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THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1935
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,
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Leather Handbags, Sult Cases, Parkes, Hat Boxes, Caller Boxer Belts, Etc.
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COMPANY MEETINGS
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
All replies under this heading T
must be called for.
TO LET
TO LET SMALL, BEAUTIFUL SHOP or OFFICE, nent Hongkong Hotel on Pedder Street. Apply Box No. 766 c/o "Chinn Mall."
FOR SALE
THE SIXTY-SIXTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on FRI- DAY, the 29th March 1985, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Man- agers, together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December 1984.
The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 15th to the 29th HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY March, 1935, both days Inclusive." 1935, On sale at all..Book-stalls and at the Offices of the Publishers, 3A, Wyndham Street.
SPORT NOTICES.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
DRAFT
JARDINE, MATHESON &
CO., LTD.' General Managers, The Hong Kong Fire Insurance
"Co., Ltd., Hong Kong, 8th March, 1985.
UNION WATERBOAT CO., LIMITED.
HE
Noticed to Shareholders.
THIRTIETH
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of
THE
BRIDGE NOTES
Stealing Tricks
by Ely-Culbertann..
A possibility that many players overlook is that of stealing an extra, trick in an opponent's strongest first glance like bearing the Hon in suit. This process, which looks at
[his
den, is sometimes the bort means of making contract. In the following hand, for example, the declarer, by false-carding on West's honour sequence lead, managed to give that player a false sense of jsécurity and lure him into giving up a-trick to the insignificant
seven.
North, dealer
Neither alde vulnorable,
North:-
S.-K J 6
H.-A K J 7
D-10 3 2
C.----7 5 4
West:-
S-A 9 5 H.-9
D-Q J9 8 C-QJ 10 6' 2
East:-
S.-10 7 3 2 H-10 8 5 4 3 2
·D-A K. .C.-B
South:
S.-Q 8 4 H.-Q G
D.-7 6 6 4
C-AK 9 3
On a rather optimistic response of two netrump by South to North's opening heart bid, the final con- trust of three otrump was reached with South as the declarer. West's [opening,lend was the club Queen,
low card was played from dummy, East perforce played the eight,, and South not only stayed off with both
Alexander Godrtan, Newark, N.J., served a ̈30-day: sentence in Flemington, N.J., gaol, along with
the convicted Hauptmann, for bothering the focal police by "com. feesing" he wrote the Lindbergh kidnapping mates. Minns his whiskers he resembles Hauptmann.
FRADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programma' will he broadcasted to-day from ・ ・ the flone. Kong Broadcasting Station Z.R.W. on, a wave lengtas of 356° metres. (845 K.C/S). *
A VIOLIN RECITAL FROM THE STUDIO
Variety Concert 12.30.2.16 p.m-European
gramme.
'ro-,
12.30 p.m.-London and New York Stock and Commodity Quotations. 12.35-1 p.m.-Recorded Music.
1 pm. Local Time and Weather Report.
chestra (by courtesy of the Manage
1.16 p.m.-Hong Kong Hotel O
mont).
1,30 p.m.-Router Press Rugby Press News, etc.
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
Bulleting.
4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.
his Ace and King but false-carded.6-6.15 p.m.-Childrens' Studio Con- by dropping, the nine-spot.
The South player had quickly taken inventory and saw that he had only eight tricks in sight-twe in spades, four in hearts and two in cluba. One possibility for ninth trick of course was in the diamond suit but this ninth trick suit broke 3-3 and if the opponents would develop only if the diamond did not set up either the thirteenth spade or a setting club trick inĮ the meantime.
Leart.
ו.
7-11 p.m.-European Programme. 7-7.17 p.m.-Peer Gynt Suit, No 2 (Gleg
Op. 55) New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra. 7.17-7.30 p.m-Four Bonga by Malcolm McEachern (Bass).
I'm
a Roamer (Mendeinsohn) 2. Chu Chin Chow "The
Song" (Norton)
1
Cobbler's
4. In Praise of Ale (Cedric Sharne). 3. Gentlemen, Good-Night (Lockton)
7.30-8 p.m-Variety Items. Ellalino Terries and Seymour Hicks
Modley Instrumental-
PROGRAMMES and ENTRY FORMS
for the THIRD EXTRA RACE MEET. ING, to be held on SATURDAY, the 6th April, 1935 (Weather permit ting), may be obtained at the Secre tary's Office, Gloucester Building; the Club House, Happy Valley; 'the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; SHAREHOLDERS will be held in and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road, the Offices of Messrs. Dodwell & Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON Co., Ltd., on WEDNESDAY, 3rd on THURSDAY, 28th March, 1935. April, 1935, at 11 am. for the pur
By Order,
pose of receiving the report of the
South, however, immediately saw G. B. BROWN, General Managers together with a'
a distinct possibility of obtaining Secretary statement of Accounts to 81st De his much needed extra trick in the Hong Kong, 25th March, 1985. cember, 1984.
