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LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS
AND SURVEYORS.
TH
Public Auctions
SA,
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Auction
ON
WEDNESDAY, the 24th Jan. 1934, commencing at 10.30 a.m.
at their Sules Room, No. 35, Kankow Road, Kowloon.
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
Comprising:
FURNITURE
Chesterfield couch and chairs,
Bookcase,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
DENTISTS.
|MR HARRY FONG, DENTIST, DR. 8. L. KWONG, Dental Surgeon WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THE REMOVAL OF THEIR OFFICES From
74 Queen's Road 2nd. Fl. To
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ON
THE CHINA MAIL
Nobel Prize Winners Honor Founder's Memory
Sinclair Lewis
Frank B. Kellogg
Albert Einstein
Irving Langmuip Four Nobel Prize winners of former years, pictured at the New York dinner commenwrating the birth anniversary of Alfred B. Nubel, founder of the awards. Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, won cha 1030 prize for literature; Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State, received the peace prize in 1928; Professor Albert Einstein, of Germany, won the 1921 award for physics, and Irving Langmuir, American scientist, won the prize for chemikutý la 1932
CINEMA
NOTES
MAIL REVIEW
"FACING THE MUSIC- CENTRAL THEATRE
"Facing the Music," the British comedy now showing at the Central Theatre, features Stanley Lupino
FAMOUS U.S.
MURDERESS
PARDONED
Served 20 Years Of Life Sentence.
WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN SUCCEEDS
Hartford, Connecticut.
CULBERTSON
CONTRACT
by Bly Culbertson. World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst
ikal'
THE DANGER OF DELAY
Few Bridge players appreciate the importance of the time factor (both in attack and defense at Con- tract Bridge! Quite often the {timing of trick taking by the De- clarer is the decisive factor in the fulfillment of a contract. It is particularly important in the mat- ter of Forced Lead plays, where the moment that a chosen adversary in] saddled with the lead must be care- fully determined if one is to realize the advantage of the manoeuvre,
On the defending side, the time when a trick should be taken is often based upon the factor of j
[NEW THEATRE IN removing stoppers in one suit be-
KOWLOON
Boon To Servicemen
PEI HO THEATRE OPENING TO-MORROW
fore the Declarer has the oppor tunity to establish another juft
LEE
THEATRE
FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY
At 12:30, 230, 5.30, 7,30
& 9.30 p.m.
}
‘A WOMAN
FIGHTS"
A Chinese Pic
FOR SALE
1934
from
upon which he may be enabled to POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUES discard losers..
Mr. John W. Jacobson of Toronto Stanley Gibbons Ltd. la recognized PS ONE of Canada's Part I British Empirà
$ 4.90 strongest Contract players. The Part II Foreign Countries...... # 7.50 hand below, which he played in a Yvert and Tellier.
$ 7.75 Rubber game, illustrates the im-Scott Stamp & Coin Co... $ 9.00 Opening to-morrow, will be an-portance of the time factor in de-** other new Theatre-the Pel Hoffensive play. The West player had Theatre situated in Pei Ho Street. chosen the only Opening lead which
tract but failed to grasp the signif.
GRACA & CO.
Shamshuipo. just a few yards from would permit the defeat of the con-Dealers In Postage Stamp, Garden
Mrs. Bessie Wakefield, princi-the main bus route, and about cance of Mr. Jacobson's lead to the pal in one of the most notorious stone throw from the Shamshuins
in a highly entertaining film, full of murder cases in the history of Regimental Camp. brisk action and humour.
Connecticut, has been pardoned This new Theatre is one of the
best on
the Mainland. It has a
The supporting cast is a very strong one and includes Jose Col-by State Board of Pardons, lina, Nancy Brown, Nancy Burne, Mrs. Wakefield, who is 44 seating capacity of 1300, divided as Lester Matthewa, Dennis Hoey and years old, of Cheshire, was ser- follows:- Morris Harvey.
Stanley Lupino, in the role of a. young man who falls in love with the niece of a prima donna. La comes involved in a series of ex- citing problems before he succeeds (in winning her hand.
Thursday, the 26th, January, 1934, MAIL REVIEW
commencing at 10.30 a.m.
at No. 220B, Nathan Road.
Catharine Building, Kowloon
A Quantity of
VALUABLE 'HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneer.
Teak glass cabinets, Dining table, Chairs, Side board, THE Undersigned have received Bedstends, Wardrobes, Chest of instruction from Mrs. More drawers, Card table, Table fan, Proprietress of "Lauriston" private Electric heater, Brass and autimony (hotel.
