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STUDIO-HARMONY THREE
AND HAL LORENZO Canar-Franck Symphony 41 12.00 to 12.20 p. Relay of Ser- vice of Indtercession from St. John's Cathedral.
19:50 pm," Hubert Eiddell (Tenor) "and Bournemouth Municipal Orches
Stradella-Overture (von Flotow) Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra cond, by "Sir Dan Godfrey.
Trans. 11 Trans. III
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Call Sign: VIE Wave Length, 31.34 metren Power, 1 Kilowatt HOLLAND-INDIA " Call letters: "FIII. Wavelengths 16.88m & 25.57m.;.. Frequencies 1777oks. 17730kc
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Fil A 10.00-Broadcast to Schools--"History the Making" by Stanley Lowe (A)."".
Glass With Goldren Wine (Henley &
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Qulite: Hubert Eisdell (Tenor) with 10.20-Whest and Grain Report (A) Plano. Crocus Time-Serenade For
1040-"At Home and Abroad,” (A)
Strings (T. D La Riviere); intermez 11.05-Luncheon Music (Al
Pizzicato (B
(Birch)-Bournemouth 1130-Afternoon Musical Programme Municipal Orchestra. Roses Of Picar- dy (Haydn Wood-Weatherly); Love's
(A).
40
1.00
Garden Of Roses Haydn Woodm
Rutherford)-Hubert Elsdell (Tenor) with Orch, Oriental Dance Novelty Duet (White); Carlsbad Doll Dance (Pleler)-Bournemouth Municipal Or-
chestra:
1.00 p.m. Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
I
Society
Royal. "Agricultural Show at Windsor (Di). 1.30 The B.B.C. Empire Orchestra with Kathleen Moorhouse, vio- loncello 1). 2,30-News (Di).
1.03 p.m. Mozart-Concerto No. 3 3.00Leaves of Memory," by An Old
in C Major, K. 216.
Yehudi Menuhin Volta) and the Paris Symphony Orchestra conducted by Georfles Eriesco
1.30 p.m. Beuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce
merita.
1.40 p.m A Dance Programme by Boy Fox and His Orchestra.
Saddle Your Blues To A Wild Mus tang-Fox-Trot: Please Believe Me Fox-Trot. No Mere-Waltz (C. B Cochran's Revue Home and Beauty"); Sing Something In The Morning- Fox-Trot 10.B. Cochran's Rerde Home and Beauty'). When The Bun
Goodnight To The Mountain
Bing A Thousand Love x-Trot: IT
(Alm Caln Songs Fox-Trot
and Mable"), Silvery Moon and Golden The Cross-Eyed Sands Fox-Trot: Cowboy
On The Cross-Eyed Horse- Pax-Trot. A Pretty Girl Is Like A
""The" Great! Melody Fox-Trot (alm Ziegfeld): You-Fox-Trot (film "The Great Ziegfeld"),
2.15 p.m. Close down. 6.00 p.m. Studio Children's Hour Landon Relay Holiday 8.45 Din Express
This
1 Busic.. ! describe in
words, and
the countries and great cities through which the Orienta Express surely the most famous of all railway trains-passes. The music will be played by the B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra and the speaker will be R H. Bruce Lockhart, writer traveller. and former diplomatic official,
7.40 p.m. Closing local Stock Que- tations.
7.42 p.m. Georgians.
Nat Gonella and Mis
JubileeFox-
Get Hot Quickstep. Trot (alm Every Day's a Holiday"). The Gypsy In My Soul-Quickstep; Iet Us Be Bweethearts Over Again- Fox-Trot,
Don't Cross Your Fingera,
|
245 World Affairs." Talk by Bir
Alfred Zimmeri (D1).
Timer (D1). 3.15 Sports News
and Market Notes (D1). 3.30-Young People's Bession (A). 5.25-Commentary on News (A). 5.10-The Sydney Symphony Orches-
tra (A)
6.45 "Holiday Express," with the
B.B.C Theatre Orchestra (D2) 7.18-The Viennese Boys' Choir (A). 8.15-Cricket: Gentlemen v Flavera.
Commentary by PGH Fender
8.30- Troise and his Mandoliers, with
Ferry Manchester (D1). 8.50-Jim Davidson's A.B.C. Dazce
Band (A).
