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THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1035
BRIDGE NOTES
NEW DEFENSIVE PLAY
by Ely Culbertson.
Amusements
Cinema Notes
THE GAY DIVORCEE-KING'S
THEATRE
RKO-Radio has gone in for Tarpsichorean beauty thrillers in a lavish and apacious manner, and in-
I am one of those who are oftroduces a spectacular Adagio en- the opinion that there is no such semble for "The Gay Dovorcee,” a thing as a brand new type of musical comedy, co-starring Fred play. The game we play to-day Astaire and Ginger Rogers, now at started many years ago with the King's Theatre.
The ensemble number was staged Whist and was gradually evolved
through the Bridge Whist and against a lavish setting which re- Auction stages. The play of the presented a resort hotel of futuris- hand in all that time has been ti design and an esplanade covering very much the same, and years an acre of floor space.
of experience have covered One week was required for film- almost every possible situation, ing this one dance number, and for 50 that, technically speaking, the illumination, nearly 400 large). every type of offensive and delights were employed.
fensive play can be and has been "The Gay Divorces" was adapted catalogued.
for the "screen from Astaire's inter-
However, the hand which I am national stage hit of the game title, showing to-day involves the clos- which scored 288 performances in Asia Life Didg., 14, Queen's Rd., C.est thing to a new defensive play New York and ran for six months
Developing, Printing & Enlarging
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COMPANY MEETINGS North
THE "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
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GENERAL NOTICES Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on
TUESDAY, the 12th February, 1985, AT NOON, for the purpose HONG KONG HORTICULTURAL of receiving the Report of the
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in London.
Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, William. Austin, Erik Rhodes and Eric Blore are other comedy players In the cast.
The plot is one of those unusual ones which cannot be revealed in any phase without detracting from the treat in store.
"BABES IN TOYLAND”........ QUEEN'S THEATRE -
Laurel and
These girls got into the 'swim at Miami Beach, Fla., and found a stage career awalling them. They were chosen from among beach beauties for the new Earl Corroll Vanities. The photo- grapher was so wrapped up in his work that be forgot to get their
names.
The antice of Stan Viet Her COMPARATIVE AGES
OF THE SEXES
bert's immortal music are seen and heard in "Babes In Toyland," a feature-length production, now at the Queen's Theatre.
Trying to get the best of a villain is always as tough job.. Seldom does it bring a laugh. But with Laurel and Hardy on the scene, chuckles, gurgles and general
Women Longer-Lived Than Men
A Norfolk longevity llet for 1984 affords interesting confirmation of
how serious the situation.
lived than men. And "Babes in Toyland", is no In the Sandringham area
RADIO"
TO-DAY'S FROGRAMME
The following programme, will.
be broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station 2.B.W. on a wave length at 855 metres - (845: K.C.')
EUROPEAN RECORDED MUSIC
FROM ZEKANA Chinese Studio Concert
12.30-2.13 gramme,
pm Evropean Pro- 12.30-1 p.m.--Recorded Music, 1.p.m.-Local
Report
Time and Weather 1.03 p.m.-Recorded. Music. 2.15 b.m-Close Down. 7pm-12 midnight--Chinese Studio Concert.
12 midnight-Close Down
7-11 pm-European Recarded Munic from 2.EK. on A Frequency of 340 kilocycles.
7-7.17 p.Four Ways Suite (Eris Contos),
7.17-8 pm-A Concert.
Pianoforte Solas
Rhapsody in E Flat (Brahma):
Jeaux D'Eau (Ravel)
Songe
Benno Molacivitch,
Mannella Mi (Neapolitan Folk
Song)
O Sole Mio (Capua)"
Duselina Giannini (Soprano). 'Cello Solo--
Kol Nidrei (Max Bruch, Op. 47)"
Gaspar Cassado.
Songs-
Bedouin Love Song (Finauti) The Bandolero (Stuart)
Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone). Violin Solos-
Humoreske, Op. 101, No. 7.
(Dvorak)
Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)
BURGLARY BRINGS UP --Local Time Fritz Kreisler.
LEGAL POINT
Thieves Admitted To House By Servant
WAS IT BURGLARY?- -|-
A point in the law of burglary was raised at West London police 09 court recently when four men were]
Report.
