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"THE TRUMPET BLOWS"—- KING'S THEATRE
George Raft, sleek-haired
Alm
BRIDGE - NOTES
Number System
by Ely. Culbertson..
weil
Mr. George S. Hellman, known to lovers of literature and art, apply declares the glat of
King's Theatre Bldg., 5th Floor.star. is starred in "The Trumpet bidding is based on the proposition Blows." a thrilling, action-packed that "every bid is a bet, the odds romance of Mexico and the most of which are determined by the dangerous sport in the world-relation of hands to the score and bull fighting.
the players."
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Hin sporting cast is headed
Recently he was a helpless vic- A phe Menjou, Frances tim of the most excellent principle The Drake. and Bidney Toler. which he so aptly stated. Katherine De Mille, daughter of leason was administered to him, by Kowloon Bay, the famous director, Edward Ellis. Mr. Clarence, W. Watson, former Westman United States Senator from West!
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also Virginia, who certainly in his time) In the Senate was the best Bridge When Raft, young brother of player in that august body, and is Menjou, who is a retired bandit, one of the best and keenest any- now a respectable cattle rancher, where. arrives back in Mexico from his schooling in the United States, the older. man tries to dissuade him North- from becoming a bull-fighter.
Frances Drake draws Raft into an impulsive romance, and he in
GENERAL NOTICES. turn finds she is loved by his
TH
NOTICE.
South, Dealer
North and South vulnerable
S.-A K &
H.-A
D-Q J 10 7 6 3 C-6 4 3
S. 10 8 7 &
H. 8 7 6 4 3 2
brother. This conflict, flames into West- intensity by Raft's pursuit of bull fighting in
his defiance of brother's orders, reaches a thrill-
THE SWIMMING CHAMPION-Jing eli 'ax in the arena.
SHIPS of the Colony will takej
place at the V.R.C. on October 10th, "MR. 5 ITCH, AND THE PALM 11th, 12th and 13th. Entries close TRIU *—QUEEN'S THEATRE
Entry RECOMMENDS European and Chinese on October 4th at 6 pm.
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY
THE
CLUB.
EIGHTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, Gth October, and on WEDNESDAY, 10th Oct., 1934, com-! mencing at 2.00 p.m. on both days.
The First Bell will be Rung at 1.30
p.m.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE. Mombers are notified that they and' their Ladies must wear their Badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting
No One without a Badge will be ad- mitted to the Mombera' Enclosure.
Badges admilting Non-Members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $5.00 per day for Gentlemen and $3.00 per day for Ladies (Both in- cluding Tax) are obtainable through the SECRETARY upon the persona! application of a Member, auch Member to be responsible for all visitors intro- duced by him, and for Payment of All Chits, &e.
The Secretary's office, 3rd Floor, Gloucester Building, (Tol. 27794) will close at 12 o'clock, noon.
Badges admitting to Members' En- closure will NOT be on sale at the Rare Course.
On No Pretext will Children be per- mitted in either Enclosure during the Meeting,
Tiffins are obtainable at the Club] House provided they are ordered from Telephone the No. 1 Boy in advance.
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PUBLIC ENCLOSURE The Price of Admission to the Publis Enclosure is $1.00 per day including Tax, for all Persons, including Ladies,! Soldiers and is payable at the Gate. and Sailors in Uniform are admitted Half Price.
Bookmakers, Tic Tac Men, &c., will not be permitted to operate within the Frecincts of the Hongkong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.
By Order,
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB.
Hong Kong, 2nd Oct., 1934.
FOR
come-
C.-7.6 2
East-
S.----
H.-Q J 10 D
D. 9 5 4
C-K Q J 10 9 8
S.-Q J 9 43 2 H.-K 5
D.-A K 8 2 C-A
(Figures
America's philosophic dian, Will Rogers, who was re- South-
"David seen here in cently Harum."
to comes again. the Queen's Theatre in Fox's current the comedy "Mr. Skitch." On atage, the internationally famous The players were using the acrobatic comedians, The Palm Whist Club System, and the bid- Trio, are making their appear-ding went as follows:
after bids refer to numbered ex- anco.
