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COMING EVENTS
AUGUST
13-Tides: High 5.98 a.m. and 1.29 p. Low 1249 pm and 1181 p.m.
-Sunrise: 559 a.m.; Bumael: 6.57 pm, H.K. Rotary Club Tim Meeting. · 1 p.m. Speaker: Mr. W. Somerset Fitzroy on "What History will have to say of the Present War.",
Helena May matitute: Lecture on Chinese Industrial Co-operatives by Mr. Rewi Alley 0 p.m.
GENERAL
Radio
HONGKONG
Programmes
Crown Lands Sale. D. South, 11.30 am
B
Kowloon Chess Club, Peninsula Hotel, 5.30 p.m.
W
2❘ On Wavelengths' at 358
metrom (848 kom) $240
metres (9.52 mogaqycles).
HK. Union Church Weekly-night TCHAIKOWSKY SYMPHONY NO. 6 Meeting, 7.30 pm.
St.
Andrew's Church: War-Time Intercession Service. 6 pm
S. & 8. Home: Prayer and Fellow-
|ship Meeting."8.30 p.m.
THE "PATHETIQUE“
A Chopin Recital
12.15 p.m. Short Service of
Cheers Club: Whist Drive. 8.30 pm. Urban Council Meeting. 4.15 p.m.
cession.
12.30
Volunteer Sergis.' Mess, Extraordin. Minor.
ary Committee Mtg.. 8.30 pm.
1wallan Paradise (Owens)-Andy Iona and His Islanders with Vocal Chorus. Entertainer-Virginia and Her Mótima |
Ivy St. Heller. · Vocal—Home 01 The Range (arr. Red and Bzra)" Moonlight on the Prairie (Nolan and
Hill Billes Stencer)—The
with Their OWD Novelty Accomp. Cinema. Organ
Sing, You Sinners"-- Selections Dudley Beaven. Monologue - The Bullfighter (Reevetlohn Henry as sisted Gladys Horridge. Cinema
Selection Orge "Carefree"
(Ber en Vocal-Keep it
Under
Dudler
Beaver
Your Hat (from Under your
with
{Hat")-Cleely
leely Courtaridge. Jack Hul- Inter-bert and The
The Rhythm Bros.
chestra. The
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Empire Depends: Co Mozart -- Symphony in G. You (from
Your Hat) Cicely Under Courtneidge with Orchestra. Banio Banjo NB.C. Symphony Orchestra con. Intro: There's a Tare in the Town:
Duet Medley-Popular Party Hits
Daisy Bell; Waiting at the Church
St. Andrew's Women's Guild, 10 am.ducted by Arturo Toscanini. Christ Church Parochial Couricul 3.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- Come. Landlord, 8 the dowing Bowl: Meeting, at Vicarage, 6 pm.
YM.CA.: Brief Reading on forth- coming Drama "White Cargo.” 6 p.ña. YMICA: Ladies' Working Party, 9 {a.m.—10 am, Bandage Practice.
14-Tiles: High 6.11 am and 8.29 p.m. Low 1.39 p.m.
ther Report.
Here we are Again; Knees up, Mather of the Brown: Tipperary: Soldiers
ing Morgan and Fandley with Dr. chestra.
9.00 London Belay-The News and Topical Talks.
1.03 Beginald Dizon at the Organ Waits Selection-Intro: I'll See You Again; Falling in Love Again; Love Will Find a Way. Dixon Hits No. 16- Intro: It looks like rain in Cherry Blossom Lane: The greatest mistake 9.43 A Scottish Programme. of my life: Wake up and live: You're Medley of Scottish Airs-Intro: The H.K. Tramways, Ltd., Interim Divi- here, you're there; Ten pretty girls: Highlander; My love she's but a lassie dend payable.
Love is good for anything that ails yet;
Sunrise: 5.50 am; Sunset: 6.56
p.m.
Cheero Club-Cala Dance, 890 p.m. [you. HEFA. Monthly Meeting. 630 p.m. 1.13 Victor Silvester and His Ball- Batt. Kowloon Union Church Club Meet room Orchestra. ing...8 p.m.
'Volunteer Nursing Detachment Fractical Class, Military Hospital, 4.30
p.m.
Ladies' Working Party (3.W.OF.. Ocvt. House. 9 am-12 noon.
15-Tides: High 7.10 am, and. 9.09 p.m. Low 13.14 a.m. and 519 pim. Sunrise: 6 am; Sunset: 6,55 p.n.
