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COMING EVENTS
FED.
28-Tides:
10
High
11.11 ám, and
11.07 p.m. Low 1.42 am and 4.35 pm. Sunrise: 616 a.m.; Sunset: 6.27 p., Kowloon Residents' Assun. Annusi Meeting, St Andrew's Hall. 8 p.m.
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House, 9 am-12.30 p.m.
GENERAL
In
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
Vocal Recital by Y K. Sze. Peninsula Hotel, 9.15 p.m.
Z
Star Ferry Co., Ltd. Annual Meet- ing (Jardine, Matheson & Co. Offiad,
B
On Wavelengths of 355
metres (845 kc) $1.49
11 a..
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metres (3,53 magsapaine).
Compulsory Service Tribuna!, Coun ell Chamber, 5 am.
Exhibition at Chinese paintings at Chinese Library Fung Ping'. Shan (University), 11 am.
Volunteer Corps Artillery. Dinner China Fleet Club. 7.4-8.15 pan.
·R.A.O.C. W.O.s and Syts.' Club Din. ner, Gloucester Hotel.
Chinese Defence League luncheon Roof Garden, HK, Hotel. I p.m. MAR.
1-Tides: High 11.41 at, and 11.31 pam. Low 5.12 a.m. and 5.15 pm, i
Sunrise: 645 am.; Sunset: 627 pm. H.K. Jockey Club's Annual Meeting. Last Day. 2 p.m
St. David's Society Cocktail Party. [H.K. Club 6.30 p.m.
Entries Close for Colony Tennis Championships, 6 pm,
La Salle College Sports, 1 p.m. 2 Tides: High 11.58 am, and 1157 p.m. Low 5.39 a.m. and 5.57 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.45 a.m.; Sunset: 6.27 pm. Baud Concert. Peninsula Hotel Lounge, pan
YM.C.A. Discussion Group. 9 p.m. 3-Tides: High 12.16 p.m. Low 6.06 a.m. and 6.43 p.m.
THEATRELAND' AND OTHER LONDON RELAYS 'Classical Requests 12.15 p.m. Short Service of
cussion.
12.30 New Dance Music.
promptu. Op. 73, No. 2 (Grir-Eileen Joyce (Plano).
10.00 London Relay-By the Way. Talk by Sidney Horniblow,
10.15 Request Classical Programmè confloned.
#
Praeludium Jarnefelt)-John Bar- Alleltin birolli and His Orchestra.
(Mozart-Elizabeth Schumann 150
with Orch. prano
Concerto in E Flat Major for Horn and Orchestra
· (Mozart) 1st Mov: Allegro (Canden- za); 2nd May Romanse Laighetto); Brain Inter-3rd Mov: Allegro Aubrey
(Horn) and the B.B.C. Symphony Or chestra cond. by Sir Adrian Bouli Let the Bright Saraphin (Samson- -Elsie Suddaby (Soprano) Fox-Trot-We'll Go Smiling. Along Handel) from Top of the World"--Harry Roy with Orchestra. Nocturne in E Flat and His Band, Slow Fox-Trot-Miss Major, Op. 9. No. 2 (Chopin)-Arthur
Minuett No. 1) on the River: Quickstep Look for Rubinstein (Plano), the Silver Lining-Victor Silvester & (Paderewsk!)-Marek Weber and His Waltz Orchestra. Onsway! Awake Beloved, His Ballroom Orchestra. Love Stay in My Heart from "Top of Hiawatha-Coleridge-Taylor) the World: Quickstep-Where the dor Davies (Tenor) with Orchestra.
the Waltz in G Sharp Minor (Chopin Blue Begins (from *Top of
(Violin) with World")-Victor Silvester & His Ball-Bronislaw Huberman
Fox-Trot - I Hear Plano acc Je Veux Vivre Dans Ce room Orchestra Bluebirds: Waltz-I'll Be Waiting for Reve ("Romeo and Juliette-Gounod) You-The Organ, The Dance Band & Elde Norena (Soprano) with Or Me Fox-Trots Until You Fall In chestra. Love: I'm Stepping out with a Mem-
11.00 Close down. ory Tonight--Harry Roy and His Or- chestra.
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea. ther Report.
