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MEETING
B.F.R.D.C.
Subscriptions received to
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At the Urban Council meeting for credit of The British Fund for to be held tomorrow at 4.15 p.m. Relief of Distress in China, Hong- the orders of the day will be:-. Kong & South China Branch, are
Letter from Government relative as follows:- to the election of Dr. A. M. Rod- Previously acknowledged $528,- rigues to be a member of the Ur-121.73. Miss Lee Wat Ming $200, ban Council.
Mr. Walter Schofield 100, St. Applications for an eating house Joseph's College Student Relief licence for No. 9. Pokfulam Road, Association 38.20, Mr. Ko Yung Wa. ground door, and for a food shop 100. The Hongkong Embossing Co. (fruits). licence for the premises 20. Total, $528,579,93.
on Kowloon Inland Lot Nos. 4143 ,,and 4123, Tong MI Road (The
Good World Theatre),
COLONY HEALTH
RETURNS
GRANTS APPROVED The Board of Administrators have approved
following the grants, and cheques have been forwarded accordingly:-
To Po Leung Kuk, Hongkong $1,000.
To the Foreign Auxiliary to the National Red Cross Bociety of
Twenty-nine cases of tubercu- losis, three of cerebro-spinal fever, China: two of enteric fever and dysentery and one each of chickenpox (im-. ported) and small-pox were noti- $1,100; (b) For Quinine for South
féd to the Health authorities on "Friday.
EASTERN PORTS
The Health bulletin of Eastern ports for the week ending March
(a) For Food Centres, Canton
China $10,000. Total $11,100.
To Hon. Dr. P. 8. Selwyn-Clarke for amenities for interned soldiers $3,000,
COMING EVENTS
MARCH
11-Tides: High 10.48 a.m. and 10.38 pm Low 4.33 .. and 4.44 p.m. Sunrise: 638 a.m.; Sunset: 822 pam
» Seven-a-Side Rugby Tourney at Happy Valley, 430. p.m.
GENERAL
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Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
Ladies' Golf: Spring Meeting. Lawn Tranls Championships con- Cinued
V.D.MA. Annual Meeting, Cathedral Hall, 5 p.m.
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Crown Land Sale, P.WD., 9 pm. Jumble Sale at St. John's Cathedral Hail in aid of H.KS.P.C, 3.30 p.m.
Jacobean Room HK. Hotel, Prac tice Dance for St. Patrick's Society Dinner, 8.30 p..
Cheero Club: Dance, 8.30 pm
H.K. Union Church, Ladies' Com- mittee Mtz.. 10 am.
HK Singers Rehearsal, University Great Hall, 5.30 p.m
Military Police Mess, Whist Drive, 9 p.m.
Ladies Working Party (B.W.O.P.), Govt. House, 9 a.m.- p.m.
12-Tides: High 11 am and 1121 p.m. Low 5.04 a.m. and 5.24 p.m.
Sunrise: 636 am.; Sunset: 6.32 p.m H. K.
Investment
and Agency Co. Ltd., Annual Mtg.. noon. HK. Rotary Club, Tim Mtg.. I
P
Land
St. John's Cathedral Hall: Bridge aña Mahjongg Drive by
Police Branch of M.C.L. 3 p.m. ་་
Ladies' Golf: Spring Meeting... YM.CA: Bridge Class 10 a.m.; An- nual Meeting 5.45 p.m.: Badminton (evening),
Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF). Govt. House, 9 am-1 p.m.
H.K. Sngers, Concert, Great Hall, H.K. University, 9.30 p.m.
Y.W.CA.: Heath Exercises for Chi nese Women commence.
tinued.
Checro Club, Whist Drive, 9 pm.
Tennis Championships con- Lawn
13-Tides: High 1120 am, and 11.54 p.m. Low 5.26 3.mL and 6.05 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.35 am Sunset 6.39 p.ns. Fourth HK.VD.C. Camp ends
Soccer: Chinese Federation Dalted Services.
7.
K.C.C. Variety Concert in aid of B.W.OF.15 p.m.
