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Alice Faye and Don Ameche share starring 'honours in Darryl F. Zanuck's production of “Hollywood Cavalcade," filmed in Techni colour. The 20th Century-Fox picture, coming tomorrow, to the Majesty Theatre, traces the romance of Hollywood from bathing. beauties to world premieres.
COMING EVENTS
APRIL
27-Tides: High 1.55 im, and 12.06 JM Low 5.30 pm, and 7.40 p.m.
„Sunrise: 5.54 mm.; Sunset: £48 pm. B.E.O.C.A. Grand Cabaret Dance. 8.30 p.m.
St. Andrew's Club Hockey and Badminton Dinner Dance, St. An- drew's Hall, 7.30 p.m.
St. Andrew's club, Mixed Seven-A- Side
Hockey Tournament. King's
Park, 2.30 p.m.
H.K. University: Exhibition
Paintings, 10 a. p.m.
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Mountain Lodge::- Entertainment to Girl Guides Association, § p.m.
REWO's and Sergts Mess-Whist Drive and Dance, 8.90 p.m.
Cottage Club Cavalcade 3 p.m.: 28-Ïides: High 3.85 sm. and 12.49 p.m. Low 6.04. a.m. and 843 'pam.
Sunrise: 5.53 a.m.; Sunset: 6.49 pm. HK. Golf Club, Adamson Cup Final due to be completed.
E.O.C. Mired Doubles "Tournament, 2.30 p.m.
Tennis
Military Band Concert at Peningala Hotel 9 pm.
Six-a-Side Hockey Tournament. T.M.C.A.: Dicussion Group. 2 D.m.: Speaker Mr. W. J. Ashton "The Red Triangle."
HR Chinese Clerical "Assa. Re- unior Concert at Confucius Hall, 1 p.m.
29-Tides: High 4.22 am, and 1.50 p.m. Low 6.45 3.m. and 832 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.53 a.m.; Sunset: 6.49 p.m. St. Patrick's Hall, Oarden Road: Lecture by Rey W. P. MBC- Donagh The Falth in Europe."
Cheers Club: Gala Dance. 330. p.m... Children's Playgrounds Assn. An- nual Mtg.. 6.15 p.m.
T.M.CA: War Work. I am. Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m. ·
Colony Tennis Singles Final. ·4.30 plm.
30-Tides: High 539 am, and 324 p.m. Low 8.30 a.m. and 10.50 p.m.
Sunrise: 1.52' a.m.; Sunset: 6.59 p.m. HK. Telephone Co. Ltd. An- nual Mt. 12 noon.
St. Andrew's Church Hal: Drama- tie Performance, 9.15
R.K. Agency for Netherlands In- surance Co.. Titd.. to be discontinued
St. Andrew's Women's Fellowship. Charity Mahjong Drive 3.p.m.
YMCA Contract Bridge Class. 10
4. com Badminton and Mixed Swim- Swimming Section
A.m. mine. મ Meeting. 6 p.ra.
Cheeto h: Whist Drive. 9 p.m.
F.K. Rotary Club Tima Meeting. 1.0.m-Speaker: Mr. R. P. Morris,
Army Arm Sports (Finals). Polo Ground, 2:30 ...
MAY
1-Tides: High 6.30 am, and 4.55 p.m. Low 10.50), a.m. and 11.39 'p.m.
Sunrise: 5.51 a.m.; Sunset: 8.51 p. HK. Engineering and Constr. Co.. Ltd.. Annual Meeting. St. George's Bldg.. 12 noon,
YMCA: Badminton (all day); Gramophone Recital, pm,
Colony Tennis Championships Doubles Final ..
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Cheers Club: DeLEE. 830 pm 2-Tides: High 7.01 am and 6.11 p.m. Low 12.11 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.50 a.m.; Sunset: 6.52 p.m. YM.C.A.: Ladies' Night 7.30 p.m.; Games Morning, 10 am.
·South China A.A.: Athletic Meet- ing, Caroline Hill
Cheero Club: Bridge and Mahjongg. 3-South China A.A.: Athletic Meeting. Caroline F.
HE. Y's Men's Club 8th Anniv. Dinner, Metropole Hotel. 7.30 p.m.
China Fire Inance. Co., Ltd. An- nual Mtg.. 11.20 a.m.
Union Insnce, of Canton Co., Ltd,
Annual Mtg, 11a.m.
Y.M.C.A.: Badminton and Mixed Swimming. 8 p.m.
N.TK Reception on board Nitta Maru. 4.30 p.r.
