1939-12-12 — Page 3

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEENS & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

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COMING EVENTS

DEC.

12-des: High 11.24 a.m, and 9.58 p. A/W 427 3.m. and 3.15 park.

Sunrise: 6.33 a.m; Sunset: 5.40 p.m. Nomination

J.P.'1 represen- tative on Legislativi Council.

of

Kowloon Chess Club, Annual Din- ner, Peninsula Hotel 8 pm.

HE Rotary CHUA TOO MU 2 N Speaker: Mr. 1. N. Asclough "General Communicationa"

YMCA Bridge Class, 10 Badminton

p.m.

GENERAL

Radio Programmes

HONGKONG

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On Wavelengths of 355

metres (845 kies) $1.49

metras (9.52 megacyclos).

Old Marburian' Dinner. Recital by Barbara Gumar, HK. Hotel. 9.30 p.ru.

Anglo-French School Hall, Causeway Bay: "The Queen of Sheba by Stu- dents of French Convent, 5.30 p.m.

Army Teachers' Club Annual Mtg.. Garden Road. 6.30 pmm.

Christ Church Council Mtg. 8 p.m. St Andrew's Mothers' Union Actg.. 3 Pull

RECITAL BY LUBA SHAFTAIN

Shibition of Paintings by Erne Freedlander, Cathedral Hall, 9 am-born'). é p.m.

Cheero Club, Whit Drive, 8.45 p.m. S. and S. Home: Prayer and Pellow- ship Mtg.. 8.30 p.m.

Entries Close for Fanling Hunt and Race Meeting at Kwanti at noon.

Ladies Working Party (B.W.OF.) Govt, House, 9 am-1 pm.

13-Tides: Figh 1208 m and 10.28 p.m. Low 505 am and 3.19

Sunrise: 6.53 2.m; Sunset; 5.40 px. HER.A. Shoot; 1,45 p.m. Queen's Theatre: "Nol No! Nanet- te" 9.30 p.m.

Y.M.C.A.: Badminton; AD.C. Re- hearsal, 7 pm

1

Talkoo Club Lawn Bowls, 3.15 p.m.

3.30 pm.

Polo: Kudare Cup Tournament, Cheero Club, Dance, 8.30 p.m. 14-Tides: Righ 6.18 am, and 8.23 p.m. Low 2.07 pm

Sunrise: 653 m; Sunset: 5.40 p.m. Queen's Theatre: "No! No! Nanette 3.30 p.m.

**

A

H.K. Chinese Women's Club, Charl-

Peninsula Hotel, Erection of JP.3 representative an Legislative Counci

Royal Hongkong Golf Club, Annust Meeting, Jardins, Matheson and Co.'s office, 3.15 p.m

First Church of Christ Scientist. Lecture by Mr. Coin Rucker Eddison.

Hotel,

9.05 Studio-Comments on Recent Events

9.15 London Relay--News Bummary. the 9.30 London Relay-"Cards on Table."

9.45 Dance Music.

Fox-Trots--Stay As Sweet As You Are (Alm College Rhythm'): Let's Oive Three Cheers for Love (Also 'College Rhythm')-Tom Coakley and HIS Palace Hotel Orchestra Fox- Trats-Have A Little

Dream

On Me:

Waltz

FROM THE STUDIO “Die Walkure”. Act I 19.15 psa. Short Service of cession.

Beat: Down A Long. Long Road-Jack 11.30 Songs by Connie Boswell.

Fax- Jackson and His Orchestra. Heart and Soul (from A Song is Trots-Won't You Stay To Ten? No Outside of Paradise (from the More Love Ray Noble and His Or Alm); I Let A Song Go Out Of My chestra, WaltzThe Dance Goes On Heart (Ellington and Others).

(from *Over the goes')-Mantovani Hawaiian Numbers by Roy Spider and The Fly: Taint What You His Tipica Orchestra. Fox-Trots The Smeck and His Serenaders.

Do-Fats" Waller and His Rhythm. Waltz-Song of the Islands: Fox-Quickstep-Cathedral In The Pines; Trot-Moon Över Miami. Fox-Trots Waltz-The First Quarrel

Victor Honolulu Stars and Hawallan Guitars; silvester and His Ballroom Orches- A Little Rendezvous in Honolulu.tra Swing Is In The Air (from the film);

10.30. A Spanish · Programme with Goodnight My Love film 'Stowaway"). Conchita Supervia (Mezzo-Soprano)

1.00 Local Time Signal and Wen- and Tito Schipa - (Tenor), ther Report.

Who Made Tittle Boy Blue-Jack Jackson and His Orchestra. Little Anne Jungbert's Accordions Inter-Melodians. Fox Truts-Did My Heart

