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TODAY
A TALK ON CONFUCIUS. FROM THE STUDIO "Faust"--Act III
Short Service of Inter-
12.15 p.m. cession.
12.30
Peter Dawson in a Military Band Concert
Library Suprerne Cours
COMING EVENTS
·SEPT.·
28-Tides: High 5.42 am, and 727 pm. Low 1,06 pm.
Sunrise: 6.14 a.m.; Sunset: 6.14 p.m. Birthday of Confuchs
Colony Swimming Championships,
Francisco Canaro. Foxtrots-If It's Good then I want it; West End Blues (9.30 p.in.
-Louis Armstrong's Orchestra. Fox- Lawn Bowls League. trot Land of Love: Waltz Sunshine in Spring-Eugen Wall & His Orch.
29-Tides: High 651; nằm, and 7.57
Sunrise: 6.14 am; Sunset: 6.13 p.m.
Foxtrots-Still The Bluebird Sings: Low 124 am, and 146 pm. An Apple for the Teacher Larry YMCA: Discussion Group. p.m. Clinton's Orch, Slow Foxtrot
Speaker: Dr. Gordon King" "Chopin
Temple Block Swing: Quickstep and His Music" (plano recital).
Music Hall Rag-Joe Daniels & His and Drumsticks. Foxtrots - Mo. Brother Bill; Savoy Blues Louis Armstrong's Orchestra.
12 midnight Close down.
TOMORROW
TALK FROM THE STUDIO ON KENYA AND UGANDA Book Reviews
10.15 am. Relay of Morning Ser The Black Domino-Overture (Au- Ler)-B.B.C, Wireless Military Band, vice from the Methodist Church The Bandolero (Stuart)-Peter Daw- 12.15 p.. Schuman Symphony No. san. Quick Marches The Standard 4 in D Minor Op. 126.
12.41 Schabert-Bondo In A Major. Temianka (Violin)."
of St. George: Tournament Massed London Symphony Orchestra cond Bands. Young Britoa's Heritage Bruno Walter, (Hennessy); Our River Thames (Hennessy) Peter Dawson Youth and Vigour: Colonel Bogey-March- Band-of-HM Coldstream Guards.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wen- ther Report.
12.55 Two Schabert Songs,
Beloved; Laughing Near the Weeping-Elizabeth Schumann.
1.00 Local Time Signal and ther" Report.
Lawn Bowls Leagua
St. Teresa's Fenst-Special Service at St. Teresa's, 5 p.m.
p.m.
30-Tides: High 7.51 a.m. and 8.32 Low 137 am, and 2.23 p.m. Et. Andrew's Fellowship Weekly Meeting. Church Hall 6.15 pm.
co..
H.K. Land Investment and Agency
Ltd., Int
Interest on per cent, De- of St. Teresa's Club. 5 p.m. payable.
Opening bentures
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF), Govt. House, 9 A.m.-12 noon.
Kowloon Union Church Club Meet- ing, 8.30 p.m.
OCT.
1-Tides: High 8.45 a.m. and 9.11 p.m. Low 2.21 am and 3.09 p..
Sunrise: 6.15 am.; Sunset: &li pm. Claims against estate of John Cog hii Brem due.
HK. Rotary Club Tiffin Meeting. 1 and P HE the Acting Governor to be
present.
HK. Referees' Association Meeting. Wes-Hotel Cecil, 8 p.m.
2-Tides: High 241 m. and 9.18 p.nl.
Low 316 am, and 3.37 p.m. Sunrise: 6.15 am: Sunset:-610-p.m. Fellowship. Card St. Andrew's
1.03 Musical Comedy. Selections. "Music in The Air" (Kern) New
1.03 Mavis Benneti and the New Break Down and Mayfair, Orchestra Weep from "Bow Bells" (Sullivan)- Mayfair Orchestra. William Walker and Peggy Cochrane. "Noth's Ark"-Selection (arr. Hall)
Sunny Side up"-Vocal Gems-Light-Orchestra. Burd of Love Divine Night, 8.30 p.m. Opera Come Love Parade"-Vocal Haydn Wood; Valey of Laughter Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Gems Light Open Co. "Home and Sanderson)-Mavis Bennett Jerome Govt. House, & am-12 noon. Beauty-Selection- Nikolaus Brod-Kern Melodies-New Mayfair Orches sky Plano).
tra. Down Vauxhall Way (Oliver) ---
Bennett.
Ballad Memories intro:The dear little Shamrock, God
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- Mavis ther Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 Dance Music by Billy Cotton's Send you back to me, The Bells of
St. Marys, Lazily, drowsily.
