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COMING EVENTS
SEPT.
12-Tides: High 5.53 am and 8.08 pm. Low 1.07 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.09 alm,; Sunset: 6.30 p.m. Entries close. for HK Jockey Club's Seventh Extra Meeting, 13 noon.
European YMCA Swimming Championships.
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
HK. Y's Men's Club Weekly Ta Meeting. 1 p.m.: Speaker Mr. Ed- ward Shim 011 "Insects Ars the Colony."
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Legislative Council Meeting. 2.30
Cheero Club: Bridge'and Mahjong. Victoria Chess Club, Gloucester Ho tel. 5 p.m.
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On Wavelengtha el 155 metroa (845 Kot) ILU metres (8.52 meganyolas).
Kowloon Chess Club, Peninsula Ho tel. 6.30 p.m. Cathedral
Women's Fellowship
Working Party. Cathedral Hall, 3.30
p.m
NB.O. Symphony
Orchestra con-
ducted by Arturo Toscanini.
2.15
Close down.
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6:00 Nelson Eddy (Baritone) and the New Light Symphony Orchestra Raymond Overture (Thomas) New Light. Symphony Orchestra. Dusty Road (Rene); Through the Years (Beyman-Youmans) Nelson Eddy (Baritone) with Orch, Romance (Tchaikowsky); In A Monastery Gar- den (Ketelbey)-New Light Symphony Orchestra. By The Waters of Minne- tonka (Lieurance) - Nelson Eddy Haydn Symphony
(Baritone) with Plano Spanish Dance No. 1-Oriental (Granados) — Short Service of Inter-New Light Symphony Orchestra...
6.30 Closing Local Stock Queta-
HAL LORENZO AND TOBY GRAY FROM THE STUDIO
St. Andrew's. Working Party (Med- cession. call, 10 a.m.
Helena May Inst. B.W.O.M. Knit- ting Centre.
RA.OB Club: Extraordinary Gen-| eral Meeting, 8 p.m.
12.15 p..
12.30 Sam Browne (Vocal) and tions. Primo Scala's "Accordeon Band.
6.32 Haydn-Quartet in A--Major, op. 55, No. 1.
Pro Arte Quartet.
6:50 Chopin-Ballades.
Six Dance Hits-Intro: Hometown: The greatest mistake of my life; Ten 13-Tides: High 6.35 am and 837 pretty giris; You're here, you're there; Let us be sweethearts over again; p.m. Low 12.14 am, and 1.41 p.m. Horsey. Horsey Primo Seala's
Sunrise: 6.09 am; Sunset: 6.29 p.m. Accordeon
Ballade No. 3 in A Flat Major, Op: Band. "Lost (Teetor 47: Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52 Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.. and Others) Sam Browne (Barl-Alfred Cortot (Piano). [Govt. House, 9 am-12 noon.
cone) cone) with Orchestra. Cheero Club: Darts and Table Ten- Mountains of the Moon (Ro- 7.07. Tchalkowsky-Casse Nolseite, rits.
berts and Others) You Needn't Have AR.P. Lectures for House-Boys on Kept It A Secret De Murcia and Leopold Stokowski and the Pha- Peak, at Peak Club, 3.30 pm.
Others)
Scala's European
Accordeon delphia Orchestra. - Primo Y.M.C.A Swimming
Would You (film "San Pan- 7.30 London Belay-The News Championships.
Volunteer
Nursing
The
B: Nearly Jet Love Go Stir i
Op. 71A.
8.03
Detachment. !ping
ping Through My Fingers (film. It's 1.00 Loen! Time Signal, Weather First Aid Lecture. St. John's Cathe love again)-Sam Browne (Baritone) Report and Announcements. dral" Hall. 5.30 p.m.
with Orch. If the Old River Thames Christ Church Vicarage: Bridge were the Danube (Butler & Others); Drive, 8.30 pm
Whoops We Go Again (Harvey) -- Primo Scala's Accordeon Band.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.
Studio Two Plano Jazz Reel- tal by Hal Lorenzo and Toby Gray, 8.33 Short Variety Programme. Humorous Monologue Three Ha'pence A Foot Bagar) Starley Holloway with Plano. Vocal-These Foolish Things from 'Spread it abroad"); Lights Out (Hill) - Greta Keller with Orch. Vocal - Some of Brothers (Four Boys and a Quitar).
Days (Brooks) The Muis
14-Tides: High 7.47"a.m. and 9.1 D.DL Low' 1.09 am, and 2.15 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.10a.m.; Sunset: 6.28 p.m. Claims against estate of Frank
1.03 A Scottish Progranime. Malcolm Lane Crawford due.
It's A Fine Thing To Sing (Lau- Kowloon Cricket Club Stag Supper der): We Parted On The Shore (Lau and Smoking Concert, p.m.
der)-Sir Harry Lauder with Orches St. Teresa's Hospital to be opened tra Meg Merrilees (arr. Diack); by the Vicar apostolic of Hongkong. Glasgow Highlanders (arr. Diack) 8.45 Studio-Local Newsletter. the Rt. Rev. E Valtorta, 4 p.m.
