of the night.
now been conducted back across A Birmingham Fire Brigade of the frontier and released. ---Reuter. ficer,
who. William Mosedale,
Lent Allegro Vico: 2nd Mov Tres Lent Un peu plus vite 3rd Mov· Anime Grave Orches-under intense air bombardment, tre de la Societe des Concerts du frequently risked his life in
continuous twelve-hour battle to rescue trapped colleagues and civilians, has been awarded the George Cross.
tubiservalutre cond by Piero Cop-
pula
9.00 p.m.-London Relay The Nows &
News Commentary.
9.15 p.m.—Tunes from the Shows.
**Balanlar ile "'- -Selection (Postord)..
He saved twelve lives.
Frederick Dainty Cox, G.W.R. telegraph linesman's assistant, who carried a time bomb from the railway and dropped it over
line to
BIAS BAY REPORTS UNTRUE
New Mayfair Orchestra Reminis- cences of the Gaiety Theatre-in- tro Soldiers in the Park; Queen of my Heart; Yip. I Addy. 1 ay: The Last Waltz: What do you do
Reports that the Japanese forces Sunday. Mai, 7: The Only Way
have withdrawn from the Bias Reginald Foort (Organ). No More
founda- are without a hedge on to soft ground, thus Bay area (from C B Cochran's "Home and
enabling a single
betion, according to authentic mes- Beauty" Gitta Alpar (Soprano)
border sages received from the with Orchestru, Helen-Plano Selec- operated, gets the G.M.
Bertram Matthewman and to-day. tion Offenbach) Billy Mayerl (Piano). "Bitter Sweet-Selection George Goshavk, Londoners, drove Following the reoccupation of Jack Hylton & hie Orchestra their ambulance through a sheet Tamshui and other nearby areas, with Vocal Refrain
of flame to pick up casualties. the Japanese forces retreated to 9.45.10.00 p.m.-News in French (on
The stretchers were almost too the coast where they are Short Wave only)
hot to handle, and just after they holding previously prepared posi- had got the patients out of
There
no indication blazing building it collapsed. They
withdraw they are planning to are awarded the G.M.
entirely from the Bius Bay arcu.
9.45 p.m.-Accordeon Solos by George
Scott Wood.
Song of Songs (Maya). with Vocal Refrain, Stars over Devon (Flynn & Egun); Speak to me of Love Assisted (Lenoir)..
by Gultor. Bass & Drumus The Whistler and His Dog (Pryor). Assisted by Flute, Guitar & Drums
10.00 p.m.-New
Variety.
Dance
Mualc and
River")
B.W.O.F. DONATIONS
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Swing Fox-Trots- Ida, Sweet as Apple
I Cider: How Am
Know? W Arthur Young Aud Hatchett's Swingtette. Voral Duets-The Ferry
The following is the latest list Boat Serenade (Adamson-Dt Lnz-
of donations to the British War zaro); Only For Ever (ilm
Organisation Fund, Hong Kong "Rhythm 011 the
AL Bowlly & Jinuny Mesene with two Branch:-Previously Acknowledg Guitars, Quick-Step--I'm Nobody's ed £100; $704,069.00: A. Whittak- Baby...Oscar Habin & his Band.er (Monthly) $5; Anonymous $20: Comedian-The Sweetheart of the A. C. Wilcox-(May) $25; S. W. P.
Bless Perry
(Monthly) (Connor Lisbona);
$25: Arthur
Davidson $50;
Fleet 'em
All (Hughes-Lake).
$5 "President Cleveland" ..June
B SS "President Cleveland"
July
30
$5 "President Coolidge"
June
10
SS "President Coolidge"
and Capetown
9
$5 "President Garfield" ....Aug.
24
To S'PORE via MANILA
.June 7
$3 "President Madison"
June 24 Juno 21
June 28
*Dorothy Luckenbach
*Harry Luckenbach
TO NEW YORK and BOSTON
via San Francisco, Los Angeles and Panama
($9 "President Madison"
**Dorothy Luckenbach
• Cargo only.
لا أعمال
July 15 **Harry Luckenbach
19
**Andrea Luckenbach
*SS "President Harrison"
26 July
12 .Aug. .Aug. 28
↑ Omits Boston.
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COOLIES SENTENCED
Two coolies were charged be- at the fore Mr. G. T. Lowry Central Magistracy this morning
to defraud with conspiracy
married woman, 26-year-old Chun Lam-wah, of $10.
