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There's something about "the name "Winston." It is becoming į more and more popular with Britain's motheri every day since) war stated
in recognition of War Minister Hore-Bellsha, while there is Also 44 large Increase. in Anthonys, after Dominions Secretary Eden.
COMING EVENTS
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27 Tides: High 10 am. and 201 pm. Low 3.45 a.. and 216 pm.
Sunrise: 6.43 ami; Sunset: 5.38 p.m. Meeting of Import Firms at Urban Council Chamber, 2.30 p.m.
Chri Guides Annual General Mt. Sandilands Hus, 10.30 a. I
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
Football Referees' Assn. Annuai Mtg.. 8 p.m.
H.K. Art Club Annual Exhibition. St. John's Cathedral Hall, 10 am-7 p.m.
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On Wavelengths of 355
metres (845 kv) 11.49 -metres (9.53 maganycles).
Inter-Regimental Polo, 3.30 p.m.
St. Andrew's Club, Badminton. Crown Land Salė, P.W.D., 3 p.m. Cheero Club Dance, 830 p.m. YM.C.A.: Wat Work 10 am; ADC. Rehearsal, 8 p.m.; Whist Drive, 8.30
H.K. Singer Rehearsal in Great Hall, K. University. 5.30 p.m.
H.R
Philharmonic Society 'Final Rehearsal. Cathedral Hall. 8.45 p.m.
Military Police Mess, Whist Drive (Aggregate). 9
Aperta a Party (B.W.O.F.),
p.m:
HAL LORENZO AND TOBY GRAY WITH THE HARMONY THREE Beethoven Sonata 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Interces- sion.
-Loernzo; Retlatin--Orquesta Tipica Francisco Canaro. Fox-Trots-You Give Me Ideas (from "Please Teacher'). Song Of The Cello (from 'Please Teacher) Jack Hylton and His Or chestra. Waltzes-Rose Of Maul-Don Barrientos and His Hawaiian Orch. Clark Good-Bye, Hawaill-Norman
His South Sea Islanders Fox Trots Who Knows (fl'm Rosalle'): Too Lovely To Be True (lm "The Sky's the Limit)-Billy Ternent and Hi Sweet Rhythm Orchestra.
7.30 Londen Belay The News, 8.00 Local Time Signal and Wen- ther Report.
8.03 Studio-Concert by Hal Lorenzo (Jazz-Plane), Toby Gray Pino-Accor deon) and The Harmony Three
12.30 Songs by Paul Robeson (Bass). Shenandoah (arr. Terry) with (Vocal). Plano accomp. by Lawrence Brown. 1. Shine Ensemble, 2. Penny Golden River film Jericho'); My Serenade Accordeon and Piano, 3. Way (film 'Jericho')—with Orchestra 'The Continental-The Harmony Three, and Chorus
4. Lover Come Back To Me (Swing 12.40 Alfredo Campoll, and Hl Ox arrangement)-Hal Lorenzo at the Plano, 5 Accordeon' Medley: (a) TI Bacid. (b) Blue Nightfall. (c) South American Joe Toby
Gray with Hal Lorenzo, 8. Look
Govt. House, 9 am-1
23-Tides: High 10.46 am and 9.40 p.m. Low 424 arm, and 320 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.43 a.m.; Sunset: 5.38 pm. HK. Singers Annual Concert in aid of St. Dunstan's, university Great | chestra,
HK, Motary Club Tifin Mig., i p.m. F.M.C.A.: Bridge Class 10 a.m.; Bad- minton. 6 p.m.
ELE, the Governor and Lady North- cote dine with Vice-Chanceller of HK. University, 8 pm.
Cheero Club, Whist Drive, 8.45 pm. HK. Art Club, Annual Exhibition, Cathedral Hall, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. 29-FK.R.A. Shoot-1.45 p.m. Chinese Youth Medical Relief Assn.
