1940-03-29 — Page 3

HUNGKONG DAILY PRESS

QUEENS THEATRE

HONGKONG. DAILY AT 230-5-15-720-9:30 PM TEL 31453

TODAY "Come to

BALALAIKA CAFE ·

Dine

Dance

BALALAIK

string

and song

where there's wine.women i NELSON EDDY ILONA MASSEY

CHARLIE

FRANK

LIONEL

MRUGGLES MORGAN ATWILL Mayer Aubrey SMITH - Joyca COMPTON - Daias FRANTZ “Clarious musical ramenéo to rival "Naughty Marieito!"

Directed by Bainhold Sukunai

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TAM LAN HING

In Cantonese Dialogue with English Subtitles

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COMING EVENTS

MARCH

29-Tides: High 1.55 am, and 12.50 p.m. Low 6.08 ăn, and 606

1.1.

Sunrise: 6.26 alm; Sunset: 640 p.m. Institute of Engineers: Lecture "Chemical Warfare" by Wing- Com, A. Steele-Perkins.

www

HK. Police Dance in aid of BW. :O.F. Peninsula Hotel,

Crown Land Sale, D.O. South, '11

French Convent:" Charity Perform- ance, 5.30 p.m.

Annual Colony Marathon, Kowloon, 5 D.m

Andrew's Church Hall, Mahjong Drive in aid of D.G.8. Building Fünd. Ladies' Working Party (B.W.O.F.), Govt. House, 9am-1 pm.

YMCA: ADC. Presentation Housemaster. 9 p.m.; Games Morn- ing. 10 am

HKRA. Fries Meeting.

of

Diocesan Old Boys' Asin: Annual Mig., Lo, & Lo's Office; 5.30 p.m.

A.S. Watson and Co., Ltd, Annual Mtg RK Hotel, 11.30 am.

Cheero Club. Darts, Table-Tennis and Billiards.

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Hongkong Club, Annual Mig., 5.30

HK University Alumni Assh., An-

nual Mtg., Gloucester Building, 5.90 p.m.

HK Lawn Bowls Assn. Annual Meeting.

GENERAL

Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins in a scene from "The Old Maid,”

which opens at the King's Theatre tomorrow.

Radio Programmes

HONGKONG

St. Paul's Annual Sports, 1.30.p.m. Colony Tennis Championships. Kowloon Union Church, Jumble Bale,

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RA.O.C.W.O.'s and Sergts, Club Monthly Dinner, Gloucester Hotel D.EL.

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On Wavelengths of 355

metros (848 ko's) 31,49

metros (9.52 magacycles),

REO.CA. Special General Meeting. Wellington Barracks, 8.30 p.m.

Civil Engineers Dinner, HK Hotel, 8 p.m.

30-Tides: High 3,14 am, and 142 p.m. Low 0.35 am and 8.28 pan.

Sunrise: 6.19 am; Sunset: 641 p.m. T.M.C.A.: A. D. C. Presentation

of "Housemaster." 9 p.m.; American Tennis Tournament at King's Park, 7 p.m.

'CELLO AND PLANO RECITAL FROM THE STUDIO

Dvorak Symphony

12.15 pm cessioni.

The Wings of Sleep (from. The Dancing Years'--Novello)--Mary Elis and Olive Glibert with Ivor Novello (at the Piano and Orch. Vocal Rose of England (from "Crest of the Wave') Novello) Edgar

Eimes (Baritone) with Orchestra and Male Chorus Haven of your Heart (from Crest of the Wave-Olive Gilbert (Contralto)

Orch WILD

Organ Serenade (Heykens); The

The Song of Songs (Moya) — Quentin Maclean. Vocal-The World Is Mine Tonight (Marvell and. Fosfordis By The Dark Lagnon (Baddeley And Leigh)--

with

Charles Kullman (Tenor) with Or-

Short Service of Inter-chestra.

