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COMING EVENTS
NOV.
I-Tides: High 12.35 pm, and 11.28 p.m. Low 6.63 a.m. and 448 pas
Sunrise: 627 1m; Sunset: 547. punts. TMC.A.: Badminton from 10 a.m: Service Dance, 9 p.m.
HKRA, Shoot, 1.45 p.m.
Soldiers Club Tournament Final, Chinese Estates, Ltd, third interin dividend payable.
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG.
Lawn Bowls; HE's Team vs. Club de Recrelo. Government House, 3.30
Z
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p.m
Stubbs Cup Polo 330 p.m.
W.
Rd.
South China College, Lion Rock Address by Mr. Eugene Chen "China and the European War." 10
Entries Close for Jasper Clarke Cup, GM, Young Cup and Stunts Shield and RHEGG. Championship.
Cheero Club Dance-8.30 pm Institute of Ship-builders and Blu- gineers:
"Propulsion Lecture Wasting Vessels," 8 pm
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.). Cort." House, 3 a.m. to i p.m.
Chinese Y,W.C.A. Debate on "Birth Control is applicable to Present-Day Church." 8.15 p.
Circus Show at Mongkok-8.30 p.m. Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild. 10 4.3.
St. Andrew's Committee Meeting, 3.45 pm
BE
Cathedral Women's Fellowship, 10
Z-Tides: High 1.41 pm; Low 11.55 3.01 and 520 pin,
Sunrise: 625 am.; Sunset: 540 p.m. Y.M.C.A.: Games Morning, 10
a.m.; Dr. Dorey's First Aid Course. 10 B.; A.D.C. Rehearsal, 8.30 p.m. Garrison Amateur Snooker Final.
On Waralongiha of 355
metres (845 .c) 31.49
metres (9.53€megacycles).
ANOTHER "MUSICAL COCKTAIL'
BY ERICH PORGES ·
Hour of Variety
"Iolanthe":
and
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1939. -PAGE 3
bam and H. A. Lytton.
When I Went To The Bar--George Baker. When Dartly Looms the Day -W. Lawson, N. Briercliffe, D. Old-
Rands, D. Fancourt ham, L Male Chorus My Ford Suppliant At Your Feet-Nelle Briercliffe. It May Not Be George Baker, Neille. Briercliffe, Bertha Lewis and Charus of Giris The Yeomen of the | Guard": Comes Pretty Young Bride........ Full Company. Leonard, My Loved One-Winifred Lawson, Derek Old- ham, George Baker and Choras,
8.30 · Violla Solos by Temlanka. Malaguetia (Sarasate, Op. 21); Scherzo Tarantels (Wieniawski, Op.
12.15 p.
Short Service of Inter- cession.
12.30 Heddle Nash (Tenor) and the 167, New Mayfair Orchestra.
Romance No. 1. Op. 94 (Schü mann); Romance No. 2, Op. 94 (Schu- mann).
RAS Berlin Philharmonic Orches
If I Am Dreaming ("The Dubarry" -Mallocker);
The Shepherd's Song tra ("Helen"-Offenbach) — Heddle Nash (Tenor) with Orch
The Merry Wives of Windsor- Shy Serenade
HD | Overture (Nicals). Pinale ( (Scott-Wood); "Tick-Tock" Entr'acte (Vienna) - New Mayfair Novelty or Thema) Aus Der Serenade (Tchal-
The Secret Marriage- kowsky). chestra. Passing By Purcell): Drink Overture (Cimarosa). to me only with Thine Eyes (Anan)-- Hubert Eisdell, Heddle Nash, Dennis Noble and Norman Allin. “Balalaika” Selection (Posford ---New Mayfair Or chestra.
9.05 Studio Commenta on Recent Eventa.
9.15 Landan. Relay--The Nawi, 1:30 An hour of Variety with Cicely Coutineldre, Normsa Long, the Two 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea-Lenties, Nellie Wallace and Others. ther Report.
