1940-08-17 — Page 11

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PRESIDENT LINER

Sailings

To SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES

via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & HONOLULU,

Aug. 29

Sept. 7 Sept. 17

via" MANILA, SINGAPORE, PENANG COLOMBO,

S.S. "PRESIDENT PIERCE"

8.S. "PRESIDENT CUOLIDGE"

SS. "PRESIDENT TAFT"

To NEW YORK and BOSTON

BOMBAY and CAPETOWN

S.S. "PRESIDENT HARRISON"

Aug, 20

S.S. "PRESIDENT POLK”

Sept. 29

To SINGAPORE & PENANG

S.S. "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"

$.S. "CITY OF LOS ANGELES"

Aug. 17 Aug, 27

To SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES

DIRECT

*S.S. "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO"

vin Yokohama.

Sept. 3

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES

ROUND-WORLD SERVICE"

AGENTS FOR TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR It AND UNITED AIR LINES

12, PEDDER ST.

TEL. 28171.

N.Y.K. LINE

SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES via Honolulu.

Friony, 20th Aug. KAMAKURA MARU ASAMA MARU (Starts from Shanghai) Sunday, 29th Sept. SEATTLE & VANCOUVER Starts from Kobe)

Hong Kong).

(Convenient connection from HIKAWA MARU

NEW YORK via Panama.

AZUMA MARU

LIVERPOOL via Cape Town

KASIMA MARO

Wednesday, 4th Sept.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE via Manila,...........

KAMO MARU

BOMBAY via "Singapore & Colombo.

RADIO PROGRAMMES Colony Water

Continued from Page 3.

Columbia

7.30 London Belsy-The News,

Storage

Floogee (Green and Others-Louis | tra.. Golden Dreams (Krone); Blue Armstrong and The Mill Brothers Pavilion (Armandola

The total storage in Island" re- Banjo The World Is Waiting for the Minster Orchestra.

servoirs as at August 1, 1340, was Sunrise (Seltz) Ken Harvey with

2,359.20 million gallons as com- Instrumental Quartett. Vocal-Deep

8.00 Local Time Signal, Weatherpared with 2,203.28 million gallons In A Dream De Lange-Van Heusen);

last year, according to the water Grandma Said Magidson-Wrubel) Report and Announcements. Elsie Carlisle with Orchestra.

$.03 Compositions of Schuberk returns for

of July. the month -Star Dust (Parish and Others) — Impromptu in E Flat Major, Op. Tytan Tuk storage was 1,406 mil The Mills Brothers (Four Boys and 90, No. 2; Andante In A-Elleen Joyce lion gallons compared with exact- a Gullari.

(Piano). Aufenthalt: Der Doppel-ly th same total last year, (Bass) 11.00 A Programme of Dance Music. ganger Alexander Kipnis

estimated population with Piano. Symphony No. 8 In B

Vocal

Az

of

Fox-Trol-Ten Pretty Girls Namor (The "UnAnished" Symphony) 830,000 consumed 620.98 million Gonella and His Georgians Wilt- -Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra gallons us against 550,000 at an

Mexicalt Rose (from 'Rhythm on the Rauch)--Oscar"Rabin and His Ro- cond. by Leopold Stokowski. Hark! average consumption of 34.6 gal-

Hark! The Lark-Elizabeth Schumann lons per head per day Band.

Fox-Trots September in the Rain (film 'A Melody for Two: Seprano),

Bany

A Melody for Two from the film 8.45 StudioThe eleventh of a Jack Hylton and His

His Orchestra weekly series of Book Reviews Quicksteps Wish Me Luck (Alm

R.55 Interinde, Shipyard Sally': My Prayer Jack

Minuet and Trio (from Fox-

Fantasia Hylton and His Orchestra. Slow Trot-Penny Serenade; Waltz-Never Sonata in G Major, Op. 781--Arthur Break A Promise Geraldo and His Rubinstein (Piano). Orchestra. Fox-Trot

Fox-Trot Stormy Wen-

London Belay-The_News. ther-Eddy Duchin and His Orches 9.30 Studio-Talk on "Somalliand”

South of the Border: by Col. H. B. Holi, O.RE. M.C.

