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TO-DAY'S RADIO PROGRAMMES

HONG KONG

ZBW. on a Wavelength of 355 metres (145 kps), $1.49 metres

DIVINE WIND

12

Historic Flight

To Croydon

London, Apr.. 9.

LAMMERTS AUCTIONS

PUBLIC AUCTION.

Instructions

The Divine Wind, Japanese- THE Undersigned bave recei bullt goodwill monoplane, sent by the Asahi newspaper chain with greetings to His Majesty the King on the occasion of his Coronation,

TO SELL BT.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Trans. If (G.S.H. G.§.Q¿, G.S.B.).

7 p.m.-Big Ben; The BBC. Northern Ireland Orchestra. 7.45 p."Names that Are History"-3 (sec Trans. 1). 8 pm--Haydn and (9.33 megacycles).

his Orchestra, from the West End 12.30 to 12.15 p.m.-European Cinema. Birmingham. 8.25 p.m.- Programme. 1230 p.m.-De Groot "Memories of the London Theatre" and His Orchestra. I pm-Local:-13, 8.55 p.m.-The News and An- Time Signal and Weather Report.nouncements. 9.15 p.m.-A Cello 1.03 p.m.-Songs by Richard Crooks Recital by Ambrose Gauntlett. (Tenor). 1.20 pm-Hawallan Trans. t (G.S. G.B.F.; G.S.B.). has made fight history. The fast red machine reached. Croydon 10 p.m.-Big Ben; Music by Ar- Melodies. 1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press, Local Weather Forecast, Time, thur Sullivan and Edward German. | from Tokyo in 94 hours 18 min and Announcements. 1.10 p.m.- 10.25 p.m.-The Twilight Serenad-utes total elapsed time. The air- FRIDAY. APRIL 16, 1937 Variety. 215 p.m.-Close Down. $ers." presented by Clarence Wright: men had set 100 hours as their to 8 p.m.-European Programme. A fantasy in music and story. 10,45 goal.

Enormous excitement was arous-' 5 p.m.-Relay of Dance Music from p.m.-"A Hundred Years Ago"-2: the Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong A talk by John C. Maude. 11 p.m.ed in Britain by the exploit of the fiers, Pliot Masaki Hotel. 630 p.m. -German. Music. A Piano Recital by Herbert Fryer. Japanese

p.m.-Harry Engleman's Unuma 25, and his companion. K. Songs-Die Belden Grenediere (The 11.30

No.1, Quintet, with Vernon Adcock, Tsukagoshi, radio-mechanic-rellef Grenadiers (Op.49, Two Heine and Cchumann) Standchen xylophone. 12 p.m.-"John Lon-pilot. It was evidenced by the (Relistub-Schubert) doner at Home"-14. 12.30 p.m.- huge crowd which gathered to Herbert Janssen (baritone). Vocal The News and Announcements. welcome the airmen from the other

side of the world. Trio-Heat' Cder Morgen ("Der 12.50 p.m.-Dance Music. RosenkavallerAct 3, R. Strauss)

(Berensde)

--In

Lehmann

Ball- 3

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D.J.A D.J.B. DJE

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BERLIN

TO-DAY

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AT 3 O'clock P.M.

AT THRIB SALES BOOM, DUUDELL STREET

(For Account of the Concerned) One Very Fine Jade and Diamond RingTM

(Pure Green Jade and 6 Large Diamonds)

and

The Japanese "Ambassador and prominent British airmen were at Croydon Airport to welcome the plane and nearly the whole of London's not inconsiderable Ja- One Diamond & Pearl Bar panese colony assembled, waving the national finga.

Bouquets from various Japanese societies were presented to the air. men by a number of little girls and obviously the airmen, who were much elated, and equally obviously much fatigued, were literally gar- landed with flowers.

Their only long rest, during their whirlwind dash in their little, red, single-engined monoplane was at Athens last night.

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Immediately they arrived, message was conveyed to them from the Under-Secretary for Air. congratulating them on "the splen- did record they established."

Brooch

(6 Pearle and B Diamonds-Fine)

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AUCTIONEERS.

