1940-02-24 — Page 3

MUNGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEEN'S & ALHAMBRA

HONG KONG

KOWLOON

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FINAL SHOWINGS TODAY

The Little Terror,raids Society Row! Any

thing can happen) Everything does! A screams # second!

Ginger

ROGERS

FIFTH AVENUE GIRL

WALTER CONNOLLY » VERREE ·

TEASDALE - JAMES ELLISON

· Tim Helt · Kathryn Adams • Frankila Pangborn

No place to sleep! Wa time

Chrys

for forel a let-up in laughs!

EXORADIO Picture. Produced and Directed by GREGORY LA CAVA, PEDRO S. SERMAN of Producties. Screen Play by' Alles Scor

ADDED!

TOMORROW!

4 SHOWS

DAILY

2.305.15

7.15-8.30

יד

LATEST TIMELY ISSUE OF MARCH OF TIME "THE BATTLE FLEETS OF ENGLAND" See England's Fighting Navy In Action!

WALT DISNEY'S "NEW

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THE GREATEST SEA DRAMA EVER FILMED!

TWO MEN AND A GIRL WHO DARE

TO FIGHT AND CONQUER THE RUTHLESS SEA!

FRANK LLOYD'S

“RULERS OF THE SEA”

17-17-4

Onuglas FAIRBANKS..- Margaret LOCKWOOD

Will FYFFE GEORGE BANCROFT MONTAGU LOVE

TO-MORROW-MONDAY-TUESDAY

EXCITING PULSE FIRING DRAMA OF THE PHILIPPINĖS!

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TO-DAY TO-MORROW

A

MONDAY

"Goodbye Mr. Chips" is so packed with power, tenderness and emotional thrill that it will lingor in your memory forover! Robert Donat surpasses even his triumph in "The Citadel" ! And Greer Garson, new star sensation,"will hold you spell- bound with her heart-stabbing performance!

NEVER SUCH AN ACTOR. AND NEVER BEFORE SUCH A STORY!

ROBERT

DONAT Goodbye

TUES.

RKO Picture

Mr.Chips

with

GREER GARSON

■ SAM WOOD Production

Sorgen Plasty B. C.

Camina West and Eric Manch Produced by VICTOR BAVINE

ALSO: Latest "News" of The Day"

Chester Morris, Lucille Ball in

Meno Copyr Mayer

: "FIVE CAME BACK"

COMMONS SESSION

UNTIL EASTER

LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuter)—

..

eb 23 The Prime Minister announced

DEATH OF THAI "MINISTER TO BRITAIN

COMING EVENTS

FEB

24-Tides: High 18,45 am, and 10.10 p. Low 4 am and 3,58 pm.

Bunrise: 6.43 am; Sunset: 824 p.m. ELK. Jockey Club's Annual Meeting. Fifth Day, 2.30 p.m.

REO.C.A. Annual Ball, Peninsula Hotel

Entries close for Colony Lawn Ten- nis Championships, 6 m

EK

Golf Club: Final of Stubbs completion. First

Shield due for

Round of Mixed Foursomes due for

completion.

Claims

against estate

Adelaide Harry due. 14 .

Exhibition of Chinese

of Helen

Cultural

Works at Funz Pin Shan Library.

11 am-8 p.m. Exhibition

of Paintinga at St John's Hall, KR University, 9.30 a.m.30p.m.

Diocesan Boys' School: Test for New Boys, 9 BM,

Pui Ying Mid. Sch. Investiture of Cribs and Scouts at No. 84, Bonham Road, 3 p.m.

Hon Sir Stafford Cripps. E.C, M.P., and Mr. G. Wilson arrive at Gort House.

25-Tide: High 10.32 am and 11 p.m. Low 4.35 am. and 4.25 pm.

Sunrise: 649 am: Sunset: 642 pot HK. Golf Club Pinal of Junior. Championship due for completion.

Exhibition of Chinese Cultura! Works at Fung Piar. Shan Library, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Exhibition

of Paintings at Bt. John's

Hall H.K University 8.30 a.m-5.30 pm.

YMCA.: Discussion Group. 9 p.m. -Speaker: Rev. R. D. Rees.