SHORT WAVE
DAVENTRY
Wavelength
17.79b.e. [16.8 G.S.B.
9.51m. G.S.H. ....... 21.d G.8.0.
1.03 Variety with Drinking Songs. Comedy Sketch -- A Fen Drinks Sunrise: 644 am Sunset: 6.28 m. (from Funny Face' Leslie Benson Calls
Vocal-There's G.S.G. Crown Land Sale, PW.D. 3 p.n.
and Sydney Howard Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.A Tavern in the Town: John Peel: Clementine: Solomon Levi Stuart Govt. House, 9 a.m.-12 noon.
4-Tides: High 12.21 p.m. and 12.39 Robertson (Bass-Baritone) with Plano and Cherus. Comedian - Uncle Bili a.m. Low 6.28 a.m. and 1.37 n.m.
Poor Little Has Much Improved: Sunrise: 6.42 a.m.; Sunset: 6.28 p.m.
Hard Boiled Gui- Ronald Frankau Entries Close for Fanling Hunt and
Vocal-Little Brown Jus with Piano. Race Club Meet at Kwanti: Entries
-Frank Crimit
with Orchestra for Race 3 close on March 11.
Comedienne British Mother's Big H.K. Rotery Club Tifin Meeting. Flight from Streamline A. P. Her- Comedians bert)--Florence Desmond.
p.m.
5-Tides: High 1.02 p.m. and 115Big and Stinker's "Moment Musi JML Low 6.41 a.m. and 857 p.m.
cal": Talking Shop-Arthur Askey Sunrise: 6.42 xm; Sunset: 628 p.m. Richard Murdoch. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.. Govt. House, Sa.m.--12 noon.
6-Tides: High 2.05 p.m. and 2,66 3.m. Low 6.51 1.m. and 10.37 p.m.,
Sunrise: 6,10 a.m.; Sunset: 6.29 p.m. HK. Y's Men's Club, Tiffin Meeting i p.m.
7-Tides: High, 4.30 p.m. and 3.14 a.IL Low 6.52 an. and 1154 PRO,
Sunset: 640 a.m.; Sunset: 6.29 p.m. Auxillary Nursing Service Dance, Peninsula Hotel. 9 p.m.
Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.1 Govt. House, 9 a.m.-12 noon.
8-Tides: High 4.27 m. Sunrise: 6.39 a.m.; Sunset: 6.30 p.m. Annual Meeting of Bank of East Asia, Ltd. 2 p.m.
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Announcements.
1.45 Grieg Sonata in C Minor, Op. 45.
1st Mov: Allegro molto ed., appas- sionato; 2nd Mov: Allegretto espres- sivo alla Romanza; 3rd Mov: AL iegro animato-Sergei Rachmaninoff (Piano) and Fritz Kreisler (Violin),
2.15 Close Cawu.
5.45 Indian Programme.
6.30 tions.
Closing Local Stock Quota
6.32 Carroll Gibbons (Piano) and The Savoy Hotel Orpheans,
Fox-Trots--Rosalie trom the film)
In the Stin of the Night (ilm Rosa.
Tu-
Library, Supreme Ceart
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CHINA RELIEF
SOCIETY...
Philippine Branch Of Defence League
A Philippine branch of the Chira Defense League, a non-partisan and non-political body organized in
9-Tides: High 8.02.2.m. and 5.43e-Carroll Gibbons and The Savoy China for medical relief in that Hotel Orpheans. Piano-Carroll Cans country, has been formed in Manila the name of Philippine the Tune-Intro: In an 18th Century under
Reliet Council. Honorary Drawing Room: It's a lovely day to-China morrow Scatterbrain; It's a Hap Hay chairman of the local organization Happy Day: Faithful Forever let is former Justice James C. Vickers, the People Sing - Carroll Gibbons. practising attorney.
