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Cinema Notes
"HELL IN THE HEAVENS'
KING'S THEATRE
A thrilling romance of danger and death in the skies is Fox's latest production, "Heil in the Heavene," featuring Warner Bax-) ter, now showing at the King's Theatre.
Baxter, whose most recent not- able picture, was the "Grand Canary," again gives one of his best performances in this film as an Impetuous American fler in the Lafayette Escadrille hat
Haunted by the fear that "he will be afraid." the Beutenant struggles to combat It. Lave helps, in the form of dashing Con-
YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and COMPANY MEETINGS chita Montenegro. At length Bax- promptly printed.China Mall" Office, No. 8A, Wyndham St Tole- phone 20022.
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS,, APPRAISERS
AND SURVEYORS.
Public Auctions
THE
undersigned have received instructions to sell by Pubile
Auction
on
Tuesday, the 26th. February, 1995 commencing at 2.30 pm.
at their. Sales Room, No. 35; Hankow Ronil, Kowloon.
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
.comprising:
FURNITURE
Chesterfield couches and arm- chairs, Teak side board, Teak din ing table, Teak armchairs and chairs, Teak wardrobe, Teak Dressing table, Tonk
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
ter meets, the "Baron," most daring] and dangerous of German aces, in close comflict high above the clouds and solves his destiny through courage,
:
In the supporting cast are Russell TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Hardie, Herbert Mundin, Andy
ARY, GENERAL MEETING of Barnet. William Stelling, J. Carrol SHAREHOLDERS will be held at Nash, and Johnny Arthur. the HONG KONG HOTEL, Hong Kong, ón" TUESDAY, the 26th. "THE OLD FASHIONED WAY"- FEBRUARY, 1935, at 11.30 a.m.,
QUEEN'S THEATRE
for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together Two of Paramount's most out- with a Statement of. Accounts for standing screen personalities, the year ended 31st. December, Baby LeRoy and W. C. Fields, are 1934.
starred in one of the most hilarious way" now at the Queen's Theatre. comedies, "The Old Fashioned
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED. from TUESDAY, 12th. FEBRUARY to TUESDAY, 26th. FEBRUARY
THE HONG KONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.
town,
Bertrand L. Taylor, Jr. (left), and Countess di Fraasi (right) are battling in a New York court to prevent Geraldine Ott (centre) of Kansas City, Missouri, from collecting the widow's share of their late father's $5,000,000 esate to which she claims she is entitled as his common-law wife. Her mother, Mrs. Louise Ott, told how 65-year-old Taylor, a banker, wed her 27-year-old daughter with
· a six-carat ruby ring, acting as both bridegroom and paster, and then took her on trip to Europe, where they are shown (below). The banker's children deny her claims pa
"ABSURDITIES" OF LICENSING LAWS
Playing Cards and Drinking
LONDON COMMON SERGEANT SPEAKS OUT
•
BRIDGE NOTES The "Deschapelles Coup"
by El Culbertann.
RADIO
TODAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will he broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.R.W. on
wave length of 358.
metres (845 K.O.')
FAREWELL BROADCAST BY BRYAN LEWIS
DZ.E.K. Programme
,12,80-2.15
[gramme.
p.m.- European
Pro
12.30 p.m.London and New York Stock and Commodity Quotations,
Manila Gold Stock Quotations.
1295-1 mRecorded Music,
1 pm Local Time a and Weather Report.
1.08 p.m.-Recorded Music.
1.15 p.m.-A Relay of the Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel: Grill Room (by courtesy of he Management).
1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Press News, ele
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
5-8 p.m-European Programme.
5-7 p.m.--A Relay of the Dance Or chestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden
Management),
(by courtesy of the
7 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota
tiona
7.03-7.90 Opera.
pmExcerpts from Light
Vocal Gems-A Country Girl Selection-Bitter Sweet
Vocal Gems The Geisha
7.30-8 p.m.-A Humorous Interlude from the Studio.
LATEST NEW STAR Farewell Broadcast by Bryan Lawis
GROWING BRIGHTER
"Nora" Not Following Precedent
SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS PROBABLE REASON
Nova Herculis, the new star in
8
p.m.-Local Time and Weather
Report.
6.03-11 p.m.-A Relay from the Ko Shing Theatre.
9.30 p.m. Reuter Press Bulletins, London, I p.m. Stock Quotations..
and Commodity
10.80 p.m.-Reuter Preas Bulletins, Rugby Mid-day Press News, Further Lordon Stock and Commodity Quota- tions.