SEIGE OF MADRID MAY BE "RAISED

Madrid, Apr. 10, Encirclement of the insurgent forces which have held the Uni- versity city sector, on the western outskirts of Madrid, for the past. Ave months, is announced by Ge-

(soprano), E.

& (soprano)

M Schumann Olszewska (contralto) Planoforte- Traumeswirren (Dream Visions),

31.38m. (25.80 k.c.). 19.74m. (15.200 k.c.) Op.12, No.7 (Schumann)- Vladimir

18.89 (17.760 .c.7 Horowitz. Bongs - Die: Post: Wohin?" In Abendroth; Die Vogel DJ.N....... 31.45m. (95.40 k...) (Schubert.)-Elsabeth Schumann DJ.Q....... 13.63m, (15.280 ko). (soprano). 8.55 p.m.-Waltz Me- 1.05 p.m. Call DJA, DJB (German, mories by Orchestre Mascotte. | English). German Folk Song. 1.10 Greetings to Vienna (Slede) pim. Musical Interlude. 2 p.m. News Donauwellen Ivanovici, arr. in German. 2.15 p.m. Musical Inter- Hohne) Moonlight on the Danube lude (cont'd), 2.55 p.m. Greetings mur listeners in Australia. (Gay) Gypsy Love (Lahar) Spring to

and Economic In Japan (Tadasuke Ohño)

p.m., News room Memories (arr. Robrecht) Review in English 3.15 p.m. To- 7.15 p.m.-Songs by Nelson Eddy day in Germany. Sound Pictures. (baritone). Love's Old Sweet Song. 3.30 pm Children's Hour: I was (Bingham - Molloy), "Naughty once on a high mountain... Ger- Marietta"-Ahi Sweet Mystery of man mountains. 3.45 p.m. Surprise Hour. 5 p.m. Who is laughing Life. "The Night Is Young"

dream.there? 5.15 p.m. 8ports Review. When I grow too old to

News and Economic

Interviewed by Reuter, the air- "Apple Blossoms"-You are free. 5:30 p.m.

men said the first day was the German. 5.45 pun. "Naughty Marletta"-I'm falling in Review

6.00 p.m. Little worst of their whole trip. Their love, with someone. 7.30 p.m.-Topical Talk.

chief trouble was encountered in Music. 6.15 p.m. Sigri Closing local Stock Quotations and Folk

DJA and DJB (German, crossing the mountains of Indo-neral Mlaja, commander-in-chief' Hong Kong Exchange Market Re- o bort 7.85 p.m.-From the Studio. English). 6.55 pm. Call DJB, DJN. China. The weather was not too of the Madrid defence forces.' ". Musical Excerpts from "The Street DJE (German, English). German good when they crossed India, they view of recent rumours that General Franco, the rebel leader, Singer" (Play. Lonsdale; Music, Folk Sonj. 7 p.m. Concert of Light added.

Intended to call on the attack on Fraser-dimson and Lyrica by Music.

8 p.m. News in English. 8.15

WELCOME AT CROYDON Madrid and concentrate on sub- Greenbank) with a descriptive p.m. Concert of Light Music

London, April 9. duing the provinces, It seems that 2.55 p.m. Greetings talk: by members of the Hong continued).

Unuma and Tsukagosh, the the long siege of the capital may the "Far Kong Philharmonic

to our Listeners in Society. 8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Wea- East." 9 pm. News and Econo- Japanese mers who left Tokyo last at last be raised.

Meanwhile speculation has been. mic Review in German and Call Tuesday in the aeroplane Divine

-announcement that ther Report and Announcements.

9.15 p.m. Brass Band. Wind, landed at Croydon at 3.30 roused by 5.03 pm Relay from the Ko Shing DJQ.

10.00 o'clock this afternoon, having com-warships are being moved by both Theatre (Chinese). 11 p.m.-Close 9.45 pm: Sports Review.

Britain and Germany into Spanish. Down. 8.05 to 11 p.m.-European p.m. News and Economic Re-pleted a fight of 10,000 miles in

waters. Explanation is that the Programme from ZEK on a tre view In English on DIE DUN, three days 22 hours, 10 minutes.

