1939-12-21 — Page 41

OPEN

TILL

Thursday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Cember 21, 1939,'

Christmas

AT THE

ST. FRANCIS

'13 Queen's Road Central

CHRISTMAS EVE, SUNDAY, DEC. 24 DINNER - $3.00

Frult Cocktail

Clear Turtle Soup

Poached Salmon, Sauce Hollandaise

Lamb Chop

Baked York Ham, Champagne Sauce Roast Turkey, Chestnut Dressing Potatoes Parisienne

2 a.m.

Christmas Eve

and Night

Iced

TIFFIN -

Green Peas Asparagus, Mayonaise Sauce

Christmas Pudding'

Mince Pic

Assorted Nuls

Fruit

Tea OF Coffee

CHRISTMAS DAY, MONDAY, DEC. 25

$3.00

Cream of Tomato

Fried Sole, Tartare Sauce

Quail on Toast

Larded Fillet Stenk, Mushroom Sauce Roast Sucking Pig, Apple Dressing,

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French Fried Potatoes

Cafiflower Saute

Plum Pudding, Brandy Smice

Christmas Cake

ASFOTied Nuts

Fruit

Few or Coffee

Wine and Dine in Style

this Christmas at the

DINNER -----

$3.00

Shrimp Cocktail Cream of Celery

Fried Fillet of Sale, Tomato Sauce Veal Stenk

Lamb Cutlet Parmentier Roast Stuffed Turkey, Cranberry Sauce Potatoes London House

French Beans

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

Fruit

T'ea or Cofice

ST. FRANCIS HOTEL Greating

FRIENDS

ARE DEAR

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. twelve words for $4.00 to anywhere in the Empire.

Christmas

and

New Year

+

$4

TWELVE WORDS

Cable and Wireless, Limited.

Electra House

3, Connaught Road, Contral,

Tel. 28035.

RADIO

ZBW, 355 metres (845 kc.) and 31.49 matres (9,520 kik-cycles) Gracia Fields and Others In Variety

5.43 Studio-Children's Itsur. 0.43 Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.47 Song by Paul Robison (Dass), Lullaby (from Porgy and Bes Gershwin; It Take A Long Pull To Get There (from 'Porgy and Dess Gershwin I Don't Know What's Wrong (Dyrenforth and Erle Ansell); Roll Up Ballerman (flm 'Blg Fella'),

7 Light French. Musle, Cafe-Chantant (Wal-Berg); C'Est Dans Un Caboulot (Mare Lanfean) ....Damla (Vocal) with Orchestra; Ah Dis, A Dis, Al Bonjour (Charles Trenet); La Vie Qui Va (French filmm 'Je chaole')....Charles Trenet. (Vo- cal) with Orchestra: Vake-Ma Ban- licue (from Revue "Fecrie de Paris"); Java-Sous Les Becs De Guz (front Itavue "Ferie de Paris"). L'Ac- cordeoniste Alexander and His Or- chestra; Du Soleil Dans Ses Yeux (Gaston Claret); Je Crols N'Avoir Jamais Airne (film 'Premiere)... Damin (Vocal) with Orchestra; Le Petit Quloquin (Desrousseaux); Au- De Ma Blonde (Duhamel)..... Jean Soruler (Vocal) with Orchestra. 7.30 London Relay-The News. 0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

pres

8.03 Strauss "Der Rosenkavalier" Sulle.

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kari Alwin.

8.20 Songs by Amelita Gatil-Curel (Soprano),

Air and Variations (Proch); La Fauvette ("Zemire et Azor-Gretry) ,with Flute obbligato by Clement Barone; Carnations (Valverde); Little Star (Ponce)...with Piano necomp. by Humer Samuels.

8.32 Vidin Bolos by Friiz Kreisler. Liebesled (Kreisler); Liebesfreud (Kreisler)..

....with Piano accomp. by Lamson; Caprice Viennes (Kreister)

with Plano necump. Rupp. 8.45 Studio-Talk on "Uitler and the Aryan Bate,"

9.03 Songs by Lina Tagliaghi (Soprano),

"The Pearl Fishers" (Bkzet-Zanar- dini), Caratina di Lella; "Rigoletto" (Verdi), Gilda's Aria; Caro nome; "Mignon" (Thomas), Io won Titonia

with Orchestral' accompaniment. 9.13 London Relay-News Sum- mary.

