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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1935
BUSINESS DIRECTORY Amusements
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.
Cinema Notes
"BELLE OF THE NINETIES"
KING'S THEATER
W. &, BAILEY & CO., LTD.,
Kowloon Bay.}- Shipbuilders & Repairers. Call Flag 12 Mae West, America's "past time," Sole Agents for Helvin Motors.comes to the King's Theatre in a atory written by herself, the "Belle Of The Nineties."
OPTICIANS
THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,
'Phone 22282,
i
59, Queen's Road Central.
90's.
John
BRIDGE NOTES
Bridge Problems Are Popular
by Ely Culbertenn.
The story is laid against the Bridge problems are becoming colourful background-of St. Louis, more and more popular. Actual New Orleans and the Mississippi
ly, the average Bridge problem towns during the Miljan is cast as the owner of the bears little relation to the play of a hand at Bridge except that it emartest gambling and entertain- tends to accentuate the so-called ment palace in the South.
"expert" aituations, such as those As the most famous burlesque involving intricate squeezes and Cases Purses, Hat queen in the country, Mae Weat deeply involved throw-in plays. leaves St. Louis. goes to Miljan's However, the Bridge problem is establishment, and wins the South
Leather Handbags, Sui!
Boxes, Collar Водев Belts, Etc.
MAN WO LOONG Leather Case Store 5, Pottlager Bt.
Woking
King Shedia
Portrait and Art Photography Developing, Printing & Enlarging Asia Life Bldg., 14, Queen's Rd., C.
(1st Fl.)
Tel. 88806.
GENERAL NOTICES.
FOR SALE
SOON
1935 EDITION of ILK. & Directory TWENTY
NOTICE.
PHILIPPINE
by charm. Miljan, trying to be the now so popular that on street corners, in restaurants, and even big man in her life, lets himself in in theatres, you will see people for trouble when he attempts to poring over the printed diagram, turn Miss West against her prize trying to figure out how to make fighter sweetheart.
four tricks where only two meet the eye.
How the girl with the hour-glass figure finds real love at last, after; ja dramatic climax, brings the film
to a grand finale.
The nucleus of every problem is an and situation in which there Roger Pryor, John Mack Brown, may be as few as three or four and Duke Ellington and his orches cards in each hand a form in tra are featured in the film.
"OUTCAST LADY”—QUEEN'S
THEATRE
which the solution will generally reveal itself upon inspection. The wily construction of problems must therefore make it necessary for the solver to make some bizarre
Michael Arlen's "The Green Hat" or intricate play or series of plays in order to arrive at the end-play first came to the screa as "A Woman of Affairs," in which Greta situation. 18- Garbo and John Gilbert were star- The two examples below are five- now being printed. Will be on sale
LANDS GOVERNMENT red, comes in another version as card end-play situations: soon. Copies PAID CASH IN AD- VANCE will be delivered from first lot $1,000 bonde numbered 829 to 888, "The Outcast Lady," at the Queen's' Figure No. 1, bound up. The Publishers-3A, Wynd-3130, 3181, 8822 to 3324 and 14298 Theatre. ham Street.
MISCELLANEOUS
promptly
printed." China
phone 20022.
YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and
Office, No. 3A, Wyndham St.
7ITH reference to Mr. R. K thrifta, and who are hunned by South:
Batchelor's appointment as society as a result.
-North:-
Constance Bennett and Herbert to 14800 are reported missing.
Before negotiating please com- Marshall are playing the leading]
In this Metro-Goldwyn- municate with Post Office Box No. roles
Mayer's lateat production of the |466, Hong Kong G.P.D.
charming novel.
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Tale-
"The Outcast Lady" tells the, story of two orphans, a boy and a girl, whose ancestry have been known wastrels and spend-
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The boy and the girl are in love! Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. with each other, but the boy's beg to advise that Mr. V. E.
father cannot allow the girl to ruin!