J
The accused were Wong Pak- 44, leung, 41, and LI Cheung,
con- who were alleged to have
obtain Edgar spired together to
$10 the of from memory
the complainant
Askey with Orchestra. Fox-Truis L.A.C 90137 $50; J. Finnie Macao Steamship wharf. Devil May Care: Remember Ser (Monthly) $50; The Prison Staff-
tember....Mantovani & his Orch.
Nueva
Elisabeth
at
Defendants were each sentenced Rumba-Rumba Rumbero; Conga (May) $190.59; The Portuguese to one month's hard labour.
and Hong Kong
Detective Sergeant J. R. Sykes Cugat & Staff of the Conga... Xavier his Waldorf-Astoria Orch. Vocal- Shanghai Banking Corpn. $50: prosecuted. Much More Lovely (Heneker): The W.P.C.-(May) $10; W. J. Knight Nearness of You (Washington | (Monthly) $10: O. E. Bertin Carmichael) ....
Welch (Monthly) $500; B. Herschend with
Fox-Trots--Eep- Orchestra.
(Monthly) $10; C. Austin (Month Ipe: Slow Freight. The Milt
ly) $10; W. Hewitt (Monthly) $10: Herth Trio, Vocal-All this and
Valentine (Monthly) Heaven too (De Lange-Van Heu-Dr. D. J.
(Monthly) Your $20; E. D. Lawrence sen); Where do You Keep Heart? (Silliman-Ahlert).... Dick $35; Paper Company Van Reekum Todd with Orchestra, Fox-Trot (Hong Kong) Lt. £5. Total $705,- Blueberry Hill:
Slow
Fox-Trot-140.19.
Trade Winds....Billy Cotton & his
Band,
11.00 p.m.-Close down.
WEATHER
OF MAY
The weather for May was gen-
GERMAN
GENERAL KILLED
The statement said he met a "hero's death." No details were given concerning the locale or other circumstances of his death.
SAYS STRIVE TO BE WORTHY OF FUEHRER
Hitler boys and girls in Berlin were told by Reich Youth Leader Axmann to strive unceasingly to be worthy of the "greatest German of all times," according to a German broadcast, says Reuter.
This is a heavy task," he said, "but I am convinced that you will fulfil it by having the image of our beloved Fuehrer constantly before your eyes.
"It is the religion of our times to be a nation, This fact deter- mines the Hfe of our youth. Youth knows no rights, only duties."
GIRLS STOP WORK FOR LOVE LETTERS
COL. GEN. ULRICH erally cloudy and humid with re- GRAUERT, COMMANDING THE latively little wind, except for a GERMAN FLYING CORPS, WAS two-day spell in the middle of the KILLED WHILE "LEADING A month: Although rain fell on fif- FLIGHT AGAINST ENGLAND." teen days, which is normal for ANAZI COMMUNIQUE AN-
NOUNCED. May, the total for the month was well below the average, Temper- atures were normal with no large variations during the period.
A maximum temperature of
General Grauert' was credited
The romances of factory girls 88.8 deg. F was recorded on the 18th and the 26th; a minimum of with a large share in the resurare being encouraged by their 68.9 on the 1st and the mean. for rection of the German air force firm. They do part of their court- ing during working hours only the month was 77.3 against a nor-under Nazi leadership.
the boys must be in the Forces. mal mean of 77.1. The mean re- lative humidity was 87 which is
This is the result of a plan run by the welfare department of a 3% above the normal, for May.
large biscuit manufacturing firm Duration of bright sunshine was 145 hours, 12 hours below normal. mother's absence from home, a at Carlisle
Gifts are sent to each of the 5.84 inches of rain fell during-the-19-year old Chinese youth month, 60% of this fell on the stole 35 pieces of clothing and a men by their former workmates. three days, 14th, 21st and 25th; magnifying-glass. He was sen- In the parcels are love letters from Normal rainfall for May is 11.25 tenced to three months hard their girls in the factory.
the parcels „ħħare inches. A maximum wind velo- labour by Mr. H. G. Sheldon, Once a week city of 38 miles per hour was re- K.C., at the Central Magistracy got ready. The girls tease work corded at 7:58 on the 14th,
this morning.
to write their letters.
TOOK ADVANTAGE
Taking advantage of his