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HONG KONG
Z.RW. on "Wavelengths of 355 metres (845 kc's.), 31.45 metres (9.63 megaercles). Hong Kong Times)
RACHMANINOFF CONCERTO
NO. IN MINOR
London Relays
Girl")-Jack Jackson' and his Or- chestra, Pianos-Strausalana! (arz. Borschel). Vocal-Son Regard (Emer): C'Est Ma Faute (Delettre) --Luclerine Boyer. Fox-Trot-In A Little English Inn:Waltz-Sailing Home With The Tide,-Jack Jack- son and his Orch. Humorous There's No One With Endurance; Whoa. Josephine.-Frank Crumit. Novelty Going Home-Jack Sav-
12.30 to 2.15 p.m. European pro- age and his Cowboys.'
11 p.m. Close down.
gramme.
12.30 p.m. Light Opera.
"The Arcadians" (Monckton': Arcady Is Ever Young. The Pipes Of Pan-Winnie Melville
(S0-
Calla G.S.G. G.S.O.
G.S.B.
G.S.H
G.S.F.
prano)., "A Country Girl"--Selec- tion (Monckton),-London. Theatre Orch." "The Beggar Student" (Mil- locker): Ich Knuptee manche zarte Bande: Ich hab' kein Geld, bin Vegelfrel-Hans Fidesser (Tenor). (Messager): The " Veronique ". Swing Song; Trot Here And There (Donkey Duet)-Winnie Melville Tom Jones". and Derek Oldham -Selection (German)-Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards.
DAVENTRY
Wavelengths 17.79m. (16.86m.) 15.18m.c. (19.78m.) 9.31m.c. (31.55m.) 21.47m.c. (13.97m.)
15.14m.c. (19.82m.).
Trans. 1 (G.S.O. G.S.G., G.S.B.),
D.J.A. D.J.B
BERLIN
31.38m. (95,60 k.c.) 19.74m. (15.200 k.e.) DJE .............. 16.89m. (17.760 ka) D.J.N....... 31.45m. (95.40. k.o.) D.J.Q. 19.53m. (18.280 k.c.) 1.06 p.m. Call for South and East Asia. German Folk Song. 2.10 p.m. Gay potpourri, 2 p.m. News
German. 2.15 p.m. Gay' potpourri (continued). 250 p.m. Greetings to our listeners. dp.m. News and Eccnomie Re- view in English. 3.15 p.m. To-day {T} Germany. Bound Pictures. 3.50 p.m. Orchestral Concert. 4.30 p.m. All sorts of people of yesterday and to-day. Word pictures German life. 5.15 p.m. Press Review. Editor in Chlef Hans Fritzsche. 6.30 p.m. News and Economic Re- view in German. 5.45 p.m."Reich Party Convention 1937 until 13.00). Continuation of the South Asia Programme. 8p.m. News in English. 8.15 p.m. Concert of Light Music.
DIARY OF LOCAL EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.
Anniversaries and Holidays- White Dew (Pai-lu). Nativity. B. V. M Prince de Conde born, 1821 King Feisal died, 1933.
Auctions.-Household Furniture. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon, 2.30
pm.
Cinemas.-(See Page 5). Malls(See Page 16)," Dances. Cheero Club Dance; &
of 4 pm.
2 p.m. Big Ben. The BBC Mid- | 8.55 pm. Greetings to our Listeners land Revue Orchestra. 2.40 p.m.- Lin British India. 9 p.m. News and { Talk: World Affairs." 2.55 p.m.-- 'Put to the Test-2. A programme showing how the quality and standards of the materials of everyday life are checked. Ar- 1 pm. Local: Time signal and ranged by S. E. Reynolds, and John
weather report.
1.83 p.m. Vivian Ellis (Piano).'
Richmond. 3.25 p.m.-The News
Economic Review in German and Call DJQ. 9.15 p.m. Press Review. Editor in Chief. Hans Fritzsche. 9.30 p.m. Solo Concert: Adolf Stein- er Cello. 10 p.m. News and Econo- mie Review in English on DJE, DJN, DJQ in Dutch on DJA. DJB. 10.15
Midnight. Sign off for South and
"Shall We Dance" (Gershwin) and Announcements. 3.45 p.m. p.m. Relch Party. Convention 1937.
Intro: Shall we dance, Beginner's Luck, Slap that Bass: They all laughed. They can't take that away from me, Let's call the whole thing of. Streamline-The First Waltz (Ellis).