9.30 London Relay Talk by Lord Chatfield,

0.45 Dance Music.

10 Variety with Gracle Fields, Tommy Handler, Oliver Wakefield. Charlle Kunz and Oliers.

POST OFFICE

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

On Monday, the 25th December, and Tuesday, the 26th December the Gendrat Post Office and Branch Post Ofices will be open as follows:-

Monday, 25th December General Post Office Ba.m. to 10 a.m.; Kowloon Central Post Ofice & a.m. to 19 a.m.; Sheungwan Branch Post Office & a.m. to

Tuesday, 26th December

G. P. 0, 8.m. to Noon, K. P. Q. 8am to Noon; Sheungwan 6 m. to|

10 a.m.

All other Branch Post Omers and Money Order Omec will be entirely closed during the Holidays,

There will be one collection from the pillar boxes cach day as on Sun- days and one delivery of registered and ordinary correspondence at 10 p.m. on Monday, the 26th and at 11 am, on Tuesday, the 28th.

The Branch Past Offices at Stanley, Tai Po and Un Long will also have one delivery of ordinary correspon- clence each day at 11 am,

INWARD MARS Air Mail by "Imperial Airways Direct Bervice" London date, 13th

Dec. 21:

Europe via Suez and Strolls (London

date, 13th November) ........Dec. 21.! Air Mail by "Pan Amerkan Airways Direct Service"-San Francisco date, 15th Dec..... .Dec. 22. U.S.A.. Honolulu, and Japan (San Franciso date, 22nd Nov.) Dec. 22. Australia and Manila Australia-und Manila

Saigon Straits Japan

Europe via Suez and Strails (London

London and Straits

date, 18 Nov.)

Haiphong,and Hoihow

Japan and Shanghai Sandalcon

Shanghai and Amoy

.Dec. 22.

.Dec. 22.

.Dec. 22.

.Dec. 22.

.Dec. 22

.Dec. 22.

.Dec. 23.

Dec. 23,

Dec. 23,

Dcc. 23.

.Dec. 23.

.Dec. 23.

OUTWARD MAILS Thursday. Dec. 21

Friday, Dec. 22

Amoy

Haiphong

Dairen

..7.00 p.m.

8.30 a.m. .8.30 am. .9.30 am. .9.30 a.m. 10.30 am

Calculta and Straits

Parcels only for Shanghal 5.00 pm.

Amoy

Salgon

Shanghal

Manila, Australia and New Zealand vin Thursday Island-due Thura- day Island, 4th January 1940

for.

Ord.

K.P.O.

.G.P.O.

.2.45 p.m.

.3.30 p.m.

Reg.

.2.45 pm. Ord.

.3.30 p.m. Formoso, and Sharaghat...3.30 p.m. Харал

.4.30 p.m. Manila

....7,00 p.m. Saturday. Dec, 21 Air Mail for Manila, Guam, Nonolulu and USA, by the "Pan American Airways Direct Servlie"-dua San Franci, 20th December..

Reg.

Ord,

Rex.

..Ord.

Fort Bayard

Salgon

K.P.O...

Dec. 1, 8 p.m. Dec, 22, 5.30 p.m. G.P.0.1

Deo. 21, 5 p.m. Dec. 23, 1.30 a.m.

10.30 a.m. .10.30am.

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Christmas

WE HAVE EVERYTHING FOR YOUR

CHRISTMAS DINNER and PARTIES.

Foods

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

CHICKENS

OWN FARM CAPONS 78c. lb.

KRAFT SPREAD

KRAFT PASTES. LIFE SAVERS

Imported Pheasants

TURKEYS !!!

Special Line in Prime Birds

AUSTRALIAN

$1.15 lb. 12/20-lbs.

$3.50 braco

Own Farm Ducks.. 60c. lb.

Imported Ducklings, 62c.

Own Farm Geese .. 66c.

Sage, Parsicy, or Sausage

Stuffing

60c. lb.

D. F. FED.

$1.30 lb.

7/20 lbs.

HAMS

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

$ .90 SOUTHWELL'S FRUITS in 29 oz. bots,

.38 BLACKBERRIES

5 ox. Jars 1/2 oz. tins

for 2 pkts.

.25 COOSEBERRIES

ORDER YOUR TURKEY

EARLY

28185

$1.20 jir.

.95 Jar

1

IT WILL BE STORED

FREE OF CHARGE

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

"Confidentially"

HOD 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, Mincemeat, Crystallised Fruit,

Etc., Etc.

Branch Store. 69 Des Voeux Road Central

Tel. 23919 and 22771

Kowloon Store. 72 Nathan Road. Tel. 56140.

CHEONG HING STORE

FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR SUPPLIES

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