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Events and Comments Literature and Art- The Story of the Mad Wu.
Chinese Saints and Gods.
by W. Tonn. Art Notes. The Library. Travel & Exploration—
Down the Wu Klang by Crooked Stern Junk.
by J. E. Spencer. Science-
Literature on Chinese Birds by Lyman Hale, Jr. Migration Notes
by G. D. Wilder Scientifle Notes &' Reviews The Garden
Industry, Commerco, Financo.........
The Textile Industry in Shanghal Personalities in the News
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March 2, 1940.
--RADIO-
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles)
A Relay from London Of 9.30 London Relay-Despatch from
the Front by a B.B.C. News Observer,| "The Nazis at War"
Radlo Progrumme Brondeant by Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.e's, und on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.n. and 8-12.00 midnight on 9.52 m.e's, per second,
9.45 Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) Bournemouth Munlelpal Or- and chestra. - Stradella - Overture, Bournemouth Munlepal Orchestra cond. by Sir Dan Godfrey: Sun Oʻ Mine, The Jolly Roger, Peter Daw son (Bass-Baritone) with Orchestrn; 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- Dancer of Seville, The Two Imps, cession.
Dan Godfrey conducting the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra.
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12.30 The Comedy Harmonials,~-~ Liebesleld, Humoreske, In A Persian 10.05 Handel-Concerto For Or- Market, Solitude, with Piano accom-chestra in D' (With Organ)-Sir paniment.
Hamilton Harty conducting the Lon- dian Symphony Orchestra with 12.43 New Light Symphony Or-Hurold Dowber_at_the_Organ. chestra.
10.10 Studio-Sunday Evening Epilogue,
1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report.
1.03 Patricks Rassborough at the Plano,--Coint Greek Selection,
10.35 Close down.
Gangway-Selection, 62nd Street A Look Through
Selection, Chien Doll Parade,
1.15 Johnny Jahnson and its Or-! chestra-Is It True What They Say About Dixle?, Rhythm Saved the World, I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze. Eeny Meeny Miney Mo. Alt My Lite.
The Telegraph”.
50 YEARS AGO
March 2, 1800,
1.30 Reuter
Rugby Press, and
The closing performance of the very Weather Forecast und Announce-popular Pantomime at the City Hall, by the A.D.C. on Saturday night, can ments,
Incarcely be closed amongst the chilet 1.45 Josephine Baker, Les allen auccesses of the plece, except, perhaps, and Primo Scala's Accordeon, Band. from a financial point of view. There WAS a crowded house, all the great 2.15 Close Down,
people, and many more who desire to 6.00 Schubert-Plano Quintet in Abe considered prominent personaxes, Major, Op. 114 ("Trout" Quintet), being there. It was not easy to gay
unsatisfactory... Wilhelm Backhunts (Piano), Mungeot why the result was
principal and un. (Violin), Howard (Viola), Withera every, artiste, ('Celle) and Hobday (Double-Bass). principled, played his or her bont- a little more than was quito 0.33 Songs by Heinrich Schlusnus generous to the rest, unit the two le (Baritone).To Sylvia, Spring will were looking their best in racing book making costumes. But the piece drag, Come, with Piano accomp.; Largo Alged and the audience were los languld Faciolum, with Orchestral accomp.
0.43 Closing Local Stock Quote- tions,
Homo
to encourage the entertainers, and no It was a general relief when ovary thing was over. Among the redeeming "bit" were Ali Baba's new topical, soar "That's no," A pas out by Mile. Fleuretto-whose subsequent columbin
8.45 Albert Sandler and His Or chestra with Richard Crooks (Tenor)ing was oppressed with a very unbecom and Nan Maryska (Soprano).
7.30 Louden Relay-The News. 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
ing wind, far the best of all, the now well-known duet between Atrz. Corning and Ally Sloper, "I'm afraid there is nomebody looking." Still, not withstanding Saturday night's 'fro-
8.03 Short Variety Programme thness, the scazonable novelty may be 8.30 London Relay "The Nazis at War"-An Epilogue to "The Shadow of the Swastika,"
9.15 mary.
