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12.30 to 2.15 p.m.-European pro- 10.15 p.m.-To-day in Germany.

gramme.

12.30 p.m.-Octets.

12.45 p.m.-Vocal Items

Sound Pictures.

10.30 p.m.-Gala Radio Pot Pourri..

An Instrumental Tournament.

1 pun-Local; Time Signal and 11.30 p.m.-String Quartet in F

Weather Report

major by Beethoven. The Bruinter Quartet.

1.03 p.m.-A 'Cello Recital by

Beatrice Harrison.

1.15 p.m.-A Relay of the Hong

Kong Hotel Orchestra.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Press News, Local: Wes- ther forecast, time and an- nopniceinents.

1.40 p.m.-A Relay of the Bong!

Kong Hotel Orchestra

2.15 p.m.-Close down

4.to 7 p.m.-Chinese programme. 7 to 11 p.m.-European programme 1 p.m.-

The Berlin State Opera *

Orchestra

Polonaise No. 2 (Lászt).

The Operaball-Overture (Heu-

berger).

ዓ

13 midnight-Close DJA, DJB, DJN

(German. English)

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RADIO MANILA.

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NAVAL STRENGTH STILL IN DEMAND

In

The Singapore Base

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VITAL TO THE DOMINIONS

London, July 22.

LAMMERTS AUCTIONS

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THE Undersigned bave received.

Instructions

TO SELL BY

PUBLIC AUCTION

ON

a speech at the Empire FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1936 Parliamentary Association to-day, the Arst "Lord of the 'Admiralty. 5.30 am-Breakfast Hour of News 8 Samuel Hoare, said the recent

and Music-English and Span-events

had demonstrated that ish Current Events and Vaude- naval strength which would have ville of the Air conducted by proved adequate in the past might Don Alva. Morning Exercises no longer be sufficient to fulfi by Prof, G. T. Suva of the In- the demands of collective action sular Life Assurance Co.

and unlimited liability In the 1a.m.-Sign Off.

present and the future. ·British 9.30 am-Nielson Financial" Re-rearmament programme was no

view and. Musical Varieties.

Caliph of Bagdad Overture p.m.--'Melody Lane," featuring

(Boteldleu),"

tigations.

COMMENCING AT 2.30 F.M.

· At Taxis SALES ROOM,”

DUDDELL STREET

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

Comprising

more and no less then proof of The Bartered Bride-Overture | 11,30 am-Sign Of

Britain's determination to provide Tenk Bed Room, Dining Room & (Smetana).

2.30 pm-Nielson Financial Review for both self defence

against Drawing Room Furniture, fce and Musical Varieties

aggressor and the playing of its Furniture, Black Wood Ware, Car. 9.45 p.m.-Sign Of

part in the enforcement by com- pets, Rugs, Upright Pianos, Type- man action of international ob-writers, Gramophones and Recorda, Sir Samuel admitted Cash Register, Refrigerators, Sewing 6.20 p.m.-Spanish Informational the advance," of alr power had Machines, Clocks, Electric Table many new problems. Fans and Lamps, Porcelain and 635 p.m.-English Informational but declared that the well estab-Glass Ware, Brass and E. P. Ware, lished doctrine, that Britain de-Cutlery, Mirrors, Pictures, Linen, 6.35 p.m.-Stock quotations, through pended for its existence primarily Curtains, Ice Chests, Filters, Oras.

the courtesy of Swan. Culbert-on seapower cemained unaffected.ments, etc., etc.

Referring to the Singapore

7.30 p.m.-

A Relay from Daventry The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra,

Jirected by Henry Hall 7.45 p.m.-

From the Studio

Talk: "The second Test" by R.7

Abbit. a Local: Time Signal, Wes-

ther Report, Stock Quotations. afa Announcements.

8.05 pm.

Three Light Violin Salon by Albert Sandler

1. Estudiantina Waltz

teifel).

रं

Marlo del Rio.

Period.

Period.

son and Fritz.

Songx

introduced

pm--Edith Compton Popular Naval Base he said the fortunes

of British peoples and British in-ONE Steel Desk 7.15 pm-Pro-Phy-Lac-Tie Perma-terests in Far East would always Grip presenta "Vanities of the be of paramount importance and Air.**

the work which was beig carried 7.30 p.m.-To be announced. · · out at Singapore was a vital con- 7.45 p.m.-Elizalde y Cin. presents tribution to collective security of Monserrat Iglesias Marzoni the British Commonweath. The contralto

base was regarded by some as a menace., by" others 35 a futile

(Wald-8.15 p.m.-Hispania.

