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IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU
COMING EVENTS
APRIL
17-Tides: High (5,51 am, and 4.54 pum. Low 10.14 mm.
Sunrise: 6.03 a.m.; Sunset: 6.43 pum. HK and Shanghai Hotels, Ltd. Annual Mtg.. 12 noon.
D.B.A
Annual Sports, 11 am-4
P.M.CA: Badminton (all day). Colony Tennis Championship. Kowloon Unloa Church Bridge and Mahjong Drive. 3 p.m.; Women's Child. 10 am.
Fall:
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OPJ. Govt House, a.m-1 pm.
St. Andrew's Working Party (Medi- cil), 10 am.
St. Andrew's Church Hall: Russian Concert of Sacred Music, 9 p.in.
Cheero Club: Dance, 8.30 p.m. Chinese Y.W.C.A.: Informal Talk on "Laws of War" by Dr. Lin Wo-chiang, 7.15 p.m.
S. and S. Home: House Committee, 5.30 p.zn.
Garrison Sergts. Mess. Weekly Whist Drive, B. p.m.
18-Tides: High 6.39 am and 6.06 p.m. Low 12.13 am and 1201 p.m.
Sunrise: 6,02 aɔn,; Sunset; 6.43 p.m. Vagabond Rotarians Cafe de China, 1 p.m.
Legislative Council Meeting. 1.30
DEL
TMCA: Games Morning, 10 a.012 Colony Tennis Championship.
Ladies' Working Party (8.W.0.F.), Govt. House, 9 nm.-I p.m.
Ladies' Bible Study, 316 Nathan Road. 10.30 am,
GENERAL
Library, Supreme Court
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940. —PAGE ›
KING'S
TO-DAY ONLY
'A DEAD WOMAN
IN HIS CARI
At 2.30, 3.30, 7.15 & 9.30 p.m.
'HE OUGHT TO
BE LYNCHED!
Left to right, above, are Lt-Col E I. R. Mitchell, O.BE., H.K. V.D.C. Hon. Mr. T. H. King (Commissioner of Police), Mr. R. H. E. Marks, A.S.P., and Mr. O.. Eager, D.S.P. (R), at the Squad Drill competition of the Hongkong Police Reserve held at Police Head- quarters on Friday. The Emergency Unit won the trophy pre- sented by Mr. Eager.
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
Chess Championship Continued.
St. Andrew's Womer's Fellowship.
2.30 p.
St. Andrew's Vicarage: Winter Food Relief Committee, 6 p.m.
Z
On Wavelengths of 355
Entries close for HK Hockey Assti. Six-a-Side Tourney.
B
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metres (845 ) 31.49
metr (9.52 magzeycles).
Cathedral Women's Fellowship: Address by Prof. Forster on "The Situation in Europe." 3.30 p.m.
Cheero Club:
Billarda
Darts, Table-Tennis,
St. Andrew's 'Club; "Snap" Debate,
9 p.m.
HR. Y's Men's Club, Tin Mig.. St. Franels Hotel. 1 p.m.
Vagabond Rotarians Cafe de Chine. 1 p.m.
SIR NEVILLE HENDERSON ON NAZI HULE Beethoven Quartet
12.15 pm. Short Service of Inter- 'cession. 12.30
Mozart-Symphony No. 38 in Major ("Linz").
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the London "Philharmonic Orch,'".
Local Time Signal and Wen- 100 ther Report.
19-Tides: High 7.15 am and 1.19 p.m Low 12.5" a.m, and 1.06 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.01 a.m.; Sunset: 6.45 p.m. Tung Ah · Knitting Co., Ltd. Annual Mtg. 892. Shal Street. 3 p.m. St. George's Day. Gala Show, King's Theatre. 9.30 p.m. ".
Club
1.03 Cabaret Y.M.C.A. Hockey Dance. Peninsula Hotel. 9 p.m.: Bad- minton and Mixed Swimming from
6 p.
chantment (Losser-Hollander) — Pell Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders with Vocal Refrain.
8.30
London Relay."What I saw of Nazi Rule in Germany.”
Speech by Sir Neville Henderson at one of Foyle's Literary Luncheons.
0,00 Concert Waltzes. April Smiles (Dépret); Spring Waitz "Lincke)--Vienna Boheme-Or- chestra. "Eva" Waltzes (from the Operette "Eva" — Lehar)¦ Carmen Sylva - Waltz (Ivanovicl) --- Interna- tional Concert Orchestra.
