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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 15, 1939.

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RADIO A Look Through

ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) Folk Songs of Cathay

From the Studio

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k.e's, und on Short Wave from 1-2.10 p.m. and 8-11.15 p.m. on 0.32 m.c's. per second.

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12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- ccasion.

The "Telegraph”

50 YEARS AGO

Doc. 24, 1880. ↑ BIRTH-On December 10th, al "Idle- wild," the wife of W. R. Loxtoy, of A| daughter.

Among the songs which hayo had n great influence and widespread papu larity, in the hymn "There is a Happy Land, Far, Far Away." The author, ko bo many other writers of famous songs, never received a panny for his work and scant credit. tio is still liv ing at the age of 80 and his name is Andrew Young,

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12.30 Billy Cotton and His Band. Everybody Kiss Your Partner, You Sigrid Me Dreaming, The Glory of Love, Gol To Dance My Way To

According to A computation just Heaven, I Nearly Let Love Go Slip-fasued by an ominent statisticlan, the ping Through My Fingers.

cost in human lifo of the ward of the Inst thirty-four years has been 2,963,000- Souls. The Crimean war cast 760,000 men; the italion war (1858) 45,000; the Danish war (1864) 3,000; the Amort can civil war-the Northern states. 280,000; the Southern statex 520,000; the Austro-Prussian war 46,000; the Franco- German war-France 156,000, Germany 60,000; the South African wars 80,000; the Afghan war 25,000 the Mexican and Cochin-Chinese expeditions G6,000; and the Bulgaro-Servian Insurrection 25,000.

12.19 Fiano Duets by Rawicz and Landauer.—"The Street Singer," Valse Des Fleurs (from 'Casso Nol- sette Suite'), Sleeping Beauty Waltz. 1.00 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report

1.03 Louts Levy and Ills Gaumont Britiah Symphony"Firefly" Selee- tion, The Eyes of the World Are On You, My, What A Diffrent Night, Everybody Dance, Turning The Town Upside Down, Taking A Stroll Around The Park, "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castic" Selection. 1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and

ments.

Announce-

1.43 Beellioven-Symphony No. 1 In C Major, Op. 21. B.B.C. Sym-

phony Orchestra.

2.15 Close Down.

6.00 p.m. Tariini, Sonata for Vio- In and Flano ("Devil's Trill"). Yehudi Menuhin,

6.16 Bach-Sulie No. 4 In D Major. Adolf Busch Chamber Players.

6.40 Closing Local Stock Quota-

Hons.

6.42 Songs by Beniamino Gigli (Tenor). Forbidden Music, The Stars Were Shining, Woman Is Fickle,

6.51 Albert Sandler and I!s Or- chestra with Jessica Dragonetto (Vocal)The Lost Chord, Sanctuary of the Heart, Will You Love Me, Love's Joy, Back Eyes, Souvenir D'Ukraine, Grinzing, Remembrance, Alice Blue Gown. Through The Door- way of Dreams, You Are My Heart's Delight, Patiently Smiling.

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

The The

8.03 Light Orchestral-In Sudan, Babylonian Nights, Waltz Dream" Selection, A Frangesa!, Parade Of The Imps.

8,23 Benno Moiseiwitsch at the Хідле Mouvements Perpetuels (Poulenc); Elude (Stravinsky) Flir- Iations In A Chinese Garden (Cha-

sins).

8.30 Studio-Dr. T. Z. Koo of The World's Student Christian Federa- tion, Geneva, in. “Folk Songs of Cathay." Illustrated by Flute.

8.50

Orchestral Interlude. Sulto Orientale (Popy), Marek Weber and His Orchestra, La Folletta (Mar- ches), Melodious Intermezzo (Kols- cher), Erich-Olschewski and is Orchestra.

9.05 Events.

Studio-Comments on Recent

0.15 London Relay-News Sum- mary.

9.30 London Relay "World Af- fairs."

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0.45 Walton-Facade Sulte. Lon- don Philharmonic Orchestra.

10,00 Studio "The Beauty England"; The Third of a Series of Talks by The Very Rev, The Dean of Hongkong.

10.30 London Relay Tho Lying Jade." A lopical programme dealing with the aet of spreading rumours In wartime. Arranged by Stephan Potter.

11.00 Close Down,

STOCK MARKET

REPORT

Hongkong Stock Exchange Official Summary issued yesterday says:

The market was fairly active and prices show signs of hardening.