London Relay-News Bum-
9.30 Dance Music,
0.55 London Relay-Commentary on the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Raco.
10.50 Dance Music.
regarded as a success all round, and wo foal sure of everybody's support when wo express the hope that the A.D.C. will be encouraged to say something more out of the beaten track before very long.
25 YEARS AGO
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March 2, 1916. This morning, at the Roman Catholle Cathedral, the Rev. Fr. P. Gabardi 10.15 "Yes *Madam?" - Bobby celebrated his jubilee in the priesthood. Howes, Bingle Hale and Company He was ordained in the year 1890, at with the Hippodrome Theatre" Or-| Milan, High Stars, celebrated by Fo chestra conducted by Joseph Tun- Gabardi, was well attended by the bridge.
mombers of the Cathoile community. Among those assisting wore His Lord. alp Bishop Pozzon! (who was ordained 11.00 London Relay London Loga priest 30 year ago yesterday), the II+IIIIII============|=↓↓↓↓ 11.15 Dance Music-Ida Sweet As Archdeacon of incao, the Director of Apple Cider, Nellie Dean, The Six St Joseph's College, Ataeno, the Vicar Swingers; Ring Dem Bells, I'm In General of Macas, and several other The Mood for Swing, Lionel Hampton clories from Bacau, as well as the Ivenl and la Orchestra; Ferdinand The priests and brothers, Bull. Lillian, Horace Heidt and His Brigadiers; Charmaine, What'll I Do,
March 2, 19JO. Josephine Bradley and Her Ballroom
In the Houso, of Commons at pres Orchestra, If This Is Only The Betion-time lordny, Mr. A V. Alexander, ginning, You Started Something, the First Lord of the Admiralty, stated Billy Tornent's Rhythm; Nada Mas, that Mr. Ramsey MacDonald recently Frio, Orquesin Tipica Francisco received a communication in regard to Conaro, Dardanella, The Belts of St. the proposal to withdraw as from April Mary, Horace Heldt and His Briga-3, the armed guards from His Majesty's certain Forces recently supplied to diers; I'm Singing A Song for the Old merchantmon plying along the China Folks, Billy Cotton and His Bond. 12,00 midnight. Close Down.
TO-MORROW'S PROGRAMME
a
A Two-Plano Recital
From the Studio
Programme Broadcast by ZBW on Frequency of 845 k.e's, and on Short Wave from 12.10-2.30 p.m. and 8-10.35 p.m. on 9.62 mic's, per second.f
II. K. T.
10.30-11.30 um. Relay of Morning Service from the Union Church.
12.15 Cesar Franck-Sonata in A Major-Alfred Cortot (Piano) and Jacques Thibaud (Violin).
10 YEARS AGO
Coast. The proposals made in the let Lor were being examined and it was hoped that + reply would ba Kent shortly.
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A further slump in the sterling value of the Hongkong dollar is to be feared. This morning, the opening quotation on demand was 1s. 5.13/10d. which is the lowest in the history of the Colony,
SUCCESSES OF THE SEASON ON
REX RECORDS
9644--That started it
We must all stick together, 9045-Bon Voyage Cherie
Man with the mandoline.. 9647-Darling of the Guards
The Army fell for litle Isabel. $800-Moon lave --------- Begone. -------
0682-There'll always be an England
Lord of the Afr. 9080 Hands across the sea. Waliz
We'll remember.
9605 Lords of the Air
Wings of the Navy. 60008-Charlle Kunz Medley No. 32
The valuable work done during the course of the past year by the Kowloon Residents' Association was reviewed in a comprehensive manner by Mr. C. M.] 60087-Charlie Kunz War Medley Manners, who presided, at the annual meeting held at St. Andrew's Church Hall yesterday evening.
re-
0580--Boomps-a-daisy
Picture girl.
.Billy Cotton's Bond.
.Billy Cotton's Bond.
Jack Paynes Orch...
.Senlis accordeos Band,
Massed Bands,
.Brlan Lawrence & Orch.
Billy Cotton's Band,
Yours for a song. Later on. Man with mandoline. F. D. R. Jones. Love never Krows old.
