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COMING EVENTS

APRIL

5-Tides: High 840 am and 8.30 pm. Low 1:51 am. and 3 pan.

Sunrise: 13 x.m.: Sunpot: 6.40 pam. | Legislative Council Mig. 130 p.m. EKSPO Charity Bell, Peninsula, Hotel, 9.30 pan.

HKC Football Referees' Assn. Whist Drive, Hotel Cecil, 8 pm.

HKADO. to present "Tony Draws Horse" at China Fleet Club. YMCA.: Badminton from 8p.. - Ladies' Working Party (B.W.OF.). Govt: House. 9 am-1 pm.

Tennis Championships.

Club Darts, Table-Tennis,

Colony Billiarde

Kunzon Rifles' Retreat, Whitseld Barracks..

St. Andrew's Church Hall: Christ Church, Kowloon Tong. Jumble Sale, 3 p.m.

Institution of Engineers and Ship- builders. Annual Meeting. p.m.

Exhibition of Chinese Paintings at Kam Ling Restaurant.

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

Helena May Inst: Christian Fellow- ship, 10.30 am

Chinese Y.M.C.A.. Waterloo Road. Display of Handwork.

6-Tides: High 9 am. and 9.09 p.m. Low 225 am and 2.40 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.12 a.m.; Sunset: 641 p.10. REO.C.A. Supper Dance, Peninsula Hotel.

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Bazaar at French Hospital.

R.KAD.C, to present "Tony Draws

Horse" at China Fleet Club.

H.K. Jockey Club's Third Extra Race Mtg., 3.30 pm.

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Central British School Annual Sports. p.m.

Exhibition of Chinese Paintings at Kam Ling Restaurant

7-Tides: High 9.20 am: and 9.44 p.m. Low 2.55 am and 3.20 p.m.

Sunrise: 611 a.m.; Sunset: 6.44 p.m. Golf Club: Second Round of H.K. Adamson Cup and Final of Mixed Foursomes due to be

completed.

GENERAL

Ubrary, Supreme Couch

Extremes in 15th century masculine hair styles aro effected by Boris Karloff and Basil Nathbune for their respective roles in Universal's "Tower of London.” Rathbone is cast as Blchard 111, a role that requires him to wear a red wig, while Karloff, as the executioner, "Mord," has his head completely shaved. Karloff also has his ears taped back to throw his head out of proportion and accentuate the grimness of the charactor

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Bazaar at French Hospital...

Wedding: Gosand-Yvanovich,

St.

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Teresa's Church. 4'p.m.

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International Softball Series 3 pm. Exhibition of Chinese Paintings at Kant Ling Restaurant.

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Oz Wavelengths of 355 metres (845 k.e's) 31.49

metres (9.52 megacycles).

Craigengower C.C.; Mixed American

Tennis Tournament 2.30 p.m.

8-Tides: High 9.39 am, and 10.16 p.m. Low 3.26 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Sunrise: 6.10 n.m.; Sunset: 6.45 p.m. St. John's Ambulance Inspection by H.E. the Governor Causeway Bay, 530

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St. Patrick's Hall, Garden Road:" Lecture by Ber. W P. MacDonagh

The Inquisition." 5.30 p.m.

F.K.F.A. Council Meeting, 5.30 p.m. Crown Land Sale, P.WD, 3 p.m. 9-Tides: High 9.55 am. and 10.50 p.m. Low 3.58 a.m. and 4.35 p.m.

Sunrise: 4.08 am; Sunset: 646 pm. Union Church: Wedding-Fender- Dempsey.

D'AQUINO AND O'NEIL SHAW FROM THE STUDIO

The Grand National.

12.15 p.JTL. cession.

Short Service of Inter-

-Orquesta Tipica Francisco Canaro. Fox-Trots Where Are You? (Alm "Top of the Town'); «Carelessly-Roy Fox and His Orchestra

7.30 London Belay-The News,

8.00

Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.02 Tartini-Concerto in D Minor. Joseph Sziget! (Violin) with Or-

chestra

8.18 Hlohard Strauss T's Merry Pranks, Op. 28.

The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Frita Busch.

8.31 Studio Recital by Gaston D'Aquino (Tenor) and E. O'Neil Show (Piano)..

SCLOMID

1230 Two Compositions of Bach,

1. (a) Una furtuva lagrima (from Trio from "The Musical Offering”— Italian Trio Brandenburg Concerto Ellaire d'amore'-Donizetti); (b) Nel No. 8 in Major Ecole Normale verde maggio (from Loreley-Cata- Chamber Orchestra, Paris, conducted, lan). 3. A Granada (Alvarez)-Gas-

ton D'Aquino with Piano by Altred Cortot.