12.30 Latest Dance Music. Tango Dear Madam-Victor Silves ter and Fla Ballroom Orchestra. Quicksteps-How Beautiful You Are (from Black Velvet'): Lucky Me. You (from 'Come out and play)-Victor Silvester and His Ball- Orchestra. 6/8-Entente

HK.R.A. Prize Meeting. Annual Children's Sports, Southern Lucky Playground, 2 pm.

7.30 Landon Relay-The News, 8.00 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

D Minor, Op. 70.

8.03 Dvorak-Symphony No. 2 to

Czech Fhilharmonic Orchestrá con. ducted by Vaclav Talich.

8.40 Studio-Cello and Plano He

Lawn Bowls: U.S.R.C. v, Club dele: Quickstep Little Bay Bubbles cital by Ettore Pellegatti and Nurs

Recrelo. Club de Recreio. 3.30 p.m.

HR Football Club

Dance, HK Hotel.

Soccer: Shield Final.

Dinner and

Club: Mounted

Cottage Club:

Bunt, 3.30 p.m.

Treasure

RAMC. Asm, Grand Dance, Pen- insula Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

R.A.O.C.W.O's and Sergts. Club Monthly Meeting. 11.15 am.

31 Tides; High. 4.47 x.m. and 3 pm. Low 115 am." and 8,50 POL

Bunrise: 6.18 a.m.; Sunset: 6.42 p.m. Kowloon Bowling Green Club, Redemption of Debentures.

Band Concert. Peninsula Hotel Lounge, p.m.-11 pm.

HERA Prize Meeting International Softball Series start," 2 p.m.

CSC.C. Mixed Doubles Tennis Tournament, 2.30 p.m.

American

diale:

Jack Trump" Doyle and His Aces Kanis. of Rhythm Tangos-Carnaval De Mi 1. Indian Lament (Dvorak-Kreis- Barrio

Mercedesler) 2. VIJE Amiga

La Gitana (Kreisler); 3. Simone and Her Tipies Tria

Blow Chanson

Villageoise Fox-Trots Strange Enchantment: Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (Popper); 1. We'll Meet Again-Felix Mendels: (Ravel); 5. Variations Symphoniques sohn's Hawaiian Serenadera

(Boellmann).

1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea ther Report

1.03 Haydn Symphony No. 102 In B Flat Major.

Berge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

130 Reuter and Rugby Press, Wea- ther Forecast and Amoun cernents.

1.45 Variety with The Mills Brothers, Ginger Rogers, Charlie Kuns and The Hodları”

Vocal-Funiculi Punicula (Denza): Asleep In The Deep (Petrie-Lamb)- T.M.C.A.: Discussion Group. 9 p.m.The Mills Brothers (Puur boys and a Speaker: Mr. A. T. Rees on "Is gultar). Vocal-The Piccolino (from Scouting Losing Its Influence?"

"Top Hat')-Ginger Rogers "with Or chestra. Plano Charle Kunz Plano Medley No. R. 14-Intro: Lights

out:

Filipino Club Annual Meeting. King's Park, 3.30 p.m.

COLONY HEALTH

Thirty-nine cases of tubercu- losis, seven cases of dysentery, five cases of measles, four cases of enteric. fever, two cases D cerebro-spinal fever, and one case each of diphtheria and chicken- pox, were notified to the Health Department on Mar. 27.

WEATHER REPORT

Hongkong Royal Observatory

10 am, March 28. Barometer (at sea level), 30.17 ins. Temperature, 65 F." Humidity, 69 per cent Wind Direcion, E/N Wind Force (Beaufort), 4 Temperature; maximum Yesterday

65 F. Temperature, minimum last night.

61

ป

Rainfall for 24 hrs., ending 10 a.m

today, nil

Total rainfall since January 1st

9.48 13

Against an average of, 5.49 ins Bunset, tonight, 6.37 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow, 6.19 am,

4 p.m., March 28. Barometer (at sea level) 30.02 Ins Temperature, 65 F.

| Humidity, 14 per cent. »

Wind Directlo, E

Wind Force (Beaufort), 5. Maximum température. 68 F. Minimum temperature: 61 F. Rainfall, nil

HONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 29 Mar. to 4 Apr. 1940.

