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April 15, 1941-
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metros (9,520 kilo-cycles)---- A Gershwin Programme With Rhapsody in Blue Radio Programme Broadcast by ZOW on a Frequency of 845 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 pun, and 6-11 p.ni. on '0.52 k.c's. per second.
H.K.T.
12.15 p.m. Short Service of Inter- cession,
12.30 Compositions of Richard Strauss-Rosenkavalior Waltzes.... Philharmonic Orchestra; Morgen, Up. 27, No. 4....Dino Borgioli (Tenor) with Piano and Violin Till's Merry Pranks....The B.B.C. Symphony Or chestra.
1.0 Local Time Signal,
1.01 Variety by Ler Allen with Instr. acc., Reginald Dixon ut tho organ; Oliver Wakefeld. Rdnara and Lek Allen with Novelty ace.
1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press and Announcements.
1.45 Alfredo and
His Orchestra
with Millisa Korjus (Soprano).
2.15 Close down.
5.45 Indian Programme.
0.30 Closing local Stock Quola-
tions.
0.32 A Rimpsody in Blue....Boston Orches- tre cond. by Arthur Fiedler, Plano: J. M. Sanroma; Bess, You Is Woman Now (from Bess")....Lawrence Th
Gershwin Programme.--
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When A Man
Is Drunk
In The Army
My and (Dark Army?
tone) and Helen Jepson. (Soprano)
UFS
URGES REVOLT Boarded Haile Selassie, Conquering Lion of Judah, is back in Ethiopia organ. izing tribal chioftains and nativos to revolt against Italian victors. Ho is at loft, with British officers, inspecting his troops armod with British guns.
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with Orritestra; Striku Up The Band Soldiers in the Pioneer Corps (from the. Musical Comedy)....gave their opinions on this at a Boston Orchestra cond. by Arthur court martial at Chelsea Bar- Fiedler: Summer Time (from "Porgy racks, when Pioneer Edward and Bess")....Bing Crosby (Vocal) with Orchestra.
James Mower was found Not Guilty of inciting soldiers to mutiny and of using insubor- dinate language to a superior
7.15
7.0 London Relay-Tho News,
London Relay "Britain Speaks"-Tolk by J. B. Priestly. 7.30 Portuguese, Programme,
Local Time Signal and officer, Announcements
6.15 Popular Classics.
Arab
8.02 Studio-Talk by William He was also charged with conduct Jenkins on "The Experience of an prejudicial to good order and dis- International Red Cross Relief cipline. The court's decision on this Worker to China,"
charge was to be made known later. Pioneer Mower was alleged to have Dance from Tchaikowsky's "Nut- cracker Suite"....Leopold Stokowski told his fellow-soldiers, during an Orchestra;re rald, not to turn out to work the (Schubert)......Herbert next morning. He pleaded that ha.
Piano; was drunk,
and
Philadelphia the
Serenade
and
Night's Team" Scherzo (Mendelssohn), The Har
monious Blacksmith
Serget
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Royal Indian Navy
An Efficient Weapon
(WITH THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY)
ivar
the
un-
War Fund
Raffle
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'The Priited1 Matfer Service to the
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Expected
SPECIAL TO THE "TelegraPH" WASHINGTON, Apr. 14 (UP).—When Congress returns from the Easter vacation this week, it plans to act immediately on President Roosevelt's request for authority to purchase foreign. ships which are immobilised in | American harbours.
The Senate, convenes today. ard the House will convent to-morrow.
Other action is expected to include the ratification of the treaty, placing | Greetland under the protective cus- lody of the United States "and es-. tablishing air bases and alco,husten- Ing. aid to Britain via the Lend and Lente Bill."
It is also believed that Congress may make Important decisions before President Roosevelt leaves for a week's rest at Warm Springs,
Danish Affairs
The Danish Minister, Mr Henrik de Kauffman, visited Mr Cordell - Hull, Secretary of State to-day to report that his government has ordered him to relinquish his post. The United States is expected to Ignore the action of the Hiller dominated Danisi government and to consider de Kault- man's status na unchanged.
The ship purchase legislation is ex- pected to pass before the end of the week to enable the purchase of 39 Danish, 28 Hollan, two German and
Owing to the Easter holidays, it has not been possible to obtain anything definite es regards the winners of the principal prizes in the Bomber Fund possibly several French ships includ- Raffle, except that the yacht presented ing the Normandie, by Wing On Shing, Shipbuilders, Cheungshawan, has been won by a Mr Chun, "Captain" employed nt the Gloucester Hotel ground floor lounge, and that a Government servant was the holder of three, winning tickets which secured for him a typewriter, a case of Sunkist canned fruit and a credit cott
coupon for $100. As regards the car, donated by Gliman and Co.,
Sunbeam-Talbot
DICKEN'S
HOUSE HIT
Another British "monument"
has been bombed. Officially 11,
there are several rumours, one that Ordnance-terrace, Chatham, is
it had been won by an Indian con-
just another house, severely
stable and another that it has gone damaged in a recent raid.
to a wealthy Chinese.