Shing Benevolent Society Chung Swimming Gala,
HK. Y's Men's Club Tifin Meeting St. Francis Hotel, 1 p.m.
Cheero Club, Darts & Table Tennis
The Persevering Lovers: My faithful fair one-Pipers of the ind-
Cameron The Queen's Own Highlanders, with Hebert Dawson at Jessle, The Flower of Slow Fox-Trot-We'll Meet Again; the Organ.
Joseph Hislop Quickstep-Yours for A Song. Waltz Dunblane (Smith)
Waltz of my Heart (from The Tenor) with Orchestra.
Lück Dancing Years'): Quickstep-Angels Winkle (Roberton); There's Nae Never Leave Heaven. Blow Fox-Trat Aboot the Hoose tan. Pentland)
A Mist La Over the Moon (film "The Boyd Steven (Soprano) wi Lady Objects"); Quickstep `--- Apple Scottish Melodies - Intro: "Introduc
Blossom Time.
Wee Willle
with Piano.
tian; Annie Laurie: Inverness Gather- jing Reel; Turn Ye to Me: Bagpipe 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea Imitation-Florence MacBride (Vlo- ther Forecast and Announcements.
lin) pred
with Piano. Bonnie Banks ✪ 1.45 Variety with Moreton & Keye, Loch Lomond Joseph Happ (Tenor) Frances Day and "Hutch
with Orchestra. Mr. John Mackay I've Something "In The Vocal and Piano-There Goes My (Lauder); Dream (Heneker); Where or When? Bottle For The Morning (Lauder and
"Butch" Grafton-Sir Harry Lauder (alm Babes in Arms')
dian) with Orch. (Leslie Hutchinson). Two Pianos-St.
Compulsory Service Tribunal, 4 pm 16-Tides: High at 8.01 am, and 940 p.m. Low at 1.09 am, and 2.50 Louis Blues: Some of these Days; 10.15 Dance Music. p.ra.
(Come-
Dinah: After You've Gone; Nobody's Fox-Trot-She's The Daughter of Sunrise: 0.01 am.; Sunrise: 6.51 p.m. Sweetheart-Ivor Moreton and Dave the Old Grey Mare: Waltz Three The Star Ferry Co. Ltd., Interim Kaye with Drums. VocalMe and Green Bonnets-Den Donovan & His Dividend payable.
My Dog****
(from Public Nuisance No. Music. 6/8 One-Step-Have You Any- Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF.),1)-Frances Day with Orchestra. Two thing On Tomight, Matilda Darling? |Govt. House, 9 am-12 noon.
Pianos-Kitten on the Keys: Russian Fox-Trot-With My Little Horse and 17-Tiles: High at 846 am, and with Drums and Bass, Vocal-Swing Swing Fox-Trots-Keep Goin';
Rag Iver Moreton and Dave Kaye
Martin and His Band. Wagon-Bram
tola." Blue 10.11 p.m. Low at 157 am and 323 from
Public (from
Nuisance No. 1 Strings-Bert Firman's Quintuplets of Day with Orchestra. Vocal Swing.
Tansos Renacimiento: Am Sunrise: 601 am.; Sunsel; 654 pm and Plano - A Small Cafe By Pampino--Juan Llosaas & His Fox-Trots -Cock- (Berlin) "Butch" tall Swing: Blues In My
Gonella and His Georgians. Rumba- Blues-Barbary Coast Blues Daniels and His Hot Shots in Fm-Trots They Alt
p.m.
Prances
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-18-Tides: High at 3.26 am and Notre Dame (Mills); It's A Lovely Tango Orchestr Heart Nat
1038 p Low at 2.41 am and 3.54Day Tomorrow
Desile Hutchinson). 2.15 Close' down,
DML
Sunrise: 6.02 am; Sunset: 653 p.ba. 19-Tides: High at 10.04 am, and 6.00 Gounod's "Faust" Act 1 1104 pm. Low at 3.21 am, and '421 Characters and Soloists in order of Laughed (im Shall we Dance: I've appearance: Faust Heddle Nash got Beginner's Luck (Alm Shall we p.m.
Sunrise: 6.02 am; Sunset; 6.52 p.m.) (Tenor): Mephistopheles Robert Dance)-Harry Roy and His Orches St. Andrew's Fellowship Official Easton (Bass) and The B.B.C. Choir tra Waltz-Rave You Forgotten So Opening.
|with Orchestra conducted by Bir Soon-Jack Hylton and His Orchestra.
