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CURRENT FILMS

KING E-Coast Guard (Columbia). Glorifying the activities of the US Coast Guard Service. With Randolph Scott, Prances Dee and Walter.Connolly.

QUEEN'S:-Tell No Tales

(MGM),

Melvyn Douglas, sa a determined reporter, brings a gang of kidnap- pers and murderers to justice. Clood Average entertainment. Louise Platt is the girl. ORIENTAL:-St. Louis Blues (Par*~ mount). Dorothy Lamour aines many Ane songs, in a ̈well-knit picture of the vicissitudes of a show bont crew. Good southern

• atmosphere.

CATHAY:---Dramatic School (MGM), Luise Rainer wives & ne per- formance as a poor gir] bent on becoming a great actress. Good support from Gale Sondergaard. Paulette Goddard and Henry Stephenson. ALHAMBRA—The Sun Never Sets (Universal). Douglas Fairbanks. Jur. and Basil Rathbone keep the Union Jack flying against over- whelming odds Strong "stuff, but spoiled by the obvious tinge of propaganda MAJESTIC-There's That Woman Again (Columbia), Surprisingly enjoyable film in which Virginia Bruce demonstrates her ability aa a light comedy actress, Married to a private detective, Melvyn Dong- las, she neatly drives him mad by her active interest in his cases, STAR: RI Brother's Wife (MGM). Robert Taylor plays opposite Bar- bara Stanwyck m another varia- tion of the triangular pattern.

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FILM SHOWS EXPANSION OF THE BRITISH

a

EMPIRE

handful

...

From

of tobacco stemmed the beginnings of the greatest Empire the world has ever known.

That fact is graphically shown the prologue to "The Sun-Never Sets." Universal's, romantic drama. with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Basil Rathbone now playing at the Alhambra Theatre ̈ ̈ ̈

Background of the story les in the British diplomatic service, which actually started in the 18th entury, when Sir Walter Raleigh brought a handful of American, tobacco to Queen Elizabeth.

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GENERAL

Radio Programmes

HONGKONG

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|Dance"--Harry Roy`and' His Orches- Vocal-South' Sea. Island Magic (Long); Me And The Moon (Had- man-Bing Crosby with Orchestra On Wavelengths of 353 Pos-Trots -How Could You? Talm San Quentin'); Don't Play With Pire -Eddie Carroll and The Casani Club metres (545 k,c'%) 31.49

Orchestra. metres (9.52 megacycles).

6.35 Closing Local Stock Quota

|tions.

8.57

Don Comack Russian Choir. The Eple of Serge Jaroff's Don Cos- | Back" Choir (Schwedof); The Sour of the Terek Cossacks (arr. Jaroff). Song of the Volga Boatman (Russian Folk

PELLEGATTI, TONOFF AND ORE IN THE "D'ALESSIO TRIO” Talk from Studio 12.15 p.m.

Short Service of Inter-Song) conducted by Serge Jaron. cession.

7.18 · Rimsky-Korsakov — Russian 12.30 'Bach-Concerto No. 1 In "A Easter Festival -- Overture. Bilmor.

Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski...

12 RBC Recording — “Breaking Athletic Records” A talk by Harold

Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) and syn phony Orchestra conducted by George Eneson

12.47

Some Schubert Sangs by Abrahams. Elena Gerhardt ((Mezzo-Boprano).

74% Light Orchestral. Sélections, ̧ Fischerweise The Fishermaiden: Serenade

Birthday !(Heykena); The Secret. The Poet; The Rose Serenade (Lücke)-—~Mfar Muhlbeck Oxrland with Plano accomp. by and His Orchestra. Pairy-Wood Parade-Intermento ((Noack); Nea- Coenraad V. Bos

(Winkler) 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wen-politan Serenade ther Report

103 Sam Browns (Vocal) and the London Piano-Accordeon Band. ́

Joe

Bund and His Orchestra. Serenade from "Frasquíta” (Lebar); Jaclousie Tango (Gade)-Emil Roosz and His Orchestra.

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra con-

The Cubalera (Banker & Others);

8.00 Local Time Signál, Weather Campus Moco (Coota & Others) ... the London Plano-Accordeon Band Report and Announcements. under the Direction of Scott Wood 8.30 Next week's programmes. The One Rose (Lyon and McIntyre:

8.07 Smetana-Boldán (from “My with Or Country). -Sam Browne (Baritone) chestra. Log Cabin · Lullaby (Byrne and Schuster); The White Cliffs of Dover (Leon and Towers)-The Lon- ducted by Rafael Kubelle.

