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Friday
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 23, 1938.
DONALD DUCK
By Walt Disney
Walt Disney Enterpri
COLONY'S BIGGEST SOCIAL
SOCIAL EVENT TO-NIGHT
St. Andrew's Ball
Ball Will Be A
ST.
1
Glittering Spectacle
At
The Peninsula Hotel
T. Andrew's Ball, the most important social event of Hongkong's "season", and traditionally the biggest annual occasion for fraternising between Scotsmen and their friends, will be held to-night at the Peninsula Hotel, and promises to be as always, a brilliant function.
Although certain disappoititments have been experienced, in- cluding firstly the enforced postponement of the Ball from its original date owing to Court mourning, and secondly the un- avoidable absence of His Excellency the Governor, Sir Geoffrey Northcote and Lady Northrote, owing to the death of Lady Northcote's mother this week, the committee and its band of willing helpers have again excelled themselves in the arrange.
ments.
effective.
The entire front of the hotel will be flood-lit and will render most striking the white statue of St. Andrew wideh is mounted on the fountain in the grounds of the hotel.
The entrance to the Peninsula | Gregor, Dr. G. D. R. Black and Mrs., Hotel and the top floor, have been│A. S. Mackichan, Mr. A. S. Mae- transformed for the occasion. the Richan and Mrs. Shields, Hon. Mr. artistic decorations being highly A. L. Shields and Mrs. McDougall,į
Lieut.-Col. D. J. McDougall and Miss Burkhardt, Mr. F. S. Carter and Mrs. D. S. Robb, Mr. J. MacDonald and Mrs. V. Walker. Mr. D. 11. Hazell and Miss Howard-Vyse, Mr. V. Walker and Miss Paterson, Lieut.-Comdr. P. The ballroom has again been bril-H. Matheson and Miss Smith, Lieut. liantly and most tastefully decorated. E, T. St. John and Miss Black, Mr. with thistles and the coats of arms. M. Bryden and Mrs. D. S. Robb, and shields of the various clans. The offetal dais bears the coat of arins of
The Ball will open' with the State the Chieftain's Clan (Mr. W, Kay), and on the opposite wall is the cont Lancers, in which the official sets will of arms of the Clan Morrison, to which he: The Chieftain and Lady Noble, thec the Vice-President of the Society be- Sir Percy Noble mnd Mrs. Kay, longs. The sides of the ballroom and Vice-President
STATE LANCERS
artc
Mekelvie, Mr. W. L. McKentle, Mr. G.
Milne, Mr. W. Robertson, Mr. J. F. Scott,
A. McKellar.
Supper Room Committee-Lt. T. Parkin- sun (Convenor), Mr. J. 8. Dunnett, Mr. Mr. A. Mack, Mr. A. McArthur, Mr. A. Macfarlane, Mr. D. McColgan, Mr. J. C. Polson. Mr. J. N. Sweeney. Mr. C. G. Stopant Thomson, Mr. A. b. Wylle and Mr. L. M. Wylie,
stewart. Mr. T, Hwan and Mr.
Grieve, Mr. d. 1. Mr. J. R. Lelich,
Decorations Committee.-Mr. A. Duncan Convenor), Mr. J. Adams and Mr. J. Kempton.
Honorary Pipern-Mr. W. C. K. Mackle (Pipe Major), Mr. A. Colquhoun, Mr. K. Norrison, Mr. G. Nisbet, Mr. 71. C. Watson and Mr. P. D. Wilson.
Dance Programme
The dance programine is: Laricers Fox Trot
Extra Walla Waliz of the Gyples.
"Veronique." "Lovelight and The Starlight "De 11 Among
The Tallore. "Miss MacLeod
Eightsome feel
Eightsome Reel
Elghtsome Reel....
Waltz.
Caledonians Caledonians
London's Trenches To Be Retained
LONDON, Dec, 22.
IT has been decided with one or two exceptions, to retain in reconstructed form the trenches dug in the royal parks in Lon- don as an A‚lla'. precaution dur- ing the emergency last Septem- ber-British Wireless,
Fox Trot
| LITTLE NFTY MAY BAILER.
OPEN
UNTIL
6 PM
P.M.
LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.
-RADIO-
Government "Under the Red Duster:" Croudson (Orgon), with Ken Benu-
And The Unemployed
Sensitive To Their Tragic Plight
Strathspey & Reel
Strathspey & Reel
"Devil In The Kitchen ."feel o'
severe.
SL
A London Relay
HOTEL ORCHESTRA Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 845
l.c's. and on Short Wave from 8-11 p.m. on 0.52 m.c's. per second. 11.1.T.
6.0 Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the long- kong Hotel.
Heart.
mont (Vocal); Vocal-No Strings (from 'Top Hat'); Isn't This A Love- ly Day (From
"Top Hat')... Ginger Rogers with Victor Young Sides (Kunneke); Red Lips (Kots- and His Orchestra; Orch-Southern
Ifis Orchestra; Vocal-Pick Yourself cher).
r)....Darnabus Von Geczy and Up-Fox-Trot (from 'Swing Time');
Never Gonna Dance (Allm 'Swing Thine'.
