1939-12-21 — Page 13

OPEN

TILL

2 a.m.

Christmas Eve and Night

TIFFIN

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

December 21, 1939.

Christmas

AT THE

ST. FRANCIS

13 Queen's Road Central

CHRISTMAS EVE, SUNDAY, DEC. 24

DINNER $3.09

Fruit Cocktail

Cleur Turtle Soup

Pouched Salmon, Sauce Hollandaise

Lamb Chop

Baked York lam, Champegi Santee Reast Turkey, Chestnut Dressing Potatoes Parisienne

Green Peas

feed Asparagus, Mayonnaise Sauce Christmas Pudding!

Mince Pic

Assorted Nuts Fruit

Ten

or Cuffer

CHRISTMAS DAY, MONDAY, DEC. 25

$3.00

Cream of Tomato

Fried Sole, Tartare Sauce

Quail on Toast

Larded Fillet Steak, Mushroom Sauce Roast Suckinit Pist. Apple Dressing French Fried Potators

Cauliflower Saute

Plan Pudding, Brandy Sauer

Christmas Cake

Assorted Nuts

Tea

Fruit

or

Coffee

Wine and Dine in Style

this Christmas at the

DINNER - - - - - $3.00

Shrimp Cocktail Cream of Celery

Fried Fillet of Sule; Tomato Sauce Veal Stealt

Lamb Cutlet Parmeatler Roast Stuffed Turkey, Cranberry Sauce Patateen London Ileuse French Beans

Iced Asparagus, 1000 Island Dressing Christmas Pudding Mince Pie Assorted Nuts

ST. FRANCIS HOTEL

FRIENDS

ARE DEAR

Frult

Tea QI

Cofice

Greetings

CABLES ARE CHEAP

In whatever corner of the Empire your friends may be,. greet them by cable-Via_Imperial-this Christmas. It is so easy-just hand your message in at the office of Cable and Wireless, Ltd., and so cheap, too. words for $4.00 to anywhere in the Empire.

Christmas

and

New

Year

twelve

$4

TWELVE WORDS

Cable and Wireless, Limited.

Electra House

3, Connaught Road, Contral,

Tel. 28035.

RADIO

ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 metres (0,520 kilo-cycles) Gracie Fields and Others

In Variety

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z.B.W. on a Frequency of 45 ke's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m.) end 8-11-15 p.m. on 9.52 mes per second.

II.K.T.

12.15 p.m. Short Service of inter- cession.

12.30 Selections from Gliberi and Sullivan's "The Gendollers."

1 Local Time Signal and Weather Report.

1.03 Grace Moore (Soprano) and] Edith Lorand and Her Viennese

· Orchestra.

Die Czardasfurstly-Potpourri,.......... Edith Lorand and Her Viennese Orchestra; Our Gong (film When You're In Love'); The Whistling Boy (film 'When You're in Love')....... Grace Moore (Soprano) with Orches- tra; Donauwelien, Waitz (Ivanovici); The Last Waltz (Oscar Strauss)..... Edith Lorand Orchestra; The End Begins (Alm The King steps out') Moore (Soprano), with Grace Orchestra; Why Do You Hale Me? Tango (Strpusky).....Edith Lorand und Her Viennese Orchestra.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast arid Announce-

ments,

1.45 Dance Music by Henry Jacques and His Correct Dance Tempo OT- chestra.

2.15 Close Down.

5.43 Studio-Children's Hour. 0.45 Closing Local Stock Quoia- tions

6.47 Songs by Paul Robeson (Bass). Lullaby (from Porgy and Bess- Gershwin); It Take A Long Puil To Get There (from 'Porgy and Bess Gershwin); I Don't Know What's Wrong (Dyrenforth and Eric Ansell); Roll Up Sallorman (film 'Big Fella'),

7 Light French Music.

Cafe-Chantant (Wai-Berg); C'Est Dans Un Caboulot (Mare Lanjean)

Damia (Vocal) with Orchestra; Ah Dis, Ah Dis, Ah Bonjour (Charles Trenet); In Vie Qui Va (French Alm Je chante')....Charles Trenet (Vo-

with Orchestra; Val

Valse-Ma Ban- cal) Heue (from Revue "Feerle de Paris"); Java-Sous Les Becs De Gaz (from Revue "Feerie de Paris"). L'As- cordeoniste Alexander and His Or chestra: Du Soleil Dans Sex Yeux (Gaston Cinret); Je Crols N'Avoir Jurnals Alme (im Premiere).

