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To celebrate the 82nd Anniversary of the Hongkong Daily Press, the oldest morning paper in Hongkong, which was establish ed en October 1, 1867, special supplement is to be issued. "This will be printed on good quality paper and will be profusely illus. trated, and it will give the best presentation of, Hongkong yet attempted.
As the Hongkong Daily Fress's 82nd Anniversary falls ten days before October 10, the Double-Tenth: which is China's National Day, it is proposed to commemorate the occasion in the same special supplement which will, therefore, also give a compre hensive account of the progress of the Republic of China as made under the guidance of the Kno Min Tang.
It being the wish of the publishers of the Hongkong Daily Press to emphasize Sino- British friendship as the theme of the special supplement, a cover design clearly presenting this theme is being sought. Aith a view to securing a suitable design, it is "proposed to hold a contest, the rules of which follow-
HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
82nd ANNIVERSARY COVER-DESIGN CONTEST.
RULES.
1. The size of the design must be exactly 101 inches wide and 16 inches long, including the title.
3. The design may be done in colours but such colours must not exceed three in number. Gold or silver may, however, be added.
3. The central theme of the design must be "Sino-British Friendship."
4. Designs submitted must reach the Director, of the Contest on or before August 81, 1989.
5. Competitors may send in as many designs as they wish but each design must be accompanied by a special form provided by the Hongkong Daily Press or clipped therefrom. The names and addresses of competitors must be written plainly in English on these forms but no şüame or mark aball be attached to the design itself.
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6. Designs acceptable for the content shall be divided into two classes:
a. Finished design.
b. Design in outline or a description, or idea, of a design,
7. Prizes for the winning designs shall be as follows:—
"A" class-First prize
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Second prize
Third prize
"B" class-First prize
Second prize
$50
10
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8. Winning designs or ideas shall become the property of the Hongkong Daily Press but others may be returned upon spplication.
9. All winners will be given three months' free subscription for the Hongkong Daily Press. Non-winners shall be given a month's subscription free of charge.
10. Results of the contest will be announced not later than
September 10, 1939.
11. The decision of the Contest Judges shall be final.
12. The Hongkong Daily Prens reserves the right to use, or not to use the winning design for the cover of the Special 82nd Anniversary Supplement.
The following form must be filled in the band-writing of the Competitor, properly signed, and securely attached to the design submitted.
Bend all dèsigns to-be Contest Director, Hongkong Daily Press, Marina House, Queen's Road, Central, Hongkong.
ENTRY FORM.
Design & class in....
...caldara.
B class in.... abeeta.
Fail name of Competitor (Also in Chinese if a Chinese)
Address of Competitor
Date submitted
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RADIO & SERVICES
LOCAL RADIO PROGRAMMES •
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For-TTOLS--You. Set Me On Fire. Shoemaker's Holiday Jimmy Lunce ford and His Orch. Tangos-Yo Sere Como Tu quieras. Suplicio-Orquesta Tipies Francisco Canaro.
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CHUNGKING NEWS
BROADCAST
A regular serica. of Abort-WAYE broadcasts in the English and other foreign languages bave been augurated by the Central Broadcast- ing Administration, Chungking.
2.03. Selections from Light Opera. Daly's Theatre Waltz Memories (arr. Prentice) Intro: A Waltz Dream;
The 'EMPIRE EXCHANGE AND OTHER Gipsy Love: The Country Girl;
Of special interest to Far East The Merry Widow: The Giugales;
10 listeners are the news broadcasts at LONDON RELAYS
Count of Luxenbourg-Charles Pren 10 am. (H.K, time; each day on 25.21 Schumann Concerto
tice and His Orchestra. Toad of metres (11.3 megacycles). 12 to 12.20 p.m. Belay of Service of Toad Hall-Selection (Fraser-Sim- Intercession from St. John's Catho-son)-New Mayfair Orchestra, "Ite There are daily broadcasts from 4.1b
Vagabond
Gems" a.m. to 6.30 am to European coun Eing" Vocal Masters 12.30 Kitty
"Lady Luck"--Vocal (Frimli
tries, including Great Britain France. Gems Ambrose and Ells Orchestra.
(Hedley Strachey and Rodgers) Italy and Germany on 25.51 metres 1'11 Step Out Of The Picture-Fax--Light Opers Company. "He Want- and 31.58 metres: to America between trot Whatcha Gotcha Trombone ed Adventure" Selection (Wailer and 8.30 am and 11.39 am. in Chinese Fax?-Fox-Trot-Ambrose and His OT-Tunbridge)---New Mayfair Orchestra.
and English on 18.85 metres and 19.75 metres; to East and North China and chestra Cryin' My Heart Out For You 8.30 At Bolillagtön af the Organ.
