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AMANDA DUFF JUNE GALE • EDWARD NORRIS HENRY ARMETTA • FRANK REICHER

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COMING EVENTS

FEB

28-Tides: High 12.48 am and 12.51 p.

Low 16 mm. and 1.30

pm.

Sunrise: 6.47 m.; Sunset: 636 pm. Third REV.D.C. Camp ends. HK. and Shanghai Banking Corp. Annual Mtg 12 noon

YM.C.A. Badminton (all day);

GENERAL

Radio Programmes

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1940. -PAGE J

KING'S

Weeping. Trouble," Want) - Lotte Leonard (Soprano) with Harpsichord. Organ and Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Isolde Menges and Harold Samitel (Violin and Piano).

8.43 Closing Local Stock Quote

Gramophone Recital,

DAM Cort. House bowls, HE's team v. RA.. H.K.V.D.C., 3.15 p.m.

9

Z

On Wavelengths of 355

B

W

metres (845 kom) 31.49 metres (9.52 megcycles).

ttons,

BECITAL EY HARRY ORE FROM THE STUDIO

Ron. Sir Stafford Cripps, K.C., MP, and Mr. G. Wilson leave Govt House F.K. University Tennis Champion ahips. University Courts, 4.30 pan.

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

Cathedral Women's Fellowship Working Party, Cathedral Hal. 10 8.171.

St. Andrew's

Party, 10 a.m.

Medical Working

Cheere Club, Dance, 8.30 p.m. 8. and 8. Home, General Committee Mtg.. 5.30 pm

Kowloon Union Church, Women's Gulid. 10 am.

Claims against estate of Lee Pak- pang due

London Relays

חי

Kentucky Minstrais.

6.47 Vocal Scleotions by The

Carry Me Back To Green Pastures (Pepper); Homing (Del Riego) - Soloists: George James and John Duncan. With Piano and Herbert Dawson at the Organ White Wings (arr. Kentucky Minstrels)-with Or 12.13 p.m. Short Service of Infer an accomp. by Herbert Dawson, cezalan

7.00 London Relay The Last Fight of the Revenge.” A Feature Programme, 7.30 London Relay-The News. Report and Announcements.

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather

12.30 Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) and the London Palladium Orchestra. Childhood Memories (art, Somers) -London Palladium Orchestra cond. by Richard Crean A Chip of the Old Block (Squire); 80 I Left (But cher)-Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone)

8.01 A Short Sibelius Programme, with Pl

Plano accomp. by Gerald Moore. Kiss Me Again (Victor Herbert); harmonic Orchestra cond. by Walter Karella Suite, Op. 11-London Phil- Echoes From the Fuzzta (Ferraris) Goehr. Flickan Kom Itran Sin by Alsklings, Mote Marian Anderson

Shanghal Bank shareholders payable. London Palladium "Orchestra colgate (Contralto) with Piano accomp. Sung

29-Tides: High 1.58 am and 1.40 pm. Low 6.50 am, and 3.23 p.m.

Sunrise: 647 am; Sunset: 627 pm.

dividend Final

An to HK Chess Championship continued Leap Year Ball at Gloucester Hotal in aid of B.W.OP. 9.30 p.m. FI and Lady Northcote to attend Central British Ass, Dance. Theosophical Society: Lecture "Re Incarnation," by Mr. M. R. Deb.

Urban Council Election. YM.CA: Games Morning, 10 am.; A.D.C. Rehearsal

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

Charity Concert, Great Hall of HK University, 9 p.m. HE. and - Lady Northcote present.

Ladies Working Party (BOP) Govt. House, 9 am-1 pm.

Cheero Club, Contract Bridge. MARCH

1~~Tides; High 3.10 am and 243 p.m. Low 7.25 am, and 10.10 pm

Sunrise: 645 a.m.; Sudret: 6.23 p.m. First Anniversary of Election of Pope Pius XII:

St. David's Society, Annual Dinner and Dance, HK. Hotel H.K.V.D.C Sergts.

Mess, Annual Ball, P

Peninsula Hotel Cheero Club, Darts, Table Tennis, Billlarda.

The Menin

(Bass-Hari- in Swedish,

Richard Crean (Bowen)-Peter Dawson tone) with Organ accomp. by Herbert Dawson. The Liberators - March (Ancliffe); The Spirit of Youth March (bert) London Palladium Orchestra cond. by Jack Frere.

1.00 Local Time Signal and Wes ther Report.

His Orchestra.

103 Dance Music by Boy Fox and

('Spread it abroad”),

8.13 Studio-A Latvian Programme by Harry are at the Plano.

8.45 Studio"Some Great Authors" --3; Barke

".