9,00-Kenneth Bygott, at Organ of
Regent Cinema" (D3). 9.15-News (D2). 8.20-Summary of the day's news
(A)
9.30 World Adairs." Talk by Sir
Alfred Zimmern (D2). 9:45-8ports News and Market Notës
(02)
10.00-"Background to the New Zea
FI
Jand Centenary: Early Days in New Zealand and Austrália." (D3). 11.30-Music for Dancing." by Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra (D3).
13.00-News (D3). 12.15--"Matters of Moment." Talk by
Sir Stanley Reed (D3). 12.45 Cricket: Gentlemen T. Players. Commentary by P.G.H. Pender (D3). 12.56-Sports News and Market Notes.
(D3).
Anti-British Move Fails In Tsingtao
CHINESE REFUSE
TO BE ROUSED SHANGHAI, July. 5 (Router). -The anti-British campaign in various Japanese-occupied cen- tres has been intensified.
GENERAL
THE WATER RUSHED IN
“ONLY MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THETIS WENT
DOWN" GIVES EVIDENCE AT THE
PUBLIC INQUIRY
LONDON, July 5 (Reuter)-The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, occupied a seat on the bench yesterday after- noon when Lieut. Woods, one of the survivors of the Thetis dis- aster and the “only man who knows what hapened when the Thetis went down,” gave evidense before the pablic inquiry into the loss of the submarine in which 99 lives were lost,
A demonstration was staged in Tsingtao yesterday' opposite the Lieut Woods said that when the Stoker Amold followed him to the British Consulate, but efforts to water rushed in through the cor- surface and told him that as he put up posters on the walls of the pedo tubes, "some time was wasted looked through the scuttle of the building denouncing Britain were in closing the water-tight door. escape chamber, he thought he frustrated.
That was because he went to the saw sparks and smoke. Elsewhere in the town anti-assistance of a seaman who was British placards were conspicuous. being swept from his feet, and bad day but signs of genuine anti-British to asalst him out of the compart- teeling among the Chinese ment before closing the water-
are lacking despite tight door. mhabitants
all attempts to rouse them!
U.S. NEUTRALITY LEGISLATION
NEW YORK, July 5. (Reater) -President Roosevelt, at 瓤 press conference, declared that he wanted action on the neutrality legislation in this ression of Congress with the objective of preventing war.
THE SERVICES
ROYAL NAVY
COMMAND OF THE 17TH FLOTILLA
Captain F. 6. W. de Winton, who his assumed command of the 17th Destroyer Plotila on its commission- ing from the Reserve Fleet with off- cers
Lieut. Woods, said that he felt no positive that the bow caps were shut that he con- sidered that there must have 'been a fracture or she tube,
Had he realized, as he did soon. afterwards, that the bow cap must have been open, he might possibly have been able to get at the operating lever and shut it...
Desperate "Attempts
Desperate attempts were then "made, he said, to get, through to the forward Davis escape chamber into the flooded compartment to shut "a door, but these were frustrated.
-Early next morning, Capt. Oram called for volunteers to accompany him to the surface and Lent. Woods volunteered and just 'before they closed the door of the escape chamber they bear charges fred and presumed that thore was a warship in the vicinity.
Sparks & smOKE
"These charges raised a cheer and men recalled to active from the side of the compart- service, was promoted in December last while Commander of the R.N.ment," he said and they escaped Barracks at Devonport, where he was without difficulty. relieved in April
Among the officers appointed in command of destroyers of the 17th Flotilla on commissioning are Lleu- tenant-Commanders M. A. G. Child. from Portsmouth Barracks, to the Watchman: W. J. B. Handley, from the Portsmouth Reserve Flotilia, to the Vortigern: and I T. Clark, from the Eclipse, on relief in the Home Fleet, to the Vimg.
NEW AIRCRAFT-CARRIERS With the placing of the order for the aircraft-carrier of the 1939 pro-
Fath John Brown and Co.
**Clydebank, there are six vesels of this class in hand, the total tonnage of which exceeds that of the seven aircraft-carriers already in com- mission.
One of these six ships, the Mus trious, is already launched, and three
|CHUNGKING NEWS more, the Victorious, Formidable, and
BROADCAST.
A regular series
of short-wave Cross Your Heart-Fox-Trot: Stop broadcasts in the English and other
have been Beatin' Round The Mulberry Bush-foreign languages
augurated by the Central Broadcast-
are
in-
Quickstep
8.00 pm.
