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"TRANS-ATLANTIC MERRY- GO-ROUND KINGS
THEATRE
Sydney Howard the British comedian, makes his first bid for American”TM screen honours in Re {liance's | "Trans-Atlantic. -- Mens" Go-Round, showing at the King's Theatre today. Howard is member of an all-star cast in ¡cluding Jack Benny, Nancy
GENERAL NOTICES Carroll, Gene Kaymond. Mizzi
Gree Sid Silvers, Frank Parker. The Boswell Sisters)
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Sidney Blackner, Ralph Morgan and other stage, screen, and radio personalities.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL
Howard is a “Yorkshire man.” born in the old towa of TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Teadon. He had contributed his Nhat we will remove to our services to many amateur theater new Bank Premises, No. 10, Descals while working for his father. Voeux Road, Central on 2nd July 2 printer and manufacturer: of
1935
Hong Kong, 27th June, 1985.
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE," “STANLEY.
paper bags. Then one day hel noticed an advertisement în al newspaper calling for a "part (time" comedian. He made his professional start in the minia- ture variety shows then in vogue at seaside resorts. After four years of this he was signed for His Excellency Sir Thomas
one of the first revues ever staged *Southern and Lady Southern
He toured with the have kindly consented to attend in England. the Prize Day at STANLEY on show for 14 months and was instĮ OFFICE ROOMS Hong Kong Thursday July 4 at 5 pm when gaining recognition when
the Armistice he had to begin all Stock Exchange Appy to Secretary, His Excellency will distribute the World War broke oRL
prizes.
over again.
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FOR SALE
the
After
For the first tisse in four years' Mrs. Emma Gloeckner of Los An- reies, saw her brother, Bruno Hauptmann, in the death house at Trenton, New Jersey. She brought 1 Los Angeles attorney, tu assist in the fight to save the Lindbergh baby's slayer from the chair.
MAN WHO LIKES SCOTSMEN
Came 3,500 Miles To See Them
By the kindness of Lieut. Col. After four years of touring R. E. Hindson and Officers, the Great Britain and South Africa Band of The Royal Welch!
a featured comedian in popular HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY Fusiliers will play before and as a "single" in vaudeville and as 1935-On sale at all Book-stalls and after the Prize-giving.
All who are interested, part:rees, he burst into fame as
"Battling Smith" in "Hit the "THEY HAVE MADE ME RICH" at the Offices of the Publishers, 3A.;
cularly Parents and Old Boys, are Deck" Then came "Funny Face" Wyndham Street,
invited to attend.
with Fred and Adele Astaire, and other revues,-
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Mr John Milton Cork of Toronto, controller of a chain of grocery shops in Canada, is a great believer in Scotsmen.
He thinks so much of them comes to the Oriertal that he has come 3,500 miles to classic Theatre to-day with the mammoth ace the country that produces cast essential to do it justice, such "keen, upright efficient This is one of the greatest conten "people"
Charles Dickens'
No fewer than 65
din.
immortal
Elizabeth Allan,
BRIDGE NOTES
By Ely Culbertson
BULGARIAN
MINISTERS
RESIGNATION
Public Statement
Refused
Plays meant to fool the oppo- GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO FALL
Dents and cause ther they should not, or they should, are Ik ticularly effective when the beginning of
do what? to do what
ade
For
`CHINA, MAIL" SPECIAL.
Sofia, To-day The Bulgarian Finance Min
[this there are several excellent ister. M. Byaskoff handed in
reasons. First, the opponents at his resignation on his return! this stage of the play know less from a journey abroad made about the hand than they do m with the object of effecting a Ister rounds, and are therefore settlement of the Bulgarian debts, refusing, however, to reckoning with possibilit
Second, they have not yet, had much time to Ithink. Third, some pipers, have
DADIO
TO-DAYS PROGRAMIE
The following programme, will the broadcast into day, from the Hong Kong: Broadcasting Station ZBW. on a wavelength of 355
metres (845 KC1)-
Relay from Daventry of Test Match Scores
| Excorded Mode.
12.30-210 pm: (Approx)—— E pean Programme.