He decided that by The TRANSFER BOOKS of the dropping the club nine he might Company will bo CLOSED from give the West play the impression the 23rd March to 3rd April, 1985, that East's play of the eight had LAMMERT BROS. both dates inclusive.
been made because East's original holding in the suit was
the King eight-three. South knew that if he won the club King or stayed of? by playing the three-spot no logical continuation by the West players could give him an extra trick in the club suit as it would take two more bad leads from West's combina tion eventually to give South trick with the nine..
AUCTIONEERS, Appraiser:
AND SURVEYORS,
- Public Auctions
HE undersigned have received
Tinstructions to fell by Public
Auction
ON
Thursday the 28th: March, 1935, commencing at 10:30 a.m.
at No. 42, Village Road
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
On View from Wednesday the
27th March, 1985.
Terms: Cash on Delivery."
LAMMERT BROS,
Auctioneers
Hong Kong, March 28, 1936. ‚
HE undersigned have received THE
instructions to sell by Public
Auction
ON Friday, the 29th, March, 1985, commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales. Rédm, No. 35,
Hankow Road; Kowloon,
A Quantity of
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
General Managers. Hong Kong, 16th March, 1985,
GENERAL NOTICES
REMOVAL NOTICE*
club sult.
!
Shine: My Sweetie went away:
Sweet Jenny Lee Farewell Blues; You racal you;
Muddy Waters
Harry Roy and his Tiger- Orchestra
Ragamuffins. Medley of Cole Porter Hits Night and Day ("The Gay
Nivocce") Humorous→→
The Loch Ness Monster (Jahn
Tilley) John Tilley (This record kindly p.m.-Local Time and
loaned by a listener).
Weatheri Report.
8.03-8.25 p.m.-From the Studio. A Violin Recital by Miss Maud Ezekiel accompanied by Mrs. G. W. Griggs.
Programme
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Cinema Notes ·
Corti "THE AGE OF INNOCENCE”- Faure,
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Three Packings: 5's, 10', 27's.
"THE HELL CAT"-QUEEN'S
THEATRE
de
YOU S
A trio of outstanding Hollywood ARE INVITED TO INSPECT OUR luminaries, comprising Robert Arm-
When South dropped the nine ofj1. Sonata in G Minor E beg to notify the public clubs, however, West obtained the 2. Ronding. Beethoven-Kreisler, W
3. Canzonetta. Sammatini that we have removed to the exact impression of the club divi•?
4. Remembrance ... Albert Sammons. Hotel Cecil Basement, Entrance alon which South hoped he would. 15. Berceuse from Chater Road, side lane.
West should have realised that 6. From the Canebrake Gardiner. even though the clubs were divided 8.25-8.48 pm—The New Mayfair, The Age of Innocence," is au- Theatre. as he thought, it would not cost Orchestra.
RAMSEY & COMPANY,
Type-Writer Dealers & Repairers. him anything to continue with the
club Jack as East could still over take the Jack and thus unblock the jsuít. However, West decided not!
KING'S SILVER JUBILEE ̈ ̈
Dollar Collection Fund
Selection--Casanova (Strauss)
strong, Ann" Sothern and Minna Gombell, are being seen in the lead- Ing featured roles of Columbia's "The Hell Cat," at the Queen's
STOCK OF
ASIATIC FOREIGN "AND COLONIAL
POSTAGE STAMPS
In SETS, SINGLE PACKETS, BAGS and in APPROVAL SRKETS.
GRACA & CO., Dealers in Postage Stamps, Philatelic Goods, Picture Postcards, Toy, &e,
10, WYNDHAM STREET P.O. Box No. 620.” HONG KONG. Established 1895
thentically pictured in RKO-Radio's van film version of Edith Wharton's "The Hell Cat" is an original One Hour with you-Medley (Strause) Mother of Pearl-Selection (O. Strauss) famous novel of that name. Irene screen concoction of comedy, melo- 8.48-9 p.m.--Moonlight Sonata Dunne and John Boles, stars of drame and thrills from the colla-
(Beethoven, Op. 27, No. 2). to leave the unblocking of the club 9-9.13 p. The Virtuoso String Harold Banet. (Pianoforte)
"Back Street," are again playing borative pens of Adele Buffington the leading roles in this story and Fred Biblo Jr. It presents a jouit up to his partner, and instead Quartet..
which deals with a love tangle in colourful treatment, of the taming the caste-bound social circles of of the shrew theme in the story New York in the Seventies, of a young, spitfire society debu
Miss Dunne is seen as a girl who tante who sets her cap for pre--godset, enda mpaka jawAGAI returns to her American, relatives sumptions young newspaperman, after a disastrous marital venturejaudacious enough to hit her hack handsome radio crooner who falle in Europe. Dreading scandal, the when she slapped his face for at in love with a Bussian princess. He family opposes the severance of tempting to take her photograph. cannot talk with her, because abe her ties with her dissolute husband. Robert Armstrong portrays the thinks radio crooning la the lowest When Boleg and she, drawn to amiable young reporter who en- form of vll. Be In his dempers quogether by mutual tastes and gages in a battle of brawn and tion, he becomes a water in order
common revolt against the charm of brain with his comely young foe, to be near her.
