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26-Tides: High 10.33
Am. and
11 pm. Low 435 x.m. and 5.10 p.m. Sunrise: 622 am; Sunst: 6.37, pm.
F.K. Whampoa. Dock Co. An nual Mig., 12 boo
EE the Governor and Lady North- edte. return to Government House
from Fanling Lodge.
Busy Bees Working Party, Bridge & Mahjong Drive, Cathedral Hall, 3 p.m.
King's Theatre: Special Showing in ald of Chinese War Charities'; (9.30
West Country Society Supper Dance. Peninsula Hotel. 2 p.m.
Crown Land Sale, P.W.D., 3. p.m. Urban Council Mtg. 4.15 p.m. YMOA: AD.C. Rehearsal, 9 p.m.; Service Whist, Drive, 8.30 p.m.
Lunch on board "Lamotte Piquet," 1 p.
University Court at HK Univer- sity. 6.30 pm. Special Congregation, 8.30 p.m.
HK. Rotary Club: Tun Mtg. 1 pm: Mr. F. M. X. Chollot to Show Cinema film of opening of Tsung Pa Bungalow of Canton Rotary Club.
Units Cricket Pinal. Sookun- Large poo, 11 a.m.
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Vital Vegetables -Beet
Beet shares with carrots and clum, phosphorus, sulphur and pasnips, turnips and artichokes, tron. White beet has а much the distinction of having a high higher sugar content. sugar content: Hence, with these,
THE USE
Colony Tennis Championships Large Walts Hockey Shumshulpó and Marina Ground.
Kowloon Chess Club, Peninsula Ho- tel: 5.30 p.m.
GENERAL
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Radio Programmes
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- On - Wavelengths of 355
metres (845 "ke's) 11.49
matras (9.52 megacycias)."
A RELAY FROM LONDON OF
"CARDS ON THE TABLE”
-Kirsten Flagstad (Soprano) with Plano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 51-Lenar String Quartet
8.45 A Light Orchestral Concurs with Richard Tauber (Tenor).
Bal Masque (Fletcher-Light Sym- phony Orchestra. Indian Love Call (from 'Rose.. Marie'----Priml)---Richard Tauber (Tenor?" with Grand Bym- phony Orchestra. Mon Reve Wald- tenfel)-Light Symphony Orchestra
Rose Marie, Love You' (tram Rose Marie-Primi) Richard Tauber (Tenor) with Grand
rand Symphony. Or chestra, Babylonian Nights (Zamec 12.15 pm. Short Service of Inter-fred Van Dam and His Gaumont nick); In The Sudan (Bebeck)-Al- cession.
Dvorak Quartet
1'
12.30 Musical Comedy Selections Calling (Newton-Tate)-Richard Tau
State Orch. Somewhere A Volce 'Is
**Follow the Sun"--Selection-Jack ber (Tears with Orch. Parade of Jackson's Dorchester Hotel Orchestra the Itops (Ecklebe)-George Groh- with Vocal Refrain. "Funny Face" rock-Perrari and His Orchestra (Gershwin, and Carter): Tell The
9.15 London Helay--News Doc-Leslie Henson and Male Quar mary tette: A Few Drinks-Leslie Henson and Sydney Howard (Comedy Sketch)
12.47 Gershwin-Rhapsody in Blue. Boston Orchestra conducted by Arthur Fiedler with J. M. Sanroma
Cathedral Scouts. Bishop's House..at the Plano. 5.30 p.m.
St. Andrew's Women's Gulla. 10.30 a.m.; Mothers' Unton, 3 pm.
St. Andrew's Church Council Mtg.. p.m.
Salvation Army Home for Women and Girls, Annual Mtg. 4.30 p.m.
Soldiers Guild of St. George. Fort- nightly Mtg. Scandal Point Hall, 7.30 p.m.
Cheero Club Whist Drive, om. Sunrise: 6.21 am; Sunset: 6.38. p.m. 27-Tides: High 11.28 am.: Low 5.05 and 6.03 p.m.
Sunrise: 8.23 am Sunset: 6.38 p.m. Dairy Farm Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd., Annual Mtg. 12 noon.
