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Slashing his way to fame greater than Dumas' dash- ing adven.
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Edward Small
presents
The SON OF
MONTE CRISTO
Starring
LOUIS HAYWARD JOAN BENNETT
with
GEORGE SANDERS
FLORENCE BATES · MONTAGUE LOVE.
directed by ROWLAND V. LEE- ROWLANIJ V. LEE production
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streamplay by GEORGE BRUCE
the UNITED ARTISTS
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COMING EVENTS
MAY
19-Tides: High 5/30 năm, and 3.54 pol Low: 9.5% am, and 10,5% pan.
Sunrise: 5.43 a.m.; Sunset: 6.57 p.m. H.K. Amateur Cinemia Club Film Show. European V.M.C.A. West Lounge. 7 p.m.
Crown Land Sale, P.W.D. 3 p.m.. St. Andrew's (Medical) War Work. 10 B..
GENERAL
Radio Programmes
HONGKONG
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St. Andrew's Club Committee Meet ing. 5.30 p.in.
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V.D.M.A. Annual Meeting. St. John's Cathedral Hall, 5.30 p.m.
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"THE STONES CEÝ OUT” AND
OTHER LONDON RELAYS
H, K. Amateur Cinema Club. Y.M.C.A. West Iounge, 7 pri...
YM.CA. Bridge Drive, 8.30 p.m. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F........ Govt. House. 9 am to 13.30 p.m.
Y.M.C.A. War Work, 8
noon.
a.m.
to
20-Tides: High 6.20 a.m. and 521 p.m. Low: 11.25 am. and 11.39 p.m. Sunrise: 541 am; Sunset; 8.58 p.m. La Salle. Old Boys' Assen, Lecture. "Religion, and Life." 8 p.m.
Beethoven Sonata 12.15 pm. Short Service of Inter- .cession.
12.30 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra.
Fox-Trots What Have You Got That Gets Me; You're Lovely Madame, Novelty Fox-Trot-Big Chief De Soto) Fox-Trot Cross Patch Fox-Trots HK. Police Reserve Tea Party to When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob. Commisalaner of Police, HK Hotel. Bob, Robbin's Along. Them There Eyes.
Fox-Trot--Mournin' Blues.
Tung Wah Hospitals Meeting.
Kowloon Chess Club. Hotel, 5.30 pan.
Committee
Fox-Trots
Orchestra. Nay Orned (Locktop- Came); Break. Fairest Dawn (Handel, an, Ochs)—-Essie Ackland (Contralto) with Orch. Dream Serenade (Boulang- er, arr. Satow); When I Am Happy- Waltz (Boulanger)-Cieorge Boulanger and his Orchestra. Whatever is 13 | Best (Lohy)-Estle Ackland (Contral. to) with Organ. Furiant ("Schwanda” -Weinberger); Polka (Schwanda"-- Weinberger)-State Opera Orchestra. 8.00 Local Time Signal and An- | nouncements.
KO This week's programiÆR. 8.03 Concert › Waltzes,
The Last Letter Waltz (Reggovi, Twinkling
Melodie Lights Waltz (Zellor), ΤΗ Dreain Night-Waltz
Zichrer)-Orchestra Mascette.
X15 London Relay."HI, Gang!" 9.00 London Relay The News and News Commentary,
9.15 Eddie Peabody (Banjo) and Len Green (Plano).
5.15 p.m. ··
Melodies of the Month, No. 2 Intro.. H.K. Nurses and Midwives Assen.-Smokey Mary; Cherry.
My Dance: Marie Louise; It's easy to Meeting. Helena May Institute, 530 1.00 Local Time Signal
Remember: Vienna in Springtime, p.n.
1.01 Variety with Dinah
Shore, The Bridal Waltz: A Street in old Crown Land Sale. District Office. Bad Dyer and Dick Powell. -
Seville-Len Green (Plaño) with: Taipo, 11.30 am.
Vocal-My Kingdom for
BASS and Druins. Some of a Kiss String Two Hearts Divided (both from him these Days (Brooks)-Eddie Peabody "Hearts Divided-Dick Powell with playing his Banjo, Mando-Cello, Man- Peninsula Orchestra. Piano-Fools Rush Indoline and Bänjcline with Plano. St. (Mercer. Bloom); Where the Blue Louis Blues (Randy)-Eddle Peabody (Banjo) with piano. Melodies of the S and S. Home, Circuit Quarterly Begins (from "Top of the World" Meeting. 8 p.m.
Month No, Humorous-
6. Intro.: Chasing Billy Mayerl (Piano). 21-Tides: High 6.57 am, and 633 The Death of Willie: The Martins Shadows: One night of love; I'll never punt. Low: 12:38. p.m.
and the Coys-Bob Dyer (The Last of Bay "never again" again,--Len Green Orch. Fos (Piano) with Drums. Just a Crazy Sanrise: 541 am.; Sunset: 859 pm, the Hin Billies") with
I Dream of You, I Song (Smith and Williams)-Eddie HK. Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., Ane Trot-When
Dream of Old Hawall-Charles Kama Peabody playing his Banjo, Guitar. nual Meeting, Offices of Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co., noon.
and his Moana Hawalians. Vocal Mandoline and Mando-'Cello St. Andrew's Fellowship, taik by Imagination (Burke and van Heusen); Plano. Melodies of the Month. No, 15. Say It im Buck Benny Rides Intro. These foolish things: Would Brig. Darby, 8.30 pan.
Again")-Dinah Shore with Orchestra.
you? Poor little Angeline; The story the sky-Len Green (Piano). of love: Lovely lady: Melody from
22-Tides: High 727 am, and 7.37 p.m. Low: 12.23 a.m. and 124 pm.
