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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16 1932,

TO-DAY'S WIRELESS

PROGRAMME.

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Will Rogers YOUNG AS YOU FEEL

FIFI DORSAY

Variety.

Moon-The

Song The Now

Qirl on the Prow."-Evelyn Laye and Chius,-9739. Instrumental" Just. Crazy Song."- Eddie Peabody.. DBT02.

Vocal

A

Duet Springtime Ro- minds me of You."-Layton and

Johnstone..

THE ISLAND OF

PARADOX.”

"LIFE ON TRISTAN DA'

CUNHA..

BRITAIN'S LONELIEST OUTPOST

life There were no joydum calo brations to mark the event.

The Padre.

·Inside

the little church in n`be- autiful shrine, orsated, “in Memory of a Miracle, 1930." It commemor- ntos an adventure which hofell a party of islanders when they went some 20 miles across the sen to lus

We are never lonely." This re-necossible Island. A sudden tempest ply was invariably given by in overtook them as they were return- habitants of the loneliest outposting. Thoir frail craft seemed bound of the British Empire, Trisan da to be engulfed when, led by thrif Cunha, when the quession of their padre, the Rav. A. G. Partridge, remotonose from the rest of the the members of the expedition world was suggested to them by prayed for deliverance, and, by Reuter's Special Correspondent, what seemed a miracle, managed to who has just visited the place on reach Tristan safely.

Vocal Duct Close Your Eyes,board H.M.S. Carlisle.

and Johnstone.-

-Layton DB710,

Hand- Orchestral Hold' my

Selcation."Jack Payne and

Although they take things they Many strange paradoxes were re-soriously, the islanders are very vonled in the course of a brief tour hospitable people. During the of investigation.

warship's visit, party from the "Carlisle" was entertained to a dance.

his B.B.C. Dance Orchestra.the South Atlantic. DB707.

Scutely Song- Sailing Up the Clyde."Will Fyffe (Comedian)

--9168.

1

Organ Solo" The Queen Was in the Parlour."-Terance Casey. --DB704

S.12 to 8.30 p.m.-

"118 Preludes »

(Symphonic Poem) (Liszt).-Williain Mou- gelborg and his Concertgebouw Orchestra.-L2342/LAB03.

8.30 to 9:40 p.m.-An announcement

by Dr. Radio of the Radio Sor vice Station.

8.40 to 9.30 p.m.--

Hawaiian Music.

"Under a Toxas Moon:" "Hawaiian Love Bird-King:

Niwahi's Hawaiians-9173. "Tropical Hulas."

On The Dreamy Moana Shore" -South Sea Islanders.-1349. "Dreamy

Moon."

Rocky

Some of the young men of the island were invited to seek their fortunes in the great world beyond "Never" was the unanimous retort, However dompting the opportunities held out to them, they all declared that no thing could persuade them to leave dhe little island of their birth. Nobody seemed in the lenat curious

to know about other lands, Nor

had they heard of the conditions under which the world is labouring to-day.

No Toothbrushes.

H

До

A display of tho "Tristan Trot! | was given by local adepts. The steps consist of a rapid movement of the legs, rather like marking time at the double, the fest striking the floor in time with the music. The measure is varied with an oe casional twirl.

There were Ad dances which lasted only a miquto encores to these

at a time. There was no applause. Then some of the guests sing songs. The islanders listened in silence. But they readily agreed to "contri-{ bute songe of their own so the pro- gramme.

The physical condition of the is landers in remarkably fine. The idea that constant intermarriages had produced a dogenerate race is

Some of the songs "they sang dated proved to have been definitely back to the time of Napoleon, Some wrong. Their teeth are extraordin-of the homes werg of murder and arily sound;, and they are never

sudtien death, but most of them cleaned. Immense amusement greek-

were about shipwrecks, ed the suggestion that a toothbrush might be a useful article.

The excellence of the islanders' tooch is all the more natonishing when it is considered that they live on soft foods-fish, eggs, milk and potatoes-a Bat contradiction Mountainto the dental maxim that "Hard tack is essential to dental health. Samuel Swain, aged 75, the oldest man on the island, has been declar- od a dental marvel. He has a per- feat and complete set of teeth-not one showing a sign of decay. He is still a keen and vigorous sea fisherman. Old Sim tells many tales of shipwreck and storm.

"The Waltz You Saved For Me." -Roy Smeek Hawaiian Trio.

2301.

9:10 to 10:30 p.m.-

Audition from the Studio,

Programme.

Orchestral

With tragedy in his eyes, he ra- calls the greatest disaster in Tris-

1. Recorded

Item- "Rosenkavalior Waltzes." (R. Strause).-Bruno Walter con- ducting the Berlin Philhar- tau's history-when the island' be- camo a community of widows and fatherless children.

monic Orchestra,--LX60,

2. (a) The Lass With the De-

licate Air..

It was in 1883 Sam's father and

(b) "A Brown Bird Singing14 other men set out in a small -(Soprano).

3. Recorded

Solo -

'Cello Menuet" (Paderewski). Recorded 'Cello Solo-"Spanish Dance (Cassado).-Gasper Cns sado.-LX158.

4. (a) Football."

(b) The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind Me (Comedian)..

3. Recorded Piano Solo-Duetto"

bont to board a passing steamer, Torrific seas were running. They never returned.

The oldest woman on the island Mrs. Mary Glass, daughter-in- law of Corporal William Glass, the founder of the settlement. She is

92,

Wedding Without a Smile.

Reator's Correspondent privileged to nittend A Tristan

was.

Song With Out Words) (Men-wedding. At 8 a.m, the church bell

delssobu)-William Murdoch.-

9372,

B. (a) You Are My Heart's. De-

light."

મ

(b) "At Downing" (Mozzo Soprano).

7. Recorded Violin Solo-"Lo

Capricieuse" (Elgar).

Recorded Violin Solo" Waltz

summoned all the inhabitants to the church. All the front pews were occupied by men'; the women saat at the back. This is meant to illus trate one of the strange beliefs ill prevalent in Tristan, that man is superior to woman 1-

The bridegroom-Josoph Gless, aged 24, arrived, dressed in his in C Sharp Minor" (Chopin). best alathes- dark suit with a Bronislaw Huberman.white collar and a black tie. Thep

LX137.

8 Two Selected Songs" (Bari-

tone).

"

a hymn started.

While the hymn was being chant,

ed, the young brde, Miss Elsie

9. Recorded 'Cello Bolo-" Bi Mes Swain, aged 22, came clumping up Vers Avaient Des Ailes the aisle, Clumping-because bor (Haha).-W. Squire.-D1823. little feet were incased in a pair

10. '()

"Oh Baby! Where Can You of man's black boots. She wore Bo 7"

the only bridal voil on the island (5) "If I Could Be With You."" and a white dress that fell to her -(Comedienne).

7.

11: Recorded Pianoforte Solo- "Shepherd's Hey" (Grainger). .“Country Gardens (Grain- ger).-Percy Grainger-D1634, 12. "Two Belected Songs" (Bori-

Xtone).

10.30p.m. (approx)-Rugby mid-

day Press now.

10:33 p.m. (approx.). Close down.

The records in the above Europaar programmes are supplied by Mezars Anderson Music Co.

aakles. Both bride and groom worg an expression of severity through out the ceremony-altogether a very serious affair, · ·

"When we offered the newly-mar- ried couple our congratulations,” Correspondent "reporte Router's

they, showed signs of considerable amstement. At last, the shadow of a mile armed their serious faces

After the wedding, the-not-very- happy-looking souple resumed the Thormal duties of their every

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