But thousands of Dickens”
A soldier is said to have held a lovers recognise the house as ticket for one of the permanent wave
prizes donated by Helen's Beauty where the novelist lived as a boy,
Parlour, but this could not be con- and where, over the garden firmed yesterday. From a rellable fence, he courted his first sweet- source. it is learned that a Chinese heart,
the Ebel diamond wrist-
Woman
won watch presented by Mesara J. Vilman and Co. Mr W.
Dickens was only Ave when his
porarily suspended;-Yunnan, › Sze-. chuen, Kweichow, Itunan, Fukien (except Amoy and Kulangsu), Kwangsl; North and East. Kwangtung.
The public are reminded that it is a breach of postal regulations to enclose in a postal cover communi- cations. Intended for persons other than the addressee.
-Small Packet Post to all countries is suspended..
INWARD AIR BLAILS *** Air Mail by "Pan-American Airways Direct Servico” —–—– Ban Franelsoo date, 8th April,
..Apr. 15.- Ale Mfall by "Pan American Airways Direct Service" San Francisco date; 15th April
.Apr. 22.
OUTWARD AIR MAILS ....... Tuesday, April 15 Air Mail for Manlia, Guam, Honolulu,
via U.S.A. and Europa
"Pan- American Airways and Trans-At- Iantie Services.".
K. P. O.
..Apr. 16, 5.00 p.m.
Reg.
Ord.
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G. T. 0.
Reg.
....Apr. 15, 5.00 p.m.
Ord,
..Apr. 15, 7.00 p.m. Friday, April 18 Air Mall by Air to Rangoon to con
nect with the "Briish Overseas Airways,"
K. P. O.
Reg. Ord.
Reg. Ord.
.Apr. 18, 4.00 pm. Apr. 18. 4.30 p.m.
G. P. O.
Apr. 18,. 4.00 p.m. ....Apr. 18, 4.30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22
Ale Mall for Maulia, Guam, Honolulu, U.S.A., and Europe vla "Pan-Ame- rican Airways and Trans-Atlantis Services."
Reg. Ord.
Ree.
Ord.
K. P, 0.
...Apr. 22, 5.00 p.m. ..........Apr. 22, 5.30 p.m. G. P. O.
..Apr. 22, 6.00 p.m. .Apr. 22, 7.00 p.m.
Soda Siphon To Fight
Fire Bombs
Fire-bomb squads in Leicester
Rapley, FCC father, an Admiralty official, moved
to 2, Ordnance-terrace, as it then have ericketer, won an electric razor.
Holders of winning tickets are asked was, from Portsmouth in 1817. to call at the offices of Messus Lin-Lucy Stronghill soon
His friendship with golden-haired stead and Davis, Exchange Building,
made them changed for vouchers. ta-day, where the tickets will be ex known as "the little sweethearts."
Golden Lucy Dickens never forgot Lucy. He reproduced her faithfully more than 30 years later as Golden Lucy in the "Wreck of the Golden Mary" in "Household Words."
Fatshan Sailing Next Saturday
Information
has
a simple but effective means to deal with incendiaries
an ordinary siphon of soda water.
Demonstrations have so im- pressed many people in the city that they now keep a siphon, as extra safeguard in addition to the stirrup pump and sand or
Apr 14 (Reuter)-I am return- ing to port after a day at sen with the Royal Indian Navy in 'which I .00 m. have been able to watch from close
quarters something of
Lucy's brother James was not earth. very friendly with the "delicate, obtrusive but arduous and vital
Mr H. G. Wilson, of the Leicester- work which India's Navy has been from their Canton agents by Messrs of the fence, but young Dickens the spray of soda more effective he been received bookish little boy" on the other side shire Home Guard, said that to make .3% n.
performing since the outbreak of Butterfield and Swire, agents for the idolised him and made him James Atted to the nozzle of the siphon a
and the .23% n.
methods whereby its river steamer Fatshan that the river Steerfortis in "David Copperfield." ever-growing personnel are training will be re-opened to traffe to-day,
plece of rubber tubing about lin, or .0.20
nby practical instruction.