2. Dolores-Waltz (Waldteufel) » 3. Fale Moon (Logan,

Kreisler).

8.15 p.m.-.

!

8.45 p.m.-Stock Quotations and extravagance. It was neither one

Local Market Reports.

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sents Hispania--Zarzuelas

10:30 p.m.-Sim Of.

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and

OF VIEW FROM THURSDAY,

THE 23RD JULY, 1936.

LAMMERT BROS.. AUCTIONEERS

nor the other. After describing the TERMS-CASH ON DELITERY. arr.9 p.m.-Myrurgia Perfumes pre- three tasks involved in the Gov-.

ernment's programme of rebuild- ing deet, training personnel, and modernising the bases, the First Lord said in fulfilment of these tasks he looked with confidence for cooperation of the whole British Commonwealth of Na-

From the Studio A Recital by Irene Miller (80- ) prano) accompanied by E. O'Neil Shaw.

PROGRAMME

1. Hark! the echoing sir (Fairie

Queen)Purcell,

EMPIRE RADIO

TRANSMISSION Z

Hong Kong Times The following frequencies will be

2. Care Selve (Come beloved).—¡ used:-

Handel.

3. Have you seen but a whyte flie

grow. --Anon

4. The Walnut Tree.-Schumarin. 5. Folk Song (My "new

Hat). Schumann,

Green

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6. Silver.--Armstrong Gibbs.

7. Rain!-H. Stanley Taylor.

8.30 p.m.-

De Groot and the Piccadilly

Orchestra

GBH 21.47 Mo/s (13.97 m.) G5G 17.79 Mc/s (18.86 m.) 7pm-Big Ben. Around the Coun- tles, No. 2. "The County of the Downs." A programme to re- call some aspects of the BusBER scene. Written by John W. Coulter: produced by William MacLurg.

7.30 p.m.-The BBC Dance Orches- tra, directed by Henry Hall.

Albumblatt (Wagner, arr, Mulder) 8 p.m.-Talk. Liebestraume (Liszt).

La Boheme--Selection (Puccini), Until (Sanderson).

Old Spanish Song (Aubert).

On'y for you (Strong),

Desert Song-Waltz (Romberg).

9 p.m.-A Relay of the Daventry News Bulletin" and Announce- ments (Copyright by Reuter). 9.20 p.m.-"Old Folks at Home and

in Foreign Lands” (Roberts). 9.30-p.m.--

From the Studio

A Variety Concert by Audrey Steel (Vocal), Jimmy Ferguson (Accordeon), Gaston d'Aquino (Vocal), Doreen Ma. (Accom- Danist).

10 p.m.-Big Ben from Daventry. 11 p.m.-Close down.

BERLIN PROGRAMME

4.53 p.m.-Call DJQ. DJA, DJE

(German, English). German Folk Song.

5 p.m.-Topical Talk.

5.15 p.m.-Capriccios by Paganini.

Rudolf Schulz, viclin.

6.30 p.m.-News and Economie Re-

view in English.

5.45 p.m.-"Let's get away from the Everyday!" On leave with the "Strength through Joy" Nation- al Recreational Association. |6.45. p.m.-News and Economic Re-

view in German.

7 p.m.-Concert of Light Music.

8 p.m.-News in English--Bien už

DJQ.

| 8.13 p.m.-Greetings to our listen-

ers in New Zealand.

8.20 p.Little German Broad-.

casting ABC.

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8.15 p.m.-Friday Midday Concert,]

tions.-

British Wireless,

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WARSHIPS TO THE THE Underaged have received

RESCUE

The Spanish Situation

POSITION OBSCURE

London, July 22.

Spanish disorders were the sub-

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MONDAY, JULY 27, 1996

CoxieNCING AT 2.30 PM

AT THEIR SALES ROOM,

DUDDELL STREET

under the direction of Johan Hock. From Queen's College Chambers Lecture Hall, Bir-i mingham. Herbert Downes ject of a Commons question this A Fine Collection of Bronze & Quartet: Herbert Downes (1st evening in reply to which Lord Marble Statuettes and Figures.

Violin); Leslie Emerdon (2nd Cranborne said that owing to the Violin); Harry Danks (Viola): stoppage of communications from Harry Bentley (Violoncello), most parts of Spain' it was stil Quartet in G (K 387): (1)| very difficult to obtain reliable Allegro, vivace assal (2) Information regarding the post- TERM8:-Cash on Delivest. Menuetto (3) Andante cantabile tion. He was able to give the (4) Finale. molto." allegro House a list of British warships (Mozart). Andante ma non which had proceeded or were pre- tanto; Scherzo, allegro giusto cecding to the Spanish ports with «Quartet in F. Op. 22) (Tchaf- a view to evacuation of British kovsky).

subjects if necessary. These in- cluded FL.M.S. "Shamrock" to

9 p.m.-Greenwich Time, Signal.

