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ON Thursday the 3rd. January, 1935 commencing at 11 a.m.
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A Quantity of Shop Fittings, Show Cases and Sundries Terms: Cash on Delivery,
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«DOWN TO THEIR LAST YACHT”'
-KING'S THEATRE
"Down To Their Last Yacht," now at King's Theatre is a lavish musical extravaganza. It is per- meated with new song hits and exotic dances L. vast and colourful ensembles.
The picture concerns the adven- tures of two contrasting classes; a Kowloon Bay. group of former aristocrats whose
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social climbers bent upon living the life of Riley. These groups are brought together on a yachting cruise to the South Seas.
When the yacht is wrecked and the party atranded on a beautiful island, the two factions are united i in the common cause of rebelling against the tyranny of an exotic island queen,
Mary Boland portrays the fiery
tempered island queen, who rules Hand Bags, Suit Cases, with an iron hand, but who has a Purses, Hat Boxes, penchant for marrying at frequent Collar Boxen, Belts, Etc. intervals.
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CATALOGUE for 1935
Stanley Gibbons
The cast includes Sidney Black- mer. Sidney Fox, Polly Moran, Ned Sparks Sterling Holloway, Charles Coleman, Marjorie Gateson, Helen Collina, Tom Kennedy, Hazel Forbes and Irene Franklin.
"MERRY WIDOW”—QUEEN'S
THEATRE.
These highest prelates of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico face arrest on sedition charges. Archbishop Ruiz y Flores, Papal Delegate, is in exile in San Antonio and Archbishop Diaz is re-
ported ready to flee the country,
AMAZING FINDS IN THE SALE-ROOM
Story Of Ashburton Sevres Vases
The talk in the art world recently, has been about a Rubens sketch bringing 1,450 guineas after having been picked up at a remote country sale for $7.
The veteran dealer, Mr.
J.
auction
IMPROVEMENTS IN HUSBANDRY
Chinese Government Plans Assistance
EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS- FOR NORTH-WEST
Nanking-For the development
BRIDGE NOTES
IMPORTANCE OF
RIGHT LEAD
by Ely Culbertson.
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME -
thy!
The following programme wi}} be broadcasted to-day-from the Hong Kong Broadcasting, Station Z.B.W. on a wave length of 855 metres (845 K.C')
Pro-
12.30-2.16 p.m-European gramme.
12:30-1: p.m.--Recorded Music, 1 pm Local Time and Weather Report.
When a Bridge player, out of all the cards in his hand, selects what ia apparently the killing opening to defeat a slam bid, his feelings can better be imagined than described when, upon being placed in the lead again, he is compelled to make a from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room, 1.16 p.m.-A Relay of the Orchestra subsequent lead which gives back all the advantage.
This was the unhappy experience of the West player in the hand be low in playing against Mr. John Sherman and Mr. Horace Block. Mr. Sherman held the North hand and Mr. Block the South.
East, Dealer
Neither side vulnerable. North-
S-
H.-A 8
D.-A J972
C-A K Q 865
West-
S-A K Q 10 5 4 3 2 IL-7
D.-K Q C.-9 7
East-
S.
86
H.-K. Q J 65 "D-5 3
C.--J-2.
outh
S-9'7
H-10 9 3 2 D-10 8 6 4
C.-10 4 3
The bidding: (Figures after bids! refer to numbered explanatory para-]
South
West. Pass 15
North
25 (1)
East
Pass
of agriculture in the North-west slx, All the famous songs of the Rochelle Thomas, told a story to cat will be established early next spring agricultural experimental stations Franz Lehar masterpiece, "Merry it. In 1911 there was an
North-western Widow," are presented in Metro at Melchet Court, near Romsey, of by the National Goldwyn-Mayer's musical romance the "remaining effects" of the late Agricultural College at Chinghai. of the Kame
Lanchow, name, featuring Louisa Lady Ashburton.