LAMMERT BROS. FERRIER will still remain
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS,
Public Auctions
THE Undersigned have received
Tinstructions to sell by Publle
Auction
ON
Thursday, the 17th, January, 1935
commencing at 230 p.m.
at their Sales Room,
Duddell Street
A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
comprising
FURNITURE
Chesterfeld couches and arm- chairs, Teak wardrobes with be velled mirrors, Teak dressing tables, Teak hatstands, Teak office desks, Teak and glass cabinets. Teak Dining tables, Teak and "cane seat chairs, Teak filing cabinets, Teak ice chests, Book cases, etc.
etc..
an
agent of the Company in Canton and look after the Interests of our present policyholders and friends.
E. J. R. MITCHELL, Manager for South China,
his son's future in the Civil Service East:- by contracting such a marriage.
The girl marries another man; & great friend of both the orphan girl and her lover, but for some mysterious reason be commits sui- cide on his wedding night, and North:- thereafter the film, continues with an interesting series of Incidents,
W.W. AHANA during which every member of the
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COMPANY (H.K.) LIMITED
beg to announce their removal on Jan. 15th to
NO. 81 DES VOEUX ROAD CTL. (Opposite Wing On Bank Bldg.)
and invite their former clients and all who desire high class tailoring at rés- sonable prices to visit them in their new location.
Telephone 23356
Just Received POSTAGE STAMPS CATALOGUE for 1935
Stanley Gibbons
1st Part British Empire .... 2nd Part Foreign Countries Whole World Simplifed
Silver ware, Cutlery, Ornaments, Clocks, Tea seta, Crockery, Glans. ware, Gramophones and records, Pictures, Linen, Carpets, Opium Scott Stamp and Coin Co...
cast la prominent..
Others outstanding in the cast are Hugh Williams, Ralph Forbes and Elizabeth Allan.
"CENTRAL AIRPORT-
STAR THEATRE
Action, thrills, and daring flights, combined with romance, make First National's production, "Central Airport," one of the finest air films seen in the Colony.
The story of the film is that of two brothers who share all dangers of the alr, but who find that they cannot share the dangers of the embraces of a woman whom they both love.
A stellar array of stars, including $4.50 Richard Barthelmess, Sally Ellers $7,00 $10.50 and Tom Brown, are in the cast.
$3.50
$8.00 "SPRINGTIME FOR HENRY”-
MAJESTIC THEATRE
stools, Typewriter, Medicine Yvert et Tellier Champion. . $8,00 chests, Badistore, Marble statue, Bronze ware, Filter, Rattan chairs. Iron beds, Flower pots, etc., etc.
also
A Quantity of Blackwood ware
and
2 Plano players.
Sewing machine,
2 Frigidaires
2 Radio sets
*
2 Radio Gramaphones.
GRACA & CO,. Dealers in Postage Stamps, Religious Goods,. Garden Seeds, Post Cards etc. No. 10 Wyndham Street.
P. O. Box No. 620. Hong Kong.
HONG KONG HEIGHTS life of Henry Dewlip a modern For the information of visitors are chiefly concerned, in this in-
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"I am rained. I can't go back to Texas now,” mourns Mrs. Eva Daniels, 30, of Georgetown, Tex, above, who left her husband and two children at home while the visited relatives in Philadelphia.. There she casually met Duncan- Danscomb (below), ex-army officer, who induced her to make a tour of New York nightclubs with him. Then, she alleges, he decamped with jewelry. Four other women have appeared to make charges against the "professional Romeo,"
DR. KUNG'S VISIT
RADIO TO SOUTH
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZBW. on gm wive length of 355 metres (845 K.0') :——.
12.30-2.10 p.m European Pro-
gramme.
19.30-1 pm Recorded Music.
Definite Date Not Yet Fixed
KEPT BY HEAVY BUSINESS IN CAPITAL
Shanghal, January 8. Dr. H. Kung Vice President of the Executive Yuan
1. p.m.-Local Time and Weather and concurrently Minister of Report.