Entries close Swimming Champion
ships.
Scottish Country Dance Orchestra.
these
The Auld Scots Sangs (Bethune and Topical Talks.
9.00 London Relay-The News and
FLE, the Acting Governor to Dine
Moffat); I'm Glad My Leesch-arr.
9.45 Variety Programme. rt's My Ain (arr. Inglis) Mar- with the Hon, the Colonial Secretary paret. Stewart (Soprano) with Or Vocal Let's and Ms. N. L. Smith, 15 p.m.
All Join In The chestra. The Laird O' Cockpen (Re-Chorus with Tommy Handley and 15-Tides: High 3:34 am, and 9.27 bertson); Dumbarton's Drums (Ban Hls Pals"-Lätro: Daisy Bell: Don't pim. Low 1.56 a.m. and 2.44 am, tock) Glasgow Orpheus Choir. dilly dally on the way: Nelle Dean; Sunrise: 6.10 a.m.; Sunset: 627 pm Strathspeys (art. Dlack) - Scottish Oh you beautiful Doll etc. Piano Macao Jockey Club's September Country Dance Orchestra.
Charlle Kanz Piano Medley No. D. 9– Race Meeting.
130 Renter & Ragby Press, Wea- Intro: Sympathy: You Needn't have Claims against estate of John Har- ther Forecast and Announcements.
kept it
a secret! You're here, You're ber Roberts due.
145 Haydn-Symphony No. 58 In Vocal-The Laughter Parade (Monta there: So Rare: etc. - Charlie Kinz
G Major."
gue-Dawn) The Laughter Makers. Orch-Foolin' Myself (Lawrance and Tinturia-Carroll Gibbons (Piano) & His Boy Friends Vocal-I Can't Be lieve That It's You (Gülbert-Silver); I Cried for You (Lyman and Others -Counte-Boswell it orchestra.
10.15 Bance Maxto.
Y.M.C.A.: Discussion Group, 9 p.m. 16-Tides: High 9.14 à.mi, and 9,49 P.I Low 2.37 a.m. and 3.15 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.10 a.m.; Sunset: 6.26. D. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF), Govt. House, 9 a.m.-12 noon.
Meeting of All Cricket Chibs, Urban Council Chamber. 5.15 p.m.
China Underwriters Ltd, call on shares payable,
South China A.A. Swimming Cham pionship Heats 730 pm
25-Tides: High 144 am, and 5.27 p.m. Low. 10.26 am. and 0.33 p.m..
Sunrise: 6.13 nm; Sunset: 6.17 p.m. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O..),
Govt. House 9 am-12 noon.
Tides: High 849 am, and 10.11 p.m. Low 3.18 a.m. and 344 pm.
Sunrise: 6.11 am.; Sunset: 8.25 p.m.' HK. Rotary Club Tinin Meeting, p.m. Speaker-Major J. L. Willcocks Dairy Farm Ice & Cold Storage Co., op "What Can We Do With the Pri-Ltd.. Înterim Dividend payable.
soner.
V.R.C.
Criminal Sessions Open, 10.0.m. 18-Tides:
Fox-Trots Jeepers Creepers ( Going Places), Muting In The Nur- Bery (flm Going Places') Paul Whiteman and His Swing WiDE Waltz- Shall Always Remember You Smiling: Quickstep-
Did
You Go Down Lambeth Way-Victor Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra. Tangos 26-Tides: High 2.50 am and 6.32-By The Black Sea; My Dream Tali-
Colony Swimming Championships. 116.15 p.m.
p.m.
burn
Swimming Championship Heats at p.m. Low 1134 am and 6.38 p.m. go George Boulanger and His Or Sunrise: 6.13 m; Sunset: 8.16 p.m. chestra. Fax-Trot -Between a Kiss Entries close for Hongkong Jockey and a Sigh; Quickstep
Could Be Orchestra. High 1024 alk, and Club's Eighth Extra Race Meeting, 12 Geraldo and His
Fox- Trois-Wishing (film Love 1027 p.m. Low 3.55 am, and 4.14 p.m. noon.
Affair Sunrise: 611 am.; Sunset: 6.24 pun.
HK. Y's Men's Club Tiffin Meeting. One Sunday Afternoon-Billy
burn and
His Music. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.),|1
La Conga Govt. House, 9 am-12 noon.