Chiuchuan, Pingliang,| Maurice Chevalier and Jeannette
Knowing that she had bought Tianshi and Ninghsia. $4.50 MacDonald, now
at the Queen's some very fine Sevres in her day,jected experimental stations have
Surveys of the sites of the pro- graphs). $7.00 Theatre.
the Paris dealers crossed the Chan- nel: The hauntingly romantic "Villa"
three beautiful already been completed by a group But when Scott Stamp and Coin Co...
is sung by Mise MacDonald, as are $8.00
vases came up a whisper went round of agricultural experts dispatched Pass (2) 3D (8) 48 (4) AD (6) to the north-western provinces by Yvert et Tellier Champion.. $8.00 get," "Melody for Laughter" and "To-night Will Teach Me to For-
the room "Minton merely," and they the College early last July, and 1-The immediate overcall in the took fright.
opponents' bid auit, forcing to "Widows are Gay". Chevalier's GRACA & CO.,
game, songs include 'I'm Gong to Dealers in Postage Stampa, Religious Maxim's" and "Girls, Girls, Girls."
Goods, Garden Seeda, Post Cards
Together, Miss MacDonald and Chevalier sing "The Merry Widow
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etc,
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HONG KONG HEIGHTS
For the information of visitors the following list of some of the ighest points on the Island and Mainland is published:-
Island.
Victoria Peak Signal Station Mt. Parker -Mountain-Lodge
'The Eyrie
Waltz". A male chorus renders "We'll Go to Cafe De Paris."
at
In addition, the Franz Lehar music in its original form embel. lishes the "Can-Can" ballet Maxim's, the huge Albertina Rasch waltz ballet and other spectacular de- tails.
A very shrewd London collector detailed report on their mission has [been formulated and submitted to thus had no difficulty in winning the authorities concerned. Aside the set at only 70 guineas,
He' duly had them put into a sale from surveying the sites of the ex- perimental stations the group havo at Christie's. There' he had the also collected a large number of satisfaction of seeing the same set biological and geological specimens of dealers (with the scales dropped of rare value and taken many pic from their eyes). bidding eagerly. The final call was 3,200 guineas.
tures of the agricultural, and geographical conditions in the North-west..
the Marshovian ballet, DOWRIES FOR GOOD'
GIRLS ONLY
Taunton Resident's Bequest
Pass
Pass
Pass
2-It would seem that East might take some action here, but he decides to walt and listen.
1.03 p.m.-Recorded Muale.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Press Nows, etc.
2.15 pm-Olste Down. 4-7 pmChinese Programme: Dance Music from the Hong Kong Hotel
midnight-European Pro
7-12 gramme.
7 p.m.-Landon and New York Stock and Commodity. Quotations.
7.05-7.25
gramme
p.m. Orchestraf
The Sleeping Beauty--Walls
(Techaikovsky)
Pro-
Prelude a L'Apres-Midi, D'un, Faune
(Debussy)
Danse Macabre (Dance of Death) (Saint-Saens), Op. 40) ·· 7.25-7.42. p.m.-A Pianoforte Recital by Mischa Levitzki.
1. Hungarian Rhapsody, No. 8 (1
6 (Last)
2. La Campanella (Paganini-Eszt); 3. Staccato Etude (Rubinstein).
7.42-8 pm-Four Songs by Joseph Hislap (Tenar).
1. Down in the Forcat (Landan
Ronald),
2. Strew. on her Roses (Landon
Ronald)
3. When I am Dead, My
(Landon Ronald).
Dearest.
4. A Pair well Matched (Landon
Ronald).
8 p.m.-Local Time and Weather
Report.
8.03-8.48. p.m. Variety,
Piano Solog
Words, and Music-Medley
Balo da Costa,
Vocal Clarice Mayne-Medley
Clarice Mayne (Comedienne). Instrumental Smiling Eyes
Hawaiian Love Bird
Vocal Duct-
I'll see you again ("Bitter Sweet") we (Coward)
Dear Little Cafe ("Bitter Sweet)
Peggy Wood and George Metaxa. Plano Soloe
Say it with Music-Medley
Rafe da Costa.
