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MAY
16-Tides: High 2.11 a.m. and 19.38 p.m. Low: 5.39 am and 1.51 pm,
Sunrise: 5.43 a.m.; Sunset: 6.36 p.m. Claims against Estate of late Mr. . 1. Gallot due.
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Annual Meeting
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p.m.
Cheero Ch:b Darts and Table
fenints.
La Salle Old Boys' Assen; Lecture, "Lighter Shades In Education." B p.m. Crown Land Sales, D.O. South 13
4.1.
"Lecture: Valtmeer Nursing Detach- ment, A.R.P. Hora, Happy Valley, 5.30 p.m.
Wartime Intercession Service. St
Andrew's Church, 6.30 p.m.
Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF.) Govt, House, 9 am to 13.30 pm.
First Aid Lecture, Little Flower Club King's Park, 5.45 p.m.
17-Tides: High 319 a.m. and 1.2 pm Low: 624;am; and 8.55 pm.
Suntine: 542 am; Sunset: 6.56 p.m. H.K. and Yaumati Ferry Co., Ltd., Annual Meeting, Company's Offices.
Jordan Road Ferry Pier. 11 a.m.
Far East Flying Training School Students' Butön Graduation Ter Dance. Peninsula Hotel, 5 p.m. .
Entries Close for "Show Jumping Competition" of HK. -Polo Club Gymkhana, noon.
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Chinese Australasian Assen. Supper Dance, H.K. Hotel, 8 p.m.
Canton Women's International Cab H.K. Branch Meeting Golden City Restaurant.
Lecture: Dr. Clift on "Prophery" Pokfulam Road, 2nd floor, 8.30 p.m.
18-Tides: High 4.30 am, and 223 D-IT Low: 7.31 aun, and $.57 p.
Sunrise: 5.42 a.m.; Sangel; 6.57 p.m.
·YM.C.A. "Discussion Group, 9pm. H.K. Police Rifle and Revolver Club Annual Championships, Talkéo Range, Athletics Army Medical v. South China Caroline Hill.
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"MIDDLF-BROW"? TALK BY DR. W. LOVELOCK
Talk by Dr. Willara Lövelock of the Trinity College of Music, ilustrated by Gramophone records.
8.45 10.00 News In French (on Short Ways only)...
9.45 Songs by Josephine Baker and Frank Cramit.
Antonio Pasquale Ramonio (Crumit t Wrap me up in my tamaalin jackes (Whyte and others) Frank Crumit (Tenor) with Guitar. La Petite Too. kinoise (Christine and others!ose- phine Baker; J'ai Deux, Amours (Ko- ger and others-Josephine Baker & 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- Adrien Lamy with Melodie Jazz du cession.
Casino de Paris. No News Frank
"La Traviata”- Act 2
12.30 Lesile Hutchison (Vocal and Crumit. Piano).
10.00 London Relay-0, M. Green"; Newsletter.
Hutch Medley Intro: My Heart Stood Still: Let's fall in love; What
10.15 Dance Music. Fox-Trots-Alouette: School "Days- is this thing called Love"; The wind in the willows: With a Song in my Horace Heidt and his Orchestra Paso- Heart; That's Love: Lover: Lite is just doble-Nino de Jerez, Rumba-Mara & Bowl of Cherries; Without a Sang: cas (from "Cuban Suite")--Tejade & One morning in May; Let's call it a bis Orchestra. Slow Fox-Trot-Sarai Day: I've got to sing a Torch Song Sarsh; Fox-Trot - We'll ge sling Happy go lucky You; Night and Day: along (from Top of the World") - My Darling: Dusty Shoes. Maybe I'm Harry Roy and his Band. Quick-Step Wrong Again (Treat-Bennett); Back-Where the Blue Begins (from "Top to those Happy Days (Nicholls,
of the World"); Walts-Love Stay in the World") 19.45 A Bollington at the Organ.my Heart (from "Top Bell Medley-Intro: Bells across the Victor Slivester and his Ballroom Meadow (Ketelbey); Monastery Bells Orch. Blues--Wolverine Blues; Swing (Wely); Voice of the Bells (Thurban); step-Skaters' Waits in Swingtime -- Fire Bell Kempinski: Legend of the Bob Crosby, and his Orch. Fax-Trots -Punchinello (Alm "Music" in ray Bells (Planquette); The Bells of St- Mary's Adams) with Anton and the Heart"); Oh! What a Lovely Dream Paramount Theatre Orchestra. Once film Music In my Heart" - Freddy Orchestra. Tango in a While (Green-Edwards); "Rosa- Martin" and his Ile"Selection (Cole Porter).