1.13 p.m. Louis Levy and fils Gaumont British Symphony
Mozart's Chamber Music-2. Har-
old Fairhurst (Violin) and Hetty East Asia. Bolton (Pianoforte). 4.15 p.m.- Close down:
Trans. II (G.S.H., G.S.G., G.S.R.?)
6.45 p.m.-Big Ben. Talk: "World Affairs. 7 p.m.-The BBC Welsh Orchestra; leader, Frank Thomas; conducted by Mansel Thomas.
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AUSTRALIA
12.45 p.m. "At Home and Abroad" The Watchman. 1 p.m. Time Senal. Victorian News Bulletin.
Jingle of the Jungle: The Eyes of the World Are On You (Flim. "London. Melody "), Everybody Dance: My. What A Diffrent Night (Film: "Everybody Dance"). Tak- ing A Stroll Around, The Park
Film: "Variety Parade"). Turn-Pethers. From the Hippodrome "Democracy and Thinking." *- by
Gwladys Williams (Contralto).1.05 p.m. Interstate Weather Notes. Chimes. 8 p.m.-Robb Wilton as Mr. Mud-1.15 pan. Music. 3 p.m. dle-combe, J.P., In The Court of Musical and Sporting Programme. "Not-sa-Common,"
5 p.m. Close 6.30 pm. Chimes. Please!" 8.15 pmThe Coventry Hippodrome Music. 6:45 pm. Sporting News Orchestra; conductor.
and Notes. 7 p. Chimes. Talk. William
ing The Town Upside Down (Film: "O.HM.8/").
1.30 p.m. Reuter Press; Rugby Press; Local: Weather forecast and
announcements.
1.40 p.m. Songs by Frances Day (Soprano).
Swing, Me And My Dog (Film: "Publie Nuisance No. 1"). Love's Melody (Film: "Dreams come true").
1.50 p.m. J. H. Squire Celeste Octet.
Andante Cantabile (Tschaikow- sky, arr. Willoughby). Operatica (Famous Operatic Melodies) (arr. Squire); Souvenir (Drdia arr. Willoughby).
Minuet (Hope). Valse Bluette-Air De
Ballet (Drigo).
Phantom
2.15. p.m. Close down.
4 to 7 p.m. Chinese Programme, 7 to 11 p.m. European programme 7 pm. Dance Music. Fox-Trots-There's Something in the Wind: The Old Oaken Bucket. Riley-Farley and Their Onyx Club Boys. Tangos-Siempre Uni- dos; E Que A Hierro Mata.-Or- questa Tipica Francisco Canaro: Fox-Trots-Bing, Baby, Sing (from the film): Swingin' on the Moon.-- Bob Howard and his Orchestra. Waltz-Oh, Mr. Man in the Moon; Quick-Step I Wasn't Lying When I Sald "I Love You."-Henry Jacques with his Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra. Fox-Trots-La- De-De La-De-Da; Hurdy Gurdy Man.--Nat Gonella and his Geor- glans,
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Theatre, Coventry 9 p.m.-'Sum- mer Over the British Isles'-7: Northern Ireland. In the Coun- try Produced by Henry Mc- Mullah 9:30 pm.The News and Announcements. 9.55 p.m.-Inter- lude,
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Meetings-Kowloon Unton Church Women's Guild, 10 am.: Ladies' Church Ald, at "S. and S, Home," 10 a.m.
Miscellaneous.Mrs. N. L. Smith opens Children's Sale of Work, in Officers' Mess at Stanley, 4 pm.
Social-Whist Drive, and Tom- bola, Garrison Sergeants' Mess. Queen's Road, 8.30 p.m.
Sports. (See Page 101.... Moon.-VIII Moon, 4th. Day. Sunrise-8.08 a. Sunset.-8.34*
p.m.
Tides. High at 11.33 and 23.19: Low at 04.55, and 17.03.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.
Cinemas.(Seo Page 5). Mails. (See Pare 16). Sports. (See Page 101,
Moon.-VII Moot, 5th. Day...
Sunrise.-6.07 a.m.
B.D.
Sunset.-6.37
·Tides.-High at 09.30 and 22.08; Low at 0247 and 15.42.