8.03-8.86 pm-Musical Comedy and Talkie Tunes.
Vocal Geme Helen (Offenbach) Orchestra
Talkie Tunas Modley, 1932 Fanfare-Selection
Vocal Gema-Wild Violets Selection The Millionaire Kid
8.86-9.02 p. Carziaval Salto, Op. 0 (Schumann)
i) (art, for Russian Ballet). London Symphony Orchestra. 9.02-9.15 p.m.Excerpts from Der Rosenkavalier,
In the play South quite cor- exception to the rule set down by people died this year aged 90 and Charged with burglary at a house in Herr Kavalier Letter Scens and
these
upwards,
The Register of Shares of the West North East South Amirth are a certainly no matter the belief that women are longer FLOWERS and VEGET- Company will be CLOSED from ABLES will be held at the VO- Monday, the 4th February, 1985 to LUNTEER HEADQUARTERS ON Tuesday, the 12th February, 1935, THURSDAY, the 28th FEBRUARY, both days inclusive. 1935, from 3 p.m. to 6,30 p.m.
ENTRIES WILL DEFINITELY CLOSE at the Hon. Secretary's Office, Stock Exchange Building, Ice House Street, at NOON on THURSDAY, the 21st FEBRUARY, 1936, but intending exhibitors are requested to SEND IN THEIR ENTRIES AS EARLY AS POSSI- BLE.
MEMBERS who have not yet
· J. T. BAGRAM,
Hon. Secretary
Hong Kong, 26th January, 1995,
DIOCESAN SCHOOL OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION
By order of the Board of
F. H. CRAPNELL,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 25th January, 1935,
HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED
be held in the Chinese Merchants clusive, Club-China Building, on Febru-
ary 23rd, 1935, at 7.00 p.m. and
8.00 pm. respectively.
It is hoped that all Old Boys: will be present at both the above.
Tickets can be obtained at the following places:-
By Order of the Board,:
$
W. F. SIMMONS,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, January 26, 1935.
Waltz (R. Strauss)
A. Kipnis (Bass) and E. Ruziczko
(Bezzo-Soprano).
Strauss)
rectly opened the heart ten and
stellar comedians. Their
Cromwell Road, Kensington. after North covered Dummy's efforts to foll Barnaby, the sinister
Counsel said that one of the men, Jack with the King, the declarer menace of Victor Herbert's operetta, Of these 64 were women..
Patrick Joseph Clemenger, was um-Heut oder Morgen (Act. 3) (R. won with the Ace. A low club proves hillarious to an extreme.
On his own Marie Theres! (Act. 8) (R. Strauss) On the other hand, among the 62 ployed at the house. was now led; the King in Dummy Supporting in this delightful fan- who just managed to qualify for statement he admitted two of the won the trick, and a low diamond tagy are Charlottee Henry, Henry Inclusion by reaching the Biblical defendants one night when pro was returned. North played his Kleinbach, Felix Knight, Virginia"three score and ten". 32 were men Derty value £150 was stolen. ten-spot, East went up with the Karns and Florence Riberts. Gus and only 20 women. Queen and South made the very Meins and Charles Rogers were the brilliant, play of staying off with co-directors.
his Ace.
"HAPPINESS AHEAD”—s
ALHAMBRA THEATRE
THEATRE
The men were remanded.
CULTURE OF FISH AND FROGS
School Industry. In The Philippines
MARKED SUCCESS:
L. Lehmann (Soprano), E. Schumann (Soprano) and 15. Olszowska (Contralte).
Whether this is your Style or not, 19s a Picture of "What the. Best Dressed Man Wear" for nowadays.
These models, have. extended their popu-.: larity to everywhere, Every Model design-
It was arranged that property The Open Road-A Hiking Medley
9.15-9.30 p.Debroy Somere Band. should be taken on the following What's yours-A Convivial Medley.. nights, but Clemanger communicated Words and Maste-Selection. with the police.