Humorous - Hound The 'Ouset 101 Lucienne Boyer (Vocal) and Burnaby and Lang); It Wouldn't Continental Orchestras.
Have Done for the Duke, sir (Wass) The Three Waltzes Selection 40s-Norman Long (Entertainer at the car Straus-after-Johan Strauss)— Piano). Descriptive Banad--Lore's Orchestra Georges Tzipine with Old Sweet
dout and Batten) Mary Paris Mol J'Crache Dans L'Eau Jerrold Hubert
Earben Lawrence (Tranchant)-Luslenne Boyer (Vocal) Anderson and Company. Soloist:
Theosophical Society Mtg., Speaker: Grand Organ of the Gaumont Palace. loy art, Ridout Bingham and Mol-
Mr. A. Lebedeff "Heredity and Theo- Bophy."
Cheero Club-Contract Bridge Lea ane & p.m.
sons,
Victoria Chess Club, Gloucester
5 p.m.
tel, 5.30
Hotel
Kowloon Chess Club, Feninsula Ho-
5.30 pm.
with Orch. The Last Letter-Waltz (Reggov): Twinkling Lights-Waltz
Stewart (Centralto). with Vocal-Why Must We and Keep On Working (Barony te. Chez "Mof (Misaki): En Se Re-Holmes): Let Me Go Back To The gardant (Delettre)-Lucienne Boyer Farm (Barony and Holmes) (Vocal) with Orch “Napoli--Taran- TWO
Leslies (Leslie Sarony and Leslie
Melodies (Zeller)-Orchestra Mason HEE
Women's Fellowship Mt. St. Antelle (Mezzacapo)-Orchestre Napoli- Holmes) with Orchestra. Comedienne drew's Church, 2.30 pm.
Ladies'
es Working Party (B.W.OF.), Govt, House, & am to 1 p.m.
R.K. Ys Men's Club Mt. 1 p.m. Speaker: Mr. Dang Kam-fai
Vagabond Rotarians. Mtg., Cafe de Chine, 1 p.m.
Cathedral Scouts, Bishop's House, Ladies' Bible Society, Nathah Road.
10.30 am.
3-YMCA: "Keep Fit Class, 10.30 a.m.; Pina! Lecture on Pirst Aid by Mrs. A. M. Peters; Badminton and
xd. Swimming, 6 p.m.
Garrison Amateur Billards Final
Cheero Club Tea Dance. 5 to 100
p.m.
Sale of Work in H.R.`Union Church, 3 pm.
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.P., Gort, House. 9 am to 1 p.m.
tain.
1.45 Dante Ma
Fox-Trots - Desert Star; Plain Jane Jack Harris and His Orches tra Tango-Nostalgia Del Deserto; Waltz Selection-Tales of Hoffmann --Barnabas Von Geczy and His Or- chestra. Fox-Trots Eeny Meeny Miney Mo (lm "To Beat the Band"); I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze. (alm The Charm School)-Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra
FOX- Trots-Looking Forward To Looking After You: Log Cabin Lullaby Joe Loss and His Orchestra. Quickstep-- A Sailboat in the Moonlight; Walte- Moonlight Valley. (lm 'Secret Ser- vice)-Victor Silvester and His Ball-
com Orchestra
2.15
room
2.15 Close dowZL.
Artur Schnabel (Plano).
Bang! Bang! Bang! (Carter and Van Thai): Let's Have A Tiddley At The Milk Bar (Gay)-Nellie Wallace with Orchestra. Orch. Sha-Sha Heusen); (Kurtz-Van
Alexander's Continued on Page 8
Gay College Romance At The Kings
One of the gayest and fastest
6.00 Beethoven-Rondo In C Ma college romances to reach the screen in many months will be screen at the King's Theatre to- day when Walter Wanger's "Win- ter Carnival," co-starring Ann
Institute of Shipbuilders and Enjar, Op. 31, No. 1- gineers: Lecture_by_Mr.-H.-C.~ Mar- garet Modern Developments in the Lighting of Ships"-8 p.m.
