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COMING EVENTS
DEC.
7-Tides: High 6.33 x.m, and 8.49 p. Low 13.43 am, and 12.06 pam.
Sunrise: 6:30 a.m.; Sunset: 5.39 p.m. Legislative Counch Meeting. 230
p.m.
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Y. M. C. A... Gomes Morning, 10 a.m., A.D.C. Rehearsal 8 pm
All-China Photo Exhibition. Cafe Wiseman.
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Services Golf Meet at Fanling. Peninsula Hotel; Recital by Prof. Ettore
Pellegatti
Nura and Mrs. Kanis, 9.30 p.m.
Cheero Club, Contract Bridge Leo- sons, 8 p.
Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF.). Govt. House, 9 a.m.--1'p.m
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
On Wavelengths of 335
metres (8-45 ker) 11,49
metres (9.52 megacycles).
4
10.05 Moment.
Some Dance' "Blts" of the Fox-Trot--Two Sleepy People (nim Thanks for the Memory): Quickstep -I've Got A Pocketful of Dreams (alm Sing, you Smners-M. Pierre and His Strict Dance Tempo Orches tra. Quickstep The Highland Swing (from
Return)Harry Roy Happy and His Orchestra. Fox-Trot-Penny Serenade Mantovani and His Orches tra Waltz-The Umbrella Man (from PROGRAMME OF DANCE "HITS" These Foolish Things')The Organ
OF THE MOMENT"
Dance Hand and Me. Swing Children's Hour
usic-Annie
Laurie-Maxios Sull-
12.13 pum
Shert Service of Inter- van (Vocal) and Her Orchestra. Fox-
Trot-The
Masquerade 1 Over-Jack cession.
Hylton and His Orchestra. New No- 12.30 The Don Cossacks Choir. Monotonously Rings The Little Bell velty Dance-Boomos-A-Daisy-Victor Song--art. Jaroff). Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra. (Russian Folk Savě, O Lord, Thy People (Tschesno-Tango-Play Gypsy (from Marian
Silvester and His Ballroom HK Y's Men's Club Tin Mig. 1 koff); Safeguard, O Lord. (Tschesno-RITE
Fox-Trots-Nice People: -Unaccompanied p.m-Speaker: Dr. E. Reifler "Phuo-koff)
DeeD In Dream-Harry Roy & His logy and Politics"
143msky-Korsakov Russian Orchestra Swing Music-I'm Porever Blowing Bubbles ETA Logan with Easter Festival--Overture.
Party Orchestra
Botkin and Hla Orchestra. Philadelphia Symphony
Quickstep The Chestnut Tree Jack conducted by Leopold Stokowsky,
His Orchestra. Fox-Trot Hylton and Local Time Signal and In The Pines Jack
Busy Bees Knitting and Bandar- Making Central Fire Station 930 p.m.
Theosophical Society: Speaker-Mr. John Russel "On Occult Study."
Entries Close for K. Jockey Club's 13th Extra Meeting. 12 noon.
Women's Fellowship, St. Andrew's Hall 3
-urd
Cathedral Women's Fellowship De- vational Service, 3.30 p.m.
Ladies Bible Study. 218. Nathan Road 10.30 a.m.
cria Chess Club, Gloucester Ho- tel. 5 p.m.
Kowloon Chess Club, Peninsula Ho tel. 5.30 p.m.
5.30
Cathedral Scouts. Bishop's House, Vagabond Rotarians, Cafe de Chine. philharmonic Society Rehearsal. Cathedral Hall, 8.45 p.m.
Nativity Play Rehearsal. Christ Church, Waterloo Road.. 8.30 pm.
R.N. Yard Police Rec. Boom: Week- 1v Whist Drive. 8.30 p.m.
8-Tides: High 1.49 am, and 8.48 pm Low 309 am and 2.02 pm.
Sunrise: 6.50 a.m.; Sunset: 5.30 p.m. Y.M.C.A.: Women's Section Com- mittee Mtg. 10 am.; Badminton, 6 p.m. Hockey Dance at Peninsula Ho Itet. Pp.m.
Central British School Speech Day, 3.45 pm.