Dinner and Dance, Peninsula Hotel
Violet Capel School of Dancing Presents Woodland Idyll,"
King's Theatre: 5.10 0.0
p.m. Y.M.C.A.
***The War Won by Propaganda." 9 p.m...
C..
Debate:
Lawn Bowls: HE's team vs. C.3.C.
Govt. House. 3.13 p.m.
Cheero Club Dance, 8.30 p.m.
30 St. Andrew's Day,
St. Andrew's Society Concert HK. Hotel: H.E. the Clovernor and Lady Northcote dae with Chieftain; Vice-Chieftain and past Chieftains, 8 p... H.K. Hotel,
B.K. Jockey Club, Half-Yearly Gen. Mtg. of Voting Members, Club House, Happy Valley, 5.30 pm.
Central British Association Dance. Theosophical Society: Speaker-Miss Elly O'Nore-The Philosophy of Life of Andre Maurols.""
St. Andrew's Club, Open Night. Indies Golf: Entries close for Tag- eart Cup Competition.
Y.M.CA: ADC. Rehearsal, 8 pm. Cheere Club. Contract Bridge Les- sons, & p.m.
HK. Y's Men's Club Tifin Mtz.. ṣt. Francis Hotel, 1 p.m.
JUDGE WARNS
PROCTOR
The
Later Oa (Grimshaw); Serenade Out of The Night (Spoliansky),
Down--The Har- Love In Idleness-Barenata (Maced Beth);
Krave of Diamondsony Three. 7. Gotta Feeling For (Steele).
You (Swing Viera In Springtime Lorenzo at the Piano, 8.
Arrangement) Hal B.B.C. (Pelost); Your Heart Called Mine in You-The Harmony Three. §. Mu (Edgar-Lewinnek-Havdon).
sical Mixture-Accordeon Solo by Toby 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wes-Gray, 10. Star Dust-Vocal Item by ther Report.
Frank (of The Harmony Three), 11. Umbrella Man-Hai Lorenze at the
1.03 Sandy Powell, Frances Day Umbre
Plano 12. Minale the Moocher- and The Mills Brothers in Variety.
Novelty Ensemble, 13. My Tane- Vocal--It's D'Lovely (from Fleet's it up)-Frances Day with rut Tree-Novelty-Hall Lorenzo and The The Harmony Three, 14. The Chest- Orch. Humorous Monologue-Sandy's Toby. Gary, 15. China Town--Ensem-.. Honeymoon (Thomson)-Sandy Fowell, ble.. Vocal-Shoe Shine
Boy
Rhythm Saved The World
8.45 Quentin MacLean (Organ) and
The Mills Brothers (Four Boys and Flanagan and Allen (Vocal).
a Guitar). Vocal-Artificial Flowers Don't Fogret The Old Folks (Noel (from Floodlight-Nichols)-Frances and Felcs!), When I Heard The Or- Day and John Mills with Orchestra, gan Play (Gilbert)-Quentin MacLean Vocal Mr. Paganin! (Richards); Star (Organ). Flanagan and Allen Memo- Dust (Parish and Others)--The Mills rles. Intro: Wanderer; Dreaming; Brothers (Four Boys and a Guitar),
1.30 Beuter and Rugby Press, Wea- | M] ther Forecast and Announcements,
1:45 Dance Music.
Fax-Trots-Souvenir of Love (filia
Where the Arches Used to be: Can't We Meet Again: A Million Years; Underneath the Arches Planagan and Aller (Vocal with Orchestra. Parade of Parades Selection." Intro: Parade of the Tin Soldiers: The Mos
M
Sailing Along). In My Little Red quitoes, Parade; My Love Parade; Book-Jay Wilbur and His Band. March Parade: Parade of the Sun- Fox-Trot-Alcne at a table for Two bears: Easter Parade-Quentin Mac- Waltz-Lovely Lady film King of Lean (Organ)/ Burlasque-The B.B.C. Darice Or- 9.05 Studio Comments on Recent chestra. Fox-Trots - Quicker Than Events. You Can Say Jack Robinson: Say I Wasn't Dreaming Mario "Harp