Siberia
ria between 5.30 p.m. and 7.30 (Johnson and Hopking) Larila by
Escapada (A Mexican Elopement
p.m. on 25.51 metres and 31.58 metres Me Of (Alm Let's Sing Againt-Kitty as Phillips) Speak To
Love
in Chinese: to Japan between 7.15 Orch. Lost My ters (Vocal)
and 7.55
25.21 metres Continued on Page 11
p.m. Rhythm, Lost My Music, Lost My Man
and 31.38 metres In Japanese; to -Pak-Trot (film Saft ights and
South China and the South Seas be sweet music'). T'm All In-Fox-Trot
tween 8.10 p.m. and 10.30 pm on 25.31 (from 'Soft lights and sweet music)
metres and 31.58 metres, including a -Ambrose and His Orchestra." Star-
news txilletin in English at 9 p.m. (10 dust Covered Bundle (Hodges)
p.m. local time); and to Soviet Rus Kitty
Masters (Vocal) with Orch.
sia between 11 pm and 11.30 p.m. Peter's Pop Keeps A Lollipop Shop-
Calla Novelty Fox-Trot. Music In May Waltz (from 'Careless Rapture")- G.S.G. G.8.B. Ambrose and His Orchestra.
with
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1.00 Local Time Signal and Weather G.S.H.
G.S.0. Beport
1.03 Sydney Gustard at the Organ Tran9. Medley Of Old Time Songs: Part Trans. Trans. 1-3
-English and Part 2-Scottish. 1.12 Hawallan Selections.
Love Tomerlin and Long). Tropic Love Sweet Hawaiian Chimes (Mcintyre and Others)-The Hawaiian Islanders with Vocal Chorus. Haleiwa (Woodd). Papalina Lahilahi (Johnny Noble)- Ray Kinney (Vocal) with Dick Mc- Intire's Harmony Hawaiians. Moon Over Miami-Fox-Trot. Song Of The Islands Waltz The Moana Serena
ders
1.35 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 Schumann -- Concerto La A Minor, Op. 54.
Alfred Cortot (Piano) and The London Philharmonic Orchestra con- ducted by Sir Landon Ronald
2.15 Close down
"For the Children." Nursery Rhymes. Intro: My Lady Wind; The Babes in the Wood; The King of France: A Fox went out: Pussy cat, pussy cat; Mary,
Mary quite contrary: Baby Bunting: The Frog and the Mouse: Four and twenty tailors: Three mice went into a hole to spin-Uncle George's Party. "Tis The Voice Of The Lobster; They Told Me You Had Been With Her. How Dath The Little Crocodile: Pury Said To A Mouse (from 'Alice in Wender- | land-Pranser-Simson)-George Baker Baritone) with Gerald Moore at the Piano. Studio Story. "Now "We Are Six" (Fraser-Sirnson-Poems by AA. Mune): (a) Sneezles, (b) The Friend, (e) The Emperor's Rhyme, (d) Furry Bear-Mimi Crawford (Soprano) with Piano.
6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations Baz Songs by Turner Layton at the
plano.
I'm Just Beginning Το Cara (Blmons) I'm Still In Love With You (Bratton and Edwards) Pennies From Heaven--Pim Selection (Burke and Johnston) Born TO Dance-Film Selection (Cole Porter).
6.45 London Belay-These Names Made Variety
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Wavelength '17.74b.c. (16.Kām) 9.51m.c. (31.55m) 2147m.c. (31,97m.)-
13.18m.c. (19.79.)
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Wave Length, 31.34 metres Power, 1 Allowait
11OLLAND-INDIA,
Calliesters: Pill. Wavelengths 18.58m, & 23.57m.: Frequencies
179joke. & 1773oke
H.K. Time ...
10.00-Broadcast to Schools-Health
and Hygiene." (A), 10.20--Wheat and Grain. Report (A), 10.40-"At Home and Abroad.” (4). 11.06-Luncheon Music (A). 11.30--Afternoon Musical Programme
(A).
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p.m.
1:00
"Science Today: This Year's Work In Biology." Talk by F. A. E. Crew (D1).
1.15 "Songs that Father Bang.” with the Grosvenor Singers and Section of B.B.C. Northern Or chestr (DI), 2.20-Recital by Richard Watson,
baritone (D1). 2.30-News (D1).
3.15--Sports News and Market Notes
(01),
3.30
5.25
Young People's Session (A) Commentary On News (A). 6.45 Names Made Variety," with the B.B.C. Variety Orches tra. (07).
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with
700-Recital by the National Military
Band (A).
7.45 -Philip Martell and his Orches
tra (D2). 8.00-"Moder
and
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Contemporary
Composers." (A). 9.00-Recorded Music (A))
8.15 News (D2)... 9,28--Bummary of the day's news
(A).
9,30-"Empire Exchange." (D2). 9.45-Sports News and Market Nates
(DA).