9.15 London Relay-News Summary, 9.30 Studio-Talk on "The Chinese Past Office."
9.45 Coleridge: Taylor Suite.
New Symphony Orchestra cond by Dr. Malcolm Sargent.
"Otello"
10.00 Flute Solos by Marcel Moyse. Madrigal (Gaubèrt). Dance Music.
Scherzettino (Taftanel): Polonaise and Badinerie Fox-Trots Tutti-Frutti; Look-A-(from Suite No. 2 in B Minor"— There-Slim and Slam. Rumba-An- Bach)-with Plano accompaniment tigua Blues-Barbary Coast Blues- Joe Daniels and His Hot Shots in
10.10 The Kentucky Minstrels, "Drukenasticka." Quickstep Land In Love, Could I Only Tell Thee (Bing- Sight! Fox-Trot-Wanting You-Bally ham-Capell Whisper and I Shall Bartholemew and His Dance Orches Hear (Piccolomini) conducted by tra. Tangos Arroyito; Chagrin Lealle Woodgate with Herbert Daw. D'Amour A. J. Pesenti and His Tan- son at the Organ. Soloist: John 20 Tides: High 4.50 am and 8.20 go Orchestra. Waltz-Colorado Sun- Duncan. p.m. Low 1.38 am and 2 pm.
set (from the Alm)Hilo Hawaiian 10.20 Beethoven-Quartet in E Flat Orchestra.
Major, Op. 127.
Cathedral Women's Fellowship. Jumble Salc. Cathedral Hall, 3 p.m.
Indian School Sports. IR.C. Colony Tennis Championship. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.): Govt: House. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Sunrise: 6 a.m.; Sunset: 645 p.m. R.E.O.C.A. Supper Dance. Peninsula Hotel.
St. Andrew's Club, Hockey & Bad- minton Dinner. Church Hall, 7.30 p.m.
FLK. Jockey Club's Fourth Extra Race Meeting. 2.30 p.m.
Chinese-Australian ASET. Supper Dance, HK, Hotel, 8.30 p.m.
YM.C.A.: Hockey Grand
3 p.m. Supreme Court: Criminal Sessions." 10 8.0.
King's Park,
Finals,
"Barrel of Fun" at China Fleet Club Theatre, 0.15 p.m.
Chinese Play at Taiping Theatre in ald of E.W.O.F.
21-Tides: High 8.30 am, and 9.18 p.m. Low 2:15 am. and 2.50 p.m.
Suprise: 6 am: Sunset: 6.46.p.m. H.K Golf Club: Semi-finals of Adamson Cup due to be completed.
Football League: Champlons v Rest. Military Band Concert at Peninsula Hotel. o.m.-11 p.m.
22-Tides: High 908 am and 10.12 p.m. Low 2.48 am, and 3.36 p.
Sunrise: 5.59 a.m.; Sunset: 6.47 p.m. Union Waterboat Co., Ltd Annual Meeting. 1 am.
St. Patrick's Hall, Garden Road: Lecture by Rev. W. P. MacDonagh "The Middle Ages." 5.30 p.m.
frown Land Sale. F.W.D. 3 p.m. St. Andrew's Church Hall. "Movie Shots of England and America," 9.15 p.m. (for Members and friends of St. Andrew's Club).
Entries close for HK. Tennis Lea- gue.
3-Army Inter-Unit Athletic Meet, Polo Ground, 2.30 p.m.
Inter-School Sports 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.
1.30 Beuter & Bagby Fresa, Wei- ther Forecast and Announcements.
Busch Quartet. 11.00 Close down.
1.45 Variety with Bobby Breen, Connie Boswell, "Hutch" & Others.
Vocal- Met My Waterloo-Fox- Trot: On The Beach at Bali-Ball- Fox-Trot Connie Boswell with Bob Crosby and
His Orch.
Plano-Wish- ing (Him Love Affair': Don't Warry Calls
Bout Me (from Cotton Club Parade") G.S.G
SHORT WAVE
DAVENTRY
Wavelength 17,796.0. (14B6x2.}
9.51m.c. (31.55m.)
2147m.. (~1,97231.)