Charlie Kunz. Plano, Siegfried line. Run rabbit. Here we go again. Kiss me. goodnight Sgt. Major. Charlle Kunz, Plano. .Sydney Kyle & Orch.
TSANG FOOK PIANO COMPANY
The President, addressing the meet- ing, wald: I cannot allow this oppor. tunity to pass without reference to a part of Is Excellency the Governor'a 12.43 Songs by Margherita Ferras farewell speech to the Council on MARINA HOUSE (Soprano). Ach, Ich Liebte, Martern January 29 in connection with a Aller Arten, with Orchestral accomp. organisation of, the Public Health and
12.53 Lit-Second Movement) Sanitary services, from Concerto Symphonique No, 4,—| His Excellency saldı "I do not pro- Irene Scharrer (Piano) and the Lon- tond to prophesy what form it will don Symphony Orchestra conducted) take; but there is one form which in by Sir Henry J. Wood.
my opinion' it cortainly ought not to
1.0 Local Time Signal and Weather take and that is the establishment of
a municipality. Report.
1.03 Harold Williams (Baritono),! The creation of municipalitles would' the B.B.C. Male Chorus and Light duplicate the administrative machinery of the Colony to an intolerable extent Orchestras. Savoy Cavalcade Eng it would be excessively uneconomical Hoh Medley, Carroll Gibbons and the and it would be open to all the politi Savoy Hotel Orpheans; Wrap Me Up en objections which would beset de- In My Tarpaulin Jacket, The Lan- mocratie institutions if introduced into colnshire Poacher, Harold Williams Hongkong. I sincerely hope that no- (Baritone) and The B.B.C. Male thing of the kind will be attempted." Chorus with Piano; Strauss Polkas, We cannot entirely ngroo with His Offenbach Can-Can, Light Symphony Excellency's viewpoint and are of the Orchestra: When The Harvest's In,{ opinion that the time will come when Harold Willams (Baritone) with dovernment will find it advisable to Piano; "The Waltz Dream-Selec- Institute some form of municipal con- tion, De Groot and The Piccadilly trol of pursly domestic matters.
Wo feel that it is the duty of any Orchestra.
community to take an intelligent in 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wen-terest in municipal affairs and we hope ther Forecast and Announcements." our Government will neo the wisdom 1.45 Plane Bolo by Wilhelm Back- of apportioning duties to a local coun- haus Variations On An Original; elf which would be actuated by a ciri
spirit all to the good of the Colony, Theme, Op. 21, No. 1 (Brohms).
1.55 Brahma-Symphony No. 1 in. F Major, Op. 90 Willem Mengel- berg and His Concertgebouw Or- chestra.
2.30 Close down
7.0 Borodin-Quartet No. 2 in Major-Pro Arte Quartet,
5 YEARS AGO
March 2, 1935. Mra. Aimee Bemple McPherson, the "Ifet Gospeller" of California arrived Din Hongkong this morning. During her stay here she will pay a vlalt to the grave of her first husband, Robert Semple, at Happy Valler
7.30 London Relay The News, B.0 Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements,
8.03 Two Songs by Derek Oldham (Tenor).
8.10 Stutto-Rachmaidooft Balto No, 2 for Two Pianos. Op. 17 by Luba Bhattain and Lyla Gurevitch,
8.45 StudioTalk on "Science and War" by Mr. D. F. Davies,
0.05 Beethoven-Romance In G. Op. 40-Efrem Zimbalist (Violin) and Orchestra:'
9.15 London. Belay--News Sum-
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Two Air Ministry officials, Air Com-j modoto W. L Welth (Director of Organisation) and Colonel J, F. Turner (Oear Commanding the Air Force at Singapore) and Mr. . . Wood (Super intending Engineeer, Bingapore) aro leaving Singapore for Hongkong to- morrow.
"It is ballered they will attend a con- ference regarding ale force policy, In conjunction with military authorities. The question of necessary expansion in the Air Force 1 statuario insitmalone in the. Pariño are abolished, will:bel Maran discussed.
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