9.15 London Relay-News Summary.
Lorenzi and His Rhythmics. Tangos 9.25 Compositions of Schubert In- —D -Tol Seute: Laisse-Mol TAlmer-cluding his Rosamunde Ballet Music. Mario Melf and His Orchestra Argen- Who Is Slyvia?" Hark! Hark! The tin. Fox-Trots--The Merry Hill: Lark Master E. Lough "(Boy So- Twelfth Street Rag-Jack Wilson and His Versatile Five.
2.15 Cluse down.
6.00 "For the Children”
"More Very Young" Songs (A. Milne-Fraser-Girtson); (a) Us Two. (b) Knights and Ladles (c) In the dark-George Baker (Baritone) with
Witness Asked To Plano. The Adventures of Careless
Leave Box
prano with Plano accomp by G. Thal ben Ball. Marche Militaire-Mischa Levitzki_?Piano). Standchen (Seren- ade) Herbert Jaussen (Baritone) with Piano accomp. by Michael Rauchelsen. Rosamunde-Bellet Music
Berlin State Opera Orchestra. 10.00 Beethoven-Eleven Viennese Dances
Pau Casals Cello) and Mieczysław Horzowski (Plano).
Carrie and Wiful William: 1. Wilful Felix Weingartner conducting the William Takes
kes Careless Carrie to London Philharmonic Orchestra. Sleepy Town, 2 Jungle Town Frolics 10.13 Beethoven-Sonsta in C Ma who-Uncle Charlie and Company with for, Op. 102, No. 1.
Orchestra and Effects Studio Story by Aunt Susan. Jack In The Box or Fun In A Toy-Shop-Uncle Charlie. Little Lady Make-Believe (Simon) Bing Crosby (Vocal) with Orchestra. 6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations 6.32 Folk Music.
A proctor, Mr. Eskdale Orr, was appearing for an accused in a case of attempted murder was warned by Mr. Justice Soertszat Kalutara not to persist in putting Irrelevant questions to a witness and on Mr. Orr's continuing to do
so, ordered, the witness to leave the box
The Judge also requested the stenographer to note down that the Proctor for the defence became utterly irrelevant and that His Lordship had to ask the witness to leave the witnessbox. Further his Lordship reprimand ed Mr. Orr for putting a child of five years into the witness "box.
The Judge stated that the child could not be affirmed and wished her evidence led, if required. without affirmation.
Mr, Orr submitted that he did not know that the child was sa young, but his client had insisted on his calling her,
The Judge: Do you call yoursif a Proctor, to put yourself in the hands of your client?
Asked 28 to how
the Jong defence would take Mr. Orr said he could finish at 3.15 p.m.
Judge:-Is that a contract?
二
Mr. Orr:-No, my Lord, I have
an appointment.
ACCUSED CONVICTED
10.30 An Orchestral Programme with Georges Thill (Tenor),
of
Overture "King Lear," Op. 4. (Ber- los)The B.B.C. Symphony Orch. cond. by Sir Adrian Boult. "Damna- Friend Tykody My Little Velvet Hat; oz). "Werther Nature, Full of Hungarian-You Are The Fellow, tion of Fausto Vast Nature (Ber- Ohi How Long It Seems Hungarian Grace (Massenet) -Georges Thil Csardas of George Nagy-Magyari Teno with Orchestra. Minuet Imre and His Hungarian Cypsy Or the Will O' The Wisps (from "Dam- Othe Goes
The chestra. Hungarian Far
of Faust-Berlicz). nation
Hungarian Grane; Down It Pours In The Puszta; March (from Damnation of Faut- you were Unfaithful To Me: You Berlioz)-Serge Koussevitzky and the Let Me Don't Come Back-Magyari Boston Symphony Orchestra. Imre and His Hungarian Cypsy Or Dances: Little Man In A Fix Sextur chestra, Scandinavian Ecandinavian Gallopink-Folk Dance Orchestra cond. bry Victor Olof. Scandinavian- Scandinavian Dances: Swedish Schot- tische. Toast To King Gustav, Rospig- Espolska-Folk Dance Ochestra cond by Victor Olof.