Band
Foxtrots I'm
Little Prairie
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea
1.45 Beethoven-Sonata in B Flat
Arthur Schnabel (Piano).
Flower; The Best of Friends Novelty ther Forecast and Announcements Waltz-Maybelle. Maybelle; Foxtrot-- Horsey, Horsey.
Foxtrots The Little Major Op. 22. Boy that Santa Claus Forgot: Moon- light on the Waterfall Foxtrots There's Something wrong with the Weather; Wish me Luck.
2.15 Close down
6.00 Gounod's "Faust"-ict III. Characters and Soloists in order of
2.10 Handel Concerto Grosso No. 6, Op. 6.
The Boyd Neel String Orchestra. 2.30 Close downL.
7.00 The New Light Symphony Or- chestra with Wm. Brownlow.
3-Tides: High 10.34 a.m. and 10.26 pm. Low 4.03 a.m, and 4:31 p.m. Sunrise: 6.15 a.m.; Sunset: 6.10 p.m. HK. Y's Men's Club, Thin Meeting." St. Francis Hotel, 1 p.m.
4-Tides: 'High 11.28 20. and 11.04 pm. Low 4.48 am, and 4,44 p.m. Sunrise: 6.36 am; Sunset: 6.03 p.m. Christ Church Concert, St. An drew's Hall.
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt., House, 9 a.m.-12 noon
Kowloon Cricket Club, Annual Meeting. 6 p.m.
5-Tides:
and
High
21.10. 11.28 11.39 pm. Low 5.39 am."and 5.17 p.ru. Sunrise: 6.18 a.m.; Sunset: 6.07 p.m. ELK, Jockey Club's Elghth Extra
Boy Scouts Assn. Annual Swimming
Romance in E Flat (Rubinstein): their appearances Stebel, Village Melody in F (Rubinstein)-New Light Youth in love with Marguerite Doris Symphony Orch. When I think of Race Meeting (First Day), 2 pm, Vane (Soprano); Faust Heddle Nash You (Tate) Wm. Brownlow. The (Tenor); Mephistopheles Robert Mill in the Forest (Ellenburg); Mon- Sports, V.R.C., 2.30 p.m.. Easton (Bass); Marguerite Mirian astery Bells (Wely)-Orchestra Bal- 6 Tides: High 135 pm: Low 6.36 Licette (Soprano) Martha, Mar-
guerite's Friend Marial Brunskills of Yesterday (Teresa del Riego).
!--(Brownlow. Spanish. Serenade (Cont.) with Sir Thomas Beecham (Bizet); Spanish Dance No. 1 (Mos- conducting the Symphony Orchestra. kowsky Orchestra.
6.50 Closing Local Stock Quota. 1.30 London Belay The News.
Hons.
6.52 Brahms Variations on Theme of Paganini.
Egon Petri (Plano).
7.00 Studio Talk by IT. K. Woo an Confucius.
7.20 Light Orchestral Selections. Springtime
(Heykens); Serenade Musical Box (Heykens) Marek Weber's Orchestra. A Summer Even-
Orches ing-Waltz-Marek Weber's
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1.30 London Relay The News. 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather! Report and Announcements.
8.02 Gershwin An" American In Parls,
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8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.02. Compositions of Bizet. Ballet Suite Jeux d'Enfante" London Philharmonic Orchestra The Pearl cond. by Antal Dorati Fishers - "Lella's Song-Lina Pag.
Fort.
Low 6.38 a.m. and 5.47 p.za. Sunrise: 6.15 a.m.; Sunset: 6.06 pm, Y.M.SA, Discussion Group, 9 pun ____—Tides: High' 1227 a.m. and 2.52 p.m. Low 7.39 am and 6.19 p.m. Sunrise: 6,16 aim; Sunset: 6.05 pm St.
Weekly Andrew's Fellowship Meeting Church Hall, 6.15 p.m.
Ladies Working Party (BW.OF.), Gort House. 9 am-12 noch.
tught. "I Still seem to hearg MUSICAL TREAT
AT MAJESTIC · TOMORROW
Danse Bohemienne (from "The Fair "Maid of "Perth")-London Phil- harmonic Orchestra, Ouvre- tan Coeur (Spanish Serenade) George Thill. Carmen-Fantasy (arr." Sarasate) Zimbalist (Violin).
8.45 Studio The seventeenth of a Series of Book Reviews.
9.00 London Relay--The "News. 9.30 Studio-A Talk on "Kenya and
New Light Symphony Orchestra Uganda." with George Gershwin.
