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CHARLIE
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MRUGGLES MORGAN ATWILL Mayer Aubrey SMITH - Joyca COMPTON - Daias FRANTZ “Clarious musical ramenéo to rival "Naughty Marieito!"
Directed by Bainhold Sukunai
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29-Tides: High 1.55 am, and 12.50 p.m. Low 6.08 ăn, and 606
1.1.
Sunrise: 6.26 alm; Sunset: 640 p.m. Institute of Engineers: Lecture "Chemical Warfare" by Wing- Com, A. Steele-Perkins.
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HK. Police Dance in aid of BW. :O.F. Peninsula Hotel,
Crown Land Sale, D.O. South, '11
French Convent:" Charity Perform- ance, 5.30 p.m.
Annual Colony Marathon, Kowloon, 5 D.m
Andrew's Church Hall, Mahjong Drive in aid of D.G.8. Building Fünd. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House, 9am-1 pm.
YMCA: ADC. Presentation Housemaster. 9 p.m.; Games Morn- ing. 10 am
HKRA. Fries Meeting.
of
Diocesan Old Boys' Asin: Annual Mig., Lo, & Lo's Office; 5.30 p.m.
A.S. Watson and Co., Ltd, Annual Mtg RK Hotel, 11.30 am.
Cheero Club. Darts, Table-Tennis and Billiards.
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Hongkong Club, Annual Mig., 5.30
HK University Alumni Assh., An-
nual Mtg., Gloucester Building, 5.90 p.m.
HK Lawn Bowls Assn. Annual Meeting.
GENERAL
Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins in a scene from "The Old Maid,”
which opens at the King's Theatre tomorrow.
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
St. Paul's Annual Sports, 1.30.p.m. Colony Tennis Championships. Kowloon Union Church, Jumble Bale,
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RA.O.C.W.O.'s and Sergts, Club Monthly Dinner, Gloucester Hotel D.EL.
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On Wavelengths of 355
metros (848 ko's) 31,49
metros (9.52 magacycles),
REO.CA. Special General Meeting. Wellington Barracks, 8.30 p.m.
Civil Engineers Dinner, HK Hotel, 8 p.m.
30-Tides: High 3,14 am, and 142 p.m. Low 0.35 am and 8.28 pan.
Sunrise: 6.19 am; Sunset: 641 p.m. T.M.C.A.: A. D. C. Presentation
of "Housemaster." 9 p.m.; American Tennis Tournament at King's Park, 7 p.m.
'CELLO AND PLANO RECITAL FROM THE STUDIO
Dvorak Symphony
12.15 pm cessioni.
The Wings of Sleep (from. The Dancing Years'--Novello)--Mary Elis and Olive Glibert with Ivor Novello (at the Piano and Orch. Vocal Rose of England (from "Crest of the Wave') Novello) Edgar
Eimes (Baritone) with Orchestra and Male Chorus Haven of your Heart (from Crest of the Wave-Olive Gilbert (Contralto)
Orch WILD
Organ Serenade (Heykens); The
The Song of Songs (Moya) — Quentin Maclean. Vocal-The World Is Mine Tonight (Marvell and. Fosfordis By The Dark Lagnon (Baddeley And Leigh)--
with
Charles Kullman (Tenor) with Or-
Short Service of Inter-chestra.
12.30 Latest Dance Music. Tango Dear Madam-Victor Silves ter and Fla Ballroom Orchestra. Quicksteps-How Beautiful You Are (from Black Velvet'): Lucky Me. You (from 'Come out and play)-Victor Silvester and His Ball- Orchestra. 6/8-Entente
HK.R.A. Prize Meeting. Annual Children's Sports, Southern Lucky Playground, 2 pm.
7.30 Landon Relay-The News, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
D Minor, Op. 70.
8.03 Dvorak-Symphony No. 2 to
Czech Fhilharmonic Orchestrá con. ducted by Vaclav Talich.
8.40 Studio-Cello and Plano He
Lawn Bowls: U.S.R.C. v, Club dele: Quickstep Little Bay Bubbles cital by Ettore Pellegatti and Nurs
Recrelo. Club de Recreio. 3.30 p.m.
HR Football Club
Dance, HK Hotel.
Soccer: Shield Final.
Dinner and
Club: Mounted
Cottage Club:
Bunt, 3.30 p.m.
Treasure
RAMC. Asm, Grand Dance, Pen- insula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.
R.A.O.C.W.O's and Sergts. Club Monthly Meeting. 11.15 am.
31 Tides; High. 4.47 x.m. and 3 pm. Low 115 am." and 8,50 POL
Bunrise: 6.18 a.m.; Sunset: 6.42 p.m. Kowloon Bowling Green Club, Redemption of Debentures.
Band Concert. Peninsula Hotel Lounge, p.m.-11 pm.
HERA Prize Meeting International Softball Series start," 2 p.m.
CSC.C. Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament, 2.30 p.m.
American
diale:
Jack Trump" Doyle and His Aces Kanis. of Rhythm Tangos-Carnaval De Mi 1. Indian Lament (Dvorak-Kreis- Barrio
Mercedesler) 2. VIJE Amiga
La Gitana (Kreisler); 3. Simone and Her Tipies Tria
Blow Chanson
Villageoise Fox-Trots Strange Enchantment: Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (Popper); 1. We'll Meet Again-Felix Mendels: (Ravel); 5. Variations Symphoniques sohn's Hawaiian Serenadera
(Boellmann).
