OPEN
TILL
Thursday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
Cember 21, 1939,'
Christmas
AT THE
ST. FRANCIS
'13 Queen's Road Central
CHRISTMAS EVE, SUNDAY, DEC. 24 DINNER - $3.00
Frult Cocktail
Clear Turtle Soup
Poached Salmon, Sauce Hollandaise
Lamb Chop
Baked York Ham, Champagne Sauce Roast Turkey, Chestnut Dressing Potatoes Parisienne
2 a.m.
Christmas Eve
and Night
Iced
TIFFIN -
Green Peas Asparagus, Mayonaise Sauce
Christmas Pudding'
Mince Pic
Assorted Nuls
Fruit
Tea OF Coffee
CHRISTMAS DAY, MONDAY, DEC. 25
$3.00
Cream of Tomato
Fried Sole, Tartare Sauce
Quail on Toast
Larded Fillet Stenk, Mushroom Sauce Roast Sucking Pig, Apple Dressing,
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French Fried Potatoes
Cafiflower Saute
Plum Pudding, Brandy Smice
Christmas Cake
ASFOTied Nuts
Fruit
Few or Coffee
Wine and Dine in Style
this Christmas at the
DINNER -----
$3.00
Shrimp Cocktail Cream of Celery
Fried Fillet of Sale, Tomato Sauce Veal Stenk
Lamb Cutlet Parmentier Roast Stuffed Turkey, Cranberry Sauce Potatoes London House
French Beans
Iced Asparagus, 1000 Island Dressing Christmas Puking Mince Pie Assorted Nuts
Fruit
T'ea or Cofice
ST. FRANCIS HOTEL Greating
FRIENDS
ARE DEAR
CABLES ARE CHEAP
In whatever corner of the Empire your friends may be, greet them by cable--Via Imperial-this Christmas. It is so easy-just hand your message in at the office of Cable and Wireless, Ltd., and so cheap, too. twelve words for $4.00 to anywhere in the Empire.
Christmas
and
New Year
+
$4
TWELVE WORDS
Cable and Wireless, Limited.
Electra House
3, Connaught Road, Contral,
Tel. 28035.
RADIO
ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 matres (9,520 kik-cycles) Gracia Fields and Others In Variety
5.43 Studio-Children's Itsur. 0.43 Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
6.47 Song by Paul Robison (Dass), Lullaby (from Porgy and Bes Gershwin; It Take A Long Pull To Get There (from 'Porgy and Dess Gershwin I Don't Know What's Wrong (Dyrenforth and Erle Ansell); Roll Up Ballerman (flm 'Blg Fella'),
7 Light French. Musle, Cafe-Chantant (Wal-Berg); C'Est Dans Un Caboulot (Mare Lanfean) ....Damla (Vocal) with Orchestra; Ah Dis, A Dis, Al Bonjour (Charles Trenet); La Vie Qui Va (French filmm 'Je chaole')....Charles Trenet. (Vo- cal) with Orchestra: Vake-Ma Ban- licue (from Revue "Fecrie de Paris"); Java-Sous Les Becs De Guz (front Itavue "Ferie de Paris"). L'Ac- cordeoniste Alexander and His Or- chestra; Du Soleil Dans Ses Yeux (Gaston Claret); Je Crols N'Avoir Jamais Airne (film 'Premiere)... Damin (Vocal) with Orchestra; Le Petit Quloquin (Desrousseaux); Au- De Ma Blonde (Duhamel)..... Jean Soruler (Vocal) with Orchestra. 7.30 London Relay-The News. 0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
pres
8.03 Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" Sulle.
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kari Alwin.
8.20 Songs by Amelita Gatil-Curel (Soprano),
Air and Variations (Proch); La Fauvette ("Zemire et Azor-Gretry) ,with Flute obbligato by Clement Barone; Carnations (Valverde); Little Star (Ponce)...with Piano necomp. by Humer Samuels.
8.32 Vidin Bolos by Friiz Kreisler. Liebesled (Kreisler); Liebesfreud (Kreisler)..
....with Piano accomp. by Lamson; Caprice Viennes (Kreister)
with Plano necump. Rupp. 8.45 Studio-Talk on "Uitler and the Aryan Bate,"
9.03 Songs by Lina Tagliaghi (Soprano),
"The Pearl Fishers" (Bkzet-Zanar- dini), Caratina di Lella; "Rigoletto" (Verdi), Gilda's Aria; Caro nome; "Mignon" (Thomas), Io won Titonia
with Orchestral' accompaniment. 9.13 London Relay-News Sum- mary.