Cheero Club, Gala Dance. 8.30 p.m. H.K.R.A. Prize Meeting.
10
M.O.A.: Contract Bridge Casa, a.m.: AD.C. Rehearsal, 6 p.m. China Entertainment & Land In vestment Co. Ltd. Annual Mtg. King's Theatre Building, 12 noon
Triangular Hockey Army v. HX. Hockey Club, 5.15 pm.
100 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.. 11.03 Harry Roy and His Orchestra
in Dance Music, ·
Sum-
9.30 London Relay—“Cards on the Table"
9.45 Bizat-The Fair Maid of Perth-Suite.
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 10.02 BBC. Recording-"Poor Old Snell"
A Sketch..
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10.13 Selection from Glbert ins Sullivan's "The Gondollers,”
The
Quickstep--Wille The Weeper. Fox Trp-It's The Natural Thing to Do From The Sunny Spanish Shore: (Alm 'Double or Nothing'), Rumba-In Enterprise of Martial Kind- Say "SL 61 Quickstep-Milenberg Henry A. Lytton. Bertha Lewis, Joys; Sugar Foot Stomp.
Mavis Bennett and Arthur Hosking. 118 Rala da Costa" at the Plano, O Rapture When Alone Together: There Was A Time-Mavis Bennett "Say It With Muste" Medley and Arthur Hosking. I Stole Noble and Others). "One Hour with You"-Medley (Whiting and Straus). ton, Bertha Lewis Mavis Bennett snd Prince-Leo Sheffield, Henry A. Lyt 1.30 Reuter and Barby Press, Wea-Arthur Hosking But Biers My ther Forecast and Announcements. Heart: T13: We Lifelong---Maris Ben-
1.45 Variety with Clapham and nett, Leo Shemeld. Henry A. Lytton. Dwyer, Binnie Hale, Ronald Mur-erd
Bertha Lewis and Arthur Hosting." gatroyd, and Other
Bridegroom and Bridel Chorus Vocal Music for Romance (from Alleen Davies and Chorus Kind Sir,
When A Merry Malden Marrie Magyar Melody'): Mine Alone (from You Cannet Have The Heart-Wini- Magyar Melody)-Binnie Hale with fred Lawson. Organ Accomp. Cinema
Organ-I
Want To He Snappy--Medley-Sidney 10.40 Mort-Symphony In D
Major ("Paris").
Torch. Descriptive
French Convent: Charity Perform and
Dwyer on
apce: 5.30 pm.
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF), Govt. House. 9 a.m-1 pm.
Cathedral Women's Fellowship Working Party. Cathedral Hall, 10
1.1.
HK Medical Hors: Meeting of Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc, 5 p.m.
British Medical Asan (HK. and China Branch, Clinical Mtg. Queen Mary
Mary Hospital, 9 pm.
Queen's Meeting.
College Annual Sports
Colony Tennis Championships. Kowloon Union Church Women's Guild, 10 a.m.
Kowloon Bowling Green Club, An- nual Mtg., 6 p.m.
S. and S. Home, General Commit- tee Mtg. 6.30 p.m.
28 Tides:
High 12.50 a..
12.06 p.m. Low 5.35 am, and 7 p.m.
Sunrise: 20 a.m.; Sunset: 6.39 p.m. Chess Championship Continued... Legislative Council, 2.30 pin. Y.MUA: AD.C. To Present "Rouse- master. 9 p.: Badminton,
HKRA Prize Meeting.
Peninsula Hotel, Harp Recital, 9.15
p.m.
French Convent: Charity Perform- ance, 3.30 p.m.
China Provident Loan & Mortgage Co. Ltd.. Annual Mtg., HK. Eotel, 13 noon.
HR Police Inspection by EE. the Clovernor. 4.45 p.m.
Cheero Club, Contract Bridge, Kowloon Tong Garden City Assn. Annuar Mtq., 8 pm.
Sports Club, Annual Meeting, 8.30 p.m.
Society of St. George, Annual Meet ing, H.K. Jockey Club Board Room, 5.15 p.m.