H.K. Bank $1,340

Bank of East Asia $73 Union Ins; $395 Douglases 3714 Docks $10.40

Providents $4.45 H. & S. Hotels $4.85 Lands $334

Humphreys $7.80

Realties $4.40

Chinese Estates $102 Tramways $17

Star Ferries $00 Yaumati Ferries $23 China Lights (Old) $0.20

$52.60

this $11.40 Telephones (New) $0.60

Ropes C6,40

Dairy Formis (Old) $20 Dairy Forms (New) $10% Watsons $8.30

Entertainments 30%

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H.K. Bank $1,340/G0 Docks $19,00 Tramways $174

Telephones (Old) $25% Watsons $9

Balen

H.K. Bank $1,340/50 Docks $19.30/.40 Providents, $1

H. & S. Hotels $4.80 Chinese Estates $103 Tramways $15.70/80/IT- China, Lights (Old) say Cemonts $10.40%.50 Ropes: $6

Watsons, $8.03

The largest gathering of Freemasons that this colony--or the Far East-han yot known, assembled at Freemasons' Hall on Thursday night to do honour to the annual installation meeting, of Lodge St. John, No. 018 S.C. There werd about one hundred and Thirty brethren present, anil an the dnis wero twenty-three Past Masters. The cere mony was conducted by I. W. Bro, the Нол. C. F. Chafer, District Grand Master of Hongkong and South Chips, who was assisted by a powerful.contin- gant of the Grand Lodge Officers.

After the ometal business, the Lodge entertained the members and visitors to a sumptuous banquet, whon n moet enjoyablo avening was spent, the clock pointing to three o'clock before "uld Lang Syne" Indiested that even the best of friends most part.

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SUGGESTIONS FOR XMAS GIFTS MUSICAL NOVELTIES TO PLEASE ALL

FOR THE CHILDREN

Mouth Organs. Gramophones, Tambourines. Musical Boxes & Ukeleles. Nursery Rhyracs, Winnie the Pool, Mickey Mouse and Pop Eye Records.

A meeting of the Legislative Council Song Albums of Xmas Carols, Shirley Templo favouriter and others.

wan hold town to-day. The Brat business was a motion by Mr. MacEwen, that the Report of the Committee ap pointed to consider the question of of cla alaries bo isld on the table.

· FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILY

Every kind of Musical Instrument,

Radios of all sizes and makes, from the smallest in daluty colours, To the large Hadio Gramophone in handsome Cabinets. Musical Cigarello Boxes, Beer mugs and Jugs, playing the old tunes. Books on Musle and Composers.

Mr. MacEwen said that undoubtedly a very great hardship had existed lately Among Europeau officials In the Celony, owing to the great depreciation in the Holiday Edition of "Gone with the wind". ($5.00), value of the dollar, and the high cast, Albums of all the favourite Composers, both Classleal and Light. of living caused thereby. It was con- Orolorto, Opera, Ballads, Musical Comedies and Hits of the Moment ditional in the Service that salaries were attached to certain posts MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Heifetz, Crooks, Tauber, Kreisler, clo

cortain Records by all the leading artistes, including, Gigli, McCormack, Jeanette that was to any if a Govornar came here he expected to govern a first-class Orchestras conducted by Toscanini, Stokowsky Bruno Walter among others. Colony, at a salary of £5,000, and so on The cheerfest dance records by Victor Sylvester, Harry Roy, Nal Gonella, down to a policeman, who expected to The humour of Ronald Frankau, Sandy Powell, Gracio Fields, etc. recoive salary of £100, or its equival-) ent,

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crease of inlaries was lke, a red rag atated in sterling, but in dollars, and] MARINA HOUSE, in a bull, but hero salaries were not the home authorities. calculated the equivalent of the dollar at 18, 2d., eo. that when an officer went to the Calo- nial Omes to obinia or accept an ap-i pointment in this Colony he was toldi that the pay was so many thousand dollars per annum, niwaya calculating the sale of exchange at ds. 2d.

25 YEARS AGO

Dec. 14, 1014.

A mesonge from Rome states that the Foreign Minister, speaking In the Chamber, said that Italy had inelated on exemplary reparation. for the Hodeidah Ineldent, but the Ottoman Government had replied that communication between Constantinople and adoldal was in- terrupted. (Loud murmurs). Ile ind telegraphed again demanding immediate reparation (Loud cheers). A number of Deputies, anild cheers, strongly In-1 sinted that Italy's honour and dignity should be upheld.

The Japanero Minister of Marine has telegraphed to Mr. Winston Churchill: heartfelt, congratulations on the splen- did British victory near the Falkland Islands. Mr. Churchill replied that the auccess was largely owing to the power-j ful and untiring nesistance of the Japa- nese Fleat, The expulsion of the Ger mans from the Enat WOR complete. Their return would be extremely dif- cult and hazardous, Commerco was now free from Mozambique to South America.

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The readers of Les Annales" took n vote on a new name for Eau de Cologne and decided on Eau de Louvain.

10 YEARS AGO

Dec. 14, 1920.

All anrious danger to Canion has been removed by the crushing defeat of the Ironsides. Latest information BЯLOWA the rebel forces to be a full retreat! with the Cantonesc troops following them up.

5 YEARS AGO

Dec. 14, 1934. It is one of the most regrettablo ten- dericles of the times that there should ho a constant harping on the theme of a possible war in the near future. Both In the West and in the East in this trend to be discerned in print and in apeoch, Happily, there are also indivi dunia and organisations working streng- Qualy in the cause of ponce, but their offorts aro from time to timo over- shadowed by war propagandists, some of whom are to be found in high place, whose utterances naturally attract much. attention.

COURT MOURNING

The King having commanded Court mouming for two weeks for Princess Louke, the Governor was unable to be present at the performance of "No No! Nanette" by the Phil- harmonic Society last night.

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