Severi-a-Side Rugby Tourney at Happy Valley. 4.30 p.m."
Y.W.CA. Report Rally.
Ladies. Working Party (B.W.O.F.).
House, Govt.
3 A. 1 . Y.M.C.A.: Badminton (all day); WS. Committee Mtg 10.30 am.: Flag Whist and Supper, 7.30 pm,
Alice Memorial and Aliated Hos pitals "Pound Day." 11 am-1 pan.;
R.M
2
p.m
Cheero Club Dance.
Kowloon Union Church, Bridge and Mahjongg Drive, 3 p.m.
Lawn Tennis Championship con- tinued:
14-Tides: High 11.50 am; Low 5.46 am. and 6.50 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.35 a.m.; Sunset: 633 p.m.
Inter-Unit Army
Cross-Country Race from F.W.D. ground.
Chess Championship Continued.
R.A.O.B Cine, Gen. Committee Mtg.. 7.40 p.m.: Extraordinary Gen. Mtg., 8 p.m.
Ladies' Golf: Spring Meeting. S.& S. Home; Grand Concert. 8 p.m.
Chinese Industrial Co-operatives Mtg., Metropole Hotel, 1 pm, Speaker: Miss Maude Russell.
Y.M.C.A. Games Morning 10 a.m.¦ A.D.C. Rehearsal # pm:
Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF.) Govt. House, a.m.-1 p.m.
Boy Scouts Asin. Annual General Mtg Sandilands Eut, 5.30 p.m.
Turg Wah Hospital Committee to be received by Governor, 12 noon.
Lawn Tennis Championships con- tinued.
15 Tides: High 12.39 a.m. and 12.55 p.m. Low 6,05. a.m. and 7.52 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.34a.m.; Sunset 6.34 p.m. St. Patrick's Society Dinner Dance, Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.
Claims against estate of Sybil Ruby Challoner and Paul Mary Hodgson due.
Licensing Board Election, Urban Council Chamber, 4 p.m.
Raub Australian Gold Mining Co.. Lia.. Fourth Interim Dividend payable.
CBS.: Physical Training Display. 6
p.m.
Ladies Working Party (B.W.O.F.). Govt. House, 9 am-1 p.m.
La Salle College Annual Sporta. Diocesan School Old Boys' Annual Dinner, Chinese Merchants Club, a
p.m.
Lawn Tennis Championships con- tinued.
YMCA: A.D.C. Rehearsal 6 p.m.; Badminton 6 p.m
Kowloon Res. Assn. Annual Meeting.
6. p.m.
16 Tides: High 135 am. and 1.14 p.m. Low 6.16 a.m. and 1.24 p.m.
Sunrise; 634 a.m.; Sunset: 6.31 p.m. Seven-a-Bide Rugby Tourney. Finals), 4.30 pr.
Charity Dinner Dance for China War Rellef, Hotel Ceet! 8 pm.
p.m. Hotel.
Bank of East Asia, Annual Mtg.. 3 R.E.O.CA Supper Dance, Peninsula CBS., Annual Sports, 2 pm, Queen's College, Annual Sports. 11.30 a.m.
Vibro Filing Co., Ltd., Annual Mtg..
York Building, 12 noon; to be follow
p.m.
ed by Extraordinary General Mtg.
H.E. the Governor and Lady North cote leave for Fanling Lodge.
17-Tides: High 3.13 am and 2.17
Low 6.40 am and 10.54 pm. - Sunrise: 6.33 a.m.; Sunset: "6.35 p.m. Fanling Hunt and Race Club, St. Patrick's Day Meet at Kwant, 2.45 pm.
Governor's Cup Soccer, Caroline
p.m.
