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THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1933.
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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
ROUND HONG KONG'S
CINEMA THEATRES
“HANDLE WITH CARE"
- KING'S THEATRE,
"Handle With Care" the
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"IN A MONASTERY GARDEN"-
QUEEN'S THEATRE
now showing at
The following programme will|MAIL:REVIEW I have recently had the oppor-jaystem will "kill the game of Con- Kong Broadcasting Station ZB‚W. be broadcast to-day from the Hong tunity of examining the latest de-tract Bridge by making. It too sim vice from America. It is an elec-ple." If this be true, there is no on a wavelength of 355 metres tric Bridge table which shuffles more to be said. We shall have to (845 KC's) — and deals the cards. You place a invent another game, a real gamo pack in a receptacle, and, in a few and pastime, which will amuse us, Columbia & Regal records kindly at the King's Theatre, features younger brother has failed to make Fox Jealousy and the hatred, for am seconds, each player takes his own, and give scope for mental agility plled by Hess, Anderson Music Co.
12.30 p.m.-European programme of Production which is now showing elder brother, because of his suc perfectly shuffled hand of thirteen and human effort. Fortunately.1 pm-Local Time & Weather Re- James Dunn and Boots Mallory, an impression, is the theme of "In cess in an atmosphere where the cards from a little drawer placed however, all of the system-mon- directly in front of him. The gers are concerned only with bid Selected London New York Stock The romantic adventures of an table is of ordinary appearance, ding..
Busty Press New the silver screen's latest "ind.” A Monastery Garden which is and there is nothing exposed to
Quotations, etc. suggest its miraculous powers. The perfect, the play follows as a mat- Presumably, the bidding being
the Queen's p.m. Close Down, P
ambitious, young assistant district Produced with the greatest care,
Theatre. If you want to see how the wheels so much, and the tricks are gather- machinery and gadgets are hidden. ter of course. The cards count
6-7pm-European
attorney and a "shop" form the this Alm is certainly an outstand go round," you take off the top and
basis of the story. After meeting ing one and will appeal to many, view the almost human rotations
fed as certainly as night follow. Holiday. (Ewing).
La Garde Republicaine Band. under unusual circumstances and not because of the beautiful of the electric shuffle dealer.
day. In fact, the hand need not
Mac Patrol (Amera) discovering that they were former the film, but because
organ music which fits throughout Band, of Automatic shuffling machines be played out. It is a "show Faithful and Bold (Rust)**
Coldstream Guarda, sweethearts, Dunn and Mallory appealing story of
of the very have been invented before. They down" proposition if the partners The Happy Warrior (Kahl) -
eltér atart a new romance. But many brother's utmost sacrifice, Violin Solo
6.18-6.40 pm-Instrumental.
The important roles are well d ed, and the photography throu dim out is excellent The Alm
commended.
never
E-6.18 p.m-Band Selame
La Marseillaise
became popular because/have not made a mistake in the Band of H.M. Royal Air Force obstacles to their object arise and]
cum-
they were too clumsy and
addition. So many points, so many bersome. But this new machine tricks-no more, no less, de
the
Estrellita (Fonce-Heifetz)
Jascha Heifetz,
Piano Solo-s
One Lives Bat Once (Strauss-Tausig)
Sergei Rachmaninoff
+
*Cello Solo
Mazurka (Popper)
Cello
are surmounted before the comes to an end.".
Dunn plays his part. to perfec- tion and shares acting honours MAIL REVIEW with his partner, who certainly": makes a good impression.
Pablo Casals.
MAIL REVIEW --
Jascha Heifetz,
"THE MUMMY”—CENTRAL
THEATRE
"THE LOVE DEBT”-
THEATRE.
an
HENTAE
Based on the life story of the actress herself, Lai Ming-fay, and Bolo Musette (Bach-Pollain)
culminating in the sensational. Pablo Casals.
Fung Murder Trial, The Love: 6.40-8. p. programme Vocal Duet
of re- cords kindly loaned by a Listener. The "horror" phase in pictures houses at the Oriental Theatre.
