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Broadcast By Z.B.W. On 555 Metres

12.30 to 115 p.m.-European pro-

gramme.

1230 p.m. Orchestral Selections. I p.m.-Local: Time signal and

weather report...

1.03-p.m.-A Concert-

130 pm Reuter Press, Rugby Press Local: Time, weather forecast and announcements. 1.40 p.m.-Dance Music 203 pm The London Novelty Dr-

chestra.

2.15 p.m-Close down

זי.

4 to 7. p.m.-Chinese programme, 6.39 pm

፡፡

From the Stadio

A Children's Concert

7 p.m. to 12 midnight-European

programme.....

7 p.01.

The B.B,C. Wireless Military ·

J

Band

"Boabdil"-Malaguena: (Moskow-

ski).

La Tarantelle de Belphegor

(Roch Albert). Woodland Pictures-Rural Suite

(Fletcher). Vanity Fair-Overture (Fletcher). Prairie Flower-March (Ord

Kume).

Lynwood-March (Ord Hume). 7.30 p.m.---Closing local stock quotations and Hong Kong ex- change market report. 7.35 p.m.--

Light Concert, Items. Soprano Solo-Der Vogel im Wald (The Elf in the Forest), (Taubert). - Elisabeth Schu-

;

Planoforte Solo-Serenade, Op. 3, No. 5 (Rachmaninoff). Sergel Rachmaninon. Bass-Baritone Solos-The Jolly Roger (Dewar): Goi Ở me (Wallace). Peter Dawson, Violin Solo Czardas (Monti).-]

Yvonne Curti.

Choral-(a) Lullay my titing

SIR L. HAMILTON AS KITCHENERS “GHOST"

(Terry); (Bololat: Master Den- Spy-Hunting In First

nis Barthel); (b) There is no robe of much virtue (Thalben Ball); (c) See amid the Win- ter's snow (Gloss) (d) Christ-

(Corner, mas Lullaby Ball)-Choir of the Temple Church London, Orchestral Christmas Melodies

Noel: Adeste Fideles; Silent Night; Holy Night it Gruber). Paul Whiteman and his Or- chestra.

11 pm-Dance Music. 11.50 p.m.-Organ Solo-An Or

ganist's Yuletide-Quentin M. MacLean.

GOD SAVE THE KING, “

Close down.

BERLIN PROGRAMME

1.05 pm-Call DJA, DJB (German..

English).

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German Folk Song.

1.10 p.m.-Musical Variety Hour. 2 pm-News in German. 2.15 p.m.-Musical Variety Hour

continued)..

2.55 p.m.-Greetings to our listeners

in Australia. p.m.-News and Economic Review

in English. 3.16 p.m.-To-day Germany.

in

Sound Pictures....... 3.30 pm. Topical Talk, 8.45 p.m.-The Reichssender" greet the Foreign Countries. General Broadcast of the German Redio.

4,30

p.m.-Hitler' Youth Pro- Bramme: The Rising Light of the New Year.

Cantata by Erich Kruger. 5.18 pm-Max. Reger: Christmas Dreams. Fantasy on "Blent Night." Plano; Frida Haspel.

Days Of War

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Général Sir Jan Hamilton "re- cently revealed a "carefully guard- ed" secret-how, at the beginning. of the War, he acted as Kitchener's wraith," taking command of the North of England and of Scotland. | TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 1936 "with a special eye for sples," and

bow "a central striking force of Commencing at 11:30 AM. three armies of Territorials were distributed around London. A. GODOWN No 12 TI HONG Later, elaborating his speech-KONG & KOWLOON WHARF & which he made at a dinner of the GODOWN Co., Lan., KOWLOON, Royal Naval Division-Sir Ian ex- plained that during the early, part kof, the Great War he acted as Lord Kitchener's deputy and undertook the early organisation, at home defences in Lord Kit chener's name:

A LARGE QUANTITY OF "MISCELLANEOUS GOODS

Comprising:

Siamese Beor, Teak Wood, Hubber "After the declaration of war." Goods, Carbide, Iron Pipes, Manila. be sald, there was a meeting of Rope Dyes, Barbed Wire, Scrap the Cabinet and the military peo-Rubber, Porcelain Ware, Iron Bara, ple, which Lord Kitchener attend- |Galvanized Wire, Nails, Electric ed. The meeting was adjourned for further information from the French and on August 7 I was asked to take on this job:

KITCHENER'S `TEICKS”

Lamps, Steel Bars, Plate Tron, Iron Sheets, Disinfectant, Dates, Wire Kope's, Fishmaw, Grodad Bosin, Flour, Matrix Cardboard, Carel. Hair Bolting, Vicunat, Fancy Gooda, "I was Commander-in-Chief of Woollens, Rice Mill Machinery, the Home Defence forces, but I Powder Machine, Rice Machine, went off as a mere Individual to Lithographio Machine, Singlets, take command of the North of Lighters Deal Juice, Window Glass, Marble Table Tops, Perfumery; Nail England.