(from
11.00 Close down.
SHORT WAVE
Calls
'Pubille
G.S.G G.S.H
6.57 Dance Music, Fox-Trots Swing Nuisance No. 1) Moon Over Miami-G.SH. The B.B.C. Dance Ocrhestra. Tangos G.5.0.
"SOLDIER'S CLUB" ENLARGED
the
The Union Jack Club, Waterloo road, London home-from-home for The story for the prosecution thousands of men in the fighting was that the accused, Udagahapol Services. have, through age Simon, was caught by the generosity, of Lord Nuffield, been injured man Udagahapolage able to enlarge their accommoda-
Suwaris, while attempting to re-.
tion move B calf belonging to the
Men visiting or passing through latter and attacked Suwarts with Londen found the club a boor in a katty.
the last war; it promises to all an even greater need in this war.
The accused was charged with the attempted murder of Suwaris and with causing, hurt to U Nomis, who had disarmed the ac cused,
In the course of his address to the jury Mr. Orr maintained that
The war has caused an altera- tion in the allotment of the "Nuf- feld Fund for the fighting Services, it was stated:
Some of the money will assist
the calf should have been a produc-recreational facilities in the train- tion in the case.
ing centres and camps, springing up daily in all the three Services. The same provision is being made
The Judge in his charge to rae jury remarked that according to Leeds maternity home the contention of the Proctor tor for the three women's organisa-
Mrs. Nellie Howden, of the accused if a cock crows at the tions in the Services. Estate; Leeds, whose tume an offence is being com-
*
So populur, in fact, that in years to come there will be grow- recently ing up young "Winstons"-and Gipton "Leslles" and "Anthonys" too husband volunteered recently, mitted, the cock should be produc- who will perpetuate the memory for the Pioneers and who has noted in Court; of the great men of the present yet seen his won, said:— war as in the Great war. But so far Winston definitely has it, for mothers belleve that he will do most to win the war.
INCREASE IN ANTHONYS Many menfolk in the Army prefer to call their sons Leslie
I have decided to call him
Leslie. I think it is the best way
of commemorating my hus-
band going to the war.”
The Jury, after trial, brought convictions for grievous hurt and in a 5 to 2 verdict finding accused second, the sentences to run con- guilty of the attempted murder of secutively. Buwarts and of causing hurt to Nomia,
The accused had two previous robbery respectively.
DAVENTRY
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NEWS IN ENGLISH
Transmissión 1--News Sum-
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Fall Bulletin
Trans. II & III-News Staza-
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Pull Bulletin
do.
Transmission V-News Sum-
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FUM Bulletin
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to the News ... 8.15 am, In England Now ... 11.00 p.m. Cards on the Table 8.00 p.m. Wednesdays In Eng-
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Cards on the Table 8.15 am. Matters of Moment 11.00 pm. ThursdaysMatters of
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Fridays. In England
Now
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Saturdays In England
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London Log London Log Sundays-London Log 845 8.m.
The Suffragettes are joining up. The National Council of Women. who played an important part in the Buffragette movement, have Mr. J. Eskdale Orr defended the armed Women's Voluntary Bler- EHT. Vice Corps in many parts of the Counsel, Country and are helping to staff
them,
Lying in a long row of cots were The Judge sentenced the accus other boys named Winston and ed to six years' and six months' accused while Mr.
named Anthony Dally rigorous, imprisonment on the Gunasekera. Crown
first count and six months on the prosecuted
one
Mirror.
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