Now the house is partially de- 14in. In
In length. The Fatshan will now be leaving stroyed. Two big bombs fell near,A-siphon-of-soda-water-with-a- Ar down was breaking, I slipped Hongkong for Canton on Saturday, and only two rooms in the house can smail rubber Jet over H.K. Electrics (old) x. rts. 20.20 n. from harbour aboard a mine-sweeper and also Saturday, April 26.
the spout,
," Boid be used.
Mr Wilson, "provides an immediate substitute for the stirrup pump and has
the ad
added advantage that siphona so adapted can be placed at strategic DEN AF JADESUAR ZIKV points in the home.
Janssen (Baritone) "Midsummor
Said one Pioneer: "I would not (Handel). say a man was drunki until he was Rachmaninoff (Plano); Ave on the floor."
Y. Ferries $...
Erna Berger A lance-corporal, though he would
China Lights (old)
China Lights (new)
14
HK, Electrics (new)
25 V D.
engaged this time not in sweeping
Marta (Schubert)ing Quartet:not say a man was sober if he was.on. |
(Soprano) with
Minuot in G
Minuet (BW his feet, said
that he "was certainly
ler (Violin) with Swing Low, Sweet
(8). No,
Kreis-not drunk."
Robeson (Bass) with Plans Clair De Lune (Debussy), Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20, Mazurknin A Minor, Op.
(both Chopin)....John Hunt (Piano); Alleluia (Mozart).... Ellsnboth Schumans (Soprano) with Orch; Moment Musicale In A Flat Major, Op. 94, No. 4 (Schubert),... William Backhaus (Piano).
9.0 London, Relay The News, 9.15 London RelayQuestions of the Hour
9,39
A Scottish Programme with Joseph Halep and Moray Mac- donald Hicland Loddle (Carru- there)....New Maytair Orchestra; Jessic, The Flower of Dunblane (Smith)....Joseph Hislop (Tenor) with Orchestra; Medley of Scottish Airs-Intro: The Atholl Highlanders, Captain Murray; Rachael Rac: Bonnie Dundee Pipers of the 2nd Batt. The Q. Cameron Highlanders; The Boatman, Kishmul's Galicy "Songe
of
the Hebridesarr. Kennedy Fraser)..... Moray Macdonald (So- prano) with Plano (Singing In Gaelle); Savoy Scottish Medley (arr. Dobroy Somers)....New Mayfair Orchestra; MacGregor's Gathering (Lee, arr. Kahn), Bonnie Wee Thing (Fox)....Joseph Hislop (Tenor)
with Piano.
9.45 News in French (on Shori Wave only).
10.0 London Relay-Talk: "Beota Abroad."
10.15
His
Harry Roy's Sisge Show- Harry Roy and
Orchestra (Recorded at the actual performance
at The Garrick Theatre, Soun
10.30 Danco
Music by Waller and His Rhythm, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, Orquesta Tipica Francisco Canaro, The Six Swingers. and Billy Cotton and His Bond..
11.0. Close down.
James Roosevelt For Chungking
Chungking, Apr. 14. Captain James Roosevelt of the United States Marines, son of the American President, will leave Ban Francisco on April 19' by clipper for Chungking whore he will remain for in thort while to observe the military.
altuation
granted
Chiness
viss has been to Captain Roosevelt whose ultimate destination is Cairo, where he will Bo attached military Tobserver In the Near East, Hirviati is reatured In the Freif Ehere International,
Another Ploneer, who sald Mower was drunk, declared that he once fell over, and a fourth said Mower "was singing." -
NO RAILINGS —— Nazis hava ́ripped fron rallings from bal- donies of Jewish apartments in Lublin, Poland, to be meltad * into armament. Children ven- "turing on balconies might top. (4 platoff, Nazis won't care. Picture smuggled from Poland By Swiss Journalist.
H.K. Electrics Ris
.15 n. operations but in a gunnery prac
Macao Electrics (old) $....18 . tice shoot. Aboard was a class of
Macno Electrics (new)
Sandakan Lights $.
'Telephones
Telephones
(old) $ (new)
INDUSTRIALS
$...17. unnery pupils and their Instructor. EVE
.12 n.
Dropping a target, resembling a -234 - U-boat conuing tower overboard, we
moved
away in a wide circle. shooting was excellent. Numerous culvoes were fired and the
Cold: Macg. (Ord.), Sh. $...30 n. Cald: Macg. (Pref.), Sh. S..25 n.
Canton Ices Cements $ x.d. H.K. Ropes ..
STORES, &c. Dairy Forms
$... Watsons $.. Lane Crawfords $, Sinceres $.
Wing On (H.K.) S.
Powell Ltd. S.
COTTON MILLS Evo Sh. $..