1.09, p.m.-Recoded Musle,
Finance, return here this morn-
ing from Shanghai. After dis
1.80 p.m.-Router Press Bulletins, posing of some urgent business in Rugby Press News, etc.
the Ministry of Finance, he at-
1.40 p.m. (Approx)-A Relay from
the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden of tended the meeting of the Execn. the Rotary Club Tiffin Speech Dr, tive Yuan and participated in its Gilbert Rassel on "Leprosy."
2.10 p.m. (Approx:-Close Down.. PIANOFORTE RECITAL FROM THE
2
STUDIO
Tango Orchestra To-night
4-7 p.mChinese Programme.
7.11 p.m.-European Programme,
discussions.
that owing to pressure of duties Interviewed, Dr. Kung sair
in the Capital, he has not definite ly decided upon the date at which
to start his long planned trip of
7 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-inspection to the South. He add-
tions, London and New York Stocked that as soon as he can have
and Commodity Quotations,
7.08-7.38 pm
Selections.
Light Orchestral more leisure at his disposal, he will leave for the South imme- diately...
Spanish Danse No. 1 (Granados) Spanish Dance No. 2 (Granados) Zanipa-Overture (arr. Winter) Saschinka (Schimmann)
7.35-8 pm-Varlaty. Plano Solos
Four Aces Suite (Billy Mayerl)
It is learned that Dr. Kung is returning to Shanghai in a few days and may proceed south to gether with Dr. Wang Chung-hui when the latter
leaves for (Chekial Agency).
Raie da Costa. Europe..--
Humorous-The Old School Tie
The Wastern Brothers (Kindly
loaned by a listener).
Violin Solos-Always
Song of Paradise...Albert Sandler Humorous Julius Caesar
Rugby Mid-day Press News, Further
Ronald Franken (Kindly loaned by London Stock and Commodity Quota
a latentr).
8 p.m.-Local Time and Weather
| Report.
808-8.83 p.m.-From the Studio. A Pianoforte Recital by Gurevitch and Luba Shaftain.
Programme
tions.
10.85-11 p.m.-Vocal Gems..
Bitter Sweet (Coward) Jolly Roger
Lia Whoopee
1. Fantasia in G Minor Bach Liszt,
FIVE GALLONS WAS 2 Hungarian Fantasia for two planer
NOT ENOUGH Bigger Drum Taken After Two Raids
A petrol pump at North Weald, Essex, was broken opens early one morning recently and a five gallon drum of petrol taken.
These thieves went a little further up the road and broke open another petrol pump, from which they took ten gallons of petrol.
But in exchange they left the five gallon drum.
Linet
.....de Falla.
The New Moon
11 p.m-Close Down.
9. Dance of Terror
8.33-8.55 p.m-Overturo "Manfred," LET OUR STAFF OF DA
Op. 115 (Schumann)
The B.B.Q. Symphony Orchestra. 8.55-0.12 p.m.-Quartet No. in D Hajor (Borodis...Pro Arte Quarte
9.12-9.80 p.m-Bong Memories.
a Lovely war-Medley (arr.
EXPERT ELECTRICIANS BE AT YOUR SERVICE. Electrical Mechanical RADIO
Somers)
Engineers and Contractors Clarice Mayne-Medley
Electrical Work of All Kinds-House- Clarke Magne. (Comedienne) wiring Experts-Estimates gladly given 9.80 p.m. Reuter Press Bulletins, Transformers designed and built to any London 1 p.m. Stock and Commodity specification. Moters and Dynamos re- quotations.
paired and rewound. Radio Servicing. by a qualified European Expert.
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CO Stock Exchange Bldg. Ice House BL Tel. 33326
9.86-10.30 pm-From the Studio. Dance Musid by Professor Tonoff and his Tango Orchestra.
10.80 p.m.-leuter Press Bulletins,
· (Continued on next Column.)
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Auction
ON
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