That was one of Lord Kit-of Potaab, Candy, Cotton Trimming, Polishing Sets, Glasswara, Chlorate chèter's sort of tricks I went to

Piece Goods, Diesel Oil, Gasoline Edinburgh and I stayed there five Rugine, Worsted Yarn, Lubricating days. Later I went on to Glasgow, Oil, Insulated Wire, Blow Lampe, and looked into Rosyth. I had in-Wolfram Ore, Tee Iron, Dog Spikes, structions about keeping an eye Rails and Bamples Liquor, etc:; etc: open ror spies. That-referred to Scotland particularly, Because the Fleet was at Rosyth.

“Wherever I went I made my ON VIEW ON DAY or SÁLE self generally useful in Lord' Kit-

Contralto Bolo-A brown bird 5.30 pm-News and Economie Rechener's name. I was, so to speak,

singing (Haydn. Wood)-Mary Kay.

Tenor Solos-One day (Hans May); Regimental Song (Friml)--Derek Oldham:

8 pm-Local: Time signal, weather report and announcements. 3.03 p.m.

view in German.....

6.15 pm-sign of DVA and DJB

(Germ., EngL).

a sort of shadow of "Ky not so

much afterwards, when I settled THBMS-Ceu on Delivssy. down in command of the forces. but certainly in the first fortnight.

5.45 p.m.-Plano Concert C-Major by Beethoven. The Berlin Phil-

I was supposed to be "X, and harmonic Orchestra under the.. got" the creditor the dis- Direction of Karl Schuricht. credit.". Solo: Alfred Cortot

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6.53 p.in-Call DJA; DJB. DJE

(German. English)...... German Folk Bank. p.m-Concert of Light Music

8.15 p.m.-Concert of Light Music

(continuedɔ.

A Variety Programimų. Song-Serenade In the night.

Webster Booth (Tenor).. Plano Golo-Twenty, to one-pm-News in English.

Selection.Billy Mayerl Bong-Swing, Mister Charlie.- Judy Garland (13 years old). Vocal Impressions by Freddy Dosh of:-A duck entering Water-An old Ford car-Sir Malcolm Campbell's Blue Bird Howling Dog-A train load of cattle--Sounds in an Airport- An Express trains baby- London Underground-A Chic-

8.5% D.m.-Greetings to our Listen

ers in the "Far East".

ken.

Organ Solo-Bix Hit Medley (No.

5)--Harry Crowdson. Orchestra The Great Ziegfeld- Selection-Maurice Winnick & His Orchestra.

one

9

pm-News and Economic Review

in German and Cal DJQ. 9.15 pm.Hitler Youth Pro- gramme: The rising light of

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the New Year. Cantate by Erich Kruger,

pm-News and Economic

"STEP INTO MY SHOES“ In his speech, Sir Ian told how Kitchener, delegating the duty of "ghosting," said to him; he t

"I am going to do with you exactly what I did in Pretoria when you first joined me as my chiet staff offeer. You remember

went away at once on a three weeks' tour of Natal and the Cape Colony whilst you carried on with Major Marker's help in my place. and the less. I heard of you the better I was pleased. Now, I want you to step into my shoes again,

Ea-only the other way about: Leave all your staff here. I'll lend you one' clerk from the War Office for | cypher work, &c.”

view in English on DJE, DJQ in Netherlandish on DJA, DJA 18.15 pm-To-day in Germany.

Bound Pictures.

10.30 p.m. The Reichssender greets all countries Circular broad- cast of the German Radio. 11.15 p.m.-There on the mountains you will find the wind. A concert bour." rose.Sam, 12 midnight-Sign off: DJA. DJB,

DJQ, DJE (Germ.... Engl.).

Song You're not the kid.-

Frances Faye. Hawaiian Guitar Solo-Swanee

Moon. Len Fils. Song The

Browne (Baritone). Yodelling Bong-Dan. Dan, the Yodelling Man-Harry Torrani. Clarinet. Solo-Memphis Blues

Ern Pettiffer. Orchestra Heart's Desire-Film Selection. Cine Studio Or- chestra.

the

Humorous-Melodrama of

mice-Flotsam and Jetsam. Violin Solo Melody at dusk ----

Albert Sandler.

9 D.ni-London-News and An-

nouncements.

9.20 p.m.

From the Studio

Christmas Carols by the St. An~. drew's Church Chair, Conduct- ed Rupert Baldwin, A.TOL 9.40 p.

..

