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"THE
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BING CROSBY La CAMPBELL LINDA WARE NED SPARKS
Lausa Rope Craws - Jann! Wado - Walter Bamrecek with the Philharmonie Orchestes of Los Angeles Paramount Patres-Wirented by Roy Hel Kuth - Prodread by CHANETS H.-ULLERS
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MICKEY
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JUDY
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BABES inARMS
CHAS. WINNINGER
GUY KIBBEE Directed by USBY BERKELEY
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COMING EVENTS
DEC.
30-Tides: High 12.56. p.m. and 11.55 pum. Low 6.17 a.m. and 517 pm.
Sunrise: 7.02 a.m.; Sunset: Š.48 p.m. Claims against... estate of Leung Chan Tak Yan due,
R.A.M.C. Assn. Grand Dance, Penin- sula Hotel. 8.30 p.m.
Institute of Business Administra- tion, English Forum (Chinese) Christ- mas Party & Metropole Hotel, 8 p.m.
St. John's Cathedral Hall: Happy Valley Sunday School Tea Party,
p.m.
Second Battalion. Royal Scots, Race Meeting and Concert at San Wai Camp. Fanling.
St. Stephen's College: Examination, 9 a..
Entrance
Catholic Cathedral: Solemn Exposi- tion of Blessed Sacrament, 6 am-8 p.m
REW.C. and Bergts. Mess: Whist Drive and Dance, 8.30 p.m.
31-Tides: High 145 pm; Low 1,02 a.m. and 6.14 p.m.
Sunrise: 7.01 a.m.; Sunset: 5.49 p.. New Year's Eve.
Rizal Day: "Luncheon at Filipino Club, 1 p.m.
St. Andrew's Church: Old Year's Day Services.
Football Shield, First Round, Y.M.CA. Pantomime, 9 pm cussion Group, p.m.
Dis-
Softball League.
Craigengawer
Kowloon Cricket Club Dance
C. C.. President's
Dance.
Lusitano Club Dance. Second Battalion: Royal Scots- Midnight Parade, San Wai Camp. Fanling.
Catholic Cathedral: Solemn Ex- position of Blessed Sacrament, 8 am. p.m. and 11 pm. to midnight.
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
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TODAY
"SHADOW OF THE SWASTIKA" A LONDON BELAY
Tchaikowsky Concerto
12.15 p.m. cession.
.
Short Service of Inter-
12.30 Harry Boy's Tiger Bagas muffins.
`8,00 Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
3.03 Richard Crooks (Tenor) and Light Orchestral Selection.
Ballroom Memories-Waltz Potpourri (arr. Robrecht)-Orchestra Mascotte. Just To Linger In Your Arus (Amold: Gipsy Moon (Borganoff) — Richard Crooks (Tenor) with Orches tra. Valsa Triste (Vecsey); Forget Me Not-Intermezzo (MacBeth) -
His Orch. George Boulanger and Mannin Veen (Haydn Wood)-Light Symphony Orchestra cond by The Composer.
8.30 London Relay "Shadow of the Swastika."
Episode 5: Nazification of Germany. 9.15 London Relay-News Summary, 9.25 Local Sport Realt
927 BBC, Recording—The Kentuc- ky Minstrels
Ragging The ACE (Stälnforth): Sarawaki (Val Gordon). One Foot In
Devised and produced by Harry 5, The Gutter (Stanley Black); Puppet
A String (Stanley
Black). Pepper. Alexander's Got A Swing Band Now (Reynolds).
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Thanks
1,03 Some Welsh Songs.
"
9,53 Variety with Beatrice Lille, Frankle Carle, John Tilley, Arthur 12.47 "Hutch" & Hi Charn Music. Riscoe and Others. Hurry Home (Meyer and Others); Novelty-Carroll Gibbons Birthday Gibbons (Host); for Everything (from the Party Carroli alm). Let's Dream In The Moonlight Guesta: Stanley Holloway; Flanagan (film 'St. Louis Blues'); Lonely (Noel and Allen: Albert Sandler: Turner
Layton; Nortnan Gay)
Long; Raymond Newell: Mario Lorenzi; Scott Wood & 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea-His Six Swingers. Fox-Trot Yours ther Report.
Truly Is Truly Tours: Comedy One- Step Fancy Meeting You - Jack David of the White Rock (Trad); Baby's Best Friend (Rogers & Hart): Comedienne---A Hylton's Orchestra. The Vale of Llangollen "(Trad); The
(Gideon)-Bea- Stars in Heaven are Bright (Trad): Baby Didn't Know
trice Be Mine She Must
(Trad)-Benrice
with Piano. Dance Orch. Lillie 1-New Year's Day.
