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12.30 to 2.15 p.m.—European re-

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12.30 p.m.-Orchestral Music

1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and"

Weather Report.

1.03 pm-Four Songs by Richard

Tauber (Tenor).

1.15 p.m.--Thé Angelus Octet. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins,

Folk About Travelling Cir- cuses and Fairs,

5.30 p.m.-News and Economic Re-

view in English

TEN NEW COMMANDMENTS

BY FATHER OWEN DUDLEY

1 Don't make gods and god- desses. Film stars. footballers. boxers, crooners, record-breakers

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

5.45 pm-Musical Works of Ro-long-distancers, non-stoppers and TH Undersigned have received

mance. Played by the Hasse Chamber-Orchestra,

6.30 p.m.-Virtuoso Flute Music,

Ulrich Gebel

Rugby Press News, Local: Wen- | 6.45 p.m.--News and Economic Ra ther forecast, time and An- nouncements.

view in German

7 p.m-Concert of Light Music.

1,40 p.m.—Variety Items and Dance | 7.15. p.m.-Topical Talk.

Music..

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2.15 pm-Close Down

7.30 p.m.-Concert of Light Music

(continued)0

5 to 8 p.m.-European programme, 18 om-News in English-Sign of

DJQ. 5 to 6 p.m.-A Relay of the Horig

Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra,

6 p.m.-Childrens' Studio Concert." 4.30 pm-Dance Music,

7 p.m.- 'Stenka Razine" (Glazou-

nov). 7.17 p.m.-

Vocal Gems

The Three Musketeers. The Chocolate Soldier. 7.30 D..-"Noll Gwyn

(Edward German).

7.45 p.m.-

other, imbeciles popular writers and public pets, will all fall you,

There is in your hour of need. only one God Who will not.

2: Don't shake your fist at Hea- ven. Nothing's wrong with God no-

Instructions

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thing's wrong with the world- FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1936

mar Make the better except

by world that you shout for making it better yourself; but Grod make yourself better arst.

B.15 p.m. Concert of Light Music knows His job. Do yours.

(continued).

9 p.m.--Sign of for South Asia

Germ., Engl.).

3: Don't think that to be an

Agnostic is clever; or that it 9.05 p.m.-Call DIA and DJE (Ger- nieans you've thought, when you've

mun English)

German Folk Song.

not even thought what it means. An Agnostic is one who doesn't know

9.10 p.m.-Greetings to our Listen--an ignoramus-one who, doesn't "

ers.

know if there's a God, That's not

Dances" 9.1à pari-News and Economic Re- clever. A savage knows there's a

A Relay from Daventry "Monologue in Melody." Denis Van Thal in Syncopated plano

torte Music.

8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Wen- ther Report; Stock Quotations and announcements. 8.05 p.m.-Chinese Studio Concert, 11 pm-Close down.

8.05 to 10 pm-European pro-

gramme from Z.E.K. on a fre- quency of 640 kilocycles. 8.05 p.

The Hill Billes The Hill Billy Band.

that Harvest Moon shining.

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Susanna from Alabama. When

Good-Night.

8.18 p.m

Cinema Organ Musie Nola (Arndt).

view in German on DJA, DJE, | God." DJN, DJB.

9.30 p.m.-Music by a Reichswehr

Band,

10 pm-News and Economic Re- Aview in English on DIN, DJE

and a Dutch on DJA, DJR.

Germany. 10.13 p.m.-To-day in Sound Pictures.

10.30 p.m.-From National-Socialist Literature. Dr. Robert Ley: "Germany has become more beautiful."

10.45 p.m.-"Soldier Comrades."

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AT THEIR SALES ROOM. No. 35, HANKOW, ROAD,

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A QUANTITY OF · VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

Comprising:

Chesterfield Suites, Black Wood Ware, Teak Bed Dining Room Furniture, Office Furniture;, Porcelain Ware. Brais Ware, Ornaments, Electric Faus & Lamps, Linen, Gramophones & Records, Rugs, Pictures, Cutlery, etc., etc.

ON VIEW FROM THURSDAY, THE 21ST MAY, 1986.