Loddon Palladium 'Orchestra' Clássica Selection (arr. Ewing). Longing (Haydn Wood). Everybody's Songs (arr. Geebl),

p.m.-London-Big Ben

„Songs of Old Let's have a Chorus--Columbia

Vocal Gem Company. The Family Song Album Hughie

Green and his Gang. Alexander's Ragtime Band (Ber- lin-Roy Fox and his Band. Tunes of not-so-100g-820 (1822)

New Mayfair Orchestra. Jererne. HernMedley Carroli

Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel. George Gershwin Medley-Car- roll Cibbons and the Sayoy Hotel Orpheans

RADIO MANILA

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and Galinger, Inc. 830 am-Breakfast Hour of News and Music-English and Span- ish. Current Events and Vau- devine of the Aff; conducted by Dod Alvh

7 am-8ign Of

9.30 am-Nelson Financial Review

dad Musicar Varieties. 11.15 am-Bign Off

2.30 p.m.-Nielson Financial Review

and. Musical-Varieties. ·

3.45 pm-8ign Off.

6 p.mirse's Mabuhay Orchestra,

Period. _635_pid-English Informational

Period.

6.55 snt-Stock quotations, through the courtesy of Swan. Culbert son and Fritz

7 pm

Yuletide Melodies.

LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS

FLORA'S RING,

CHARLIE'S HAIR

45 Relic To Be Sold At Edinburgh

Macdonald, and contains a lock of A ring, which belonged to Flora

Bonnie Prince Charlie's golden. hair, was offered for sale by Messrs Lyon and Turnbull, Edin- burgh, recently,

The ring, which has the engrav- ing "C. E. 8., 1745," has a roman- tic history.

During Frince Charlie's night “And so it was" said Sir Ian. from Scotland after the '65 Re- *Then I came down and began a bellion he spent a night at Kings- series of inspections, one of which borough House, Isle of Skye. While took me to Betterhanger with there Flora Macdonald asked him Winston Churchill Winston was, for lock of his hair, and he and is, about my best friend. but placed his head on her lap while there were loyalties to "Rin-she cut it. volved and secrecies which put me. sometimes into the cart. Luckily, the Betteshanger inspection : wes not one of them"

The hair was put into a ring, which was left by Flora Macdonald to the Macdonalds of Court FI11, and latterly came into the posses-

The secret had been "so caresion of the Misses Millar, 7 Her- fully guarded until now that none mitage Gardens, Edinburgh: who of the military or naval blographers both died at Helesburgh in July or auto-biographers not even, I of this year. believe, the great historian Acendants of the Macdonalds, were The Misses Millar, who were des-

chimedes himself-have, everőso much as suspected it."

IDEALS OF CHURCH LADS BRIGADE

Fitness To Lave"

Field-Marshal Bir Cland

recognised authorities on the Gian Macdonald and the Jacobile. Re- bellion,

£6,000 WON BY

DREAM

Commandant of the Church Lace Horse That Was Unheard. Of Brigade, at the annual Festival

dinner recently referred to the A dream, and, the wonderful 6.16 p.m.-Spanish Informational | Relgade's reorganisation and its running of Wotan, winner of this separation from the British Na- year's Melbourne Cup, won £5,000 tional Cadet Association,

for one lucky Melbourne "punter.” They had made a big endeavour, Bome months before the ace, Sir Claud said, to meet the wisheshe dreamt that horse called of the clergy, and especially of the wotan bad won it. So ttle Bishops. They had definitely known was Wotan that the man thaken of all that was or doubtful thought there was no such horse, 7,30 p.m. The Mystery Binger. value to them as a Church organi-but later found that it was one of 7.45 pm - "The Voice of Life" --ansation so that they might mean the several hundred entrants. He Ensaide United States Life In- exactly what they said when they laid money on the horse, at odds surance Company presentation called their Brigade the Church ranging from 66-1 to 200-1, and 8pm Chamber Music Programme, Lads Brigade

We had the satisfaction of seeing his under the auspices of the We have abolished that we dream come true. Philippine Society for Cha her Music and the Philippine Cultural Concerts Sock 8.40 p.m.--Block Quot ons and

local market reporta

A Christmas Concert Choral Rings out wild Belts gen- cesta The

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tano, Bola...AYS Veral)

Stock Quotations

from nowhere"; to win and gain for its conne 25,000. It started ab 100 to 1.

have given up the use of arms for M, Wotan's win - was – remarkabi our drill. We have draw up 2 Six furlongs from the finish it wa special, training scheme which in last and was actually & furlo cludes drill, physical training and behind the leader, but. It other recreative activities Ma

Bir Oland stoutly denied that courtesy the lads of the Church Lads

Pany Brigade were one with less pat Bour, rotle, Tess courageous, less likely, ser, Mas or less able to stand by their

country in her hour of need item fice Music

not nimess to kill but fit ness to live at which we alm." he

of L. R. Nelson and

ter

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sald, "and in this I kno with all the other vol ganisations for youth