1940-05-18 — Page 17

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31.49 metres (9,520 kilo-cycles) ZBW, 355 metres (645 kc.) ana. Barbara Gilmar (Soprano)

From the Studio

Radio Programme Broadcast by Z. B. W. on a Frequency of 845 k,c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 0-12 midnight on 0.52 m.c's, per second,

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

12.30 "The Gay Ninelles."

12.50 Concert Walizes.

1.00 Local Timo Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 Dance Music by Ambrose and.

Ills Orchestra.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast

ments.

And Announco-

1.45 Compositions of Lebar.

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2.15

Close DoWN,

6,00

7.00

Verdi's "La Traviata" Act II. Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

7.02

chestra.

Marek Weber and His Or-

7.10 Studio-Realist by Barbora Gilmar (Soprano).

7.30 London Relay--The News 0.00 Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report,

8.03 Latest Dance Music and Variety,

8.45 London Relay-"At the Black Dog."

Mr. Wilkes

bar-parlour.

at home in his own

0.15 London Relay-News Bum-

9.30 Compositions of Rachmaninoff. 10.17 Violin Solos by Albert Sandler.

10.30 Light Orchestral Concert with Charles Kullman (Tenor).

11.00 London Relay-London Leg'. 11.25 Dance- Musle,

12.00 midnight. Close Down.

"TO-MORROW'S-BROADCAST-

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 045 ke's, and on Short Wave from 11 a.m.-2.30 p.m. and B-10.35 p.m. on 9.52 m.c's. per second.

11.0 a.m. Relay of Morning Ser vice from St. John's Cathedral.

12.15 p. The Band of 11M, Coldstream Guards,

12.30 Selections from 'Light Opera, 1.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

1.02 Studio Another "Musical

Cockfall" by Erich Forges (Plano) (from Jimmy's Kitchen).

1.23 Organ Interlude. The Lost Chord (Sullivan), Clols ter Shadows (Hope), Reginald Foort at the B.B.C. Theatre Organ.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce

ments.

1.43 Verdi's "Aida" Act II. 2.30 Close down.

7.0 Compositions of Cesar-Franck. Redemption...The Lamoureux Or- chestra, Paris; cond-by Albert. Wolf; Prelude, Chorale and Fugue, Alfred Cortot (Piano).

7.30 London Relay-The News.

8,0 Local Time Signal and Wea- ther Report

8.03 Marek Weber and His Or- chestra.

"La Belle Helene"-Selection, You Shall Be The King Of My Heart (Stolz).

8.15 London Relay "Starred

Chamber"

A Play by Noel Coward. 8.45 Compositions of Schubert.'

9.15 London Relay--News Sum-

mary:

9.30 Studio-Talk by Mrs. H. 11. Scolt on "Womens Work in England

In War Time."

9.45 Chausson-Poeme, Op. 25. Yehudi Menuhin (Violin) and Or- chestre Symphonique de Poris con- ducted by Georges Enesco.

10.01 Short Choral Programune.

10.17 Studio Sunday Evening

Epilogue.

10.37 Close down,

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The "Fifth Column"

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grave suspicion that some unprlos] few new Irish jokes of the Pai, cipled people deliberately start Mike or Murphy variety, and it is'n ALTHOUGH a shock at the time, auch rumours in order to gain pro the aurrender of the greater part fit. Such an offence should be dis- long time since I heard an original of Holland is quite understandable, couraged by the provision of heavy quip attributed to a Scot. Perhaps brogues are falling by the wayalde. Reminds me of an occasion some There is no doubt that Germany sienalties for such dishonesty.

years ago when a little leg-pulling, calculated that the resistance of Midnight Madness

cross bantor occurred amongst a small army could be overcome by

TRAFFIC supervision by night party of English and. Scottish people. a smashing campaign of ruthless does not appear to be very effecA count was taken of the respective The Infiltration of the live in Hongkong. The other even-nationalities present. Each proud terrorism. "Afth column" and the partial ing, a private car was "heard" pro-ly acclaimed his or her national success of the parachutists, together ceeding along Queen's-Road-from ancestry. When-one-of-the-mon- with a merciless bombing from the cast to west. The traffic light was folk (an author of some repute) air, all served the brutal aims of against it by, the Shell Building, claimed to be a Scot, my hostess but nevertheless, the impatient expressed her surprise. "But", she Germany: The small Allied Forers horn-blowing-continued. The occu-protested; "I-have-read-several-of-