A Variety Evening by Werner you when your liver and temper TERMS-CASH ON DELIVERY. Filling.

go wrong. Others have livers and

12 midnight. Sign of DJA, DJE. tempers without behaving like

DJN DJB (German, English).swine.

MARRIAGES AT GRETNA

Funeral March of a Marionette Blacksmith "Priest"

(Gounod)-Sydney Gustard.

Fum Hits of the Moment

Sidney Torch.

Parade of Parades-Selection.--

Quentin M. Maclean: 8.37 p.m. :

Marek Weber and his Orchestra

·

A Photographer

Edinburgh, May 7. Evidence concerning Gretna Green marriages was given in Edinburgh to-day before the com- Chopinata-Potpourri (arr. Smittee of inquiry into Scottish

bermann).

mariage law over which Lordt You shall be the King of my Morison la presiding.

heart (Stolz).

Entry

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because they listen: you're only MONDAY, MAY 25, 1986. popular with yourself. Backbiting's a boomerang, game. Backbiters sometimes forket

Mr. G. B. Mackie, a farmer, said of the Spring Flowers that he was manager of the black-

10: Don't covet and get dis- (Kovkert).

smith's shop and museum Rt Amorettentanze-Waltz (Gung'). | Gretna Green.

His late father gruntled. Life doesn't consist of went to Greta as a farmer, and cars or of dinners and dances and pu-A Relay of the Daventry about 1890 he bought the Gretna night-clubs. That all ends, and you

News Bulletin (Copyright by estate on which the blacksmith's won't. Think it out. Reuter).

Old Vienna (Lanner),

9.20 p.m.-

Variety and Dance Musle Vocal America Calling. -The

Carlyle Cousins. Tango-Marilou, Song-Me and my Dog (Public Nuisance No. 1")-Frances Day. Fox-Trots-You can't do that

there 'ere.

The Duck Song. Bong-I'm sittin' high on a hili

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Cling to me. Song-The Little Silkworm.-

Jessie Matthews. 'For-Trots-Play, Orchestra Play.

If I should lose you.

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10 p.m.-Big Ben from Daventry:

Close Down."

RADIO MANILA

shop stood. Ha father turned

the shop into a museum in 1900. OTTAWA AGREEMENTS

and it contained relics of Gretna marriages. The public were invited to see the relics, and had an opportunity of buying souvenira The caretaker of the shop. Mr. Rennison, was "responsible for the marriages and got a commission on admissions to the museum and the

sale of souvenirs

the

Trade Problems

London, May 19. The Dominions Secretary was asked in the House of Commons whether invitations have or would be issued to the Governments of countries concerned in the The witness såld he had näthin”

Ottawa Agreements to attend to do with the marriages apar turther conference with a view to from keeping the register. Rena-continuing those agreements in son had been with them for eight same or another form. years. His register started in 1900. and the Agures for the past 20

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AT TE SALES 'ROOM,

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A. QUANTITY OF

HOUSEHOLD

VALUABLE

FURNITURE

Comprising:

·Black Wood Ware. Chesterfield Suites, Teak Bed and Dining Boom Furniture, Office Furniture, Gramo- phones and Records. Typewriters, Sewing Machines. Clocks, Electric Ceiling & Table Fans, Table Lamps, Linen, Curtains, Carpets, Rugi, Cutlery, Porcelain and Glass Ware, Brass and E. P. Ware, Curios, Pictures, Ice Chests, etc., etc.

and

6 Refrigerators Mr. Malcolm MacDonald replied:

2. Upright Pianos agreements between the years were as follows:-1928 to United Kingdom and the Domin-12 Radio Gramophones 1928, 385. marriages: 1929, 304: lona. concluded 1930, 331; 1931; 244; 1932, 215; 1933. Conference at Ottawa in 1932, did

at the Imperial | 1 Radio Set --

210: 1934, 321: 1935, 305.

not terminate on any given date Lord Morison. In recent years and each agreement continued in Gretna has been extensively ad- force unless at any time after vertised?

February 19, 1937, six months' no- | tice of denunciation was given by either party to it. The most cop- venient method of dealing with the questions arising out of the TERMS:-Canн OF DELIVERY.

