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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
October 12, 1939.
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A Look Through RADIO STOCK MARKET
The Telegraph"
50 YEARS AGO
Oct, 12, 1889.
"Heuter" actually takes the trouble
ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Peter Gracey's Talk On Great Composers AN HOUR FOR CHILDREN
ta wire out specially that "the Em- Radio programme broadcast by. peror of Germany greeted the British Z. B. W. to-day, on a Frequency of Channel Squadron at Kier". If thin 845 k.e's, and on Short Wave from most expensive telegraphic servien enn-1-2.15 p.m. and 3-11 p.m. on 9.52 not find anything noser Interesting than M.c's, per second, this twaddle to send out from home, it would he much better to send nothing| Intercession.
Short 12.15 p.m. À
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at all. Why didn't the enterprising 12.30 Beethoven-Sonata telegraphist tell us in what particular Major Op. 28, played by Arthur fashion the German Eraperar condes Schnabel (Piano). cended
"teel" 1
the Chanort
quadron? We are all yearning to get
12.52 Two Songs by Sophie Braslau
full details of this historical ceremonini (Contralto), Dle Junge Nonne; Dic
likewine what the Kaler and for Forelle (Schubert). breakfast before he went out to doj 1.0 Local Time Signal and Wen- hong to the naval might of Britannin,
Fifty years ARO cable cost $1.60ther Report.
word a newspapers rately obtained} more than ens message a day.-Ed).
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1.03 Carroll Gibbons and Ilis Boy Friends, Film Selections,
1,30 Reuter and Rugby Press,
In Fenner milk is now transported in weather afrozen state, and statement is made monts that it may be kept sweet for days and
weeks in this conillion.
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contemporary!-- "There was not a Protestant convert in Chinn fifty years ago. Now there are 32,000 Chinese in full church member- ship and 18,000 children in Mission schools. And there in likewise he of the champion llars of the world-tho' artist who wrote the foregoing para- Eroph.
Forecast and Announce-
1.45 Musical Comedy Selections, 5.45 p.m. Studio-Children's Ilour. 6.45 London Helay-Supplementary New.
7.02 Marliana-Vocal Gems, sungi by Clara Serena, Francis Russell, Dennis Noble, and Chorus.
7.11 The Tattoo--Aldershol—1938, 7.30 B.B.C. Recording-The Old Contemptibles"-Part 2.
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The record of the British Ex-i sendiltonary Force from Mons Ypres, between August and Novem- ber, 1914,
The official grief at the death of Dr. Stewart (the Calonial Secretary) was good deal modifed by aspirations among the older hands to the vacant post, with Its comfortable salary of $7,200 a year.
8.0 Local Times Signal, Wenther It did seem ratioant that the llame Government would give a local man the Report and Announcements.
8.03 Schubert-Ballet Music from biet, for surely we have at least one
Opera competent oflcin! who deservex pronta. "Rosamunde," Berlin State tion. But no-the claims of Mesars. Orchestra. Benne. Lister, Ackroyd, etc., etc. have 8.15 Studio-Short Blographical | been overlooked, and a man is to be Studies of Great Composers, by Peter; Meni from somewhere about 40,000 Gracey-No. 6-Schubert, miles away.
25 YEARS AGO
Oct. 12, 1914,
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8.45 Studio Talk Ideals in Education" by Goodban, MA.
on
"English Gerald A.
REPORT
Summary issued yesterday says:
Hongkung Stock Exchange Omelat;
Considering the short session the turnover WAS agnin encouraging. Denis, were reported in 4% Govern- ment Loan, Banks, Wharves, Docks, Cements, and China Lights.