9.40-10 p.m.-Scottish Melodies. paid their subscriptions and ALL N°
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
There is nothing new about
comedy team, appear in various The magistrate questioned whe Song
There's Nae Luck about the Hoose THOSE who wish to join the So- that the ORDINARY YEAR- the hold-up of the Ace of a suit
sequences with Lupė Velez and ther this was burglary, but the ciety are requested to send $5.00LY GENERAL MEETING of HONG munication, nor about the -hold-
(arr. Maxpherson). to interrupt the opponents' com-
others,
chief clerk, pointed out that it had
Boyd Steven (Soprano), to the Undersigned.
KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED
Dick Powell, with his intimitable A stellar cast of the screen, radio been held that "if a servant con- Orchestra-Fantasia on Scottish Airs will be held at the offices of Messrs. up of an Ace when it is behind voice, heads a cast of talented and stage are presented in this spires with a robber and lets him Vocal--Melodies of Robert Burns.
the K-Q-10 in Dummy, to give
10-11 p.m.-Dance Music. Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, the Jardiffe, "Matheson & Co Ltd., the declarer a second-round guess players including Josephine Hut-super musical-comedy extravaganza, into a house by night that is bur-
11 pm-Close Down 21st day of February, 1995, at 12 in the suit. But I have hardly chinson, John Halliday, Allen Jen- and besides Laurel and Hardy, in-glary in both." o'clock noon,
to transact the ever seen an instance before kins and Dorothy Dare, in the new cludes Jimmy "Schnozzle" Durante, where the hold-up of an Ace, in First National production, "Happi- Charles Butterworth, Folly Moran, ordinary business of the Company,
circumstances other than those neas Ahead," now at the Alham Lupe Velez, Jack Pearl, Eddie Quil AND NOTICE "IS HEREBY
mentioned above, is
bra Theatre,
lan, June Clyde, George Givot and ALSO GIVEN that the REGISTER
winning
Although the story is a straight Ted Tealy and his riotous Stooges. OF MEMBERS of the Company play; and the situation involved THE ANNUAL GENERAL will be CLOSED from WEDNES-in to-day's hand is especially comedy drama there are four spe-
MEETING and
noteworthy because it is almost cially written songs, "Pop Goes "THE CATS PAW"-MAJESTIC. ANNUAL DAY, the 6th to THURSDAY, the certain to make the declarer go My Heart," "Beautiful Most Be DINNER of the Association will 21st February, 1985, both days in
wrong. mak
Love," "Massaging Window Paries" After East's diamond Queen and "All on account of a Straw Harold Lloyd, the famous come- dlan of the silent picture days, held the trick, the declarer quite berry Sundae." naturally came to the conclusion Mias Hutchinson as the daugh-makes a welcome return to the that North held either the A-10 ter of a wealthy and socially pro-screen. in a new and original story A campaign for the establishment alone or the A-J-10. If he held minent family, runs away from in "The Cat's Paw," now showing of gourami dah and frog farms has the A-J-10, nothing could be her engagement party, in search at the Majestic Theatre.
been started by the elementary done about the situation, but if of adventure. She runs into® Dick) Lloyd introduces new way of schools of Pangasinan, Philippine North's holding was the former Powell and his pal,Frank Mc-handling political corruption and Islands. one, East would use the "obliga-Hugh, in a Chinese chop suey "pa-racketeers, resorting to the wisdom Considerable success,. it is report- tory finesse" by ducking the sec-lace where the happy throngs are of the Chinese, with whom he is od, is being made in the gourami ond found of diamonds and hop-celebrating New Year's Eve. She raised; In the handling of situa-fish culture of San Jacinto and San N that the ORDINARY YEAR to herself, poses find's wife, he is thrown into the have a natural source of water sur TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ing that North would be forced is attracted to. Dick, but, wishing tions., Returning from China to Nicolas and other schools," which LY MEETING of the SHAREHOL-ingly returned a low diamond, as a working girl out of a job. maelstrom of a typical American ply are following sult. Many frog J. L. Young Saye-43 Cumber-DERS in this Corporation will be South played low and the nine Dick, who is in the window election campaign.
projects also have been, started in held in the Board Room of Messrs. was.""