Soccer: Kotewall Cup Pinal, Cause- way Bay, 4.18 p.m.

LONDON, Feb. 23 (Reuter)-The

DON, Feb. 23 (2 yesterday that the House of Com death has occurred of Vice-Admiral mons would sit for a full Parila-Phya Rajawangsan. Thai Minister mentary Session next week and or the Court of St. James, suddenly similarly up to Easter.

from heart attack.

FIRING PRACTICE

Cricket HK.V.D.C. v. Univ. (Pok fulam).

26-Tides: Righ 11.29 am and 11.50 p.m. Low 1.10 am, and 5.15 p.m.

Sunrise: 649 am: Sanset: 6.25 p. Diocesan Boys' School New Term, 9

China

Light and Power Co.. Hok Un Station Inauguration, 3 p.m. Criminal Sessions Open, 10 am Crown Land Sale, P.WD., 3 pm St Teresa's Church: Requiem Mass for the late Mrs, C. & Alves.

Firing practice, will be carried At Tuesday's meeting of the out between the hours of 6.30 pm Hongkong Rotary Club, the speaker and 12 mid-night on Feb. 25.

will be Mr. Walter Brown Hils Alternative date Feb. 26.

subject will be "The Bennie Rall Firing Area "C" will be affected.plane

Ladies Working Party (BW.O.P.), Govt. House. 9 am-1 pm.

Exhibition of Chinese Cultural Works at Fung Ping Shan Library, 11. a.m. p.m.

HE. the Governor dines with the Pres. of Linguan Univ., HK. Hotel. 8 p.m.

T.M.CA: War Work 10 a.m.; Whist Drive, 8.30 p.m.: AD.C. Rehearsal, 9 p.m.

Final date for closing of entries for Dog Show at noon.

27-Tides: High 12.12 p.m.; Low 5.45 am and 8.09 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.49 a.m.; Sunset: 6.26 p.m. Y.M.C.A.: Bridge Class, 10 $.101.; Badminton from a p.m.

28-Tides: High

12.48 am and 12.51 p.m. Low 6.16 a.m. and 7.10 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.48 a.m.; Sunset: 6.26 p.m. Third FRV.DC. Camp ends. HX. and Shanghai Banking Corp. Annual Mts. 11.30 am.

Y.M.C.A.

Badminton (all day); Gramophone Recital, 9 p.m.

*

Govt. House bowls. HE.'s team v. R.A. H.K.VD.C., 9.45 p.m..

Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps. K.C., M.P.. and Mr. G. Wilson leave Gort. House. 29-Tides: High 1.50 am, and 3.40 p.m. Low 6.50 am. and 8.28 p.m.

Bunrise: 6.47 am; Sunset: 627 pm. Pinal dividend to HK. and

GENERAL

John Hubbard plays romantic hero to glamorous "Joan Bennett in the hectic 'doings which take place in Hal Roach's "The House- keeper's 'Daughter," the new film comedy to be screened at the King's Theatre tomorrow,

Radio Programmes

HONGKONG

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On Wavelength of 355

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PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH FROM BIRMINGHAM

Variety Programme 12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cessloti

1.30 Kitty Masters (Vocal) and Al- fredo and His Orchestra,

8:00

Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements,

8.03 New Light Symphony Orches tra.

At Dawning (Cadman); The Waltz- 'ing Doll' (Poldiņi). Poet and Peasant -Overture (Suppe), Serenade. Mau- resque, Op. 10, No. 2 (Elgar),"

8.20 The Regimental Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards,

"The Mikado"-Selection (Sullivan). Hands Across The Sea-March (Sou- sa):

8.30 London Belay -- "Freedom's Sword."

..