3. Quand il Pleut (Poushood)—E 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wen O'Nell Shaw at the Piano. 4. Two ther Report

cchiu (Barthelemy); (b) Mario Costa). B (Tirindell) — Gaston

CB.S. Physical Training Display. 1.03 Victor Silvester and His Bean Songs: (a) Chi so ne

8.15 p.m.

HK. Rotary Club Timin Mtg., 1 p.m.

Meeting of District and Deputy District A.R.P. Wardens, Yee Kuk Street Dispensary. 6.45 p.m.

10-Tides: High 10.15 am. and 11.30 p.m. Law 4.20 am, and 5.15 p.m.

Sunrise: 6,08 a.m.; Sunset: 6.47 p.m. Claims against estate of William Weir due.

Primavera

coom Orchestra and Ruth Etting Neapulitanata (Vocal),

Quickstep Yours for a Beng: Slow D'Aquino with Piano accomp.

8.57 D'Indy-Sulle for Fixte. Vio- Meet Again-Victor Fox-Trot-We'll

my Life

91.

Silvester and His Ballroom Orchestra. Viola, Violoncello and Harp, Op. It's Swell of You (from "Wake up and

quintette Instrumental de Paris. Live'): There's A Lull in

9.15 London -Relay-News Summary. (from Wake up and Live')-Ruth Et- ting (Vocal) with Orchestra. Slow

9.30 London Relay—"World Affairs.” Fax-Trot One Life: Quickstep I Go For That Calm

9.43 Dance Music St. Louis Blues')- Victor Silvester

Els Ballroom

Fax-Trots-Please Remember: On Orchestra. Goodnight, My Lo (film Linger Longer Island-Jack Harris & Stowaway"); There's Someting In His Orchestra. Waltz-The Whistling The Air (from Banjo on my Knee? waltz Billy Reid and His Accordeon Ruth Etting (Vocal) with Orchestra. (Band. One-Step-Amazon Goes Douglas Steamship Co., Ltd, An-Waltz-I Shall Always Remember Wooing: Fux-Trot Glamour Girl- nual Mtg., 11: 3.01.

You Smiling-Victor Silvester & His Jack Harris and His Orchestra. Ballroom Orchestra.

Quarry Bay School, Spring Festi-

11 am

11-Black-Out Exercises,

CALL

against Aachen & Munich Pire Insurance Co. due.

St. Joseph's College Annual Sports,

HUI. 1 p.m.

of Fire Brigade by HE the

No. 2. Folice Station, Governor, NO. Wanchal. 5.15 p.m.

12-Extraordinary Gen. Mtg. of Kowloon Football Club.

Northumberland & Durham Dinner Dance. Peninsula Hotel.

13-03.B. Sports

14-International Softball

p.m.

Series

Tal Wah Cup Final-Chinese Army.

Macao Races.

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10.00 "London Relay Commentary 1.30 Beater and Rugby Press, Wes on The Grand National, 1940, from

Aintree. ther Forecast and Announcements.

10.25

1.45 Dick Foran, The Rocky Moun- taineers and The London Piano-Ac

15-St. Patrick's Hall, Garden D

Road: Lecture by Rev. W. P. Msc. Prairie Is My Home (from The !

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Donagh "Omcial Heroes and Villains," 5.30 p.m.

Army Inter-Unit Tug-of-War Com petition.

Inspection of Auxillary Nursery Service by H., the Governor at China Fleet Club, 6.30 p.m.

18-Toc H., Kowloon Circle, Social and Dance. Sk Andrew's Church Hall. 8.30 p.m.

Army

Boxing-Open Individual Competition, 8 pm.

Variety with Todd Duncan, Elizabeth Welch, Max Miller and The

Hill Billes.

cordeon Band).

Plano-Accordeons-Good Evening! Vocal Little Mountain Cabin Pretty Lady (Damerell and Others); | (Kennedy and Carr); Pop-Eyed Peto Back IL Those Old Kentucky Days

Comedian-Can- The Hill Billies. (Brown) - London Plano-Accordeonfessions of a Cheeky Chappy (Miller) Band. Vocal Knock, Knock, Who's-Max Miller. Vocal River God There? (Tyson and Others); Poor (from The Sun Never Sets'-Cola Dinah Merton Morrow)-The Rocky Porter Drums

Porter?

(fron "The Sum Mountaineers with

Sets Carter and Leslie Smith) accomp. by The Bunk House Boys.

