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HAIL SMILING MORNI
"I feel so fit this morning I could tackle a very Berco man- cating tiger.".
"Try tackling some of those esti- mates you should have finished yesterday,"
"Now, David. No bitterness. It is a very beautiful morning. Let us cast aside our mundane tasks. and hearken to the pipes of Pan: If I were a poet, David..." *** You're not. You're a very bury
consulting engineer.”.
Come, come, Mr. Scrooge. Is there no spark of sentiment in that flinty old heart?"
"Flinty old fiddlesticks. Look here, David, that is biting you today ?."
** Well — er --- as a matter of fact I went to a party last night. The foaming beakers were knocked: back with speed and precision.
I had a whale of a time."
* H'm — you look fresh mough anyway."
"That is the climax of my story. Somebody gave me the tip about Gimlets. You know — Rose's Lime Juice being a therapeutic agent anticipating hangovers- and so on. And it works "
"H'm. Muis make a note of that -Rose's Lime Juice. Confound i I've written it on the plans for the -new reservoir 1"
Saturday, Jund 21, 1941. Wyndham St., Hongkong Telephone: 26615
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June 21, 1941
QUEEN AND THE PRINCESSES
This admirable porfralt of Her Majesty the Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, has just been re- ceived in Hongkong. The picture was taken shortly before Princess Elizabeth's fifteenth birthday, by Marcus Adams.
-RADIO-
TELEGRAPH SATURDAY FEATURE
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
By John Blunt
As was to be expected, Day-¡the event of an air raid, somo light Saving has met with a of our notoriously crowded somewhat mixed reception. Its slum areas would provide a suddenness engenders my only tromendous amount of material hostile criticism, The change-of an inflammatory, nature. over would have been simplified Many of the buildings them- had due notice been given, and selves are built of brick and the calculated benefits clearly plaster, and aro honeycombed explained well beforehand. with wooden cubicles and parti- Perhaps Government thought tions. Incendiary bombs rained it better to pop the pill into our on such districts would cause mouths before those who object dozens of fires, and whole blocks to everything, on every possible would quickly become involved. and impossible ground, could Morcover, many buildings would think out reasons.for opposition. be shattered, and the very Be that as it may, the pill has thought of thousands of people been administered, and I, for sheltering underneath verandahs one, feel confident that its effect with an inferno raging all around will prove to be socially, physic-them, is more than disquieting. ally and economically beneficial. The effect of building such cover is to create an impression It is, however, to be deplored of false security, which would that some business sections have not be realised until a stampede refused to give the treatment a resalted, with people endeavour- trial and are immediately set-ing to escape.
ting about to counteract the
Intended benefits. To delay the This may be a black view to opening of businesses or offices take, but it must be obvious until 10 a.m. under the new that mass fires in parts of the time, and to remain working! Colony would present an un- until 8 pm. has nothing to com-paralleled danger. The hillsides mend it. Such action, to say are the obvious areas of safety, the least, shows a completo lack in the first place, and from of co-operation, and it is to be thenco to outlying districts hoped that after reconsideration where the danger of fire at least those who have not conformed would be negligible. to the new scheme will do so. money is being spent by the Air Raid Precautions Department, The majority of Chinese shop but the taxpayer would like to assistants still work ten hours feel confident that it is all being per day, and to deprive them of necessarily and judiciously ex- an hour's daylight at the end pended. of the day for the very doubtful 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press and privilege of not starting work
ZBW, 355 metres (845 k.c.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Relay to British Forces
Alexander Brailowsky (Pland), 12.40 Bach-Trio from The In the Far East Musical Offering".
Local Time Signal and Pro- 1.00 Rindio Programme Broadcast by gramme Summary.
102 Piano and Organ Duets by ZBW on a Frequency of '043 k.e's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. Patricis Rossborough and Robinson
and 8.30-12.00 midnight on 0.32 m.c's. Cleaver. per second.
12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cession.
12.30 Popular Dance Music, 1.00 Local Time Signal and Pro- granme Summary.
1.02 A Vietor Herbert Programme 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press and Announcements.
145 Bea Songs and Shantles. 1.55 The London Plano-Accordeon Band.
1.15 Negro Spirituals.
Announcements.
pi
Emil von
Much
On the question of expendi-
1.45 Compositions of Beethoven.until 10 a.m. does not appear to ture, the spectacle of children of If co-operation in almost tender years wearing the Turkish March (from The Ruins be wise.