The third of a series of talks by Father Rysz, 9.J.:

9.15 London Relay-New Summary, 9.30 Kitty Masters, Harold Ramsay and Stan Holloway in Variety.

Cinema Organ Popular Melodies Penales from Heaven;

4

9.03 Violin Solos by Fritz Kreisler. Fox-Trots But Where Are You Slavonic Dance No. 3 In G Major Indian Lament (Dvorak-Kreisler): (flim Follow the Fleet"); Let's Face (Dvorak-Kreisler) with Piano ac the Music and Dance (im Follow comp, by Carl Lamson. thing in the Morning (C. 3. Cochran's the Fleet'. Fox-Trot Sing Some Revue Home and Beauty'): Waltz- No More (C. B. Cochran's Revue on the Wing: Riding Down the Sun- No. 3-Intro: Home and Beauty"). Fax-Trois-Bird set Trail. Waltz-A Beautiful Lady In the Chapel in the Moonlight;-An- In Blue: Fox-Trot-Moon for Sale, other perfect night is eading; I'll Pax-Trot These Foolish Things sing you

thousand love songs; There's a small Hotel: Did your 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press. Wea. Mother come from Ireland?-Harold ther Forecast and Announcements. Ramsay with Vocal Refrain, Vocal 1.45 Variety with Clapham and Meet (Damerell and Others)-Kitty

where

Yorkshire Dwyer, The Duncan Sisters, "Hatch," Masters with Two Pianos.

and Lancashire

and Others

Assisted Vocal and Piano-Life Is Nothing gue

Bert Masters. by

Humorous Monolo- Without Music

Old Sam (Hartley)

Beat the Retreat Worry Bout Me (from Cotton out on Thy Drum One Each a Plece cul Farade"? "Hutch" (Lesile Hutchin Round Stanley Holloway with Piano

Humorous Monologue-Tennis woman On Earth (Godfrey); Star accomp.

Vocal-Bhe's The Wealthiest Forget Your Gloves Lehak); Alone Masters with --Clapham and

Dwyer. Vocal - You dust Covered

overed Buade (Hodges)-Kitty My Dreams film A Man of

Orchestra. Canema chestra. Vocal Sweet Onion Time In alone: You started Mayfair-Jack Buchanan with Or at a table for two: Alone; I'm all gan-Popular Melodies Intro: Alone Bermuda (Duncan Sisters Coslow) The touch of your lips; Lose-Harold me dreaming; HE the Governor and Lady North-vlapos.

The Duncan Sisters accomp by two Ramay. cote proceed to Fanling Lodge for the Along Without You Very Well (Car

Vocal and

Plano I week-end

10.00 Half an hour of Dance Music, michael) Butch" (Leslie Hutchin- Cottage Club, Paper Hunt, 3 p.m.on). Vocal-The Man on the Flying Bloom Again; Everybody Dance (film Fox-Trots When The Popples 3-Tides: High 645 am, and 5.15 O'Keefe with Orchestra.

Tradeze Lyrics by O'Keefe-Weiter samel-Jack Payne and His Band. pan. Low 9.16 am.

Waltz-Touch of Your Hand (film Roberta); Fox-Trot

Let's (film Roberta-Paul Whiteman and Begin His

For-Trots Dideland

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

Y.M.C.A. Swimming Pool opens. 2-Tides: High 4,52 m. and 3.57 p.m. Low 803 am, and 11.30 p.m.

Sunrise: 643 am.: Sunset: 6.23 pm. REO.CA. Supper, Dance, Penin- sula Hotel. 9 p.m.

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

Sunrise: 6.44 am Sunset: 628 p.m. "Macao Races.

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

4-Tides: High 8 a.m. and 6.25 p.m. Low 12.50 a.m. and 11.15 pm.

Sunrise: 6.44 a.m.; Sunset: 6.28 p.m. Colony Lawn Tennis ships start at R.C.C.

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

Fall

2.15 Close downlo

Don't

Get

-10

6.00 Compostcom at Fach. Prelude and Fugue, No. 17, in A Shuffle: Muskrat Ramble Bob Cros

Bhuchestra. Clavier Book 11-Evlyn Howard Madrecita De Pompeya; Mi Musa Flat Major (from The Well-Tempered by and His Orchestra' Tangos Jones (Piano). certo No. la B Flat Major-Sir Canaro Fox-Trots-Lyin' To Myself; Brandenburg Con- Campera Orquesta Tipica Francisco Chempion-Henry Wood and His Symphony Or Evtide-Louis Armstrong and His

chestra. The Heart I Ask" From Orchestra. Fox-Trots Saddle Thee. Love; My Spirit Was In Heavi- Blues to a Wild Mustang: You Start- Your ness (from the Cantata Bighing, ed Me Dreaming-The B.B.C. Dance

Orchestra.