---Gershwin Fox-Trot Medley Slow Registration of Premises for sale of Morgan (Tenor) with Martin Feara-Ge poisons due,
at the Plano. The Bolly (Welsh Folk Tempo-Lady be Good; ' Wonder Song arr, Mrs. Davies); Ploughing ful: Looking for a Boy. Fast Tempo Song (Welsh Folk Song art. Dr. Lloyd Fascinating Rhythm: Clap Yo Williams): Matraeth Dyke (Welsh Hands; That Certain Feeling-Harry Folk Songar. Mrs. Davies); wilt Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins with string thou have a lad like me? (Welsh Folk
Continued on Page 8 Song arr. Dr. Lloyd Williams)-Mable Farry (Soprano) with Piano.
JAN,
Arms Licences due for renewal, Renewals of Licences and Permits
due.
CLAST 4 TIMES TODAY Sports and Christmas Party,
THE YEAR'S OUTSTANDING EMOTIONAL DRAMA! One of the most poignant and beautiful love stories that
has over come to
the screen.
Bette Davis. “Dark VictoryTM
cari GKORGE BRENT HUMPHREY BOGART
Geraldine Fitzgeral - Ronald Reagan «. Henry Travem • Car Witherspoon Kruse Plej by Camry Robinson » Promi the Play by Georgs Bosanos Brewer, Ji and Berman Blach
Music by Max Surian & Fine National Pic
TOMORROW
MONDAY TUESDAY
SCREEN'S BIGGEST SENSATIONAL THRILL SPECTACLE ! Two million dollar production, thousands in the cast.
CEOL B.DEMILLES
Barbara Stanwyck-Joel McCrea
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FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY!
"OUR FIGHTING NAVY"
With the Authority
and co-operation
of the Admiralty
S THE NAVY IN ACTION
GUNS TORPEDOES! MINES! AIRCRAFT!
8 DAYS ONLY! TO-MORROW-MONDAY—TUESDAY"
Our Special New Year's Attraction For Your Whole Family 1
A GREAT CLASSIC COMES
TO LIFE IN GLORIOUS
TECHNICOLOR!
IN
WAZUIA, ZO
Shirley TEMPLE THE LITTLE RICHARD GREENE
PRINCESS
ANITA LOUISE
LAM HUNTER - CESAR ZONERO ARTHUR TREACHER • MARY MASH BTBILGASON - MILES WANDER 8 20th Century.
-Faz Plenure
31
Children's
Fanling Hunt Meeting: "At Home" by H.E. the Governor
at Fueling Lodge, 2.45 p.m...
Police Recreation Club, Chlidren's
Kowloon Cricket Club - Sports
Chinese
Chamber of Commerce Meeting 10 a.m.
Y.M.CA. Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m Navy Ground Soccer-United Ser- vices v. Rest of Colony, 4 p.m.
Opening of St Andrew's Winter Food Relief Kitchen, at All Saints" Church, Kowloon, 4.30 p.m.
1.15 Light Orchestral Selections. In The Temple Of The Bells (Study from Peking - Yoshitomo); Chinese
10
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SHORT WAVE
Fairy Tales (Character Sketch - Dreyer, arr Yeshitomo)-Marek Weber Calla and His Orchestra. **Tosca" Selec G&G tion (Puccini)-Marek Weber and His G.S.B. Orchestra.
1.38 Renter and Rugby Press, Wea-G.8.0. ther Forecast and Announcemenis.”
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1939. —RAGE
KING'S
TO-DAY ONLY
AT 2.30, 5.18, 1.35 AND 9.30 PM.
Love AS MAD AS A RUN-AWAY MERRY-GO-ROUND!
The Year's Gayest Comedy of Love and Marriage!
WAITHE WANO Ele propps.com
Eternally Yours
LORETTA YOUNG-DAVID NIVEN
HUGH HERBERT BILLIE BURKE BROSERICH OPAKIDUD - NOU POSTS - MIRISANOLA VELİ - KAYMOND Washaun S AURKER SALIPH
Hotchpad the Dimond Astot
Also Another Very Latest UNIVERSAL WAR NEWSREEL
And "ROME SYMPHONY” (Colour Travelogue)
ARLENE" LEMON CREAM given FREE to a limited number of Patrons daring the showing of "ETERNALLY YOURS". Keep your ticket stubs and watch for announcements daily at the Theatre lobby.
TO-MORROW
A 20th Century-Fox •
Picture
DAILY
AT.
DAVENTRY
2.30 5:20
G.S.EL
Wavelength 17.79b.m. (18.2612) 9.51m. (31.35m) 21.47m.4. (21,777L) 15.15m.. (19.79m.)
