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ELSIE CARLISLE AND OTHERS IN - LONDON MUSIC-HALL Mozart Programme 12.00 to 12.20 p.m. Belay of Ser. vice of Interecassion from St. John's Cathedral.
Mozart-Serenade 1.39 p.. Major and other Compositions.
In D
| Didn't Oughta. Do Such Things (lm 'Big Fella-with Orchestra cond. by Eric Ansell.
NEW WIRELESS
· TELEGRAPHY RULE
The "Government Gazette” noti- Des that the attention *I
10.00 pm. London Relay In Townshipowners is invited to the new To-night
Edited and produced by C. P. Mee han
16.30 p.m. Dance Music.
Rule 5 (2) (b) of the Merchant. Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Rules 1938 dated 15th December, Slow For-Trot Black And Tan 1938, Statutory. Rules and Orders Funtasy: Fox-Trot Black BeautyNo. 1546 made by the Board of Duke Ellington and His Orch. How Fox-Trot You're Not The Klad; Trade, which came into force on Fox-Tro
Take My Heart-Carroll the 1st January, 1939. Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Or pheans with Vocal Chorua, Beside My Caravan: Walt-One One Love The B.3.C. Dance Orches
+3
Tango
Let
FINANCE & GENERAL
CHINA BUILDING
A NEW STEEL
WORKS
CHUNGKING, April 9 (Gen- -tra!)-In serene Szechwah village about a day's walk from Changking more than 1,000 workers are busily dynämiting rocky hillocks, levelling patches of rice fields, building unpre- tentious houses, and installing machines. They are building a new steel works at a cost of $2,600,000.
The plant will begin its work with a 10-ton Bessmer converter
The sald rule provides that:-
from and, after the
The plant will devote itself to the As tra directed by Henry Hall with Vocal January, 1940, the use of waves of manufacture of high-grade steel to Chorus. Fox-Tret-I Get A Kick Out
Out Type B of all frequencies (damped meet the demand of various ar Of You (flm (Anything Goes"); Any-waves such as are emitted by senals and factories for the making. Overture. Cosi Fan Tutto"-The thing Goes (from the fìm)-Ambrose | spark transmitters) is forbidden in/of military as well as industrial" B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra cond. by and His Orchestra with Vocal Re-all radio-electric communication machinery. According to a tenta- Sir Adrian Boult. "The Marriage offrain. Fox-Tros - All Through The Figaro"-The Letter Duet-Viorica |
Night
falm Anything Goes)-Am- stations, except for transmitters tive project. It will produce 8.000 Ursulenc (Soprano) and Ema Berger tros
10,000 (Soprano) with
Orchestra Refrain
and His Orchestra with Vocal of ships which when working on tons of crucible steel and
tons of commercial steel every year. Juan”---Cre me thy hand, ✪ fairest
full power, take less than 300 watts 11.00 pm. Close down, Erna Berger (Soprano) and He'nrich
measured at the terminals of the Schluanus (Baritone) with Orchestra:
alternator. Serenade In D Major, K. 339 (8-zena- ta Nottuma-The Adolf Dusch Chamber Players directed and lad "by Adolf Busch. "Idomeneo"--Sanfte Winde, folgt dem Teuren Yern Schwarz (Bopranol with Orchestra.
1.00 ..
Locol Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.33 p.m.
Latest Variety Numbers. Dance Orch-You' Started Some Thing-Fox-Trot: If This Is Only The Beginning-Fox-Trot-Billy Ternent's Rhythm with Vocal Refrain Musical Intro: The Comedy Yes Madam. Girl the Soldier Always Leaves Be- hind; What Are You Going to Do
Calls G.5,0. G.S.B.
G.S.L G.S.O
Trans.
Trans. Trans.
H.K.
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SHORT WAVE
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DAVENTRY
Wavelength
Shipowners are therefore
advised, that:-
hereby
(A) Vessels employing spark 17.796.c. (19.86mm.installations in excess of 300 watts 9.51m.c. 131.55m..
AS defined above, should either 21.47m.e. (31.37mm.) 13.18m.c. (19.79m.change their apparatus prior to (G.S.O.. G.S.G.. GNB 31st December, 1939. or take steps (0.8.H. G.S.G. G.S.B.) to have the installations modified IN (G.S.H. G.S.G... G.S.R.)
to bring them within the specified AUSTRALIA
power limit.
(b) with
Call Sign: VIR
Ware Length. 31.34 metres Power, 1 Kowait HOLLAND-INDIA
Call letters: PII. Wavelengths 16.88m, & 25.37m.; Frequencies 1777oke. & 1773 kc.
Time.
a.m.