15.18m.a. (18.79m)
Arthur Sandford. Yodler-Sitting G.S.B. In A Jail House (Torrani); Dan. G.S.EL Dan, The Yodelling. Man (Torrani) — 0.9.0. Harry Torrani accompanying himself with Guitar. Vocal Flower Song (film 'Rainbow on the River): Rain Transmission I-News Sum- bow on the River (from the film)-
mary
NEWS IN ENGLISH
Bobby Breen. Vocal and Piano-You Pull Bulletin
Trans." II & III-News Sum-
and the Night and the Music (Revue "Stop Press'); Blue Moon Hart- Rod-
gers-Lesila Hutchinson.
at
2.15 Close down.
6.00
Compositions of Brahms. Hungarian Dance No. 1 Grisha Golubo (Violin) with Ivor Newton
the Plano Little Sandman- Comedy Karmonists (Vocal) with Piano. Waltzes-Nos. 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15 and 18 (Op. 39)
39) Anatole Kitain (Piano). Sonata in E Flat Major for Clarinet and Plane, Op. 120, No. 2--- Frederick Thurston (Clarinet) and Myers Foggin at the Piano. Hun garian Dance No. 8 in B Flat Major- Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) with Plane accomp. by. Marcel Gazelle.
.6.40 Closing Local Stock Quota. Lions.
6.42 Ballads by Derek Oldham (Tenor) and Movis
Bennett (80- prano).
Pretty Mocking Bird (Bishop): Down Vauxhall Way (Oliver)-Mávis Bennett (Soprano) with. Piano ac comp. by Gerald Moore. Derek Old- ham Medley Intro: Sentry Bong: Love in my heart awaking: New Ter-Moon; Berenade; Song of the Vaga-:
bands: Ah, must I leave thee; A wand'ring Minstrel I; Rose-Marie- Derek Oldham (Tenor) with Orches tra
Opening of New Building of HK. Red Swastika Society, Eastern race. Causeway Bay, 3 p.m.
24-Army Inter-Unit Athletic Meet, Polo Ground, 9.30 am.
St. Paul's Girls' College Anniver- sary Celebrations. 5 p.m.
Macao Electric Lighting Co, Ltd. Annual Mtg. Lowe, Bingham and Matthews,-11.30 am
25-Army Inter-Unit Athletic Meet. Polo Ground, 2.30 pm.
In the very next house to you: Or perhaps a block away, there In the Colony of Hongkong in-always hoped would lick the world. is a Ikeable chap that you have cluding the Island. Kowloon New Territories during the week Somehow he doesn't quite make ending at 8
the grade, Probably he needs to a.m. от Saturday. April 13, 1940, there were
be shaken up and ignited by a alto-
sensational experience. gether 79 traffic accidents as the result of which 3 persons were
Just such an experience comes killed and 24 persons were injured, to Mac, Wilson, the hero of "It
Of persons killed.
Could Happen to You," the 20th Chinese 1 male. age 25, and
Century-Fox production. Chinese
which female, age 58, were knocked down opens today at the King's Thea- and killed by a tramcar and a bus tre. A little slow on the trigger, respectively while crossing thet very lovable and ambitious, boat Co., Ltd., Annual Meeting. 12 carriegeway.
Mac returns from a party at 4 noon. A.M. only to have his wife dis- 26-Softball League Presentation cover a few hours later that there Night Dance. is a murdered woman in the 'back of the car. From that point on- ward thrilling suspense alternates
В
A Chinese female, age 33. dled from injuries received wheat- tempting to board a tramcar while in motion.
save
Of persons injured, 22 were with stirring laughter as the wife pedestrians who were stuck by attempts to track down the real vehicles while crossing the car killer to
her husband in Tiageway. A bicycle rider was danger of his life, injured as the result of a colli- sion between vehicles,
Richard Walburn, Douglas Fow- ley. Jnue Gale and Clarence Kolb was injured are the other featured players in on failing off a moving lorry. Of the cast. Alfred Werker directed
A lorry passenger
79 accidents, 31 were collisions the picture." between vehicles; 30 were "colli- sions between veh'eles and pedes- trians; 18 accidents were due to Other causes.
Dr. Frank Partridge, Bishop of
Dublin's entire fire brigade of four officers fought and subdued Areat public-house Chatham-street. A Civic Guard had already rescued two children.
a
а
in
"Portsmouth, who underwent a The rest of the fire brigade of
second serious operation, is re- Dublin (pop. 476,700) ported to be critically m
strike.
were on
H.K. Eugenics League, Annual Mtg Gloucester Bldg., 65m
H.E.. Canton and Macao Steam-
Inter-School Sports (Pinala), Caro- line Hill.