Athens').
Sauer obeying what must be tanta-A.R.P. uniform also comes in (Piano); Romance in G. Op. 40.... mount to a Government decree for criticism. Young girls op- Efrem Zimbalist (Violin) with chestra: Menuetto and Trio (3rd is not voluntarily and universal-pear somewhat picturesque in in ly forthcoming, then compulsion their green suits and bercts when Flag Days come round, Movement from Symphony No.
of C major, Op. 21)....The BBC. is surely justified.
but what in the name stra cond. by Arturo Orchestra
common sense can be expected canini; Praise 10 Jo. 9 in D Joy, The God
There is a fairly considerable of them in the appalling condi- 6.45 Closing Local Stock Quota-Minor, Op. 125 "The Choral"); Crea- force of public opinion against tions created by modern war? tion Hymn....Chorus and Orches the erection of concrete blocks One might just as well expect
2.JD 2.15 Close Down,
6.00
Indian Programme.
tlona.
Ion4.
6.47 A Sibelius Programme,
ON page 1 of to-day's issue, the "Telegraph" reveals that a problem of some magnitude is be-
face ginning to
the Colony-the prospect of disappearing industries due to the effects of the war, and the consequent throwing in to the un- employment market of thousands of skilled and semi-skilled workers. The additional knowledge that the position is almost certain to become worse as the war continues serves only to emphasise the need of a de- finite policy on the part of Govern- 7.20 Three Songs by Enrico Caruso
(Tenor), ment.to deal with the situation.
The intolerable burden of wa 'employment and the ever-growing number of mendicants in the Colony has been the theme of local news- paper comment on dozens of occa- sions. Unfortunately circumstances continue to arlse' which promise no improvement but rather progressive deterioration.
More than once it has been official
Descended (Symphony
cended
Ira; Quartet in F
En Saga....New. Symphony Or-Lener String Quarter Op. 133...
2.30 Close Down.
6.00 Indian Programme. 7.16
under the verandahs in such some of the Chinese girl bands thickly populated districts as to parade the town in emergen- It is argued, and cy in order to keep up the spirits very reasonably I think, that in of the populace!
Emil Telmany! (Violin) with Pinno; * H. Saulro Coleste Octet | Wanchai,
chestra cond. by Eugene Goossens; Danse Champetre, Op. 106, No. 1.... Symphonie Fantasla "Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49... Serge Kousse-
and the vitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Exce
and John McCormack (Tenor).
8.00 London Relay-The News. 8.15 London Relay-Questions of the Hour
Or-
8.30 Programme Summary. 8.32 Debussy-Nocturnes, Nunges Fetes-Strenes .... chestre de la Socleto des Concerts du Conservatoire,
8.55 A Debussy Song by Heleno Ludolph (Soprano),
Trusting Eyes (Gartner); Your Have Told Me What I Do Not Know (Bowles-O'Hara); O Sole Mio (Capurro-di Capua).....with Sym phony Orchestra.
Nuit D'Etoiles....with Piano and 7.30 A Chopin Recital. Mazurka in
C Sharp Minor, Op. 59, Organ accompaniment.
9.00 Local Time Signal and An- -No,
C. Sharp Minor, Op. 3-Study in No.
4; Study!
in G Flat Major, Op.nouncements, 10, No.
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano);
10,
Nocturne
9.02 Piano Solos by Walter Close-
In C Sharp Minor king. (arr. Milstein).....N
...Natan Milstein Ondine ('Gaspard de la Nuit No. 1 (Violin) with Piano acc.; Polonaise Haval); Poissons D'Or (Images No. 2 in E Flat Minor, Op. 26, No. 2 Set 2 No. 3-Debussy); La Valse De
ly remorked that among the im. Arthur Rubinstein (Piano); Ma-Cloches (Miroirs No. 5--Ravel).