Managers of business firms and of continuing with the Jack, led a Orientale (Glazounov) others who have employees are in low card. South of course prompt. Gavotte ("Mignon") (Thomas) formed that special collection boxes ly jumped up with the seven in Tambourin (Gossec, arr. Sharpe)
Molly on the Shore. (Grainger) for the Jubilee 31 Collection are dummy and this card held the 9.18-9.30 pm Concert Waltzes. now available at 6 Ning Yuen Ter-trick.
Siren of the Ball (Lebar)' Trace, temporary headquarters of the South still had to be lucky to ful-Moonlight on the Alter (Fetras) St. John Ambulance Brigade; telel his contract. The opponents had The Merry Widow (Lebar) phone No. 26236.
to be let in with the spade Ace and My Haro The Chocolate Soldier". The boxes can be obtained from the diamond suit broke four and 0.30 p.m.--Reuter Press Bulletins, Mr. A. Morris, at the address men- two, but, fortunately for South, London 1 p.m. Stock & Commodity tioned above, or from. Mr. 8. F the East and West cards were tations." Balfour, of the Colonial Secretariat, divided in such a manner that the 9.35-10.19 p.m-From the Studio..
The Collection is to begin on
suit was blocked, and even though A Variety Concert On View from Thursday the April 1, between which date and West shifted to diamonds as a last Margaret King 28th March, 1985.
May 1 the boxes should be circulat hope, sumclent tricks in that suit Audrey Steel Terms: Cash on delivery
ed; when Alled, they should be sent could not be run in time to defeat Doreen Ma
South's contract. South made thres
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
to the Hong Kong and Shanghai
by
-Programme
Auctioneera Bank, which has kindly underta notrump, taking. in all two spade SSA
LAMMERT BROS.,,
Hong Kong, March 28, 1985.
THE
HE undersigned have received instructions to sell by Pubile
Auction
.ON Friday, the 29th. March, 1985, commencing at 5.15 p.m.
'at their Sales Room, Duddall St.
A Valuable Collection of
* POSTAGE STAMPS
Terms: Cash on delivery jul
LAMMERT BROS SeaMENT/Auctioneers. Hong Kong March 28, 1985
to receive same.
QUALITY
PRINTING
THE, NEWSPAPE
Songs: I'll be faithfult:3
Heaven ΟΣ
Earth
tricks four heart tricks and three club tricks. Without South's falee card thero la no doubt but that East 2 Songs and West would have defeated the contract.
FIFTY YEARS IN ONE SPOT WITHOUT A BREAK
of Ireland dnstty: aged 100%
in British
ing a mining
region: for:
Margaret King Needle lu & Haystack June' In Janu KNY
Banka gana das Audrey Steel {3. Piano Selo; -202) Pop goen your heart.
Sri Kim Doreen Ma.. BongH One Night of Love
8) Margarot King
named died imblak.
The Cont
the outside worlda
#10.10.11
drey Steel
28.
the period, fall in love, the relatives Playing opposite Armstrong in The supporting cast includes are faced with an even more the role of the headstrong, deter Alison Skipworth, Roland Young, foundation-rocking scandal since mined debutante is Ann Sothern Reginald Owen, William Frawley, the le engaged to be married to her Briefly the story concerns the Cecilia Parker Marian Mansfield {cousin.
efforts of Miss Sothern to tame the and Charles E. Arnt
Julle Haydon portrays the engag-hard-boiled, cynical newshawk.php?
ed cousin who is the perfect, trust After the more obvious methods. "THE KING'S CUP-STAR ful, clinging vine type of that "age have failed, the disguises herself
of innocence, Others in the note as a reporter from a small, town
THEATRE
worthy cast include the five New and wins her way into his con- "The King's Cup” York Theatre Guild artists, Lionel nidenca, the NE
Atwill, Helen Westley, Laura Rope Crews, Herbert Yost, and Edith Van Cleva: and Theresa's Maxwell- Conover and Leonard Carey,
Dance Orchestra (by courtes Manage
Reuter
bel & Com
"HERE IS MY HEART"
ALHAMBRA THEATRE
moder
thriller" based on a story
Alan, Cobham, having as a
thame
the progress of civil aviation in England and coming to climax in [the Annual Air Race