8.20 Studio-Recital by Pellegatti don Piano-Accordeon Band under the Dicction

of Scott Wood. Have You (Cello), Tonoff (Violia) and Ore Forgotten 80 Soon (Gilbert and (Piano). Nichollst: Talking Through My Heart D'Alesso Trio: 1st Movement---Al- falt The Big Broadcast of 1937 legro Moderate: 2nd Movement-An- Sam Browne (Baritone) with Orcher dante: 3rd Movement Scherzo Fuga- tra I Have Lost My Heart In Badata: 4th Movement—Tarantella

VAILLA

pest (Mihaly and Felner): Calling 8.50 Vaughan Williams-Serenade

Me Home (Wilfred)-The London Plano-Accordeon Band Scott Wood

directed

by

to Musle

Sir Henry Wood conducting the B.B.C. Orchestra. Soloists: L Baillie. 1.30 Beater and Rugby Press, Wes. Allen, E. Suddaby, E. Turner, M. ther Forecast and Announcements.

Balfour, A. Desmond, M. Brunskill, Powell and the Mills Brothers.

1.45 Elsie and Doris Waters, Dick M. Jarred, H, Nash, N. Widdop, P. Jones, F. Ttterton.. R. Henderson, R. Comediennes - Chert And Daisy Easton, H. Williams and N. Allin. Make A Christmas Pudding (2 and 9.05 Studio-Comments on Recent D. Waters)-Elsie and Doris Waters. Events. Vocal-Caravan (Ellington); The Flat Foot Floogee (Green and Others) The Mills Brothers (Four Boys and & Guitar),

Vocal-I'm Goin' Shop Bin With You (from Geld Diggers of 1935); Lullaby Of Broadway (from Gold Diggers of 1935)-Dick Powell

Comediennes-Gert.

9.15 London Relay.The News, 9.30 Coleridge-Tayfor — “Hawaika” (The Death of Minnehaha),

Sung by the Royal Choral Society

10.05 Orchestre Raymonde. conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent.

Berectiss (Jarnefelt); Stephanie (Cibulka-art. Altendorf. Parade Of The City Guards (Jessel);

Orchestra. Daisy, A Piano-And How! (E. & D. Waters

Gavotte Este and Doris Waters. Vocal-Sixty Seconds Got Together

Guitar).

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In "The Sun Never Sets." Rath-(David): Julius Caesar (Rogers)-The A Musical Snuff Box (Liadow), bone and Fairbanke are seen as Mills Brothers (Pour Boys and sclons in a family traditionally Dedicated to British colonial ser- vice.

Virginia. Field, Barbara O'Ne!L Lionel Atwill and C. Aubrey Smith, Melville Cooper and Mary Forbes have other roles in the Rowland V. Lee production.

2.15 Close down.

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10.15 Dance Programme. Fox-Trots-It Looks Like Rain In Uberry Blossom Lane; In An Old 6.00 Variety and Dance Music. Cathedral Town - Jack Harris & His

Novelty (Meskill-Orchestra.

Quicksteps Vocal Deep Shadows White): When Did You Leave Hea Eccentric: Three Brass Bells-Henry ven? film 'Bing. Baby,

Sing')-Ball and His Orchestra. Tangos -- Frances Langford with Orchestra Novia: Descondiale Orquesta Tipica

CATATO OBERTO. Waltzes-Where Fox-Trots--Whoa Babe! Spooky Takes Francisco A Holiday---Nat. Gonells and

We Bung (from Dearest Love Georgians. Humorous-Building

His Are

A

Chicken House (Evana), Will Evans.

The

Fox Trots Shall We Dance (from the Gibbons

Songs

Noel Coward)

(from

Carroll

and the Bayoy Hotel

film); Slap That Bass (Dlm 'Shall we Orphicans. Quickstep-Don't You Care

COMING EVENTS Dance-Harry Roy and His Orches What Anyone Says: Slow Fox-Trop-

OCT.

27-Tides: High 841 am and 8.37 pun. Low Z3 am, and 227 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.25 a.m.; Sunset: 550 p.m.

YMCA Lecture By Mrs. A. M. Peters "First Aid for Gas 8 p.m. "Keep Fit Class, 10.30 a.m.; Badmin- ton and Mxd, Swimming: 8pm,

Central British Assn. Dance at Peninsula Hotel, 9 pm.

Police Branch of British War Or ganization. Central Fire Station, 10

8.m.

HX University Union Medical So- ciety--Lecture by Father' G. Byrne, 8.J. "Where Doctors Meet Psycholo gists-The Neurological Law" 5.15

D.m.

Sino-American Institute Luncheon.

-Dr. Arthur Woo.