Referees' Assn. Dance, Hotel Cecil. B.A.O.C. Monthly Meeting-Epeak- er: Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell on "Meanings of Place Names La HK Meeting and Dinner, 7.30 pm.
Diocesan Old Girls Assn: General Cheero Club: Concert, 9 p 27—RE.0.0.A. Social Evening, St. Andrew's Club Hockey
and drew's Hall, 7.30 p.m... Badminton Dinner Dance, Bt. An-
St. Andrew's Club, Mixed Beven-A- Bide Hockey Tournament, King's Park. 230 pm.
28-HK. Gaf Club, Adamsen Cup Final due to be completed
K.C.C. Mixed Doubles Tournament: 2.30 p.m.
29-St. Patrick's
7.00 Light Orchestral.
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4.00 p.m. 6.00.p.m.
6.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
9.15 p.m.
12.00 mid-
7.30 am. 8.30 am
SHORT TALKS
FROM B.B.C.
(All Hongkong Time) MondaysBackground
to the News Tuesdays Background
to the News
night
11.00 p.m.
8.15 8. 11.00 p.m.
ID England Now Cards on the Table 8.00 p.m. Wednesdays In Eng-
land Now
of
********* 6.45 2.17. Cards on the Table 8.15 am. Matters of Moment 11.00 p.m. Thursday--Matters
Moment
6.48 2.2. Background to the
11.00 p.m.
News News Fridays In England
Now
Saturdays in England
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London Log London Log Bundays--London Loz
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11.00 p
8.45 a.m. 3.20.p.m. 16.15 p.m.
6.45 0.2
NO GROUPS DR. ALLOWED
Tangoland-Intro: You could never __be_true:_O_Cara Mia: Plegaria; Good- night Vienna-Geraldo & His Sweet Music with Vocal Chorus. Knights- bridge March (Eric Coates): Down the Mall (Belton)-Philip Green and His Orchestra. Dicky Bird Hop (Gourley): The Clock
LUXEMBOURG, APHÍ 16 (Reu- Is Playing (Blauw)-New Mayfair Novelty Orter)-A Police regulation is issued chestra. Stephanie Gavotte (Czbul-
three borbidding groups of over ka); The Way To The Heart--Gavot- te (Paul Lincke)-Willy Steiner and people in the streets after night- His Balon Orchestra, Tristesse (Cho- fall. pin): Eife Is Nothing Without Music (Hartley)--Albert Sandler and His Orchestra.
7.30 London Relay The News, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements
Any meetings in private piaces, in which
foreigners principally participate, must be notified to the Police beforehand.
The civil guards recently estab
8,08 Latest Fariety and Dance fished at Luxembourg and Esch Music.
now help to guard- public, build- Fox-Trot - The Only One who's Ings and streets during the night. Dificult Is You (film Band Wagon') Jack Hylton & His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain by Dolly Bate & Sam Browne, Vocal with Orch-I'm Send- ing A Letter to Santa Claus; I'll Re- A verdict of natural death was member
(Connelly-Rich) Arthur recorded at an inquest held yes Askey with Jack Hylton and Some of terday into the Els Boys. Fox-Trots Where or When
circumstances
NATURAL CAUSES
Tennis (from Babes in Arms'); Good Morn
Osurrounding the death of a pri-
Hall, Garden
Bruce Trent.
ing-Jack Hylton and His Orchestra suner Lin Kim, aged 21. with Vocal Refrain by Dolly Elsie & Lin, who had been serving for
Orch Road: Lecture by Rev. W. P. Mae Most Gentlemen Don't Like Lenine months and five weeks in Donagh "Tie Faith in Europe."
30-HK. Telephone Co., Ltd. an- nual Mtg.. 12 noon.
HK Agency for Netherlands In- surance Co. Ltd, to be discontinued.
March
Vocal with
(Cole Porter): My Heart Belongs To the Stanley gaol, died on Daddy (Cole Porter)-Pat Kirkwood 28. with Jack Hylton and Some of His Mr. E, G, Sheldon sa: as Cozo- Boys Hawellan Orch. We'll Meet Again (Parker-Charles); Strange En-])
ner.
DO THEY
{MEAN ME? "IT COULD HAPPEN
TO YOU"
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