Local Time, Signal. Wea- Ing Administration. Chungking, ther Report and Announcements,
Of special interest to Far East :
the news broadcasts at listeners 8.03 p.m. Concert, Waltzes. Laistrata-Waltz" (Lincke); Ball 10 am. (HK time). each day on 25.21 Sirens from "Merry Widow (Lebar), metres 111.3 megacycles). Blossom Dreams Kojo Ho Tsuk; Spring in Japan (Ohao)-Orchestra AMscotte.
.8.15 p..
London Relay-Cricket Gentlemen, Players.
A commentary during the second day's play by P. G. E. Fender from Lord's Cricket Ground, London.
p.m. Studio Concert by The Bit 8.30 Harmony Three" Lorenzo (Jaz Piano).
metres
Indomitable, should be launched dur ing the current financial year. Be- tween them the six vessels will be able to
operate some 400 aircraft, whereas the capacity of the existing carriers is only about 246.
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments are made to the Admiralty:---
Cara-W. C, Jenks, to Scott, in
Lieut. Woods added that Leading·
ROYAL VISIT
TO BELGIUM IN OCTOBER LONDON, July 5 (Reuter)
It was officially announced Palace from Buckingham yesterday that Their Majesties the King and Queen had accepted with the greatest pleasure" the invitation from the King of the Belgians to pay a state visit to Brussels from October 24 to 27 as a return to the visit paid by the King of the Belgians, to Lon don in November 1837.')
STATEMENT DENIED
command (July 3); A. Day, to E- NEW ZEALAND AND
deavour (July 3), and in command (undated); J. R. S. Brown, to Presi- dent for duty inside Admiralty (June 20).
Payr, Cdr B. Twomey, Wildfire (June
ta 24) P. D. Reed. York (July 1); M. H. Elliott, O.B.E., to Nelson (July 11); NY. Clay, to Gloucester, and ** Bec, to R/A Leatham (June 30); J. H B. Herbert. to Victory (June 29).
There are daily broadcasts from 4.15 ara. to 6.30 am to European coun tries, including Great Britain, France.
25.51 Italy and Germany on and 31.58 metres; to America between 9.30 am and 11.39 am, in Chinese and English on 18.85 metres and 19.75 metres; to East and North Chios and Siberia between | 5.31 p.m. and 7.10
Lt.Cdr.-W. 8, Hall, to Taku; J. p.m. on 25.51 metres and 31.58 metres
P. Wisden, to Dolphin (June 19); B... and Hal in Chinese: to Japan between 7.15 25.31 metres and
J. Hennessey, to Endeavour (July 5): 1.65 p.m. on p.m. 9.00 p.m. Harold Bamsay at the and 31.58 metres in Japanese; to H W. Acworth, to Ark Royal" (June
be 26): T. G. South China and the South Seas be
P Drgan.
Crick, to Bussar, in
5). (July Popular tween 8.10 p.m. and 10.30 pm, on 25.21 command Rodeo March (Ramsay).
Chaplain. The Rev. A. W. Jayne, Melodies No. 3-Intro: Pennies from metres and 31.58 metres, including a
to York (on recommg.). Heaven: In the Chapel in the Moon news bulletin in English at 9 p.m. (18
Lt F. B.
B. Brown, to Unity, in light: Another perfect night is end- p.m. local time); and to Soviet Rus-
command (June 15); G. R. Heppel, to ing: I'll sing you a thousand love sia between 11 p.
Hardy (June 27).
song
(Vocal)
There's a small hotel: Did your
come
mother from Ireland. Bix Great Melodies Intro: Somewhere a voice is calling; Trees: Until: Perfect Day: At Dawning; Roses of Picardy,
9.15 p.m. London Relay The News. London Halay - World
Affairs.
and 11.30 p.m.
COLONY HEALTH
RETURNS
9.30 pm
Thirty-nine cases of tuberculosis, and Afteen cases of cholera were By Sir Alfred Zimmern, Montague notified to the Health Department Burton Professor of International Fe on July 4, in addition to "six cases lations in the University of Oxford.
9.45 p.m. London Belay Sports of dysentery, three cases of enteric News and Market Notes.
fever, two cases of cerebro-spinal
9.59 pm Military Band Selections. fever and one case of measles. Palms Of Victory-March Blan kenburg) Massed Military Bands
Slavonic Rhapsody (Priedemann) WEATHER REPORT Massed Bands Of The Aldershot and Eastern Commands coad, by W. N. Campbell.
14.00p.m. London Relay-Back- ground to the New Zealand Centen ary.
HONGKONG BOYAL
·OBSERVATOEY
10 am, July 5. Barometer (at sea level), 29.74 Ins.
