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New York's East Side is only one of the villains in "The Escape," "gripping 20th Century-Fox picture which opens at the Majestic Theatre today.

Famed sometimes for the great men that have emerged, from its narrow, crowded 'streets, the East Bide le also notorious for the criminals it has produced.

Anti-Aircraft fring practice will be carried out between the hours of 10. a.m. and 3. p.m. today.

Firing area B will be affected. out from the Mount Davis Area Firing practice will be carried

belween the hours of to am, and 10. p.m. today.

Alternative date Feb, 29.** Firing Areas D and E will be a Xected.

It is the latter aspect of lower Manhattan that is dramatized in newed gangster; June Gale, singer/

COMING EVENTS

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27-Tides: High 12.12 pm: Low 3.45 am and 8.09 p.m.'

Sunrise: 6.48 m; Sunset: 6.28 pan. YMCA.: Bridge Class 10 in.; Badminton from 8 pm.

HK. University Tennis Champion ships. University Courts, 439 pim

Ladies Working Party (B.W.OP.), Oor House, 9 am-1 pun.

Cheers Club, Whist Drive, 6.30 p.m. HK Rotary Club Tin Mig H.K. Hotel. 1 p.m.: Speaker Mr. W. Brown "The Benale Rallplane."

St. Andrew's Mothers' Union, 3 PAL-Speaker: Miss Eliot.

Urban Council Meeting, 4.13 p.m.. Kowloon Chess Club, Peninsula Hotel, 5:30 p.m.

St. Teresa's Choral Group Ora- torio, 5.45 p.m.

8. and S. Home: Prayer and Fel- lowship Mtg., 8.30 p.m.

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SCHUBERT SYMPHONY NO. 1

· IN O MAJOR

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1940. -PAGE

KING'S

7.02 Billy Mayerl-Four Aces" Suite.

SHOWING TO-DAY

on

Rate. Da Costa (Piano). 7.15 Studio-A talk

The Auxiliary Nursing "Service by Mrs. Peters.

722 Cinema Orran Solos by Quentin Maclean.

Little Dolly Daydream. (Leslie Stuart): Lilly of Laguna (Leslie Stuart)."

Boldiers' Guild of St. George,

7.30 London Relay-The News. "Cards on the Table" Fortnight Mtg.. Scandal Point

8.00 Local Time Signal; Weather 12.15 p.m. Sbort Service of Inter-Report and Announcements. Hall, 7.30 pm.

cession. Cathedral Scouts," Bishop's 12.30 Excerpts from Puocial's Quilter,

8.03 Compositions of Roger House, 5.30 pm.

Operas.

Children's Overture-New Light "Madam Butterfly"-One Fine Symphony Orchestra conducted Day-Margaret Sheridan prano) with Orchestra. "La Fan-Not Ask A Kiss: The Jealous (So by Dr. Malcolm Sargent. I Dare ciulla del West"; My Father died Lover: Music When Soft Volces Just Six Months Ago: Let her be Die: Lope's Philosophy -- Marx ieve that I have gained my tree-Raphael "(Baritone) with Roger dom Alessandro Valente (Tenor) Quilter at the Flano. Where The and La Scala Orchestra, Milan Rainbow Ends-Selection-Sidney "La Boheme"-Yes, They Call Me Torch Organ), Mimi-Claudia Muzio (Soprano) with Orchestra. "Tosca" Selection -Marek Weber & His Orchestra. Mendelssohn & His Orchestra with Reve!"-Selection--Falir "La Boheme"-Ah, Mimi, False Vocal Chorus. "The One-Beniamino

Story Cigli (Tenor) Vernon and Irene Castle"-Selec- FK University Tennis Champion-with Orchestra-Musetta's Waltz with Vocal Chorus,

and Gluseppe De Luca (Baritone)tion-Louis Levy & His Orchestra ships

p.m.