Vessels compulsorily fitted wireless telegraphy under Board of Trade" regulations, and whose installations at present are of a power on full load in excess of 300 watts as specified above, can only as from the date of the above
Vera Pease Comedienne) an Hale and Bobby Howes with The Hip- podrome Theatre Orchestra. Dance Orch-Spider Of The Night-Tango: Madame, You're Lovely Tango- Mantovani and Hils Tipica Orch. Piano Duct--Stars And Stripes (Sou- 84, ATT. Rawicz and
Landauer); 10.00-Music-Light and Bright (A)~ | regulations, be Washington Post (Sousa, arr. Rawicz 11.10-Musical Interlude (A). and Landauer)-Rawicz and Landau-P.m.
Orch.-Lillian-Fox-Trot; er. Dance Ferdinand The Bull-Fox-Trot "from
Im)-Homce Heldt and His Brigadiers with Vocal by The Three Kings
__130 p.m. Renter and Rugby Press. Weather Forecast › and Announce-
ments,
1.40 pr Selections from Gilbert
and Sullivan's “Patience."
Orchestra
Overture - Symphony "cond, by"Malcolm Sargent. Tw-pty Love-sick Maidens We-Nelile Brier- cliffe, Rita Mackey and Chorus of Girls with Orchestra" Recit.: Stil Brooding On Their Mad Infatuation; I Cannot Tell What This Love May Be W. Lawson, N. Briercliffe. M.
2.30 Walford Hyden Balalaika' quar-
tet (D1).
2.45 "American Commentary." Talk
and two electric furnaces of three and one half tons respectively, Pig iron, charcoal, and other raw materials will be supplied by the Chiakiang Iron Mine and the Nan- tung Coal Mine and other factories and mines. More furnaces will be added in the course of time to meet the rising demand of steel in time of war as well as peace.
Machines of the plant, some salvaged from a down-river arsenal and some from a former Govern- ment steel factory in Shanghai, were in most cases brought up the Yangtze by steamers.
Issued with DISTRIBUTION OF
WEALTH IN JAPAN
Passenger and Safety, Passenger Certificates, or" Safety
Radio- telegraphy Cerificates, as the case may be, limited to 31st December,
by Raymond Gram Swing (D1), 1939. 3.00 The B.B.C. Empire Orchestra
(DI).
3.20--Tiny Tots' Session (A), 4.00--News (D1).
4.15-"In Town Tonight" (D1); Di
ner Music (A). 4.45-Eports News and Market Notes
(DI).
5.25-Commentary On News (A). 6.35-8porting Highlights of the week
(A).
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POST OFFICE NOTICE
The Post Office notifies that the following correspondence is un delivered;--
and
Fam
Income Tax Returns.
The Japanese In opme-tax returns for 1938-39, recently published by the Ministry of Finance; present falihful picture of modern Japan-a vast peasantry and proletariat earning less than £100 a head each year; a small middle class of 1,500,000 (representing roughly one family in 40) earning less- than £500; and 3,123 persons with incomes than £10,000 a year.
6.30-Jim Davidson's A.B.C. Dance
Band (A).
· Albert Abramott, Mrs.
Mary 6.45-Music Hall, with the B.B.C. Adamson clo Russo-Chinese Bank
Variety Orchestra (DA). 7.45 -Young
Ltd.. Ah Ging & Co. Ltd.. Ang Australia"
Instru mental Recital (A).
Suat Tong (Tung Mee Paper Co.), 745-Prank Biffo's Brass Quintet Aria & Co., Arzedel Ltd., Jose! N.
(D2),
Berler. Bok, Tak, P. Bcurgeols, Brown
Jack. Albert Burstein, Central Air Manufac- turing Co., P. C. Chadha, Chan The typical middle-class income Chan Nam & Co.. Miss Choo Chweets between £120 and £150 a year. Fong co Chin Yuan High School. In this category, the largest of the Chung Hua Trunk Manufacturing whole 1st, 340,872 persons pald Next in numerical Jesus Order came the 330,825 taxpayers
and £120. assessed on incomes between £100
8.15 "George and the Dragon" (D2). 9.00--Archie Harradine, in Victorian Music Hall Songs (D2); Record: ed Feature (A), 9.15-News (D1).
Eyre and Chorus of Oirls with Or chestra. The Soldiers of Our Queen; If You Want a Receipt for That Po pular Mystery-Darrell Fancourt and Chorus of Dragoons with Orchestra.
1.57
Tino Rossi, Lucienne p.m. Boyer and the Orchestra Raymonde.. Orient Express (G. Mohr: Taming The Tiger (La Rocca)-Orchestre Raymonde cond, by G. Walter. "S Tų Le Voulais (Tosti-Vacaresco); Paradis Du Reve Fsher-Richepin- Ross (Vocal with Orchestra. Merry Middies Duct by W. W. Bennett and Slaney accomp. by the Bournemouth 10.00-"In Town Tonight" (D3). Municipal Orchestra. Dance Of The 11.00-Motor Racing at Brookistida.
|10.30–"Good Friday's Catch" (D3). Merry Mascots (Ketelbey) Orchestra Raymonde.