[Debt" is now playing to crowded: has not yet ended. Boris Karloff's The Same as we Used to Do
The producery have tried to get Layton & Johnstonting at the Central Theatre.
next, "The Mummy" le now show-as near as possible to the detalle, To-morrow is Another Day Orchestral-
Layton & Johnstone. Someday Somewhere Neapolitan Nights Chorus-
The Troubadours, The Bells of St. Mary's John Peel
is wonderfully neat and compact | I do not suppose, that even and is practically fool-proof. There most ardent propounders of these Is no
chance of an imperfect systems would make such shuffle or
a pre- a misdeal. It is un-posterous claim, although logical- hampered by human clumsiness.ly, they appear to do so.e Until Some people think that the per- the mechanical card player has fect shuffle would produce always been invented, there is still plenty Violin Solo- more or less even hands. But this of scope for human error. Wo Valse Bluette (Drigo-Auer) is not so. Every kind is turned may revoke, we may lead from the out, and you may have a freakish wrong hand: The trick on which distribution. The fuck of the deal we relied as a certainty is not eliminated.
may be trumped. Distribution. Many players find difficulty infeat the most carefully prepared may de- shuffling and some in dealing, and calculations. to them this new machine may ap- It is only fair to state that the peal. It will also be especially inventors of these arithmetica! useful to organisers of duplicate systems have taken into account tournaments.
distribution and have tried to dea! The Dutch have a mechanical with it. But, considering the contrivance which they introduced billions of different ways in which in tournament play last year for the cards can be dealt, it is ob recording the calls, so that no word viously impossible to handle the need be spoken. The bids are re-subject effectively. It is a com- gistered by the fingers instead of fort to know that from the pack by the voice,
that the of fifty-two playing cards, 638, tell-tale tone cannot be used. G13,659,600 hands can be dealt, no The instrument did not find two alike. These figures may not favour with our players. Apart convey
much to us. from the fact that it is possible to too Immense. The National Debt They are put emphasis, when bidding, even and War Lean, and our Habilities with an automatic machine, the to America, shrink in proportion whole idea. is ludicrous and con-to mere trifles. trary to the spirit of the game.
80
Bridge is still a wonderful game,
If we allow machines to govern and you won't know all there is to us, we may arrive at a state when learn about it in a lifetime.
the physical presence of a player
is no longer necessary. A machine
will be devised which will not only ACTS OF BRAVERY
shuffle and deal but will also play)
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but have not been very successful. It is a tale of ancient Egypt. The film is in Chinese with Eng with huge sets designed by Will liah captions every now and then. Pogany, the American scenic artist, and Boris Karloff breaking all re-
1
cords for fantastic make-up as a GUARDIANS OF DEAD
8,700-years-old-mummy.
A clever new star, Zita Johann.
Associated Glee Clubs of America who made a tremendous "hit" in
Orchestral
Cheerful Little. Earful The Little Things in Life Jack Hylton & His Orchestra. Humorous Song-
Mountain Greenery
Frank Crumit.
The Girl Friend
Organ Solo-
The World is Waiting for the Sun-
riae Just a Cottage Small
Jack Courtney. Song
I'm Waiting for the Ship That
Never Comes In Little Mother
Oteet
"Tiger Shark" gives a very im- pressive performance.
{MAIL REVIEW
"HIGH PRESSURE"-STAR THEATRE
RULER
Historic Finds In Ancient Tomb.
BURIAL CHAMBER OPENED.
Cairo. Bodies of two slaves, with "High Pressure," featuring Wil- their armoury of iron swords, llam Powell in a role decidedly new axes and spears, were found in to him but one in which he is said the outer chamber of a tomb in to emerge with new honours, now the Byzantine Nubian cemetery Franklyn Baur. (Tenor), showing at the Star Theatre, is at Ballana, on the West Bank of
that of Gar Evans, blue sky stock the Nile, promoter, and an alleged new in- vention whereby sewage may
These men were the guardians J. H. Squire Celeste Octet converted into rubber.
be of the door, watching over their Vocal Dact
Evans, master in death as they had in Never Swati Fiy
played by Powell, goes into the life. Old Fashioned Girl
thing in a big way. He rents an entire floor of a 5th Avenue sky which was covered by a mound The entrance to the tomb, srapeer and begins business on a 50 feet high, was formed by B huge scale.
My Inspiration is You
A Kiss Before the Dawn
Orchestral-
Layton & Johnstone
You Have Become so Terribly
Blonde Lately. Oh, Donna Clara
Dol Dauber's Tango Orch. Sing (A Happy Little
Thing) Here Comes the Sun"
National Cavaliers,
aumptious Turkish baths, speak to the vaulted room in which The audience is given peeps into amp in which lay the bones of sacrificed animals. This led In- casies, luxurious apartments, oceán liners and night clubs where the were the bodies of the slaves. The "wise" guya" and the "suckers”
skeleton of a sacrificed cow lay alike gather to get rid of their
across the entrance.