11 p.m.-Cloze 'Down: 8.30-10
Music from Z.E.K. on A. Frequency of
p.m. European Recorded,
640 k.c❜u.
Flat Minor for Plans and Orchestra (Tachaikovsky) (Op. 28)
8.30-0.03 p.m.-Concerto No. 1 in B
Solomon (Pianoforte) and the Hall
Orchestra, 9.05-9.30 p.m.Variely.
F
Songe
Give me a Rink-I only want one
boy.
Fielda is presented as the man-
The word "coup" (a French ager and leading man of a hungry,
word meaning, colloquially, a clover both days inclusive,
troupe of stock players. Ducking Mr. Cecil Whiteley, K.C. the stroke) has long been used in the sheriff and the irate hotal Common Serjeant, speaking of the family, to indicate a brilliant play, the constellation of Hercules dis-
Bridge, as in all games of the Whist JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,keeper in one
General Managers.
they flee "absurdities" of the Licensing laws Various types of all difficult plays covered a month ago by a Suffolk to the next where it is Field's for in London, urged that the sale of are named coups, and because some amateur, is beginning to take the Hong Kong, 29th. January, 1935. tune to encounter the town's
richest widow, a fátnous lady with intoxicating liquor in clubs should of them are really obscure, people place in popular interest tempor- urge. dramatic ambitions and a romantic be more effectively controlled. " have a justifiable tendency to think arily vacated by the Loch Ness "A large number of very undesir-that any "Bridge play which is Monster, who is presumably in Her son, Baby LeRoy, takes a able night clubs have sprung up in known as a coup is extremely dim-winter quarters.
cult and beyond the scope of the liking to Fields, and the widow London, and they make a large
Owing to a misprint that put"p"; stund, Teak ice chest, Teak cheat of NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. finances the troupe on Fielde' pro-amount of money from the sale of average player. This is not by for "y" the star is familiarly known
mine that she is permitted to act drink," Mr. Whiteley said.
any moaná a correct impression, "Nora," which opens up a vista THE FORTY-EIGHTH ORDIN- with them
"Anyone can apply for such as
The mysterious-sounding Des-of speculation us to whether one│.......... So, torn betwepa love of money club license, even if he
has just
chapelles Coup with Its grandilo- should speak of a star as "be" or Orchestra OF SHAREHOLDERS will he held and his duty to his company, come out of Pentonville I cannot prosaic entry-making play. It con-
quent names is nothing else but "she." " Matheson & Co., Ltd., on THURS- solution for his troubles and even placed under the jurisdiction of i at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Fields manages to find. a happy see why these clubs should not be
Actually, of course, as understood The London Plana Accordeon DAY, the 7th March, 1935, AT a happy one for the romance of Licensing Benches,"
sists of leading an unsupported by astronomers, Nora la not a new organ Solo the
high card, deliberately sacrificing star at all, but a very old one, which NOON, for the purpose of receiv- his daughter, Judith Allen. "It was absurd, he added that win a trick, in order to establish the time of the Emperor Constan- the possibility that that card will probably exploded somewhere about neuple who played cards for moneyjan equivalent of that high card in tine, the news of the explosion
for drinks in ordinary, public heuses should be prosecuted. Near partner's hand as an entry. The having Just reached us.
only difficulty Hea in the fact that But Nora is not behaving at all
chamber
drawers, Tenk cabinet. Teak cup- board, Tenk table, Teak desk, Teak hatatand, etc., etc.
Silver ware, Brass ware, Porce lain ware, Cutlery, Pictures, Clock, Carpet, Rug, Gramaphone and re-
cords, etc., etc.
also
A Quantity of BLACK WOOD FURNITURE
and
One Plano
יון
One Radio Set
and at 3.00 p.m.
One Austin Seven (overhauled and in good condition)."
On View from, Monday the 25th.j February, 1935.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
TARY ANNUAL MEETING
ing the Report of the Directors and
the Statement of Accounts for the
year ended 31st December, 1984.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from
"COLLEGE RHYTHM".
ALHAMBRA THEATRE
for
Give me a Ring-A Couple of fools
-in love
Margaret Bannerman (Soprane). Happy I'm Happy
-Bands,
Wedding of the Painted Doll Medley of old Songs Leslie James."
