1932-04-09 — Page 11

SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1932.

Just Received.

YVERT ET TELLIER POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUE

FOR

1932

At $6 Each.

GRACA & CO.,

Dealers in Postage Stamps, Religions

Goods, Pictorial Poat Cards,

Taya, etc.,

No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET,

P.O. Box No. 020.

HONG KONG

AH! I HOPE WE ARE NOT LATE?

THE BARON IS SO PROMPT- HE IS ALL UPSET HE THOUGHT WE

WERE

LATE

NOT AT ALL YOU ARE JUST IN

TIME.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Bringing Up. Father.

HOW DO YOU DO?

THEM GUYS WUZ NEVER LATE TO AT FEED IN ALL THEIR LIVES-

I SUPPOSE

YOU TRAVEL

QUITE A BIT?

WHEN YOU WERE

IN PARIS I SUPPOSE YOU SAW THE SEINE?

11

PARDON-SIR- MRS- JIGGS-WOULD LIKE.

TO SPEAK TO YOU-

YES-AN'A

LOT THAT WUZN'T

COASTWISE

by

"ALGIE" BENNETT.

An interesting Book of Cartoons depicting "Happenings" on the China Coast

1.

PRICE $1.00.

Now on sale at

BREWERS

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW

EXCELSIOR BOOK STORE.

and at the Publishers

The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd. China Mail Building.

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitor the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:-

Island.

Victoria Peak

MY NECKLACE IS. GONE. I'M SURE I HAD IT ON JUST A FEW MINUTES

AND ONE OF MY EAR RINGS IS

GONE

NOW-JUST KEEP CALM I THINK I

KNOW WHERE' THEY ARE: 1 DIDN'T LIKE THOSE GUYS WHEN WE FIRST MET 'EM!

1-2-3-4-5-6- 7-8-9-10-11-12

13-14-15-

NOW LISTEN! I DON'T WANT TO EMBARRASS ANYONE - BUT THERE'S A NECK-LACE AN' AN EAR-RING MISSIN'-

SUFFERIN CATS!

THE PLATES

.GONE?

YOU DON'T MEAN IT 12

HOW PECULIAR,

MARVELOUS!

QUITE So!

NOW I'M GONNA TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AN' COUNT FIFTEEN AN'I WANT TO SEE THAT JEWELRY IN THIS SILVER PLATE"

WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE ON AGIN'

SAY·LISTEN! I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS, JUST ONE MORE CHANCE-THIS HAS GONÉ

FAR ENOUGH-

DO YOU SUPPOSE

HE IS TRYING}, TO ACCUSE US

Feet.

1823

Bignal Station

1774

Mt. Parker

1784

Mountain Lodge

1725

The Eyrie

1725

Peak Hotel

1.305

Tafkgo Sanatorium

1000

Mt. Davia.

871

Bowen Road (alterbeda)

297

Mainland.

Feet

Taimoshan

8124

Kowloon Fesk

1971

NOW HERE GOES

IT'S YOUR LAST

CHANCE-

UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.

The following unclaimed tele grams are lying at the Eastern Ex- tension Telegraph Co.'s office:-

Eve, from Peshawar.

A. 1.. Giles, passenger, a.a. Raj.

putana, from Manila,

Yickdo Lyen, care of Gilman, from Singapore.

Walter Rudolph, Cecil Hotel. from Manila.

Seagrass, from Manila

C. C. CLARKE,

Manager.

Hong Kong, March 31, 1932.

YOU MUST BE CRAZY-

WHY- THIS IS ABSURD

1-2-3-4-5-6- 7-8-9-10-11-12

13-14-15-

NOW THEY'RE GONE AN SO

IS ME PANTS?

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RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 855 metres (845 K.C.') :--

4-7 pm-Chinese Programme, 7-11.30 p.m.-European Record- ed Programme.

7.03.7.28 p.m.-Operatic.

The Magic Flute-Overture (Mozart),

Sir Thomas Beecham conduct- ing the London Symphony Orchestra (L1001R), Mefistofele 11 Bel Glovanetto (Bolto), La Traviata Chorus of Gípsics

(Verdi),

La Scala Chorus of "Milan (4802). Alda-Ritorna Vincitor (Verdi), "

Eva Turner, Soprano (L2160),

8 p.m.-Local Time..

7.28-8.15 p.m. Variety. Descriptive Sketch

Clapham & Dwyer on Photography,

Laughter Record-

Clapham and Dwyer.