Orchestra
Drury Lane Theatre Memories 8.48-0.06 -Review of Revnes Vocal Chorus by Dan Donovan played by Debroy Eomora Band, with
Vocal Geme
9.05-9.30 p.m.-Light Opera
Les Cloches de Corneville
(Planquette) Selection Dorathy (Cellier)
3-Mr. Block, with a trickless hand, decides to show a bust by bidḍ- ing a minor rather than encour age his partner by bidding hits four-card major suit, 4-Even at four spades West can-Vocal Gems
not be badly hurt. Apparently he has nine certain tricks in his hand.
L
Land Carefully Selected
The Waltz Dream (Strauss) According to the report, the loca-
The Merry Widow (Lebar). tions of the projected experimental |
9.30 p.m.Reater Press Bulletins, London 1 pm. Stock and Commodity stations have the following good 5-Fearing that any other bid will Quotations. Chevalier and Miss MacDonald
points: (1) adjacent to both urban be dropped by South, Mr. Sher- 9.35-12 midnight-A Relay of the head a huge cast which includes
and suburban districts; (2) spa-)
man decides to bid the emall Dance Orchestra from the Hong Kong Edward Everett Horton, Una Mer-
clous and fertile; (3) suitably
alam at once rather than risk Hotel Grill Room.
10:80 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins, kel, George Barbier, Sterling Hollo-
Brides to share in a £10,000 trust situated for agricultural and animal playing against the possibility Rugby Mid-day Press News, Further way, Donald Meek and Herman fund to provide them with marriage husbandry experiments; (5) well- of the club suit being bunched in London Stock and Commodity Quota- Bing.
portions were recently selected at irrigated; (6) with adequate com- one of the adverse hands. [tions, Taunton, Somerset, by a local soli- munication facilities; and (7) with West, correctly deciding that Mr. 12 midnight-Close Down.
peaceful surroundings.
Sherman was void of spades, open-Orchestras are by courtesy of the All Relays of the Hong Kong Hotel citor and business men.
The fund was left by a prominent
The Chinghai Agricultural Ex-ed his singleton heart, and it ap-Management. realdent, Mr. Charles Tite, who died Perimental Station will be located at peared to Mr. Block that he must recently. The recipients were to be of Sining, capital of Chinghai Pro-trick with the Ace and decided to Chinchaipo, a town 45 H to the west inevitably be defeated. He won the "young girls of unblemished char vince, occupying a total of 1,000 play for a 2-2 break in the diamond acter," the daughters of poor Taun-mou of hilly and flat land. ton parents:
tions.
Hundreds of gorgeously costum- ed players, huge and spectacular settings, and unique effects lend fresh glamour to the picture.
"SMARTY-ALHAMBRA THEATRE
NO ONE BRITISH IN FREE STATE
The suit. He therefore laid down the There have been many applica- suitable for experiments in ordin-played the Queen. Then he laid Mr. De Valera's Ruling flat land here is understood to be diamond Acc, upon which West
ary agricultural products and the down another diamond, and found hilly land for afforestation and fortunately that West was forced to animal husbandry.
win.
Fact
1,828
1,774
"Smarty", the story of a rotating wife who furnishes
some of the strangest and most hilarious mari- tal tangles imaginable, is now show- ing at the Alhambra Theatre with Joan Blondell and Warren Williams
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INSIST ON HEIDSIECK
Mr. de Valera, on the second read-
Cotton, Tobacco, Fruit- It appeared that a heart tricking of the Citizenship Bill in the The Lanchow Agricultural Ex-must still be cashed by the East Dail declared: "No one in the Irish A-tense-romantic drama of the perimental Station will be located and West players. Therefore both Free State will be a British sub- The plot, based on the play by American Civil War, "Operator 86 11 to the west of Kaolan, Kansu, North and South were elated when ject when this Bill becomes Irish F. Hugh Herbert, concerns a young 13," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's latest occupying also a total of 1,000 mou West returned a spade. East be
law. bride, beautiful but Irritating, who production, is the current feature of hilly and Bat land. The hilly gun a verbal castigation of his part- "If some other country chooses longs to be crushed and mauled picture at the Oriental Theatre.
land here will be devoted to treener's "dumbness" in failing to conto regard our citizens as their citi and beaten up in true cave-man 297
The picture, In
which Gary planting and animal-breeding and tinue with the heart lead to the zens we will take no cognisance of style by her love mate.
