1939-12-23 — Page 9

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

A scene from "The Little Princess," with Shirley Temple in showing at the Majestic principal role, which is now

the Theatre.

AIRPORT NEWS

Imperial Airways:

SOUTHBOUND

Sunday: Hanot. Bangkok. Denebola-7 .m

NORTHBOUND

Monday: Bangkok, Hanol, Hong-

kong.

Della-4 p.m.

NORTHBOUND

Air France

Wednesday

Hongkong.

Service-4 p.m.

France.

SOUTHBOUND

Thursday: Hanol, France. Service---6 a..

Pan American Airways,

EASTBOUND

Saturday: U.S.A., Manila,

kong.

China Clipper +2 pin. WESTBOUND

TWO WEDDINGS

AT REGISTRY Mr. Yang Tien-tsen, of the Fu Rua Trading Co., was married yes terday at the Registry, Supreme Court, to Miss Tan Vee-chung, of the Foo Shing Trading Corp.

GENERAL

Radio Programmes

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On Wavelengths of 355

metres (345 k.) 11.49

metres (8.52 megaercios).

TODAY

VARIETY AND DANCE MUSIC REQUEST PROGRAMME

12.15 p. ccasion.

Rugby Relay

Short Service of inter-

12.30 George Scott Wood with His

Swingers and Betty

Driver

The Six Swingers directed by George Scott Wood. Bingers On Parade-I'm gonna lock my heart Sam Sosta; Helen Clare-I'm sorry I said I loves be you; Paula Green-You couldn't cutter: George Barclay-The sweetest song in the world; Pat Hyde A-tisket, A-tasket: Al Bowlittle lady make make belleve: Marjorie Stedeford Love Time and walked in: Jack Flant - time again; Dinah Miller-It's d'love- lv: Dan Donovan The Mapio

Red leares: Alice Mann-gas my Jack Cooper-Music maestro please, Ten Little Miles from Fox-Trota

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Town; Home at Sundown The Or san. The Dance Band and Me. Vocal Wee Wille Winkle (Roberton) Boyd Steven (Soprano) with Plans. Orch.The Donkey Serenade (from Firefip'); The Lambeth Walk (from Me and My Girl') Barnabas Von (Vocal).

Geczy and His Orchestra Slow Fat

Love! I've Got A Hunch (film 'Let's be Trots-To Mother With Famous-Betty Driver (Vocal) with Gypsy Of The Band and Me. Vio

The Seven Seas The Orch Quickstep You're An Educa- The Dance

gan, tion; Fox-Trot-Swing and Sway-The im and Vocal-An Old Violla (Tay-

Looking For directed by Six Swingers

George Tor-her); Scott-Wood Time On My Hands for-Sanderson)-Albert

You

Tay- invio

Quick- Courtesy of Love (alm Voice of Scan- Jean Melville at the Plano

So You Left Me dal')-Denny Dennis (Vocal) with

With steps-The Snoop:

(Adamson and Others); Thru Theilim) and Olive Grotes on with

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Orch. I Love To Whistle (alm Mad For The Leader of A Swing Band about Muste'; I'll Take Romance The Six Swingers directed by George (from the Aim)-Betty Driver (Vo- Scott Wood, Fox-Trola-Chice; Jam with Orch. Fax-Trote Night Session-Benny Goodman and

Rumba-Antigua - Joe Time In Catro; Georgianna-The Six Orchestra.

Fux-Trot-Tiger Rag-) Swingers directed by George Scott Daniels and His Hot Shots in "Drum- Wood.

nasticks." 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea-Ballyhooligana

11.00 London Relay-"North ther Report.

land Log.”

11.15

London Belay-Second Half

12.00 Midnight. Close down.

Continued on Back Page

The

Ire-

1.03 Billy Mayer at the Plano, "Helen" Plano Selection (Offen- Another Registry marriage yes bach-art. Korngold): Have You For of International Bugby Match-Eng-

Jasmine (A. Synco-land v. Wales. terday was that between Mr. Tang gotten? (Bucsse). Min-wah, public vaccinator, readapted Impression-Mayer); Sweet Mills Hanong at No. 194 Sai Yee Street, and Nothings. (Rettenberg),

Vocal Items

by The Miss Tsol Wai-ngor, of No. 458

Brothers. Hennessy Road,

Jungle Fever from Spy 13"); Breepy Mr. T. J. Gould Deputy Regis-Head (from y 13). Tiger Rag (La

af Some

These Days Recca): trar, offelated at both ceremonies.

