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Broadcast By Z.B.W. On 355 Metres
12.30 to 2.15 p.m.-European Fro-, 2.15 p.m.-Recital of Music (con-
gramme.
12.30 p.m.-The Mills Brothers and Nat Qonella and His Georgians. 1 Dm-Local: Time Signal and
Weather Repart
1.03 p.m.-Light Orchestral Selec-
tiona
1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press.
Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements"
1.40 p.m-Variety.
2 p.m.-Viennese Valtzes.
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
5 to 3 p.m-European Programme.
5 p.m.-A Relay of Dance Music from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel. 6.30 b.m.-
Layton and Johnstone Memories.
"Music in the Air-Eve told
ev'ry little star.
Walthin' at the gate for Katy. Arlene.
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The Band of HM Grenadier Guards.
Marche Slav (Tschaikowsky). Tancredi Overture (Rossini).
Ruy
Blas delssohn).
Overture
(Men-
The old frog pond-Characteris-
Hic, (Alford).
Songs of Wales.
7.10 p.m.-
Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends
According to the Moonlight
If you were the only girl in the
world memories.. Sugar Rose.
Breakin' in a pair of shoes.
Local 7.30 p.m.--Closing
Stock Quotations and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report. 7.35 .-
Charles Kullman (Tenor). Serenade (Ravini: Words: Lock
ton).
Thors (Weatherly and Adams). Beautiful Garden of Roses
(Dempsey and Schmid). 7:45 p.m.-
יו .
From the Studia.
A Talk on Football by Lee Wal Tong, Captain of the
Chinese Olympic Football Team. & p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Wea-
ther Report and Announce-7 ments.
8.05 p.m.
tinued).
2.55 p.m.-Greetings to our listeners
in Australia
3 pm-News and Economic Review
in English.
3.15 p.m.----To-day
in Germany.
Sound Pictures. 3:30 pm.-The Awakening of the Llon. Play with Music. Adapt- ed by Hugo Hartung Music; J. Brandel.
4.45 p.m.-Request Concert: Hallo hallo! You wish-we play.
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tor of the Theatre Equipment "Ltd.,
in Liquidation
TO SELL BT
PUBLIC AUCTION
ON
MONDAY, DEC. 7, 1936
COMMENCING AT 11.00A.M.
At Nos. 9 & 11, Kansu Street, Kowloon, (adjoining
5.30 p.m.-News and Economic Re-Alhambra Theatre) 2nd Floor
view in German.
5.45 pm.-Children's Hour: The A QUANTITY OF OFFICE
twelve Brothers.
A
German
Girl from Palestine speaking.
6 p.m.-Sports Review. 6.16 p.m.-Sign of DJA and DJB
Germ:, Engl.)
6.55 p.m.-Cail DJA.
(German. English). German Folk Song.
DJE. DJS
7 p.m.-Concert of Light Musir
B p.m.-News in English.
8.15 p.m.--Concert of Light Music
(continued).
8.55 p.m.--Greetings to our Listen-
ers in the "Far East."
9 p.m.-News and Economic Review in German and Call DJQ. 3.15 p.m.-Little Evening Entertain.
ment.
10 p.m.-News" and Economic Re- view in English on DJE, DJQ in-Netherlandish on DJA, DJB 10.15 p.m.-To-day in Germany.
Sound Pictures. 10.30 p.m.-Dance
00 the
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report for
Z.B.W.'s monthly November states:- music wireless to-day! Dance evening. Actual hours of transmission totalled 267.75 of which 178.75 were arranged by Lotte Thelle, 11.45 p.m.-Sports Review.
devoted to European programmes 12 midnight.-Sign off DJA, DJB, and 89 to Chinese programmes, as
follows: DJQ, NJE (Germ., Engl.)..
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COMMENCING AT 2,30 P.M.
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Comprising —
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also
A SELECTION OF BLACKWOOD FURNITURE.
and
Ons Pianola and Rolls of Music One Kelvinator
Morning Tranmission Including One Baby Pathe" Projector and
· Accessories
Comicercial news and Church relays:-European: 617; Chinese; i One Radio Gramophone
A Selection of Cut Glass Ware.
24.
Evening Transmission:-European!
117: Chinese: 861.
530 am-Breakfast Hour of News
and Music--English and Span-Total:-European: 1783; Chinese: Ish Current Events and Vau- deville of the Air, conducted by Don Alva Morning Exercises by Prof. G. T. Suva of the In- sular Life Assurance Company. a.m-Sign Of.
9.30 am-Nielson Financial Review
and Musical Varieties.
A Relay from the Tai Ping Theatre 11.15 a.m.-Sign Of.
(Chinese).. 11
11 p.m.Close Down.
LONDON.
9.20 p.m.-
The First Cricket Test Match: Australia v. England.
An account of the third day's play by Alan Kippax, From Brisbane Electrical Record- ing
9.35 p.m
Gitta Alpar (soprano) and Fritz
Kreisler (violin).
Bong Lakme (Delibes) Wie durch Gottliche Spende Violin -Slavonic Dance No.3 in G Major (Dvorak-Kreisler). Indian Lament (Dvorak - Kreisler).
Sung-I give my heart, (Leigh,
2.30 p.m.-Nielson Financial Review
and Musical Varieties. 3.45 p.m.Sign Off.