A Warm Corner,

Leslie Ilenson, Heather

Thatcher, Austin Melford,

Vocal Duet--

B.B.C. Wireless Symphony Orchestra (9092).

Eleven More Months and Ten More

..Colt Brothers. Four Waya Suite (Erle Coates), Days

Regal Cinema Orchestra con- ducted by Emanuel Starkey (0750-7)

Song-

She Was Poor, But She Was Honest, Don't Send my Boy to Prison,

Plano, Solo

Billy Bennett & Chorus.

Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries, Close Your Eyes,

Song

Leslie Hutchinson.

I'd Like to Have a Honeymoon with

Her.

They Have a Much Better Time, When They're Naughty,

Ronald Fratkau. 8.15-8.50 p.m.-A Concert. Octet

Romance (Rubinstein arr. Scar),

J. H. Squire Celosto Octet

(6218),

Song-

Ships That Pass in the-Night

Longfellow & Stephenson), Valse (d'Arcy & Russell),

Anacreon-Overtare

Willem Menbini),

and His

Concertgebouw Orchestra

(L1972).

9.30-11.30 p.m.-Dance Pro

gramme.

Fox Trot

The Haunted House.

Speedbout Bill.

You Are My Heart's Delight.. One

no Slep

Charging of the Guard.

Fox

Trot

Lisa.

Mo Blase,

"It Always Starts to Rain.

Why Darkles Were Born. That's This is the Missus. Life is Just a Bowl of. Cherrica. Time Alone Will Tell

Mme. Clara Serena, Contratto | Walts-in You,

(5316).

Piano Bolo

Shepherd's Hey (Grainger), Country Gardeni (Grainger),

Percy Grainger (DI004). Song

(Browning & White), King Charles Drake Goes Wext

(O'Reilly & Sanderson),

A Bright Morning on the Alps

Rox Palmer, Baritone (1487) „Connie Edias, Kim Peacock, | Instrumental Telo-

“& Prince's Theatro,:

London Co.-

To-day I Feel So Happy,

Bong

"Largs Airy Rooms with FuD

Trig in C Adagio (Beethoven),

Anonymous (2440K Just Because I Lost my Heart |--~ 8.50-9.30 p.m. Orche

By Minus (Boccherini), Renate Muller (Soprano) Les Millions D'Arlequin (Drigo),

to Your

Fox

Trot

Many Happy Returns of the Day. On the Beach with You.. Guilty.

Nobody's Sweetheart.

If I Didn't Have You, Oh Monah.

Freak to Me of Lowo. Speak Tango

An Old Spanish Tango.

Tom Thumb's Drum. Fox Trok

Oh! What A Night!

* Good-Night Sweetheart.

I Lost my Girl from Memphis.

When It's Night Time in Nevada.

Waltz

Fox Tro

Joey the Clown.

Close Your Eyes,

Bitter Sweet Selection. Waltz-

Bitter Sweet-Selection.

TIO

Foxt

Sweet and Lovely.

There's a Time and Place for Every

thing.

You Can't Stop me from Loving You Just One More Clanco. To-night or Never.

Quick Stop to be in Love.

It's

Fox Trot-

You Forgot Your

Waltz-

Gloves.

Kiss Me Good-Night. 11.30 p.m.-Close Down. The Variety and Dance Pro- grammas are kindly loaned by a Listener. The Operatie, Concert and Orchestral Programmes are kindly supplied by the Anderson Music Co....

(Continued from last Column), dows in the back wall, most of the light.coming from the glass roof. Plants for stocking the house are at prosent arriving, and a large consigament of reddish brown rotk has been delivered and is waiting to be put in position.

The house has been presented by Mrs. Sherman Hoy! USANZ

THE "TROPICS" COME

TO KEW.

New Panorama for` Exotic Plants.

Visitors to Kew Gardens during the coming season will for the first time have an opportunity of study, Ing tropical plants in their natural surroundings.

Hitherto the caeti and orchids, the exotic shrubs and Seville orange trees which are on view at Kew, have been visible only in the con ventional settings provided by glasshouses. A new house, how ever, has now been constructed where a scenic background will pro

·vide a suitable setting for some of the tropical plants.

No afforts have been spared to combine realism with lllusion In the new house. A specially de signed panorama, which would tu to shame many of the backcloths used in West End threatres," has beon painted on a semi-circular wall;

To enhance the illusion tropical jungle, there are no 1