Medley Intro: Rosita Du Pont): Jealousy (Gadel; Julian (Donato) -- Joe Loss and his Band. Fox-Trots No Souvenirs: Don't Make me Laugh
1,00 Local Time Signal,
1.01.A laydn Programme.
Minuet in C Sharp Minor: Chain ofJack White and his Band. Waltzes-Wanda Landowska (Harpst
11.00 Close Down. chord). Symphony in G Major, “Mili- tary-1st Mov: Adagio-Allezzo; End Mov: Allegretto: 3rd Mov: Menuetto 19-Tides: High 52 am and 3.54 (Moderato 4th Mov: Finale (Presto)
Low: 9.32 a.m. and 10.52 p.m.
Philharmonic - Vienna
Orchestra Sunrise: 542 ̋amm; Sunset: 6.37 pm.cond by Bruno Walter.
p.m.
Calls
SHORT WAVE
HK, Amateur Cinema Club Fum 1.30 Renter and Rugby Press and G.S.G. Show, Europeon YMCA. West Lounge. 7 p..
Crown Land Sale, P.W.D., 3 p.m. St. Andrew's Medical War Work,| 10 a.m.
Announcements.
145 Dance Music.
Fox-Trots Bewitched from "Pal Joey"); My Ship (From "Lady in the St. Andrew's Cinb Committee Meet. Dark") Bob Chester and his Orch.
Waltz Kisses in the Dark; Fox-Trot- ing. 5.30 p.m.“
VDMA. Annual Meeting. St. John's Now it can be Told (filin "Alexander's Ragtime Band")-Alex, Moore presents Cathedra: Hall, 5.30 p.m..
Mantovani's Orch, for Dancing. Fox- 20-Tides: High 620 am and 5.21 Trat We've come a long way to p.m. Low: 1125 am, and 11.39 pether; Quick-Step Wishing (Alm Sunrise: 5.41 m.; Sunset: 6.58 pm Love Anal?-Jack Harris and his La Salle Old Boys' Assen. Lecture. Orchestra, Pox-Trot Merry and -Religion and. Life," 8 pm. .
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NEWS IN ENGLISH Transmission I-News Sum-
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Full Bulletin Transmission V-News, Sum-
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5.00 p.m.
6.45 pm.
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Bright: Polka-Keep Young-George Trans. II & 10-News Sum- HK Police Reserve Tea Party to Boulanger and his Orchestra. Fox- Commissioner of Police, H.K. Hotel, Trot-I Gotta Bee a Dream About a 5.15 p.m.
|Girl--8wing and sway with Sammy
H.K. Nurses and Midwives. Assco Kaye. Meeting, Helena May Institute, 5.30 pJn.
21-Tides: High 6.57 a.m, and 6.35 p.m. Low: 12,36 pm.
Sunrise: 5.41 a.m.; Sunset: 6.59 p.m. HK, Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., An- nual Meeting, Offices of Mesars, Jardine, Matheson & Co. noon.
St. Andrew's Fellowship, talk by Brig. Darby, 8,30 p.m.
22-Tides: High 7.27 xm, and 7.57 p.m. Low: 1223 am, and 124 p.m.
Sunrise: 5.41 a.m.; Sunset: 6.59 p.m. Entries Close for Sixth Extra Meet. ing of Hongkong Jockey Club, noon.