10 A 11.
4-Y.M.C.A.: Badminton, Services Concert, 8.30 p.m.
HK Jockey Club's Tenth Extra Race Meeting-2 p.m.
Christ Church, Kowloon, Bazaar-3 D.mi.
Lawn Bowls Asso. Annual Dinner, Concert and Prize Distribution, H.K Hotel, 8.45 p.m.
C.S.O.C. Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament, 2.15 p.m.
K-St. Vincent de Paul Society Ba- zaar, opp. Peninsula Hotel
Bt. Margaret's Church-Wedding: TẠO YOURE.
6-British War Organization Fund Auction at Peninsula Hotel.
SPC. Women's Auxiliary. Bridge & Mahjongg Drive, Peninsula Hotel, 3
7 Licencing Board Session, Coun cil Chamber. 4 p.ri.
8-HERA. Shoot, 1.45 p.m. Launching of
1.5. Hermelin at Kowloon Docks, 6 pm. Launches leave Queen's Pler, 5.15 p.m.
6.05 Beethoven-Quarlet In E Flat Major, Op. 127.
Busch Quartet.
Hons.
Closing Local Stock Quota- Sheridan America's comph girl and Richard Carison, is presented to local audiences.
6.47 Light Orchestral, "Calipb
Of Bagdad" - Overture (Boieldieu)-Berlin State Opera Or- chestra. Blauer Pavilion " (Armando- la); Tranmende Glocken (Krome) Columbia, Meister Orchestra.
1.00 London Relay "Ministry of
Fun"
www
Handley Presiding.
A Variety programme with Tommy
His
7.30 Alfredo Campol and. Orchestra
The exciting tale of an Ameri- can-born Duchess who is taking life on the run and returns to Dartmouth College and the arms of her first love just when carni- val time is at its height will keep the audience laughing heartily' and applauding enthusiastically,
The story is unfolded against The Fiddler's At The Forge (Ives); Penny In The Slot (Ashworth-Hope). the vivid background of the great Love In Idleness-Berenata Mac outdoors in its winter setting, and beth).
740 Studio Another "Wastest highlights the majesty of thrilling Cocktall by Erich Forges (Piano) (Or winter sports on the snowbound Jimmy's Kitchen).
hills, the excitement and colour of 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weatherthe gay. festival, the prom 'dances, Report and 'Announcements.
the selection and crowning of the new Queen of Carnival,
4
8.03 Excerpts from Gubert and Sullivan.
"The Mikado": The Criminal Cried
Claims against estate of C. Ku, late-A Davies, H. A. Lytton, L. Sheffield of Tientsin, due.
9Legislative Cound Budget Mtg.. 2.30 p.m
10--Claims against estate of El Sophia Gertrude Tidswell due.
Northumberland and Durham Assn.
of HK, Annual Mig. 8.Q.MP. 8.15 p.m.
11-Armistice Day.
Charity Football "Match.
REOCA Cala Dance, Peninsula
Hotel, 8.30 p.m.
B.F.R.D.C. BazaRT.
South Chins Athletic Meet.
12-Macao Races.
Jasper Clarke Cup Gott
South China Athletic Meet
13-St. Patrick's Bociety, Annual
Mtg HK Hotel, 1.30 pm.
14—Mr. E. K, Blin's Art Exaibition, Cathedari Hail, 9 am
Wedding: Lock-Robinson.
CURRENT FILMS
QUEEN'S :-The- Su Never Sels (Universal). Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Basil Rathbone keep the Union Jack flying against över whelming.odds. Strong stuff, but spolled by the obvious tinge of prepaganda.
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Pic
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ife of the Republics. MAJESTIC:-While New York Sleets (20th Century-Fox). Highs life and low doings in the great metropolis, welded into an exciting picture. With Michael Whalen and beauti ful, Jean RogSTI. STAR:-Pacife: Liner: (REO). Teppe and exciting drama of the tm- “known perils of the high, seas. With Victor McLaglen, Chéstér Morris and Wendy. Barre
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court, B. Lewis, A. Davies, H. A. Let
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