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COMING EVENTS
AUGUST
2--Tides: High 7.15 am and 8.12 p.m. Low 12.30 am, and 2.41 pm
Sunrise: 3.35' am; Sunset: 7.03 p.m. Crown Land Sale, D.O. South, 11
8.m.
Sale of Race Ponies at Jockey Club Paddock. 5.30 p.m.
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
Years!
Volunteer Nursing Detachment, Lec- bure on First Aid, St. John's Cathe
deal Hall, 5.30 p
Z
A GUARANTEED GLOOM CHASER
Kowloon Union Church, Club Meet- ing, p.m.
B
VIVAI VIVAI TOO GOOD TO BELIEVAL
Cheer Club Darts And Table Tennis
W
On Wavelengths of 358 metres (843 k.) 31.69
metres (8.52 megacycles).`
Ladies' Working Party (EW.O.F.), Govt. House, 9 am-12 noon.
ADDED!
SI, SI, Somers.. she's a sou-
see Samertta.: She sides.
abe sciešilafon.. Ya'll want to mosť kar, prouto!
UPE VELEZ MEXICAN SPITFIRE
with LEON ERROL NO
DONALD WOODS ADIO
Pichita
"A FAMILY OF NATIONS. "'" A Documentary Film of the Rise and
CHARLES LAUGHTON
Progress of the British Empire!
A GREAT TIMELY SUBJECT.
SUNDAY
in
THE BEACHCOMBER
STAR THEATRE
HANKOW PO KOWLOON DAILY AT 2:30:5-20-720-920 TEL 57795
том
TO-DAY ONLY
JACKIE
FREDDIE
COOPER-BARTHOLOMEW
2 BRIGHT BOYS
NEW
UNIVERSAL PICTURE
UNWERTAL
MORROW 3 SMART GIRLS"
& SHOWS
DAILY
2.30 -5.20 720-9.30
MAJESTIC
THEATRE
NATHAN ROAD
3-Tides: High 808 4m. vand 9.48! n.m. Low L4I 3.m, and 3.30 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.56 a.m.; Sunset: 7.03 p.m. H.K. Evacuees due to leave for Australia.
7.04
A Welsh Programune, The Holly (Weish Folk Song): Ploughing Song (Welsh Folk Song) Malltraeth Dyke (Welsh Folk Song) Wilt thou have a Lad like Me (Weish (Soprano) Folk Song)-Mable Parry in Welsh, David of the White Rock (Trad); The
of Llangollen Vale (Trad); The Stars in Heaven Bright
(Trad); She Must Be Milne (Trad)Ben Morgan (Tenor) with Piano, In Welsh: The Frailty of Life LONDON "WORLD AFFAIRS"
(Nantgin); The Blacksmith's Song BY WICKRAM STEED
(Hiralthog)-William Edwards (Tenor)
Land of My with Harp accomp Classical Bequests
of Fathers; The March of the Men Short Service of Inter- Harlech-Rhondda Welsh Gleë Bing-
ers with Plano M Welst.
7.30
12.15 p.m. cession. Volunteer Nursing Detachment,
12.30 anti-Gas Instruction, Headquarters, 3Landacer.
p.m.
4-Tides; High 8.58 am, and 10.32 3.m. Low 231 am, and 406, p.m.
Sunrise: 5.56 am.; Sunset: 1.03 p.m. Y.M.C.A.: Discussion Group. 9 p.m. Chẳng Sing Benevolent Society, Swimming Gala, 8 p.m.
Baseball League. 5-Tides: High 9.49 a.m. and 11.01 pun. Low 3.19 aim, and 4.46 pm.
Sunrise: 5.58 am Sunset: 7.02 p. Bank Holiday. G-Tides: High 10.40 am and 11.40 p.m. Low 4.08 am, and 821 pm,
Sonrise: 5.57 am; Sunset: 7,81 p.m. Annual Meeting of HERA, Hong- kong Hotel, 5.30 p.m.
I
12.44 Maurice Winnick and His Orchestra.
The
1.