St. Andrew's Medical War Work,
St Andrew's Social Club, 8.45 p.m.
10 am.
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2:15 Clone Down
8.45 Indian Programme. 6.30 Closing Local Stock Quota.
632 The New Light Symphony Or chestra with. Raymond Newell (Barl- tone).
Parade of the Tin Soldiers (Jessel);
"Lifes'
Pull Bulletin
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FRANCHOT TONE WALTER BRENNAN ROBERT STACK. · ROBERT BENCHLEY RELEN. BRODERICK
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DR. WEL TAO-MING Policeman's Holiday (Fwing) New EN ROUTE TO. H.K. Light Symphony Orchestra.
CHUNGKING, May 15 (Central) Great Sunset (Emmett Adams); For
-Dr. Wei Tac-ming, newly-ap- England (Brandon and Murray)--Rey- mond Newel (Baritone) with instru-pointed Chinese Ambassador imental accomp. "Jewels of the Vichy, left yesterday for Hong Madonna-Intermezzo (Wolf-Ferrari) | kong by plane. He will remain in New Light Symphony Orchestra. the British Colony for two weeks Follow me 'ome A Barrack-Room and then return to Chungking and Ballad (Kipling. Ward-Higgs) Ray set out for Vichy via Moscow. He mond Newell Baritone) with Orch. expects to meet the new Foreign "The Dubarry-Selection-New Light Minister Dr. Quo Tal-chi either In Hongkong or Chungking before 7.00 London Relay-The Newn.
leaving for his new post. 7.15 London Relay "Questions al the Hour."
"SON OF MONTE Symphony Orchestra,
CRISTO"
Dr. T. F. Tsiang, former Chinese Ambassador to Moscow and 110W Affairs Department of the Executive Yuan, Theatre, where Edward Small's Miniature Overture--March- Dance is acting temporarily as concur-
An exciting and dramatic event In the history of motion pictures! 1.30 Tchalzowsky-"Casse Noiseite Director of the Political takes place today at the Majestic Suite, Op. 714.
rent season...
production of "The Son of Monte of the Sugar Plum Fairy; Russian Cristo" is unreeled as one of the Dance-Arab Dance Chinese Dancerent Secretary-Genera¡ of the Exe outstanding screen hits of the cur Dance of the Flutes: Waltz of thecutive Yuan which post has been Flowers--Philadelphia Orchestra cond. vacated by Dr. Wel Tao-ming, pend- ing the formal appointment of a Directed by the brilliantly by Leopold Stokowski, talented Rowland V, Lee, who pre- 7.53 Two Short Piano Pieces playre successor which is expected. viously gave film fans the ex-by Walter Gieseking... tremely successful The Count of Serenade Op. 17, No. 2 (R. Strauss);' Monte Cristo," the new Small pic-Reverie, (Debussy).
ture easily scores as entertainment
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SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS
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"The Son of Monte Cristo” is not
8.02 Verdi's “La Traviata" Act II.' only excellently and thrillingly.
WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuter> staged, it is acted by a cast of top- With Lionello Cecil, Mercedes Cap Clarification of the uncertain notch actors who were chosen sir, ida Conti, Carlo Gale. Baccaloni. Soviet-United States relations is carefully for their special talents. Villa, Ness!, Baracchi and Pull Chorus believed imminent with the ar- Heading the line-up are Louis of La Scala, Milan with Orchestra
rangement of an afternoon con- Hayward and Joan Bennett, who 9.00 London Relay-Thr News and ference between Mr. Cordell Full, play the starring roles, while tea- News Commentary.
the Secretary of State, and the tured in their support are George 9.15. Studlo -Why not -Middle Soviet Ambassador, M. Oumansky:
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Additional reasons for chalking up a perfect score for "The Bon of Monte Cristo" are its beautiful costuming and settings, its expert photography, and its unusuaj light- ing effects.
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