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1.30 pm-Reuter
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Presa, Press Local Weather fore- cast, time and announcements. 1.1.40 p.m.----Primo Scala's Accordeon
Band.
6.15 p.m. Spanish Informational
Period.
6.35 p.m.--English
Perlud.
Informational
8.55 p.m-Stock quotations, through the courtesy of Swan, Culbert- son and Fritz
7 pm.To be announced. 7.30 p.m.-The Mystery Singer." 7.45 p.m.-"The Voice of Life”—an Elizalde-United States Life In- surance Company presentation, 0 p.m.--Programme Previews.
2 p.m.-Violin Recital by Fritz 8.05 p.m.--Consuelo Salazar, so-
Kreisler.
2.15 p.m.-Close dow
5 to 8 p.m.-European programme. 5 p.m.--A Relay of Dance. Music from the Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.
prano.
8.20 p.m.-To be announcea. 8.35 pm-Casaje Optical Informa-
tloc.
8.40 p.m.-Stock Quotations and
local market reports.
é p.m.-From the Studio: A Chn- 8.55 p.m.--Stock Quotations ไก
dren's Concert.
6.30 p.m-Beniamino Gigli (Tenor).
Spanish, through the courtesy
of L. R. Nielson and Company.
with the London Theatre Or- 9 p.m.--Listerine Amateur Hour, chestra.
7 p.m.--From the Studio; A talk ön "The Canossian Annual Bazaar” by the Rev. Father G. Byrne. S.J.
7.15 p.m.-La Valse (Ravel) played by L'Orchestre du Conserva- toire, Paris.
7.30 p.m.--Closing local stock quota- tions and Hong Kong exchange market report.
ter of Ceremonies. 19.30 p.m-Musical Varieties 10 p.m.-Sign Of
7.35 p.m.-Octats: Vale Bluette 18 Air de Ballet (Diigo); and An- dante Cantabile (Tschaikowsky) -J.H. Squire Celeste Octet. 7.45 p.m.-Carroll Gibbons and His
Boy Friends.
8 p.m.---Local; Time signal, weather report and announcements. 6.95 p.r.-From the Studio: A Chi-
nese Concert.
11 p.m.-Close down. 8.05 to 11 p.m.-European pro-
gramme from ZEK. on a fre quency of 640 kilocycles
IMPORTANT
DECLARATION
British Government's Attitude
TRANSPORT OF ARMS TO SPAIN
J
London, Dec. 1. An exceedingly important de- claration of the British Govern-
ment's attitude to the events in Spain was heard on Tuesday from the Government benches So the course of a debate in the House of Commons at the second reading
of the bill forbidding the trans- Port of arms in British ships from foreign parts to Spanish harbours.
The Chairman of the Board of Trade.- Mr. Runciman stated that despite the international Non-In- tervention Agreement, weapons were being delivered to Spain. several British ships having par-
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with Bardin Unterhelsen. Mas-ticipated n this traffic in oppos!- tion to the policy of the British Government,
had brought' the British Government to the conclusion, that the correct solu- tion would be simply to place an embargo on this trade for all Bri- TERMS:-CASH' on Delivery. tish ships. The Government had been influenced towards these measures by the following con- siderations: the internal difficult- les in Spain did not justify an in- terference, with British shipping could not be used to protect Bfl- on the High Seas; the British Navy
tish ships that acted in direct con- radiction to the policy of the Bri- tish Government.
EMPIRE RADIO
TRANSMISSION I. OSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.78m, OSB 9.51 Mc/s (31.55m.) (Greenwich M.T.) a.m.-Big Ben Quentin Maclean, at the Organ of the Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle. London, Bavarian Dance No. 3 -The Marksmen (Elgar). Angels Whisper (Herman). Spinning Song (The Flying Dutchman) (Wagner, ATT. Liszt). Dance of the Hours (Ponchiell>.
8.25 a.m.-Claude Bulbert and Bob-
ble Comber in "Bigger Bui- ness," by H. E. Kavanagh, Ex- ploit No. 4: "Least, but not Last."
