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YMCA. Discussion Group, 9 pm. 26 Tides: High 1,44 ani, and” 2.34 p.m. Low 9.38 am and 1.07 p.m.
Sunrise: 60 am.; Sunset: 646 p.m. Government Trade School, Entrance Examination.
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LONDON LOG AND OTHER LONDON RELAYS
Variety Request
Vocal True till Death (Catty); Whisper and I shall hear (Piccelom!- al-The Kentucky Minstrels, Orches tral-Tunes of Not so Long Ago 1931/ Ban- The New Mayfair Orchestra. Jo Song Medley.The Kentucky Min strels
“Tires" (Hasbach) Baritone Nelson Eddy, Comedians Where the Arches
used to be Pl
Flanagan and
Star
Alley, Vocal-Tea Two; Whisper-
for ing The Comedy Harmonists. Duet Indian Love Call--Nelson Eddy and Jeanette Macdonald Orchestral Waltzes from Vienna-medley Strauss waltzea, London, Theatre Dr johestra Film Selection-
Follies-Louis Levy's Orchestra.
Orch Goldwyn Hu- morous-Max Miller in the Theatre, recorded in the Finsbury Park Em- 12.15, p.m.
Short Service of Inter-
pire. Plano War Time Medley Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), cession.
Charlle Kunz Vocal-Mexicali Rose Govt. House. 9 a.m.-12 noon.
12.30 The Hi Bilies and London Her
Vocal Medley of -Bing Crosby." Auxiliary Nursing Service, Home Plano Accordeon Band.
Choral songs-Elsie Carlisle. Nursing Lecture. Queen Mary Hospi-
Goodbye to Summer (Phillips); All Dust; Mr. Paganini-The Muls Broa ital.
Ashore (H)Accordeon Band, No-Duet Sweet Onion Time in Bermuda Darling but Mine (Davis);The Duncan Sisters. Mouth Organ body's Wandering Shoes Bulles, Maid Night Over Shanghal-Larry Adler. of Brazil (Maraden); The Whistling Duet-Danjel in the Lions' Den-The Waltz (Woods) ---Accordeon Band. Duncan Sisters Mouth Organ Του Me and the Old Folks at Home: Jump can't run away from Love Tonight was born in Vienna-Accordeon Band. Harry Roy and his Orchestra. Waltz the Wagon Hill Billies A Waltz Larry Adler. Polka- Beer Barrel 1.60 Local Time Signal and Wea-Who's Taking you home tonight |ther-Boport
Maurice Winnick's
fck's Orchestra The Vagabond King Selection; Orchestra Medley-Hawaiian Happi 1.08 Harry Croudson at the Organ.trot-At The Balalaika-Jack Hylton's
Student Prince Selection, Six Hitness-Len Fills and his Orch. Quick- Medley Intro: My Heart and I step Ch. Johnny: Fo
Foxtrot--Scatter- Diddle-dum-deem Alone, Fancy Meet- brain-Jack Hylton's Orch. Foxtrot ing. You, etc.
If you were the only Girl in the World-Nat Gonella's Orchestra.
12 midnight. Close down.
St. Andrew's Fellowship oficial opening. 8.30 p.m.
Corps Rifle Club, Annual Meeting
H.K.V.D.C. Lecture Room, 5.30 p.m. Crown Land Sale, P.WD.. 3 p.m. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.) Govt. House, 9 am-12 noon.
Kowloon Union Church Club Meet Ing, 8.30 p.m.
27 Tidea: High 238 am and 157
Low 1111 a.m. and 128 p.m. Sunrise: 6.04 a.m.; Sunset: 6.45 p. Black-Out Exercise from 8.45 p.. HK. Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd.. Interim Dividend payable. 11 p.m.
HK. Rotary Club Tiffin Meeting. 28~Tides: High 3.46 am, and 6.55 p.m. Low 12.14 am, and 8,47 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.04 a.m.; Sunset: 6.44 p.m. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt House, 9 am-12 noon.
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115 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra. Foxtrots Oh! You crazy Moon; Begone. Crosspatch; Big Chief - de Soto Muskrat Ramble.
TOMORROW
BASS AND FLUTE RECITAL
FROM THE STUDIO
-Pas-
130 Reuter, and Rugby, Press, Wea-| ther Forecast and Announcements.
145 Variety Programme. Comedian-Medley-George Formby. cert & Daisy make A Comediennes-"Gert & YM.CA. Hockey Club Annual Meet Xmas Pudding Elsie and Doris
St. Joseph's Chole ing, 6 pm
Waters Vocal Flaming Phil the 10.15-11.15 am Belay of Morning Auxiliary Nursing Service, Home Fireman; Tyrolean-Dave Willis. Et Service from the Methodist Church. Nursing Lecture. Queen Mary Hospl-morous Old Sam (No. 2)-One plecé
12.15 p.