British Traders Insnce. Co. Ltd., Annual Mtg., 11.25 a.m.,
4-South China AAD Athletic Meeting, Caroline Hill
Lawn Bowls League starts. Claims against estate of Herbert Johnsen Gedge due
HK and Yaumati Ferry Co. Ltd. Annual Mig.. Jordon Rd., Ferry Pier, 11 a.m.
5-HX Softball League Exhibition Games in Macaa
Macao Races.
Indian Recreation Club Sports, 1,30 p.in:
1 p.m.
7- Rotary Club, Timin Mtg,
St. Andrew** Church: Wedding- Joyce-Woolley.
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Monthly Meeting of AK. Football Referees' Asm. and Lecture. 8 p.m.
8-Sale of Work at School for Deaf, 3.30 p.m.
10-Claims against estate of Andre Charles Eugene Brand due.
11-R.EO.C.A. Bocial.
14-Lawn Tennis League Sports. 16-Concert, by Mdme. Prancesca Denies at Peninsula Hotel
18-Claims against estates Blanche Cooke and Helen Dads 'due.
GENERAL
Library, Supreme Cour
“You will be murdered, at the same hour your father and your brother died!” Such is the threat delivered to a young girl in love, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for ald against the arch-criminal. Moriarty, in the 20th Century-Fox pictare opening on Sunday at the King's Theatre, "The Adven- tures of Sherlock Holmes." Above Basil Rathbone. Ida Lupino
and Nigel Brüce in a scene from the film.
Radio Programmes
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Variety Programme
Short Service of Inter-
phony Orchestra cond.. by Joseph Lewis. Valley of Laughter (Sander son) Bird of Love Divine (Haydn | Wood) — Mavis Bennett (Soprano) with Gerald Moore (Piano). Three Dream Dances. (Coleridge Taylor) →→ London Palladium
con- Orchestra
ducted by Cord Greenwood. Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 (Chopin) Arthur Rubinstein (Piano). Parted (Tost)) Richard Crooks (Tenor) with Orchestra. Menuett (Beetho ven)—Marek Weber and His Orches
I Love Thee (Grieg)-Richard Crooks (Tenor) with Orchestra.
8.45 London Belay-"At the Black Dog."
Mr. Wilkes at. home in his own bar-parlour,
9.15 London Belay-News Summary. 9.30 Local sport results.
9.32 A Grand Variety Programme, Plano Invitation to the Waltz
12.15 p.m. cession.
12.30 The Comedy Harmonists, Ah, Maria Mari" (Russo-D! · Capua). Heinle's Sing-Song (Kirston Rio- hartz); Woodcutter's Song (Knorr, Beccal-with Piano accompaniment. (Weber)-Benno Moiseiwitsch. Orch. 12.40 The London Palladium Or-Spanish Dance No. 1 (Moszkowsky) chestra.
-New Light Symphony Orchestra. Vocal—Somewhere A Voice Is Calling Gaiety Memories. Intro: Going
Just For (Tosti): Up: Every Little Off can teach me Seaver)-Peter
To-day (Partridge- Dawson (Bass-A something New: The last Waltz, Sever)-
tone) with Organ and Plano. Plano They didn't believe me: White City: Liebestraum No. 3-Liszt)-Arthur Brighton: The Tickle Toe: Marrubinstein. Orch-Hungarian Rhap Here in my Arms: The Guards Bri sody No. 2 (Liszt)-Philadelphia Sym- gade.
Laughed phony Orchestra cond Leopold
Selection.
The Little
Do
Stokowski. Orch-Love's Old Sweet 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wez. Song (Molloy)-Marek. Weber & His ther Report.
号 Orchesta. Vocal-When Irish Eyes
1.03 Maxine Sollivan (Vocal) and are Smiling (Ball)-Danny Malene
(Tenor) with Orchestra. Fox-Trot Nat Gonella and His Georplans.
Harbour
our Lights Casani Cnb Orches Quickstep-Oct Hot: Slow Fox-Tetra with Vocal Refrain. Two Planos -Makin' A Fool Of Myself Natin Pan Alley Medley No. 18-Intro: Gonella and His Georgians. Swing, And the angels sing: What goes up Fox-Trot-Blue Skies-Maxine Bull. van Vocal and Her Orchestra, Don't Worry 'bout me: Our love: You must come down:, What shall I Say? Ain't Cha Comin' Out? row sweeter as the years go by- Rumba Quickstep The Corrigan Hop-Net
Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye with Gopala and His Georgians, Swing
ms. Vocal-Ger- Fox-Trots-Darling Nelle Grey: The trude Lawrence Medley-Intro: Lime-
wing string bass and drums." Folks Who Live On The Hill-Maxinehouse Blues: You were meant for Sullivan (Vocal) with Orchestra. Fox me; Do. Do. De: Someone to Trots-Bring Em Back Alive: Who Stole The Tiger's Rug?-Nat Genells over me: Cup of Coffee: Wild T
Experiment Gertrude Lawrence 80- prano) with Orchestra, Fox-Trot At The Balalaika ffrom Balalaika"): Waltz-Delves Jack #viton and His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain. Vocal Flower Song (from Rainbow" on the River: Hainbow on the River from the Alm-Bobby Breen with Hawaiian Music -- I'm
and His Georgiann.
