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•“CHARLIE CHAN'S COURAGE" Warner Oland
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FANCHENG." HUPEH, Apr. 15-
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CATHOLIC WAR RELIEF WORK CHUNGKING, April 15 (C.ntral) (Central)-A Japanese staff off--Catholic churches in China cared cer. Imal, was killed by Chinese for 782,700 refugees while Catholic gunfire while
.the hospitals gave 10.334.000 free treat- inspecting
on the east ments to refugees and poor people Japanese defences bank of the Siang River in north during the past two years, accord-
ing Hupeh a few days ago.
to statistics released fighting has taken Catholic authorities in Chung- Sporadic place in central and north Hupening.
by
COMING EVENTS
APRIL.
16-Tides: High 4.53 a.m. and 3.13
Low 1.30 am, and 1116 pm. Sunrise: 4.03 au; Sunset: 6,ké. p.m. Toc H. Kowloon Circle, Social and Dance. St. Andrew's Church Kall, 8.10 p.m.
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Army Boxing-Open Individunt Competition, $ pur.
GENERAL
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Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
HK Rotary Club Tifin Mtg "1 p.m.-Speaker: Mr. P. C. Young on "The Romance of Rubber.”
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Badminton
and
YMCA Bridge Class 10 m
Mixed Swimming
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On Wavelengths of 355
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"CARDS
from 6 p.m.
Colony Tennis Championship. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.). Govt. House, 9 am-1 p.m.
Crown Land Ɛale. D.O. Tai - Po, 11.30 a.m.
Kowloon Chess Club, Peninsula. Ho- tel. 5.30 p.m.
Cathedral Scouts, Bishop's House, 5.30 p.m.
Christ Church Parochial Council, in Vicarage, 6 pm
Hongkong Union Church
tee
ON THE TABLE” A LONDON RELAY"
"Faust" Act IV
12.13 p cession.
Short Service of Inter-
Nicholls); Maybe I'm Wrong' Again (Trent and Bennett) with Piano and 'Cello accomp. Old Favourites Intro: Burning wild: I ain't nobody's darling: Beautiful faces; Second Hand Rose: It ain't gonna rain "no more; Ponso; What'll I de; Our Lit- te Garden Subbub; Ukulele Lady; Who tled the can on the old dog's tall-with Piano accomp.
9.15 London Relay-News Summary, 9.30 London Relay-"Cards on the Table."
945 Musle of Pebussy- and Bavel, The Fountain (Ravel)—Alfred Cor- tot (Piano). Nocturnes (Debusky)--- Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts 12.30 The BBC. Theatre Orches- | du Conservatoire cond. by Piero Cop tra
pola. Poissons D'Or ("Images"-Bet 2, "Iolanthe Overture (Glibert, Sul- No 3-Debussy); Ondine (Gaspard Commit-livan). Monckton Melodies
Walter (arr. de la Nuit No. 1 Ravel)
(Piano). La Valse de Stanford Robinson)-Intro: Soldiers Gieseking in the park: Moonstruck: Chalk Farm Cloches Miroirs-No. 5'-Ravel); Le Gibet ('Caspard de la Nuit-No. 3'- to Camberwell Green; When I Amelia:
Mary: Grandma; Brighton, Ravell-Walter Geseking (Piano), Arcady is ever new; The Temple 10.30 Excerpts from Grand Opera. Bell; It's the Drum: When you
Tannhauser" (Wagner): 0 Star of in love: Come to the Ball Finale. Act Eve: Gazing Around Gerhard Husch 1 from "A Country Girl" "HMS (Baritone) And Orchestra. "Die Pinafore Selection (Gilbert. Bull-Meistersinger von Nurnberg" Wag-
of Management. Linstead and Davies Office, 5.30 p.m.
S. and S. Home: Prayer and Fel- lowship Mtg. 8.30 p.m.
Cheero Club: Whist Drive, 9 p 17-Tides: High 5.51 am, and 4.51 p.m. Low 10.14 m.
Sunrise: 6.03 a.m.; Sunset: 645 par HK and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., Annual Mtg.. 12 noon.
Individual
Army Boxing-Open Competition. 8 p.m.
DBS. Annual Sports, 11 am-i p.m.
YM.C.A.: Badminton (all day). Colony Tennis Championship. Kowloon Union Church Hall: Bridge and Mahjong Drive, 3 pm
„Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.), Govt. House, 9 am-1 p.m.