Sunrise: 541 nm; Sunset: 6,59 p.m. Entries Close for Sixth Extra Meet ing of Hongkong Jockey Club, noon.
St. Andrew's Medical War Work, 10 8.1.
St. Andrew's Social Club, 8.45 ̋pm. 23-Tides: High 7.52 am and 8.33 p.m. Low: 12.57 a.m. and 2.09 b.m. Sunrise: 5.48 a.m.; Sunset: 7 p.m. British Foreign Bible Society Annual Meeting. Cathedral Hall, 5 p.m
La Salle Old Boys' Assen Lecture "How I Became An Old Boy," 8 p.m.
Solution No. 888
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1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press and
Announcements.
1.45 Brahms-Quartes in A Minor,
Op. 51, No. 2.
1st Mov: Allegro non torppo; 200 Mov;. Andante moderato; 3rd Mov:
with
9.45 to 10.00 News In French fan Short Wave Only).
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9.45 Plantation Songs.
Camptown Races; Uncle Ned; Ring)
Quasi menuetto. moderato-Alegretto de Banjo; Old Black Joe-Frank Luther vivace.
Finale: Allegro non assal--and the Lyn Muray Quartet. My Old] Lener String Quartet.
Kentucky Home (Foster)--Paul Robe- son (Bass) with Orch Nellie Bly: Hard Times Come Again No More: Oh! Susanna; Massa's in de Cold
2.15 Close Down.
5.45 Indian Programme. 6.30 Closing local Stock Quotations, 6.32 Beethoven--"Pathetique" Sonato in C Minor, Op. 13.
1st Mov: Grave-Allegro molto e con brio; 2nd Mar: Adagio cantabile; 3rd Mov: Rando Allegro-Wilhelm Kemp (Piano)
Cold Ground-Frank Luther and the Lyn Murray Quartet."
10.00 London Relay "News from Home" by Howard Marshall.
10.15. London Belay The Stones) Cry Out"
Feature Programme. A EB.C. Pro- 8.31 Two Songs by Alexander KIDduction: Made in England nis (Bass).
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10.30 Dance. Music. Verrat, Op. 105, No. 3 (Leracke-
Pax-Trots-That My Way of Say- Brahms); Ah die Nachtigall. Op. 45. ing Y Love You, Sunset at Sea--Swing No. 4 (Holty-Brahms),
7.00 London Relay-The News.
and Sway with Saminy Kaye. Rumba | -The Rhumba-Cardi; Fox-Trot-
7.15 London Relay-"Questions of Whatever Happened to You-Xavier the Four."
Cugat and his Waldorf-Astoria Orches. tra. Fox-Trot-A Little King without a Crown; Slow Fox-Trot-In a Little! Rocky Valley-Joe Loss and his Or
7.30 A Light Orchestral Programme with Essic Ackland (Contralto).
The Gypsy Baron-Selection (Joh. Strauss)-George Boulanger and his chestra. Fox-Trots-Wallin by the
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River; So You're the Onë--Hai Kemp and his Orchestra, Waltz--Toyland- Harry Horlick and His Orchestra.
13:00 Close Down.
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MONDAY, MAY 19, 1941. —PAGE 3
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“MEXICAN SPITFIRE OUT WEST" Lupe Velex
Leon. Erroi
In Pingtien, a village in the county (ESIEN) of Louyang. Hunan Province, young Mias Chang | Huan-chang was recently sworn into office as the first woman chief their heads for they, too, couldn't the
Picture • ADDED! "ON FORBIGK_HEWSPRONT" March of Tima
of a PAO in China: A-PAO chief Is an officer" in the new district. autonomy. system of government and his "realın" extends over 100 familles,
explanation given by the the decide on
matter offhand. Ministry of War, is to look after records and the organisation and administrat- They delved into
the rules tive affairs while the assistant documents embodying and regulations governing the new leader is to take care of training district autonomy system of gov- the able-bodied citizens. The office Popular vote caused Mias Chang's election, The 100 familles ernment but found no guidance. of the former, therefore, may be. constituting the nine FAO of Ping- A PAO chief has concurrently to filled by a qualified member of the tien, however, in nominating the serve as leader of the FAO able- fair sex, but the latter must be a bodied citizens corps, and the off-man who has had military training. fair lady as their chief, gave a clals wondered if a woman couldThis ruling maintained Miss Chang reason for theft nomination the
In office.
lack of a suitable man for the port qualify for that office.
MATTER ANALYSED
The only other case of a woman
The proposal for appointment,
This question was raised in a re-being elected an officer in the new duly submitted by the HSIANG (village) chief of Pingtien, came port which the bewildered Hunan district autonomy system of gov as a surprise to the magistrate of provincial government submitted ernment was reported some time to the Ministery of the Interior. ago from Luhalen, Szechwan Pro- the Louyang HSIEN government,
The officer in question le a
He couldn't reach a decision for The latter analysed the matter and vince. the simple reason that a woman concluded that the whole problem HSIANG (village) chief, one rank FAO chief was quite unheard of in depended on a definition of the above the PAO chier. The elec- China. Therefore, he reported the duties of the leader of the PAO tion, however, was mainly brought matter to the Hunan provincial able-bodied citizens corps. For about through the efforts of the such a' deanition, the Ministry of Luhsten women's rural service corps of the Women's Advisory War was consulted,
The leader of the PAO able-Committee of the New Life Move- bodied citizens corpe, according to ment Association=(CLC.),
government.
Omcials of the Hunan provincial government, in turn, scratched