1940-02-16 — Page 3

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FEB.

16-Tides: High 1.16 xin, and 2.09 p.m. Low 7.10 m and 10.65 pm.

Sunrise: 6.56“am; Sunset: "0.20 p.m. Entries close for All-Day Ten- FLR Cament in Bid of B.V.OF. at

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Y.M.CA. Badminton

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Catholic Cathedral: The Way bf the Cross." 5.30 p.m.

'S. and S. Home: Methodist Ladies' Mahjongg Drive, 3 pm.

Cheero. Club: Darts, Table-Tennis. Billiards

17-Tides: High 236 am and 3.09 Palth Low..7.30 am, and 1140 p.m.

Sunrise! 6.56 am: Sunset:6.20 p.m H.K. Jockey Club Annual Meet- ing-First Day, 12 noon.

REO.C.A. Supper Dance. Exhibition of Chinese Art on Pans, Pung Ping Shan Library, 10 am-8 p.m.

Cottage Club, Cavalcade. 130 p.m. Luk Kwok Hotel: Dinner to Bal- gon Footballers by Chinese Amateur Athletic Pederation. 8 p.m.

B.K. Govt. Trained Teachers' Unica Dinner Dance at Hotel Cecil, 8 p.m.

18-Tides: High 4:55 a.m. and 4.16 DIL Low 8.02 am

Sunrise: 6.55 am; Sunset: 6.21 p.m. Semi-finals of HK Golf Olub Junior Championship due for com pletion.

GENERAL

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16,

1940. —PAGE

Big moments in the life of the inventor of the telephone! DON" AMECHE in the title role of Dairy! F. Zanuck's production of "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell," opening on Saturday at the King's Theatre, la surrounded by LORETTA YOUNG, as his sweetheart, and HENRY FONDA as his assistant, Thomas Watson. In the upper right hand corner are GENE LOCKHART and BOBS WATSON. The central Bgure of Ameche as he looks in this Cosmopolitan production for 20th Century-Fox was drawn by the distinguished artist, Norman Rockwell.

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On Wavelengths of 333

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Mixed Doubles Tennis Tourney at C.S.C.C.. 2.15 p.m.

ELVIE

Soccer: Salgon V Chinese AA Federation. Caroline H1, 3.30 pm.

19-Tides: High 7 am, and 5,28 D. Low 1240 am. and ́946 ́ a‚m, '

Sunrise: 6:35 am; Sunset: 6.21 p.m. Jockey Club's Annual Meeting-Second Day, 12 noon.

H.K. Area Individual Novices' Box- ing Finals, 5.30 p.m.

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20-Tides: High 7.55 am, and 6.35 p.m. Low 1.28′ a.m. and 11.50 am,'

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Elvic Yuen (Soprano) with Plano as- comp. by Father Riganti. 2. -TWO Mazurkas (Chopin)-Father. Bizanti at the Piano 3. (a) Venuto e l'Aprile (Donaudy); (b) Spirate Pur, Spirate (Donaudy) Elvie Tuen (Soprano) with Plano accomp. by Father Rigan- tl 4. Two · Songs Without Words (Mendelssohn)Father Riganti at the Piano. 5. (a) Drifting (Grieg); (b) A Dream (Grieg)-Elvie Tugn (80- Riganti. prano) with Piano accomp. by Father

1.30 Haydn-Symphony in G Ma jor ("Milltary).

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Vocal-I Can't Believe That It's Hall and You (Olibert-Sülver); I Cried For You CLyman and Others) Connie well with Orchestra. Vocal — The Lady of My Dreams Taught Me to Play the Second Fiddle (Dahl and Others);

I'm A Specialist ('chle Sale-Bitterman)--Frank Crumit with

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Busy Bees Working Party Bridge & Mahjongg Drive, Cathedral Hall; 3 p.m.

21-HE Jockey Chub's Annual Meeting Fourth Day, 12 noo

EKAD.C presents "The Circle" at China Fleet Club,

Third HKV.D.C. Camp Starts 22-Launching at Kowloon Docks, 6.30 pm.

HEAD.C. presents "The Circle" at China Fleet Club,

Chess Championship continued. Y.M.C.A. Ladies' Night-Programme of plays by AD.C.

Theosophical Society: Lecture "Fourth Dimension" (Part 2) by Mr. A. Lebedeff.

HK. Area Ladividual Novices' Box ing Finals, 8.30 p.m.

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23-H.K.A.D.C. present "The Cir cle at China Pleet. Club.

St. Andrew's Club, Whist Drive, 8.45 p.m.

Institute of Engineer's and "Ship- builders: Lecture on "Television" by Mr. V. Reveley.

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24-HK Jockey Club's Annual Meeting. Fifth Day, 2.30 pm.

REO.CA. 'Annual Ball.

9.15 London Relay "News Summary. 9.30 London Relay-"World Affairs" by Wickham Steed.

9.45 Compositions of Elgar. Vocel

-Underneath A Like To The Damask Rose (arr. Western Sky (film Song of the Sad-Haydn Wood): Queen Mary's Song die): Riding The Range In The Sky (arr. Haydn Wood)-Light Symphony (Carlton) The Hill Bites with Their Orchestra. conducted by Haydn Wood. Own Novelty Accompaniment. Cinema La Organ-Reminiscences of

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Philharmonic Orchestra cand. by Sir 100 Local Time Signal and Wes, Edward Elgar. Speak, Music-Peter ther Report.

1.03 Tchaikowsky-"The Sleeping Princess" Bulte.

Sadler's Wells Orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert,

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Reuter & Ungby Press, Wea-

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and

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10.15 Songs by Essle Ackland (Con- tralto)

Homing (Del Riego); Coming Home

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ZEM T: A Summer Night

by Herbert Dawson

1028A Variety programme with

Fox Trots The Best of Friends: I'm A Little Prairie Flower. Novelty Waltz Maybelle, Maybelle Taim Hide Noel Coward, George Farmby, Florence sund Beck Others).

Desmond & Others. Fox-Trot-Horsey, Horsey!

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Entries close for Dog and Cat Show. Kowloon Gulder and Brownies.

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Bridge: What Shall I Tell My Heart? Hartley & His Quintet. Comedian

Portaby Diocesan Old Girls and Old BoysRoy Sm and BG Bawalan George

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Medley George Assn. Supper Dance at Peninsula Ho. Serenaders. Swing-Melody In Rix: Formby with His Ukulele and Orches tel, 9 p.m.

Monotony Eddie

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Zasu Pitts Lane Velez; Mae West Dancing Years): Waltz of My Heart

Florence Desinand; (from The Dancing Year") New

11.00 Close down.. Entries close for Colony Lawn Ten-Dance Orchestra, Fox-hent nis Championships.

Your Step!. Whe

When The Lads HK Golf Club: Final of Stubbs Are On To Dance Otto Dobrint & Shield due for completion. First His Plano

Терков Round of Mixed Foursomes due for Sierra

Symphonists. Chica, Tango tlio - Juan completion.

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-Bert Firman's Quintuplets of Swing. 0.8.0 Got A Wonderfin ORE.

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25-H.K. Golf Club-Pinal of Junior Championship due for comm- pletions.

26-China Light and Power Co. Hok Un Station Inauguration; 5 p.m.. 28-Third HK.VD.C. Camp ends. H.K. and Shanghai Banking Corp. Annual Mtg. 11.30

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Comediense Out In The Gold ¡Cold Snow, (Haines-Harper); Love's Last Word is Spoken (Bida) Gracie Pields with Orchestra. Humorous

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3.03 Studio Concert by Elvie Tuen (Boprano), and Father A. Rizanti ||

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