St. Andrew's Church Hall: Russian Concert of Sacred Music, 9 pmn.
Cheero Club Dance, 8.30 pm......., 18-Tides: High 6.39 a.m. and 6,06 pm. Low 12.13 am and, 12.01 pm)
Sunrise: 6.0 am; Sunset: 6.45 pm. Vagabond Rotarians,.. Cate de Chine, 1 p.m.
Individual
Army Boxing-Open Competition. 8 p.m.
Legislative Connell Meeting +230
p.m.
YM.C.A.: Games Morning, 10 am Colony, Tennis Championship. Ladies' Working Party (BW.OF.). Govt. House, 9 a.m-1 p.m.
Entries close for BK Hockey Ass Six-a-Side Tourney.
Cathedral Women's Fellowship:
Address by Prof. Forster on "The Situation in Europe. 3.30 p.m.
Cheero Club: Darts, Table-Tennis. Billlards.
19-Tung Ah Knitting Co. Ltd. Annual Mtg., 692, S'hai Street, 1 p.m. St. George's Day, Gala Show, King's Theatre, 9.30 p.m."
Cabaret
Y.M.C.A. Rockey Club Dance. Peninsula Hotel, 9 p.m.; Bad- mirton and Mixed Swimming, from 8 p.m.
Cathedral Women's Fellowship. Jumble Sale, Cathedral Hall, 3 p.
Indian School Sports, LR.C. Colony Tennis Championship, Ladies' Working Party (B.W.Q.F.), Govt. House, am-1 pm.
20-RE.O.C_A. Supper Dance, Peninsula Hotel.
St. Andrew's Club, Hockey & Bad- minton Dinner, Church Hall, 7,30 p.1.
van);
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Roses of Picardy (Weatherly and Haydn Wood); Love's Garden Roses (Rutherford & Haydn Wood). Come, Bing to Me (Thompson) with Orchestral accomp.
Albert Coates.
nary: Aha! Already Lene is about 12.50 Songs by Hubert Eisdell Friedrich Schorr (Baritone) and the
Frichr (Tenor).
London Symphony Orchestra cond, by
"Otello" '[Verdi); Ave, Maria; Desdemoras Lied Tana with Orchestra. Lemnitz (Soprano) Die Meistersinger" Ton Nurnberg" (Wagner): Cobbling, Song Friedrich Schorr (Baritone) and London Sym- phony Orchestra cond by Albert Coates. A Shoemaker'a Zife is Aye Full of Care (Bachs and Eva's Duet) -Elizabeth Rethberg (Boprano) and (Baritone) with Friedrich Schorr Orch.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wes- ther Report.
1,03 Len Bermon (Vocal) and The Organ, The Dance Band and Me,
Fox-Trots Home at Sundown; Ten Little Miles from Town-The Organ, The Dance Band-and Me, Leave the Pretty Girls Alone (Robison)—Len Bermon (Vocal) with Orchestra- Intro. Step-Dancing by Len Bormon. Waltzes You Made Me Care: Roses are Blooming in Loveland-The Or gan The Dance Band and Me, Top Of A Bus (Carr and Others);
On
We Agree Perfectly (David-Coots)—
SMENN Len Berton (Vocal) with Orchestra "Iatro. Step-Dancing by Len Ber mon Fox-Trot Ride.. Tenderfoot. Hide tam Romance and Rhythm'): Waltz-Never Break A Promise The Organ, The Dance Band and Me,
130 Renter and Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 Gounod's "Faust" Act IV. Characters and Soloists in order of appearance: Marguerite-Miriam Licette (Soprano); Mephistopheles- Robert Easton (Bass); Siebel-Doris Тале (Soprano); Valentine, Mar- guerite's brother
Harold Williams
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NEWS IN ENGLISH
Transmission I-News Sum-
Diary
Pull Bulletin Trans. II & III-News Sum-
mary
Full Bulletin
da do
mary
Baritone); Faust Heddle Näsh Transmission V-News Sum- (Tenor) with The B.B.C. Choir and Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham,
2.15
Close down.
6.00 An hour of Dance Music. Slow Fox-Trot Small FIY (9)mm 'Sing, you sinners'); Fox-Trot-In A Little Toy Sailboat-Geraldo & His Orchestra. Swing. Fox-Trota" -Four String Joe: A Muz of Me — Joe Venutt's Blue Four. Waltzes The Last Drops: Dorfkinder (from 'Gypsy Princess-Kalman)--Orchestra Mas-
H.K. Jockey Club's Fourth Extra.cotte. Fox-Trots-Let Me Whisper: Race Meeting. 2.30 p.m.