Colony Swimming Championships, Blico:i: Rumba--Let Me Whisper, I Love You-Don Marino Barreto and Swimmin:
Championship Heats at 8.15 p.m. V.R.C.
South China A.A. Swimming Cham-His Cuban Orch. Fox-Trot Peter! Peter Waltz-One Tiny Tear-Ray Royal Hongkong Yacht Club, An- plonships. 7.16 p.m...
Noble and His Orchestra. Killa? Meeting. Club House, Kellet
11.00 Island, 5.45 pm.
Close down.. .: 19-Tides: High 10.54
and 10.44 p.m. Low 435 am, and 442 pm, Sunrise: 6.11 a.m.; Sunset: 6.23 pm. H.K; Y's Men's Club Tiffin Meeting, 1 p.m.
Swimming Championship Eeats at V.R.C.
H.K. Hockey Assi. Annual Meeting, St. Andrew's Hall, & p.m.
Entries close for South China A.A Swimming Championships, 7.30 p.m.
20-Tides: High 11.75 .. and
27-Tides: High 4.26 am and 6.57 p.m. Low 12.23 am and 1134 pm.
Sunrise: 614 a.m.; Sunset; 6.15 p.m. RA.O.C. Monthly Dinner-Speaker, Mr, D. B. Evans "Measurement of Distant Sounds,
SHORT WAVE
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House, 9 am-12 noon.
Colony Swimming Championships, Cana 6.15 p.m.
G.A.G South China A.A. Swimming Cham- GS.B. plonships, 7.15 pm.
G.S.BL Vocal Recital" at Peninsula Hotel. 09.0 9.15 p..
28-Tides: High 642 am, and 1,27
11.04 pan. Low 5.14 am and 5.06 ppm. Low 1.06 p.m.
Sunrise: & am; Sunset: 6.22 p.m. Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd, second interim dividend payable to shareholders on registers in Bris bane and Singapore.
·Sunrise: 634a.m.; Sunset: 6.14 p.m. Birthday of Conficlus.
Ladles' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House, 9 a.m.--12 noon.
Colony Swimming Championships.
9.30 p.m.
29-Tides: High 6.51 am, and 7.57 p.m. Low 1244 am and 146 p.m. 21-Tides: High 11.55 am. and
Sunrise: 6.14 am; Sunset: 6.13 pa, Y.M.C.A.: Discussion Group, 9, p.m.. 1127 p.m. Low 3.36 am. and 527 pm.
Sunrise: 11 am; Sunset: 6.21 pm 30-Tides!" High 7.51 am. ‘and1832 HEFA League, First Round starts.p.m. Low 137 am and 2.23 pm. H.K. Jockey Club's Seventh Extra Race Meeting at Happy Valley, 2 p.m. South China A.A. Swimming Cham- Ipionships 2.30 p.m.
22-Tides: High 12.37 p.m. Low 6.42 a.. and 542 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.12 am; Sunset: 620′′p.m. Y.M.C.A.: Discussion Group, 9 pm. 23-Tides: High 12.02 a.m, and 1.40 p.m. Low 7.38 a.m. and 5.54 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.12 'a.m.; Sunset: 6.19 p.m. "Endies Working Party-(D:WO:P>"[ Govt. House, 9 am-12 BOOD
St. Andrew's Club annual mtg.. 9
plan.
24-Tides: High 12.47 a.m, and 3.17 pm. Low 8.38 am, and 6.08 pan.
Sunrise: 6.12 am; Sunset: 6.18 p.m. HK. Rotary Club Tifin Meeting, 1 p.m.
Ladies' Golf-Autumn Meeting and "Tombstone" Competition.
neckers when he made love to the "Queen"
Consequently, when Mike train- 1 say that Elizabethan love-mak-ed his directorial talents on ing is just like twentieth century Warner Bros. technicolour pro- necking." says director Michael; duction, "The Private Lives of to spoil this great tragic love Curtiz, "but what I mean is that Elizabeth and Essex," showing story of Queen Elizabeth and fundamentally they are the same today at the King's Theatre, he Essex (Bette Davis and Errol thing and the modern motion was determined not to be blinded Flynn) by putting in a lot of picture audience, understands the by a lot of queenly robes and flowery gestures and high-sound- latter a lot better than it does knightly trappings when it came ing talk which doesn't mean Sir Walter Raleigh and Shake- to the business of love making, thing, "People today don't under- spearean schools of love-making. of which there is more than stand that kind of stuff. They Maybe Essex didn't take Hiza- considerable...
kuow how they make love; and beth out in his roadster and park "It's got more emotion packed, that's the way I'm going to have on some lonely country road, but into it than any story I have ever Mr. Errol Flynn and Miss Bette anyhow it is my opinion that he read, and I've read plenty," Davis, my actors make love in talked the same language as the Mike insiste, and I am not going this picture."
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