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8.05 p.in.-Barnabas yon Geczy and
and Claire | 840 p.m.-"Tommy Tune's, Tours”........... Ris Orchestra, 'Croiza (Mezzo-Soprano). →
3. Conducted by Josef Marais 8.47 p.m. Scenes from Childhood
and his Troubadours. Music and (R. Schumann) played by Yves lyrics by Diggenhof and Marais. Nat (Pianoforte).
Arrangements by Albert, Dig- genhof. Script and production by John Fudney, am.-"Food for Thought." Three short talks on matters of topical interest.
> p.m.-London: News and an-
nouncements.
9.30 p.m.-Bouquet of Spanish songs
by the Sevillian Serenaders. 9,36 p.m.-Evelyn Laye (Soprano), Älbert Sandler (Viola) and Frank Grunit (Humorous). 10. p.ul.---London: Big Ben.
Dance Music.
11 p.m.-Close down.
9.20 a.m.-A Recital by Keith Cum- mings (Australian Viola Player) am-The News, and An- nouncements.
11
9.40
BERLIN PROGRAMME
1.05 p.m.--Call DJA, DJB (German.
English).
German Folk Song.
1.10 p.m--Entertainment Hour.
2 p.m.-News in German.
2.15 p.m. - Entertainment
(continued).
Hour
2.55 p.m.-Greetings to our listeners
'In Austraila 나
3 p.m.-News and Economic Review
In English.
3.15 pm-To-day
in Germany.
Sound Pictures. 3.30 p.m.-Surprise Hour. 4.45 pm.-Testinionies to German III. The Cologne
Culture:
Cathedral.
5.30 p.m.-News and Economic Re-
view in German,
| 6.45 p.m.-Hitler Youthi Programme: Hour of the Young Nation. 6.15 p.m.--Sign of DJA and DJB
(Germ.. EngL)
6.55 .m.-Call DJA. DJA.
(German, English).
German"Folk Song.
7 p.m.-Concert of Light Music
p.m.-News in English.· ́
Therefore, Mr. Runciman added, as soon as the bill became law, Span- ish warships could have no fur- ther excuse for interfering with British shipping. Interference on the high seas under such circum- stances would lead to resistance. Moreover, so the speaker added, the French Government also held the view that it was undesirable for French vessels to convey arms to Spain.
the
When Mr. Runciman stated that the ships of the Dominions were not affected by this law, a member of the opposition asked whether the Dominion ships would enjoy protection of the British Navy. Runcinum answered that it was his belief that the Navy would af- ford protection to no one who acted in contradiction to the pc-
9.43 a.m.-Greenwich Time Signal.licy of the Governmen.-
10 a.m.-Close down.
HIGH TIDE RECORD
Thames Overflows Embankment
London, Dec. 1. "The highest tides for the past forty or afty years are reported in the Thames Estuary and from the east 'coust.
The Thames overflowed the em- bankment. at Westminister at high tiae this afternoon. Low- lying parts of Southend flooded and the main road between Ramsgate and sandwich, on the Kent coast, was cut,
Transocean News Service.
TOURIST PARTY FROM CHILE
Hong Kong Daily Press" Specian
Hamburg, Dec. 1.
AUCTIONEERS.
DEATH BILL REFUSED
Euthanasia Will Not Be Recognised
London, Dec. 1.
In the House at Lords, Lord Ponsonby moved the second read- ing of the Voluntary Euthanasia Bil, to legalise, under certali conditions, the administration of euthanasia 10 persons auffering from liness of a fatal or incurable character Involving severe pain which was sponsored by the late Lord Moynihan, famous surgeon.
The Bill, which was opposed br two medical memoers of the Upper House, Lord Dawson of Penn and Lord Horder and by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, was rejected by 35 votes to 14.-
British Wireless
DUTCH ENGINEER
ARRESTED
Amsterdam. Dec. 1.