Chinese-Australian Assn. Supper Dance, HK. Hotel, 8.30 p.m.
Y.M.C.A.: Hockey. Grand Finals. King's Park. 3 p.m.
Supreme Court: Criminal Sessions,
10 am.
"Barrel
of Fan" at China Fleet Club Theatre, 9.15 pm.
Chinese Flay at Taiping Theatre in ald of B.W.OF.
21-HK Golf Club; Semi-finals of Adamson Cup due to be completed.
Football League: Champions v Rest. Miltary Band Concert at Peninsula Hotel, 9 pm-11px.
22-Union Waterboat Co. ··Ltd Annual Meeting, 11 am.
St. Patrick's Hall. Garden Road: Lecture by Rev. W. P. MacDonagh "The Middle Ages" 5.30 p.m.
Crown Land Sale. P.WD. 3 nm St. Andrew's Church Hall, Movie Bhots of England and America,” 9.15 p.m. (for Members and friends of St. Andrew's Club).
23-Army Inter-Unit Athletic Meet, Polo Ground. 2.30 p.m.
Inter-School Sporta Caroline Hill. D.O.B.A. Annual Mtg., 5.30 p.m. Ladies Golf: Scotland v. Rest, Fan- ling.
St. John's Cathedral Hall: Dioce san Conference, 5.30 p.m.
Opening of New Building of RK race, Causeway Bay, 3 pm. Red Swastika Society, Eastern
The Dance of The Blue Danube.... Horace Heidt and His Alemite Briga- diers. Rumba - La Cumparsita Harry Roy and His Orchestra.. Fox- Trots-I Wanna Go Back To
Bal:
The Gay Impostor"): Day- dreaming (film "The Gay Impostors'? Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees. Fox-Trots-Laugh and Call it Love (alm Sing you Sinners); On The Bumpy Road to Love Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra. Waltz Vienna So Gay from Maritza-Kal- man); Tango-
(from 120 Play Gypsy Maritza-Kelman)-Victor Bilvester and His Ballroom Orch. Fox-Trota-- A Garden in Granada: If It Rains-- Who Cares-Barrie Stanton Quintet. Quickstep There's Honey on the Moon Tonight; Blow Fox-Trot-This Is My Night To Dream" (flm "Doctor Rhythm-Victor Silvester and His Ballroom. Orch.
Stock Closing Local
Quota
7.00 tions.
7.02. The Comedy Harmonists (Vo-
Full Bulletin
4.00 p.m. 8.00 .
0.45 pa
7.30 pm.
935 p.m.
12,00 mid-
night
1.30 8.3. 8.30 ..
SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.
An Hongkong Time) Mondays - Background
to the News .....
11.00 pm Tuesdays - Background
the News
8.15 am.
to the
11.00 pm.
ID England Now Cards on
on the Table 8.00 5.m. Wednesdays in Eng-
8.45 m.
land Now Cards on the Table 8.15 am2. Matters of Moment 1100 p.m. Thursday-Matters of
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Planos).
The Great Waltz Selection - raid" has been promoted to the Rawicz and Landauer (Two Pianos). post of Inspector-General of the When Sonja doer a Russian Dance RAF.. It was announced last (Karlick and Others): A Little Mad- night. He is Sir Edgar Ludlow-
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As Inspector-General " he SUC- Terpering (Schuberger): Tea for Two
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24-Army Inter-Unit Athletic Meet Polo Ground 9.30 am.
St. Paul's Girls' College Anniver- sary Celebrations, 5 pm.
Macao Electric Lighting Co., Ltd.,
Matthews, 11.30 a.m.
ده
in the past week as Chinese units. Refugees received in Catholic | Annud! Mig. Lowe, Bingham and ataged raids on the Japanese lines. camps in 1938 numbered 368,200.
"A Japanese force
counter The number was reduced to 62,500 attacked the Chinese at Binchow in 1939. and Tuanfeng, in east Hupeh. during the week-end but was thrown back.
Another
Catholic hospitals doing medical reitet work numbered 267 in 1937, 247 in 1938 and 143 in 1939 and Japanese counter-1940: Patients received totalled stroke north of Huangan. has also 88.000 in 1937, 103,290 in 1938 and Night Dance. been repelled.