Florence Deamond the year's planatory paragraphs),
West North East radio, record, and
night club South
Равя 2D (2) 4C (3) important role. 10 (1) success, plays an
6D (4)
Pass 7C (5) Dbl. Pass Pass Pass ¡70 (6)
--According to the Whist Club Syston, South's bid of one club showed a minimum of 8%
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Miss Desmond, a sensation in the east, made her bid for fame with imitations of Hollywood pic- ture stars. Phonograph records of her imitations particularly one having to do with a Holly- wood party-have passed the 200,- 1000 mark.
In the Rogers picture, Miss Des- mond portrays a movie-strack girl from Brooklyn who is hitch-hiking to California. She meets "Ira
quick-tricks.
2-Had North responded with one diamond, it would have meant that the hand contained less than two quick-tricks. Hence when he bid two diamonds this
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disclosed not only a diamond 8*******❀❀❀❀UGI suit but at least two quick- tricks in the hand.
Skitch" (Rogers) and his family-An effort to prevent opponents |
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from reaching a Slam and to suggest a possible paying sacri, fice in case they do so.
Zaau Pitta has another feature4This bidding in based on
"CHILD OF MANHATTAN”— ALHAMBRA THEATRE
the
process of elimination. Obvious- ly, partner must hold at least two Aces or the Ace-King of spades, and at least five dia- monds to the Queen.
Clever dialogue and good act-Mr. featured in "Child of ing are Manhattan," the Columbia picture' now showing at the Alhambra Theatre.
Nancy Carroll has the leading role and is ably' supported by John
(Buck) Bolce, Charles
Jones, Clara Blandick, Jane Darwel Gary Owen, Luis Alberni, Betty Grable and several other excol- lent players,
"Child Of Manhattan" is a story' of a square-shooting taxi-dancer, employee of "Loveland," dance establishment occupying
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Hellman calculated that North and South would score at least 1570 points. If East and West should make but & tricks! their loss would be only 1000 points.
Opposing this there was a possibility of pushing the ad- versaries to a successful Grand Slam, but this was counter- balanced by the bettor expecta- tion there was the possibility that the opponents might not be able to make a Grand Slam. Bas- ed upon these considerations, Mr. Hellman offered his "bet" on terms that did not appear wealthy Vanderkills. When the
too disadvantageous for him. strait-laced aunt of the family-A very brilliant bid.
A pen- Ruggests eviction, the widower
alty of at least 1000 points was who is the head of the family un-]
'practically assured, and unless dertakes to investigate before
partner held the spade King. taking drastic action-and runs
the trumps broke and the op- into Nancy Carroll and a love
ponents secured no ruffs, the which starts badly but ends well.
Grand Slam might be down one It boasta o new plot, but it has
trick, a loss of 1100 points. exceptionally clever linca. The element of comedy is there, too, with Clara Blandick handling it to perfection and scoring parti- cularly in a barroom scene in which this "poifeck lady from Hambalg" rises to histrionic
heights.
"THE SHOW-OFF-STAR
THEATRE
Against this, however, was a probable gain of 2250 points for the Grand Slam, plus 700 points for the rubber and 140 points as a game score. It was the a question of calculating imponderables.
Mr. Watson knew his partner to be fairly precise in his bid- have .not ding. He would doubled seven clubs if he held nothing in addition to the two tricks already shown. Mr. Wat produced a more humouroue pleson therefore declined Mr. Hell ture than The Show-Off," featur ing Spencer Tracy, In the current attraction af the Star Theatre.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor has never
man's odds and in turn made another "bet," a Grand Slam in diamonds bld and made. The Silm, adapted from the
It
Grand famous stage play which rocked It is obvious that the
have been reached Broadway with laughter and which Slam could broke all attendance records, more simply by use of the Culbert abounds in comedy situations that son System, as follows; come to a habitual braggart. It one
South
West
North East
inest roles.
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udes INT
Pass
6NT 60
Midge Ev
ID
Pass
Pass Pe
Loin Wilson, The Forcing Takeout plus the ell, and Claude Gill Four Five Notrump
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