Cutting through the door of money. Evelyn Knapp, Evelyn Wonder Bar-Tell Me I'm Forgiven Brent, George Sidney, Guy Kibbe, the burial chamber, the excava
The Foreign Legion has been We are tending in, this direc- tion. All the various systems aim awarded the prize of the Presi at the abolition of the human ele-dent of the Republic for life-Chorus ment. They would do away with
Janving.
The award has just been made the player's personality altogether, at the annual meeting of the Band LATEST INVENTION
with its strength and weakness, ita Nation Life-Saving. Federation, Wonder Bar-Elizabeth foibles and idiosyncrasies, American Chemical Diamonds.
Two acts of heroism were the substitute a hard and fast and These diamonds are rigid method. They would turn ferred upon the Foreign Legion. port.
cause of the honour being con-
Deboy Somers Band.) 8 pm Local Time & Weather Res John Wray and Frank McHugh, tors discovered the body of the equal to real diamonds the Bridge player into a Robot. In all
are in support. respecta
Recently I have been reading floods which ravaged Algeria 83-850 1 pech by MAIL REVIEW
The first occurred during the 6.3-10.30 pmChinese programme. Specially in brilliancy of lustre, hardness, ete numerous books and articles which during the winter of 1927-28, Doctor IL 8. Tal, M.R., Ch. 3. (Fla.)
6.3-8.30 pm-A relay from Can cut glass like real claim that, by a process of simple ilamanda. Proof against fire, de addition, anyone can
The recond "magnificent con- on "The Belence of Children's Health", acid, water, oil, etc. These diamonds
BISEKS acduct" of the Foreign Legion was
[cert,!!
FELTA.
an be washed with soap and watercurately the value of his hand: No on September 14, 1982, when a 8.30-10.20 pim-Chinese Stadia. Con- and can be used for more than 100 skill, no imagination, no card sense troop train plunged into a ravine New
Price per carat HE$7.50 is required. Provided you can of the Oran-Oudjada line, hur- 10.85 p.Close Down.
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sums are not tooling more than 50 Legionaries to A.K.$30 or mors will get 20% din difficult, you can become a first-death. Even the injured legion- toant. Bend your orders direct to the class player or bidder. Press the aries tried to extricate their com- Amarican Chemical ACADEMY. P.O. Box No. 240, Penang, 5.8.
Diamond Os, button, and sow do the rest.
rades from the debris-Reuter. Now I have not tried these vari When ordering mention "China Mail" ous systems, and therefore I can- not say whether the assertions made are absolutely accurate. But
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Still in position on the skull was a massive silver crown of namented with busts of the god..... dess Isis, in relief, and set with Universal's powerful drama, semi-precious stones. Nearby "Air Mall," now showing at the lay, his, silver earrings, buried in. Majestic Theatre, reveals why the the soll
intrepid government fiers crash In his right hand the dead even more often than their military man held an iron aword with a colleagues. Flights must be made silver hilt and sheath and on his regardless of weather conditions left arm were two heavy silver Madrid. or physical fitness. The "mail goes bangles decorated with lions A local resident, suspecting that through" is a more stern motto heads. On the left wrist be
I have no intention of trying them; Five horses drawing a cartload contained bombs, informed the in peace time, cafes, his feet allven toe-rings and ail because I would rather blunder on of stones at Valencia all dropped police and they carefully opened it Ralph Bellamy, Pat O'Brien, ver anklets decorated with all- in my own way than secept any dead at the same moment, it was found to contain two Slim Bummerville and Russell Hop ver discs. At the side of the
a packing case sent to him by rail than any which guides the service wore a allver bow-guard and on
Bring Your PRINTING thing so dull, so boring, so tedious. It is suspected that strychnine beautiful pieces of sculpture which ton are seen as the daredevil fiying burial chamber lay a large speer Problems to Us":
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One writer has gone so far as to had been administered to them by experts declare to be worth £50,000. quartette in the film with Gloria with a silver hilt and, with it, assert that the danger is that builders' labourers who are. "the universal adoption" of his strike-Reuter.
on There is no indication of the Stuart and Lillan Bond providing what appeared to be a silver
Bender.Reuter..
the feminina interest.
POP The Fortune
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YES!
HE STARTED TELLING MY: FORTUNE-
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