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WED: ESKIMO”
TAIPO TUNNEL
LANDSLIDE
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COLONY HEALTH
RETURNS
"Thirty-seven cases 01 tuber- culosis, pine of dysentery, eight of enteric fever, two of diphtheria
Digging Operations and one each of measles, cerebro-
Still Under Way
to
spinal lever
and typhus fever were notified to the local Health authorities on Friday.
EASTERN PORTS
"The landslide disaster near the Taipo Tunnel last Monday, when
buried
The health buletin of Eastern passengers were
alive. caused the Kowloon Railwayports for the week ending Aug. 3 Company to use buses carrys as follow:
Cholera-Allahabad and
two travellers between Kowloon
cases, Calcutta 25, Karachi five, Viza La Wu
patam three, Shanghai 42.
Small-pox-Cochin 103 cases, Bangkok 11, Calcutta 10, Bombay 18. Madras 5, Masulipatam 2. Port Suzani, Delhi, Rangoon and Tel- Only four victims were recover-licherry one each, ed from the landslide. Among them were three men and one woman,
Railroad passengers from Kow- loon have to get off from the train at Lokloha and buses will take them to Taipo,
Another landslide
occurred
The Governor in. Council has at amended heading 36 in the Sche- the Talpo Market where eight dule to the Stamp Ordinance. persons were entombed,
COMING EVENTS
AUGUST
12-Tides: High 4,04 a.m. and 5.35 p.m. Low 11.39 mm and 142 pun..
Sunrise: 4.59 am; Sunset: 8.57 p.m. HK and Shanghal Bank Interim Dividend payable.
Crown Land Sale, P.WD., 3. p.m. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.Q.F.), Govt. House, 9 am-12 noon.
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
.
Kowloon Union Church Club Meet- ing. 8 p..
z
B
W
Ön Wavelengths of 35%
matre (645) kƯ3) FLAS
metros (9.53 megayelas).
13-Tides: High 5.08 am, and 729 Ty Bu Low 12.49 pm, and 11.81 par.
p.
Sunrise: 5.59 a.m.; Sunset: 6.57 p.m. KK. Rotary Club Timin Meeting, 1
Belcha May Institute: Lecture on [Chinese Industrial Co-operatives by
Mr, Rewi Alley 9 p.m.
Crown Lands Sale, D. O. South, 11.30a.m.
Kowloon Chers Club, Peninsula Hotel, 8.30 pm
H.K. Union Church, 7.30 p.m. St. Andrew's Church: War-Time Intercession Bervice. 6 p.m."
9. & S. Home: Prayer and Fellow ship Meeting, 3:30 ̈p.m.
Cheero Club: Whist Drive. 8.30 p.m. Urban Council, Mecting, 4.18 pm. 14-Tides: High 611 am and 29 p.m. Low 139, p.m.,
Sunrise: 5.59 mm; Sunsel: 6.56 p.m. H.K. Tramways Ltd, Interim Divi- dend payable.
"BAND WAGGON" AND OTHER
VARIETY
PROGRAMMES
• "Aida" Act IV
tra
Lucienne Boyer (Vocal) with Orches-
Lia
(film Vie Qui Va
*Je Chenle"):Ah Dis., Ah Dis, Ah Bon- Joules (Alm* Je Chante")-ChaTION Trodet (Vocal) with Orchestra: Sous Les Beca De Gis-Java (Revue *Feerle de Paris) -- L'Accordeoniste Alexander et Son Orchestre.
730 London Relay-The-News. 8.00 "Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements,
8.03 Verdi's "Aida" Act IV Characters and Soloists in order of appearance: Amneris, Pharoah's Capuana (MC220- Soprano); Rhadames, a young war 12.30 Dance Muste by Boy Fox lor-Arnoldo Lind (Tenor); Ramfis,
High Priest-Tancredi Pasero (Bass) and His Orchestra.
Alda → Arangi-Lombardi (Soprano) Fox-Trots-Yours" and Mine (im with Full Choris of La Beala, Milan, Now
The Singing Marine') and Orchestra. Broadway Melody of 1938); I Know Slow Fox-Trots-I Won't Tell A Soul: Two Shadows (alm same). Fox-Trots Industrial The Moon Got In My Eyes (ala Alley.
8.56 The Philadelphia Symphony Double or Nothing: It's the Natural Thing
Dơ (film "Double or Orchestra.“ Nothing'), Waltz-Seal
it with & The Damnation of Faust-Rakicay Kiss (film That Girl from Paris') March (Berlios, Op. 24): Samson and Fox-Tro-The Night Is Young, and Delilah-Bacchanale (Saint-Saens,. You're 30 Beautiful. Fox-Trot
5.00 London, Relay-The News and Love
Topical Talks.