BLACK MAGIC V. WHITE
Doctors Fight For Native's Life
Professor H. Rugg. 7.20 p.m. Na tional News Bulletin. 7.30. p.m. Queensland North Australian News Eulletin. 7.40 p.m. News, Markets, and Weather for North Australia. & p.m. A Programme by the Na- tional Military Band. 8.30 p.m... A Trans. I (G.S.H., G.S.F.. G.S.B.). Travel Letter from Denzil Bat- 10 p.m.-Big Ben. The St. Leger.chelor. 8.45 pm. Programme from
"White" and "Black Magic" are A running commentary by ob- the Melbourne Studios. 9.10 p.m.
The Comedy servers at the parade ring, the
Harmonists-Con- | struggling for the lie of Hector." tinental Ensemble!" 10 p.m. Pro- A famous Kimberley (Western start, and the grand-stand. From
gramme from the Town Moor Racecourse. Doncaster.
Melbourne Australia) native, who is lying at Studios. 10.30 p.m. Australasian 10.25 p.m.-The BBC Empire Or-
the Forest River Mission Station
Daniel chestra; leader.
News Service. 10.50 p.m. Medita- | suffering from the conviction that Melsa;
tion Music. 11.30 p.m. Close. conductor. Eric Fogg. Joan Cross (Soprano). 11.25 p.m.-In a Gondola. A Venetian silhouette, written by Wilfrid Rocke-Ley. 12.15 am. The News and An- nouncements. 12.30 a.m.-Dance Music. 1a.m.-Close down.
PARIS
Call-letters of the Station: Wavelength: 19.68 metres T P A 2. Wavelength: 25,24 metres T F A 3. Wavelength: 23.60 metres T P A 4. Wavelength: 25.24 -11.885 Kc.
NANKING RAID
Frustrated By Chinese Planes
his enemies are killing him with "Black magic." They have "point- ed the bone" at him.
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The White doctors have accept- ed the challenge, and are pitting "White man's magic" against black. If they succeed in curing Hector of his fear and instilling Nanking, Sept. 7: Yet another into him the will to live they will Japanese attempt to bomb the have accomplished unprece- capital was frustrated yesterday dented feat which will resound afternoon when a fleet of Chinese through the bush and may put an pursuit planes answered an alarm end to the witch doctors' hither- promptly by intercepting the to supreme power of Ufe and squadron of 10 Japanese bombers death. over Kwangte, 20 miles north-west
Hector achieved fame for his 7 a.m. Radio-Journal of France of Nanking. In Anhwel province.
endurance a few years ago follow- (French News). 7.20 a.m. Gramo- The Japanese bombers had ap-
his finding of the German flyers. 'a cir- phone Records. 7.30 a.m. Leading parently planned to take
Bertram and Kusman, who had Press Articles. 7.45 a.m. Gramo-cultous northern route to descend crashed on the North-west Coast. phone Records. 9 a.m. News in upon the capital unexpectedly from He ran at top speed for 37 hours French, 9:30 am. News in English. the north-west, but prompt action
over rough country to Wyndham 9.40 a.m. News in Italian. 0.50 a.m. by Chinese military intelligence to take the news of his discovery Gramophone Records. 10 a.m. Close services gave an early warning.
down
WEDNESDAY
former self. ·
He tells missionaries who are endeavouring, to assist him that he is tortured every night in his dreams by natives with spears.
of the wrecked plane. The raiders were met by the Wavelength: 19.68 m-15.243 K¢.
Chinese machines at about 4.45 FITIABLE CONDITION 7.30 p.m.
Closing local stock
11. a.m. Concert Relayed from o'clock yesterday afternoon.
This once tine, upstanding quotations and Hong Kong ex-Lille. 11.35 a.m. Gramophone
The Japanese planes managed to aboriginal is now a shadow of his change market report.
Records, 11.45 a.m. Talk on escape.-- 7.35 p.m. 'Spanish Music.
Current French Events (In Rus- Central News, Suite Iberia; Danza Espanola-sian). 12 noon. News in English.
THE IDZUMO Madrid Symphony Orchestra, con- 12.15 Concert Relayed from Shanghai. Sept.. 7: The Japa- ducted by Enrique Fernandez Bordeaux. 12.45 Talk on French nese flagship Idzumo, which moved Events. 1. p.m. Concert Relayed down river on Saturday night and from Marseilles. 1.30 p.m. News directed the bombardment of the After the publicity following the In French, Colonial Market Prices. Chinese positions on Chun Kung finding of the German airmen 8.03 p.m. Rachmaninof Concerto. p.m. Economic and Social Talk Road and Yinzlangkang this who were marooned for several by Mr. W. Qualid. 2.10 p.m. Then- morning, has returned to her weeks. Hector returned to the Played by Rachmaninoff and the trical Talk by Mr. Pierre Belze. position" in the "Whangpoo River Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra | 2.20 p.m. Gramophone Records. and le now moored to the No. 2latives, died, and was buried at: conducted by Leopold. Stokowaki, 2.30 p.m. Concert Mrs. Carmen Customs Buoy- 8.35 p.m. Songs by Kipnis (Bass). † Gullbert (Piano): 3.55 pm Rates Central News. Der Doppelganger (Schubert). of Exchange and French Stock
Arbos.