Songs
Smoke gets in your eyes There's no more: you 'can say
Turner Layton (Tenor),
ly every one of those to whom he the player executing the Des- according to type. Thess, explosions Piano Bok A gorgeous medley of girls, music was speaking played bridge in chapelles Coup cannot see his part are familiar enough in the story of FRIDAY, the 22nd February, 1985 and comedy, and thrilling football, hotels for money.
I'll String along with you to THURSDAY, the 7th March, scenes, feature Paramount's current
ner's honour and thus is taking a the heavens. But as a rule, after 1935, both days inclusive..
Rale da Costa: chance that his lead may create a the first sighting of them, they London 1 pm. Stock and Commodity. 9.80 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins, winning finesse for declarar. But tend, as one might suppose, to grow Quotations.
Auctioneers. '..
Hong Kong, 21st February, 1985.
THE undersigned have received
Auction
Tinstructions to sell by Public
ON
By Order of the Board of ́
Directors,
NOTICE
LIMITED.
release "College, Rhythm," with Joe
Penner, the favourite American radio star, how Theatre.
Action.
Neither side vulnerable
North:-
S-K 5 4
H.-K 6.
DA J C-AKJ872
West:-
first seen. Companions with Holly- 10 pm-Close Down.
wood are deprecated, but will natur
ally suggest themselves. Hence it
is suggested that Nora has been IS YOUR THROAT SORE?
the victim, or heroine, of not one,
but a whole series of explosions.
There was a similar atar in the 18th
Respiraids Ease Instantly
Cure • Quickly.
at the Alhambra Polly Moran, Lupe Velez, Jack in the following example there was dimmer and dimmer, until they
9.35-10 p.m.-Concert Waltzes. F. H. CRÁPNELL,
Pearl, Eddie Quillan, June Clyde, so much to be gained if the. Den vanlah altogether, Nora, on the A Thousandland one Night (J. Strauss) Secretary.
Supported by a magnificent cast, George Givut, and Ted Healy and chapelles Coup was successful, that other hand, grows brighter and Roses of the South (J. Strauss) Hong Kong, 14th February, 1985. Oakie, Helen Mack. Lyda Roberti LAMMERT BROS.,
which includes Lanny Ross, Jack, his riotous Stooges."
it was entirely justifiable to risk brighter, and is now about a million, The Chocolate Soldier-My Here
The Merry Widow (Lebar) a posible unimportant loss.
times a bright as when she was) (0. Stranze) and Mary Brian "College Rhythm"
North, Dealer
· "CENTRAL:” AIRPORT"—— THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC CO,in a hilarious story, of deadly col- introduces Penner to the film public
ORIENTAL THEATRE
lege rivals, the football star' and
thrills, and daring TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN disagreeing and falling in love with make First National's current re- piccola player, who finally agreea by flights, combined with romance, that the FORTY-SIXTH OR-different girls. DINARY YEARLY MEETING will
lease. "Central Airport", one of be held at the Company's Offices, field and it closes on a grand foot-lony."
The picture opens on a football the finest air films seen in the Co- P. & 0. Building, on WEDNESDAY,ball scene and. the reconciliation of 18th March, 1986, at 11 am. for the the college feudists.
The story of the film is that of purpose of presenting the Report The story is not entirely set in xers of the air, but who find that East
two brothers who share all dan- of the Directors together with a college, however. The boys grad- they cannot share the dangers of Statement of Accounts to 318uate, go into business and trans- the embraces of a woman whom December 1934 and electing Direc-forms it into a college anner, even they both love, Bronze and Jade, Old porcelaio, tors and Auditors. Ornaments of coral, Agate and The REGISTER of MEMBERS of
Installing their football team in the A stellar array of stars, includ- other precious stones, Palace screen the Company, will be CLOSED from
atore.
ing Richard Barthelmess, the star South and golden silk carpets, Blackwood 2nd March to 18th March 1986. follow suit and they have to conquer Sally Ellers and Tom Brown, are The fun begins when their rivals of more than 50 dramatic films, and cloud wood, Carved ivory and both days inclusive, during which them in the field of honour. In be in the cast. lacquer, Embroidery, Ivory screen, period no Transfer of Shares Catween are some gorgeous chorus
Wednesday, the 27th February, 1935
commencing at 2.30 p.m...
at their Sales Room,
Duddell Street
A Collection of
VALUABLE OLD CURIOS
Comprising:---
etc., etc,
On view from Tuesday, the 26th, February, 1935.