7.20
9.20
NEWS IN ENGLISH
Crown Land Bale, P.W.D., 3 p.m. Y.M.C.A. Bridge Class, 10 am 3-H.K RA. Shoot
Refrain
mary "Conversation Piece" - Nevermore
Full Bulletin -Gloria Grafton (Soprano) with Car-Trans. II & III-News Sum- roll Gibbons and His Boy Friends. mary "Bitter Sweet" -- Selection Jack Full Bulletin Hylton and His Orchestra with Vocal
4.00 pm
5.00 p.m.
6.45 p.m.
7.30 pm.
do.
9.15 p.m.
เ
do.
12.00 mid-
night
gency
Brian
7.30 am. 8.30. s.m.
Y.M.C.A. Badminton.
2-BK Rotary Club Tiffin Mcg., 1 p.m.: Speaker-Mr. J. C. Hutchinson.
HE, the Governor and Lady North- cote return to Government House from Fanling.
St. Stephen's Frepartory School and College, Stanley, Reopens,
1.45 Selections from Noel Coward's Transmission I-News Sum-·* Musical Shawn,
"Conversation Plete"-RC- Rakes - Sidney Grammer, George Bandera, Pat Worsley, Antony Transmission V-News Sum-
Orchestra-There's with
mary Full Bulletin
Al-
Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF.). Ways Something Fishy About The
at Govt. House.
4-Auxilliary Nursing
Service
First Ald Lectures, Commence at Royal Naval Hospital, 6 pm.
Asia Land. Ltd. 8th Annual Meet- ing. Mercantile Bank Buildings. 12.30 p.m.
YM.C.A. Games Morning, 10 am. "Loloma" Kindergarten School re- opens.
St. Andrew's Women's Fellowship New Year's Party, 230 p.m.
5-Claims against estate of Bernard Ernest Ablett due,
YM.C.A. Badminton. 6-Second Round of Stubb Shield Golf Competition due to be completed. Claims against estate of Marlon Gilchrist Hoerler due.
HE. the Governor and Lady North- cote leave for Fanling Lodge..
New Territories Agricultural Ex- hibition at Fanling.
Shoot.
H.KR.A
7-New Territories Agricultural Ex hibition at Fanling
8-Universal Week of Prayer Com- mences Delly Services at St. John's Cathedral, 5.30 p.m.
S
Auxiliary Nursing Service - Home Nursing Lectures. Commence at Queen | Mary Hospital, 6 p.m.
HKPA. Council Meeting. 6.30 pm. 9-Entries close for Colony Chess Championship.
Entries close for Panling Races, 12
10-King's Theotre-Dancing Dis- play. 5.10 p.m...
HK.R.A. Shoot
11-King's Theatre: Dancing Dis play, 5.10 p.m.
13-H.KR.A. Shoot.
Cup due for completion.
Macao Races.
17-HKRA, Shoot
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French-Heather Thatcher and Moya "Words and Nugent with Orchestra. Music" Sélection New Mayfair Or chestra "Operetter The Stately Homes of England Hugh French, Ross Landon, John Gstrali. Kenneth Carten with Orchestra.
2.15 Close down.
6.00 Elgar-Sonata In E Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. EZ.
Albert Sammons (Violin and Wi-
Ham Murdoch (Plano),
625 Selections from Grand Opera. "The Fair Maid Of Perth"-Gere- nade (Bizet)-Heddle Nash (Tenor) with Orch. "Pagliacci" (Leoncavallo); Why Have You Taught Me? My Fate Is In Thy Hands-Rosetta Pamanini Orchestra. and Gino Vanell with
,
"Romeo and Jullet" -The Tomb Scene (Gounod); Mlle. Feraldy and Georges Thill with Orchestra.
6.55 Tchaikowsky-Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 22.
Arthur Rubinstein (Piano) and the London Symphony Orch. conducted by John Barbirolli
7.39
London Belay-The News.
Evacuation Of Govt. Departments
LONDON, Dec. 29 (Repter)--The evacuation of civil servanta from London continues. It is announced that the Government has recon- sidered the matter and reaffirms
SHORT TALKS
FROM B.B.C.
(All Hongkong Time) Mondays Eackground to the News .......
11.00 p.m. Tuesdays—Background
to the News
8.15 8.
11.00 p.m. In England Now Cards on the Table 3.50 pim. Wednesdays In Eng.
land
6.45 a.m.
Now
Cards on the Table B.15 a.m. Matters of Moment 11.00 p.m. Thursdays -Matters of
News
to
Moment
..... 6.45 a.m. Background the
11.00 p.m. Fridays --- In England
11.00 p.m.
6.45 B
Now
Saturdays-In England
_NOV
Now
Londen
London Log
3.30 p.m.
11.15 p.m.