Caravan (Ellington), (Brooks).

Wea- 1.30 Reater and Hagby

COLONY HEALTH Twenty-three cases of tuber- cases of dysentery, Hong-culosis, seven

three, cases of diphtheria, one case 01 of small-pox and chicken-pox were notified to the Health Department on Dec. 21.

Saturday: Manila, U. S. A China Clipper-8.30 am, NOTE: Pan American Airways' Chma Clipper will arrive at Kal Tak this afternoon.

one case

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ther Forecast and Annou

SHORT WAVE

DAVENTRY

Wavelength 11.77.c. (18.86m.) 9.51m (31,55m.) 2147mus." (31.9711) 15.18m.e. (19.79m.)

ENGLISH NEW'S IN Transmission I-News Sum-

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Full Bulletin Trans. II & E-News Sum-

Calla 1.45 A Milliary Band Concert with G.B.G GAB -Baritone). Peter Dawson (Bass-)

G.8.H. March;

0.5.0. Mechanized Infantry Quick Fanfare: The

Boy: The Minstrel watch Tower-Massed Bands of the Commands. Eastern Aldershot and

Mine

(Kipling-Tours), Mother Danny Deever (Kipling-Damrosch)

(Bass-Baritone) with Peter Dawson Orchestra. Three Dale Dances (Wood) -Callenders, Senior Band. Phil The Fluter's Ball (French); With My Shil- from Bangkok is due on Monday lelagh Under My Arm (Brian and Wallace)-Peter Dawson (Bass-Bar- tone) with Orchestra. Parade Of The Puppets Kuhn): The Changing of the Guard. (Flotsam and Jetsam) - The Band of HM Coldstream Guards,

2.15 Close downL.

Imperial Airways inward service afternoon.

SPECIAL! BY CLIPPER!

VERY LATEST UNIVERSAL WAR

NEWSREEL

ON THE WAR FRÖNT

SOMEWHERE

IN FRANCE Pilots of France's famous Lafayette quadron after their recent encounter with Twenty-seven Messer- schmidt pursuits.

Nazi Heinkel bomber brought down almost intact by French ships.- LONDON,

Winston Churchill ENGLAND - delivers a scathing attack against the Nazis. Lockheed bombing planes under construction fill- ing war orders for England.

Queen Elizabeth broadcasts a message of cheer to the wives and mothers.

Christmas on the march, all screendom is out for huge Christmas parade.

NEW XMAS TOYS GO ON DISPLAY, This Newsreel will be shown with

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SONJA HENIE • TYRONE POWER

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Irving Berlin's

SECOND FIDDLE"

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Films

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Prices Ask for your size at

G PEODER

6.00

(Violin) (Plano)>

The

Concert by Efrem Zimbalist

Wilhelm and

Backhaus

•

Sara-

Carmen--Fantasy (Bizet-art. sate)-Efrem Zimbalist (Violin) with

Muli- Plano accomp. by Saidenberg. tary March In E Flat (Schubert, arr, Triana ("Iberia" - Al- heit Backhaus (Planc). Op. 30, No. 5); (Hubay, Op.

Strem Zim- After Sundown (Scott)-- balist (Violin) with Piano accomp. by Emanuel Bey. Waltz In D Flat, Op. 64, No. 1 (Chopin): Etude In C Ma jor, Op. 10, No. 7 (Chopin); Waldes- rauschen (Liszt)-Wilhelm Backhaus

(Piano).

6.30 tions.

Closing Local Stock Quota-

6.32 Puccini's "La Tosca" Act L Singers in order of appearance: Plero Paul (Tenor); Giovanni Azzi- monti (Bass); Antonio Gell! (Bar- tone); Carmen Mells (Soprano): Apol- lo Granforte (Baritone) and Nello Palal (Tenor), with Chorus and Or- chestra of La Scala, Milan, conducted "by Carlo Sabaino.

7.19

Orchestral Selection..