8 p.m. Local; Time signal, wea- ther report and announcements.
No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18.
"Faust" (Gounod)" Golden Calf.
Mephisto Serenade.
8.45 p.m. Concert Waltzes. Tales from the Vienna Woods (Strauss)-Marek Weber and his
(Reutes). 4. p.m. Close Down. Wavelength: 25.24 m.-11.885. Ko.
5.15 p.m. News in French, Market Prices, Rates of Exchange. 5.45 p.. News in Arabic, 6. p.m. Con-
RECAPTURE OF PAOSHAN
Orchestra. A Thousand And One cert Relayed from Strasbourg. Chinese "Dare-To-Die"
Nights (Strauss),-Felix Weingart 630, Gramophone Records. 6.50 ner conducting the British Sym- p.m. Who's Who To-day by Mr. F. phony Orchestra.
Fettecher. 7. p.m. Relay' of Radio-
9. p.m. London Kelay-“Summer Journal
thern Ireland.
"In the Country."-Produced by Henry McMullan
of France (French During the Chinese
bush. Then one of Hector's re-
the mission. This native died a natural death following an Inter- al complaint, but aborigines must find a valid reason for a black- man's death, and must make one of their tribesmen responsible, if only Indirectly. In this instance, suspicion fell on Hector, although there seemed no logical reason. Battaljons Prominent
-Hector thereupon ran away into the bush where he has since been Shanghal, Sept. 7.
counter-living as an outcast. Recently he Over the British Isles-7: Nor-News). 7.30 PJR. News in attack of the Japanese positions, crawled into the camp of Dick Davidson, stockman at the Forest. French. Rates of Exchange., 8.10 resulting in the recapture
River, mission station; late #t p.m. News in English, 8.20 p.m. Paoshan, the "Dare to Die" batta- News in Italian. 8.30 Relay. 10.30 ons were most prominent in a night, in a pitiable condition. He p.m. Colonial Market Prices. 10.45 hand-to-hand combat with the had shrunk to an aged, shrivelled and bent figure, who was frigh- p.m. News in Portuguese 11. p.m. Japanese. Close Down.
The night was quite until 2.40 tened at his own shadow-another Wavelength: 25.60 m-11.720. Ke. with desultory firing, which was remarkable instance p
11.15 p.m. Gramophone Records, later succeeded by steady
can-magic."
But Hector has a fighting. 12.15 am. News in French, Market nonading. At daybreak a squadron Prices. Rates, of Exchange. 12.40 of Japanese planes was sent out chance for his life. The Forest. a.m. News in Spanish. 12.50 a.m; on a bombing expedition with River missionaries report that his News in Portuguese. 1. ar instructions especially to attack health has begun to improve Gramophone Records. 1.15 am the Chinese lines in the Kiangwan slightly. They are trying to over- Close Down. 3. A... Gramo- and Yangtazepoo sectors. The come, by their ministrations, the phone Records. 4. am. News in scouters unsuccessfully tried to abject fear and lack of desire to French, Market Prices. Rates of locate the elusive Chinese batteries Ilve instilled by the witch-doctor Exchange. 1.30 a.m. News in Eng- at Pootung into which Japanese who "pointed the bone" at him, a Fox-Trots-Bay The Word And lish. 4.45 a.m. Gramophone Re-warships sent a few shells at curse to which the inevitable end. It Yours; Everything's In Ehythm cords. 5.45 a.m. News in German, dawn,---
according to the native mind, is death. With My Heart (Film:"First A4. a.m Close Down.
19:30 p.m,
London Relay-The News and Announcements.
9.55 p.m. Two Fox-Trots.
I Need You (Boterill); Dancing Moth (Reeves-Myern)-Jay Wilbur and His Band
10 p.m. London Relay Big Ben The St. Leger.
A running commentary by obser- vers at the parade ring, the start, and the grand-stand. From Town Moor Racecourse, Doncaster.
́ ́ 10:25' p.ò. Variety and Dance Music,
Reuter
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