Fred Astaire Johnny
accomp, by Green's
Orchestra with Johnny Green at the Piano; Piano
Dream Too Much-Selection; Lime light-Selection....Patricia borough; Orch-Free
ROES-
And Ensy
Rom Gipsy Wine (Ritter)
8.35 Record: Cinema Memories....
Sandakan, Batavia, Salgon, at the same time, it was right to Albeniz' Sullo Iberia,
of naany."
Foochow, Canton, Cr, Malacca, |
"Highway to
Orchestra
by
Orches
renco rence
His
Low- Law-
(a) Yeu and me, (b) There's honey on the mean to-night, (c) Foolin' London, Dec. 22. Mr. J. J. Lawson (Labour) raised myself, (d) Joseph Josephi the question of unemployment in the 0.14 Record: Prairie House of Commons adjournment de- (Curiton); There's Only Five Bullets
Von Geczy and bote and stressed the sapping of in My Old Six Shoote: (Roberts,...
Vocal-Gertrude moral fibre, and the destruction of Bob Mallin and His Guitar.
.Gertrude "Heigh No self-respect by long periods of in- Santa Claus is comin' to _town_(c) 6,21 (a) Where in the world, (b)
with Orchestra; voluntary idleness suffered in oren
Orch-Siculona (Apollonio): Blue where unemployment
I've got a date with a Dream (d) Scion Was most
Von (Rizer)....Barnabas Don't cross your fingers, Cross your Geezy and His Orchestra; Organ and Tulloch." Replying for the Government, Mr. Waltz
SELL By The Waters Of Minne "Blue Danube," Ernest Brown denied any lack of Extra Fox Trot....."Goodnight Ladies.”
sensitiveness on the part of Ministers Maclean Organ Solo by Quentin M. Lenka (Leurance); Bird Sons At
Eventide (Eric Coates) GREETINGS EXCHANGED
.H. RabinTM to the tragedy of unemployment, or
Cleaver and 6.44 (a) Moonlight and Shadows, son
Patricia Ross- The Hongkong
any wish to deny deterioration in (b) Volga Boatman Swing. (e) To- borough, Andrew's
figures, which he night we love, (d) Chinn-Town.
hc
9.0 London Relay - Food Society has received greetings from employment
for fellow-societies all over the world quence if there was a fall in the
thought was an Inevitable
7.0 Closing local Stock Quotations.
Thought,'- pie conse including Aden, Calculta,
Three 7.02 A Spanish Programme includ-
short talks on matters of price level of primary commodities, ing songs by Conchita Supervia and toplest nterest, Madras, Bombay, Amoy,
9,20 Three nonge by Norman recognise there had been a great in- Shanghai, Swatow,
Suite Iberia (Albeniz)...........Madrid Allin (Bass). Singapore, rea
rease in the well-being of the peo-Symphony
cond,
When Song Is Sweet (Sans-Souel); Tsingtao, Bangkok, Negri Sembilan, pie ass whole over past four years Enrique Fernandes Arbos; Sentir Father O'Flyru (Graves arr. Villiers Perak, Burma, Tlentsin, Penang. Yokohama, Tokyo, Kelantan, London: living, and that relief of the mis- Arenillas): Un Barberillo Alegre The Deep (Willard and Knight).... "Will you Boneinter" Peiping, the Officers of the 1st Hall. fortunes of unemployment through (Media-Villa-Prado) ...... Conchita with Orchestra,
"Ronnie Dundee," the Seaforth Highlanders, Shanghalan Insurance scheme, public assist- Supervia Mezzo-soprano) with 9.30 London Relay The News.
The Muckin o and Mr. A. Stevenson, a post-Pre-ance, and general social services was Orchestra: Danza Espanola-No, 0 9.50 Boccherini-Concerto In B Geordie's Byre."sident of the Hongkong Society, now
on a scale not matched in any other (Granados).. Modrid Symphony Flat Major. "Glennaruel High- in Southampton.
country in the world. British Wire- Orchestra cond. by Enrique Fernan Pau Casals (Cello) and The
Arbos; dez
Goyescos-Intermezzo London Symphony Orchestra cond. (Granados)....Pablo Casals (Cello) by Sir Landon Ronald. with Piano accomp. by N. Mednikoff; 10.15 London Relay 'Under The Lamento Borincano (Hernandes-arr. Red Duster'. Brito)....Conchita Supervia (Mezzo- Life in the Mercantile Marine. A soprano) with Orchestra La Rosal dramatised sound-picture of life in the Oriental (Espigul)...Conchita Super British Mercantile Marine, composed via (Mezzo-soprano) with Orchestra. of real-life stories by working en- 140 Tino Rossi (Vocal) and Or- men. Produced by Laurence GII-
Jiani, Souvenir De Mona Lisa-Waliz Ipoh, Perak, Batavia, Malacca and one mascara'd eyelid and ejacu-(Schebek); Idylic Tokyo.