10.50 Variety Programme (3)
Including Harry Champion. Ada | 11.00-"The Thirty-Nine Steps.* (DI). Reeve, Alice Lloyd Talbot OFarrell, | 11.30-Bobble Howell and his Band
Albert Vers. Wootton,
Whelan
(Y), Wilkie Bard with The B.B.C.12.00--News (D3), Variety Orchestra. The show pro-am.
duced and conducted by Ernest ing- 12.56-Sports News and Market Notes NTEAC.
(D3).
THE SERVICES
: ROYAL NAVY
FOURTH SEA LORD
don in the P. & 0, liner Ranchi on Nov. 17, and is due at Shanghai, on Dec. 25.
A specialist in navigation, Renz Vice Admiral G. C. C. Royle, C.B. Admi. Vivian commanded the cruiser C.M.G., will join the Admiralty for a Newcastle, 0,100 tons, before his pro- month's preliminary duty before motion to taking up the post of Fourth Sea Lord of the monas rank at the beginning and Chief of Supplies and Transport to British Missions in Japan and in succession to Rear Admiral G. 8. China during 1933-36 Arbuthnot. CB. D.SO.
EER AT BARROW OVERSEEE Commander, (E) R. W. V, Reeves is appointed as Engineer Overseer at the works of Vickers-Armstrongs, Limited, Barrow,
in succession to Commander (E) W. 8. Jameson.
H
was Naval Attache
NAVAL APPOINTMENTS The following appointments are made by the Admiralty:-----
Cdr. (E) G. H, Craven-Phillips, to Daedalus, for are at Henlow Sch. of Aeronautical Engg. (Aug. 28).
Burgn, Lt-Odr. (D)—J. M. Part COMMAND OF THE EREBUS LDS., to Victory for R.N.B. (Aug. Commander L W.. Whitehorn, has 16). sasumed command of the Erebus, the L-C, G. H. Brown, to Newcastle monitor which to serve as guard-(Aug. 21). ship at Capetown.
"ARTIFICER
Sub-Lia-R H Fyson, to Vindictive (Aug. 25); AF. B. Btuart, to Flunter (Sept. 19); J. W. Bleigh, appt, to Drysd for crse, cancelled.
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at Caperquer TO CADET Two engine-roam artificer appren tices R. Bannister and P. R. Arkdu- stall-have been
peen accepted for appoint CL. Gunners" (T)-F. P. Morley, to ments as naval cadets (engineering) Fiji (Sept. 5); W. G. Cotsgrave, to under the system adopted in 1921. Mauritius (Sept. 8), s
GOOD, BERVIBE PE
PENSIONS
Gunners--A 8. Hodgson, to Coven- The following officers have been try (Aug. 25). W. E. Taylor, to Fil awarded Good Service Pensions of (Sept. 5). PROMOTIONS £150 a year, from August 1, in suc
who
Surgn. LtCdm-P. B.
Jackson.
cession to the ombers naik MRCA L.R.C.P. to rank of Burza. have been promoted.
to fing Captain C. E. Knox-Little, vice Cdr. (Beny. Aug 147; 2. W. Froggatt Captain. G. P. Vivian; Captain J. U. M.B., D. H. F. Bertram, M.B., to rank
P. Pitzgerald, vice Captain E. K. Bod of Burgn. Cdr. (seny. Aug 19). dam-Whetham, D.9.0 Captain M. & Jarke D.B.C. vice G.
Clarke,
LEE) Feld W Purcell to
Grace; Captala (Commodore C118).
A. U. Whills. D.8.0. vice Captain
a. Cantlle, DS.C.; Captain Z K ride Captain A. L. BL, G. Lys Sytret.
ter, 0.7.0., DEO.; Captain A. 3. Power, C.V.O. Vice Captain J. W. S
of L-Car. (3); retd
THE ARMY.
NOTES FROM INDIA
Jackson, Colonel B. 5. Daw CIE
Darling Contata G." F. Harris: MC, Chief Engineer, Western In-
D.5.0. vice
Captain J. Powell, D.8.0., vice Oaptain dependent District, has retired.
H. M. Burrough, CB.; sud Captain
A. Hammick, vice Captain
(Com
modore ist CL) T. 3. Drew: OBE.
HEAR-ADML, YANGTZE
The appointment has been approved |
ROYAL AIR FORCE
DUTIES OF THE D.W.ALT.
of Rear AdmL J, G. P. Vivian to be Miss JA Trefuris¦¦ Forbes, who has Rear-Admi and Senior Naya Omcer been appointed Director of the Tangtze, in succession to Rear-Admi. Women's Auxiliary Air Force (D.W. RV Holt as from Oct. 27. The new A&F) with the rank of Benior Con Behler Oficer who will sexime com troller. has relative Air Force TARK of mand abotit Dec, 29, will leave Lon-air commodore.
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