Cheero Club, Darts, Pay-Pang. Bl
Hards
Sino-British Cultural Assn. Garden Party. H.K. University.
HK and Canton Ice Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Annual Mtg., 11 am..
H.K. University Engineering Socle ty: Lecture on The Construction of a Power Generator and its Malaten ance." 8.30 p.m.
H.K. Golf Club-1st Round of Stubos Shield due to be completed.
REO.C.A. Supper Dance, Peninsula Hotel
estate Claims against
of Ruby Laing Peach due. W
Lawn Bowls: St. Georges Society "S St. Andrew's Society, Kowloon Bowling Green Club, 2.30 p.m.
Orthodox Church Bazaar, Russian St. Andrew's Hall. 2 pm,
Sale of Toys at Millington, Ltd., in Ald cf B.W.O.F., 10 a.m.-3 p.ra.
10 H.K. Golf club, 1st Round of G.M. Young Cup due to be complet- |ed:"
"Semi-final of Club Championship.
Macan Races.
First Round of Ladies Tennis Champions Hockey Match in Aid of
due to be completed. Charity 8.W.O.P 3 p.m p.m. Military Band Concert at Peninsula Hotel,
9 p.m.-11
p.m. Softball League. Broadcast Address by Mine. Sun Yat-sen, 8.45 p.m.
11-HK Society for Protection of Children, Annual Mtg.. Helena May
5.30 Inst..
5.30 p.m.
Crown Land Sale; F.W.D.. 3 p.m. 12--Nomination of J.F.'s representa tive on Legislative Council.
Kowloon Chess Club. Annual Din-
Peninsula Hotel, 8 pm.
ner,
HK. Hobby Club Tuan wit, 1 ph 13-H.KRA Shoot, 1.45 p.m.
Queen's Theatre: No! No! Nanet- te" 9.30 p
14 Queen's Theatre: "Not Not
| Nanette," 1.30 p.m.
H.K. Chinese Women's Club, Charl- ty Dance. Peninsula Hotel
Election of JF.'s representative on Legislative Council.
Golf Club, Annual
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Royal Hongkong Calon and Co.'s omce. 5.15
First Church of Christ Scientist, Lecture by Mr. Colin Rucker Eddison, ELX Hotel,
D.m.
Theosophical Society: Speaker--Mr.
www.
Conducted by
1.00 ther Report.
Mayer! Billy 1.03, B
"Four Aces" Suite.
Rale Da Costa at the, Plano. 1.15 Terance Carey at the Organ. Waltzland-intro:
A
Harris and His Orchestra. Furnba Siboney-Alfredo Brito, and His Or chestra.
Swing Music-I Know That You Know-Benny Goodman Quar Could You Be tette. Waltz-Never Break A Promise
-Mantovani and His Orchestra.
11.00 London Relay — "Background to News
11.15 Close down.
True to Eyes of Blue:1Somewhere the Sun is Shining; There's A Long, Leng Trail: When Lost You; Beautiful Garden of Roses: I'm For Ever Blow- World ing Bubbles; Let the Great Big Keep Turning Someday I Make You Love Me, Let Me Call You Sweetheart: Three o'clock in the
Store (Lake)... Morning In A Bird Wedding Of The Parades Intro: The Match Parade: Parade
of Minutes; when the Guards are on Parade. Parade of the Weddings- of the Three Blind Intro: Wedding Mice: Wedding ol the Garden Insects: Wedding of the Painted Dell. 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wen- ther Forecast and Announcements.
SHORT WAVE
DAVENTRY
Wavelength Calls
17.78 (18.56m.) the G.8.G G.S.B
9.51me (32.63mx.) G.SH
21.47mc. (31.97m.) 15.18m.a (19.79m.) G.S.O.
NEWS IN ENGLISH Transmission I-News Sum
mary
Full Bulletin
1.45 Duke Ellington and His Or-TANA II & III-News Sum- chestra.
kin
mary
Pull Bulletin
do.