89. Monthly percentages: - European
66.76; Chinese: 33.24. During the month the following Items were broadcast:-
Dance programmes 33, European Studio Concerts 17, Chinese Studio Concerts 18, European local relays 29, Running commentaries 4. Eu- copean Daventry relays (including news) 49, Chinese relays 7, Euro- pean lectures 10. Chinese lectures
ON VIEW PROM MONDAY,.. THE 7TH DECEMBER, 1996.
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5.30 pm-UP. Conservatory of 11. European children's concerts PUBLIC AUCTION.
Music-Radio Practice Hour. 6.15 p.m.-Spanish Informational
Period.
6.35 p.m.-English Informational
Period.
6.55 p.m.-Stock quotations, through
the courtesy of Swan, Culbert- son and Fritz.
7 p.m.-"Rincon Espanol." featur-
ing Ramon Estella.
7.15 p.m.--The Manlia Motor Com-
pany presents Richard Himber and his Studebaker Champions, 7.30 p.m. To be announced. 7.45 pm-Magis Brain presents Avelino and Artigas, with Pris- cilla.
Exconde.
Millocker & Mackeben), The 8 p.m.-Programme Previews. Dubarry (Carter. Millocker & 8.05 p.m. Rizalina Mackeben). Violin-Liebesleid (Love's
row), Kreisler).
Sor-
10 p.m.-London-Big Ben.
Band.
The London Piano-Accordeon
10,30 p.
Jimmy d'Orsay and His Orchestra 11 p.m.-Close Down.
8.05 to 11 p.m.-
European Programme From Z. E. K. On A Frequency of 640 Kilacycles.
8.05 p.m.--
A Variety Programme. Song-Melody from the sky
Frances Langford.
violinist. 3.20 p.m.-To be announced. 8.30 p.m.-On Wings of Song with
Ramon Alberto.
8.45 p.m.-Stock quotations and
local market reports.
Chinese children's concerts 4.
New licences issued during Novem- ber were 172."
In addition to the programmes, broadcast by Z.B.W, forty-three European and Chinese programmes were broadcast by ZEK. on a fre quency of 640 külocycles.
European 27 hrs., Chinese 55 hrs total 82 hrs. over ZEK
APPOINTMENTS
The Government Gazette states: -His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. Arthur Grenfell Clarke to be Assistant Superintendent of Imports and. 28th Exports with effect. from November, 1938.
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. WU- Ham La Barte Sparrow to be a with
8 p.m.-Stock quotations in Span-i Superintendent of Police,
ish, through the courtesy of Leffect from 25th October, 1935. R. Nielson & Co."
His Excellency the Governor bas
9.05 p.m.-Tizso Cruz and his, been pleased to appoint Mr. Lan-
Manila Hotel Orchestra,
10 p.m.-Sign of
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TRANSMISSION L GSO 15.18. Mc/8 (19.78m.) GSB 9.51 Mc/s (31.55r.) (Greenwich M.T.)
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.ON VIEW FROM TUESDAY, THE 8TH DECEMBER, 1936.
Banjo Solcs-La Vivandiere, Joy
Dance-Ernest Jones. Bonga-We were dancing, Pari-
slan Pierrot-Noel Coward. Plano Dueta-King of Burlesque
Medley, Three Fit-Medley-8.30 am-An Eye-witness Account of the First Cricket Test Match, Jack Wilson and Jimmy Leach.
from Brisbane. Vocal Duers-Cheer up. You' can't pull the wool over my eyes Curtis and Ames. Bong-I'm a fool for loving you-
Dinah Miller.
His Excellency the Governor bas been pleased to appoint Mr. Walter Richardson Scott to be a Divisional with Superintendent of Police, effect from 27th November, 1936,
His Excellency the Governor has TERMS -Caan on ELIFERT been pleased to appoint, under secion 9"(4) of the Liquors Or- dinance, 1931, Ordinance No. 36 pf 1931, ME John Livingstone 8.45am-Light Music. The BBC McPherson, O.BE. to be a Mem- ber of the Licensing Board for a Empire Orchestra. 8.20 sm-Music and the Ordinary period of three years, with effect
Listener-5. A talk by Biri from 25th November, 1936. Walford Davies.
Hawaiian Samoan Love Song, Nohea I Muolau Lani-Andy fona and His Islanders. Sougs You look 50
sweet,
Madame, Tzinga Doodle-Day--| Maurice Chevaller.
8.50 p.m.-"
"At the Tchaikovsky Fountain"- Fantasia '(Urbach), p.m.-London-News and An~"
nouncements,
BERLIN PROGRAMME
1.05 pm-Call DJA, DJB (German,
English).
1:German Folk Song, 1,10 p.m.-Recital of Music. p.m.-News in German.
9.40
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-The News and Douncements.
10 amClose down.
Railways Plan For Christmas
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The Oxford President, I. S. Le- and Parramatta, wes (King's, Christ Church) set up a record when he beat W. J. H. Liveraidte (Radley and St. Edmund Hall) by 19 4-5sec. in 7min. 41sec. in the the Silver Challenge Anal of Bculla. The previous fastest time was the 7min. 64 4-5sec. made by J. McG. Fisher (Magdalen). in
trains will be run, and cheap tickets at approximately half price for the return journey will De зated between a large num ber of places on December 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27, and also on January 1, 1937, in the North of England.
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The British railway companies are completing their plans for the Christmas trafic.
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