Pictures, wäre,
Carpets, Or. naments, Dinner service, etc., elc.
alao
Piano.
1 Victrola.
and
A Fine assortment of Black-
wood Furniture.
at No. 1, Bowen Road to sell by Public Auction on
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY,
the 30th, and Slet. January, 1934, commencing each day at 10 am.
A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
"I COVER THE WATERFRONT," KING'S THEATRE.
United
¡Cruze.
band.
Artists' attraction
ving a life sentence for the mur- der of her husband in 1914,
The pardon ended a campaign of women throughout the State.
Dress Circle Back Stalle Front Stalls
300
600
400
For
No expense has been spared by In the first trial Mrs. Wake-the owners in equipping the Thea- field was convicted of the mur- der of her husband, William re with the latest type of sound
machines. projection Wakefield of Cheshire, James and Plew, who was convicted of be-sound, the well known and reliable ing her accomplice, was hanged Preddey System is used, and pro- for the crime.
Aroused by the death penalty imposed on Mrs." Wakefield.
jection la by the world-famoux
newest a Simplex. The
type ot
are
second trick of the hand.
South, Dealer, Neither side vulnerable.
North. Spades-K Q 8 Hearts-Q 10 8 Diamonds-AJ 6 Clubs 10 5 4 West. Spades-J 9 5 2 Hearts-K 2 Diamonda-10 9 5 Clubs-A 8 63
South.
Spades-A 7 6 Hearts-A J986 Diamonde-K 73 Clubs Q 7
East. Spadea 10 8 4 Hearts-75 4 Diamonds-Q 8 4 2 Clubs-K 9 2
Seeds. Rellricus Goods, Toys etc. No. 10, Wyndham Street,
P. O. Box No. 620. Hear Kent.
the Club trick be.
vantageous defenfake no ad. return couD- teracted his splendid Opening.
No Charge For Answers, Recently I have received a nuth- ber of letters from Bridge lovers in all parts of the country, telling me they have been informed that I charge a fee for answering ques- tions relating to Eridge. This story has pot the slightest Yöunda- tion in fact I am' very glad'at all Limes to answer free of charge ques- tions relative.to the bidding and play 6f Bridge-hand for my friende | throughout the world...
TO-MORROW'S HAND,
East and West vulnerable.
West Spades K 9 6 Icarts-88... Diamonds-A K 9 8 Clubs-A 94
hi Bouth.
Spades-8 2
Hearts-A K Q 10 7 6 Diamonds-4 2
Clubs-6 3242
籍
Spades-A J B
"I Cover the Waterfront," the group of prominent women took Strong High Intensity Lamphouses
How can East and West convey now up her case and carried it to the have been installed, and, together
to each other a maximum of inform- showing at the King's Theatre Supreme Court of Errors, which
ation with maximum safety on the On View from Wednesday, the from one of the outstanding novels granted a new trial.
with the British Dallmeyer Lenses, The final contract WAS four combined holdings shown below in |24th. January, 1934.
of last season, has been adapted to In the second trial Mrs. Wake- ensure a brilliant light and picture. hearts, though Mr. Jacobson states order to reach the beat Grand Slam the films, and is directed by James field was sentenced to life im-All of this equipment was furnish three notrump. Against this con-
that he knows it should have been contract? prisonment on July 30, 1914. ed by Peacock Motion Picture Cotract Weat opened the ten of dia-
West, Dealer. The story tells of the inside of after
a jury in New
Haven The arrangement of the Theatre monds, and when the Dummy was the waterfront dramas, its loves, Ita County Superior Court and con- such that perfect vision hates and its hideous struggles, its victed her of murder.
can be spread on the table Mr. Jacobson beautiful calmness-all shattered
secured from any part of the house. could see the possibility of losing After the sentence a women's Every consideration has been given two clubs, a diamond and a heart. by the conflict of human
contra committee was formed which
to comfort of patrons. The seats He won the first trick with the pledged to obtain the release of comfortably equipped with King In his own hand and, correctly The leadng roles are portrayed Mrs. Wakefield. by Claudette Culbert, Ben Lyon and
cushions. Wakkefield, partly blind and
refusing to give up hope, and a Ernest Torrence, with a powerful enfeebled by age, was found dead
With such an excellent Theatre, clever trap for his opponents, into cast in support. Miss Colbert takes in a patch of woods in Cheshire, expensively equipped, it
should which West fell heading. the part of the smuggler's daughter, about 10 miles from his his homie, prove a great boon to the realdents To the second trick he led thei
He had been shot, stabbed and in that district, and particularly to club seven, and West, usually strangled with a pair of shoo the officers and men stationed in very fince defensive player, failed Inces.