10.30 London Eclay-The Turning of the Worm” of In The Rough- Again."

11.00 Close down.

5-Tides: High 8.35 am and 721 p.m. Low 1.35 am and 12.29 p.m. Sunrise: 643 am; Sunset: 629 p.m. Black-Out Exercises.

Kowloon Residents Asm, Anur Gen. Meeting.

HK Horticultural Society-Annual Show. Show

"

Referees' Asm, Monthly Mtg, Hotel Cecli, 8 pm.

Exhibition of Western and Chinese Paintings at St. John's Cathedral Hell, "

6-Fourth HKV.D.C. Camp starts. HK Horticultural Society, Annual Show.

7-Chess Championship Continged. 8-St. Andrew's Club, Whist Drive, 8 p.m.

C.BA Dance.

Cheero Club, Jumble Sale, 2.30 p.m. Referees' Ass Whist Drive, Hotel Cecil

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

9-Shield Soccer semi-final H.K. University Union Athletic Meeting, 1.30 p.m.

Annual K.C.C. Presentation of Frizes 9.15

p.m.

Bank of Canton, Annusi Mig. 3.

p.m.

MUSICAL FILM

OPENS AT THE KING'S TODAY.

new G.8.0.

SHORT WAVE

DAVENTRY

Wavelength 17.79h.a. (18MM) 1.51m.. (83,55mL) 2147ma. (81.97m.) 15.18m.4. (19.79/15.)

clous cast, four ling new song G.8.B. Graced by a youthful and viva-Calls

4.8.G his, original comedy and lavish G.A.H. dance revues, Universal's" musical film, "Hawaiian Nights," NEWS IN ENGLISH will prove surprising screen enter-Transmission I--News Bum- tainment when it opens today at the King's Theatre,

tary

Unfolding in a tropical paradise,

the

Downs, Mary Carlisle, Constance picture features Johnny Moore and Eddle Quillan. Prin- cess Luana, famed queen of hula, leads two hundred pretty the native girls in eye-filing dance numbers and introduces the exotic swing-huls for the first time on the screen

*

Music for the picture is offered 10-Dog and Cat Show at St. John's tra, popular for their records and by Matty Malneck and his orches- Palace.

Second mund of BKG.C. Mixed radio work, and the Hawalian Foursomes due to be completed.

string band of Sol Hoop New Bhield Soccer, Semi-inal. 11-Seven-a-Side Rugby Tourney at "When Hawali Sang Me ta sleep,” popular songs in the dim Include Happy Valley, 4.30 p.m.

12-HK Land

"I Found My Love" Then I Wrote Investment Blad Agency Co. Ltd. Annual Mtg., noon.

the Minuet in G," and "Hey, Good 18-Fourth HHVD.C. Camp ends.

Lookin'" Soccer: Chinese Federation United, Services,

T.

K.C.C. Variety Concert in aid of B.W.OP. 9.10 p.m.

21-Obess

Beven-a-Bide Rugby Tourney at tinued." Happy Valley. 4.30 pm.

Championship

Con-

HK. Electric Co., Ltd Annual Mtg. 22-Good Friday...

United Service of Christian Witness in Kowloon, 11.30 am.

Bt. Andrew's Club, Whist Drive, 8.45 DIE

Golf Happy Valley C Gallers v. Kow- toon Colfors

Claims, against estate a Hatch due.

14-Army Inter-Unit Cross-Country 11 s.m. Race from P.W.D. ground. ~/.

Chess Championship Continued. 15-St. Patrick's Society, Dinner Dance, Peninsula Hotel, 830 p.m.

Claims against estate of Bybil Ruby Challoner dus, pol

Licensing Board Election, Urban Council Chamber, 4 pm.

Raub Australian Gold Mining Co. Lt. Pourth Interim Dividend payable,

2:16-Seven-&-Bide Rugby Tourney (Finals), 4.30 p.m.

17-Fanling Bunt and ace Club, St. Patrick's Day Meet at Kwant, 2.45 pra

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

Claims against estate of Alfred Ed- und Hatch_drew "RET 20-K Rope Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Annual Mtg., 10 Des Voeux Rd.

7.30 pm.

24-Easter Sunday

of Herbert

semi-nal of Mixed Foursomes due to Golf:-Shanghat? Visitors' Cup: be completed.

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23-Portuguese Company of HK fore Mr. R. Edwards at the Cen- Further evidence was heard 'be- VD.C., Annual Dinner, Club Lusitano, tral Court, yesterday when Ho Bo; aged 40, a member of the Hong-. kong Police Reserve, appeared on remand on a charge of attempted extortion of $1,000. The Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo appeared for the defence. 29-Institute of Engineers: Lecture brief on behalf of Chan Bik-tim, Mr. G. 8. Ford held a watching

Com, A. I Steele-Perkins. on "Chemical Warfare by Wing- a principal witness, while Deter- OF. Peninsula Hotel..

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