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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1934.
The China Mail
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TO LET-FELIX VILLAB, Desirable: Residence in pleasant and healthy locality. Four large and three small rooms, two bathrooms. Modern sanitation. Bus service. Garage. Moderate rental. Apply F. A. Joseph, Property. Department, Prince's Build- Ing. Phone No. 20010.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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FOR SALE.
"COASTWISE-An Interesting book of cartoons depicting "Happenings on the China Coast. Price $1, on sale at the Chira Mail offices, BA, Wyndham Strest!
GENERAL NOTICES.
BANK HOLIDAYS.
IN Accordance with Government
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
6th FL, King's Theatre Bldg. Telephones 21255 8-1.00; 2-6.00,
LAU PAK WAI, Dentist,
BONG KONG OFFICE: GLOUCESTER BLDG, 1st Floor, Telephone 28448. KOWLOON OFFICE
115, NATHAN ROAD, 2nd Fier, Telephone 58581.
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.
W. B. BAILEY & CO., LTD.
Kowloon Bay, New Work & Repairs. Call Flag "L" Sols Agents for Kelvin Motors
OPTICIANS.
THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,
'Phone 22232.
58. Queen's Road Central.
EMPLOYMENT.
We can fill any VACANCY for your office or your home IMMEDIATELY
consult with us at any time No obligation-No cost We only recommend reliable employees who have been specially selected & examined
INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Whiteaway Building 1st floor, No. 20, Des Voeux Rd., C. Tel. 25879.
SPORT NOTICES.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY
CLUB.
THE SECOND EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY OR SATURDAY, 31st
March, and MONDAY, 2nd April, 1984, comment ing at 12.30 p.m. on both days.
The Firat Bell will be Rung at 12 O'clock Noon,
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE. Members are notified that they and their Ladies must wear their Badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.
be
No One without a Badge will admitted to the Members Enclosure.
Badges admitting Non-Members to
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THE CHINA MAIL
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME The following programme will be broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wave length of 355 metras (846 K.C.'a)."
1-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 1 p.Local Time & Weather Re port.
1.03 pmRecorded Mente. 1.15 pm relay of the Hong Kons
Hotel Orchestra, from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Boom. By courtesy of the Management.
;
3
1.30 p.m. Rugby Press News, etc. 2.15 pmClose Down Pianoforte Recital from the Studio. By the Cheere Band.
4.30.7.30 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 6.6.15 p.m.Children's Studio Con-
cert.
7.30-10.30 pm European Pro- gramme.
7.30.8 p.m.Variety. Band-
Maurice Chevalier Songs-Medley
Van Phillips & His Band. Song-
Zigeuner ("Bitter Sweet")
Peggy Wood (Soprano) If Love Were all ("Bitter Sweet")
Ivy St. Helier (Soprano). Organ Bolo-
Rhapsody In Blue
Song-
Quentin MacLean.
Lover Comes Back to me. Wanting You
Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone)
8 p.m.-Local Time and Weather Re-
port.
8.03-8.33 p.m.-From the Studio.
A Pianoforte Recital by Mr. Harry.
Programme.
Ore.
1.
32 Variations (Beethoven)
2.
(a) Intermezzo (Brahmi):
(b) Asphodel (Cyril Scott)
(c) Menuet (Harry Ore)
3.
Sixth Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt) 8.33.9 p.m. Chamber Music. Orientals (Glazounov) Gavotie ("Mignon")
(Thomas)
Virtuoso String Quartet. Tambourin (Gorsec, arr. Sharpe) Molly on the Shore (Granger)
Virtuoso String Quartet Barcarolle--Transcription
(Tschaikowsky, Trans, by Leo
Weiner}
Lener String Quartet. Minuet-Transcription
(From Sonata in G) (Schubert, Op. 78.) Moment Musicul No.
(Schubert)
Transcription Lener String Quartet 9-9.36 p.m.-Orchesthal. Wood Nymphas (Eric Costes)
Sylvia Ballet (Delibes)
New Queen's Hall Light Orch. British Symphony Orchestra con- Traume (Wagner)
ducted by Oscar Fried.
(Chaminade)
Autumn
De Groot and his Orchestra. 9.30-10.30 p.m. From the Studio. Selections by The Checro Band.
Programme.
1. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? 2. After You.
3. Ohi Mister Carpenter.
4. The Last Round Up.
5. After Twelve O'Clock.
6. Around You (Waltz).
8. The Day you came Along. (Both . I Had To Change The Words.
Weep No More My Baby.