Fox-Trots Jazz Convulsions; Roc- In Rhythm. Fax-Trots-Birming- ham Breakdown: Jolly Wor. Fox- Trots Cotton (from "Cotton Club Parade'); Trackin' rom, Cotton Club Transmission V-News Sum- Parade). Fox Trots Sumpa 'Bout Rhythm: I'm Satisfied. Swing Music -Show Boat Shuffle.
2.13 Close down.
5.45 Stadio Children's Hour. 5.45 Closing Local Stock Quota- tion3.
in
(Soprano) 6.47 Peggy Wood Songs from Nort Coward's "Bitter Sweet"
I'll See You Again; Dear Little Cafe -Peggy Wood and George Metara with Orchestra. Zigeuner - Peggy Wood with Piano.
and
7.00 Gerry Moore (Piano) Geraldo and His Orchestra.
Geraldo's Lightning Hit Switch- Geraldo and His Orchestra. Quick- step--Day In-Day Out; Slow FOX- Trot Mine Alone, Gerry Moore (Piano). Slow Fox-Trots-It I Didn't Geraldo and His Orchestra Care: The Pretty Little Quaker Girl
Quick- Step Medley-I cap dread
dream, can't I; One Song: If Dreams come true; Slow Fox-Trot
the Medley Serenade to Stars; Sweet as a song Genry Moore (Piano). Fox-Trot - You're A Sweet Little Headache (film 'Paris Honey- moon')-Geraldo and Bis Orchestra.
7.36 London Kelay-The News.
9.00 Local Time Signal Weather Report and Announcements.
t
8.03 Brahms-Dobule Concerto In
Minor, Op. 102. Jacques
Thlbaud (Violin). Pablo
Smary
Full Bulletin
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, · 1939. —PAGE
KING'S
GIRLS WANTED
by the
underworld..
SHOWING TODAY AT 2.30. 5.10, 7.15
& 9.30 P.M.
and it's 100 to 1 these dangerous daughters will go wrong if they're sent to prison. But what about
probation? For the thrill of your life, see thè sensation of the
hour
ALSO TRAVEL TALK in Technicolour
*MALAYAN JUNGLES"
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A Warner Bros.
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4 SHOWS
DAILY 2.30-5.15
GIRLS
on
PROBATION
ARE THEY THE MARKED WOMEN OF TOMORROW?».
Directed by William hiclana • Origisel Strook Play
by Crane Wilker • Á Firot National Picture
Prasenied by WARNER BROS.
CAGNEY in
JAMES THE OKLAHOMA KID"
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SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.
(All Hongkong Timet Mondays Background
to the News
11.00 pm. Tuesdays Background
to the NewS
8.15 8.
In England Now 11.00 pm.
Cards on the Table 8.00 pm. Wednesdays In Eng.
land Now ********* 5.45 a..
News Fridays
Cards on the Tabla 8.15 a.in. Matters of Moment 11.00 p.m. Thursdays-Matters of
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6.45 8111 Background to the
11.00 pm.
11.00 p.m.
6.45 1. 3.30 p.m. London Log London Log
11:15 pm Sundays-London Log 6.45 2.m.
In England Now Saturdays-In England
Now
FINE MELODRAMA AT KING'S TODAY
"Girls on Probation," the War- Casals ('Cello and The Pablo Casals ner Bros, production which opens Orchestra, Barcelona, conducted by at the King's Theatre today with Alfred Cortot.
נו
8.35
Some Brahms' Songs
Harmonists
a cast headed by Jane Bryan and
Little Sandman: In Silent Night-Ronald Reagan, is a vivid, pulsat-
with Comedy
Piano ing melodrama which also presents Nachtigall; Standchen - Elena Ger- fairly and sympathetically--per-
with Piano. hardt (Mezzo-Soprano)
8.45 StudioTalk "East of Vienna."haps for the first time in a motion picture the workings of the much 9.05 Plano Solos by Paderewskl Minuet In G Major, Op. 14. No. misunderstood and often maligned (Paderewski). Mazurka in D Major, system of propation. Op. 33, No. 2 (Chopin); Mazurka In A Flat Major, Op. 59, No. 2, (Chopin). 9.15 London Belay News Summary. 9.30 Gershwin Cuban Overture.
