OPEN
TILL
2 a.m.
Christmas Eve and Night
TIFFIN
Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
December 21, 1939.
Christmas
AT THE
ST. FRANCIS
13 Queen's Road Central
CHRISTMAS EVE, SUNDAY, DEC. 24
DINNER $3.09
Fruit Cocktail
Cleur Turtle Soup
Pouched Salmon, Sauce Hollandaise
Lamb Chop
Baked York lam, Champegi Santee Reast Turkey, Chestnut Dressing Potatoes Parisienne
Green Peas
feed Asparagus, Mayonnaise Sauce Christmas Pudding!
Mince Pic
Assorted Nuts Fruit
Ten
or Cuffer
CHRISTMAS DAY, MONDAY, DEC. 25
$3.00
Cream of Tomato
Fried Sole, Tartare Sauce
Quail on Toast
Larded Fillet Steak, Mushroom Sauce Roast Suckinit Pist. Apple Dressing French Fried Potators
Cauliflower Saute
Plan Pudding, Brandy Sauer
Christmas Cake
Assorted Nuts
Tea
Fruit
or
Coffee
Wine and Dine in Style
this Christmas at the
DINNER - - - - - $3.00
Shrimp Cocktail Cream of Celery
Fried Fillet of Sule; Tomato Sauce Veal Stealt
Lamb Cutlet Parmeatler Roast Stuffed Turkey, Cranberry Sauce Patateen London Ileuse French Beans
Iced Asparagus, 1000 Island Dressing Christmas Pudding Mince Pie Assorted Nuts
ST. FRANCIS HOTEL
FRIENDS
ARE DEAR
Frult
Tea QI
Cofice
Greetings
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Christmas
and
New
Year
twelve
$4
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Cable and Wireless, Limited.
Electra House
3, Connaught Road, Contral,
Tel. 28035.
RADIO
ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 metres (0,520 kilo-cycles) Gracie Fields and Others
In Variety
Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on a Frequency of 45 ke's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.) end 8-11-15 p.m. on 9.52 mes per second.
II.K.T.
12.15 p.m. Short Service of inter- cession.
12.30 Selections from Gliberi and Sullivan's "The Gendollers."
1 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.
1.03 Grace Moore (Soprano) and] Edith Lorand and Her Viennese
· Orchestra.
Die Czardasfurstly-Potpourri,.......... Edith Lorand and Her Viennese Orchestra; Our Gong (film When You're In Love'); The Whistling Boy (film 'When You're in Love')....... Grace Moore (Soprano) with Orches- tra; Donauwelien, Waitz (Ivanovici); The Last Waltz (Oscar Strauss)..... Edith Lorand Orchestra; The End Begins (Alm The King steps out') Moore (Soprano), with Grace Orchestra; Why Do You Hale Me? Tango (Strpusky).....Edith Lorand und Her Viennese Orchestra.
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast arid Announce-
ments,
1.45 Dance Music by Henry Jacques and His Correct Dance Tempo OT- chestra.
2.15 Close Down.
5.43 Studio-Children's Hour. 0.45 Closing Local Stock Quoia- tions
6.47 Songs by Paul Robeson (Bass). Lullaby (from Porgy and Bess- Gershwin); It Take A Long Puil To Get There (from 'Porgy and Bess Gershwin); I Don't Know What's Wrong (Dyrenforth and Eric Ansell); Roll Up Sallorman (film 'Big Fella'),
7 Light French Music.
Cafe-Chantant (Wai-Berg); C'Est Dans Un Caboulot (Mare Lanjean)
Damia (Vocal) with Orchestra; Ah Dis, Ah Dis, Ah Bonjour (Charles Trenet); In Vie Qui Va (French Alm Je chante')....Charles Trenet (Vo-
with Orchestra; Val
Valse-Ma Ban- cal) Heue (from Revue "Feerle de Paris"); Java-Sous Les Becs De Gaz (from Revue "Feerie de Paris"). L'As- cordeoniste Alexander and His Or chestra: Du Soleil Dans Sex Yeux (Gaston Cinret); Je Crols N'Avoir Jurnals Alme (im Premiere).
Damia (Vocal) with Orchestra; Le Petit Quinqula (Desrousseaux); Au- pres De Ma Blonde (Duhamel)..... Jean Sorbier (Vocal) with Orchestra. 7.30 London Relay-The Neva
8 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements,
8.03 Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier Suite.