Ladies' Working. Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House,, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Social Service Centre. Annual Mig St. John's Cathedral Hall, 5.30 p.m.
Lawn Bowls: HE's team 7. Prison Dept. at Stanley, 3.45 p.m.
Colony Tennis Championships, Entries Close for HK, Jockey Club's Third Extra Mtg., 12 noon. 29-Tides: High 1.55 am,
and
12.50 p.m. Low 6.06 am, and 8.06
p.m.
Sunrise: 8.20 a.m.; Sunset: 640 p.m. Institute of Engineers: Lecture 02 "Chemical Warfare" by. Wit Com. A. H. Steele Perkins.
HK Polic-Dance; Inald of B.W. O.P. Peninsula Hotel,
French Convenit: Charity Perform ange, 6.30 pm:
Annual Colony Marathon. Kowloon,
8 p.m.
St. Andrew's Church Hall, Mahjong Drive in aid of D.G.8, Building Fund. Ladies Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House, 9 am-1 p.m.
Y.M.C.A.:
AD.C. Presentation "Housemaster," 9 p.m.; Games Morn- ing. 10 am.
HKRA. Prize Meeting..
of
Diocesan Old Boys' Assn. Annual Mtg.. Lo & Lo's Omice, 6.30 p.m.
A.S. Watson and Co., Ltd. Annual Mtg.. HK, Hotel, 11.30 am.
·and · Billiards.
*word
Violin
and
ham and
Dwyer.
For ever! Adore You (Miller and De Michell); Your Arms Tonight Lockton and Geebl)-Ronald Mur- gatroyd (Tenor) with
and Piano. Piano-Accordeon-Lulu's Back In. Town (Alm 'Broadway Gondoller); In A Little Cpsy Tea Room-George Scott-Wood with Instrumental &C comp.
2.15 Close down.
6.00 "An hour of Dance Music. Fox-Trots-When My Heart Says Sing (film 'Let's make a night of it); You've Gotta Take Your Pick and Swing (Blm Let's make a night of it)-Ronnie Munro and His Orches tra. Tangos-Paciencia; Adios Orquesta
pics pica Francisco Canaro. Fax-Trots Chicken
Chicken Reel; Run- nkn Wild Joe Daniels and His Hot Shots
wat in "Drumnasticks."
Swing Fox-Trots It Bad To Be You; I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me-Artie Shaw and E's Or chestra. Waltz Sympathy (alm. Fire- dy-Roy
Fox-Trots Spooky Takes Whoa Ba
Fox and His lide.
A
Bebe Nat Gonella and His Georgians. Quickstep-Tain't
what
You Do: Blow Fox-Trot East Side of Heaven (from the alm)-Maxwell Stewart's Ballroom Melody. Tango Questa Notte 71 Dire; Waltz Corona- tion Waltz Mantovani and His Or chestra, Fox-Trots There's A Small Hotel (from 'On your Toes"): On Your Toes (from sameJack Hylton and His Orchestra, « Fov-Trot—in A Little Faglish on: Waltz Sailing Home With The Tide Jack Jackson and His Orchestra.
7.00 Closing local Stock Quota tions,
1.02 Studio-A talk on The West Country Ulustrated by music of the Counties.
1.30 London Relay The News. 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report, and Announcements,
8.03 Compositions of Dvorak. Blavonic Dance No 16 in A Flat Major.-Czech Philharmonic Orches My Mother Taught Me, Op. 65, No. 41 tra cond by Vaclav Talich. Bongsīļ
conducting
Sir Thomas Beecham the Landoz Philharmonic Oreb.
IL00 Clase down.
SHORT WAVE
Calls G.A.0
G.SA
0.3.H 0.5,0.
DAVENTET
Wavelength 17.780.6. (10.08m.) 9.51m.. (31,55m) 21.47m.c. (31.37m) 15.18m (13.7902,) NEWS IN ENGLISH Transmisalon I-News Bum-
mary
Trans. II & III-News Bum-
Full Bulletin
Full Bulletin
mary
do.
Transmission V-Newa Sun-
mmary
Full Bulletin
4.00 LIT 4.00 p.m.
8.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
9.15 pm
14,00 mid- plent
7.30am 8.30 am.