Waltz Dearest Love (from 'Operette
p.m. Low 12.46 p.m. and 11.07 a.m.
Sunrise: 6.38 a.m.; Sunset: 6.30 pm. Y.M.C.A. Discussion Group. 9 pm. 10-Tides: High 8.07 and 6.47 p.m. Low 1.29 a.nz and 12.28 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.37 a.m.; Sunset: 6.31 p.m.
The first meeting of the local Ladies' Working Party (B.W.0.7.)-Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Ho council was held in December in Govt. House. 9 a.m.-12 TOCIL
tel Orpheans Piano Duets--Nymph.
the office of Justice Vickers, Re- Selection (Cole Porter); Errant There's A Rig Around the Moon cently a committee was appointed (Green)-Carroll Gibbons and John to organize a beneft and this W. Green acc. by Their Boy Friends. now under way. Fox-Trots--Stairway to the Stars; F.
11-Tides: High 8.27 a and 7.44 p.m. Low 2.01 a.m. and 1.27 p.m.
Sunrise: 6.36 3.m.: Sunset: 6.31 p.m. HK. Rotary Club Tiffin Mecting, 1 p.m.
18
The new organization has the
D. R. Jones--Carroll Gibbons & the active co-operation of Mrs. Sayre Savoy Hotel Orpheans.
7.00
1.15
London Belay-The, News.
whose workers are busy on medical supplies and baridages in accor-
London Belay-Newsletter by dance with requirements laid down by the head office of the movement
O. M. Green.
S.S. WAR FUND SINGAPORE. Feb. 20 (Reuter) -A total of $5,000,000 (Straits)
reached was yesterday
by the 7.30
Norman Alilu (Bass-Baritone) in Hongkong. publicly subscribed Straits Bet-and the Band of tlements War Fund for the pur- | Guards. chase of bombers for the R.AF.
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WAYNE
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GAMBLING
ON THE
HIGH SEAS
COMMENCING SUNDAY".
The Season's Happiest Mystery-Hit! EDGAR BERGEN, CHARLIE MCCARTHY, MORTIMER SNEED
“CHARLIE MCCARTHY, DETECTIVE"
A New Universal Picture
PERCIVAL STREET
& LEIGHTON HILL ROAD
Charle
Chaplin
in his new comedy
The Great DICTATOR
fredone), szinten and dares twit an CHARLIET HAPOLN
A PALLETTE LODDARD
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LOCAL COUNCIL Officers of the local council' ar The Mikado' Selection (Sullivan) Mrs. D. G. McAvoy, Mrs. J. B, Stap-. The Band of H.M. Coldstreamler and Dr. Melquiades Gamboa, Guards. When Song is Sweet Sans- vice-chairmen; Mrs. AS. Heyward. Soust); Think on Me "Lady John corresponding secretary in Mantis; Scott-art. Meffat-Norman Allin Mrs. A. Rodolfo, recording secretary (Bass Baritone) with Orchestra. Mar-
in Manila; Miss Cordelia Job, cor- tial Moments (arr. Aubrey Winter)
Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards responding secretary in Bagulo; W. Edward (Corder and Loewe)-Norman R. Babcock, honorary treasurer. Allin (Basa-Baritone) with 'Geisha'--Selectlon: (Jones)-Band of large is composed of Mrs. E. E H.M. Coldstream Guards.
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The father he idolized... in prison! All wealthy friends tuned against him! Only this girl guessed what was in his embittered heart!