Finland's Independence led by Field Marshall Mannerheim,

9.13 London Belay-News Summary. 9.28 Local sports resulta. 9.30 Variety Programme. Talking and Singing-Band Wag-

lust Waltz (Smith)-Alfredo and His Gipay Caprice (Ferraris): Wander-

Orchestra. When The Swallows Nest Again (Stevens and Edmund); Sweet- gon--Arthur Askey, Richard Murdock heart, Let's Grow Old Together (Brat- jand Company, Sketch-Two Minds ton and Edwards) Kiity Masters Without A Single Thought (Douglas (Vocal) with Orchestra, I Once Had Furber): The Girl In The Post Once A Heart, Margarita (Lisbons, Connor (Ronald Jeans)- Cicely Courtneidge and Schmitz): Serenade In The Night and Company. Vocal-Still The Blue- (Bido-Kennedy)

Alfredo and His bird Sing (film The Star Maker') ; Orchestra. Many Happy Returns of An Apple For The Teacher (fim The the Day (Reary Hall - film Music Star Maker")--Bing Crosby Hath Charms)-Kitty Masters Vale Boswell and Orchestra.

Orch.- cal) with Orchestra, Tell Me Again The Little Dog Laughed-Selection- (Grosz); Russian Gipsy Sketch (Fer-The Conden Palladium Orchestra raris)-Alfredo and His Orchestra. cond. by Clifford Greenwood. Talk- 1.08 Local Time Signal and Wen-Stage Show-Harry Roy and His Or ing and Orchestra-Harry Roy's New ther Report.

chestra. Vocal-The Washing On The 1,03 Magyar Imre and His Hun-Blegfried Line-Arthur Askey with garlan Gypsy Orchestra.

Ronnie Munro's Orch.

The Acacia Blossoms Twice: More Stars Than There are in the Sky; Once I Had A Dear Mother; The Sun Is In Love With The Moon. I Was Roving About: The Barrack Roof I

with Con-

10.30 Londen Relay Speech by Prime Minister from Birmingham,

11.00 London Belay-London Log, 11.15 Dance Music, j

Shanghai Bank shareholders payable. Being Shingled: Once On My Grave; Square; And The Angels Sing-Benne

Chess Championship continued. Leap Year Ball at Gloucester Hotel in aid of B.W.O.P., 9.30 pm. HE and Lady Northcote to attend

Central

British As Dance.

Song of the Elder

Typical Society: Lecture "Re cotte. A Thousand and One Nights Rabin and Els Romany

by Mr. M. R. Deb..

Urban Council Election.

YMCA:: Games Morning. 10 am: A.D.C. Rehearsal, 9 nm.

Entries close for HE, Jockey Club's First

Extra Race Meeting at noon. Charity Concert, Great Hall of ELK University, 9'p.m. HE. and Lady Northcote present. MARCH

1-Sergt. Mess Ball Pen. Hotel, 9 p.m.

2-HE., the Governor opens exten- slons of Taipo Rural Home and Orphanage, 3.30 p.m.

ELE. the Governor and Lady North- cote proceed to Panling Lodge for week-end.

THIRTEEN CASES OF SMALL - POX ON THURSDAY

Fox Trots Rose of Washington

1.15 Viennese Waltzes.

Goodman and His Orchestra. Tango -South of the Border Jack Harris. Moonlight On The Danube Waltz and His Orchestra. Fox-Trot-Deep (Byron Gay); Gypsy Love Waltz In A Dream: Waitz-Mezical Rose Melodies (Lebar) →→ Orchestra Mas-from Rhythm on the Ranch)--Oscar Band For- -Waltz (Joh. Strauss)-Felix Weln Trots-Honolulu (from the dim); This phony Orchestra. gartner conducting the British Sym-Night (film Honolulu Tommy Dar- sey and His Orchestra. Eclero-Ten- [130_Benter- and Bugby Press, Wes-dre Bolero: Rumba-Mario La O --- *ther Forecast and Annouticements. Lecuona Cuban Boys with Elyana

145 Latest Variety.

Celis (Vocal),

Swing MualeJunk Man's Serenade: Ja-Da-Orie Alston Piano-Don't Worry 'Bout Me (In- and "His

Orchestra.

Waltzes Where tro: What goes up must come down The Shannon Plows Down to the Sea; -both from Catton Club Parade'); The Umbrella Man (from These Wishing fintro: Sing My Heart' foolish things')-Billy Cotton and His film 'Love Affair)-Arthur Sandford. Rand. Fox-Trots Siberian Heigh Comedian Sandy Joins the Army Ride: In An 18th Century Drawing (Thomson, Powell) Sandy Powell Room-Ha! Kemp and His Orchestra. Organ-Good, Old Songs Medley-12.00 midnight. Close down." Intro: Dalsy Bell; Nellie Dean: The Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo; Here we are again; Ta-ra-ra- boom-de-ay: Down at the Old Bali and Bush-Reginald Poort.