H.K. Union Church, Masonic Ber-
6pm.
vice
Talk on Halles
8.03 This week's programmes 8.07 Light French Musta. Fox-Tro-Pieur Bleuet One-Step- Je Chante-Charles Trenet (Vocal)
with Orchestra. "Yea Tro's Valses" (Marchand and Willemetz-Oscar Straus); Je Na Buita | Pas Ce Quo L'OB Ponse Yvonne Printemps and Pierre Fresnay
with Orchestra, C'Est La Destin Peut-Etre--Yvonne
Yonne Printemps with Vocal)
Orchestra. Fax-Inter- meza-De Piepu Au Palais O'Angkor (Marceau): Valse Espagnole--Berenade (Metra) -Orchestre Rugby Goldstou
12.15 pm. Short Service of Inter-(Metra)-Orchestre Rugby Goldstein. cession.
12.30 Stuart Robertson (Baritone) and BBC, Military Band,
Le Lieutenant Souriant (flm La Tara- tata): Le Chant Du Marin (Van
Suite Orche Adrien Lamy (Vocal) with
King; Tell me, pretty maiden: In the shade of the Falm; Little Dolly Day. dream: Sweetheart May: Lily of La guna
Woodland Pictures-Rural (Fletcher)-The B.B.C. Wireless Mili- 8.30 Reginald Foort at the Organ. tary Band cond, by B, Walton O'Don One Kiss (trom 'New Moon'Rona nell Myself When Young (In A Per-berg); Lover, Come Back to Me (from sian Garden Lehmann) — Stuart New Moon-Romberg). Leslie Stuart Robertson (Baritone) with Plano, Selection. Intro: Soldiers of the Slavonie Dance No. 5 (Dvorak, Op. 72/6 arr. Williams) The B.3.C Wireless Military Band cond by B.
Sen
Fever Walton O'Donnell. land): In Summertime On Bredon
8.45 Musical Comedy Selections. (Peel Stuart Robertson (Baritone) "Rose Marie-Selection (Friml)- with Plano
La Tarantelle De Bel-New Mayfair Orchestra. "Home and phegor
Bob") (Mozkowaki-arr, Lake Janet Lind and Webster Booth with (Albert); Malaguena (from Beauty Selection - Magda Neeld
The B.B.C. Multary Band cond by B. Orchestra. Mother of Pearl" Selec Walton O'Donnell.
tion (O. Straus)--New Mayfair Or
.
"Follow A Star" - Vocal Gems (Ellis)-Light Open Company
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wen-chestra. ther Report:
1.03 Dance Musle by Billy Cotton with Owchestra. and His Band. -
Relay.This
Free-
9.15 London Relay News Summary Comedy Waltz-I-Ups To Her and 9.30 London She Ups to Me: Fox-Trot-Don't Let | dom." That Moon Get Away.
9.45 Quickstep Recruiting Song: Waltz Easy Street Fall In and Fly (Ometal RF Sult Ketelbey-In Holiday Mood- Sue London Palladium Orchestra Fox-Trots-The Little
anta Claus Forgot; Moon't That cand by Clifford Greenwood.
on Waterfall. Fax-Trots-Toot Toot- Tootle on Your Flute: How Many
(Tenor),
180 Reuter and Rugby Press," Wea-renade (Leoncavallo-Weatherly)-
The Maestros and Stan
and
Medley-The Maestros with and
Oestra, Vocal-The La seth Walk, KnowS
Programme with
Nas. The Duncan Sisters,
Monologue--Albert and
One Never
"oh "Enery! (Long-tanart); TI-PUT Disters Lane and, corall or With Orchestra.
Vocal On staffe): Have You Seen My
Longstaffe)-Tommy
9.57 Songs by Richard Tanber.
Woodlands Far Mendelssohn- Rhymes Can You Get? Fox-Trot-- Bartholdy-vou Eichendorf). Pagllace! New Moon and an Old Serenade.
Bong Leoncavallo-Drinkwater) ther Forecast and Announcements. with Orchestral accomp.
1.45 Variety with Josephine Baker, 10.07
Variety Lupino Lane. Others.
Vocal-Dis-Atol Josephine? (Bela und Others: Voulez-Vous De Lathe Eadsman (Edgar); Jubilee Sover Canne, A Sucre? (Paddy and Others) elga (Edgar) Stanley Holloway with Josephine Baker Memories That Girl from Paris')--Abe Lyman Plano Orch-Love and Learn (im Quintette Welch
His Californians.