Passionnelles, lating a provocative "So what?" Waltz (Razigade)..... Orchestra)
WANG CHING-WEI Mascotte II Existe Une Blonde
IN CHUNGKING Ville LET me conclude with a Cardon-Chinvol(); Paname
Mr. T. V. Soong, the prominent word about Christino Rossi (Voent) with Orchestra: Chinese statesman who has been re-
D'Amour (Gardoni-Chavolt). St. Andrew's Society attending the mas cards. If anybody wants The Last Letter-Waitz (Reggov); that the press report on
siding in the Colony, stated last night Waltz ........Medley of Oli Fashlaned Ball to be held this evening, a special to send me one, let it not be a Twinkling Lights Waltz Melodies Ching-wel's arrival in Hanol from
Highland Scottische.....Orange and
Walt 5-minute service of Star Ferries will photogravure of a distortion by (from Operette Der Obersteiger.... Chungking by plane on Monday was Blud run between 9 pm and 9.30 p.m. Modigliani or Matisse. Send me, Highland Senitische
The Rose
a special service from Kowloon
8.0 Time, Wenther and Annowice- Among The Heather."
to Hongkong Fox Trot
will run
Mr. Wang Ching-wel, Vice-Pre- "I'm Gonna Lock
I pray you, a view of a country ments. every My Heart munutes between midnight
sident of te Kuomintang and concur and church half-buried in frosted 0.03 Next week's programme. Eightrome Recl
"De'll Among am. and every half hour thereafter janow through which villagers,
rently Chairman of the Central Poli- 8.08 Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, tical Council, was seen in Chungking Eightsome Reel
"Miss
until 3am. The Vehicular Ferry are making their way without Patricia Rossborougli, Harry Croud- on Wednesday, it is learned of Raasay," Service will be extended until 2 a.m.
from Eightnome Reci
"Highway to The first supper will be served at disturbing the robin redbreasts and Barnabas you Gecay and His good authority, planning to hold a
Linton." 11,15 p.m.
memorial service for the late General hopping about the foreground. } Six H Medley-No. 5....Harry Chiang Po-li.
as a result of a fall in the cost of Gitono (Moro-de Aquino-Munoz Stanford); Rocked In The Cradle Of
Caledonians
Caledonians
Caledonians
C
G.
Fox Trot Strathspey & Reel
Strathspey & Heel
Slow Fox Trol
Mrs. E. . the Roof Garden which will be used Dicken, Commodore E. B. C. Dicken Major- for sitting out, are adorned with other and Mrs. A. S. Mackichan, shields and Scottish pictures, hand- General A. E. Grasett and Mrs. somely painted. Not the least strik-D. R. Black, Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith and D. J. Gilmore, Dr. G. D. R. ing feature of the decorations is the Mrs. erest of the Society and a picture of Block and Mrs. Grasett, Mr. A. S.
Mackichan und Mrs. N. L. Smith. St. Andrew.
THE WORKERS
OFFICIAL PARTY
The arrangements of the Ball have The programme Includes le re ception of the official guests who willen in the hands of the General entrance by the Committee of the Society with vari- be greeted at the Chieftain and Mrs. Kay, who will par-ous sub-committees to take charge of dinner party the detailed organisation involved. ticipate in an official which will precede the official fune- tion.
Unfortunately,
Brig-tier-General
E.
and
Mrs.
These were:
General Committee-Mr. William Kay President). Mr. K, S. Morrison (Vice President), Dr. G. D. H. Binek, Hon. Mr. R. Marnoghten
A. Shields. Mr. A. S. Mockichan, Mr. Macnaghten, who were included in M. McLay. Sir Atholl MacGregor, Dr.
J. W. Anderson, Mir. 1. H. Forsyth, Mr., the party cannot attend, but those D. J. Clinore, Mr. J. F. Macgregor. Mr. participating in the officini dinner. A. D. Morrison, Mr. H. I. Scott. Prot. RK. M. Shimpson, Mr. B. Wylie and Mr. will be:
E. M. Bryden ant Mr. D. 8. Rubu, Joint Lady Noble (with the Chieftain). Hon. Secretaries and Treasurers. HE. Vice Admiral Sir Percy Noble and Mrs. Kay, H.E. Major-Generaj A. E. Graselt and Mrs. N. L. Smith, His
Invitation Committee General Com mifce mong with Mr. H. H. Forsyth Convenor), Major G. P. Murray, Com mander W. J. C. Robertson, R.N., Mr. E. Honour Sir Atholl MacGregor and teste. Mr. F. 31 Taggert. Mr. S. T. Mrs. S. H. Dodwell, Hon. Mr. N. L. Williamson and Mr. B. Young. Smith and Mrs. Grasett, Hon. Mr. S.
L. Prophet (Convenor), Mr. W. L. Alex- Dance and Musle Commiiice-Mr. D.
H. Dodwell and Mrs. G. D. R. Black, ander, Mr. R. 11, neil, Mr. A. N. Braude.
Col. V. R. Burkhardt und Lady Muc-¡Mr. A. S. Fərquliar, Mír. G. A. Lelper, Mr.
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The Hongkong Society Ims also
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JAMES AGATE LIKES TO GET
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