9.30 am-Breakfast Hour of News

The witness.--Yes, but it nuż and Music-English and Spannot cost me anything. ish Current Events and Vaude- Mr. Mackie went on to say that ville of the Air, conducted by the premises had not been used Don Alya,

7 am-Sign Off.

6 p.m.-Tirso's Mabuhay Orches-

tra.

| 4.20 pm-Spanish Informational

8.35

Period

p.m.-Edghah Informational

Period:

6,55 p.m.-Stock quotations, througn the courtesy of Swan, Culbert- son, and Fritz.

7 p.m.-Rhythm and Romance-

as a smithy since 1900. Sometimes agreement was now under, discus- the caretaker got nothing for per- sion between the Governments af forming marriages; sometimes he fected.

got £20. People ought not + "In the view of the United King- think that that one certificate | dom Government, it would be most

O VIEW FROM SATURDAY," THE 2831 MAY, 1836.

LAMMERT BROS.,

AUCTIONEERS

they received from Hennison appropriate to proceed by way of NEW ORDERS FOR

completed the ceremony, for they discussions with "Individual- Gov- were told to go to the registrar at | ernments as occasion offered, and Thimiries.

they had brought this 'view to the notice of the 'Domimous Govern- ments."-- British Wireless."

THE "BLACKSMT131 The witness sald be knew in

Ramon Escudero, Johnny Har-Rennison was a photographer but

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ris, and Russ Aranas.

was described as a blacksmith, 7.15 p.m.-Commercial Monitor, Bailie Jean Roberts (Glasgow),— a saddler and fronmonger

London, May 19. Subject to the settlement of cer- 7.30 p.m.-General Motor Concert, You like to think of it being called engaged in the boot trade

Gretna. He opened as a saddler has decided to entrust the con- tain points of detail, the Admiralty aponsored by the Pacifc Com-the romantic blacksmith's shop? mercial - Company — General

The witness-Yes

and later started a café. He was struction of nine Tribal class des- Motors Symphony Orchestra,

Rennison, he added, was some engaged by Mr. Mackie's father introyer of the 1938 programme to conducted by Erno Rapee. times referred to as the Gretna 1927

the following firms: priest. He might sign himself as In reply to a question by Lord

Swan, Hunter and Wigham Ri- priest, but he was not dressed like Morison, the witness said that chardson, of Wallsend-on Tyne- one. The business ran peacefully. sometimes couples being married Two vessels, with machinery by the Some people squealed now and brought their witnessed with them; Wallsend Ellyway and Engineering: again, but most people seemed in other casca be supplied the wit Company: very happy about it. -- :

nesses, who were paid 2s. 6d. each. Denny and Brothers, of Dum- Mr. Richard Rennison also gave The usual fee for a marriage was barton-Two vessels; evidence. He said that after the 51

Parsons Marine Steam Turbine.

8.30 p.m.-On Wings of Song, with

Ramon Alberto.

8.15 p.m.-Stock Quotations and

Local Market Reports

4

9 p.m-Amateur Hour, with Baron

Unterheisen, Master of Cere- | monies..

10 pm-Popular Requests,

10.30 bm-Sign Off

BERLIN PROGRAMME

4.30 1.m-Call DJB. DJN. DJ

(German, English),

Germani Folk Song.

4.55 pm. Greetings to our listeners.

parties had declared before wit- Replying to Haille Jean Roberts Company, of Wallsend-on-Tyne- nesses that they were both single the witness sald he got the fet Two vessels, the hulls by Vickers and that one or other had been re- after deducting expenses which Armstrongs: sidents in Scotland for 21 days he included 58. for witnesses, payment acotts Shipbuilding and En- declared them married and gave for the certificates, and the turngineering Company, of Greenock them a certificate. The marriage stile charges. He knew he was two vessels was entered in a register,

A Stephen and Sons, of Govan, |:one vessel,~

The witness said that he went 5 pm-All Borts of Wandering i to Gretna in 1926. He had been

not a priest, and of late years had struck out the word "priest.

The Inquiry was adjourned,

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