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¿ TYRONE
DOROTHY
POWER · LAMOUR
JOHNNY
APOLLO
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EDWARD ARNOLD-WOYD NOLAN CHARLEY GRAPEWIN LIONEL ATWILL A 20th Century-Fax Picturs
Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart in
"ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS"
The committee on members at DOWN ARGENTINE NEW. GANGSTER
Crouter, Mrs. Robert 8: Hendry,
8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Mrs. M. 3. Kestler, Jose Lava and
Mrs. Edgar Snow, and the commit Report and Announcements.
tee on Chinese members is com- 8.03 Humoreds Variety. Comedians-Blecking out the Flat posed of Kao Tsin-lit, Lin Yu, Go Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch, Pang-seng. Lee Engshaw, and Pao Confedienne Bluebeard--A Bed-Time Shih-tien.
WAY KING'S
Greatest Musical Extravaganza
THRILLER
Last night's 'audience at the an- Majestic Theatre welcomed
hit when other Warner Bros. "Gambling On The High Beas" Brilliant casting, catchy songs opened. Starring Wayne. Morris gangster thriller also features Gil- Story: An Embankment Impression. The local council also counts with and sheer lavishness mark "Down engagement today at the King's
bert Roland, John Litel and Roger Wish Wynne. Novelty Tralas-Re-Hatson members from other local Argentine Way," which starts its and Jene Wyman, the exciting ginald Gardiner, Comediennes Certiorganizations, as Mrs. Albing By-Theatre as the greatest rousical Pryor. and Daisy-Bert's Darts Club Dinner Cip, trom the Philippine Chinese
"Gambling On The High Seas" -Elsie und Doris Waters. Comedian Women's Relief Association; Mrs. E. extravaganza of all time.
Don 'Ameche bas a role that tells in an engaging manner how -Weeping Willow; You can't go Crouter, from the Indusco com- was made to order for him. Caplinupcent, thrill-seekers were trick- away. like that Max Miller.
mittee: Dr. Antonio M. Bautista, alising on his diversified talents, ed out of their earnings by sinis- 8.20 London Relay-Threatreland.' from the Congress for Democracy: Don was given a grand role which ter gangsters operating luxurious
Mrs. J. Lansang, from Friends of not only calls forth his acting gambling ships. London Relay-The-News. 9.15 London RelayQuestions of the Hour,"
8.00
9.30 Request Classteal Programme. Orpheus in the Underworld--Over
√
".
China; Manuel Crudo, from League talent but his singing and dancing Eandsome Wayne Morris plays for Defense of Democracy; Federico ability as well. Opposite ameche Jim Carver, a young newspaper Mangahas, from Philippine Writers'
re-man. In a series of swiftly paced is blonde Betty Grable who League; and Dr. Pantino Gazda, turns to the screen after scoring scenes he and the gambling czar's from Civil Liberties Union.
an outstanding success on the New secretary, engagingly played by ture (Offenbach) Lucerne Kursaal (from
York stage in "Du Barry Was Jane Wyman, amass evidence Orchestra. One Fine Day Задат Butterfly-Puccini)-Rosetta
|Lady."
enough to convict the ruthless Pampanini (Soprano) with" Orchestra,
"Down Argentine Way" also criminal. GENERAL WEYGAND Merrte England-Dance (German)
marks the sensational screen debut Orchestre Raymonde. Rondine On A
VICHY, Feb. 27 (Heuter) -eu- of torrid-voiced Carmen Miranda, she sings four numbers in the Theme by Beethoven (Kreisler)-Fritz Kreisler (Violin) with Piano acc. Oneral Maxime Weygand, the French famed South American songstress tantalizing manner, for which she Commander-in-Chief In Africa, who took New York by storm when is ismous. These include "South, with the Motley (I Pagliaccl-don- cavallo)Enrico Caruso (Tenor) with arrived at Algiers by air yester-she appeared on Broadway in American Way," "Bambu," "Mamae
tour of The Streets of Paris"
Eu Quero" and "Touradas Emm Rustle of Spring day after a fortnight's Symphony Orch.
Playing herself in the picture Madrid"!! Op. 32, No. 3 (Binding); Scherzo Im- French West Africa.