Paul Whiteman and His Concert Or
Wel Tat "Some More Thoughts on Songs by Bing Crosby.
Central
Theatre:
No! · No!
Univeert in Great Hall, 8.45 p.m..
Club
FL.K.
tball Referees AKTI
nual Dinner.
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Most of the offenders granted probation. are; of course," undoub- tedly guilty of the crimes of which they have been convicted, but the Warner picture makes Its argu-
Ancient Chinese Wisdom.”
la Paris ment for the system even more.. 13Queen's
The Funny Old Hills Honeymoon"); Have Eyes (film effective than it might be or- Nanette 9.30 p.m.
British Assn Dance.
Paris Honeymoon"). Mexicali Rose dinarily by telling the story of an Women Undergraduates (Stone Tenney)
0.54 Short Programme by Eddle innocent girl who was being rail-
roaded toward a prison term, Peabody (Instrumentalist),
St. Louis Blues (Handy) - Eddie Peabody playing his Banjo Some of Days (Brooks)Eddle Peabody Banjo. Mando-Cello. Mandoline and Banjoline. With Piano, Just A Crazy Bonx (Smith and Wit liams); This Is The Day Of Days Mixon and Woods)-Eddie Peabody playing his Banjo, Guitar, Mandoline and Mando Cello (With Own Vocal Chorus). With Plano.
Raub Australian Gold Mining Co.. Ltd., third Interim dividend payable..
FLK Chamber Music Club Concert | playing his at Govt. House, 9.30 pm.
Heep Tunn Girls' School Speech Day, 5.30 p.m.
16-HK. Jockey Club's 13th Extra Meeting. 2 p.m.
Queen's Theatre: "No! No! Nanet Le9.30 p.m.
St.
Stephen's Girls' College: Bale of Work in aid of War" rellef and focal charities, 11 p.m.
17---HKRA Shoot, 9 am,
Golf Club Championship Final 18-Claims against estate of Thomas Meek and Edward Tucker due,
DAILY
AT."
Cheero
Club, Gala
Christmas Dance,
2.50
8.30 p.m.
5.20
Sandakan Light and Power Co. Ltd.. Annual Mtg Bank of East Asia Bldg. 12 noon.
7.20
9.20
19 Claims against estate of Gaston. Desmullier due.
20 FERA. Rifle Shoot. 1.45 p.m. Peak School Prize Day, 5.15 pm, '
Second and Third Rounds of Ladies Tennis Championships due to be com- pleted.
YMCA. Pantomime, 5 p.m. · 21-Launching at Kowloon Docks,
5 p.m.
8
St. Andrew's Club Carnival Dance,
due.
Cheero Club Christmas Dinner, 7.30
YMCA Pantomime. 9 p.m. Children's Fancy Dress Party, Pen- insula Hotel, 4 p.m.-6.30 p.m.
22-Sino-British Cultural Assn Mtg. Speaker: Mr. J. E: Witham : “China's Tes Trade."
China Light and Power Co. Ltd. Annual Mtg., 12 noon.
Vincez Claims against Enemy firms. Binger and Wilhelm Maler and Co.)
23YMCA. „Pattoihime, 8 pm.
"Uhristmas "EV
The only offence of which" the heroine of "Girls on Probation" is guilty is that of unwittingly as- sociating with bad companions.
Also important in the cast are Anthony Averill, Shella Bromley, Henry O'Neill, Elisabeth Risdon, Big Rumann, Dorothy Peterson, Esther Dale and Susan Hayward,
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J. EDGAR HOOVER'S
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"PERSONS IN HIDING
TO- MORROW
LYNNE OVERMAN
✅ PATRICIA MORIŠON
1. CARROL NAISH
JUDITH BARRETT
"WE'RE NOT DRESSING
with Bing Crosby
PLOTTERS DARE DEATH TO OBTAIN SECRETS1 You'll thrill to their cleverness, marvel at their intrigues and shudder at their diabolical depredations
SPY RING
JANE WYMAN - JANE CARLETON BUBENT WARWICK-JACK MULHALL. BEN ALEXANDER - LEON AMES
PAUL SUTTON-HARAY WOODS”.
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