the Shamshulpo Camp, as they will to play the Ace. East wou the During the trials the State now, for the first time, be able to trick with the King but in his Attorney told the court that see the Intest talking pictures, un-situation there was nothing that Plew and Mrs. Wakefield, having der clean, congenia! surroundings, could be done to repair the damage Teak dining table, Teak side board, "Looking Forward," the M-G-M decided to go away with the old without having to make the tedious caused by West's play. West could Dinner waggon, Chairs, Teak bed-adaption from the English play man, tried to strangle him in his bus trips to and from the City. not be placed in the lead again steads with springs & mattresses, "Service,"
The prices are extremaly moder-before the Knave of clubs in Dum. now showing at the bed but that he resisted them. Teak wardrobe with bevelled Queen's Theatre, is a powerful hu-They then walked the man to the late, ranging from 20 cents to 40 my was established for a diamond mirror, Teak dressing table, Chest man drama with an up-to-date remote wooded spot where he cents, with a special price of zu discard. West's choice of an The band will be discussed fa of drawers, Bed linen, Towels, Garratory.
was slain, the prosecutor charg-cents to servicemen to the Dress Opening lead was very fine but his to-morrow's article, pets, Cutlery, Crockery, Glass ware,
Circle. The Pel Ho Theatre will failure to realise that if East won Copyright 1983, Ely Culbertson: ornaments, Pictures, Enamel bath are portrayed by Lionel Barrymore
The principal parts in the filmjed-Reuter. Porcelain wash basin, etc., etc.
and Lewis Stone. The supporting MAIL REVIEW also
cast is a very strong one, including Fine carved black wood wars
Elizabeth Allan, Benita Hume, One Piano
Phillip Holmes, Doris Lloyd, Colló Fine mauritrius, Palms and Clive and Douglas Walton, planta.
On View from Tuesday the 23rd. comprising: January, 1984.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 19th Jan., 1934.
THE Videos e bll by Table instructions to sell by Publie Auction
ON Wednesday, the 24th. January, 1981 commencing at 2.30 pm.
at The Roxy Academy, Taiping
Building.
A Quantity of Sundry Furniture, Ceiling & Table Fans, Electric Lights and Fittings etc, etc.
On View from Tuesday, the 23rd. January, 1994.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers.
FURNITURE
Teak hatatand, Chesterfield couch & arm chairs, Tenk cabinet,
MAIL REVIEW
"LOOKING FORWARD,"— QUEEN'S THEATRE.
“FLYING HIGH"-ORIENTAL^
THEATRE.
be opened free to the public to morrow for all shows, during which the British film "Yes Mr. Brown" will be shown. Following this will be a Brat ran fim-RKO Radio's "Flying-Devik.""Thereafter," "select"
The story, centres about a loyal “Flying High” the currant, at-fed second run features from such On View from Sunday, and Mon-clerk (Lionel Barrymore) in a Lon-traction at the Oriental Theatre to- well-known producers as RKO 1934. day, the 28th, and 20th. January, don store who is discharged after day, features Bert Lahr and Char-Radio, United Artists, Universal
40 yearn of faithful service. The lotte Greenwood in a riot of fun and Fox will be exhibited. Terms: Cash on Delivery
acting throughout is of a very high and laughter. ...
The Theatre is also equipped for order, especially in the scene of his. The story concerns Rusty Krauss, stage performances, and advantage discharge, which Barrymore plays who has invented a new type of will be taken to present stage at- with memorable pathos.
heliocopter,
tractions wherever possible.
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers Hong Kong, 22nd Jan., 1984.
Hearts
Diamonds-Q 10 7 6 Clube-K Q J765
North
Spades-Q 10 7-8 4 Hearts J 8 5 2 Diamonds-J § 3
Club-10
ALHAMBRA
THEATRE
OPENING SHORTLY.
REALISTICALLY HUMAN PORTRAITS IN A
GREAT WAR-TIME PICTURE
"I WAS A SPY"
STARRING MADELEINE CARROLL CONRAD VEIDT-HERBERT MARSHALL
A GAUMONT BRITISH PICTURE
DIRECTED
COMMENCING TO-MORROW
AT THE
KING'S