Sundays-London Log 8.45 am.
FRANCE'S CIVIL
BUDGET
PARIS, Dec. 29 (Reuter)—–— France's first civil budget since the war was passed by the Senate, It totalled 79,000,000,000 francs, ex- ceeding last year's budget by 18,
000,000,000 francs.
14 Semi-final of G. M. Young Golf its decision that all Government departments which can function
BUDGETARY POLICY away from London must leave.
Reynaud, Minister of One estimate says that 15,000 *M. civil servants have already gone Finance, spoke about France's and 5,000 more ate expected go badgetary policy for the duration shortly and that 80,000 are still in of the war. Civil expenditure will be met by taxation. Increased Those who still remain are ex-military expenditure must be met pected to protest at any extension by loans.
19-Central British Assn. Dance, 20-H.K.RA Shoot.
21-Fanling Hunt and Race Club,
Kwanti Races.
22-First HK.V.D.C. Camp Starts at Parling,
24-HKRA Shoot. ....
27Third Round of Stubbs Shield Golf Competition due to be complet- ed.
H.KR.A. Shoot.
“SUEZ” OPENS
AT MAJESTIC
London.
of the evacuation scheme.
SOUTH RHODESIA AND. THE WAR LONDON, Doc. 29 (Reuter)
I
The Franco-British Financial Agreement, he said, made it much easier to get the foreign exchange required for war purposen,,
AID FOR FINLAND He also stressed that ad was The Southern Rhodesia Minister now being given to Finland, while of Justice and Defence is to visit the Polish Army was being main- For sheer spectacle "guez" which London shortly by air for discus-tained, opens at the Majestic tomorrow,sions on the war." is unsurpassed. The Suez Canal
miracle,
+
PASSED BY SENATE
The main subject of his d'acus PARIS, Dec, 29 (Renter)-The
was reproduced a Hollywood tons wil be war finance, but it Senate unanimously passed the is expected that expansion of air, frst wartime civil budget, totalling We see the fabulous palaces of training in Rhodese, the supply some £438,000,000. This exceeds desert princes, gay with the swirl-of Rhodesian products and further last year's budget by nearly £90,- ing skirts of Egyptian dancing use of Rhodesian fruits will also, 000,000
girls.
We gasp at the devastating Be- douin rald and the sight of a dynamited wall thundering down on hundreds below.
be or the agenda.
EAST AFRICAN EXPENSES
POLISH RELIEF FUND NAIROBI, Dec. 29 (Reuter)-An IN RANGOON
cancial statement reveals that with certain exceptions, war-time
RANGOON, Dec. 29
(Reuter)--
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The Military School Comedy That Had Broadway fh. Stitches For Two Years !
When Siirt Meets Filt
At West Point, I'e
Howdy,
Cadet!"
Brendang'a Z-yant mille - lery bool riot, welch
Who Frat Meets Male
At Annapolis, It's
Ahoy
Middie!
But When Gal Meets Guy At V. M. I.. It's
Brother RAT
PRISCILLA LANE-WAYNE MORRIS
JOHNNIE SCAT DAVIS JANE BRYAN · EDDIE ALBERT RONALD REAGAN - JANE WYMAN HENRY O'NEIL. Directed by WM. KEIGHLEY Presented by WARNER BROS.
Added. Attraction:
LATEST UNIVERSAL WAR NEWSREEL Direct After Showing at the Queen's Theatre!
COMMENCING TOMORROW
THE GREATEST SPECTACLE OF THE YEAR! TYRON POWER
LORETTA YOUNG in ANNABELLA
"SUEZ"
▲ 20th Century-Fox Super-Production !
PUPPET SOLDIERS REVOLT ICHANG. Dec. 29. (Central)
U.S. ADMIRAL'S
DEATH
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (Reuter)-
We thrill to Disraeli's historic milltary expenditure - in East The Governor of Burma is the More than 26,000 puppet troops on The death is announced, at the plea before England's House of African territories will be met patron of the Porsh Relief Fund, the Honan-Hupeh border have
age or 88, of Rear-Admiral Jullus Commons and rejoice in the cere from Imperial funds
which has been opened in Ean- joined the Chinese fold,
In д The Governments will be ask- goon. The Mayor of Rangoon is
circular telegram they Curtis Townsend, who commanded monious and glittering opening of the canal, when an Empress be... ed to pay only 25 per cent. an- Chairman of the Fund, with the signified their determination to the United States Naval and Avia-
their stows the Legion of Honour on the nually above
peace-time Honorable Mr. Bomerset Butler, fight the Japanese to the last tion Base in Queenstown, Ireland,
during the Great War. man she loves.
inilltary expenditure.
Polish Consul as Vice-Chairman man