1937-06-26 — Page 5

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1937.

TO-DAY AT THE WEEK-END RADIO DIARY OF LOCAL

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"Personal Property" QUEEN'S:-

"Michael Strogof“

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MICHAEL STROGOFF

PROGRAMMES

(Continued from Page 4)

BERLIN

DJA, 31.38m: (95.60 k...) DJ.B... 19.74m. (15.260 k.c:3 D.J.E. D.J.N. D.J.Q.....

EVENTS

SATURDAY, JUNE 26.

Anniversaries and Holidays.---- George Morland born, 1763. Carl Jung born, 1875. 11

Auctions-Household

furniture.

at 21 Jubilee Apartments, ground floor, 10.30 am

Cinemax-(See Page 5). Dances-Hotel "Cecti

6.55

16.89m. (17.760 k.c.) 31.45m. (95.40 kc.) 19.63mm* (15,280 k...)" SATURDAY p.m. Call DJB, DJN (German, English).

Dance, 8.30 p.m. p.m.

Flannel

Mails (See Page 16), Social Craigengower Cricket Ger Club fortnightly Whist Drive,, 9.20

DJE man Folk Song, 7pm. Cancert of Light Music. 8 pim. News in Eng- lah. 8.15 p., Concert of Light Music (continued).

8.55 P.ML Greetings to our Listeners in the Netherlands East Indies. 9 p.m.. News and Economic Review in German and Call DJQ 9.15 pin Chorusses of the Germans abroad. The Berlin Heinrich Schutz-Kreis sings. 9.43 p.m. "So star-light was the night." Marle Auguste Beutner sings songs by Robert Schumann. 10 p.m. News and Economic Review in English on DJE, DIN, DJQ in Dutch on DJB 10.15 p.m. To-day in Germany.

Sound Pictures. 10.30 p.m. Brass Band. 11.30 p.m. Small cabaret

on gramo phone records. 11.45 p.m. The Research of German history and folklore. Children's games. Midnight. Sign of DJB, DJN, DJE, DJQ (German, English).

SUNDAY 6.55 pm. Call DJB, DJN, DJE German, English), German Folk

Song.

7 p.m. Concert of Light Music. 8 p.m. News in "English, 8.15 p.m. Concert of Light Music (continued). 8.55 p.m. Greetings to our Listeners. 9 p.m. News and Review of the Week in German and Call DJQ. 9.15 p.m. Á Bun- day Evening Programme. first

9.30

An adventure picture offering a wealth of excitement, a tender romance. 'some of the

most spectacular scenes ever, photo- graphed and entertainment which should find favour with father, mother sister and brother comes to the screen of the Queen's and

Alhambra Theatres, showing to-day, in "Michael Strogoff."

recall-and

of

p.m. The listener overseas collabor- ates.. Entertainment and music. 10 pm. News and Review the Week in English on DJE, DJN, DJQ in Dutch on DJB. 10.15 pm. Symphony Concert. Compositions

pm.

Sports—(See Page 10),** Moon-V Moon, 18th, Day. Sunrise.-5.40 am Sunset.-7.11

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SUNDAY, JUNE 27. Anniversaries Fifth Sunday after Trinity. "Divi- and Holidays.— aföns" in House of Commons, 1887, Our Lady of Perpetual Sucesur. ·

Claemas-(See Page 5). Mails. (See Page 18). Miscellaneous.-M.C.A. Discus- alon Group, in West Lounge; $ p.in.; HK. Aquarium Society's Outing, from Jordan Road Ferry Pier, Kowloon, 10 am.

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MONDAY, JUNE 28 Anniversaries and Holidays.— Luigi Pirandello born, 1887. Victor Trumper dled, 1915. St. Peter and St. Paul.

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Cinemas-(See Page, 5). Dances-Cheero Club Dance, 3)

p.m.

Lectures. Volunteer Nursing Detachment, at P.WD. Offices.

Mails-(See Page 16). Meetings-Annual, of Club de Recreio, in the Club House. 6 p.m.

Miscellaneous-Claims

against

As milions who have read the famous story will nere, for once, is a film version of a book that faithfully follows the original plot "Michael Strogoff Ludwig van Beethoven: Over-the Estate of Gladys Elleen King concerns itself with the perilous ture "Leonore" (III)-Plano con- due; YM.C.A. Chinese Class, in journey of its hero across Siberia certo in E flat major-Symphony Mezzanine Room, 6.30 p.m. and through hostile Tartar pat-

no V in c minor. The orchestra of Moony Moon, 20th Day. rols to reach a besieged Russian the KWB under the direction Social, YMCA. Bervicemen's army at Irkutsk with the Tsar's Werner Reichter - Reichheim: whist Drive, in West Lounge, orders

Soloist: Romuald Wikarski. 11.45pm. the campaign. A beautiful girl befriends him; hem. A Life of work. The edition of Midnight. Sign off DJE, DIN, DJE, Bugen. Diederichs, fourty years old, DJQ, (German, English).

for

is trapped. battles river pirates, is captured and tortured by the. Tartars, but with the alt of thị loyal girl, attains his mission and a thrilling revenge over the Tar- tar leader.