9 pm The News and Announce- | Malrock" H.M8, “Keppel" to Vigo, RMS. "London", and" (“Douglas”

ments

M

| 9.20 p.m.-A Programme of New and three destroyers to Barcelona,

Gramophone Records..

0.45 p.m.-Close down.

*TRANSMISSION 3

Two of the following frequencira will be used:-

GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.)

GRO 17.79 Mc/s (18.88 m.! G9F 15.14 Mc/s (10.82 m.)

LAMMERT BROS. AUCTIONEERS.

THE THREE POWERS,

HM.S. "Devonshire" to Palma. Ministers To Meet At No. 10

B.M.S. "Wren" to Corunna,' HM.§.

"Amphion" to Teneriffe, HMS.

London, July 22. The meeting of the Prime Minis-

↑ "Keith" to Valencia, H.MS. "Witch"

to Para and "Boadicea" to Alicante. tera and the Foreign Secretaries of Twenty-five British subjects to Belgium, France and Great Britalti gether with two Amercans and tw will open to-morrow morning at 10

French nationals embarked yester-

10 p.m.-Big Ben, "Celluloid Rhy-day on EMS. "Shamrock at Downing Street The British De-

thm." Second Edition. A pro- gramme of songs and music

from Alms old and new.

Malaga. British subjects had also legation will also include the Lord been embarked on British ships atvy Seal, Lord Halifax. The con- ference proceedings, it is anticipat Algeciras. At all other places from ed, will not be prolonged as cordi- which reports had been received al agreement is known to exist be 11 p.m.-A Symphony Concert. The from British Consular representa-

BBC Midland Orchestra: Uves, British subjects were report the scope and purpose of the meet

tween the thrée Governments as to

ing which is intended to clear a

10.45 p.m-Surprise Item

J

German

more

leader, Alfred Cave; conducted ed to be safe; In addition by H. Foster Clark Overture to

the ship movements 190- Leonora No. 3 (Beethoven). tioned by Lord Cranborne in the way for what, it is earnestly hoped. Twelve

in London, may prove a .Dances House of Commons it is announ- (Haydn). Symphony No. 1 in ced that British destroyers are pro- successful stage in the negotiation C minor, Op. 68: (1) un poco ceeding to San Sebastian, Bilbao of a general European settlement. Bostenuto-allegro (2) Andants and

Gion. The battleship Re-British, Wiretean sostenuto (Brahms).

pulsé arrives at Gibraltar on Batur- 11.55 p.m.-The News and An-day with Gordon Highlanders.

'nouncements,

Newspapers which print conficting Midnight-Greenwich Time Signal reports from various sources agree 'p.m-Eigy off DIA and DJB 12.15 am.--"Seascapes." A Bum describing the contest between mer-time revue. Words ana Government and insurgents as in- lyrics by Joan Young: music by dicated Nine Smith. Additional Ideas British Wireless. and production by Douglas Moodie.

8.35 p.m.-Conaert of Light · Musie

(continued)

(Germ.. Engl.).

| 9.05 p.m.-Call DJA, DJB. DJN

(Germ.; Eng}}

German Folk Song.

9.10 p.m. Greetings to our Listen-

ers in the Dutch East Indiez. 9.1b p.m.--News and Economic Re- view in German on DJA, DJB. DJN

וי

130, ĐIA Buns Serenade bị Heinrich Kaspar Schmidt.

10 D.-News and Economic › Re- [F; view in English on DJN and in

Dutch on DJA, DJB.

POST FILLED

Landon, July 22:

NAVAL BASE AT CAPE TOWN

No Knowledge of Decision

London, July 22,

The Parliamentary Secretary to, the Admiralty stated at Commons question time that he wwe not

12.45 a.m—The Alphas, presented |

by Frank Stewart, Kashmiri Song (WoodKorde-Finden, arr. Fones). At the Close of a Long, Long Day (Marvin, = 'ørr. Bir R.H. Archibald -Carter has aware if any decision had been Stewart). Boots (McCall, arr. been/appointed Fermanent Secret- | taken by the South African Gor-- Ber). Sanctuary of the Heart] ary of Admiralty in succession to emiment. to develop a naval base. (Ketelbey).

1 a.m-Close down.

the late Bir. Oswyn Murray British Wireless

Pingat Capetown—a by Britax Wireless

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