Early days in New Zealand and Temperature, 87 F.. Australia. The first of a series of four talks by D'Arcy Gresswell based Humidity, 75 per cent.
on contemporary memors and dia- Wind Direction, WS.W.
Tes
10.18 p.m. Come-Franck-Symphony Temperature; maximum yesterday.
In D Minor. At
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowari.
11.00 p.m. Close down.
Rainfall for 24 hrs., ending 10th
to-day, 0.06 ins,
COMMONWEALTH
LONDON, July 5 (Reuter)-- Mr. Walter Nash, the New Zealand Minister of Finance. denied the statement which was attributed to him yester-?- day that New Zealand was not Kkely to senu an expedi-:: tionary force in the event of Britain being involved in awar. -"I never said anything of the kind, Mr. Nash" told the Fire Branch of the Parlia mentary Association last night.
"What I mald was that it was: Lt. (A).-J... Lestle, to Daedalus unlikely that New Zealand will (undated), appt to Pegasus cancelled,
enter into any commitments to Surga Lis-W. E C. Watson,
MRCS LRCP to Victory for send an expeditionary force RN. Hosp., Hastar (June 26),
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Overseas, but that what is necessary to enable New Zealand to defend Democratie ideals will be undertaken.
the
"we have accepted STAFF ENGINEER OFFICER responsibility of defending New Squadron Leader W E. James, re- Zealand as a unit of the Com cently employed on engineer duties at beadquarters" of the Coastal Corn-monwealth and defending Com- mand, has been lent for duty as Stair monwealth interests in the South Engineer Officer to the newly ap- Pacific, and, if the occasion pointed Rear-Admiral Commanding demands, of defending the whole Naval Air Stations, Rear-Admira! R.
of the Commorrwealth," B. Davies: V.O,
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE
Date of
Afonta
Height
Height
Standard 5
PASSENGERS ON S.S. TJISADANE
The following is the list of passengers who sailed aboard the ms. Tjisadane on July 4 for Java and intermediate ports:
For Manila: Miss Beatriz Aug, Mrs. C. T. Alsobrock, Miss E. E Hinch Lt Col H. C. MacLean, Miss E. MacLean, Mrs. LA Prokofien, Mr. Yap Ton
For Macassar Mr. M. V. M. 12 Block
b. m. 405 14-357 11 16 6 8 18 45 01,40
From 6 to 12 July 1939
Wind Force (Beaufort), 3.
HIGH WATER.
· Low Water
90 F.
Boux
Hong
Temperature; minimum last night
80 F
Kong
Kong
Standard
Time
a
Total rainfall since January 1st. | Thur; -8
51.63 ins. Against an average of, 40,80 ins.
01:14
4 p.m., July 5,
8
concerned, and endorsed by the Barometer (at sea level), 29.69 10s, gan. Superintendent of Education, on Temperature, 88 F the award of the George Lanning Humidity, T1 per cent Memorial Scholarships for 1989 Wind Direction, WSW. Public & Thomas Hanbury School Wind Force (Beaufort), 3. for Boys-George Mader Public Maximum temperature, 90 F. School for Girls Yu Yuen Road Minimum tempe Pamela Kayden
g
02 38 47307537 37
Mon. 10
TOOK LE
Wod 12
Rainfall, nil
The Trustees have approved of
the following recommendations
made by the Heads of the Shang. Bunset to-night, 7.11 pm, hai Municipal Counch-Schools
4500 56 28 Boeleng: Mr. W, Burkhardt, Mrs. 59 1840 16 A D Frye, Mr. R. Hirsch, Miss 0207 4.6 06.44 37 Ruth Locke, Lady Masterson Smith, 12.255 4 1969 20
Dr. O. B. McGary, Miss PMI-
13 104-990 25 a yard, Mrs, Wm. M. Nissen, Mr. Ed. 0310 50 09.35 16 A VEV
1415 44 20 58 28For Bourabays: Mrs. E. A Engels 0351 54 1123 2.8 and Infant, Master P. Engels. 154840918626 Mr. and Mrs. A. Ph. de Koning, Mr. 0435 5/8-1998 19 and Mrs, 1. A. McDermott, MC, W. 1731 18 7380 Welch
The inquiry will be rested to-
Mr. Arthur E. Vandenborg, the Republican senator from Michigan, who will place himself as a candidate in the Presidential, elections in 1940. In 1936, Mr. Vandenberg with- drew his candidature in favour of Governor Alfred Lanıdın.
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