1.30 Reuter and Barby Press, Wen ther Forecast and Announcements.
1.45, Three Songs by Paul Robeson (Bass).
Shanandoah (arr. Terry); Jes' Mab Song (Strickland). "Q Down, Moses Orchestra. (Burleigh)-with Piano accomp. by Getting Sentimental Over You (Baff- Lawrence Brown.
1.55 Grieg-Lyric Suite, Op. 54, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald
2.15 Close downL
6.06 Compositions of Schubert. Andantino Varie in B Minor, Op. 84. "No. 1-Arthur Schnabel and Kad Trich Schnabel (Two Pianos),
man): Falling In Love With You (Neuman, Khan)-Andy Tona & His Continued on Pare &
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SHORT WAVE
Caffe Spring Will Come To Sylvia-Hein G.S.G rich Schlusnus (Baritone) with
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0.3.4.
Plano. Trio No. 1. in B Fist, Op. G.AH.
Cortot, Thibaud and Casals (In- G.S.D. strumental Trio). The Shepherd on
the Rock (Op. 120)-Elizabeth Schu- mann (Soprano), with Plano accomp.
DAVENTRY
Wavelength
17.796.6. (16.08.). 3.51m.6. (31.88m) 21.471.6. (3137m.) 15.18m1.4. - (19.79m.)
NEWS IN ENGLISH
by George Reeves. Rando (from Transmission I-News Bum- 'Sonata in D Major)-Joseph Sziget
of
4.00 pm
Moffat
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(Violin) with Piano accomp. by Niki- ta da Magalon.
Full Bulletin
5.00 p.m.
Trani II & III-News Sum-
TAKTY
6.45 p.m.
Full Bulletin
7.30 DEL
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STORY OF FILMS
When anyone reaches maturity, he likes to look back In the publishing fold" this has become a predominant, trend.
6.58 Closing Local Flock Quota
tton.
7.00 Excerpts from Glbert & Sul.
·livan's "The Pirates of Penzance" and "Iolanthe.”
"The Pirates of Penzance" A Hol- licking Band of Pirates We - Leo With Shemeld and Male Chorus Cat-Like Tread-Stuart Robertson & Male Chorus. Hush, Hush!-Derek Oldham, George Bater and Chorus ker Biki Softly Sighing George Baker
The Pirates of Fen- Male Chorus." Male Itzance": Now What Is This, And what Is That? George Baker, Derek Old- ham. Esle Grian, and Pull Chorus, To Gala A Brief. Advantage Leo Shefeld Peter Dawson, George
Hollywood likes to think itself mature these days, and to prove 20th Century-Fox has filmed its story in Technicolor. It's Darryl F. Zanuck's production of "Hollywood she
Baker, Elsie Griffin, Dorothy C and Cavalcade," starring Alice Faye and Pull Chorus. "Tolanthe": Triopins Доп Ameche. Coming to the Hither. Tripping Thither-Chorus of Majestic Theatre, the film looks Girls. Every BUI and Every Mesmire back over the romantic, cockeyed-Bertha Lewis and Mixed Chorus My Lord. A Sudoliant. at Your Feet years, from bathing beauties to Nellie Briarcliffe. It May Not Re world premleres.
- George Baker. Nellie Brietelide. In a great human drama of to-1 rtha Lewis and Chorus of Giriz. day-the story of Mike, who want- 7.30 London Relay-The News
8.00 Local Time Elgnal, Weather Report fad Announcements
ed to make movies, and Molly, who Wanted only to be loved by Mike but who was carried to screen 8.03 A Programme`of Light · Popa- · greatness the ali traces the riactar Classics. from gags to glamour, from Key- stone Cops and custard-pie comedy to colossal epic and talkies
Ele
Two Symphonic Rhapsodies Costes): 1. I pitch my lonely Cars ván; 2. Bird Bongs at Eventide I heart you singing Ny Light Sym-
Transmission V-News Sun
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9.15 p.m. 12.00 mid- aight
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SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.
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My Little Chickadee
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