HIGH WATER.

Month.

Haight

Height:

1250 18 5 2006 20

"03 14 4 300 3% 2 61

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06-06

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1855 15:8 08 90 50 19.45 5.0

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I never realised; Love is Dancing

A

Sympathy: I love the Moon:

9.15 London Relay--News Summary. 9.30 London Relay "World Affairs.” 9.45 Wagner's "Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg". Act III Scenes 1-4.

Characters and Soloists in order of appearance: David, Martin Kremer (Tenor); Hans Bachs, Hans Hermann Nissen (Bass); Walther von Stolzing. Torsten Ralf (Tenor); Bockmesser, Eugen Puchs" (Bass); Eva, Margaretė Teschemacher (Soprano): Magdalena, Lene Jung (Soprano) with Chorus of the Dresdon State Opera and The Saxon State Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Bohm.

11.00 Close down..."

SHORT WAVE

Kuzz Vocal-Star Dust (Carmichael and Others); Mr. Paganini

Calls (Lam- bert-Richards) The Mills Brothers 0.8.0 (Four Boys and a Guitar). Härmani- d.S.B. ca Duets-Krontjong Successen (arr.

G.S.FL G.5.0. Hodlars); Italian Favourites (art. Hodlars)-The Hodlars.

2.15

8.00

Close down.

An hour of Dance Music,

DAVENTRY

Wavelength

11.79b.c (18.28m.} 931m.c. ($1,55m.) 21.47133.6. (31,57m.) 15.18m.. (19.79m) NEWS IN ENGLISH Transmission I-News Bum-

дагу

Pun Bulletin

II & III-News Sum-

Fox-Trots-In A Moment of Weak-Trans. ness (flm Naughty But Nice"); I KATY Don't Believe In Signs (film Naughty But Nice-Ray Noble and His Or

chestra. Fox-ITot The 7.15 To

Dreamland; Waltz--I Shall“, Always Remember You Smiling-Hugo Rig nold and His Orchestra. Fox-Trots This Year's Kisses film 'On the Avenue'); I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm (film On the Avenue')-- Roy Fox and His

His Orchestra.. Tangos A Bong Without Words; Venetian

Night Emil ROOSZ and H Orchestra, Fux-Trota-Watching the Stars (film Splinters in the Air'); Maybe It's the

the Spring-Ambrose and

Fox-Trots

His Orchestra. Rose Room:le Shaw and His Orchestra Waltzes That Naughty Waltz; Missouri Waitz-Vic for Young and His Orchestra.. Fox- Trots-I Fall In Love With You Every Day (from 'College Swing'); How'dja Like to Love Me? (from "College String)-Jimmy Dorsey and His Or

chestra. Tangos-Do You See The Stars? I Dream of the Puszta-Emil Roosz and His Orchestra: For-Trot

The Girl In The Upstairs Fist Felix Mendelssohn and His Orches- tra.

7.00 Closing Local Stock Quota-

7.02 Variety with Quentin Maclean. Charles Kuliman, Olive Gilbert and Others.

Organ Lily of Laguns deslie Stuart); Little Dolly Daydream (Les lfe Stuart)-Quentin Maclean,

Vocal

Full Bulletin

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Transmission V-News Sum-

Mary

Full Bulletin

4.00 p.m.

5.00 p.md.

6.45. p..

7.30 p.m.

9.15 p. 12.00. mid- Aight

7.80 8.m

8.39 1.31.

SHORT TALKS FROM B.B.C.

(All Hongkong 'Time)

Mondays - Background

to the News............. 11.00 p.m.. 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

6.45 am Cards on the Table 8.15 am. Matters of Moment 11.00 1.3L ThursdayMatters of

Moment

Background, to Newe Fridays — In England

Now

Saturdays--In England

Now

London Log Bundayanin London. Log

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11.00 pm.

6.45 3.2. 3.30 p.. 11.15 p..

6.45 6.1.

London Log

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