Verdi - "I Trovatore," tal.
All Round — Stan Holloway, Come Act 4. 29-Tides: High 4.57 am, and 7.36|dians-Underneath a Leafly Oak; A Singers: Scacciati, Meril, Molinari, p.m. Low 1.02 am, and 11.27 p.m.
Little Bit of Madeira-Vine, More & Zinetti, with the Chorus and Orches Sunrise: 6.04 a.m.: Sunset: 6.43 "pum.
Neval.
tra of La Scala, Milan, Claims against estate of Thomas Bradford (Fisher) due.
215 Close down. 6.00 Verdi-La Traviata-Act 1 Slagers: Mercedes Casptr. Llonel Auxiliary Nursing Service. First Aid Cecil Ida Conti, G. Mesel, N. Villa, Lecture, Kowloon Hospital (for Baracchi, Baccalori,, with the Chorus Initials A to Li).
and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. 30-Tides: High 6.02 am, and 8.04| 6.32 Bach-Two Piano Concerto in
Low 1.42 p.
C Major. Sunrise: 6.05 a.m.; Sunset: 6.42 pm Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.),
vt. House, 9 am-12 noon. Diocesan Boys' School-Test for new boys, 9 a.m.
p.m.
12.50 Meyerbeer-Ballet Sulte, "Les Patineurs."
stant Lambert.
Sader Wells Orchestra cond. Con-
100
Local Time Signal and Wea ther Report.
1.03 A Light Orchestral Concert with Nan Maryska.
Pan and the Wood Göblins (Rathke); Clog Dance-Pavilion Les-
Arthur and Ulrich Schnabel with the London Symphony Orch, com- ducted by Sir Adrian Boult."
6.53 Folles D'Espagne (Corelli) caut Novelty Orchestra Nightingale Enesco (Violin),
Bong. (Zeller); Don't be Cross (Zeller)
Maryska
. (Soprano). With Song in my Heart Bymphonic -Court Symphony Orches- Rhapsody 7.04 Folk Musle of the Nations. tra My Lovely Celia (Monra)-Nan Dutch-Terchelling Reels Nos, 1 and
1.02 Closing Local Stock Quota-Nan
Auxary Nursing Service, First Aidtions. Lecture, Kowloon Hospital for Initials M to Z),
Kowloon Football Club, Annual 2: Flemish Dance; Serbian-Djatchko Maryska Grinzing (Benatsky) Jack
Kolo-Folk Dance Orchestra Hun-
Meeting, 6 p.m.
You Left me, Don't came back; Goes the Crane; Down 1t Pours in
Hylton's Orchestra
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea-
1.45 A Mozart Programme.
RA.C.C. Monthly Dinner, Glouces garian-You were Unfaithful to Mether Forecast and Announcements, ter Hotel. 8.30 p.m.
31-Tides: High 7.03 am, and 8.37, p.m. Law 12,43 am and 2.21 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.05 am:; Sunset: 6.41 pm. Final Date for Payment of Property
Tax.
Kowloon Golf Club Annual Meeting. 6 pm. Tremors; 29, Early.
SCIENTIST DEAD
I
Fantasia
the Puszta Magyar Inri and his Plano Concerto in C Minor →→ Gipsy Orchestra. Scandinavian Dances. Fischer, and the London Philharmonic Rospiggspolska, Swedish Schottische Ab, Come, nor linger More Eliza
Orchestra. The Marflage of Figaro- Toast to King Gustav. English Volta (Byrd); Ayre (Rossiter); Tower beth Schumann (Soprano).
English Jig); Butter'd Flease (Eng-Ban Hill (Farnaby); Oh! You're Pretty in F Minor-G. D. Cunningham (Or-
2.36 Close down Hish Folk Song; Irish-Nancy Walts her Own Share.
730 London Relay-The News 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
8.03 Dance Music.
7.00
Bach.
Compositions of J. Sebastian
Double Concerto in D Minor Menuhin and Enesco with Orchestra. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring ---- Myra Hess (Piano). Choral Preluded: Come, Redeerzer; Come, Sweet Death Stokowski and the Philadelphia" OT- chestra.
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Quickstep I Wanna Wrap you Up; Slow Foxtrot I forgot the Little LONDON, August 23 (Reuter-Things Joe Loss' Band. Foxtrot Bir Oliver Lodge, the well-known" I'm Praying tonight for the Folks at 1.30 - Löndon Belay-The News.
