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ORIENTAL
Friday,
HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH
May 17, 1940.
DRAMATIC Photographic HOLLAND'S
SOPRANO Competition
Francesca Denies' Vocal Additional Prizes Givon Recital At Rose Room By Eastman Kodak Co.
last night.
REFUGEES
Another Big Batch Reaches England
Music lovers of the Colony were The Telegraph takes plen- LONDON, May 16 (Reuter). treated to a delightful recital of songs by Mme, Francesca Denles, sure in announcing that four-Members of the Dutch Parlia- Belgian dramatic-soprano, at the additiorial trophies are to be ment, journalists, a Burgomas- Rose Room of the Peninsula Hotel awarded in this year's Amateurter, several expectant mothers Photographic Competition. and a large number of very She has just returned from a host These have been donated by the young children were among a successful concert with the Municipal Eastmara Kodak Company, and will party of Dutch refugees who Orchestra in Shanghat.
take the form handsome silver While
an arrived to-day at English in Europe last year the cups to the value of $75 each.
Include extended
nded her repertory to
They will be awarded as first prizes south coast port., many new English and Flemish co-in each of the four sections.
'Thé refugees were. In pilable cert songs, She introduced Veld-
Following an exchange of views slate of exhaustion after two sleep- viooltje" (Wild Violet) by J. Hubens, with the Hongkong Photographic less days and nights without food and beautiful romantic melody, to Society. It has been decided to revise crammed in the holda of, ships. Hongkong last night.
Also on the programme was Goring the classes, of which there will be
four, as follows:- Thomas" "Winds in the Trees", which was most popular a generation ego. Those lovely melodies that never fall TORI's "Chanson de
please Dvorak's "Songs my f
l'Adieu"
Mother taught me were the high- lights of the second half of the pro-
gramme.
1-General Fistorial, Lands capes. Seascapes, Architectural and Street Scenes.
Z-Portraits, Informal Clone
Human Budica
Like and Table
..
4- Grafismen's Section,
Top
They all told stories of desperate escapes from under the noses of the German soldiers,
Naxi "Boasts"
A member of the Dutch Parliament, who asked that his name should not be published for the sake of his daughter who is still in Holland, described the Germans an "beasts"
It was stated that the Germana The singer concluded her recital In the latter section, it will be strewed the streets with poisoned with two Flemish songs.
stipulated that the whole of the work (chocolates. The German residents Professor Harry Ore, who accom- shall have been done by the com-used their houses "as bases from ponted Matte. Denics, and also con-petitor, and strict rules will govern which to attack their neighbours. tributed pianoforte solos, carned blejthe entries.
Several Dutch soldiers said they share of acclamation.
The other prlies will be the two were amazed by the order to cease ..trophies (previously announced) fire and decided to get to England. .. gluck donated by Meurs, Ilford Limited,
The programmer was as follows:
Cette nult j'ai revu
1. Recitalf et Cavatine;
2. Pianoforie Bolos:
*****
Iphigeale en Tauride)
(a) Prelude in A fiat
(b) Mazurka in
3. Two English Songs:
(a) Winds in the Trees
LONDfugees Bombed.
for the first and second best entries,
May 16 (Reuter),-More and $250 in cash, awarded by this Dutch refugees arrived to-day-in- Chopin newspaper. Chopin
cluding officers and men of the Dutch
The Competition will be held from Army who escaped in trawlers. ...June 1 to September 30,
Goring Thomas
(b) Absence... Easthope Martin
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The trawlers were bombed and machine-gunned by German planes which secured no hits and were driven off by two British worships.
Dutch civilines report that all petrol stocks were set on fire'as the Germans approached,
-More-Refugees-Expected
LONDON, May 16, (Reuter).—It is officially stated that a large number of refugees are expected to arrive in the London metropolitan area (Reuter)morrow from Holland and Belgium. L. Mortelmans Early this morning the German radio More are expected to arrive during
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LONDON, May
10
10-
told the German people a thrilling the week-end and the beginning of tule of how the world is gazing in next week. wonder at the marvellous
Substantial numbers arrive daily displayed by the German army in via France. Holland, Belgium and France.
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be found was now being realised on the battle-accommodation will fields of the west, the announcer went them in private houses, [on unblushingly,
The German press to-day trumpets More Communists
decisive hour
Paris, May 10. With the French armies spreading on the Belgian front from the sea across the Lorraine to the Rhine, the that the bottle is boltle is now fully engaged. Opera- for the German people. They must tions have passed the stage of sur-forget the great sacrifice of life and prise and have entered the think only of the outcome which will manoeuvring phose. Front Ine be to give Germany a great world battalion commanders from a dug empire and make her the mighilest out watched a battle in which six nation in the world. armies were locked on a continuous trant, which blasted early hopes
Germany might have had of repeat- BEWARE EARLY
ing the awlf-drive to the Marde is}· 1914-United Press.
London, May 10.
Radio Holland announced the Ger-
SUCCESSES
mars mechanised units were moving History Of Somme, 1918
through Amsterdam.United Pres London, May 10.
Radio Brussels announced that Ger- mon mechanized units had penetrated the Ailled lines for a considerable depth ot several points.-United Press.
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LONDON, May 10, (Reuter),--The Journal de Geneva," a Berne news- SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH“ paper, to-day says that despite WILLEMSTAD, D.W... May 18 Holland's capitulation the Dulch (UP).—It is officially announced that Berlo, May 10. Navy will participate in
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has departed from the Netherlands troops will be immediately with-
East Indies,
Preas.
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disposal of the Allies,
General Ganglin has chosen a efte
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-It is expected that she will begin to move withh the next 48 hours,
for the great balls on the western front, continues the "Journal de Geneva."
DAY OF PRAYER SUNDAY WEEK
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" This does not allow us to foresee
LONDON, May 10 (UP).-His is Issue, but give the Allies confi- dence and good chances of success. Majesty the King has ordered that The brillant successes of the Ger- May 20 be observed a day of National mun Army on the Somme In 1018 Prayer on behalf of the Empire, the were a prelude to its destruction,
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