Overture "L'Italiana In Algert" (Rossini) -Fhilharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York conducted by Arturo Toscanini.

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Transmission V--News Sum-

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Pul Bulletin

4.00 pu

5.00 p.m.

4.45 p.m.

7.30 pax.

9.15 p.

12,00 mid- night

7.30 A.ML 8.30 am

SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.

(All Hongkong Time)

MondaysBackground

to the News ... 11.00 pm. Tuesdays Background

to the News

8.15 am.

In England Now 11.00 p.m. Cards on the Table 8.00 pm, Wednesdays In Eng-

land

Now

land

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

Moment

Background to the

Newa Fridays -In England

Now

Saturdays In England

Now

London Log

London Log Sundays London Log

6.45 a.m.

11.00 pm

11.00 pm

6.45 am. '3.30..p.

11.15 p.m.

8.45 %.m.

WEATHER REPORT Hongkong Royal Observatory 10 a.m., Dec.22. Barometer (at sea level), 30.23 ins. London Relay-The News. Local Time Signal, WeatherTemperature, 65 #..

Humidity, 44 per cent, Report and Announcements.

7.30

2.00

IN

8.03 À Request Variety and Darkse Wind Direction, N, Programme.

Wind Force (Beaufort), 4: Temperature; maximum yesterday.

72 F.

Fax-Trot-Don't Let That Moon Get

Away (from 'Sing you sinners')--Billy Cotton and His Band. Vocal-Mocti- light and Shadows (film Jungle Temperature, minimum last night, Princess? Thanks for the Memory

59 F.

(film Big Broadcast) Dorothy La- Rainfall for 24 hrs., ending 10 am. mour with

today, nil

Orchestra. Waltz-The

Umbrella Man (from These foolish

things)-Elly Cotton and His Band Total rainfall since January, Lat

Fox-Trot Music, Maestro, Please

RR 70 ins.

(from "These foolish things-Henry Against an average of, 84.84 ins. Jacques and His Strict Dance Tempo Sunset tonight, 5.44 pm. Orchestra. Vocal and Plano -

May

8.0.8. For You (fim Soft Lights and Sunrise tomorrow 6.59 a.m. Sweet Music'); Dirty Face (Hiller and Others) Turner

Cabuta

Watermelon Pete

Mydleton, arr.

Jack

4 D.m., December 22 Orch. Barometer ((at sea level), 30.10 kms.

Temperature, 59 F.

Down

Tabbush) and His Orchestra, with Humidity, 44 per cent. Vocal Refrain by Sam Browne. Vocal Wind Direction NNEL Diets Another One Gone Beverley wind Forte (Beaufort), 4 Nicholls): Maybe I'm Wrong Again

(Trent and Bennett)-Norah Blaney Maximum temperature, 70 F. and Gwen Farrar. Waltz A Beauti-Mimum temperature, 59 3 ful Lady In Blue; Fox-Trot-Moon for

Bale Boy Fox and His Orchestra. New Novelty Dance-Boomps-A-Daisy Victor Suvester and. His Ballroom Orchestra.

EAS London Belay "The Time Has Come & Thriller.

9.05 Studio Comments on Recent Events.

9:15 Eandani Relay-News/ Summary, 9.25 Local aport resulte

9.27 More Request Variety and Dance. Items...

Rainfall, nil

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 23 to 20 Dec. 1939

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Fax-Trot-Pross Chat - Artie Shaw

Vocal-Mexicali Hat. 23 and His Orchestra. Rode (Stone TenneyBing Crosby Meau with Orchestra. Fox Trot-The

Ever Did Was Kiss est Thing You Me Harry Roy and His Orchestra. Mon 25

Vocal Rock and Roll

Don't Let Your Love Go

Pacal 28-

(Whiting and Others)The Sisters Rumba--When Bomba Plays

Wed: 27 Ramba-Harry Roy and His Or Me Look At Let chestra Vocal Just You tiren Joy of Living"); Sing A Thur, $ Song of Harvest (from Kentucky

Moonshine)Kenny Baker with OF BYZ-599 chestra. Pox-Trots-Georgia's Gotta Moon: Rhythm In The Alphabet -

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1939. -PAGE 9

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