Plano Duets by Rawicz - and
London Relay-The New 9.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Fledermaus-Fantasy (Strauss-a. Report and Announcements. ·· Rawicz and Landauer) Gipay Baron
3.03 A Variety Programme. -Fantasy Strauss-Arr. Rawicz and Landauer). Roses in December (fim
Vocal-It's Swell of You (fina Wake Life of the Party'); Rosalie (from Up" and Live'); Never In A Million Year (film Wake Up and Live') - the flim).
Alice
Faye with Orchestra. Humorous Sketch Sandy Plays in the Test. Match (Thomson)-Sandy Powell and Great Company.
Vocal Daddy Wouldn't Colleen Selection: Zlegfeld-Selection. Fox-Trots-Bome Buy Me A Bow-Bow (Tabrar). Other Time;
On Treasure Kiand Anale. Rooney (Nolan)-The Mo Quickstep Goosey Goosey.
Quintette) with Piazo. Comediennes -in The Parlour When The Com- 100 Local Time Signal and Wes-
pany's Gone (Western); Park Your ther Report
Albert Sandler and His or-self. Close to Me (Flynn-Butler)--Elsie and Doris Waters with Flano Vocal chestra and Charles Kullman
The land of Maul Hula (Johnson (Tenor).
and Noble); Rhythm of the Waves Prelude Haydn Wood): For Love (Stewart and Others)-Tony Martin of You from the nim)-Albert Sand-with Mannie Klein and His Swing-a- The World Is Hulas. VocalThere's A Lub In My Lower and His Orchestra.
Mine Tonight (Marvel and Fosford) Life (film Wake Up and Live"): Wake Sunrise: 5.57 a.m.; Sousel: 7.01 pm-Charles Kullman (Tenor) with Or-Up and Live (from the film)
Humorous It Song
Orchestra. of the Nightingale Faye with Claims against estate of George
(Hudson and Allbout); The Second You Pretend You're Blue (Handies & Nechaeff due.
Serenade (Jonny Heykens) Albert Others: Scientifically, of course! Sandler and His Orchestra Come (Handley & Others)-Murgatroyd and Back To Sorrento (De Curtis): Sere- Winterbottom with Plano, Plano -
'(Lemare and nade Favini's Serenade) - Charles Sweet and Lovely Kullman
with (Tenor)
Orchestra. Others); Many Happy Returns of the Gipsy Moon (Borganoff): Bird Songs Day, Intro: Twilight Waltz-Rale da at Eventide (Eric Coates) Abert Costa Comedians-Whoops We Go
Again (Harvey); We Like Miza (Har Sandler and His Orchestra.
HK Rotary Club Tiin Meeting, HK Hotel, 1 p
Crown Land Sale,, P.W.D. 3 p. 7-Tides: High 1129 2.00. |4.39 am, and 6 pm.
RIDES
DESTRY
AGAIN
Marlene Dietrich, who has created dozens of women's fashions, Intro- duces "diamond dust” as her latest contribution to feminine allure in Universal's "Destry Rides Again," now at the King's Theatre.
Although Miss Dietrich's role as a. dance-hall entertainer is a com- plete departure from her recent screen appearances, the blonde star retains all her far-famed glamour and even adds a new glamourizing substance in the form of a hair de coration called diamond dust.
1,03
chestra.
1.30 Rester and Rugby Press, Weaver) and Bob Harvey with Or- ther Forecast and Announcementa.
145 Selections from Gülbert Sullivan's "The Mikado."
TO
and
chestra
2.00 London Relay The News, 930 London Relay--"World Affairs.” By Wickham Steed.
of the Volga
Tone-
(Sibelius)-Leopold
So Please You Sir Elsle Grin Aileen Davies, Bertha Elburg Leo
9.45 A Request Classical Programme, Sheffield and Chorus Were You Not
Overture "William Tell" (Rossini)- Ko-Ko Plighted-Elsie Grumin and Derek Oldhant- Am So Proud-Leo Boston Promenade Orchestra cond. by Sheffield, Henry, A. Lytton & George Arthur Fiedler. Prologue (Pagliacci' (Bar)- Baker. The Sun, Whose Rays Are Leoncavallo)-Dennis Noble
Brightly tone with Badler's Wells Orchestra, All Ablaze - Este Griffin
Op
17 (Wieniawski) Dawns the Wedding Day Eiste Legende, Grifan. Denis Hemingway, Derek Old Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) and Orches ham and George Baker. Here's A tre Des Concerts Colonne cond by
BODE How-De-Do-Elsie Griffin, Derek Old-Georges Enesco.