12.40

La Rosa Oriental (Ramon Espigul) 103 Compositions of Coleridge Tay--Conchita Supervia (Mezzo-Soprano) lor.

with Orchestra, Tangos-Buen Ami Christmas Overture - Symphonyga:" Night On The La Plata Juan and His Tango Orchestra. Orchestra cond. by Dr. Malcolm "Sar-Liossas gent. Sons of the Sea-Peter Dawson Princesita (Palomero-Padilla): Grana- ra-Tito Schipa (Bass-Bar:tope) with Orchestra. "Otel dinas (Calleja-Barrera)-

Orchestra. Tangos lo"Sulte New Symphony Orches (Tenor) with tra cond. by Dr. Malcom Sargent Tango Mio: Sierra Chica Juan Lloe

La Spring Had Come (from Hiawatha) sas and His Tango Orchestra. -Esle Buddaby (Soprano) with Or- Zingarella Paisiello); Pastors (Murti- chestra Life and Death-Peter Daw-lo-Miranda)-Conchita Supervia (Mez son (Bass-Baritone) with Orchestra.zo-Soprano) with Orchestra.

130 Eenter and Engby Press, Wes- ther Forecast and Announcements.

11.00 Close down.

SHORT WAVE

1.45 Harry Roy and His Orchestra. For Trots-Slap That Bass (illco Shall We Dance'): Shall We Dance (from the film). Six-Eight Medley- Valencia: Ca C'est Paris; Ficador Calls Barcelona; Rio de Janeiro: Casabian G.S.G ca. Quicksteps-Little Spanish Shawl: GSA

Slow Fax-Trot-GSA

Liza

sophical Society: Speaker-Mr. Broker-Hearted Clown: FOX-Trek-Way G.8.0. Wei Tat "Some More Thoughts on Ancient Chinese Wisdom."

YMCA.: Games Morning, 10 a.m.; Women's Section Committee Mtg..

10.39 1.m.:AD.C. Rehearsal, 7 p..

Meeting of Court of University of HE

Fung Ping Shan Chinese Li- trary. 3.30

15-Queen's

Theatre: No! Not Nanette"-9.30 p.m.

Central British Asuri Dance,

ord

University Women Undergraduates Club Concert in Great Hall, 8.45 p.m.

EK, Foctball Referees Assn. An- nual Dinner. Hotel Cecil, 830 p.m.

Raub Australian Gold Mining Co.,

Ltd., third interim dividend payable.

H.A. Chamber Music Club Concert at Govt House, 3.30 pm.

Heep Tunn Girls School Speech Day, 5.30 p.m.

Y.M.C.A.; Badminton, 6 p.m. Social Evening at Police Recreation Club, Happy Valley, 8.30 p.m.

Servicemen's Dance, S. & S. Home, 8.30 p.m.

Criminal Sessions Open, 9.30 p.m. 16-HK. Jockey Club's 13th Extra Meeting. 2 p.

Queen's Theatre: "No! No! Nanet te"-9.30 p.m.

St. Stephen's Girls' College: Sale of Work in aid of War relief and local charities, 11 p..

p.m.

Y.M.C.A.:

Exhibition by Erne Freediander, St. Andrew's Hall, 9 am-ű p.m. 17-FL.KR.A. Shoot, 9 am Golf-Club Championship Final." Exhigition by Erne Freediander. St. Andrew's Hall, 1 pm 6 p.m.

Mauricio. College of Physical Education: Weight Lifting Competi- tion, 2.30 p.m.

ADC. Rehearsal, 8.39

Caroline Hill: Intl Charity' Soccer.

3.30 p.m

18-Claims against estate of Thomas Meek and Edward Tucker due,

Cheero Club, Cala Christmas Dance, 8.30 p.m.

Sandakan Light and Power Co. Ltd., Annual Mig, Bank of East Asia Bldg., 12 noon.

H.K. Yorkshiremen's Society, An- nual Meeting. HK Hotel, 5.45 p.m.

Busy Bees Working Party-Final Bridge and Mahjongg Drive, Cathe dral Hall, 3 p.m.

19-Claims against estate of Gaston Desmulier due.

HK. Horticultural Society, Annual Mtg. Jardine, Matheson's Board Room 5.15

p.m.

20-HRRA. Rifle Shoot, 1.45 p.m., Peak School Prite Day, 515 p.m.

Second and Third Rounds of Ladles Tennis Championships due to be com pleted.

YMCA. Pantomime. 5 p.m. 21-Laughing at Kowloon Docks,

5 p.m.

