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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1987.

Hongkong Hides From Airmen

Practico Black-Out Covers Colony

A pall of darkness which smothered evening We and galety in Hongkong fell at 8 p.m. last night when the two hour practice black-out too place. Gaudy neon signs outside cinemas, shops and hotels, street lights, ships lights, illuminated advertisements, waterfront lights, falryland lights on the Peak, all were drowned in the wave of blackness which swept Hongkong and Kowloon.

League Glad If Italy Withdraws

Had Been Inactive Member Months

RADIO BROADCAST

(Continued from Page 7.) Roy); Harlem (Eddie Carroll)..... Harry Roy's Tiger-Iogamuffins,

11.00 Close Down.

DAVENTRY PROGRAMMES

7.20 am. Cards on the Table." 7,40 3. Pianoforte Ilecia by Cyru

Smitii.

4. "The Goddess Fortune, 3.40 am. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 8.45 a.m. a.m. Dift Ben, The Lestle Bridgewater

Harp Quintet.

10 in. Big Ben. At the Black Dog. 10.30 am. Dig Dill Campbell and his Hin

Billy Dand.

Geneva, Dec. D. League circles actually profess, a feeling of relief at the prospect of Italy resigning. There was a strong feeling in those quarters in favour of pronouncing the exclusion of Italy, from the League at the tinc of the Ethiopian conflict. Neverthe-11.10 am. The

monte. less, of the seven great Powers, only Britain und France will be

repre- sented at Geneva to champion the idents of the Covenant..

11am. Metnories of Queen Victutin

News and Announce- Greenwich Time Signal at 11.10 am. 11.30 a.. Chamber Music. The art 4.15 pm. Big Den. At the Black Dog

House String Quartet.

4.45 pm. Getting Ready for Chelainan." 455 pm. "The Old Folks at Home (Second

Series)~~.

5.35 pm. The News and Announcements, Greenwich Tune Signal at 5.45 pan. pm. Short Recital by Mary Crawshaw (New Zealand Planisi).

0.10 pm. As I Bra 11.

0.45 hun. Dla Ben. Verlety, with "The Pour Aces in Gangster Hythm, Bentieti and Williams in Child's Piny."

The Leslie Bridgewater Harp

7.15

Roof gardens apil other points of

It is considered extremely likely vantage were much in demand by that pressure will be applied to bring residents curious to see what Hong-about sccession of sonte smaller kong looked like when it attempted States which

revolve about the 10 make itself invisible.

Rome-Berlin axis.--Reuter Special. Traffic in the alternating gloom and

BRITAIN UNAFFECTED deceptive moonlight stumbled along

London, Dec, 0. the sombre streets with straining-

Political circles declare that Britain eyed drivers peering anxiously ahead is not greatly affected by Italian for pitfalls and hazards. So durk were some of the streets that pedes-whdrawal as Italy has been a non-7.45 pai. God's Admiral-Robert Blak

member since the Abyssinian: General-at-Sea.. trians did not see each other until Empire, and possibly also this would.30 p.m. lieury Toll and his Dance they collided.

Around the Po Hing Theatre delay Britain entering into Anglo-0.10 p.m. English locality

Italian negotiations.--Reuter Special. in Kowloon and other favourable places, Chinese gathered in crowds around the pavements to

ARMS FROM ITALY watch for the searchlight display to come-fertile fields for pickpockets. Yugo-Slavian Premier On Vigilant pollee, reinforced for the

-Visit to Rome pccasion, patrolled the alreets and

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.pt watch over the inhabitants of a

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WITH CONNECTION TO SIAN, CHENGTU, KUNMING

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shadow city.

About 9p.m. searchlight blades muddenly shed actors the sky as they criss-crossed in search of observing aeroplanes which hoverert over the darkened districts. Silve ed in the rays of lights, the planes roused murmurs of admiration from the Chinese.

Ал black-out

the the

FROM THE PEAK observer who watched from Lugard Road, Penk, noted that the general reduc- tion of lighting was immediate at 8 p.m. and still inore effective before five minutes had passed. Hund- lighted gas lamps were extinguishes

a moment at the source, as were the electric street-lamps. All the prominent green street Inmps at North

Point and the flood lighting of the Power Station were soon ell-

minated.

forth like bad deeds in a good world Fallures to darken at once shone

-to reverse the familiar Üne.

Home, Dec. 8.

Orchestra.

Falk-songs: The Nothern Counties. Dale Smith (2

tune).

0.30 p.m. The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 9.45 p.m. 10.16 p.m. Ben. The UBC Emphyt

Orchestra,

11.15 p.m. At the Black Dog.'

11.45 p.,

Goodin

Har Recital by Maric

12 a.m. The News and Announcements.

Greenwich Time Signal at 12.15 nm. Dr. Milan Stojadinovich, Yugo-1221 am. Musical Intertide Slavian Prime Minister, Count Ciano, 12.30 am. Sprites and Gobilag," Foreign Minister and Signor Dino 129 am. Charles Ernesco and his quintet

with Webster Bouth, Alfieri, Italian Minister for Propa-1.4 a.m. Pianoforte lecital by Sidne

Ilattison, ganda, left for Milan to Inspect the

Big Den. The News and An- Italian seroplane and armament fac-2 a.m.

nouncements,

Greenwich Time Signal at B.15 am, It is believed Yugo-Slavin is buying 225 am. Musical Interlude.