portant efforts which the Colony can make towards winning the war is to maintain its trade and industries, This, however, is not to be achieven by the mere reiteration of such a statement; abnormal contingencies have urlsen and will continue to do
9.15 Studio-Book Reviews.
Compositions of Handel,
Expert Discounts Patrol System
Urges U. S. Convoy Atlantic Shipments
By Rear Admiral Yates Stirling, Jr
(United Press Naval Critic)
NEW YORK, June 20 (UP). The patrol system instituted. by. the United States in the Atlantic is a preliminary experl- zurka in A Minor, Op. Posth. 87, 9.30 No. 4 (arr. Kreisler)..Fritz Kreisler
ment. If it falls to be of sufficient aid to Britain to keep her Sonata in D Major: 1st Mov: An-line of supplies across the Atlantic open-and in my opinion it Violin) with Plano acc.; Etude In B Minor (Octave Study, Op. 25, No. 10) dante sostenuto; 2nd Moy: Allegro; is bound to fail then it will be up to the people of this country
3rd Mov: Larghetto; 4th Mov: Allegro ....Percy Grainger (Piano),
8.00 London Relay-The Nows.
...Joseph Szigeti 8.15 London Relay "Questions of the Hour"
8.30 London Relay-Special Broad-| cast to the British Forces In the Far
2.00
Violin) with to decide whether stronger measures should be adopted.
The convoy system, under which Britain's defence supplies acc. by Nikita de Magaloff; O Why Dost Thou Leave Me? would be escorted to the ports of England, would be the logical
Orchestra; Concerto
Pet standel)... Elste
Suddaby alternative, even if it meant the risk of open war.
which are available for our imports | Broadcasting Symphony Columbia in D Major (Guilmant)....G. D. warship or aircraft, it may announce | favourable understanding.
with
10.30
In
the scene
itself only in case It were nilacked, bat, eight cruisers, two air-
The chict value of patrol lies in the craft carriers, 50 destroyers and 25 hope that it may cause belligerents submarines. With that force, which to stay out of waters under patrol, we have available, convoy operations
would be possible. Sinkings Reduced
with Op. 8; Larghetto- Grosso No.
Patrol must fail because it security of the nation, and unless all so, which, unless they are catered to Local Time Signal, Programme
Allegro-Pelonaire .Tho
Boyd cannot protect, and if it cannot signs fail, he soon may favour con- for, will have a most damaging effect Summary, and Announcements,
Neel String Orchestra.
There is always the "Two-Ocean News protect, what good can it do? voys. 10.00 London Relay The upon the Colony's industrial and
9.03 Folk Muslo and Songs.
Patrol is only a precautionary Navy" question to be considered. commercial life. Shipping is scarce
English Folk Songs Suite (Vaug and News Commentary.
10.15 Organ
and warning duty.
Japan, if persuaded that Hitler can Solos. han Willems-arr, Jacob); Seventeen and therefore everything possible
Come Sunday My Bonny Boy-Folk
Fanfare (Lemmens); Grand Chorus When a patrol sights a belligerent be beaten, might be won over to a should be done to see that the vessels Songs from Somerset..
With an understand between the Cunningham: Toccata
uncoded from Sym- the raider's location Orchestra
United States and Japan,
important those cond. by Howard Barlow; Russian phony No. 6 (Widow).....Charles- English, giving the other side and exports are flied
of units of the Pacific Fleet could be chance to speed to Medley of Folk Songs (Trad-ar Marle Widor. materials and goods which will be Sorokin).
Studio--- Sunday Evening action. If raidero sighted were at-released for Atlantic duty. How The Russian Sorokin Choir cond. by Capt. S.
the patrol ever, even with Japan hostilo, escort Epilogue, Sorokin:
tacking merchant ships, of the greatest benent both to the Scandinavian
Conducted by a Minister of the Dances: Swedish
could not, under its orders, protect work in the Atlantic could be accom- S**** Methodist Church.
with д minimum of four war effort and to Hongkong. Luxuries Schottische Toast to King Gustav.
by gunfire. The patrol could prolect 10.50 Close Down. are still pouring into and out of the Folk Dance Orchestra: The Berkshire (Broadwood-Maitland); A Colony at the expense of more
Ending (Trad);
d): Oliver Cromwell
"Our essential goods, which is manifestly (Broadwood-Maitland)
Bill a bad policy, calling for revision. F. H. Grisewood) with Plane acc.: De Dance Jig The
American Square The complete banning of luxuries at Time....Folk Dance Orchestra. this stage is not mooted, but steps 9.30 Concert Waltzes.