have con-pants appeared to be in a state of your books and neither in your available could not solidated themselves in so few days: conviviality Ill-suited to the hand-speech nor writing do you seem to "My dear lady" the Indeed, it would have been more ing of a motor vehicle. The con be Scottish." than surprising hud Germany not stable in the traffic box acceded to Scot replied. "I believe you werd met with some success when it their raucous demand by giving born in Dorset, but nobody would

them the green light, whereupon know it." remembered that her campaign had the driver-steppod-on-the-gas,-and-

prepared months before literally

roared down Pedder Mussolini's Quandary Total warfare, as it is called, has Street. I looked in the morning The fate of Italy appears to hang been evolved by the fiendish braing paper for the report of a smash, but by a very slender thread, but every movement, and apparently, luck was on the side of hour that passes should relleve the behind the Nazi there is good reason to believe that madness that night. every form of terrorismı practised by Germany. If some of Dialects, And Brogues the weaker nations are temporarily erased from the map, they are not AN after-dinner chat the other the opening phase of the Bitzkrieg

Britain and night-as usual, much ado about must blame. France will take the blows, but will nothing led up to the question of choice lies between becoming a co- ultimately give more than they take national humour. It was asserted partner of the most hated fiend in the to the eternal damnation of those from one quarter that British hunt- world, or extricating himself from an who started this massacre.

been

entirely to

Fact Versus Fiction

will bo

tension. Mussolini may bo on the brink of throwing in his lot withs Hiller, but the tremendous slaughter. must have a sobering influence. .

be dawning on him that his

our was hard to beat, whereupon entanglement which will lead to his an American present asked for alown undoing. The prospect which faces him should he choose the definition of "British" humour. It former alternative is indeed grim

is true there are many dialects and and I doubt, even at this momentous

AND go a change has been made brogues in the English language juncture, whether he will chance the in the gulding, influence of the Bri-sense. tish Ministry of Information. Duff Cooper, who now holds the post, may be expected to place the facts of the Allied cause before the world, even if with his customary bluntness. He will also lose time in exposing the lying pro- paganda of the Germans. It is better to be convinced by facts, oven

These days there are very terrible 'consequences of war.

no

If occasionally unpleasant rather Dear than be misled by fiction.

Girls' and Boys' Corner

Kiddies,

Last week's colouring competition was very well done. The prize. winners this week bre:-

Wong Kwok Lam (aged 12), 3,

John Hardoón (sged 814), 18,

June Gordon (aged 8), 518 -0,

Nathan Tond.

Germans In Hongkong

to the LAST week, I referred rbsurdity of permitting Germans to Garden Road. enjoy their freedom in the Colony,)

80 very Village Road. True, there may not ba many, but avery German must be suspect. During my sojourn in the

Coupons have been sent to Wong Far East. I have met the Gormans who, in a gesture of pseudo-con- Kwok Lam, John and June which fidence, have protested that their want them to bring to the "Heng sympathies have been with the Bri- kong Telegraph" offices in Wyndham tish, and that they have been en Street. The coupons will then be tirely opposed to Hitlerism. It has exchanged for money prizes. later come to my personal know Specially commended for excellent Khun, Esten ledge that some of those who lod work are the following:

Sentors: Ghazi with crocodile tears in their eyes, Olsson, George Wong, Mary Grace wore at the very moment of speak Asche, Andrew Kee, Willie. Mok, Nelson, Kco On Tak, ing, members of the Nazi move James ment in this Colony. I have yet to Reinaldo Sales, Roy Holmen,

Intermediates:

Alan Dobbs, hear or see a German publicly ex pressing his condemnation of his Dawood Bux, Shonn McIntyre, SB.

country's policy. ・・

Those Rumours

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Anthony Cutcher, Horacio Ozarlo, Patricia Ozorio.

Juniors: Belly- Mair,

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Yusuf, Ghafoor Bux, Susan Wood, Geoffrey Hudson.

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This week, kiddies, I want you to graph," Wyndham Street. The com

closes at 2. p.m. the Colony concerning the alleged collapse of the Wall Street market. Atudy the above picture closely and petition

Wednesday. Y trace the way the boy in the then Shares, stocks, commodities were toboggan at the top must go to Join “Best of luck; kiddies. supposed to have fallen anything

his friends below. without crossing a up to twenty points. The King of black find

der in the name uge and address Taly Ind abdicated in Italy had clared war, and so on. There coupon and send your senfrica to would appear to be grounds for the Uncle Eddle, c/o Hongkong Tele-

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