Yin King Restaurant, 1 p.m.: Speaker

Mards.

tra Vocal-Medley of Songs From When Two Leve Each Other Gerry

Pictures

Mae Ques Moore (Piano). Fox-Trots Mannat- Shirley Temple Pictu tal (The Betty Boop Girl) with Or- tan Holiday: Amoresque Jack Harris

6/8 One-Step chestra. Gullar-Peeling My Way- and His Orchestra. Fox-Trot;: Pickin' My Way-Fux-Trot Have You Anything On To-night Eddie Lang with Chuitar accomp. by Matilda Darting? Fax-Trot-With My All Little Horse and Wagon-Bram Mar- Fax-Trots-They Carl Kress Laughed film 'Shall we Dance'): I've tin and His Band. 11.00 Clone down. Got Beginner's Lack (filmi "Shall we

British Air Raid Interrupts Von Ribbentrop's Speech

&

CHINESE ATTACK PUPPET CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VINGTAR, Oct. 25 (Central)---

October

Beveral Japanese and members of LONDON, Uct. 28 (Reuter)-A the puppet Canton Chamber of Copenhagen message reports that commerce were killed on. the Hamburg rádio closed down 20 when Chinese soldiers who at 9 p.m. on Tuesday night in the altered into Canton in disguise middle of the broadcast of Herr broke into the Chamber's con- "ference room where a meeting was Von Ribbentrop's speech. Wedding:

It is thought in Copenhagen being held that the interruption was due to an The Chinese safely withdrew Fresumably. afterwards ain rald warning.

Cheers Club,, Darts, Ping-Pong, Bil-

Stubb's Cup Poio, 3 p.m. Bt. Joseph's Church D'’Ogly-Gregory.

HK, Reel Club, Helena May' – Insp., 4.45 pi

Christian Fellowship. Helena May Inst. 10.30 a

Knitting and Bandage-Making, Cen- trel Fire Station, 10 s.m.

28-Tides: High 9.25 am, and pan. Low 3.15 am, and 2.53 p.m.

Sunrise: 825 a.m.; Bunset 'X43 p.m. - R. E. 0..0. A. Supper Dance at Peninsula Hotel

Lawn Bowls-Aitkenhead Shield. E.CO

Y.M.CA. 'Badmiston, 19 a.m." Entries Close for Mixed "Double Tournament at CRC.

Softball League.

Rugby-Army vs. Club) 430 p.m. 29 Tides: High 19.05 a.m. and 9.27 pum. Low 3.54 a.m. 'and 3.28 pan.

Sunrise: 6.28 a.m.; Strinet 548 p.m. HKRA. Shoot, 9 .m.

Mixed Doubles Tennis Tourney at HE.C.C. in ald of Wär Organization, 11 am.

Lawn Bowl: Gutierrez Shield Semi- final, 3 p.m. “

Boftball League. YMCA. Discussion Group, 8 p.m. Bpeaker: Rev. A. P. Ruse...."Demo- cracy and the Totalitarian Chai-

lenge.

30—Y.M.C.A. "Pantomine Rehearsal, 8.30 pm. Bandage-Making & War Work; ARP Lecture by Mrs. Steele Perkins, 8.30 am; Service Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m:

R. A. F. planes were involved. "as

Air Ministry statement in the London yesterday stated that our

planes made reconnaissance aights over Hamburg. Berlin and Magde- burg (seventy-five miles west of Berlin).

Relief For British Internees In Germany

LONDON, Oct 28 (Renter)—-A total of 102 British civilians are interned in Germany, It was an- nounced in the House of Commons yesterday.

The

TRAIN STRIKES – MINE CHUNGKING, Oct. 28 (Central) -A train on the Shanghai-Hang- chow Railway struck a minę near

United States Charge Changan, 23 miles south-west of d'Affaires in Berlin is in charge of Kashing. In North Chekfang. on reliet measures where necessary. Tuesday.

Funds are to be sent to him so that The passenger coaches were he can continue his work. burned and many passengers, were killed and wounded. A car-load of pigs were all killed.

On the same day, Chinese guerti- las penetrated into Bungkang. 22 miles southwest of Shanghai on the same railway..

"It is hoped to be able to arrange a more permanent scheme for the internees' relief.

NEW GOVERNMENT IN BULGARIA

Oct. 28 (Heuter)-The

Colonel Henry Thomas Fenwick, SOFIA. HEC.C. annus Meeting 6.80. p.m. Crown Land Sale, PWD., 3 p.m. DB.O.. late commanding officer of riew Government has ordered the Cathedral Women's Fellowship, the Royal Horse Guards, was found dissolution of, Parliament which Jumble Bale at Cathedral Hall, 3 p.m. dead in the Rhodesia-Capetown was due to meet on Saturday and

31-EK. Rotary Club Tifin. Miq, 1

p.m

Race Course Paddock-Auction Sale of Pony--6.18 p.m.

YMOA, Bridge Class 10 am: Badminton and Med. Swimming, p.m.

Clarrison Challenge Cup Finala..

expresa near Capetown. He was 76. Generas Election is promised in Colonel Fenwick was M. P. for December.

Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, from The Government's step caused 1892 to 1895. He was at the rellet no surprise, as it is thought they of Kimberley during the Bouth would probably have been defest African War.

cd they met in Parliament.

FRIDAY" OCTOBER 27: 1939. —PAGE

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COAST GUARD

Randolph Frances

Rolph

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SCOTT-DEE-BELLAMY CONNOLLY

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