(Koenemann) MI-Ya-Boatmen
Theodore ham and Henry A. Lytton. Sa-Ma Bertha Lewis, Darrel Fan Chalispine (Bass) with Orch. Hal Mohr. Veterip cameraman court and Chorus, The Criminal Foem "Finlandia" who photographed "Destry Rides Cried-Alleen Davies, Henry A. Lyt- Stokowski and the Philadelphia Or- chestra. See here, thy lowret ('Car- Again," discovered the substance, con, Les Sheffield and Chorus. KOWLOON
men'
Gigli -Bizet) Beniamino and Miss Dietrich is the first star 2.15 Close down
(Tenor) with Orchestra. Nocturne in 6.00 Latest Dance Music.
Minor, Op. 15, No. 3 (Chopin): Noc- Fox-Tro My Capri Serenade turne in F Sharp Major, Op. 15, No.
Quick-12 Ambrose and His Orchestra
Rubinstein (Chopin) Arthur name for (Plano).
"Marta step-Dancing is another
Like a Dream love (alm 'Come out and play) Fotow)--Jussi Bjorling (Tenor) with Mantovani & His Music for Dancing. Orchestra Concerto in E Minor, Op. Fox-Trots Let the Curtain Come 64 (Mendelssohn); 2nd and 3rd Move- Down; Rainbow Valley Jack Payne ments only Fritz Kreister (Violin) and His Band Waltz-As Round and and The State Opera Orchestra, Con- Round We Go from 'Haw-Haw'); certo for Trumpet and Orchestra Fox-Trot The Gancho Serenade (Haydn)-George Eskdale (Trumpet? Swing and
with Bammy Kaye. and Symphony Orchestra.
11.00 Close down.
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(MATINEES. 20-30 EVENINGS: 20-30-50c70) TODAY AND TOMORROW
The Gayest and Most Delightfully Different Comedy Of The Season!
DELIGHTFULLY DIFFERENT COMEDY!
Amazingly amusing
MELVYN
DOUGLAS BLONDELL
JOAN
The AMAZING MR. WILLIAMS
A COLUMBIA PICTURE
Directed by ALEXANDER HALL" Associate Proveer EVERITT RISKIN
COMMENCING SUNDAY
The Most Beloved Crook In All Fiction!
SAMUEL GOLDWYN
presenta
RAFFLES
DAVID NIVEN DUVIA de HAVILLAND
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QUEEN VISITS
FRENCH WOUNDED
to wear it on the screen.
She wears ostrich plumes in her new picture in scenes with James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Win- ninger, Brian Donlevy and other members of the cast,
At the War Memorial Hospital, Sin on July 31, a son was born to Joan Comedy Fox-Trot-Me and the Moke (nee Fryer-Smith), wife of Mr. and Liza: Quickstep Walkin' Thru Lane Jack Payne and Mockin' Bird Fhilip E Witham, Tea Adviser to Mod
Fils Band. Instrumental Fox-Trota the Chinese Government.
The Sphinx: Flea on a Spree Teddy Fowell and His Orchestra. Slow Fox-
Oc-1
Trot-Indian Fox-Trot-Ob,
There's
Boy Coming
Mamina, Mila
and The Savoy Solution No. 676
Tangos Mala
biala Jun- Calle Hotel Orchestra" ta: La Tablada-Bernardo Alemany "& ACROSS: 4, Giggled; B,
Coming Home O tazon; 9, Upstart; 13, Magnet; 17, Argentine Orchestra Quickstep Idea; 18, Union; 19 Eton; 20, Leave: POR-TO- Az in Arm
and Tis Grosvenor Keen; 21, Eyesore: 22. Writ: 23, Sydney Lipton Rust 24, Evoke: 25. Sole: 27. Start The Day
House Dance Orchestra.