Todd Duncan with The Drury Lane Guns of

of Theatre Orchestra. Comedienne

In My the Pecos): Whisper While You're Harlem ΙΔ

Heart (Alm "Big (Jerome)D Dick Foran Waltzing

Kiss with Pollens

(from Big Fella') Fella'); One Orchestra. The Trail of the Vocal The Hilly Bully Band (Al and Underneath the Elizabeth Welch with Orchestra. Old Pine Tree;; Lonesome Fine: Folly Wolly Doodle: Bob Harvey)-The Hill Bullies. Come- Big Rock Candy Mountain The dian-Onbelta; Down In The Valley- Rocky Mountaineers accomp. by the Max Miller... Bunk House Boys. Plano-Accordeons 1100 Close down.

Goodbye to Summer (Botterell and Phillips: An Ashore (Billy H The London Plano-Accordeon Band.

2.15 Close down. 6.00 Selections from Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado"

Braid the Raven Hair-Beatrice Calls G.8.G Elburn (Soprano) and Chorus of

G.F.B Girls. The Sun, Whose Rays are ali Ablaze Elsie Grifin (Soprano) with G.S.F Orch. Brightly Dawns our Wedding Day E. Grits, D. Hemingway, D. Oldham, and Baker. How-De-Dol-Baie Grian. Derek Old- Theatre. 8.30 pm.

MYa 80 Hockey M.C.A.

A. Lytton. M Club Cabaret

the Lewis. D. Fancourt and Ma-Bertha Peninsula Hotel 9 pm, Dance.

A More Chorus:

Humane Mikado Chinese Australian ABSKI.

Supper Darrell Fancourt and Chorus of

of Men Dance. HK Hotel, 8.30 p.m.

The Criminal Cried-A. Davies, H. A. 20-R.EO.OA Supper

Dance.

Lytton. L. Shemeld and Chorus, See Peninsula Hotel.

How The Pates D. Pancourt, B. Lewis, A. Davies, H. A. Lytton. L. Shefield. The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring-D. Oldham and ĦLA. Lytton,

17HK & Shanghai Hotels Ltd. Annual Mtg.. 12 noon.

Army Boxing---Open Individual

8 pm.

Comprabond Rotarians, Cafe de

J

Chine,

1 p.m Army Bóring-Open Individual Competition, a p.m.

Ltd. 19-Tung Ah- Knitting Co. Annual Mtg., 692, S'hat Street, 3 p.m. St. George's Day, Gala Show. King's

H.K. Jockey Club's Fourth Extra Race Meeting, 1.30 p.m.

"TOWER OF LONDON"

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Wavelength 17.795.c. (16.20mm.), 9.51m.e. ($1.38mm.) 2147ma. (81,87m.) 15.18m.c. (19,7971.) NEWS IN ENGLISH Here's A Transmission I--News Sum-

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8.23 Closing Local Stock Quots tions.

630 · An hour, of Danes Music. There is singularly are enter-

Fox-Trots--With A Twinkle in our tainment at the King's Theatre Eye (film The Gang Show): That today, where Universal's "Tower Song In My Heart (lm The Gang of London" offers a spectacular Show)-Jack Hylton and His Orches

tra Quickstep Jazz Me Blues; Slow example of Hollywood versatility. Fox-Trot Cheerful Blues Harry'

Rumba

Tango El

The traditions of England are

Click For Trot-Units:

villainy,

Adios Dei Roberto achieved morco

morrow;

brilliantly emphasized by Basil Duscando Rathbone as Richard III His consummate

-Around and with the delicate artistry which Round the Old Bandstand- Bydney makes him one of the screen's Lipton and His Orchestre. Fox-Trote Melody For Two (from the film); most accomplished stars, hasnte never been presented with better September in the Rain (nim A Me-

Jody Two) Jack Hylton and effect,

Orchestra

Waltzes Would You An able supporting cast includes fim Ban Francisco'); My First Love Vincent Price, Nan Grey, John Por and His Orchestra. Fix-Trots

(ilm "Queen of Hearts')-Roy Song Sutton. Ralph Forbes, Lionel Bel- Who Loves You; Foolish, Heart-Rou more, Leo G. Carroll, Ronald Binnie Munro and His Dance Orchestra." clair, Miles Mander: Rose Hobart, Blow Fox-Trot There's A Star In The Sky-Harry Saville and His Orches Frances Robinson, G. P. Huntley, tra Tango The Tango of the "Mula"; Wally—A. Garden of Illusion

and others.

G.8.0.

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