Starring the beautitul exoLIC and lissome Zorina, 'On Your Toes the first big musical treat will be of the new show season screened at the Majestic Theatre.
9.43 A. Programme of Sir Edward tomorrow. 8.20 Ambrose and Ills Orchestra. Elgar's Compositions.
Comedy is the main goal of the screen Foxtrots There's that Lock in Your "Crown of India" - Sulte-London production and this rare Eyes Again: Head Over Heels. Novel- Symphony Orchestra conducted by
combina-
Shop. Foxtrots--She: We're Teps on 10.15 Studio - Sunday Evening sentation are the two ballets
Saturday Night..
8.45 London Relay-London Log. 9.00 London Belay-The News and Topical Talks.
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9.30 Selections from. "The Pirates of Penzance.
Epilogue conducted by a Minister of the Congregational Church.
· 10.35 Close down.
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and There? Foxtrot Wood and Ivory (from "Caractacus") London Sym. tion of rollicking humour Waltz-Music in May: Novelty Fox Orch Organ Sonata in G G. D. superlative dancing. trot Peter Pop keeps a Lollipop Cunningham (Organ)
High spots of the screen pre-
titled "The Princess Zenobia" and "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" and
both presented they are laughs, as the saying goes,
The supporting cast is made up of such well-known comedians as Hale. Frank Eddie Albert, Alan Wavelength 17.79b.c. (19.88m) McHugh, James Gleason. Leonid 9.51m2 (11.551) Kinskey, Erik "Rhodes. Queente SL4me. (X197m.) Smith, Gloria Dickson, Berton Churchill and the kids, Donald O'Connor and Sarita Wooten, who 406 portray Eddie Albert and Zoripa 5.00 pm as children,
Overture Light Opera Orchestra. "What Shall I do?-Derek Oldham;
Calla Climbing over Rocky Mountain -
G.S.G Chorus of Girls. Stop Ladies, Pray-0.8.8. Derel Oldham, and Chorus, Oh! I
G.S.H there not one Maiden Breast-Derek 0.3.0. Oldham, Elsie Griffin and Chorus. Tis Mabel; Foor Wandering One- Elsie Grifin and Chorus of Girls What ought we to do, Gentle Sisters, Say Nellie Briercliffe and Nellie Walker. How Beautifully Blue the Sky Elsle Grifin, Derek Oldham and Chorus of Girls.
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The big task of welding all the 6.45 pm. diverse elements of comedy, melo- 7.30 p.m. i 9.15 p.m. drama, music and dancing into 1300 mid one impressive production was in night the hands of Ray Enright. long 7.30 am one of the ace directors on the 8.30am Wamer Bros lot,
geous Dancing Doll: In a Little Rocky WEATHER REPORTĮ Valley-Moon and Bentley Vocal Fools Rush
In; I'll Never Fall You-
ordeon-Com- Hongkong Royal Observatory Leslie Hutchinson.
10a.m., Sept. 27. me de Blen Entendu Valse Musette; Vous Valsiez Waltz-
Accordeoniste, Barometer (at sea level), 29.87 ins, Alexander et son orchestre. Tenor Chant D'Amour de Tahiti (Scotto): Temperature, 87 F Reginella
lla (Woodpecker Bong) Tan Humidity, 72 per cent. ROSAL Piano Duet Czardas (Mont); Wind Direction, W.
Three Waldteufel Waltzes--Rawicz & Wind Farce (Beaufort), 2. Landauer. Vocal-I Was watching a
Man Paint a Fence; Too Romantic-Temperature; maxlinum yesterday. Carroll Gibbons. Vocal-Between You
and Me; I Concentrate on You (from Temperature; minimum last night, "Broadway Melody of 1940) Mary
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 28 Sept. to 4 Úct: 1940.
HIGH WATER.
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Major Harrison, of the RAMC,
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Eyes Berkeley Square: I've Got my
today, nii. Total rainfall since January 15%. 11.00 At four of Dance Music,
112.49 Ins.. FoxtrotsMy Kind a Love: Am 2 means that You're Grand; Once in a sunset tonight, 6.15 pm. Blue?-Dorsey Bros and their Orch. Against an average of, 16.7 Ins
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Luk Blu. of No. 50, Cheong Luk reports that while driving car Street, ground floor, was admitted!
to Kowloon Hospital on Thursday suffering from a fractured skoll received when she fell from an
No 5368 along Island Road, near While Jack Harris Orchestra Waltz Sunrise tomorrow, 814 am.
South Bay Road bridge, his
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damaged but Major Harrison es caped without any injury.
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