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Alwin.
8.20 Songs by Ameilta Galli-Curel (Soprano).
Alr ond Varlatter (Proch); La Fauvette ("Zemire et Azor"-Gretry) ....with Flute obbligato by Clement Burone; Carnations (Valverde); Little Star (Ponce)....with Piano accomp. by Homer Samuels,
8.32 Violin Solos by Friz Kreisler. Liebesteld (Kreisler); Liebesfreud (Kreisler)....with Plano accomp. by Lamson: Caprice Viennois (Kreisler) ....with Plano accomp. by Rupp.
8.45 Studio--Talk on "ler and the Aryan Race."
4.05 Songs by Lina Paglugli (Soprano).
dini):
The Pearl Fishers" (Bizet-Zanar- Cavalina di Lella; "Rigoletto" (Verdi), Gilda's Aria: Caro nome; "Mignun". (Thomas), Io son Titania with Orchestral accompaniment. 9.15 London Refay-New Sum- mary.
9.30
London Relay-Talk by Lord
Chalfield,
9.45 Dance Music..
10 Variety with Gracie Fiekls, Tommy Handley, Oliver Wakefcid. Charlie Kunz and Others..
DARDANUS BACK
Bullet-Riddled Plane
Flown. Here'
The bullet-riddled Imperial Air- ways plane Dardanus was flowri back to Kal Tak from Fort Bayard; yesterday for further repairs. Capt J. Wilson pilated the pine accom panied by Messr. French and Crosble of the Imperiai Airways staff.
The 90 odd bullet holes in thei fuselage and wings were patched with dark fabric and the spars which had been almost eaten through by: the stream of bullets had been re- placed at Fort Bayard. It was die covered after the plane had been flown from Weichow that the Japan- ese had only patched up ue holes, but had not repaired any of the para shot away under the table. For this reason the wings were in danger of folding up.
Examination of the aircraft at Kaji Tak yesterday revealed there were: about six holes in the rent freight compartment. These bullets harl perforated mell from longkong There were also several koles in the passengers' seats, beneath which the passengers in the plane were forced to crouch to avoid being hit
There were two holes through the
wils
of the livatory and many in the
sound proof pacteing, pos-
M
Christimas
WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOUR
CHRISTMAS DINNER and PARTIES.
13
Foods
VISIT OUR STORES. NOW AND TAKE YOUR CHOICE. HERE IS A TYPICAL LIST OF VALUES,
CHICKENS
TURKEYS!!!
Special Line in Prime Birds
AUSTRALIAN.
$1.15 lb..
12/20 lbs.:
Imported Pheasants
$3.50 braço
OWN FARM CAPONS
78c. lb.
KRAFT SPREAD KRAFT PASTES
LIFE SAVERS
Own Form Ducks.. 60e. Ib.
Imported Ducklings.
62c.
Own Farm Ceese 66c.
Sage, Parsley or Sausage
Stuffing
D. F. FED
$1.30 lb.
7/20 lbs,
HAMS
D. F. (WHOLE! 70c. lb.
60c. lb.
11⁄2 oz. tins : for 2 pkts,
5 oz, jars $.90
*.38
.25
SOUTHWELL'S FRUITS in 29 oz. bots. BLACKBERRIES ........ $1.20 jar. COOSEBERRIES
.95 jar.
ORDER YOUR TURKEY
EARLY
28185
IT WILL BE STORED
FREE OF CHARGE
The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
"Confidentially"
HOP EARLY.
CHEONG
HING STORE
FOR ALL KINDS OF THE
FINEST CHRISTMAS CONFECTIONERY
IN TINS OR CARTONS
FULL ASSORTMENT OF AMERICAN NUTS
JUST ARRIVED
CALIFORNIAN FRESH DATES
BASKETS OF FRUIT
TEMPTING CHRISTMAS FARE
Plum Puddings, Mincomeat, Crystallised Fruit,
Etc., Etc.
Branch Store, 69 Des Voeux Road Contral
Tel. 23919 and 22771
Kowloon Store, 72 Nathan Road. Tel. 56140.
CHEONG HING STORE
FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR SUPPLIES
od pred ground the Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere
senger cabin. It is expected that
a number of bullets will be found
lodged in this packing when it is re-
maved for examination,
The plane will have to be sent to Slugapore for complete overhaul and renewal of parta.