Ordinance, THE EXCHANGE I've BANKS will be CLOSED for the Rooms at $5.00 per day for Gentleman Transaction of Public Business on and $8.00 per day for Ladies FRIDAY, SATURDAY, and MON-including Tax) are obtainable through 10. DAY, the 30th and 31st March and the SECRETARY upon the personal $1. Willow Weep for Me. the 2nd April, 1934, (Easter Holl-pplication of a Member, such Mem 12. Moths Around the candle Flame.
days).
Hong Kong, 28th March, 1934.
REMOVAL NOTICE
We have this day removed our store to
No. 29 DES VOEUX ROAD,
CENTRAL-
Near the Radio Ofice,
(Opposite our former location)
A. TACK & Co.,
ber to be responsible for all visitors 10.30 pm-Rugby Mid-day Press introduced by him, and for Payment News. of All Chits, &c.
10.55 p.m.-Close Down.
The Secretary's office, Std Floor, Gloucester Building, (Tel. 27704), will close at 11.30 am. on both days,
Badges admitting to Members* En closure will NOT be on sale at the Race Course.
On No Pretext will Children permitted in either Enclosure during be the Meeting.
Tiffins are obtainable at the House provided they are
GENIUS OF NOEL COWARD
(Continued from Pape 8)
Club ordered
That is
phone 21920.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
Admission to
Ja de
how Coward
bas
French Fascist Head FILM STAR
Marcel Buesrd, head of the newly-organised French Fax cista, pictured at his desk in Parin. He recently announced his party "will not hesitate to resort to arms" to attain its ends, if neceBKETY.
BRIDGE NOTES
An Imperative Discard
by Ely Culbertani
FACING INCOME
TAX SUIT
Recovery Of £14,400 Sought.
ERRONEOUS" REFUND
Los Angeles.
When Douglas Fairbanks ap- pears here for the hearings on Mary Pickford's divorce suit, he will also face a civil suit which is to be filed by the Federal Govern- ment, which seeks recovery proximately $72,000 (214,400). The Government will charge that the money was erroneously and ille gally given on refunds on income tax payments.
of
ap-
United States District Attorney Pierson M. Hall, said he had re- ceived authorization from Attor ney General Cammings to file the auit, which will ask for the return of money refunded during 1927, 1928 and 1929, plus interest amounting to over $10,000 (2,000 pounds).
The suit will be based, said Mr. Hall, on a re-examination of the actual value of $4,000,000 (800,000) pounds) worth of stock in the Elton Corporation, which Mr. Fair- banks received in exchange for endeavour to rights in certain motion pictures. give our partner all the information Fairbanks, Hall sald, refused to possible in defense play, we must honour a demand from the Govern- remember that very often winning ment for the return of the refunds. combinations which are clear to Other Stars Indicted
In line with our
LEE THEATRE
& TOMORROW 30
but the fame he won could not make up for the love of the troman he had lost. A great zpis for a great star in a great story,"
SAMUEL COLDWYN
RONALD
COLMAN Arrowsmith"
HELEN HAYES
"FROM THE NOVEL SV. SINCLAIR LEWIS / JOHN FORDING
LINITED MINES MACTURE.
ADDED ATTRACTION
WALT DISNEY'S SILLY SYMPHONY
"KING NEPTUNE"
INTECHNICOLOR
PRICES:56 Cts, 35 Cis, & 20 Cts.
BRITAIN'S CYCLIST
SOLDIERS.
Manchester's Embark For Bermuda.
VALUE OF SMELL
AND TASTE, :
Queer Court Claim In London,
What are taste
London.
and smell
This was the reply of the jury
Jin a case at Croydon County Court.
A
servant
us cannot possibly be foreseen by "Doug", is the latest of Holly- our partner. Very often a most wood's notables to face both unorthodox lead or discard is neces-divorce and income tax dificulties. sary in order that we may take full Tom Mix, the Wild West flm star, control into our own hands. A was Indicted in 1930 by the Fed-
London. very surprising "come-on" discard eral Grand Jury on a charge of] proved to be the only means of de evading income tax, and was fore-Regiment, who have just sailed worth?