12.1 p.m. Short Service of Inter-daughter-Maria cession.
to
and
Cheers Club-Gala Dance, 8.30 p.m. ́*
Sweet Someone H.K.F.A. Monthly Meeting. 6:30 pm.isses) 15-Tides: High 7.10 am, and 8.09 Iam Low 1211 am and 2.19 p.m. 1.00 Local Time Signal, and Wea-
Sunrise: 6 a.m.; Sunset; 8.55 p.m. Chung Shing Benevolent Society Swimming Gala.
[
ther Report
840 Studio-Talk on The Chinese Co-operatives by Hew!
9.45. "Band Waggon." Arthur
Askey, Richard Murdoch 183 Compositions of Tohaikowsky and Company (recorded at an actual
broadcast of the B.B.C.). 1812 Overture The Philharmonic,
10.07 Milltary Band Musia, 'H.K. Y's Men's. Club Timlin Meeting. | Orchestra with the Uml Cossacks 15t. Francis Hotel, 1p.mL
Choir. Melodie, Op. 42, No. 3—Ga5-. The King's Lientenant÷Overture Cheero Clab, Darts ¿z Table Tennis par Cassado (Cello) with Plano (Tit arr. Moore)-The Bickershaw Compulsory Service Tribunal, 4 p.m. None But The Weary Heart; P-Collieyr Band HM. Queen Eliza- 16-Tides: High at 8.61 am, and grim's Song-Nelson Eddy (Baritone) beth's March (Verse); Marching- March Batten and Rye)-Regimental 9.40 p.m. Low at 1.09 am and 2.50 with Orch
Band of HM. Orenadier Guards. 1.30 Reuter and Burby Fress Sing With The Guards-Medley-- Sunriše: 8.01 am; Buurlie: 6.54 p.m. | Weather Forecast and Announce-Regimental Band of HM. Grenadier The Star Ferry Co., Ltd. Interim menta" Dividend payable,
puffle
17-Tides: High at 846 am. and |1011 pm Low ât 1,57 am, and 3.23
p.m.
*
Sunrise: 6.01 am; Sunset: 854 pm 18-Tides: High at 926'am. and
Guards.
10.30 A Dance Programme by Bly Cotton and His Band.
"Fox-Trots To Mother With Love: Miss You In The Morning. For
1.45 Conals Boswell (Vocal) in a Variety Programme.
Vocal-Summer Souvenirs (Coots Newman); Simple and Sweet (Green)
Connie Boswell with Orchestra. Trot-We've Come A Long Way To Flano-Bubbling Over (Gibbons)
Gibbons Vocal-Thru The
18.38 p.m. Low at 241 am and 3.54 Moonbeam's Dance (Bibb COSING ON Bether: Novelty Dance--The Hand-
p.m.
some Territorial.. Fox-Trots-The Lit- Claus Forgot:
Sunrise: 60% am: Sunset: 6.5% p.m. of Love (film Voice of Scandal: Me Boy The Santa
*?;Moonlight on the Waterfall, Slow
p.m.
19-Tides: High at 10.04 am and Time On My Hands Youmans and Fox Trot-Lonely: Waltz-1 Shall Al- 11.04 pm Low at 3.24 A, and 4.24 Others)--Denny Dennis with Orches ways Remember You Smiling. Fox- tra. Vocal-There's Something about Trots--Please Be Kind: Goodnight. Sunrise: 6.02 am; Sunset: 652 p.m. 6 Old Love (Pein)-Conate Boswell Angel
Vivan- Orchestra. Banjo La St. Andrew's Fellowship Opening,
(Kirby)-Ernest Jones with 20-Tides: Wigh at 10.36 am, and |1126 p.m. Low at 4.04 am and 4,53
p.m.
Oficial with
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11.00 Close down.
G.S.R
SHORT WAVE
· DAVENTRY
Wavelength
17.790.6. (19.56m.)
·BASTILA. ($7.551.)
2.15 Close down. 6.00 An hour of Dance Music, "Sunrise: 6.02 ; Sunset: 6.31 p.m. Slow Fox-Trot-You Never Misa BAO.C. Monthly Meating-Speaker: the Old Faces: For-Trot-Ther
Calle Mr. Fel Chh
Chia on "Things Would Wind Hom Him Up and
Me G.S.G Chinese."
Would Whistle-Jack Payne and Claims against estate of William His Band. Rurabas-The Peanut G.8.H Chatham due.
Vendor Jungle Drums-Henry King 0.5.0. HK. Rotary Club To Meeting, and His Orchestra For Trots--Eye
NEWS, IN. ENGLISH Opener Stomp Of
Let Go-Bob Transmission I-News Bum Crosby and His Orchestra. Fox Trots-You Grow Sweeter as
Full Bulletin Years Go By: Tears From My Inkwell Trans. II & III-News Sum-
Jay Wilbur and His Band.