They were cheered by large move is connected with the con- DJB. on quency of 640 llocycles, 8.05 DJQ in Netherlands

To-day in. Ger crowd and greeted by the Japanese trol scheme. Britain has ordered p.m. D.m.-Patricia, Rossborough at the 10.15 Piano. Simple Aveu (Thome), To many. Sound Pictures. 10.30 p.m. Ambassador, Lord Bempill, Com-HM.S.. Shropshire bo north Span

mander Perrin of Royal Aero Club; ish waters and Germany. hus sent Wild Rose (MacDowell). A The Wigmaker's daughter. Merry

reinforce hér and the Director of Overseas Avia- to submarines to Cavalcade of Martial Tunes. The tale by Hans Brennecke, 19.45 p.m..

tion, who handed the aviators a nával contingent.. 11.45 p.m Town Talks"-Selection. If I love Orchestral Concert.

REPUBLICAN OFFENSIVE message from the Under Secretary for Air in the absence of Lord A desperate Republican offen- Swinton.

give, which began, yesterday, was assisted by a fleet of 70 aero- planes.

a

again (Oakland. Murray). 8.22 Topical Talk. Midnight, Sign off p.m.-Octet in E Flat Major, Op.20 DIN. DJE, DJQ. DJB (German, (Mendelssohn), played by the In-English). ternational String Octet . 1st Movement---Allegro moderato" ma

con

AUSTRALIA

6.45

Reuter

Sir Philip Bassoon wrote: "It is pleasure to welcome you here on behalf of British Aviation and to congratulate you on the splendid record you have established. We all appreciate the friendly spirit in which you set out from Tokyo to visit us and are glad you have resched us safely and with great

success."!

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"Four separate objectives were fuoco. 2nd Movement-An-

attacked, chief of which was Gara- dante. 3rd Movement-Scherza- 31.K-Wave Length, 31.34 metres;

pitas Hill. between the casadel Allegro leggierississimo. 4th Move- Power, 1 Kilowatt; Frequency,

Campo and University city; where 9.58 megacroles. ment Presto. 8.55 p.m.-London

two Republican columng operating -News and Announcements. 9.15

6.30 p.m. Recorded Music.

along the Manzanares established. p.m. Variety. Vocal Veux-tu p.m. Sporting Notes. 7 p.m. Chimes.

contact with each other and isolat partir un jour--Ninon. Vallin Talk-The Nature and Causes ofli

ed the insurgents in University (Boprano). Hawaiian-Ciribiribin. Delinquency." 725 p.m. National

Unuma and Tsukagoshi reached cfty- Valse Bleue-Ging Bordin and His News Bulletin. 7.30 p.m. Victorian Le Bourget at 1.30 pm and in do- | Reuter. Hawaiians. Vocal-Going Home News Bulletin. 7.35 p.m. News,log so nearly halved the previous Jack Savage and His Cowboys. | markets and weather for the coun record for the flight between Paris Orchestra For Gitano, A Gypsy tryman. 8 p.m. Serial-As Te and Tokyo Their night will take ions to-day and threaten the Lament-Don Rico and His Gypsy Sow" 8.30 p.m. A programme from

a high place among the record-world peace of to-morrow." Girls' Orchestra. Vocal-One of the Melbourne Studios, 8.40 p.m.breaking long-distance journeys of British Wireless. the little Orphans of the Storin-"The Watchman." 9 p.m. The recent years. Gracle Fielda. Vocal-Jack Hylton National Dance, Orchestra. 9.30 Flights from the Far East to throws a party, Orchestra-Love | p.m. Variety—“Oh, Qualte.” 10.15 Europe have been fewer than those me, or leave me, Why couldn't itp.m. A programme from the Mel- in the reverse direction: In 1934. be poor little me?-Benny Good-bourne Studios, 10.30 p.m. Aus- CJ. Melrose New 12,000 miles from man and his Orchestra. Vocal-tralasian News Service, including Australia to England in 8 days, Chloe (Bong of the Swamp)-The market and stock exchange reporty, while in the same year a record Radio Three., Hawaiiani Mauna copper prices. Sporting notes. for the England to Australia flight Los-Kanul and Lila, 10 p.m.10.45 p.m. Meditation Music. 11.30 was established by Scott and the

