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In the play of a trump contract In which doclarer is forced to shorten his trump length one or more times by ruffing an adverse long suit, he often finds that his Leather Handbags, Sult only safe course is to turn the Hat tables and force the "opponents Cases, Paraes, Boxei, Collar Boxes with his own long suit. The play Belis, Etc.
le most difficult and most abstruse when it involves allowing a small adverse trump to make, a trump that could be picked up by one of the deelurer's top trumps, but at too great a cost,
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of Mrs. Roosevelt, didn't you? You're wrong for this smiling lads Mrs. Merle Protzman, Philadelphia, a veritable "double" for America's First Lady.Many ernit amusing incidents frequently from the striking likeness!
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Cinema' Notes
"THE GAY DIVORCEE" KING'S
THEATRE:
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will the he broadcasted to-day 'from Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.N.W. on a wave length of 355 metres (845 K.Cs)'s-
THE ROYAL HAWAIIAN, ENTERTAINERS.
A Violin Recital To-night 12.30-2.18 pm- European granzac
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12.95-1 p.m.-Recorded Music...
Time and Weather 1/p.m.-Local
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1.08 pm Recorded Music.
1.16 p.m.-A. Relay of the Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room (by courtesy of the Management).
1.30 p.m.-Routar Press Bulletins, Rugby Press New, etc.
2.15 pm. Close Down.
4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.
6-6.15 p.m.-Children's Studio Con
Icert.
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7-11 pan-European Programme. 7-7.17 p.m.-Petit Suite de Concert (Coleridge-Taylor).
7.17-7.30 p.m.-From Foreign Lands (Moszkowski)
Berlin State Opera Orchestra.
7.30-8 pm-Variety,
Instrumental-
J Cover the Waterfront
Sweetheart Darlin'
Vocal
You oughta be in Pictures
Pisno Solos
Derickson and Brown.
Can't we talk it over Now that you're gone
RKO-Radio haa gone in for Terpsichorean beauty thrillers in a Songs Slumberland lavish and spacious manner, and in-, Josephine ....Les Allen (Baritone) troduces a spectacular Adagio en-Orchestra semble for "The Gay Divorcee," a musical comedy, co-starring Fred Report. Astaire and Ginger Rogers, now at the King's Theatre.
The ensemble number was staged] against a lavish setting which re presented a resort hotel of futurie- tic design and an esplanade covering an acre of floor space...
One week was required for film- ing this one dance number, and for this deal the South cards the Illumination, nearly 400 large were played by Jack Weisman of New York City, one of the younger generation of excellent card play
lights were employed.
"The Gay Divorcee" was adapted for the screen from Astaire's inter ers. West opened the Queen of national stage hit of the same title, hearts and South trumped the which scored 288 performances in second round of the suit. It was New York and ran for six months evident that the club suit must be in London.
Alice established, and if a trick must be
Brady, Edward Everett William Austin Erik loat to the Queen, It had best be Horton, given up before trumps were led. Rhodes and Eric Blère are other South therefore cashed the Ace of comedy players in the cast, TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN LY MEETING of the SHAREHOL clubs and when East dropped the The plot is one of those unusual N° that the ANNUAL ORDIN-DERS in this Corporation will be blank Queen, declarer was faced ones which cannot be revealed in ARY GENERAL MEETING of hold in the Board Room of Messrs. with a pretty problem.
any phase without detracting from SHAREHOLDERS will be held at Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., 18, With West marked for a club the treat, in store. the HONG KONG HOTEL, Hong Pedder Street, Hong Kong, stopper, it was useless to take out Kong, on TUESDAY, the 28th SATURDAY, the 23rd February the adverse trumps and continue FEBRUARY, 1935, at 11.30 a.m., 1935, at 11.30 am. for the purpose the club suit inasmuch as this play for the purpose of receiving the of receiving the Report of would leave South defenceless Report of the Directors together Board of Directors together with aagainst &
1934.