11.00 Close down.
20-Tides: High at 10.30 am and 11.26 p.m. Low at 404 am, and 445
Sunrise: 6.02 a.m.; Sunset: 6.51 p. Criminal Sessions, 10 am,
p.m.
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SHORT WAVE
Thomas Beecham.
6,02 A Chopin Becital by Alfred Cortot at the Plane.
"Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23. Vaise In A Flat, Op. 69, No. 1; BAO.C. Monthly Meeting-Speaker: Tarantelle, Op. 43. Ballade No. 2 in Mr. Fel Chih chua
{P Major, Op. 38. on "Things
Calls Chinese."
8.44 Closing Local Stock Quota G.S.G Claims against estate of William tons.
G.S.B. Chatham due.
6.46 Tchaikowsky-Symphony No. 6GS.F 0.8.0. HR. Rotary Club Tiffin Meeting. 1iln B Minor, Op. 74 (The “Pathetique : p.m.-Speaker: Mr. Ellery Denison on 18ymphony).
DAVENTRY
Wavelength 17.799.4 (16.98m.) -1.51m.4. (32.55)
11A7716. (31.971.)
16.18m.6. (18.79x2.) NEWS IN ENGLISH "The Pictorial Issue of the British Boston Symphony Orchestra con- Transmission I-News Bum- Expire" (Philately).
ducted by Berge Koussevitsky.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1940. —PAGE 3
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2.03 An hour of Variety with Cicely ACROSS: 1, Owns; 5, Beat: 8, Courtneldge and Others, Either; 9, Acorn 11, Opal; 12, Sketch-The Girl In The Post Office Transmission V-News Sum- 1 Outbreak; 15, Hope: 17, Echo; 18, Ronald Jeans)-Cicely Courtneidge Comedian You'ro Dauphin, 19, Ass; 20. Ate: 21, and Company. Native Cast
Crooner: 23, Trio 24, Itch; 27,6m Jack of all Trades'); Where Sweeter Than I Thought You Were Furbelow; 30, Calf; 31, Items; 32. There's You There's Me (film Jack)
of all Trades') - Jack Hulbert with Orchestra. DOWN: 2, Whoop: 3. Sent; 4, Hawaiian Maid (Johnson) - Andy Hawaiian Orch. - Sweet Star; 5, Broken; 6, Apathetic: 7 Tons and FS Inlanders with Vocal Cash; 10. Rued; 13, Boudoir; 14, Chorus. Vocal-Carry Me Back to Enhance; 16, Observant; 21, Cat. Old Virginny (arr, Hill Billies) The fer: 22. Riot; 25, Tweed; 26, Host: H Billes Hawaiian" Orch.
"NAUGHTY MARIETTA"r.sign; 33, Stir: 34, Ends.
FLOWER DAY
TODAY
Evacuation Of Children
COMMEMORATION To Dominions
OF CHINA WAR
OUTBREAK
~ CANBERRA, Aug. 12 (Reuter). Sir Geodfrey Whiskard, British High Commissioner in Australia, stated that he expected over 2,000
Chinese in Hongkong will today commemorate the third anniver-
of the outbreak of Sino- children might be sent from Br-
Bazy
Japanese hostilities in Shanghai.
tal to overseas Dominions
28, Balt:. 29, Line.
CROSSWORD NO. 680
ACROSS
1 Patient
7. Unpaid...
8 Iron
He added that arrivals might be
As in previous occasions, a fund-monthly. rating campaign will be launched
In aid of the wounded and war re- expected at an early date. fugees Donation boxes" will be A Reuter message from Mel- installed at the Chinese Generalbourne states that, 300 children Chamber of Commerce, the Bin- arrived there from London" yester- cerr...the Wing On and The Sunday. Companies, the China Emporium and the Chinese Bathing Club... A Flower Day will be held by local Chinese women's *ar- Kanisations. Aside from school dris, the colony's sing-song girls and taxi-dancers will turn out in full force, to help seli the-flowers."
·COUNCIL MEETING.
OF H.K.F.A.
block
·10 Go in
13 En-
trance
15 Flat stone 16 Clerm
17 Kind of
decrea
18 Bellow 19 Old....
style.
edging
The Monthly Meeting of the Council of the Hongkong Football 20 Respon..
Association will be held at the
Special sales will be held in office of the Association tomor-22 For Sheung Wan, Chung Wan and row, August 14, at 5,30 p.m.
BUSINESS
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1. Minutes of Council Meeting 24 Rays
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