PERSONAL PROPERTY

The

versatile Robert Taylor comes straight from the arms of

CATHOLIC NEWS

AND NOTES

(Continued from Page 3)

Greta Garbo in "Camille" into the also followed him as Rector of the embrace of Jean Harlow in "Per-English College, and he found there. sonal Property," which opens to-still kept as souvenirs a few spe- day at the King's Theatre.

him nearly a century ago. cimens of the scenes painted by

In support of Miss Harlow and Taylor there are Reginald Owen. Uni O'Connor, Henrietta Crosman. E E CHYE, Cora Witherspoon, Marla Shelton. recent Hollywood discovery. Forrester Harvey, Lionel Braham and Barnett Parker.

"MODERN TIMES? Charlie Chaplin Sued For

Film Piracy"..

NUN'S BEST SELLER

Sports (See Page 10). Sunrise-5:41 am Sunset-7.11

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PICTURE

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Exactly astin New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Australia and other important cities throughout the world. SPECTÁCULAR LIGHTING EFFECTS

controlled by Averardo Bertocchi.

following promotions in the Fire ADVANCE BOOKING AT THE THEATRE TUESDAY MORNING

Brigade Department with effect

from June 12, 1937- Ofcer Mr. J. C. Fitz Henry to be Deputy Supt. and Inspection. Acting Supt. vice Mr. H. T. Brooks, Fourth Officer Mr. G. C. Moss to be Acting Deputy Supt. vice Mr. J. C. Fitz Henry promoted.

Asst. Station Officer Mr. J. W,

would imagine, to write a "best- Of all people the least likely, one selling" novel would be a Domini- can nun Yet it has happened: Woollard to the rank of Acting

"Brother Petroc's Return,"

by

Station Officer vice Mr. G. C. Moss

S.M.C., has proved an instantane- promoted.

ous success, and a member of the publishers (Chatto and Windus) said that it has received" the best -send-off of any first novel they have published for, the last four years. The publishers decided to publish the book within two days of receiving it. More remarkable still-when the proofs were sent to "The Daily Mail they waited only one day before offering to make it their Book of the Month."

Mr. Charles Chaplin has been charged with stealing ideas and sequences from the famous French film "A Nous La Liberte" for his production of "Modern Times" in a suit fied in the New York Supreme Courts by Films Sonores The novel, is short, but extremely Tobis, Societe Anonyme.

well-written. It deals with a The French company demands: Benedictine monk who goes into a that it should receive all the pro-trance in the 18th Century and is its derived from the Chaplin placed in a vault for dead. Four picture.

hundred years later the monastery The complaint alleges that Mr. is again in the hands of the Order. Chaplin studied: the French pic and Brother Petrocis brought ture-produced in 1931 under the round. Although the plot is half- direction of Rene Clair and in-fantasy, half-parable, it is so skil- cluded large portions of the plot fully handled that it gives it an for his own alm. It declares that intense air of reality. the conveyor belt scene in parti- cular was "pirated" from the French flm.

COBRA IN A

BOOKCASE

BEGISTRY WEDDING"

ANNOUNCEMENT.

LOCAL ESTATE

The late Cheung Fung, retired 89 at Tai Fun Village, Tung Koon merchant, who died at the age of District on October 27, 1936, left local estate to the value of $70,400; clerk, of the same addrera" but al A petition by Cheung Kik Bu

Fai Terrace, Happy Valley, for present residing at No. 28 Fung grant of probate of the will of tile supreme Court... deceased has been granted by the

WITCH-DOCTOR' ARRESTED

Women Invoke Dead To Restore Lovers

The

Neapolitan police have raided the house of a witch- The forthcoming wedding is an doctor who invoked the dead in nounced between Mr. Joseph Chan,order to induce lagging lovers and teacher of No. 165 Jaffe Boad, neglectful husbands to resume second noor, and Miss Chin their affections Young, of No. 19 Staunton Street, second floor

The librarian of the public Ubrary at Manner, Ceylon had a narrow escape from death when he arrived early in the morning to open up the library for the day.

As he opened one of the biggest

APPOINTMENT OF bockcases he saw a colled cobra,

MR. RAWLINS just about to strike. He had just time to spring, sideways and called

London, June 24. loudly for help. His assistant His Majesty the King has ap- came to the rescue with a crow-proved the

of Mr. E. C. D. Ray Cor ercial Coun-

A royal decree announces the bar and the snake was killed, constitution of a High Naval Com-¡It is supposed that the snake sellor af Berlin mand for Libya "in view of an crept in and coiled behind the jesty's Envoy absolute und urgent necesalty"

books on the previous day. Find- Minister Plenipotentiary in itself imprisoned it was pre- Paz,

The Command will have head quarters In Tripoll

pared to attack as soon as the who is shortly cupboard was opened again,

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THE DUKE OF WINDSOR

should not have been granted the Duchess also. It is true that con- stitutionally the correct thing has Although by renouncing his been done in regard to the future rights of succession the Duke of Duchess, but this was surely an Windsor also renounced his righta occasion to the title of "a" Rotál, Hižne:| Beend dimen

amit would not have ness," there is every reason why an have been des

araly exception abould have been made suspicion of discri

void any seeking in his case to allow his uso of the will be very regrettable danced designation, writes a Home corres it com be genera the pondent. And it does not seem that the Duke is not

that there is a very good reason with the ed why the use of the courtesy title

"A" seance" was in progress when the police broke in. A table covered with a black cloth was set up in the centre of a my steriously lighted room. On the fable was 'a skun.

The clients all women restoration of their lovers Blowly round the guitar music of the

As they dan and the skull and invoked the dead at La induce the fuifliment of their

Morris," desires)

while the

The foolish women were conducted home by the police local

But the ed to the

In the

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