9.30 London Relay Talk by Lord Chatfield,
0.45 Dance Music.
10 Variety with Gracle Fields, Tommy Handler, Oliver Wakefield. Charlle Kunz and Oliers.
POST OFFICE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
On Monday, the 25th December, and Tuesday, the 26th December the Gendrat Post Office and Branch Post Ofices will be open as follows:-
Monday, 25th December General Post Office Ba.m. to 10 a.m.; Kowloon Central Post Ofice & a.m. to 19 a.m.; Sheungwan Branch Post Office & a.m. to
Tuesday, 26th December
G. P. 0, 8.m. to Noon, K. P. Q. 8am to Noon; Sheungwan 6 m. to|
10 a.m.
All other Branch Post Omers and Money Order Omec will be entirely closed during the Holidays,
There will be one collection from the pillar boxes cach day as on Sun- days and one delivery of registered and ordinary correspondence at 10 p.m. on Monday, the 26th and at 11 am, on Tuesday, the 28th.
The Branch Past Offices at Stanley, Tai Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspon- clence each day at 11 am,
INWARD MARS Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Bervice" London date, 13th
Dec. 21:
Europe via Suez and Strolls (London
date, 13th November) ........Dec. 21.! Air Mail by "Pan Amerkan Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 15th Dec..... .Dec. 22. U.S.A.. Honolulu, and Japan (San Franciso date, 22nd Nov.) Dec. 22. Australia and Manila Australia-und Manila
Saigon Straits Japan
Europe via Suez and Strails (London
London and Straits
date, 18 Nov.)
Haiphong,and Hoihow
Japan and Shanghai Sandalcon
Shanghai and Amoy
.Dec. 22.
.Dec. 22.
.Dec. 22.
.Dec. 22.
.Dec. 22
.Dec. 22.
.Dec. 23.
Dec. 23,
Dec. 23,
Dcc. 23.
.Dec. 23.
.Dec. 23.
OUTWARD MAILS Thursday. Dec. 21
Friday, Dec. 22
Amoy
Haiphong
Dairen
..7.00 p.m.
8.30 a.m. .8.30 am. .9.30 am. .9.30 a.m. 10.30 am
Calculta and Straits
Parcels only for Shanghal 5.00 pm.
Amoy
Salgon
Shanghal
Manila, Australia and New Zealand vin Thursday Island-due Thura- day Island, 4th January 1940
for.
Ord.
K.P.O.
.G.P.O.
.2.45 p.m.
.3.30 p.m.
Reg.
.2.45 pm. Ord.
.3.30 p.m. Formoso, and Sharaghat...3.30 p.m. Харал
.4.30 p.m. Manila
....7,00 p.m. Saturday. Dec, 21 Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Nonolulu and USA, by the "Pan American Airways Direct Servlie"-dua San Franci, 20th December..
Reg.
Ord,
Rex.
..Ord.
Fort Bayard
Salgon
K.P.O...
Dec. 1, 8 p.m. Dec, 22, 5.30 p.m. G.P.0.1
Deo. 21, 5 p.m. Dec. 23, 1.30 a.m.
10.30 a.m. .10.30am.
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Christmas
WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOUR
CHRISTMAS DINNER and PARTIES.
Foods
VISIT OUR STORES NOW AND TAKE YOUR CHOICE. HERE IS A TYPICAL LIST OF VALUES.
CHICKENS
OWN FARM CAPONS 78c. lb.
KRAFT SPREAD
KRAFT PASTES. LIFE SAVERS
Imported Pheasants
TURKEYS !!!
Special Line in Prime Birds
AUSTRALIAN
$1.15 lb. 12/20-lbs.
$3.50 braco
Own Farm Ducks.. 60c. lb.
Imported Ducklings, 62c.
Own Farm Geese .. 66c.
Sage, Parsicy, or Sausage
Stuffing
60c. lb.
D. F. FED.
$1.30 lb.
7/20 lbs.
HAMS
D. F. (WHOLE) 70c. lb.
$ .90 SOUTHWELL'S FRUITS in 29 oz. bots,
.38 BLACKBERRIES
5 ox. Jars 1/2 oz. tins
for 2 pkts.
.25 COOSEBERRIES
ORDER YOUR TURKEY
EARLY
28185
$1.20 jir.
.95 Jar
1
IT WILL BE STORED
FREE OF CHARGE
The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd.
"Confidentially"
HOD 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, Mincemeat, Crystallised Fruit,
Etc., Etc.
Branch Store. 69 Des Voeux Road Central
Tel. 23919 and 22771
Kowloon Store. 72 Nathan Road. Tel. 56140.
CHEONG HING STORE
FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR SUPPLIES
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