(dlm 'Stowaway') Does One? From Me and My Girl-Ludine
Lubino Mal Hallett and His Orchestra. Vocal Adam and Eve Duncan
(Grever-Leveen Chickens?
Duncan
Sisters with two-pland Handley
and accomo. Vocal-Why Is There Ever Jean Allistone with Orchestra. Vocal Good-Bye (from Tvor Novella's "Care-
J'ai Deux Amours (Scotto Others); La Petite Tonkinoise (Scotto tralto) with Orch, and Chorus. Studio and less Rapture") Olive Gilbert (Con- and Other)Josephine Baker with Scene (from Careless Rapture")-Ivor
Novello, Dorothy,
and Olive Gilbert with
Hawailan 6.00 "For the Children"
Orch-Hawaiian Stars are Gleaming Uncle Peter's Nursery Sing Song (Ege and Rosen) Oh! Rosalita (Ezé -Uncle Peter (Bass-Baritone) and and Losgas)-Linn Milford and His Instru. Trin. The Punch and Judy aw
Hawaiian Players with Vocal Chanis. Show (Black)-Rudy Starita (mental (alm Take my tip): Birdle
Vocal-I Was
But Senti Anything phone) Studio Story by Aunt Susan.
With Plano and touk
of a cage (film Take my Medley: Intro: Rodeo
Parade:
Cleely Courtneldge and Jack Hulbert Lon- don Ecottish and Gladiator's Fare with Orchestra. Humorous Monologue well-Harold Ramsay at the
Jonah and the Grambus (Edgar); Organ. The Mocking Fairy (Besly) Elsie The Ole in the Ark (Edgar)-Stan- Suddaby (Boorano),
After ley Holloway with Plano. the Ball (Harris): Two Little Girls 11.00 Close down. in Blue (Graham) The Old-Time Singers with Orchestra. Childhood Memories (arr. Somers)-London Palladium Orchestra cond. by Richard Crean 8.30
Orchestra.
2.13 Close down.
tions.
with Plano.
Closing local Stock Quota-Calls
GS.G
tip?
SHORT WAVE
6.3211
Mozart Concerto in F. Major. G... Athur Schnabel (Piano) and The ... London Symphony Orchestra conduct (0.9.0. ed. by Dr. Malcolm Sargent
7.00 Studio-Talk on trated by records,
7.30 Landon Relay-The News. 8.00. Local Three Sirnal Weather Report and Announcements,
Ballet illus
Kal Tak Airport Dance, Peninsula Hotel.
King's College Annual Sports, Caro ibas Hill, 130 p.m.
Chinese Estates, Ltd, Annual Mtg... China Building, 12 noon.
22-Good Friday.
United Service of Christian Witness in Kowloon, 1130 EIL
St. Andrew's Club, Whist Drive, 8.45 D.M.
Golf Happy Valley Golfers v. Kow- loon Golfers,
Claims against,...estate of Herbert Fatch due.
HK Referees Assn. Dance at Hotel Cecli, 8.30 p.m.
23-Portuguese Company of HK. V.D.O., Annual Dinner, Club Lusitano, 7.30 pm.
HK. Jockey Club, Second Extra Race Meeting. 2 p.m. 24-Easter Sooday. Golf: Shanghai Visitors Cup: semi-final of Mixed Foursomes due to
completed -Interport Soccer: Macao v. Hong- kong
52-H.K. Jockey Club, Second Ex- tra Race Meeting. 2 p.m.
be
Entries Close for Howloon Mara- thon Race.
26 HK Whampoa Dock Co., An- nual Mtg., 12 noon.
Busy Bees Working Party, Bridge &
Mahjong Drive, Cathedral Hall, 3 Dm. Co. Ltd. Annual Mig. 12 noon.
27-Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage
Cheero Club, Gala Dance, 8.30 p.m. HKRA, Prize Meeting. 28-Chess Championship tinued.