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea ther Report
1.03 Haydn Symphony No. 102 In B Flat Major.
Berge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
130 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Amoun cernents.
1.45 Variety with The Mills Brothers, Ginger Rogers, Charlie Kuns and The Hodları”
Vocal-Funiculi Punicula (Denza): Asleep In The Deep (Petrie-Lamb)- T.M.C.A.: Discussion Group. 9 p.m.The Mills Brothers (Puur boys and a Speaker: Mr. A. T. Rees on "Is gultar). Vocal-The Piccolino (from Scouting Losing Its Influence?"
"Top Hat')-Ginger Rogers "with Or chestra. Plano Charle Kunz Plano Medley No. R. 14-Intro: Lights
out:
Filipino Club Annual Meeting. King's Park, 3.30 p.m.
COLONY HEALTH
Thirty-nine cases of tubercu- losis, seven cases of dysentery, five cases of measles, four cases of enteric. fever, two cases D cerebro-spinal fever, and one case each of diphtheria and chicken- pox, were notified to the Health Department on Mar. 27.
WEATHER REPORT
Hongkong Royal Observatory
10 am, March 28. Barometer (at sea level), 30.17 ins. Temperature, 65 F." Humidity, 69 per cent Wind Direcion, E/N Wind Force (Beaufort), 4 Temperature; maximum Yesterday
65 F. Temperature, minimum last night.
61
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Rainfall for 24 hrs., ending 10 a.m
today, nil
Total rainfall since January 1st
9.48 13
Against an average of, 5.49 ins Bunset, tonight, 6.37 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.19 am,
4 p.m., March 28. Barometer (at sea level) 30.02 Ins Temperature, 65 F.
| Humidity, 14 per cent. »
Wind Directlo, E
Wind Force (Beaufort), 5. Maximum température. 68 F. Minimum temperature: 61 F. Rainfall, nil
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 29 Mar. to 4 Apr. 1940.
HIGH WATER.
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I never realised; Love is Dancing
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Sympathy: I love the Moon:
9.15 London Relay--News Summary. 9.30 London Relay "World Affairs.” 9.45 Wagner's "Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg". Act III Scenes 1-4.
Characters and Soloists in order of appearance: David, Martin Kremer (Tenor); Hans Bachs, Hans Hermann Nissen (Bass); Walther von Stolzing. Torsten Ralf (Tenor); Bockmesser, Eugen Puchs" (Bass); Eva, Margaretė Teschemacher (Soprano): Magdalena, Lene Jung (Soprano) with Chorus of the Dresdon State Opera and The Saxon State Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Bohm.
11.00 Close down..."
SHORT WAVE
Kuzz Vocal-Star Dust (Carmichael and Others); Mr. Paganini
Calls (Lam- bert-Richards) The Mills Brothers 0.8.0 (Four Boys and a Guitar). Härmani- d.S.B. ca Duets-Krontjong Successen (arr.
G.S.FL G.5.0. Hodlars); Italian Favourites (art. Hodlars)-The Hodlars.
2.15
8.00
Close down.
An hour of Dance Music,
DAVENTRY
Wavelength
11.79b.c (18.28m.} 931m.c. ($1,55m.) 21.47133.6. (31,57m.) 15.18m.. (19.79m) NEWS IN ENGLISH Transmission I-News Bum-
дагу
Pun Bulletin
II & III-News Sum-
Fox-Trots-In A Moment of Weak-Trans. ness (flm Naughty But Nice"); I KATY Don't Believe In Signs (film Naughty But Nice-Ray Noble and His Or
chestra. Fox-ITot The 7.15 To
Dreamland; Waltz--I Shall“, Always Remember You Smiling-Hugo Rig nold and His Orchestra. Fox-Trots This Year's Kisses film 'On the Avenue'); I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (film On the Avenue')-- Roy Fox and His
His Orchestra.. Tangos A Bong Without Words; Venetian
Night Emil ROOSZ and H Orchestra, Fux-Trota-Watching the Stars (film Splinters in the Air'); Maybe It's the
the Spring-Ambrose and
Fox-Trots
His Orchestra. Rose Room:le Shaw and His Orchestra Waltzes That Naughty Waltz; Missouri Waitz-Vic for Young and His Orchestra.. Fox- Trots-I Fall In Love With You Every Day (from 'College Swing'); How'dja Like to Love Me? (from "College String)-Jimmy Dorsey and His Or
chestra. Tangos-Do You See The Stars? I Dream of the Puszta-Emil Roosz and His Orchestra: For-Trot
The Girl In The Upstairs Fist Felix Mendelssohn and His Orches- tra.
7.00 Closing Local Stock Quota-
7.02 Variety with Quentin Maclean. Charles Kuliman, Olive Gilbert and Others.
Organ Lily of Laguns deslie Stuart); Little Dolly Daydream (Les lfe Stuart)-Quentin Maclean,
Vocal
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9.15 p. 12.00. mid- Aight
7.80 8.m
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SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.
(All Hongkong 'Time)
Mondays - Background
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to the News 8.15 am. In England. Now 11.00 p.m. Cards on the Table 8.00 pm. Wednesdays In Eng-
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