Commentary by F. J. Findon Viens Darver tude (Laurent and Carcel)--Lusigar 11.20-The Lancashire Steeplechase. Y. Jen. Kec Hung Co.. Tyrone Kel- between £80 and £100, there are
Commentary by R. C. Lyfe
9.20-Suzumary of the day's news (A). 930-News (D2).
(Brookel-Xylophone 9.45--Sports News and Market Notes Co.. Chung Lee Co., Ltd.. Heinrich income-tax.
The Erast
Quand
Meme (Jamblan and Delettre); Soll.
Boyer (Vocal) with Orchestra. Song
(152).
103),
403).
Danisch, George Duncan.
Bert Hammond, "Hongkong Times," Escano Fortich, Rev. T. Gogstad, C. H. Jackson. Nicholas Jdanoff, T. vin. E. B. King. Olvin King. Frau Lee Sue Ngal, Legge & Co., Leung Gisi Kris, Luis Larghi. George Lee. Tze Fong, K. Y. Lin, Lin Lit sing. 12.15-American Commentary." Talk T. Lingwood, F. C. Marshall, Mr. by Raymond Gram Swing (D3). C. T. Miles c/o Dr. C. T. Miles, 12.30 Appy 'Arf 'Our.". With Leon Orinoko Co., Pacific Rubber Fac- Cortez and his Band of Costertory, Albert Pichon, So Bon Hong. Pals (D3).
South Coast Commercial Agency,
Of The Vagabonds (from The Vaga 11.40-Futurists Swing Quartet (D3). bond King-Prind): Only A Rose
from The Vagabond King Prim) 12.00-News (D3),
Orchestre Raymonde cond. by G
Walter.
2.30
2.30 p.m. Close down.
6.00 p.m. "For the Children."
Nursery Rhymes. Intro: Goosey. Gander; Twinkle, twinkle, Httle str Three
a...
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In the lowest category, incomes only 40,029 names. Until last year no incomes below £120 a year downwards of the taxable limit is were assessed. The extension
Part of Japan's war measures.
A Blind Mice: See-saw Mario 12.55-Sports News and Market Notes Technical Union Ltd., Tong Hining income-tax on incomes of less
What
Little Tommy Tucker; have you got for dinner, Mrs. Bond
(33).
London Bridge is broken down-Unel: CHUNGKING NEWS
George's Party with. Orchestra.
6.30 p.m. Orchestra.
Orchestra Shadwell.
7.50 p.m. Organ.
ma.
&
BROADCAST
metres
Chan. Jullus Torok, Transmarina Trading Co. Tung Hua Tinning Co.. Union Book Store, Mme. Lucette, da Vlasto (Costa Viasto & Co3, Dr. C. T. Wang, Liu Ho Kou Iron Works, Wong Peng Swee, Captain Young (35. Whitford Point).
REGISTERED ARTICLES
A R. Cox (Parcel), Ettinger Paul. Prof. J. Albert Halloran, Alexandra
(Parcel). William Co.
SUCCESSFUL
TENDERERS
The Agures which the return gives for the two lowest categories only prove the difficulty of collect-
than £2 a week; it is no guide to the number of people in fast earn- ing that sum,
A striking feature of the return is the sharp fall in numbers that occurs above the £500 a year level There were 207.770 persons who paid tax on incomes of £500 a year, but only 76,493 on incomes of £600 and £700~
fall steeply, though a few indi- Above that figure the numbers
vidual incomes provide a fantastic. contrast. Seven persons are assessed on incomes of more than £400,000 a year, and 70 (Including the previous seven) on incomes of more than £100,000. The seven belong to three families.
BANK NOTES IN CIRCULATION Returns of the average amount of 'Bank notes in circulation in Hongkong, during the month ended March 31, 1930, as certified by the managers of the respective banks:
Adventures Of Careless Carrie and
Th Wilful Wiliam-Uncle Charlie and Company with Orchestra and Effent Little Mad, You've Had A Busy Day broadcasts in the English and other A regular series of short-wave (Sigler,
Hoffman and Wayne)-Les foreign languages have
been in- Allen with Mrs. Allen and Norman augurated by the Central Broadcast- Sidney, Torch at the Organ
Duke Ellington and His
ing Administration, Chungking
of special interest to Far East Listeners are the news broadcasts at I'm Satisfied Fox-Trot; Sump's 10 am. (HK. time) each day on 25.21 de Hildebrandt, Kuo Seun Co. Bout
Rhythm-Pox-Trot, Rockin in metres (11.9 Rhythm--Fox-Trot Jezz Convulsions
11.9 megacycles). There are daily broadcasts from 4.15 Fox-Trot. Truckin'-Fox-Trot (from am to 6.30 a.m. to European cou 'Cotton Club Parade').