The 1st Battalion Manchester feating a four-spade contract on the led to pay $178,000 (34,600. pounds) from Southampton following hand, which was played before the charge was dismissed. took with them sixteen crate loads
for: Bermuda, Answer: £250. in one of the qualifying rounds for Only recently. Clara Kimball of pedal bleycles--98 machines in the United States Bridge Associa-Young, once a screen star but now all tion's National Championship virtually destitute, was named in Tournaments.
As motor cars and motor cycles
young domestic These qualifying an income tax turpaments are, of course, Duplicate (6,208 pounds). The actress, who Manchesters are taking their own because, she alleged, she lost all lien for $31,018 are not permitted in Bermuda, the claimed damages from a motorist games, so that in the following case was divorced only a few years ago, bicycles. it was possible to compare the re-allegedly failed to pay her Govern-
sense of taste after being involved aults when East did and did, not ment income tax for 1927 when she made provision for
An officer explained: "We have in a motor accident. make the correct play.
Evidence was given that her was earning thousands of dollars. tion, and exercise for the men lost senses of smell and tasta were Others who have seen both domes when they are off duty. If the dae to concussion - caused by the tic discord and tax troubles in the men want to visit any part of the collision and were apparently past few years are Lila Lee, Raquel island they will be able to borrow permanent. Torres, Gloria Swanson, Corlane a bike'. Island transport costs an The girl stated that she could Griffith and Owen Moore.-Reuter, enormous sum."-Reuter
no longer work as a cook,-ftauter.
South, Dealer,
North and Sonth vulnerable. NORTH:-
S.-Q 10 8 a
H.-K. J. 8 3
D.-A 2 C-K 9 6
WEST:-
6-7 2 HA 7 D.-10 98 4 8 C-Q J73
SOUTH:-
S-KJ9 63 HQ 10 6 D.-Q J B
C—A 5
EAST:-
S.-A 4 H-8 5 4 2- D-K 7 5 C-10 8:42 The bidding: South West
North East 15 Pass 88 Pas .49 Fass Pass Pass
from the No. 1 Boy in advance. Tele acquired his sense of the theatre. West opened the Ace of hearts, Besides, for over twenty years on which Dummy played small. "It the now, he has slogged away in every was quite obvious to East that this lead was from, at most, a doubleton
The Price of Public Enclosure Is $2.00 per day in department of the business. cluding Tax, for all Persons, including Photo Supplies, Developing, Etc. Ladies, and is payable at the Gate, Noel's extraordinary gift of re- holding, in which case a continum-
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS -
Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform admitted Half Price.
By Order, C. B. BROWN,
Secretary, Hong Kong, 26th March, 1934,
are partes, and his charming insolence tion would furnish West, a ruff of Tins will be obtainable in
[and "faiety of manner have made the third round, of hearts."
There Restaurant in the Pablle Enclosure,
the lot of people regard him as an was the danger, however, that West LAMMERT BROS. not be peralited to operate within
Bookmakers, Tie Tas Men, &es, win entirely fippant young man, would be deterred from his original But those few who know him purpose when he saw the King of the Precincts of the Hong Kong Joc-well realise that he is intensely hearts in Dummy, and would shift key Club during the Race Meeting.
sincere and kind hearted. He de to another suit, which might seem |texts sham and the kind of people to offer a better hope of developing who address him as “Noel darling" the recomary number of tricks. It the first time they meet him, was urgent that East command a "I can't bear wintering in Eng heart continuation; and this he land," a well-known actress once accomplished by playing the nine of
rather boring after spending so the face of this veritable command, many winters in sun-drenched could not disobey; be led the seven Peckham was Noel's reply, of hearts, and when this was won An interesting little story was in Dummy and a small spade-led, THE FIFTY-THIRD ORDINARY A good many years ago Mr. Wal- and returned a heart for West to told me recently by Hugh Walpole. East: Immediately put up the Aca
-Public Auctions
THE Undersigned have received
Auction
to sell by. Public
ON
Thursday, the 29th March, 1934,
commencing at: 11/a.m..
at their Balas Room,
4 Daddell Street.
17 Pedigreed Chickens Ph (Imported from University British Columbia, Canada) comprising:
Leghorns, Barred Rocks and pington
to be sold in small lots
COMPANY MEETINGS remarked to him. "It must be hearts on West Ace West, In
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD.
the Company will be held at the keep an eye on a small boy who furn
GENERAL MEETING
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ting tric
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of
Messrs. Jardine, Mathason &C
Condon. He settled
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WEDNESDAY, 11th
Oroeiving the Report of the
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Brand Italian Company will
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