Old Gentleman Quickstep-The Sly

Rachmaninoff – Suite No. Jack Tow Totor Two Planos, Op. 17. Fox-Trota

tru.

Tanko

Aim East Side of Heaveri" Hartis and His Orchestra.

9.00

9.40

I'm Singing A Song for the Old Vronsky and Babin. Folks, Smile and Sing Your Cares

Overture in D Minor (arr. Elgari---

The rainfall recorded during

| July was as follows:Botanical Gardens 20.38 s.; Tytam Tuk 20.37 Tytam 32.92; Wangaelchong 21.75 Pokfulam 17.10; Aberdeen 19.05.

THE MAINLAND

A total storage of 3,600.23 mil- lion gallons was recorded in the.. 3 Mainland reservoirs as compared with 3,807,69 million gallons as at August 1, 1938... Jubilee Reservoir 10.05 Short programme of Han had 2.921.00 as against 2,921.00 Away-The Organ. The

The Dance Band

and del's music.

million gallons last year. and Me.. Waltz-A Beautiful" Lady Blue Marlo "Harp" Lot

Lorenzi and His

An estimated population of Rhythmics. Fox-Trots-If You Were London Symphony Orchestra cand, by 770.000 consumed a total of 436.23 Albert Coates. Concerto Nos. 7 and milion gallons as compared with the Only Girl in the World: Yes. There

13, for Organ and Orchestra-London Ain't No Moonlight Gonella and His Georgians. Tangos Symphony Orchestra conducted by 500.000 for the same period last Tango Illusion Tangu Espanol-Ro-Albert Contes and Herbert Dawson year at an average consumption bert, Renard Dance Orchestra

of 20.9 gallons per head per day. Trot - Goodnight. My Love Alm 10,15 Stadio Sunday Evening 'Stowaway" - Jack Hylton and His, Epilogue: Orchestra.

12.00 midnight Close down.

TOMORROW.

TALK FROM THE STUDIO

ON

SOMALILAND

Rachmaninoff Suite

Nat

Fox-

(Organ).

10.00-11.00 a.m. Rehy of Morning Service from St. Joseph's Church.

Conducted by a Priest of the Ro man Catholic Church.

10.33

Close down.

WEATHER REPORT

Hongkong Royal Observatory 10 a... AK, 18. Barometer. (at sea level), 29:64 ins Temperature, 84 F.

Humidity, 87 per cent.

12.15 p.m. 'Beethoven--Sonata in AWind Direction. E/S, Major, Op. 110.

Wilhelm Kempft (Piano).

,

12.35 Mendelssohn - “A Midsum- mer Night's Dream"-Overture.

State Opera Orchestra.

12.48 The B.B.C. Wirless 'Chorus.

Wind Force (Beaufort), 4.

JULY SHOWERS Rainfall recorded during July was as follows:-Royal Observa- tory 21.765 inches; Shing Mun (No. 1) 39.25: Shing Man No. 2) 98.32: Shing Mun (No. 3) 33.42; Shing

4) 34.15: Shing Mun (No.

Mun (No. 5)

29.53; 32.06; Kowloon Sheklipul 28.83; Taipo 30.21; Fan- Un Long 22.54: T31 ling 28.23: Lam Chung 3239.

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The total rainfall recorded by

the Royal Observatory from Jan. 1, 1940, to July 31, was 87.100 ins., as compared with 82.785 ips. dur

Temperature. maximum yesterday, ing the corresponding period last

86 F Temperature Minimum last night,

79 F.

Ramfall for 24 hra ending 10th

today, 0.09 ins.

year.

THE WEATHER

The maximum temperature. yes-

Crown of Life | Turner-FarTAT); Mystic Woods (Turner-Farrar). It Total rainfall since January 1st. terday was 84 and the minimum

Was A Lover and His Lass (Shakes- peare, and Morley).