Cooper and Marion Davies are co-the flat land, being well-irrigated first round of which he had played it as far as our law is concerned. Joan Blondell plays the part of starred, is based on the story
and exceptionally fertile, to the the King; and he was scarcely con- "When this Bill is passed, if there the beautiful, but spoiled, wife, whe written by the late Robert: W planting of cotton, tobacco, and tent with his partner's explanation is any substance at all in the prin goes from the arms of one husband Chambers. With the Civil War aa
various kinds of fruit-trees and that he was unable to lead a suit inciples that have been agreed upon to another and back again, while the back ground, the story deals vegetables,
which ha, had no cards remaining. at some of the Imperial Conferences, Warren William and Edward with the intriguing spy systema
it would be an impertinence if Everett Horton have the roles of of both the northern and southern
MOHAMMED'S ROBE
the British were to clism as 'citi- the husbands. Both are too soft armies, out of which arises one of
zens of their country persons who with her, but she gets a thoroughly the finest romances of the War. east of Chiuchuan, Kanen, with a satisfactory beating before the cur
Five million Netherlands guild-are obviously citizens of another Supporting the two leading play and saltish land, which will be used which a Netherlands company is "I take it that such an imperti-
total of 1,000 mou of well-irrigated ers is the extraordinary sum for country. tain goes down.
Others in the cast include Frank Jean Parker, Ted Healy, Russell
are:-Katherine Alexander, for experiments in the planting of aid to have insured the robe of ence will then cease: McHugh, Claire, Dodd, Joan Hardie, Douglas Dunbrille, Willard
cotton and shrubby plants respec- the prophet Mohammed, one of the "What is the position of Irish Wheeler, Virginia Sale and Leonard Robertson, Sidney Toler and the
tively. Carey..
Four Mills Brothers.
"LADY KILLER”—STAR:
THEATRE
era
"MYRT AND MARGE"
MAJESTIC THEATRE “
The Chiuchuan Agricultural Ex- Iperimental Station will be situated at Shuimowan, about 2 H to the
Common Agricultural Products
most valuable relics of Islam, now men and women born In the six exhibited in London. Extracts from countries (Northern Ireland) 1...We The location of the Pluglians the Koran are inscribed on the cannot get over a definite political Agricultural Experimental Station relic, which belongs to the Rajah barrier, and we are not able to legis has been fixed at Michlawan, about of Sarawak, Borneo, 15 to the East of the city of
MONOPOLE CHAMPAGNE Clarke, in Warar Brothers; cur- Universal comedy romance now ser carrying on experiments in wheat and Rice
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late with any hope that our legisla- tion would be given effect in all that "Lady Killer," a melodrama fen- "Myrt and Marge," the two measuring 500 cu approximately. will be used for the Planting of cut off
Pingliang, Kansu, with a total area with a total area of about 600 mou, part of the country that has been turing James Cagney. and Mae famous radio stars, are featured in This station will be used primarily cotton, rice, and vegetables...
The second reading was agreed rent release at the Star Theatre showing at the Majestic Theatre. common agricultural products, An For the establishment of the The picture, based on a story Humour, drams and songs, which other piece of land will be secured Ninghsia Agricultural Experimant written by Rosalind Keating won Myrt and Marge thousands in the neighbourhood in the future al Station General Ma Hung-rel Shaffer, is a satire on America's of radio listeners, combine to make for afforestation Alm colony, relating to the as the picture one of the most enter husbandry
animal, Chairman of the Ninghala Provin tounding rise to screen fame of teining.
cial Government, has promised to an ex-crook by a unique publicity Supporting the two stars are Ted perimental Station will be situated about 80 K to the north of Ninghsia, The Tianshui Agricultural Ex-grant 2,000 mon of fertile land. stuntA
Healy Eddle Foy, Miss Clarke and Cagney, who Jackson, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ray considered the most fertile part of wheat, rice, and other agricultural oyr Thomas at Chaochiayen near Tenauhaton, capital of the province. Cotton, give superb characterisations, are Hedge, Grace Hayes, and Trixie the Kansu provin supported by Margaret Lindsay.
Taking advan-products will be planted here Friganza.
rtility the station Central News Agency.
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