tries, including Great Britain, France, 6.45 pm. London Relay Music Italy and Germany on 25.51 metres Han
and 31.58 metres; to America between Elsie Carlisle (The Popular Radio 9.30 am and 11.30 am in Chinese 8ar, Arthur Tracy (The street sin-
and English on 16.85 metres and 19.75 ger), Norman Lang (A Song, a Joke, metres; to East and North China and "and a Plano) and The B.BC. Variety Siberis between 5.30 p.m. and 7.10 conducted by Charles P. on 25.51 metres and 31.68 metres Presented by John Sharp.m. and 755 p.m. on 25.21
in Chinese: to Japan between 715ful tenderers are
The following names of success- notined for Reginald Foori at the South China and the South Seas be
and 31.68 metres in Japanese; to general information:- Second Serenade (Heykens); In Ametres and 31.58 metres, including a Sanitary Department, Messrs. Ah
tween 8.10 p.m. and 10.20 p.m. on 25.21
Tender for sailing junks for Monastery Garden (Reteibey). Sleep, news bulletin in English at 9 pm. (10 Hing: For reconstruction of Roof My Little One Hautzik-Riesenfeld).
8.09 pm Local Time Signal, Wes- sin between 11 p.m. and 11.30 pm.
pm local time); and to Soviet Rusat No. 157, The Peak, Messrs, Kin ther Report and Announcementa. on 25.21 metres and 31.68 metres in Lee & Co.; For erection of fence at Hongkong Prison, Messrs. Yee Lee & Co. For the purchase of
Department, Mestra. Tai Tack Shing, Whampoa 8am. Abdool Samy, Kong Sang Lee, Fook Hing Chartered Bank of India, Cheung, Man Cheung Lung, Eing
Australia' and China.... 22,801,216 Kee, Lam Cheung Kee, Hip Yick. Hongkong and Shanghai Queen's Road Central will be Tung Yick, Fook Lee Cheung, Tee Banking Corporation...210,707 338 Fendered more modern at the end Kee. Ngal Shang, Chov Tak, Wing Mercantile Bank of In- 8.00 pm. The B.B.C. Wireless Mil- of the year when construction
Tack, Kwong Tack, Wing Hing
dia, Limited tary Band.
4,242,742 Vanity Fair-Overture
work is finished on the ten-storey
Cheong: (Percy E Metcher). Malaguena (from Boab skyscraper which will occupy the For Kowloon Hospital,
Total $237,841,296 dil (Moskowski-arr, Lake); Le site of Nos. 50 and 52, for over 40 Completion rantelle De Belphegor (Roch Albert-years a familiar landmark as the Mesars. Kwan On. For the supply securities lodged with the Crown
of Site Formation,
The following statement of the eted by Walton O'Donnell,
shop of Messrs. Tak Cheong, men's cf Coal to Kowloon-Canton Rail Agents by the Mercantile Bank of 9.30 p.m. Violin Bolos by Temlanka, Outfitters.
way. Messrs The Bank Line India, Limited, against, their notes Rondo In A Major, (Schubert).
The alte was purchased about (China); Ltd; For Conversion of in circulation, is published for 9.45 p.m. London Relay-Market three years ago by Mr. Loke Yung-2.W.D. Garages into omces, Messrs. general information under Section Notes and Sports News
Paul Robeson cheong, who has commissioned Ho Cheong & Co. For Pumping 5 of the Mercantile Bank Note Das Songs by Paul Robeso
Messrs. Chan and Lee, architects Plant, Mesars. Sing Wo Co., Messrs. Issue Ordinance, 911 (Ordinance Sometimes 1 Feel Like A Mother to prepare the designs for the new Hongkong and Whampoa Dock No. 65 of 1911) less Child Carr. L Brown): Poem building.
[Co. Ltd: For Car Shelters at 44 per cent. Conversion War Loan Thinstrel -- Man--Langston Burea
Demolition work will begin in a Queen Mary Hospital, Mears, Kin 1940/1044Amount: £240,000, and with Piano | Recomp, by · Lawrence Brown Lazin' (film "Big Pella"); You few days' time.
Lee & Co.
Latest market orice: 1021-1001.
8.31 p.m. Moskowski - "From For-Russian eign Lands" Buitec.
Berlin State Opera Orchestra .com-
ducted by Clemens Schmalstich.
8.15 p. London Relay George. And The Dragon.'
By Dennis Parry. Characters: The Chery of the Court: George Green- Re: P. C. Evans: The Senior Magis
Mr. Humter; Lord Power Fingle- 'Ary: Landlord: Esme Phipps, Frankie Willock The Pro
ton; Te
Ted:
duction by Howard Rose.
9.50 + D.M.”
NEW BUILDING old material, Government Stores
IN HEART OF
∙CITY
Average Amount
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