TUESDAY, 26th,
both days Inclusive.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers,
the
"BADES IN TOYLAND"-- QUEEN'S THEATRE
heart continuation at The antics of Stan. Laurel and with a Statement of Accounts for Statement of Accounts for the year the time West gained the lead with Oliver Hardy as well as Victor Her- the year ended 31st. December, ending 31st December 1984.
his club stopped. Even though bart's immortal music are seen and The Register of Shares of the the King of diamonds would un-heard in "Babes. In Toyland," a The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Corporation will be closed from doubtedly provide the South hand feature-length production, now at Company will be CLOSED from Monday, the 11th February to a re-entry-East's bid apparently the Queen's Theatre, TUESDAY, 12th. FEBRUARY to Saturday the 23rd February 1985 marking him with the diamond Trying to get the best of a
lose FEBRUARY, (both days, inclusive), during Ace-declarer would too villain is always a tough job. which period no transfer of shares many trieks by this process. Seldom does it bring a laugh. But can be registered.
South studied the hand as a with Laurel and Hardy on the By Order of the Board of Directors, double-dummy problem in which scene chuckles, gurgles and general V. M. GRAYBURN, all that was known of the adverse mirth are a certainty no matter
handa was West's club stopper how serious the situation.
And "Babes in Toyland" la no land, East'a diamond Ace. He solv
ed the problem in this clever man- exception to the rule set down by these atellar comedians. Their ner:
South cashed the Ace and Queen efforts to foil Barnaby, the sinister of trumps, leaving one trump at menace of Victor Herbert's operetta,
He then led a small club proves hilarious to an extreme.
Hong Kong, 29th. January, 1935.
Chlef Manager. Hong Kong, 1st February, 1986.
THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER COMPANY (1918), - LIMITED.
LAMMERT BROS.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN large.
NOTICE IS ordinary Gen- to the Jack. East trumped and Supporting in this delightful fan-
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The Chateau d'If, the famous prison on the small island in the open sea off Marseilles which was built in the reign of Francis I. and is familiar to readers of ""The Count of Monte Cristo," is to be let by the State for 75,000 francs a year so that the prison from which Monte Cristo, pos ́ing as a fellow-prisoner's corpae,
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"MERRY WIVES OF RENO”. ALHAMBRA THEATRE
eral Meeting of The China Light could do no better than to lead a tasy are Charlottee Henry, Henry & Power Company (1918), Limited, top heart, forcing out South's last Kleinbach, Felix Knight, Virginia is to be held at the registered office trump. But declarer, by his fore- Karns and Florence Roberts. Gus! adverse Meins and Charles Rogers were the of the Company, St. George's Build-aight in allowing the ing (2nd Floor), Victoria, in the trump to win, had retained In co-directors, gradua Colony of Hong Kong, on WED-Dummy the vital two trumps NESDAY, the Sixth day of March, necessary for his plan., North 1935, at Three o'clock in the after- was now able to ruff the fourth noon, when the subjoined Resolo-lead of clubs, finally establishing Hon will be proposed as a Special the sult, and a diamond lead toward The world's most famous divorce Resolution :-)
the King assure eventual re-entry colony fa used as the settings for That the name of the Company to South's fifth club at a time Warner Brothers' current produc be changed to "China Light & when the North hand still held a tion, "Merry Wives of Reno," fes- Power Company, Limited."- trump to stop the adverse heart turing Margaret Lindsay, Glenda
suit.
Farrell and Ruth Donnelly in one It was pointed out by Mr merry comedy romance. Weisman after the band that the It is, the story of three merry object in cashing the two trumps wives who romp to Reno, Miss from the South hand and leaving Lindsay and Miss Donnelly, to seek North with the spade King and divorces and Miss Farrell to find a Ten was, as followni
new world of men to flirt with on it develops that West has four Donald Woods, Guy Kibbee and LIDO DANCING ACADEMY :
the three hus- trumps to the Jack, the contract Hugh Herbert are 144, Des Voeux Rd., C. can still be mado if West also bands involved; the former two
(Opp. Sincere's) holds a third heart. In this event frame their wives into compromis Opportunity Open South will continue with the King ing situation with the latter, Woods Dascos for a $1.00 of clubs and a club lead to North's with the idea of effecting a recon
Latest Song Hits Jack, and will then be assured of ciliation with his bride and Guy Beautiful Dancing winning three tricks in clubs, one Kibbee of reducing his wife's de Partner la diamonds, four trump tricks in mand for alimony.
1985..
4.
DATED the Blat day of January,
By Order of the Board
NOEL BRAGA,
Secretary.
and Comfort- the South hand-fence South canh (The story also carries a delight- able Place, Service al not be prevented from getting anfal romance, Miss Lindsay - and ing every night from other heart rud); and ethe last two Woods playing
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