28-Tides: High · 12.48 a.m. and 12.31 p.m. Low 818 a.m. and 7.10

Sunrise: 6.48 am; Sunset: 6.26 p.m. Third H.K.V.D.C. Camp ends. H.K. and Shanghal Banking Corp. Annual Mtg. 11.30 am

(all day):

T.M.C.A.: Badminton Gramophone Recital,

p.m. Govt. House. bowls, HE's team v. RA. H.K.V.D.C... 3.45

Hon. Str

Sir Stano

F.

Cripps, K.C., M.P

and Mr. G. Wilson, leave Govt. House.

University Courts 4.30 p.m. Ladies

Working Party (BW.OP.), Govt. House, 9am-1 p.m

Cheero Club, Dance, 8.30 p.m. - 29 Tides: High 1.50 am. and 1:40 p.m. Low 6.30 a.m. and 6.28 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.47 am; Sunset: 627 pm. Final dividend

to

and HK Shanghai Bank shareholders payable.

Chess Championship continued. Leap Year Ball at Gloucester Hotel in aid of B.W.OF. 9.36

DUIII: HE Northcote to attend, Central British Ass, Dance. Theosophical Society: Lecture

cture Be Incarnation." by Mr. M. R. Deb.

Urban Council Meetion. Y.M.C.A.: Games Morning, 10 a.m.: ADC. Rehearsal, 9 d.m.

Bod

Lady

Entries close for HK, Jockey Club's First Extra Race Meeting at noon.

Charity Concert, Great Hall of HK. University, 9 pm, HE. and Lady Northcote present.

Ladies Working Party (B.W.O.P.). Govt. House, a.m.-I D..

Cheero Club, Contract Bridge. MARCH

8,30 Film Selections, "King

of

Song Grace Moore (Soprano) with Orchestra.

8.43 Dance Music by Brian Lawrence & His Orchestra.

Weather Report.

1.00 Local Time Signal And Fox-Trots-Toodle-Do: Throw- ing Peanuts to the Moon. Fox- 1.03 Gerry Moore (Piano), Hls Trots-I'm Gonna Kiss Myself Rhythm and Sam Browne (Vocal). Good-Bye; One In A Million (from Slow Fox-Trots Fm Building Athe film). Fox-Trots-Roses In Sailboat of Dreams; What Do December You Know

(from Life of the About Love?-Gerry Party') Waterlilies In The Moon- Moore (Piano). Have You For-

light-Brian Lawrence (Vocal) gotten So Soon (Gilbert Nicholls)-Sam

with Rhythm Accomp and the Browne (Vocal) Three Ginx. Fox-Trots You/Te with Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Al-Looking for Romance T'm Look- ways and Always (Alm Man- ing for Love;

Sunset in Vienna nequin Ti-Pi-Tin-Gerry Moore (from the film). Quickstep-It's & His Rhythm. What's Good for In The Air (from the film); Fox- the Goose, Is Good for the Gander Trot-The Lady On The Second (Friend): Gee, Oh Gosh. I'm Floor. Grateful (Nesbitt Bros., & Carr)-

9.13 London Relay-News Sum- Sam Browne and Girl Friend with TASTY. Two Planos. Quickstep--Hold My 9.30 London Relay "Cards on Hand: Slow Fox-Trot-Heart and the Table,"

1-First Anniversary of Election of Soul (film "A Song is Bom')... Pope Pius XII.

Gerry Moore (Plano).

St. David's Soclety, Annual Dinner and Dance, HK, Hotel

H.K.V.D.C Sergts. Mess. Annual Ball. Peninsula Hotel.

Cheero Club, Darts,. Table-Tennis. Billiards.

Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.). Govt, House; 9 am-1 pm.

Y.M.C.A. Swimming Pool opens. 2-REOCA Supper Dance, Penin- sula Hotel. 9 p.m.

H.E the Governor open's extension of Talpo Rural Home and Orphanage, 3.30 p.m.

FLE. the Governor and Lady North- cote proceed to Fanting Lodge for the week-end.

Cottage Club, Paper Hunt 3 p.m. 3-Macao Races.

Press Preview of Art Exhibition at St. John's Kali, 5.30p.m.