Come dians-Blacking Out The Flat (Ankey and Murdoch)-Arthur Askey andi Richard Murdoch. Plano-For-Trot" | Calla Medley-Intro: Stairway to the Stars; G.S.G

Continued on Page 8

SHORT WAVE

I never knew heaven could speak; It | GAB I were sure of you Waltz Medley - 4.5.1. Intro: Roses are blooming in love-0.8.0.

DAVENTRY A

Wavelength 17.7964 (16.96m.) 9.51m.c. (31.58m.) 3147mo, [11.77m) 18.18m.6. - (19.79.)

NEWS IN ENGLIBA burn with drums The Little golden Ring-Billy Thor-Transmission I-News: Sum-

2.18 Close down.

Thirteen, cases of small-pox (tenland: There's danger in the Waltz from Kowloon, two from Victoria and one from the Harbour), forty cases of tuberculosis (one import- ed), four cases of cerebro-spinal fever, two cases each of enteric fever and dysentery, and one, case each of diphtheria and chicken-pox were notified to the Health Depart- ment on Feb. 22.

Cholera Restrictions Removed

The quarantine restrictions im- posed by the Government of Thailand (Biam) against arrivals from Hongkong on account of cholera have been removed.

FRENCH CABINET

MEETING

mary

4.00 pm.

Pull Bulletins

8.00 p.m.

Trans. II & III-News Suns="

mary

6.45 pm

Full Bulletin.

7.30 pt.

do do.

8.15 pun..

night

6.00 Compositions of Debussy. La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin- Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) with Piano accomp. by Marcel Gazelle. The Children's Corner Bulte-Alfred Cor- tot (Piano). Nuit D'Etoiles -Helene Transmission 7-News Gam- Ludolph 18oprano) with Fiane BO comp, by Gerald Moore and Organ by Herbert Dawson Arabesque No. 1 Mildred Dilling (Harp). Clair De Lune-John Hunt (Piano),

8.30 Closing Local Stock Quotá tions.

6.32 Brahms Quartet in/G Minor; Op 23.

Arthur Rubinstein and Mm. Onnou vost and Maas of the Pro Arte | Quartet:

7.05 Short Concert Elizabeth Schumann

(Soprano)," and Juest Bjorling (Tenor)

Caprice Viennois. (Krekler)—Eliza- beth Schumann (Soprano) with Orch. Strange Harmony (from "Tosca......... Puccini); Woman Pickis Rigoletto Verdh JUR PARIS, Feb 23 (Reuter) The Tenor) with Orchestra. Til play the French Cabinet Yesterday review-nocent Country: Mild (from Die ed the diplomatic and economic quis (from Die Fledermaus-Strauss) Fledermaus-Straus) My Lord Mar situation.

Elizabeth Schumann (Soprano) with M. Lebrun signed a decree au- Orch Heavenly Alde, Divine Alda thorising the C-in O of the French (from Alds Verdi) Your Tay Air Force to femain on the active Hands are Frozen (from La Bohemie list for one year. He reaches the Juist Bjorling (Tenor)

with, Orchestra. retiring age limit this year.

London Relays The News,

W

mary Full Bulletin

13.00 mid-

7.30 am. 1.30.a.m

SHORT TALKS

FROM B.B.C.

(All Hongkong Time) Mondays Background

to the News 12.00 p.m. TacsdaysTM Background

to the News........ - 8.15 am. In England Now 11.00 pm. Cards on the Table 800 p.m.

Cards

on the Table 5.15 am. Matters of Moment 11.00 pm Thursdays,Maiters of

Moments

Background to tize News Pridays - In. Bagist

Now Saturdays Pana

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1940. —PAGE

KING'S

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THE LURE OF PARIS.. THE FIRE OF RIO..

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and doomed tortured men to living death!

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