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Wire Haired Fox Terrier Puppies For Sale-Exceptional, pedigree.
Really
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BOXING
INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
LEE THEATRE SATURDAY, 5th Jan, 1935
- at 9.15 p.m.
beautiful puppies. Good bone and coat. Featherweight Championship of the
Perfect condition.
Price moderate.
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NOTICE OF REMOVAL,
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December.
dell Street, Ground Floor, on 31st They beg to request their customers to be good enough to forward New Year.orders to their. present address (15 Queen's Road, Central) before.noon on that date.
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.
Public Auctions
THE Undersigned have received
Tintructions to sell by public
Auction
ON
Thursday the 3rd. January, 1835 commencing at 11 am.
at Messrs, Tyeb & Co.'s Premises, Queen's Road
Terms:
A Quantity of Shop Fittings, Show Cases and Sundries
Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 28th Doc., 1984.
Colony.
A. B. PRANDY H.M.S. Kent
Featherweight Champion Royal Navy
and Royal Marines
7.
STOKER DEE
;
H.M.S. Medway
Bantam and Featherweight Champion of Cornwall
10 Rounds Welterweight Contest MAX BRILKA
Former German Welterweight Contender
V.
A. B. APPLEBY
H.M.S. Pandora-
6 Rounds Middleweight Contest
A. B, FANCY
H.M.S. Medway
A. B. WINGRAVE H.M.S.. Medway
THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY
White haired Judge Marcus Kavanagh, 76-year-old "dean of Chicago's Jurists, and his bride, the former Jeanne Latour,' his 26-3 year-old secretary, are pictured kneeling at their wedding cere
a former St. Louis: mony in Chicago church. The bride was model.
BRIDGE NOTES
DANGER OF LONG
MINOR SUIT
by: Ely Culbertson."
Amusements
Cinema Notes
365 NIGHTS IN HOLLYWOOD" KING'S THEATRE
A rollicking comedy of Holly- Mr. Donald B. Kenner of New wood life and loves is depicted In York wrote me recently request-the Fox Film's production."365 ing that I devote an article to a Nights in Hollywood,"
Allce Faye and James Dunn ara discussion of what to do with a long minor suit when partner has featured as a young visitor from opened the bidding. The hand in Peoria with movie aspirations and question is one containing a suit picture director who has had eight cards in length, without sup-fame and fortune but also has his share of bad luck. Mitchell and port for any bid made by the open- Durant, appear as two adagio ice- ing hand. Such holdings have in ¡men..
them the root. of disaster, because Grant Mitchell is the wily head of the fact that partnership ears: of a movie school, who,, conspires
are not always so delicately at-
to "take" B
rich young sucker
tuned that they can get the under- (James Melton) for a large-sized
In addition to the above fights three possible. The band which gave other bouts will be staged, the petitors having yet to confirm engagements.
Booking at MOUTRIE'S for Members of the
bankroll.
tone of distress in the repeated bid-
Other members of the ding of one suit, and the inference cast are John Bradford, Frank that no other final declaration is Conroy and John Qualen.
Two song numbers are includ ed, written by Richard Whiting and Sidney Clare. They are en- tilled, "Yes to You" and "My Fu- ture Star." Sammy Lee handled the dances and George Marshall directed the script.
com-rise to the discussion and brought their about a minor disaster was bid as
follows:
Hong Kong Boxing Association on Wednesday, 2nd and Thursday, 3rd January.
General Public:
Friday, 4th and Saturday, 5th Jan. Ringside Seate $5.50; others $3.30 and $1.10. (Including Amusement Tax)
Just Received POSTAGE STAMPS
CATALOGUE for 1935
Scott Stamp and Coin Co. Yvert et Tellier Champion.. $8.00
$
North, Dealer- North and South vulnerable. NORTH
S-K Q978 H-A KJ 8 5 D-A K C.-8
SOUTH:
S-6 H
D-8.7.65
C-QJ 10 9 8 7 6 5 EAST:-
S.-5 4 2 H.--9 43-2 D.4 3.2
C.-K 42 WEST:-
“DAMES-ALHAMBRA THEATRE
An all-star cast, supported by 500 of Hollywood's most beautiful girls, are featured in Warner! Brothers musical extravaganzo. "Dames," the Alhambra Theatre's New Year offering.