4-Colony Lawn Tennis Champion ships start at K.O.C

Evening Institution re-opens. Exhibition of Western and Chinese Paintings at St. John's Cathedral Ħall

5-Black-Out Exercises.. Kowloon Residents' Ass, Annual Gen. Meeting.

HK Horticultural Society-Annual Show..

Referees' Ass, Monthly Mtg., Hotel Cecil, 8 p.m.

Exhibition of Western and. Chinese Paintings at St. John's Cathedral Hall.

6-Fourth FLE.VD.C. Camp starts HK Horticultural Society, Annual Show.

7-Chess Championship Continued. 8-St Andrew's Club, Whist Drive,

8. pm

C.B.A. Dance. Cheero Club, Jumble Bale, 2.30 p.m. Referees' Ass Whist Drive, Hotel Cecil.

9.45 Alfred Cortot (Piano) play- ing Chopin.

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and

130 Beuter & Rugby Press, Wea- Ballade No. 1 G Minor, Op. 23. ther Forecast and Announcements. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38.

1.45 Billy Cotton & His Band." 10.03 Some Schubert Songs by Fox-Trots The Washing on the Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano), Sheep Meets a White Sheep. Fox-Laughing Siegfried Line: When A Black Near The Beloved, Op.5, No. 2, Trots Everybody Kiss Your Part No. 4. Night and Dreams, Op.43, Weeping, Op.59, ner: Counting Crotchets in My No. 2, Happiness, Sleep. Have Ton Anything On Tonight. Matilda Darling? (CHI in G Mafor. bert); Le Touquet (Damerell & Others). Fox-Trot-Got To Dance My Way To Heaven; Blow Fox Trot-I Nearly Let Love, Go Slip- ping Through My Fingers (film 'It's Love The Masquerade Is Over; The

'Again"). Fox-Trots- {-

Birthday of the Little Princes.

2.15 Close down.

10.13 Schubert Symphony No. 7.

The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

11.00 Close down.

SHORT WAVE

DAVENTRY

Wavelength 17.796.4. (18.85:1) 9.51me (158m.) 2147me. (31.87m.) 15.18me. (19.79m.)

Calle 0.8.0

6.00 An hour of Dance Music G.A.A and Variety,

G.S.K G.8.0.

NEWS IN ENGLISH

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4.00 p.m.

5.00 pm.

& DI-News Sum-

6.43 p.

7.30 pm.

9.13 p.m.

12.00 mid-

night

730 3.00

8.30 am.

SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.

Slow For-Trot-Moon Love: Fox-Trot White Salls - Jack Hylton & His Orchestra, Vocal Transmission I-News Sum- Danny Boy (film 'Shipyard Sally');

mary Wish Me Luck (ffim Shipyard. Trans,

Full Bulletin Bally') Gracile Fields with Choir mary and Orchestra Plano-I've Got

Full Bulletin You Under My Skin (film 'Born to Dance'); In The Chapel In The Moonlight (H) - Peter Yorke. Transmission V-News Sum- Fox-Trot The Pretty Little Quaker Girl (Hunter & Parr

Full Bulletin Davies): Waltz-Little .8l Echo (Smith & Others) - Mantovani & Hls Orchestra with Vocal

michael); Chloe (Bong of Chorus Vocal Stardust (Car- the 8wamp Kahn & More)The Radio Three with Their Rhythmic Escorts. Cinema Organ -- "The King Steps Out" Medley (Kreisler) -Reginald Foort. Plano Lam- beth Walk after Verdi, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Liszt (arr. Bank of Canton, Annual Mtg., 3 Rayston)-Frank Rayston. Fox- Trots-Anita; I Used To Love" You- "Fats" Waller & His Rhythm with Vocal Refrain & Piano by "Fats" Waller." Vocal-Au

Revoir But Not Goodbye (Gilbert); Moon Love (David & Others)-Al Bowlly with Orchestra. Fox-Trot Day In--- Day Out-Jack Hylton & His Or- chestra.

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H.K. Yorkshiremen's Society. An- nual Dinner Dance, Gloucester Hotel.