A group of 28 Chilean engineers and students arrived here on Mon- · It has just been learned that the day night on board the HAPAG Dutch engineer de Wit was ar Liner Amišis. The official recep-rested by the OGPU at the begin. tion will take place in the Hotel ning of November. De Wit worked. Vier Jahreszelten, arranged by the for many years in the Soviet Latin-American Union Hamburg-Union as a speciallet, and his ar- Bremen and the Ibero-American rest occurred when his wife re-
Institute,
turned from a vacation in Holland. Hamburg. The party will then begin a lengthy trip The reasons for his arrest are not through Germany, from Hamburg yet known, but the Dutch Govern- to Luebeck, Ruhr. Westphalia, ment is endeavouring to obtain
Rhineland, South Germany, Saxony, were Rhineland, South Germany, Saxony Information through the media
Thuringia. The party will reach Berlin in March next year.-- Transocean News Service. ·
Three recently-vacated houses at DJE Pakefeld, near Lowestoft, were washed into the sea, while the oc- cupants of other cottages, threa- tened on the cliff edge, hurriedly removed their furniture. The tide at Lowestoft, interrupting work there and half submerging thousands of barrels of cured herrings. 2.
8.15 p.m.-Concert of Light Music,¦ also fooded Pickling Plots
(continued).
8.55 p.m.--Greetings to our Listen
ers in the "Far East.” 9.-News and Economic Review
in German and Call DJQ.-
The main railway line between Yarmouth and London was com-
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TREATY
Cairo, Dec. 1... No time is being lost to bring in- to
effect the Anglo-Egyptian treaty, rattled a few daya ago.
9.15 pmChamber Music conduct-pletely submerged near Wood- The Egyptian Government has
ed by Karl Ristenpart.
bridge and expresses were held up given its consent to the appoint-
10 p.m.--News and Economic Re- view in English on DJE, DJQ in Netherlandish on DJA, DJE 10.15 p.m.-To-day in Germany.
Sound Pictures.
10.30 p.m.--Folk Music. 11.30 p.m. Songs by Franz Schu- bert sung by "Adelheid Armhold. 11.45 p.m.-Good Night,
12 midnight-Sign of DJA, DJB,
DJQ, DJE (Germ., Engl.).
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1 the water receded.
Riverside lawns and roads in the upper Thaines at Twickenham, Richmond and Kew were under water for many miles and residents had to be convey mom homes in boats. tritish Fircles..
ment of Bir Miles Lampson, who has hitherto been British High Commissioner in Egypt, to be first British Ambassador. The post of High Commissioner is to be abo- their lished, and Embassies are to be established in London and Cairo, The first Egyptian Ambassador is not yet appointed, but the post Is said to be reserved for the former Egyptian Minister to London, Ha- fez Andi Pasha The Legation rank of other countries remains unaffected by the erection of Em- A fundamental agreement be- bassies by Great Britain and tween France and the United ELY-
FRANCE WAR DEBT TO AMERICA
Paris, Dec. 1.
States on the war debt question Transocean. News Service. 530 am-Breakfast Hour of Newz will shortly be attained, it is re- and Music-English and Span-ported here after a long conver- 1sh Current Events and Vau-sation which the United States deville of the Air, conducted by Ambassador had with Fremier Leon NEW GERMAN MOTOR Don Alva
Blum on Monday. 7.a.m.-Bign Off.
It is understood that America
HIGHWAYS ·
tion of the United States Embassy la Moscow, as Holland. not having recognised the Soviet Union, has no diplomatic repre- sentative.
Promentens News Service
NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
OF INDIA
Sir M. Gwyer, K.C., Appointed
London, Dec. 1.
Sir Maurice Gwyer, K.C., First Parliamentary Counsel to the Treasury, has been appointed Brat Chief Justice of India, the ap pointment taking effect on Octa-" ber 1, 1937, when the Federal Court will be instituted."-
Sir Maurice is proceeding to Inata early next year in order make arrangements for the draft- ing of principal Acts of Parlia ment for tiany years, including the Government of India Act- british. Wirelem.
jand ofl.
This system was chosen- in preference to that of tolls. which prevails in many countries, because it thus obliges all motorists to assist in the upkeep of this project, and at the same time. The funds for the upkeep and, opens the highway to many who ar-financing of a new German motor would otherwise select the high-
highways have been ensured by ways free of toll- the alight increase of tax on petro Transocean News Ser
0:30 am-Nielson Financial Review has agree to a considerable reduc-
and Musical Varieties.
11.15 am.-Sign Of
tion of the French war debt- which will now be liquidated in 20
2.30 p.m.Nielson Financial Review years, whereas the original
and Musical Varieties. 3.45 p.m.-Sign Of
rangement ran to 1985.
Berlin, Dec 1