106.782 in 1939.
GERMANS HAD TO RETREAT
LONDON, Apr. 15
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London Kelay-The News, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 New Symphony Orchestra with "Miliza Korfus (Soprano),
Beptember.
Bir Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt was mentioned in dispatches six times In the last war. In one he was described as "one of the bravest and finest pilots we have.".
In Memoriam-Overture. (Sullivan) Besides planning and organising
Mors et
the
The bomber force has implicit
"Referees' Are Dance, Hotel Cegli.hony Orchestra cond. by Lavinęs/men know he would never send 2
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25-Army Inter-Unit Athletic Meat, Polo Ground, 2.30 p.m.
FK Eugenics League, Annual MIK, Gloucester Bldg., 8 om.
H.K, Canton and Macao Steam--New Symphony Orchestra -cond, by
dusk-to-down Sylt raid, he Dr. Malcolm Bargent with' Organ by boat Co., Ltd. Annual Meeting, 12
Herbert Dawso "Tales of Hoff-was behind the Kiel and Wi- mann" Olympia's Aria-The Doll's helmshaven raids. Presentation 26-Softball League
Song (Offenbach) Miliza Korjus (Soprano) with Orchestra. Inter-School Sports Finals), Carb VitaJudex (Gounod); Nails Waltz confidence in him because the line Hill.
(Delibes, arr. Doppler)-New Bym
Alderman
R.A.0.0. Monthly Meeting-Speak- Mrs. Lucia Marion
Bong (from crew on a mission that he himself Collingwood Shadow Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell on Foster-Welch" who has died at "Meanings of Flace Names
Dinorah-Mayerbeer-Miliza Korjus would not, uidertake, HK. Southampton, aged 76, was, in
Diocesan Old Girls Assn General Elgar)-New
(Soprano) with Orchestra My-Bong
During the last war he won the (Renter-1927. the first woman mayor of Meeting and Dinner, 7.30 p.m.
Symphony Orchestra
D8O., ̈ M.C., Croix de Chevalier cond by Bir Edward Elgaz. According to a dispatch from Southampton. As mayor she was
Cheera Club: Concert, 9 pm.
and Legion d'Honneur, Stockholm, following the fighting also admiral of the port, and so
8.30 Musical Comedy Selections. 27-REO.CA. Becial Evening.
"Horne 'and at Eidsvold, 40 miles north-east became Britain's first and only Badminton Dinner Dance, St. An-
Beauty Belection St. Andrew's Club Hockey and
Nikolaus Brodszky (Piano). "Bow of Oslo, the Germans are reported woman admiral,
drew's Hall, 730 p.m.
Bells" (Hamilton): You're Blase
Willard
Mr. Justice Lawrence was kept St. Andrew's Club, Mixed Seven-A-Break Down and Weep- Side Hockey
Walker and Peggy Cochrane (Piano waiting four hours at Hampshire King's
Duet), "Careless Rapture" Selection Assizes Winchester, because Park, 2.30 pm.
(Novello) -Geraldo & His Orchestra. 28-HK. Golf Club, Adamson Cup Final due to be completed.
K.C.O. Mixed Doubles Tenais Tournament 2.30 μm
28-8t, Patrick's Hall, Garden Road: Lecture by Rev. W. P. Mac Donagh The Faith in Europe."
30-HK. Telephone Co. Ltd, An- nual Mtg. 12 noon.
to have been forced to retreat
southwards.
The dispatch adds that over
Broadcasting House is so full of
1.000 Norwegian refugees crossed foreigners engaged for the ex-
"
the Swedish frontier during the panding foreign-language services night
of the B.B.C. that even the Press Department has been moved to Mr, I W. Mline, former Inspector another building to make room for of the Shanghai Municipal Police. the invaders. It is now proposed, arrived in Shanghal, on Sunday to put a notice outside the main last from Japan..
entrance: "English spoken here."
Tournament,
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The Charm Bchool Selection: To soldier, did not appear to answer a the Band"-Belection-Carroll bigamy charge, Finally the police Gibbons (Piano) & Als Boy Friends, drove to the man's regimental "The Gold Diggers of 1833"-Selec depot, in Somerset, and fetched tion The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra him to the court, They told the with Vocal chorus
9.03 Vocal Durts by Norah Blaney Judge: "The man's adjutant told us he could not be bothered with and Owen · Farrar.
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