1.00 Local Time Signal, and Wes ther Report.

1.03 Elzar-Enigma Variations, Op.

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

99.94 175. Against an average, of, 60.90 ins Sunset today. 6.54 pm. Sunrise tomorrow. 8.01 a.m.

4 p.m.. Aug. 18. Barometer (at sea level), 29.75 ins. Temperature, 82 F.

1.30 Reuter & Rugby Press, Wen-Humidity, 84 per cent. ther Forecast and Announcements. Wind Direction; ́E.

1.45 Welsh Songs.

Wednesday, 21st. Aug.

36.

About 20th Sept.

Wednesday, 28th Aug..

Wednesday, 11th Sept.

Thursday, 22nd Aug.

KAMAKURA MARU

Thursday, Saturday, Friday,

22nd Aug. 24th Aug. 20th Aug.

• ATAGO MARU

RANGOON & CALCUTTA via Singapore

• TOBA MARU

KOBE

& YOKOHAMA

ATUTA MARU.

HARUNA MARU

* Cargo only,"

Complete Information From Your Agent or:

li

NIPPON YUSEN KAISYA

KING'S BUILDING

Wind Force (Beaufort), 4.

The Gipsy (Crays): Praise of Wales Maximum "temperature, 84 F. (Geirionydd and wwlyd) William Minimum temperature, 79 F Edwards (Tenor) with Harp accomp.Rainfall, 0.37. Falk, Sonza: Titrwm. Tatrwm: Bleep thou, my pretty child: Where are you going to? The Bittern, from the Banna-Mable Parry (Soprano) with Plano. Adieu to Dear Cambria: Mentra Owen-Evan Williams (Tenor) with Orchestra....

2.03 Mutary Band Music.

Hyde Park Suite (Jałowicz)--Regi- mental

Band of HM. Grenadier Guards. The Aldershot Tattoo, 1938 -Massed Bands of the Aldershot and Eastern Commands.

ال

BONG KONG TIDE TABLE From 17 to 23 Aug. 1940.

HIGH WATER.

Height

Kong

Standard

7.

Height..

*79.

Local showers, are forecast for today.

The Royal Observatory report

states:-

A ridge of high pressure extends frem N. China to the Pacific east- ward of Japan.

The China Sea depression. has probably entered the "ccast Indo-China near Tourane.

J

of

The Pacifc depression is situat-. ed about 650 miles to the east of Manila, moving westward.

HEALTH RETURNS:

A

The following is the Return of notifiable diseases notified

ocenrred 13 the Colony during the 24 hours ended midnight, August 15:- Enteric

having

at

Fever, four cases; Measles, two

in. cases, Dysentery, dx cases. Tuber- 34culosis, 29 cases

Low WATEX

Bong Kong

Hong

Standard

Time.

Time

h.m

tylu.

h. m.

2.30

Close down.

Sat.

17

08 46

01 57

7.50 A Light Orchestral Cancer with Richard Tauber (Tenor), Telephone 30231.

22 11

49

15 20

13

Sup 18

0976 71

02 41

3 1

chestra Mascotte.

Polka (Schwanda" - Winberger); | Mod. 19 Furlent Schwanda"-Winberger) - State Opera Orchestra. Once There Tues. 20 Lived a Lady Fair (from 'Blossom Time-Richard Tauber (Tenor) with Orchestra. Ballroom Memories Waltz Potpourri arr. Robrecht-Or- Tany. 22

2238

:5

1554

*

1004

6 9

03 24

29

23 04

5 3

1324

14

10 38

04414

2:8

23 26

6 41

1855

Wed. 21

11 08 6 3

04 44

23 47

11 32

54 59.

1726

18.

05 25

2 8

Bright Eyes (Clutsam): Somewhere a Fri Voice Is Calling (Newton-Tate)

-1758

23.

23

00:08.

08.08

Richard Tauber (Tenor) with Orches

11 56 54

18 19

% inches for the same period,

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I Know of Two

Over two inches of rain fell in Shanghai between 6 and 7 p.m.

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1 inches. fell during the downpour 27

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with

3 0 the 67 years average of nearly 30

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