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THE CHINA MAIL.
SDAY. JANUARY 8, 1935
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“CHARLIE CHAN IN LONDON”.
KING'S THEATRE
Warner Oland makes a welcome return to the King's Theatre, an the famous Chinese detective, in Fox Film's "Charlie Chan In Lon dot?"
In his latest adventure, Charlie chan invades Sherlock Holmes' realm, and journeys to London to solve the most amazing mystery-of Kowloon Bay. his remarkable career in crimino- Shipballders & Repairers. Call Flag “L* logy.
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A man is to be hung for murder. His sister believes him innocent. She pleads with Chan to take the case and to bring the real mur derer to justice. With only 65 hours remaining before the inno- cent man must meet his death. Chan gets to work. He Ande he is working against time and a mur- derer who has the cunning of a fox. With only eight houra re- GENERAL NOTICES. maining in which to solve the
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mystery, Chan lays a clever trap, and snares his human fox without the aid of hounds or borne.
Drue Leyton, who will be recall ed as the feminine lead in "Charlie MSON will move to No. 7 Dud- the role of the romantle lead-op- H. RUTTONJEE & Chap's Courage," again portrays
dell Street, Ground Floor, on 81st posite Ray Milland. Others not- December. They beg to request ables in the cast are Mona Barrie, The "STAR of BETHLEHEM": Rell- their customers to be good enough Alan Mowbray, Murray Kinnell gious articles. We have just removed to forward New Year orders to their Douglas Walton, Walter Johnson, to larger promises. Please patronize present address (15 Queen's Road, E. E. Clive, George Barraud, Madge us as usual at No. 20, Des Voeux Road Central) before noon on that date. Bellamy and David Torrence, (Whiteaway Bldg.) 2nd floor.
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Auction.
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A Quantity of
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FURNITURE
On View from Wednesday NOON, the 9th., January 1985.
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CLOTHING
"GIRL WITHOUT A ROOM'—
Delly Obolenky, who would be a princess if Russia had any princesses now won the title of champion milkmeld at Park Avenue's "Milky Way Ball' for charity. She is shown demon- strating her technique for Jane Robinson.
SIR FLINDERS PETRIE'S
EXCAVATIONS
REASON FOR CHANGE FROM PALESTINE TO SYRIA
Reference to the circumstances In and favourable. French adminis ALHAMBRA THEATRE
which Sir Flinders Petrie has tration in Syria is more enlightened] changed the scene of his archeolo-than the administration in other cleaned by us
Charles Farrell and Marguerite gical excavations from Palestine to countries of the Near East. lasts longer, Churchill are featured in Para French Syria is made in the annus) "These have lately been so short- looks better and contamount'a Istest musical
roport on his last season's work at sighted," he comments; "as to dis comedy romance,
now showing at the Gaza for the British School of favour the work of archeologists Alhambra Theatre.
Archaeology in Egypt.
-freely offered to them, and, thus
a great deal less than chewhere.
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BRIDGK NOTES
Accurate Reading Of The Cards
by Bly
Many Bridge players love to talk about card-reading and it is fre- quently the case that a player can place certain cards in the hand of one adversary or another. Often the knowledge is valueless so far as making the contract is concern- ed, but there are many situations
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will be broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station 2.B.W. on a wave length of 855 metres (845 K.C.')
12.80-2.15 p.m. European Pró- gramme.
12.30-1 pan-Recorded Programme, 1 pm Local Time and Weather Report.
1.08 p.m.-Recpried Music Rugby Press Nows, etc.
1.30 pm-Router Press Bulletins,
1.40-2.10 p.m. (Approx) A Relay pi
in which accurate reading of the the Rotary Club Tiffin Spe.ch from opponents' distribution and high Dr. Hu Shih of the National Univer- the Hong Kong Hotel Boot Garden by Cards is essential to the successity, Pieping.
of the contract.
2.10 p.m. (Approx)-Close Down
RECORDS
4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme...
Two Studio Items.
Mr. Samuel Fry, Jr., on the band A PROGRAMME OF NEW. VICTOR below, not only accurately read West's distribution and early in the hand the location of an im: portant high card, but by means of this information made his game contract
South, Dealer
7-11 p.m.-European Programme. 7 p.m. Closing Local Stock Quota Commodity Quotations,... tions, London and New York Stock and
7.08-7.30
pan Orchestral, ve Rosamunde-Ballet Hustein Gespr
East and West vulnerable; part (Schubert) score 60. North:
S-A 32
H-1048
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S.-K J.10 0.65 H-9 6.5- D.-10.