8.00 scientist, died in England yester-Home: Quickstep Light up your Face Local Time Signal, Weather day at the age of 89. Sir Oliver with a Smile-Wally Bishop and his Beport and Announcements.
Instrumental Foxtrots - Flen Band was one of the foremost believers on a Spree; The Sphinx-Teddy For of St. Joseph's Church.
Relay Recital by the Choir in Spiritualism in England.
well's Orch. Waltzes-Two Hearts inj Waltztime; Don't Ask me Why-Harry Choir; 2 Minuetto-Scherzo (Lewis)-- 1. Evening Song (Antolisel) The Horlick's Orchestra. Quickstep Miss Marect
Dancing is another name for Love: Organ; 3. "Vidi Speciosam" (Cervl)-- Mame, of Bina-
The Choir; 4 Air In the Old Styla Slow Foxtrot-No Souvenirs-Manto- gardens, South Kensington, is to vani and His Music.
(Picchi) Organ; 5. "With Verdure Instrumental Clad"Alr for Soprano from Haydn's matry Filght-Lieutenant R. V. Foxtrots Riverboat Shuffle; In the Creation; 6. First Movement of Sona- Jelt, formerly of Kuala Lumpur. Still of the Night The Casa Loma Orchestra. Foxtrots -- I Want the
the La In A Lewis)-Organ; 7. Banctus FMS., a hero with three decora-Walter, My Wubba Delly Lew Stone and Benedictus (Zuccoli)-The Chair; tions, won in this war. He holds and his Band
8. Fantasia (Handel) Organ; 9 Finale of Part 1 (Perosi's "The Pasi sion of Christ) Baritone Solo and: the Choir.
the Croix de Guerre, the Dis- tinguished Flying Gross and a bat to the Cross He seven.
twenty
8.45 London Relay-London Log, 9.00 London Relay-The News and Topical Talks.
9.45
A Grand Request Variety -ProgramĶne.
CROSSWORD
ACROSS 3-Splendid 8 Inane
9 Tidiness
LONDON, August 23 (Reuter)-10 Boat Two officers who served in Singa-11. Follow pore have been killed on- active 13 N.Z. service.
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As timely and potent a warning. Squadron Leader: Dennis Clare 14 Warmth as has ever been given via the Oliver served in Singapore be-16 Acqult- -medium of motion pictures is tween 1935 and 1938. Paymaster
contained in "Esplanada Agent," Commander Cecil Stanley Bishop, 19 Salary the Warner Bros. picture starring R.N., killed in the loss of H.MB. 21 Instru Joel McCrea and Brenda Marahall, Glorious, served in 1933-38 in the
ment which opens at Majestic Theatre base-ship, H.M.B. Terror in Singa. tomorrow.
pore.
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Young 28 Short
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The plot of the picture 18 of course. fictional, however auwife comes to light, the thentic the background and the diplomat and his wife engage in 28 Abate conditions it depicts. It tells aan engrossing and highly exciting 29 Anxie- the main, the tale of a girl who endeavour to circumvent by them-ties has been a tool of a spy ring and selves the plotting of the spy ring 30 Poles of a young "career man" in the, for which the girl had once 31. Search United States diplomatic service worked.
32 Impress who marries this girl.
Unaided, they succeeded bril- Forced to resign from the ser llantly after a series of hazardous vice when the past history of his adventures
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5. Corner 6 Feared
7 Centre 10 Musician 11 Revealed
12 Load 15 Foot-
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17 Liquor 18 German
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24 Happen 25 Stop
27 Flest
Арреце
8.45 Studio-The 12th of a Scries of Book Reviews.
9.00 London Relay The News. 9.30 Studio - A Bass and. Flute Recital by Y. K. Sze and Waller Y.C. Yeh, accompanied by 'E. OʻNell, Shaw, 1. Polonaise from "Suite, in B Minor" by Bach-Waiter Y. C. Yeh, 2. In Questa Tomba" (Beethoven)- Y; K Sze. 3. Etade-Caprice (Ters- chak-Walter Y. O, Ych. 4, (a) Ab- sent (Metcalfe)-Y. K. Sze; (b) None but the Weary Heart. (Tchaikowsky).
9.55 | Liszt -- Ballade in B Minor Kentner (Plano).
10.09. Barnabas von Geczy and His "Orchestra:"
Cradle Bong of the Virgin Mary |(Reger); Andante Religioso (Thome). 10.15 Sunday Evening Epilogue from the Studio.
Conducted by a Priest of the Ro- man Catholic Church,
10.35
Close down.
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