Damia (Vocal) with Orchestra; Le Petit Quinqula (Desrousseaux); Au- pres De Ma Blonde (Duhamel)..... Jean Sorbier (Vocal) with Orchestra. 7.30 London Relay-The Neva

8 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements,

8.03 Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier Suite.

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Karl Alwin.

8.20 Songs by Ameilta Galli-Curel (Soprano).

Alr ond Varlatter (Proch); La Fauvette ("Zemire et Azor"-Gretry) ....with Flute obbligato by Clement Burone; Carnations (Valverde); Little Star (Ponce)....with Piano accomp. by Homer Samuels,

8.32 Violin Solos by Friz Kreisler. Liebesteld (Kreisler); Liebesfreud (Kreisler)....with Plano accomp. by Lamson: Caprice Viennois (Kreisler) ....with Plano accomp. by Rupp.

8.45 Studio--Talk on "ler and the Aryan Race."

4.05 Songs by Lina Paglugli (Soprano).

dini):

The Pearl Fishers" (Bizet-Zanar- Cavalina di Lella; "Rigoletto" (Verdi), Gilda's Aria: Caro nome; "Mignun". (Thomas), Io son Titania with Orchestral accompaniment. 9.15 London Refay-New Sum- mary.

9.30

London Relay-Talk by Lord

Chalfield,

9.45 Dance Music..

10 Variety with Gracie Fiekls, Tommy Handley, Oliver Wakefcid. Charlie Kunz and Others..

DARDANUS BACK

Bullet-Riddled Plane

Flown. Here'

The bullet-riddled Imperial Air- ways plane Dardanus was flowri back to Kal Tak from Fort Bayard; yesterday for further repairs. Capt J. Wilson pilated the pine accom panied by Messr. French and Crosble of the Imperiai Airways staff.

The 90 odd bullet holes in thei fuselage and wings were patched with dark fabric and the spars which had been almost eaten through by: the stream of bullets had been re- placed at Fort Bayard. It was die covered after the plane had been flown from Weichow that the Japan- ese had only patched up ue holes, but had not repaired any of the para shot away under the table. For this reason the wings were in danger of folding up.

Examination of the aircraft at Kaji Tak yesterday revealed there were: about six holes in the rent freight compartment. These bullets harl perforated mell from longkong There were also several koles in the passengers' seats, beneath which the passengers in the plane were forced to crouch to avoid being hit

There were two holes through the

wils

of the livatory and many in the

sound proof pacteing, pos-

M

Christimas

WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOUR

CHRISTMAS DINNER and PARTIES.

13

Foods

VISIT OUR STORES. NOW AND TAKE YOUR CHOICE. HERE IS A TYPICAL LIST OF VALUES,

CHICKENS

TURKEYS!!!

Special Line in Prime Birds

AUSTRALIAN.

$1.15 lb..

12/20 lbs.:

Imported Pheasants

$3.50 braço

OWN FARM CAPONS

78c. lb.

KRAFT SPREAD KRAFT PASTES

LIFE SAVERS

Own Form Ducks.. 60e. Ib.

Imported Ducklings.

62c.

Own Farm Ceese 66c.

Sage, Parsley or Sausage

Stuffing

D. F. FED

$1.30 lb.

7/20 lbs,

HAMS

D. F. (WHOLE! 70c. lb.

60c. lb.

11⁄2 oz. tins : for 2 pkts,

5 oz, jars $.90

*.38

.25

SOUTHWELL'S FRUITS in 29 oz. bots. BLACKBERRIES ........ $1.20 jar. COOSEBERRIES

.95 jar.

ORDER YOUR TURKEY

EARLY

28185

IT WILL BE STORED

FREE OF CHARGE

The Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd.

"Confidentially"

HOP EARLY.

CHEONG

HING STORE

FOR ALL KINDS OF THE

FINEST CHRISTMAS CONFECTIONERY

IN TINS OR CARTONS

FULL ASSORTMENT OF AMERICAN NUTS

JUST ARRIVED

CALIFORNIAN FRESH DATES

BASKETS OF FRUIT

TEMPTING CHRISTMAS FARE

Plum Puddings, Mincomeat, Crystallised Fruit,

Etc., Etc.

Branch Store, 69 Des Voeux Road Contral

Tel. 23919 and 22771

Kowloon Store, 72 Nathan Road. Tel. 56140.

CHEONG HING STORE

FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR SUPPLIES

od pred ground the Count the "TELEGRAPHS" everywhere

senger cabin. It is expected that

a number of bullets will be found

lodged in this packing when it is re-

maved for examination,

The plane will have to be sent to Slugapore for complete overhaul and renewal of parta.