1p.m.
ers.
.
"TURNABOUT””
the
Whe
i-Che Papusa Oil Noche De Be
Geraldo and His Gaucho Tango Or chestra.
Fox-Trots Run. Rabbit.
Arist
mary Full Bulletin
do
18.18m.4. (19.7925)
4.00 1.03 6.00 pm
6.45 p.m
730 P
Hal Roach's “Turnabout,” which now showing at the King's Thea-Run! (from The Little Dog Laugh tre, proved to be one of the gayest ed'); The Man With The Mandoline Transmission V-News Sum-
and is
His Orchestra. mary and most hilarious screen com-Harry Roy
Foll Bulletin edies released in recent months. Quickstep I Go For That (film 'St. Louis Blues'); Slow Fox-Trot One Directed by Roach himself, the life-Victor Bilvester and His Ball- new picture is beautifully staged, room Orch, Swing Fox-Trots-I'll brilliantly directed and expertly Always Be In Love With You; Make
Believe Benny Goodman and acted by a cast of important play-Orchestra. Quickstep-My Man (alm Rose of Washington. Square"); · Waltz "Turnabout," which was filmed-There's Danger in the Waltz (Alm from the best-selling novel by The little dog laughed')-Geraldo and
Smith,
A Thorne
Orchestre. Tangos-Mano Co-stars Carole His
Mano-Orquesta Tipica Francisco Landis and John Hubbard in the
Canaro. romantic roles, and features in the supporting cast such notables as
· Adolphe.. Menjou, Mary Astor, Wil- liam Gargan, Donald Meek: Verree Teasdale and Margaret Roach.
9.15 p.in. 12.00 mid-
night
7.30 & 8.30
..
Hony. A.D.C.'s Relinquish Appointments
The
following gentlemen re- 7.00 Closing local Stock Quotations inquished their appointments as 7.02 A Light French, Programme. Honorary Aldes-de-Camp to s C'Est
Mireille); Quand On A Mai Aux, as from August 1940:
Le Debut D'Une Aventure Excellency Mr. N. L. Smith, C. M.
Denta (Mireille)--Piis Et Taber
Alberto, de Captain Henrique Lisait
with Plano. Elle
The story of "Turnabout" con- (Vocal) cerms two wealthy moderns, Tim Marie-Claire-Valse (Miraki); A Barros Botelho, Hongkong Volun- and Bally Willows. Tim is an ad-semblee Du Village Vale (Alexan teer Defence Corps. vertising executive, Sally a society son Orchestra. Viens Danser. Quand Ambulance Association and
Alexander st
Mr. Fung Ping-fan. St. John Bri-
matron,
der-L'Accordeonisté
Meme (Delettre); Solitude (Carce])-
CROSSWORD NO. 679
MACROSS
Pos- sesses
Chastise
8 One of
two
9 Tree
fruit
11 Gem
112 Revolt
15 Trust
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repeti- tion
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"king's "
son
19 Donkey 20 De.
voured 21 Singer
33 Excite
23 Compo-
sition
24 Irritate 1921(b) Receipt för, a gift to
27 Old- any fund or organisation which the Collector 1s satisfied' was
fashioned
At least two more landslides occurred at the Talpo Tunnel established and applied or main- nounce causing no further lives fortun-tained solely for purposes of 30 Part of ately.
leg charity or public welfare, and With the hope to unearth more which holds a valid certificate in 31 Detalls bodles from the Tunnel workers writing from the Collector to that $2 Flag are sull continuing their digging effect.
34 Finishes
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21 Case 22 Distúrb
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10 Kegret
SOLUTION TOMORROW
25 Cloth 26 A quan tity
28 Lure 29 Railway
gade,
Mr. Ts'o Taun-on Hongkong Police Reserve...
Subadar Major. Hoshiyar Singh. 1st Kumaon Rifles
Mr. Kenneth Andrew Bidmead, Hongkong Police,
Flight Lieutenant Noel William Wright, Royal Air Force,
"
Acting Lieutenant Thomas Maurice parsons Hongkong Naval Volunteer Force,
Lieutenant John Paul Gunner, Royal Navy.
Second Lieutenant Brian Altred Fargus, 2nd Battalion. The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), p
Lieutenant Gordon Patrick Fer- guson. Hongkong, Volunteer De- fence Corps.
*
Bubadar Amrick Bingh, Hong- kong Regiment,' Hongkong and, Bingapore Royal Artillery.*
Subadar Major Sultan Bux, 5th
| Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Artillery.
Royal
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THORNE (Topper) SMITH'S HILARIOUS NOVEL
TURNABOUT
Adolphe
starring
Arole
Joha
MENJOU LANDIS * HUBBARD
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Directed by ALEXANDEI HALL
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GRAPES OF WRATH
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OSKELET MAPE
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