East
S-87
H-8 2
DAK 85482 G-2
South:
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SQ4
H-A K QJ 7
D. J 7 6 C-J48
North East
Tragic. Overture, Op. 81: (Brahmi) Hungarian Dances (Brahms,- pr.
Dvorak)
7.30-8 pm From the Studlo Iris Phelpst destin
Cello (accompanied by:
Predesnor F. Gonzale)
WJ.T. Phelps
Tenor Tabcompanied by Miss
* Tria Phelpì) Programme
'Cello Solon:-
1. Sarabanda and Gavotte
2. Celtic Lament
Songs
For you alone,
E. The Lex Rig:
Cello Solodded Verfallbani
Modat
W. H. 8quire,
My Heart at thy sweet votes
"Samson and Dalile" Saint-Saens.
Songs ka
1. Little world of Gladness
2. The Rose of Trales
Baynton Bower.
Glover.
8 pmLocal Time and Weather
Report
8.08.9.80 mA Progimn New Victor Records.
Songe
An hour ago this minnet (from "Big
Business). What Now? (from "Big Business) Gertrude Lawrence (Soprano).
The picture is exceptionally Lady Petrie, in a special article divert the flow of discovery which The bidding: (Figures after bids clever and presents some old contributed to the Morning Post had greatly enriched their refer to numbered explanatory favourites in new characterizations at the conclusion of their Gaza ex-museums."
paragraphs). and some new favourites in their cavations, complained that none of
"Hitherto," he concludes, the South West acreen debuta.
the Buds of our six months toll origins of the foreign importations I HIS (1) 2 C (2) 2 D (8) Charles Farrell becomes the have permission to leave Palestine" have not been sought. We go to 2 H (4) Pass comedian at times and does excep
4H seek them this caming season." Pass Pass(5) Pass Sir Flinders states in his report The report, as usual, provides a 1-This vulnerable overall is justi- My Song goes round the world tionally well. Charlie Ruggles is that "a change of conditions by the magnificently illustrated catalogue
O Bong Divine R funnier than usual in a part that Department of Antiquities (Pales of the preceding season's finds. suits him perfectly.
fied by the possession of them
Richard Crooks Tenor). tine) has brought us to a pause."
six-card auit and the hope that
Fax-Trot Miss Churchill blossoms forth For the history of Palestine their
the club. King may be favour-Out in the Cold Again H
Ha-Cha-Cha (from ""Caravan")"
POSTAGE STAMPS with a newly acquired sophistica-eight years work had been funds
CATALOGUE
for 1935
Stanley Gibbona
1st Part British Empire"..... 2nd Part Foreign Countries Whole World Simplified
Scott Stamp and Coin Co. Yvert et Tellier Champion..
tion to enact the title role as an mental, ae, in place of vagus ages artist's model
of bronze and iron, they had it Grace Bradley playing the Rus-stabilised by the scale of the Egyp sian vamp has her first important tian dynasties,
$4.50)
screen role. She showed so much After explaining that the most 17.00 Promise in a tiny sequence of "Too advanced relica found at Gaza were $10.50 Much Harmony" in which she was imported from foreign lands to the
$3.50"discovered."
north, Sir Flinders proceeds: "The Walter Woolf, a recruit from Syrian authorities extend to us a Broadway musicals, makes his cordial welcome, and the official bebut the film.
terms for our results are definite
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COASTWISE
by
'ALGIE" BENNETT,
An interesting book of Cartoons depicting "Happenings" on the China Const.
PRICE $1.00.
Now on sale at
The Newspaper Enterprise Lid. China Mall Buliding
The story is about Farrell, in the he feels and not what he sees. He role of an artist, who paints what wins a contest with his painting upside down.
"OPERATOR 13”—MAJESTIC
THEATRE
RALPHS SHIELD CONTEST
Police Reserve And Victoria Division
In The Lead:
ably placed.
You're Notain but 4 Nothin (Silly
((“Gift of Gab”)
2-North has, of course, enough Symphony "Flying Mouse") Talkin'
strength for a free bid. 8East, with a seven-card suit and
Waltz
Moon of Destre:
a-partner strong enough to over-Fox-Trots call, rightly shows his diamond Buit
4-South reblás because of his
strong trump suit.
After South rebids, North'e hand is amply strong enough to raise to gams.