Terms: Cash on delivery
LAMMERT BROS,
AuctioneersTM Hong Kong, February 22, 1985,
jbo registered..
1
By Order of The Board of...
Directors, GIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents, Hong Kong, 21st February, 1985,
THE undersigned have received THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD
"
"HOLLYWOOD PARTY?"-
instructions to sell. by Public STORAGE COMPANY, LIMITED. MAJESTIC THEATRE.
Auction
ON Saturday, the 2nd' March, 1935
at 12 o'clock, Noon
at their Sales Room, Duddell. Straat
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East South Pass1 S. Pakāt 3NT Pas
West. Pass Pass
century, discovered by a Danish astronomer named Tycho Brahe, which remained, brilliant
RESPIROIDS
BRONCHIAL TABLETS"
for a considerable time. It seems Are Also The Newest Selentine possible that Nora will remain still Corrective of Coughs, Colds, Jonger,
bafore the club sült could be set up by South. The solution to the problem lay in employment of the Deschapelles Coup, which was effected in this way-
And Bronchial Troubles Generally.
With RESPIROIDS You "Breathe-in-the-Cure."
Just Received POSTAGE STAMPS CATALOGUE for 1935
Of chemists, or direct, post free, - 75 cents per bottle, from the China. After winning the frst two branch of the Dr. Williams Medicine hearts, East led the diamond King. Co., 161 Kiangae Road, Shanghel scenes, executed by the 180 All
Suicidal as this may seem in tho American co-eds, some grand acting.
face of Dummy's Ace-Jack, it de by Penner and Lyda Roberti 'and'
finitely destroyed South's chance to some sweet caroling by Lanny Ross, After the story of Cinderella, C
make his contract. If South play- who will be remembered for his the story of the taming of the Pass
ed Dummy's Ace and won the trick, singing in "Melody in Spring”.
East would inevitably regain the shrew is perhaps the most popular Against South's three-notrump lead with the club Queen and put with film producers. The shrew contract West opened the heart West, in the lead with the new es of "It Happened One Night" is the four. South knew that if he play-tablished diamond Queen to run spoilt daughter of a millionaire ed a low heart from Duramy, the the heart suit. South could at Stanley, Gibbons She is not very shrewish, and her Ace would capture the King on the even gain by ducking and allowing Jet Part British Empire pride is soon deflated by Clark agcond round, regardless of which the diamond King to hold the first 2nd Part Foreign Countries.8780 NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS More than a musical spectacle, Gable in the character of a new opponent held it, so he immediate trick, for then a low diamond would
M-G-M's smash-bft TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN "Hollywood
production paper reporter whose pride in his ly played Dummy's King in the force out Dummy's Ace, and the
Simplided a comedy integrity
East West's Scott Stamp and Coin Ca... $8,00
heart, Queen, after which West furnish entry for the hearts, will be held at the Company's Town Laurel and Hardy, the great adventures
dr. They have a variety of amusing held four established heart tricks The Deschapelles Coup was re together. Misfortune and no apparent entry card with markable enough when played more Offce, 2 Lower Albert Road, on THURSDAY 14th March, 1985, at sequences with Lupe Valer
on comedy team, appear in various robs them of their few possessions which to make use of them. East than a hundred years ago by the one by one until, at length. they could readily understand this, see kreat French Whist player Doe- noon for the purpose of receiving others., Walt Disney contribu are slep Lynde the Report of the Directors together special Silly Symphony" In colour breakfasting from
stacks and ing the Acea of diamonds and clubs chapelles In Whist remember. with statement of Accounts declar that is presented by Mickey Mo
inDemmy, and assuming that there is no bidding and Ing & Dividend, and Reelecting hims
South held the spade. Ace because is not exposed, so tha who, through an ama Directors and Auditors
trick, actually appea The TRANSFER. BOOKS of the human actors on one of
Whole› World
N that the THIRTY NINTH OR-drang into which romance, more haters, price teater Want, the hope that West held the Ace. Ensure to would remain in Weard vert et Tellier Champlon
DINARY YEARLY MEETING of and dances are woven as integral position. the Shareholders In the Company parts.
of the set
medy
For Further Particulara please Company will be CLOSED from 2nd sets, apply to the Undersigned, from March to 14th March, 1985 both A whom also inspection order may days Inclusive,
tas" and stare, are presen LAMMERT BROS. D. THOM
By Order of the Board of Direct
mus
"Hoby Kong, 23rd February, 1985. Hong Kong, 21st
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