Outstanding in the cast are Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keel- er, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, and! Hugh Herbert.
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Stanley Gibbons
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STA J.10 8: HQ 10:7 8 D-Q J:10 9 C.-A The bidding: North East
South
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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
Vozal, Gems— Selection-
Conversation Piece
Sydney Gustard
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POLICE RESERVE
Orders for the Current Week
Orders by the Hon. Mr. T. H 8.45-9 p.m.-A Recital by Peter Daw-King, Inspector General of Police. The following programme will son (Bass-Baritone)
(Lambert)
Hong Kong Broadcasting Station
2. Love, could. I only tell thee (Capel) Berkeley, who created and stag-Z.R.W. on a wave length of 255 3. Follow me 'Ome (Ward-Higgs)
4.Thourt Passing Hence (Sullivan) In explanation of this odd bid-nd the ensembles for "42nd Street," metres (845 K.C.'a):—
9-9.30 pm From the Studio, jed ding, Mr. Kenner says that his "Gold Diggers of 1933," "Footlight: partner was one of those who in-Parade," and "Wonder Bar" has 12.80-2.15 pm- European elst upon opening, bide in the first something spectacular in this new position being power houses and production.
gramme.
1230-1 pm Recorded Music
Pro
A Recital by Ernesto Vallejo (Violiny and Julio Esteban Anquita (Pianoforte)
MTV Programme
1pm-Local Time & Weather Re-1 Violin Solo
in consequence want the bidding The romantic Interest is furn-port kept open very lightly; and that Ished by Dick Powell and Ruby
He also insista upon a notrump res Keeler.
ponse unless the band contains a trick and one-half. This explains the peculiar bid of notrump with an eight-card minor suit, and no
other strength in the hand,
"VIVA VILLA!"-MAJESTIC
THEATRE
MARKO
Much better bidding on this A superb characterisation of the hand would have been: (Figures man, who was the outstanding after bids refer to numbered ex-gure in Mexico's history during the decade preceding the Great War, is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's planatory paragraphs.)
current release. "Viva Villa!" fen- turing Wallace Barry Fay Wray,
Schildkraut
North East South 18 (1) Pass 20 (2)
West
Pasa
8H (3) Fase 4C (4)
Pass
4H (5) P28860 (6).
Pass
Pass (7) Pass
1North has.
decis
a bid
scenes how Beer role as Villa; whipped to dea
and this
1,03 pm-Recorded Music.
1.15 pm-A Relay of the Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room
(by courtesy of the Management),7
1.30 p.m. Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Press, News, ste
2.15 p.m.-Close Down? POTwo Studio Itema.ne
"Dance Music.
4-7 p. Chinese Programme, 6-5.15 p.m. Children's Studio certa
8
Arioso-Bach
Minuat-Mozart
Pianoforte Solos: Serenata-Halate
Walte in A Flat-Chopin,
Violin Solos
Romance in FBeethoven Jota De Falla
Pianoforte Solo:
Arabesque Debussy."
9.30 pm Reuter Press Bulletins Con-London 1 p.m. Stock & Commodity Que
pm-European Programme: 7pm London and New York Stock & Commodity Quotations
7,05-7:40 p.m.-Band Music Marche Militaire (Schubert, arr. God- 327 |Petroy).
Villanelle (Doll'Acqua, arr Winterbot
Swan
aikovsky)
tations,
3510 p.
Vocal Duet
Variety.
What's Good for the goose is good for
the Gander wishes
Gea, Oh Gosh, (I'ra Grateful MARSam Browne and Girl Friend. Organ Solo AST
ke a Chance-Selection
RETURNED FROM LEAVES Mr. DUDLEY LEONARD KING; Deputy Superintendent of Police (Reserve) returned from leave and resumes command of the Hong Police Reserve, as from 1st, Janu ary, 1985.
APPOINTMENT
On the return from leave of Mr. DUDLEY LEONARD KING, De puty Superintendent of Police (Re serve), Mr. CYRIL CHAMPKIN re sumes his substantive rank of As- alstant Superintendent of Police: Reserve, as from 1st January, 1935.
GCHAMPKIN, Acting, DE P. (R). Hong Kong, Monday, December 81st 1984
Coll |senii
Terance Casey
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