Over The
Waves (Rosas)....Or. should certainly be taken to ensure
chestra Mascotto; Tosen, Waltz; Bro- that they do not receive proference ken Life (both Drr. Schwartz). over more vital articles, such as the Russian Novelty Orchestra; Doc- Strauss).....Johann materials and products with which Strauss and Symphony Orchestra.
trinen (Joh.
LONDON, June 20 (Heuter)-How steady stream of defence supplies LONDON, June 20 (Router),--- so many local Industries maintai 9.45-10.00 News In French (ona Coastal Command Blenheim ni which are leaving our ports daily, Famous athletes will appear in the
Short Wave their existence.
craft scored direct hits on only).
supply
means is devised to stop Armed Forces v. Civil Defente ath- unless some me 0.43 Vocal Ducts by
by Jeancito Mao-ship and came safely home after tho sinkings of merchant ships, may letic contest being held at Epsom in (Soprano) and Nelson Eddy the plane had hit the sea was related be reduced. Donald
July, by the pilot to-day.. (Baritone).
Something more must be accom-|
The forces will be particularly. Ahl Sweet Mystery of Life" (film The attack was made on Thursday
strong, having the services of Sydney Naughty Marlaita"); Indian Love evening in the English Channel. The plished by the United States cost for Call
(Kahn Romberg).
Atlantic, the British assert.
holder, Lieutenant Alan Pennington, protected by three and-
that London acknowledges 0.00 London Belay.The New vessels and a destroyer, which put supply line from America is being Sergeant Instructor C. B. Holmes, the the British Olymple quarter miler, and News Commentary.
and accurate fro.. up a strong 10.15 Local
cal Sport Results,
Despite this, the Blenheim came breathed by German submarines and the international sprinter, and other 10.18 Dance díusle,
right
ship and released his planos, and that Britain has not leading athletes. over the 11.00 London Relay Music Hall, bombs, scoring two direct hits and enough ships and planes to assure
delivery 12.00 midnight. Close Down. sinking the ship,
of the goods across the seas.
face
Similarly Government must up to the possibility of having to maintain increasing numbers of de- pendent Chinese familles robbed of
Blenheim Sinks A Nazi Ship
Can this method give the British the support they want? There is an aren beyond the limits of the patrol. where enemy warships and planes nre being concentrated against Britain, and in which the British
Famous Athletes
convoys, laden with war supplies At Epsom Meet
will be attacked.
It
their livelihood by exceptional cle- Dream Rose Marie'); Farewell to pilot and that the supply ship was Britain is to win the Battle of the Wooderson, the world mile record
cumstances. Merely to permit them
to become charges on the Colony is to deny the ability to find and pro- nounce a polley. Admittedly the problem fa complex and calls for considerable Ingenuity in solution, but anything would be preferable to Allowing things to slide along without making
ing any deflatte effort to meet the cuntingency.
But the best
Hole In Engine
aircraft
The President of the United States Mr Fraser in U.K. To-morrow's Broadcast The pilot took violent avoiding apparently feels that Britain will
1030 tho
of the Atlantic and Battle
LONDON, June 20 (Reuter), The Radio Programme Broadcast by action after coming only 50 feet
Iven her before it is too late. Yot New Zealand Prime. Ministar, - Mr ZBW on a Frequency of 845 k.e's, above the stern of the vessel. We the war unless our naval help is way of tackling this and on Short Wave from 11 am-hit the sea with h heavy bumpe doen not like to move until and rotor Fraser, arrived in England by new merace appears to be by striving 2.30 pm, and 8.30-10.30 p.m. on 9.52 Showers of water well all over einless American sentiment changes air today. A and of a hole was made in one to make it possible for our produc- m.e's per second.
engine, but we managed to fly back tive industries to receive their taw H. K. T. materials and to facilitate their vital 11.00 am. Relay of Morning Ser exports. Correction hore will ivice, from Bt John's Cathedral
Two-Ocean Navy
* He has come at the invitation of The President, as Commander-in-the British Government to discuss on the other. As the speed indicatorfer of the, Amy and Navy, may various aspects of the War situation. was broken, we made a 'belly' automatically effect a correction so 12.15 p.m. Chopin Bonata in Bing but came off quite happily and employ the armed forces in any During his viltys He will attend far na employment is concerned,
manner he considers best for the meetings of the War Cabinet, Mimor,, Op. 58,
nobody was hurt,