9-Shield Soccer semi-final. HK University Union, Annual Athletic Meeting. 1.30 p.m.

K.C.C..Presentation of Prizes, 9.16

p.m.

p.m.

...

10-Dog and Cat Show at St. John's Palace.

Second round of HKG.C. Mixed Foursomes due to be completed.

Shield Soccer, Semi-final, 12-FK Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd., Annual Mig.. noon. 13-Fourth KYDC Camp ends. Soccer: Chinese Pederation United Services,

7.

K.C.C. Variety Concert in aid of B.W.OF., 9.15 p.m.

14-Army Inter-Unit Cross-Country Race from P.W.D. ground.

1.00 Closing local Stock Quota- tions.

22-Good Friday.

United Service of Christian Wit- ness in Kowloon, 11.30 am.

St. Andrew's Club, Whist Drive, 8.43

Chess Championship Continued. 15-8t Patrick's Society, Dinner Dance, Peninsula Hotel, 830 pm.

Claims against estate of Sybil Ruby Challoner due. Council Chamber 4 p.m.

Licensing Board Election, Urban Loon Golfen.

Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ltd Fourth Interim Dividend payable.

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17-Faniing Hunt and Race Club, St. Patrick's Day Meet at Kwanti. 2.45 p.m.

19-Cheero Club, Ladies' Advisory Committee, Bridge and Mahjongg Drive. 3 p.m.

Claims against estate of Alfred Ed-

this thrilling screen play by Ro- in a disreputable night club andmund Hatch due. bert Els and Helen Logan. An Norris wife; Henry Armetta, de-120-BLK. Rope Manufacturing Co. eminently able cast is featured in licatessen keeper and father of Ltd. Annual Mtg., 10. Des Voeux Rd. the film, including" Kane Rich- Nomis; and Frank Relcher, a O. 11.30 a.m. mond, as a New York cop: Amanda kindly family physician from

21--Chess Championship Con- tinued.

H.K-Electrio Co., Ltd., Annual Mtg., 11 a.th.

Duff, his fiance and sister of Ed-whose lips comes this searing ward Norris, ex-convict and re- episode of a battle with the law,

om.

(All Hongkang Timej Mondays ---Background

to the News

11.00 p.m. Tuesdayı-Background

to the News 8.15 am. In England Now.... 11.00 pm. Cards on the Table 8.00 p.m. Wednesdays in Eng

land Now.

6.45 4.2. Cards on the Table E15 am. Matters of Moment 11.00 p.m. Thursdays--Matters of

Moment Background to the News...

In England Saturdays-In England

Now

6.45 1.7.

11.00 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

London Log Bundays-Londen Log

3.30 p 11.15 p.m. 6.45 a.mi

London Log.

SAILORS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT

Four seamen of the Royal Navy, Francis Hallstones, G. R. Williams, Golf: Happy Valley Golfers v. Kow-R. D Reader and Kenneth Rogers,« Hatch due.

Claims against estate of Herbert all aged 19, appeared before Mr. R. Edwards, at the Central Court 23-Portuguess Company of HK yesterday, charged with having 7.30 p.m. V.D.C., Annual Dinner, Club Lusitano, 8ssasited a watchman, Lam Mah, outside the Gloucester Hotel on Friday.

24-Easter Sunday. semi-final of Mixed Foursomes due to case was adjourned until Thurs

Golf:-Shanghai Visitors Cup: They pleaded not guilty and the be completed.

day afternoon, 28- Cheas Championship Con- tinned.

Cam. A. EL. Steele-Perkins.

Towkay Choo Kik Moon, J., on "Chemical Warfare" by Wing years as the treasurer of Chinese 29-Institute of Engineers: Lecture who has served for more than two

HK Police Dance in aid of BW. Relief Fund Committee, Beremban OF., Feninsula Hotel

has resigned owing to 1 health 31-Kowloon Bowling Green Club, and his place has been taken by Redemption of Debentures,

Towkay Ng Hoe Neo of Seremban.

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