Music... Close: London-Big Ben. Dance

late Campbell Black at two days 22 Fox-Trot-Mendel's Bón's Swing

hours, 58 minutes. Bong. Fox-Trot-Cabin on the Hill- top. Fox-Trot Here's love in your eye, Fox-Trot-Night in Manhat- tan. Fox-Trot - Talking through

PARK my heart, Fox-TrotYou came to у rescue. Fox-Trot-To Mary,

London, April 10. with love, To you. Sweetheart. Shortly after the Coronation, the 1.25. p.m.-London-The Twilight King and Queen will visit Bella Serenaders Presented by Clarence Houston Park in Glasgow, the site Wright; a fantasy in music and of Scotland's Empire Exhibition to story. 10.45 p.m. Grand Massed be held in the Summer of 1938, Brass Bands. Jerome Kern Melo- It will be the biggest Empire. Ex dies. Minstrel Memories (No.2).hibition since Wembley and ? (arr. Himmer). 11 pm-Close guarantee fund of about £1,000,

Down

DAVENTRY

SUNDAY

Calls

Wavelengths

G.S.G.

17.79m.c. (16.86m.)

G.8.0.

15.18m.c. (19.78m.)

G.8.B.

9.51m.c. (31.55m.)

G.S.EL

21.47m.c. (13.97m.)

G.8.P.

...... 16.14m.c. (19.82m.) Trans. 1 (G.3.0, G.S.G., G.S.B.).|| 2 pm-Big Ben; Variety. 2.27 pm A Hundred Years Ago"-2, A talk by John C. Maude. 2.42 D.-A Rossini-Gounod Program- me: The BBC Empire Orchestra (leader, Daniel Meiss), conducted by Cufton Helliwell, Ruth Naylor, Australian soprano 3.40 p.m. The News and Announcements.

BELLA HOUSTON

NO LONGER NEGLIGIBLE

London, April 10. Japan can no longer be regard- ed as negligible in the air." is the outstanding reaction to the amaz- ing flight from Tokyo to London of the Divine Wind.

The fight, together with the goodwill message the airmen

delivered. to-day dramatically evoked a particularly warm and The Post Office has made ar appreciative welcome in the Bri rangements for the Japanese flerstish press...

50+

to broadcast to Japan from the The air correspondents of the Post Office International Tele- London papers comment at length. phone Exchange to-morrow after- on the machine's remarkable qual- itles and the navigation skill of noon.

the pilot.

Reuter

Reflecting the general tenor of MESSAGE OF GOODWILL

London, April 9. the comment, the "Daily Tele-"- We conceive it a great honour graph," in a leading article on and privilege to present the sincer- Japan's aviation triumph, says est congratulations. to the great that no single event could more British Nation, our old ally, on that triumphantly symbolise the vast most auspicious necasion, the com- progress Japan is making between. 000 is being raised and has alreadying Coronation," declares the good- the nations of the world., reached nearly £750,000- British Wireless.

NEWSPAPER

RESEARCH

Paris, April 10,

By this performance she has given a new demonstration of the remarkable capacity of her people to keep abreast of scientific de- velopment elsewhere.

"Bhe can no longer be regarded as negligible in the air, the jour-. nal concludes.

The Divine Wind" used Shell. spirit throughout the flight..

will message from the Asahi ENGINE OVERHAULED Shimbun, addressed to the people. of the British Nation and carried by the men who flew the Divine Wind from Tokyo to London in re- cora-breaking time..

"Flying through the skies of the two continents of Asia and Europe, our two special air envoys bring An institute for newspaper re- you fresh from Japan the expres search is to be founded in Parts insion of that very warm friendship the near future. sccording to press and goodwill we have always had The fliers expect to leave Croy- with regard to British people. don in the Divine Wind on Friday reporte

"We are firmly convinced that for a trip to Berlin, Belgium and. the Fraternity of Wings which has France. always existed between serves Their machine is being over immensely to draw the two peoples hauled and being made ready for together in the cause of friendship, the fight at Croydon, where it is. thus creating an atmosphere of stated that the engine is in perfect peace in the storms and thunder condition. which rage over international rela- Reuter

The now institute's task will be not only to study the present and past history of the press but also to issue from time to time reports on the results of its research work for information of journalists and the general, pubile Transocean News Service.