St. Andrew's Club Carnival Dance, p.m

due.

Cheern Club Christmas Dinner. 1.30 p.m.

YMCA. Pantomime. 9 p.m. Children's Fancy Dress Party, Pen- inenia Hotel 4 pm-8.30 p.m.

Schools Physical Training Compet!" tion, KFC. 9 am,

22-Sino-British Cultural Assn. Mik. Speaker: Mr. J. E. Witham “China's

Teight and Power Co. Ltd.,

Annual Mtg., 12 noon.

Claims against Enemy firms · {Vlilisez- Singer and Wilhelm Mater und Co)

Schools' Physical Training Competi- tion, H.K.F.C., & Lm: Final at 11.30 A.m.

23—Y.MOA Pantomime, 3 pm, 24-Christmas Eve.

International Soccer.

25 Christmas Day.

26-Boxing Day

REO.C.A, Pancy Dress"

Peninsula Hotel.

Can't We Make Love Quickstep—– Diddle-Dum-Dee: Fox-Trot - Goody-

Goody.

2.15 Close dow

5.00 Wagner's "Die Walkure" Act I. Characters and Sololsta in order of appearance: Stegmund, Lauritz Mel- chior (Tenor); Sieglinde, Lotte Leh- mann (soprano); Hunding. Emanuel List (Bass) with The Vienna Philhar- monic Orchestra conducted by Bruno

Walter.

17.05 Closing Local Stock Quota-

tlons. "

7.01 ́ A Light Orchestral Concert. Summer Day's Suite (Eric Coates) -Light Symphony Orchestra conduct- હતું.

by "Eric Coates. **Tick-Tock" Entr'acte (Vienna); Shy Serenade (Ged. Scott-Wood)-New Mayfair No- velty Orchestra. impressione D'Orl- ente-Descriptive (Amadel); Souvenir D'Ukraine - Descriptive Ferraris)- Arnando Di Piramo and His Orches- tra.

7.30

London Belay-The News. 2.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Eugen Onegin-Waltz (Tchaikow- sky); Polonaise No. 2 (Liszt).

8.13 Studio-Plano Recital of Liszt Compositions by Luka Shaftain.

1. Harmonies Poetiques et Reli- gleuses N7; 2. Sonetto 123 del Petrar- ca: 3. Solrees de Vienne (Bchubert- Liszt),

8.40 Charpentier Impressions D'Italie Suite.

Orchestre Symphonique de Paris conducted by Gustave Charpentier.

DAVENTRY

Wavelength 17.796.8.. (18.08.) 9.53m.. (31.58mm.) RLÁTILO. (31.57m.) 15.18m.6. (19.79m.)

NEWS IN ENGLISH

Transmission I-News Sum-

mary

Full Bulletin Trans. III-News Sum

Full Bulletin

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Transmission V---News Bum-

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Fun Butigtin

4.00 p.m. 5.00 pm:

6.45 p..

7.30 p.m.

9.15 p.

14.00 mid- night

7.30 4... 8.30 1

SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.

(AB Hongkong Time) Mondays - Background

to the News

11.00 pu Tuesdays Background

to the News

8.15 8.

In England Now 1100 pm the Table 8.00 pm

Cards on

Wednesdays In Eng-

land Now

6.45 a.m. Cards on the Table 8.15 am. Matters of Moment 11.00 p.m. Thursdays Matters of

doment

• 8.45 am.

Background the

News Fridays

Now

to

...................................... 11.00 pm.

In England

11.00 pa Saturdays-In England

8.45 2.10. 330 p.z. 11.15 p.

8.45 am.

Now

London Los London Log Sundays London Log

H.K. CHINESE AMATEUR WILL ENTERTAIN

TALENT

FOR CHARITY

DANCE, CABARET ON THURSDAY THREE CHARITIES WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PRO- CEEDS OF THE DINNER, DANCE AND CABARET EN- TERTAINMENT to be held at the Peninsula Hotel, Kowloon, on Thursday, Dec. 14, under the suspices of the Chinese Women's Club when a galaxy of Chinese amateur talent will seen in floor show numbers. The charities are the British Local Emergency Fund, the Hongkong Refugees Fund and the British War Organisation Fund

The first mentioned has been started to procure funds for the equipment of the First Ald Posts established in connection with the Colony's Medical De- fence Scheme

ELABORATE PROGRAMME

songs and dances done to Chinesa music in old Chinese costumes by a troupe of highly talented amateurs including Mrs. Eise Boong and Miss Mae Ng, two of the lead- ing stars of "Romance of the West en Chamber." This number, which is entitled "Spring Bong and the Dance of the Fairies, will be the highlight of the evening's whow.