West opened his singleton dia-
Division and the Victoria Division The Hong Kong Police Reserve
of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, are leading in the annual Ralphs Shield competition, which was held mond in response to his partner's last Sunday morning, at the South bid, and East cashed the Ace and China Athletic Association Stadium, King of diamonds. He did not lead another diamond, because he
The story, concerne a group of college boys and girls on a round- Caroline Hi,
Ooh! You miser you Just an old Banjo
A New Moon je over my Shoulder From Now en (from "Student
(from "Student Tour")
be good because of you The Very thought of you Pardon my Southern Accent The Blue Rcom (from Here come the British"
Friend Heat Wave (from "As Thousands Georgia Jubileet
Somewhere in your Heart
Cheer"")
· La Rosita
the world cruise. With them are Eight divisions of the Brigade felt sure that his partner could not Tango Fox-Trot their professor of philosophy, participated in the contest, which overruff the Dummy, but led the Charles Butterworth and their consisted of company and stretcher spade eight, upon which Mr. Fry Songs without Words-Potpourri
Orchestys athletic trainer, Duranté. Com-drill, treatment and collection of played the four rather than the Orchestral A tense romantic drama of the plicating situations arise at almost wounded. American Civil War, "Operator every port of call. It is a picture 13," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's latest of vibrant youth in action. production, is the current feature picture at the Majestic Theatre.
"COCKEYED CAVALIERS"
ORIENTAL THEATRE
Hungarian Dance No. 1 Tablochko (Russian Sailors' Dance) 8.80pm-Hauter Press Bulletins,
(from The Red Poppy Balla!") · London 1 p.m. Stock and Commodity
Selections by The Music Maken", 0.80-10.06 p.m. From the Studio, 10.08-10.30 pg Concert Itemtens Violin Splos-
Caprico Viennois (Bre Ave Maria" (Schubert,
Queen. The retention of the Queen Lieut. Colonel Frost, O.B.E., was deliberate, based upon the fact R.AM.C., - Major Kennedy, O.B.E, that it might be needed to throw R.A.M.C., Acted as judges, West into the load later in the while Dr. W. B. A. Moore, hand. Mr. Fry took two rounds of Quotations The picture, in which Gary
Brigade Surgeon, Mr. James tramps, then made the club finesse Cooper and Marion Davies are co-
Ralaton, District Superintendent, and returned to his own hand with starred, is based on the story writ- Choosing a background which is Mr. T. K. Chak, Corps Superinten the last trump in Dummy to run ten by the late Robert W. Cham-in excrutiatingly comic contrast dent, the Hon. Secretary Mrs. Lang two more rounds of trumps and the bers. With the Civil War as the to their ultra-modern antics. Bezt ley, and the Director of Ambulance, diamond Jack West had been background, the story deals with Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, two Mr. Morris were present. ⠀⠀
forced to find four discards, and Songs
the intriguing spy systems of both of R.K.O.-Radio's best comedians, Mr. Leung Sui-sang, Superinten had elected to bare down to the the northern and southern armies, are now showing at the Oriental dent of the King's College's present spade King. A spade was then led out of which arises one of the finest Theatre in "Cockeyed Cavaliers." Boys' Division, was an interested from Dummy, and Weat, thrown in romances of the War
With its scenes laid during the spectator.
the story finds Supporting the two lading players Middle Ages,
The Competition will be concluded alled because he was then compell- the lead, and the contract was ful- are: Katherine Alexander, Jean Wheeler and Woolsey in a burles- next Sunday.
ed to lead to the tenace in clube Parker, Ted Healy, Russell Hardie, que on the era, when wassail and The Divisions which participated
the Ace-seven in Dummy and the
Lakme (Dellkes) Pianoforte Salon
Gitta Alpar (59)
pricedo in D Minor, Op.
La Cathedrale Englout!
Rug
(Debnisy)TAMI
mBeuter
Douglas Dunbrille, Willard, Robert knighthood were in flower. Bert lagt Sunday were the Hong Kong Jack-four in the closed hand. London Stock and son, Sidney Toler and the Four annexes the appurtenances of the YM.C.A Division, the Indian Divi The play of the hand is both actions Mills Brothers
royal physicians enroute to attend slon, the King's College Old Boys surate and logical, and it is of 10,35-11 pm—I the Duke of Weakit; and the roy Divjafon, the Kowloon Division, the ng pair is joined by Mary Anna Mong Kok Division, the Shankwan plan could have succeeded against course-observable that no other poor girl eluding the Duke's "mar Division, the Chinese Athletic Divis riage offer.
Lalon and Etka Kowloon Y.M.CA. accurate defence.wage
Division.
“STUDENT TOUR QUEEN'S
THEATRE
One of the most intimate” muai- Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee cal shows that have come out of provide the romantic element. Hollywood this season, "Student
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