SHORT TALKS
FROM B.B.C.
"
8.15 8.m
11.00 p.m.
(All Hongkong Time) Mondays - Background to the News .......
11.00 pm Tuesdays - Background
to the News .... In England Now Cards on the Table 8.00 p.m. Wednesdays in Eng-
land Now
8.43 .. Cards on the Table 8.15 m. Matters of Moment 11.00 p.m.
of
6.45 a.m.
11.00 pm.
11.00 pm.
0.43 8.73. 3.30 p.m 11.10 p.m.
Background to the
In England
News
Fridays Now Saturdays in England
Now
London Log London Log Sundays---London Log
$1 Million Dye Factory
To Be Set Up
+
Plans are being made by several Chinese industrialiști to set up a $1,000,000 dyeing factory on the outskirts of Chung- king. The factory, scheduled to start operations this autump, will have an initial production capacity of 100 tons of dyestuffs a day. Construction of the plant, which costs $200,000, is pro- seeding apace, while some of its important equipment are re- ported on the way here from an undisclosed place."
1.
The Ministry of Economic¡ say that China could not produce Affairs has pledged its support to dyestuffs herself. Interest in fast Cheers, Club, Darts, Table Tennis the new endeavour, and it is un- dyes in this country was steadily derstood that it will grant a mounting and new factorles with Hongkong Club, Annuși Mtg., 530 | subsidy of $500,000 for production modern machinery were being
purposés
installed before the war. When H.K. University. Alumal Asen, An- nual Miq., Gloucester Building. 3.30 In pre-war days, China had but hostilities flared up in Shanghai p.m.
few dyeing factories in, the coastal in 1937 the hopes for building up H.K. Lawn Bowls Meeting.
As Annual cities. Their production, however, this new chemical industry were was insufficient to meet the de- shaken. One of the two principal St. Paul's Annual Sports, 1.30 p.m. Colony Tennis Championships.
mand, with the result that China factories in Shanghai was- des- Kowloon Union Church, Jumble had for import, large quantities of troyed totally, while the other lies Sale.
dyestuffs from foreign countries, idle-(0.1.C.) chlefly Germany.
also
be
in
It must be used extensively to It is best eaten raw in shredded supplement sugar rationing, espe- form," in salads, the clean Bidin cially for children. And remem- being left intact where it is not
In the normal year of 1938, for, ber: sugar from natural vetgeable too tough. If cooked, the best the root. They can
More than 601,000 friends of the instance. the country imported wounded Chinese soldiers have sources is far better than refined method is baking.. Each vege- steamed, and served as spinach, nearly $15,000,000 worth of aniline been enlisted in a vigorous cath- Bugar which has been robbed of table. should be wrapped in Beetroot wus appreciated
and other coal tar dyes. The paign launched recently. Maj whas mineral content it possesses. grease with a dressing of butter very remote times. It is exten-
amount decreased to $13.500,000 in General J. C. Hwang,
general Red beet is most commonly or margarine, or with salad or sively used on the Continent but 1937 and again to $10 €50,000 in executive of the Campaign Com used, but there is no reason why meat The flavour will be a re-
we have neglected it, serving it 1938, With, Germany, the main mittee, announced at a meeting on white should not figure more velation,
usually in the insipid bolled form, supplier, embroiled in war, China's Tuesday. Besides these friends, with vinegar ruining the favour import of dyestuffs has been dras-he further reported, a sum of $1, and much of the mineral content tically reduced.
637,000 has been raised for the washed out.
All this, however, is not to wounded soldiers.
often 012 mėnus. The richest The leaves of beet make a mineral content
usually valuable saind Ingredient. They soldfum, bu; there are also calare richer in some minerals than
TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1940. —PAGE”
KING'S
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FRANK CAPRA'S'
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
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Jean ARTHUR James STEWART
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with CLAUDE RAINS - EDWARD ARNOLD - GUY KIBBEE.
THOMAS MITCHELL - BEULAH BONDE "
Seteen Play by SIDNEY RUCHMAṆ.
Directem by SiANK CAPRA
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