SHIELD PLAY

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1939. —PAGE

KING'S

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CAGNEY RIDES... SHOOTS...KILLS!

The Tastiest spirit of America'a stormilast days'ridas with "The Klɗ”

JAMES CAGNEY

THE

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with

HUMPHREY BOGART • ROSEMARY LANE

Also Broadway Brevities in Technicolour * "SWING TIME IN THE MOVIES "

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Marrees

O'SULLIVAN

LFONDA BELLAMY

Alan Baxter - Standay Zidges • Henry Kolikor

HUNDREDS WHO MISSED THESE PICTURES HAVE ASK US TO SHOW THEM AGAIN.

OF

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EVENINGS: 20c.-50c.-50c.-70c.

"TELL NO TALES" AT MAJESTIC "Tell No Tales" which opens at the Majestic Theatre today is one of the most unusual stories ever It's ve to reach the screen. stories within a story, each story with Ave separate sets of charac- ters, each intensely dramatic in itself, and all building to a great climax.

Melvyn Douglas plays the role Other numbers include a Chinese

of a newspaper reporter. A hun- shield play by Misses Cheng Pik-dred dollar bill, part of a sum of ying and Cheng Shuet-ying who money paid for a ransom and mur- will sing in duet, a ballet dance der, falls into his hands. To trace by little Miss Rosita Wu, chub the bill back to its source be- swinging by Mr. G. Crest, tap-cores his great obsession. Step by dance by Mrs. Else Boong and the step his relentless pursuit of the Misses Soong, song by Miss Doris bill's source leads him from one. Louey

and cryoqing by Miss suspect to another, through the Colleen Ng Quin.

highways and byways of the city's With such an attractive pro-life, death ever peering over bis gramme, which includes special late shoulder until he brings launch facilities for those living criminals to justice, j'

in Hongkong, the function. pro-

the

mises to be one of the most en- SCHOOLS PHYSICAL

tertaining and enjoyable ever, or- ganised for such a good cause and those who have not already made their

are strongly reservations

TRAINING'

a physical training competition.

An outstanding feature of the advised to do so without delay as open to local Vernacular Schools, function will be that, a cabaret the demand for tickets is great had been arranged by this Depart turn will follow each dance, For and floor space is limited, Tickets ment as follows:---- instance, the dinera may take the are avaliable at the Peninsula

Kowloon Schools Thursday, Dec.

AIRPORT NEWS

Imperial Airways:

SOUTHBOUND Wednesday: Hanol, Bangkok, Della-7 ain.

NORTHBOUND Thursday: Bangkok, Hanol

Hongkang... Delphinis-pin,

Ast France

NORTHBOUND

Wednesday, France, Hang

Hongkong-

Service 4p.

SOUTHBOUND

Thursday: Hanoi, France. Service-6 am.

Pan American AirwaJE.

EASTBOUND

Sugiday: U. B. A., Manila, Hong-

Long. Honolulu Cupper-2 pm,

WESTBOUND

Monday: Manila,U. 6, A. Honolulu Cipper--3.30*am,

FIRING PRACTICE

AA. Firing practice will carried out between the hours

Dance.noor for a for trob. They will then Hotel and at the Chinese. Women's 21, at 9 am, at Kowloon Footballs am and 2 pm. föday. Alterna

Fanling Hunt and Race Club Meet ing at Kwanti.

YM.C.A. Pantomime, 3 p.m. and # 19.01.

"M-Claims against estate of Leting Chan Tak Yen dus.

31--New Year's Etc.

Pootball Shield, Piret Round. TMCA Pantomime. 9 p.ak. Theosophical Socks: Speaker Mr. Percy Chen "The Rebirth of Nations.

be entertained to a cabaret turn Club, 11, Queen's Road (at the before the band takes up the next function at Ice House Street) dance number so that the enter- Hongkong.

wilbe tainment throughout the evening.

continuous

Mr. BLN Asclough will An elaborate cabaret programme address the weekly timin meeting has been drawn up and for the of the Hongking Rotary Club at Arst time a Hongbing audience 1 pm today on "General Com

be entertained to Chinese munications."

will

Club Ground."

Hongkong Schools Friday, Dec. 22, at 9 am. at Hongkong Football Club Ground":

tive date 13th and 14th December Firing Area "C" will be affected

Foreign reports state that, M The final will take place at 11.30- am on Friday, Dec. 22, when His Nelson T. Johnson, United Stat Excellency the Governor will be Ambassador to China, is leav present. There will be a short Pelping for Shanghal at demonstration by pupils from end of this month to spend Benfor Schools.

New Year there.