Buyers
Canton Ins; $200
H.K. Fires $170
Docks $17%
Providents $4.10
11.K. & S. Hotels 341⁄2
Lands $3194
Realties $4.15
Tramways $15.05
China Lights (Old) $7.85 Electries $4034
Telephones (Old} $20 Cements: $14.10 Ropes $43%
Dairy Farms (Old) $20% Watsons $7,80
Sales
H.K. Banks $1,235 Wharves $100/101 Docks $18
Providents $4.30
Chinn Lights (Old) $7.95 Cements $14
Dairy Farms (New) $10 H.K. Govt. 4% Loan $100
Sellers
Providents $4.30
MANILA GOLD SHARES Atoks Ps. 14 b
Antamoks Ps, 12 s Bagolo Guld Ps. 12 b
Batong Buhay Ps. 0005
Benguet Consolidated Ps. 9.50 b
Big Wedge Ps. 10% b
Coen Grove Ps. 13 s
Consolidated Mines Ps. 0040 s Demonstration Ps. 064 b
1. X. L. Ps, 33 b
[po Gold Ps. 11 b
logon Mining Ps. 16
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Masbate Consolidated Ps. 08 Mindanao Motherlode Ps. 064 b Mine Operation Ps. 08% s North Camarines Ps. 13 b Parncale Gumaus Ps. 16. San Mauriclo Ps. 07 $
Surigao Consolidated Ps. 15 b Stiyoc Consolidated Ps. 10 s United Pararıle P's. 25% s
9.15 London Relay-The News. The newspapers in Amsterdam state) 0.30 B.B.C. Recording — Fl{tern
Minute Sketch, "Poor Polly." announces that Antwerp has · fallen.Į 9.45 Eric Coales-The Three Men The British War Omen anances that Sulte": 1, The Man from the County: The Helgian forces ovneunted Antwerp;
2, the Man about Town; 3, The Man yenlerdny.
from the Sea Light Symphony (Quilter): Goodnight (Shelly and Lord
Davis). Habane addressed two great Orchestra cond. by Composer.
9.52 Songs by Hoberi Eladell Tecruiting meetings at Newcastle-on-1
10.09 Len Fillis & His Orchestra. Tyne. Bainted that he wished to (Tenor). Come. Sing to Me (Thomp- 10.30 p.m. Dance Music. Tsas "emphatically it was fortunate that con);"Fill"a ̃Glass With Golden Wine)
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the war had come now, when we werol bound with three Pawers. We should, have been in a difficult position I wo had been attacked alone. The terms of prare must be that militariam, which! jorverted every tnleat of the Germ9205 nation, should be crushed and broken.: nil future generations freed frum auch terror.
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There has been a thrilling interlude In Samen, which is running smoothly: under the Unlox Jack. The Gerinanj warships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau entered Apia (empital of the Island of polu) and the New Zealanders manned the guns, expecting n bombardment but the warships departed. A German] steamer appeared And was chagrined that the Union Jack was still flying.
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Countries at War:-Germans against Dritain, Russla, France and Belgium: Austria against Servin, Russia, and France,
10 YEARS AGO
Oct. 12, 1929, Celticisms of the management of the Hongkong Cricket Club In regard to the preparation of the tennis courts,i und facilities provided for tenuls play- Ing members, were male at the unt menting, held at the club Pavilion yes-j terday evening. Mr. H. R. B. Hancock. Preslilent, was in the chair, and vers supported by members of the commit- 5 YEARS AGO
ter,
Lanilon, Oct. 12, 1934. British officiklom is in a quandary na to what ing to fly when Princees
of Greece comes to stay inf Marina England.
The Princess is shortly paying an official visit to the King and Queen, the parents of her husband-to-be, Princess Marina Prince George. But has no country, and therefore no lag. It would not be tactful to fly the sld| Imperial blue and white Greek flag,, because Britain has friendly relation with the Greek republic.
Neither would the Russian eagle, or even the Hammer and Sickle of the Soviets do, although they might be taken to represent Marina's Russian ancestry.
She has connections with the Danish royal house, and this is the ing. that may be flown. It might, however, be decided to anticipato het nationality. and fly the Union Jack. Meanwhile, social Landon in busy preparing for the wedding. Hotel proprietors, caterers, dressmakers, failors, Berints, Bod Jewellers all anticipate big bushank In October and November, the month in which
scheduled. the marriagra Rome holels have nirendy received en quiries for accommodation during the wedding week,
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A 6,000 ton ship built by Menara Cammell Laird at their BirkenhenÁ yard was launched to-day. Bho was the Clement, the first of two 5,000 tos VORBIN being constructed for the Booth Line, Liverpool. (Tha Clement was sank by a German pocket battle- ship off . Amorica last week.-Ed.).
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