'As I See Io. arms and aeroplanes from Italy, be-230 am. cause of a favourable trade balance 247 am. Dave Frost and his Band, in with Italy-Reuter's Special.

Lories.

Dr.

LITTLE ENTENTE

Hint of Yugo-Slavlan Withdrawal

Rome, Dec. 9. Fascists hint that they expect that

Milan

When you and I were Dancing."

3.10 a.m. Orchestral Musical, 330 am. Marie Tempest on Mrs. Alvin

in Ohosts, by Henrik Ibsen.

tion by Val Gielgud.

5 am. Interval,

Produr

9.15 a.tn. The News and Announcement" Greenwich Time Signal at 5.30 aan, 3.40 am. At the Black Dor.' 4.30 am. Sportamen Talking':

Abrahams, on the Empire Cames ol 1030.

Danec Music.

choose be-

Stoyadinovitch, Prime 0.23 a.111, Minister of Yugo-Slavin, after a con- ference with Mussolini, will re- commend that Yugo-Slavia withdraw Minister, that he must from the Little Entente and join the tween collaboration with Russla ant Bolleve it is a case of the wish being United Press. Rome-Berlin axle, but foreign circles faithful Rumanian military support. father to the thought.

Dr. Stoyadinovitch returns to Bel- grade on Saturday and will be the guest of M. Delbos on Sunday. United Press.

At Central Police Station two lights shone towards the Peak but were discovered and extinguished within The worst offender was 10 minutes. a shopkeeper near Caine Road who had five outside his shop blazing for fully

20 minutos, until action was taken. The glow of light from this display illuminated the whole neigh- bourhood, and wa

he worst failure Prime of all to comply w

the scheine.

On the Kowloo.. side a row of lights was visible in flats-possibly

in Hankow Road-for 25 minutes.

A large red truffle signal in Cause-

way Bay was pramineni for some

time, but was ultimately shut off. A number of red lights at Kal Tak Acrodrome marked out the whole area. Any red lights seemed par- ticularly noticeable,

MOTOR CAR PROBLEM Moving molor ears constitute → special problem. When these vehicle are ascending to the Condult | Read level the steep gradients throw

their lights heavenward-and-a-num-- ber of them moving at any one time inevitably outline large areas. of the

Naval vessels were thoroughly dimmed and practically Invisible from the Peak, but navigation lights on merchant ships and on ferries

were

tre clearly geen and exaggerated by reflection on the water. It may be possible to restrict the beams by means of funnels round the lamps, so that horizontal rays are 810 visible to steersmen.

The dimming order evidently did not reach Cheung Chau for the cen- trai urca of the "dumb bell" showed many lights.

At 10

10 pm, the "all clear" signal sounded, Hotels and places to whicht advertisement is the breath of Me

quickly switched on their neon and other lights. Soon the town wore its normal appearance and the Colony as a whole again presented to the

which are the admiration tourist.

EURASIA AVIATION CORPORATION harbour the "night lighting effects

H.K. OFFICE: KING'S BLDG., 4th Flr. Tel. 25552.

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AT

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DECEMBER 15, 16, 17 &'18

At 9.20 each evening ADMISSION: $3,30, $2,20, $1.10

4

A QUEEN'S

of the

STONE AT WINDOW Taking advantage of the blen out last night, someone threw a stone al' one of the windows of He Shui Hing Company, Des Voeux Rond Central.

Anti-Japanese elements are Heved to be responsible, as the shop was involved in a similar Incident a few weeks ago, when bilis accusing

it of selling Japanese goods were posted on the verandah pillars.

Odol

ODOL

TOOTH PASTE

LANSBURY'S VIEW

London, Dec, 0, Mr. George Lansbury, former Op position leader, well-known pacifist is visiting Czecho-Slovakia, Foland and Austrin. He said that for the Bucharest, Dec. 9. King Curol and M. Tatarascu, peace of the world it would be better Minister, have warned M. to reduce trade barriers than pile up Yvon Delbos, French Foreign armaments.-Reuter Bulletin,

DELBOS. WARNED

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one

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THE REASON IS

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NEW GARDEN FOR LA SALLE

CENTRAL AREA

new

Hongkong will soon have a garden plot in the city, if the present proposal of the Government materi- alices.

COLLEGE

the

SPEECH DAY The alte earmarked for planting up in the vacant piece of land apposite

Prizes Presented By the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Queen's Road, and Government pro-

Mrs. N. L. Smith poses to develop it into a garden area, on similar lines to Statue Square.

"Its cosmopolitan nature gives Lat yet Although nothing definite has been decided, it is considered pro-Salle College great facilities for ful- buble in official circles that the Bling the primordial aim of our scheme will be carried out, in which schools, which is to supply

who, filled with the spirit of good will case turf and shrubs will be planted Colony with well informed citizens sometime next spring

His Excellency the Governo, Sir and co-operation are fitted to take social, Industrial Geoffry Northcote, and the Hon. Mr. their part in the N. L. Smith, Colonial Secretary, In- and commercial life of Hongkong." spected the plot on Wednesday. The These remarks were included. in land has an

area of about 13,000 the report of La Salle College, pre- square feet, and was formerly the sented by the Rev. Bro. Almar, site of Beaconsfield Arcade, one of Director, at the annual speech day the oldest buildings in the Colony, yesterday, when a successful year's demolished several years ago.

activities were reported.

The land has been offered for sale

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something of an eyesore.

Mr. N. L. Smith, wife of the Hon. Mr. Smith, Colonial Secretary, dis- tributed the certificates and prizes.

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