DAVENTRY
Wavelength 11.78b.e. (1835mm.) 931m.e. (31.55m.) 21.47me. (31.97m.) 15.18m.c. (19.79m.)
NEWS IN. ENGLISH Transmission I-News Bum-
mary
Trans. II & III-News Sum-
Full Bulletin
mary
Full Bulletin
do.
do.
Transmission V-News Sum-
mary
Full Bulletin
4.00 p.m.
5.00 px.
6.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
9.10
12.00 ald
night
1.30 am. 8.30 a.m.
SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.
(All Hongkong Time) Mondays -Background
to the News
11.00 pm Tuesdays — Background
to the News".
8.15 am. In England Now
11.00 pan. Cards on the Table 8.00 pm. Wednesdays in Eng
land Now
6.45 BJEL Cards on the Table 8.15 8.m. Matters of Moment 11,09 p.m. Thursdays-Matters of
Moment
Background to the Кежа
6.45 8.12.
-In England Fridays Now Saturdays-In England
Now
11.00 p.m.
11.00 pin.
6.45 ...
3.30 pm. 11.15 p.m. 6.45 B.III.
London Log London Log Sundays-London Log
HARP RECITAL Madame Solange Renie (Mde Bisuret), "who is giving a harp re- Con-cital at the Rose Roam of the Peninsula. Hotel at 9.15 pm on Thursday, March 28, is the niece and pupil of the famous French harpist. She recently gave a con- cert in Shanghai. with the co- 29-Institute of Engineers: Lecture operation of the Municipal orches- on "Chemical Warfare" by Wing-tra. Com. A. R. Steele-Perkins.
TMCA: AD.C. To Present "House HKRA. Prize Meeting.
master." 9 p.m.
. Peninsula Hotel: Harp Recital 9.15 pm
18-Tides: Migh 5.20 a.m. and 3.36 DJ Low 7.15 am and 11.59 pm.
Sunrise: 6.33 a.m.; Sunset: 6.35 pm.
HK Police Dance in ald of BWthe string orchestra which will Mr J. R. M. Smith is directing 19-Cheers Club, Ladies' Advisory O.F., Peninsula Hotel, Committee, Bridge and Mahjongg Annual Colony Marathon, Kowloon, accompany Mde. Rente. The re-
| Drive, 3 p.m.
Claims against estate of Alfred Ed- mund Hateb due.
20-HK. Rope Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Annual Mtg., 10, Des Voeux Rd. C. 11.30 am.
Peak School, Annual Eports, 2.45 -21~Chess Championship Com
2. 1940, is as follows: Plague cases, Cawnpore 20, Allahabad 1. | p.m. Alleppey 1 death, Bassein 1 case, Bombay 58, Calcutta 72, Cochin 8. Rangoon 1: Cholera-Calcutta 37 Madras 1, Negapatam 1. Rangoon | tinned an
cases, Akyab 3, Sabang 2; Small- 48, Porbandar 13, Vereval 7, Macao 11 am. Extraordinary Gen. Mis- poz-Jodhpur 7 deaths, Delhi 4-deaths, Hongkong 14 cases,
5
D.m
cital is being arranged by the For- St. Andrew's Church Hall, Mahjong eign Drive in aid of D.GA. Building Fund. Red Cross Society of China and Auxiliary to the National T.M.C.A.: AD.C. Presentation `of "Housemaster,” p.m.
ILKR.A. Prize Meeting. 30-YMCA.: A.D.O, Presentation of "Housemaster." 9 p.m.
HERA. Prize Meeting.
the proceeds will be given to the Kwelyang Orthopaedic Hospital for wounded and disabled soldiers and civiliană.
31-Kowloon Bowling Green Club, from the Foreign Auxiliary, First Tickets (8) may be obtained
Floor, Room 3, or the Anderson Music Company.
ELK. Bertric Co. Ltd., Annual Mtg Redemption of Debentures.
Soccer: Shield Pinal. H.K.RA Prize Meeting.
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