Right (from
om Haw. Radish: 31. Cringes. 34. Awakens: Start Pox-tot-Parade of the 14t 135,.. Treated.
tle White Mico-Guy Lombardo and DOWN: 1, Form; 2, Stag; His Royal Canadians Blow Fox-Trota Ague;"4, Gna; 5, Gas; 6, Lead; 7-I'm Praying Tonight for the
Folks at Kome No Souvenirs Geral-
Waltz -
Dots: 10. Prisoner: 11. Tinkered: do and His Savoy Hotel Orchestra. 12, Releases, 14. Anterior: 15.
7.02 Closing Local Stock Quota Nineteen: 16. Tuberose; 25, Scut; tion 26. Line 23, Ajar: 29, Ices; 30. Hush: 32, Get: 33, Sad -
CROSSWORD
NO. 671
ACROSS
1 Earth
4. O.T. book
8 Instil
9 Sorrow
10 Spoon
11 Shuts: up"
FREE CABLES TO 13 Cereal
15 Postpones
U.S. EVACUEES 17 Fish
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LONDON, Aug. 1
LONDON, Aug.
(Reuter) 20 This month (Reater) - Her Majesty the Queen spent two Arrangements for free. cables be-22 Terse hours yesterday visiting wounded tween parents in the United King- 24 Retinue. French soldiers, sailors and aire (dom and their children evacuated 28 Girl's name: men convalescing in the London overseas under the Government 27 Violent area, French soldiers in British ccheme have now been completed. battle dress and steel helmets The cost is to be borne by 28 Written formed a guard of honour. The Messrs. Cable and Wireless, Ltd., 29 Peevish Queen spoke to a number of and details of this generous gift wili shortly be communicated to parents.
wounded men.
The death occurred in Honolulu,
on July 28, of Mrs. Cheuk. Tont- The death occurred in Ko
briel tse mother of the late Tse Tsok-Japan, on July 22, after a "kal-and of Tsel Tsok-sun, and Tarliness, of Mr. Luiz Gonzaza "Tsók-chov.
Britto, aged 53.
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behaviour
呼ば
7 Examines
5
Power
6 22 across
DOWN
saying.
1 Revolved
2
Fleet
3. Branch Di
trude
4 Acid
12 Cape
14 Goddess
18 From the
flax plant
SOLUTION TOMORROW
18" Try 19 'Convent 21 Ap-
proached 22. 8. Ameri-
can land 23 · Bluggish
Orientals
SHORT WAVE
DAVENTRY
Wavelength
17.79.6. (19.96m.):
1.5ime
(31,582) 2147m20. (31.57m.)
G.3.0 G.8.B.
0.8.0.
NEWS Transmission
16.15m
EN ENGLISE
News Suin.
(3102)
"mary
Pall Bulletin
4.00 pm.
5.00 pm
6.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
Trans. II & III~News Sum-
mary
Pull Bulletin
||
do.
-do.
Transmission V-News. Sızın-
mary
Full Bulletin
JULY
9.15 pm.
1200 mid-
might
7.30 a.m.
1.30 am.
WAR EFFORT OF NETHERLANDS
First Issue Of Dutch "Weekly In London
LONDON, Aug. 1(Reuter). — Mr. Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister, writing in the first copy of the Vyl Nederland, a Dutch weekly newspaper which will ap pear in London August 2 says:
DI
"The brutal invasion of Hal- ‚land... aroused in very Nether- the lander, worthy of the name, Arm determination not to subml to the aggressor and fght with Britain and her, Allies until the independence of Holland has been fully restored.
"In the common struggle, Dutch soldiers, airmen, merchant Bea.. men and civilians all over the world are playing a worthy and Indeed, a noble party
"This newspaper will, I am sure, contribute much to the war effort of the Netherlands."
Supreme
FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1940. —PAGE 3
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THIS TELLING SCRAPPING
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MARLENE
HERSHEY GO TO JIMMY STEWART!'
JAMES
DIETRICH STEWART
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