S'hai Cotton Sh. $.. MISC.
.1 n. 10 n. .7% n.
.17% n. 10
Dive Bombing Attack Transferring to another warship, I watched a mock dive-bombing attack and saw the crew running to their uction stations and later witnessed a demonstration of depth-charge drop- 7.ping by another batch of pupils.
Finally a third batch of pupils .2,15 n.
JD came on board for submarine detec-
n, 1.00 n.
tion
training and we spent a thril- ing hour searching out an elusive 43 n. nderwater quarry,
200 n.
H.K. Govt 4% ILK. Govt 34% (1934)..04 n. H.K. Covt-3 (1940)
87 n.
.04 п
Ch. Govt 6 1025 GSBds...28 sn. H.K. Entertainments $.....81 b.
Rapidly growing in strength is the weeks puss, India's silent service, in its
own quiet way, is worthlly equalling the magnificent feats of the Indian troops overseas.
Constructions (old). $.. ..1.60 1. RAID ON NORWAY
Constructions (new) $.
.1 1.
1.
7.20
Vibro Piilog $.. Marsmans Inv. (leon.) s/...8/3 n. Marsmans Inv. (II.K.) 8f-..2/0.
Own Navy's Operation
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Apr. 14 (UP).It is learned that the raid on the north Norwegian const must have been made by Norwegian warships under
Nurse Blinded Norwegian command in agreement
By Gestapo
The Gestapo (Nazi accret police) blinded the Norwegian nurse and authoress Knin Fins
tad, by censoleasly playing a small search-light on her face in her prison cell.
This Is stated by the Swedish newspaper. "Goteborgs Posten."
The torture was designed to pre vent her going to sleep,
with the Bellsh
navy.
The raid last Saturday was suc- cessful although not on the scale of the raid on Lofoten Island,
It is also understood that soine
Norwegians were brought away.
Kaiser's Grandson
In England
She had been arrested for anti-know whether Nazl activity,
When she asked for a Bible, the Nazis placed one in her cell beyond her reach,
Prince Frederick of Prussia, grand- son of the ex-Kaiser, is in on intern- ment camp, in England waiting to the authorities will grant his application to join the
Corps. Ploncer
With 200 other allens who were de- ported to Canada. In the summer ho has just been brought back. Some of his companions, Germans and, Aus trians, have already been released for
service with the Pioneers.
Acknowledgments
Dr Quo Tai-chi Says Farewell To Churchill
LONDON, Apr. 14 (Central News). Dr Que Tal-chi, outgoing Chipere Ambassador to the Court of SL A total of $1.767-356.62 and Pesos 25 was Jame's to-day, bade farewell to Mr roached-varterdays by, the Ward Fund in- Winston Churchi. He remained suurated by the B, C, DC Post, TAIL, WIN with the Brilian Prime Minister for Murrou
the following two donati about half an hour
EXHIBITION
of
LATEST PATTERNS
IN
PLATINUM RINGS
SET WITH
EMERALDS
SAPPHIRES
AND
DIAMONDS
ALSO
DIAMOND
WRIST WATCHES
SENNET
AT
FRERES
"The sodn-water contains carbon- dioxide, which is a blanketing gas. and neutralises the gas in the incen- diary bomb. The jet of soda-water is nimed at the base of the bomb and gives an upward splash effect."
Most Expensive Life Insurance
Gradual elimination of indus- trial life insurance sold to low- income families is recommended by the Securities and Exchange Commission, following its In vestigation of U.S. life Insurance companies.
The Commission states this is the most expensive form of life insur ance available.
The
Commission recommended Federal supervision of life insurance "otherwise there will be companies,
clamour pubile
For all-inclusive Federal regulation of the companies."
Probing Rackets Pad
The Commission, which is Federal treation to probe financial. rackets, strongly recommends that agreements between insurance com- panies which restrict competition be policed,
Its investigating officers reported: Insurance companies select direc- tors who are already directors of Large corporations.
Thus they are in a position to make personal re
gains through acting
in a dual
Hive of
largest companies interlock with about 700.
corporations, Each director has an average of six directorships. Some are director- of banks in which the Insurance ships of companies have large deposits.******
an who fell into the Yournati wharf about..
LA Chinoso woman who harbour near a midnight on Sunday, was promptly. rescued by a, rickalin coolie who saw the
The woman was none incident.
immersion : and away
the worse for her dripping clothes.
spunt by 250
in
WAS
gala: ten dance on Sunday at the Hongkong Hotel Grli Room) in aid of the Free Schools for Boys and Girl Refugees.
fahed:by:MoRIW TATA STRun and
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