..: finessed land Road, Kowloon Tong.
in Dummy washing business sees the girl get Supporting the comedian" are Uns the elementary schools in the pro- Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., 18, Obviously North won the trick ting a cheque from one of the Merkel, Kenneth Chan-Gande, Price & Pedder Street, Hong Kong, on with the Jack. The heart suit town's wealthiest citizens, in re Pendleton, Grace Bradley, Alau
George Barbier, Nat vince.
The bureau of education believes SATURDAY, the 23rd February, was cleared, and the three turn for which she throws her Dinehart, Kwok Chan-Banque de L'indo-1935, at 11:30 am. for the purpass notrump contract was defeated. arms about his neck and kisses Warren, Warren Hymer, J. Farrel ram and frog cultivation is bright. Grant Mitchell, Fred that the commercial future of gou. Chino, French Bank Building..
Peter Wong-A. S. Watson & Co. Board of Directors together with a Queen of diamonds with his Ace,
of receiving the Report of the Had "South topped East's him.
| MacDonald, » James. Donlan, Edwin The demand is great, frog legs es- Alexandra Building.
The youth la crushed, thinking|Maxwell, Frank Sheridan, Fuzzy pecially commanding a high price in Wong Sik Chung-H. K. & Kow- ending 31st December 1884.
Statement of Accounts for the year the declarer would have had an that his girl is "double-crossing Knight and Vince Barnett........... the local markets. loon Wharf & Godown Co.
even chance, or probably a better himself and, her "sugar daddy"
Gourami fish for stock can be The Register of Shares of the than even chance, of correctly also. Then the fireworks start Corporation will be closed from guessing that, on the second and only end In one of the most
THE SCARLET EMPRESS secured from the bureau of science.
STAR THEATRE.
This is considered to be the finest Monday, the 11th February to round of diamonds he could drop amusing and thrilling climaxes Saturday the 23rd February 1985 the Jack by playing his King. imaginable.
of all tropical Asiatic fresh-water Marlene Dietrich, the glamorous fish and grows to the size of an (both days Inclusive), during With South's brilliant hold-off,
German star, steals all the hon English turbot." which period no transfer of shares however, the declarer would have
ours in Paramount's spectacular į had to be clairvoyant to read can be registered:
drama of Russian royalty in the By Order of the Board of Directors, the location of the Ace.
days of Catherine the Great, "The V. M. GRAYBURN,
Incidentally, for the complete More than a musical spectacle Scarlet Empress," at the Star success of South's play, it had to M-GM's smash-hit production Theatre.
B. C. Randall-Benjamin & Potts, Ice House Street.
P. H. Sin-P. H. Sin & Co., 14 Queen's Road C.
W. N., Thomas Tam-Bank of China Building.
Co.
Dr. Arthur Woo-China Build ing.
T. S. W. Chan-Diocesan Boys' School.
(Signed) T. S. W. CHAN,
Hon. Secretary.
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be made without a moment's "Hollywood Party" is a comedy-Based on a diary by the glamor hesitation. Had South, after the drame into which romance, music ous Catherine the Great of Russia, declarer played the Queen, stop-and dances are woven as Integral who ruled her country with an ped, carefully figured out all the
Influenza is something of a my-Dealers in Postage Stamps, Religions parts.
iron hand and yet was ruled by stery disease, and the Medical Re Goods, Garden Seeds, Post: Cards possible combinations of cards, Laurel and Hardy, the great romantic impulses, "The Scarlet search Council in Britain la and then decided not to play the (Continued At Foot Of Next Col) Empress must be rated a spect-pushing ahead its Investigations. P. O. Box No.620. LAMMERT BROS. Ace and give the declarer a possun can be an a
AUCTIONSERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVETORS.
Public Auctions
sible guess he would have de- feated the purpose of his play a as the declarer would have been able to mark him
the Ace
aged,
carry the
Fa to pass
sful com
suspicion.
several dect
acle by any standards of judgment. All that science knows is that in *John" Lodge, e comparative new is, caused by an infinitesimally mer among leading men, scores small germ that passes through the In the role of Count | finest diters yet, discovered grabbe Tam Janet
látotic * The annoying thing about (Au is Duke Peter and Lovise that one can go on havingwit D'Empress Elsabeth like peatedly whereas in most "äises mike, the most of colourful roedvery.front, an attack,
guarantee against another attack)
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