12.30 Reco
ve any public statement of the
1 pmainLocal Time asons for this step.
port.. The Government will be comRugby Press News, etc
130
Reuter Press Bulletins,
the unfortunate habit of postpon-pelled to resign, since the activi- 140 păm. CApprox:)—A. Belay
ties of the former political oppon- the Rotary Club Tidja Speech free
ing their decisions, even when it would be mentally possible to make ts of the party are making the the Hong Kong Hotel Root Gentlem them earlier, until it is too late position more and more embarras Mr. B. Store, B.SC on “The Import- Against these chronic procrasting. On Sunday, for instance, ance of Communications in Chiak
the Police-President of Sofia was
2.10 p.m. CApprox-)--Close Dewrs. tors, of course, early surprise obliged to arrest a number of po 7-11 pm-Ewropean Programme.
*-* pam.--Chinese Programme. plays are even more effective, then litical leaders whose names have 7 paClosing Local Stock Queta- against the generality of players so far been withheld, though it is 703-7:28 pm Quartet in D Flat Procrastination is the thief not understood that they belong to the Major, Op. 15 (Dolanyi) played by only of time, but of tricks.
circle around the well-known Co- the Floraley Quarteto - In today's hand the Southbel Tetscheff, who was the prime! 725-7.43 pm Focol Gems. player avoided sure defeat by mover in the coup d'etat on May Down in Demerara (Traditional) forcing Fast to make the vital 19, 1934, when he proclaimed a (a) Riding down from Bangers decision of the hand-whether o dictatorship. GUAR
(b) Solomon Lea
not to discard, a King on the second trick.
South, Dealer East and West vulnerab
North
Spade--2
Heart-9 6PM
· Diamond----◊ 5 4 3 2 Club K J 10.
West
Spede Q 6:3 Heart-K QJ 8-2 Diamond-Q-J & » Tình E South-
Spade-A 7 5 4
*** Heart
Diamond-A 7 6 “Chib—A Q 9 6 3 2
East
Spade J10 9 8 Heart A 10 7 5 4 3 DiamondK 10 Club-7***
The bidding: 1)
West
1H
North
20
5:
60
Pass DbL Pass Fass
71
tions an
Raymond Newell and the BBC.
Male Chorus. Drinks all Found
143-8pm Pianoforte Recital by Alfred Cortot
An order for Colonel Veltsheff's arrest is stated to have been issu- ed by the Government, but has no Jet been executed owing to his having fed into the provinces or Rigoletto-Paraphrase abroad-Trans-Ocean Service
lade in G Minor (Chopin, Op. 21) de Concert
(Verdi-Liszt)
8 pm Local Time & Weather Re- port
try
8.03-240 pm-d relay from. Danes
ANOTHER TRIUMPH pm Joseph Muscant
the Traxy Grand Orchestra, relayed
FOR GERMAN CARS from the Troy Cinema, Landon
8.30-8.40. pm-England v. South Africa. A running commmentary Captain H..B. T. Waksium on
Mercedes-Benz Wins third day's play in the second Cricket
Barcelona Race
“CHINA MAIL
SPECIAL
Test Match Relayed From Bard's Cricket Ground, Lancion
£40912 pm-Band Music March Slav (Tschaikuwzky) The Black Domino Overture (Ander). Zampa—Overture (Herold, arz, God-
frey)
mimsceness of Scotland (am Goče) frey)
Weish
9.12-9.30 РА
Songs
Barcelona, To-day.
Mercedes-Benz cars” sixth major triumph in the present Europeán | racing. season was witnessed by
more than 65,000 spectators here! Jon Monday, when the Italian Fay Little Weish Home
gioli at the wheel of a car of this i famous German make won the Grand Prix of Barcelona against strong international competition
The second place in the race, which, owing to the extreme heat, Choras Y Delya Aur
kilometers distance constitutes' "a
("Sons of the Welsh Morism.”
Williams)
Leis Megane (Confrato) Cywydd T. Go! (The Blacksity
Song) (Hirs thog)
William Edwards (Tenor)
Kandida. Welsh Glee Singers
Cymru Anrwyl
(Roberts)
(Dear
Leils Megane (Contralto Molawd Cymru (Praise of Wales
(Geirionydd & Wwlyd)
ders for the title of "The best pic- He employs 700 people in the ture of 1935.”
112 shops he controls: Half stars and of them were born in Scotland. featured players are included in Interviewed at the Savoy South the cast. Among the stars are Hotel London, he said: “No 10 W. C. Fields, Lica Barrymore, Scotsman has ever applied to 5C Madge Evans, Maureen O'Sulli-me in vain for work.”
Pass of English Pass van, Edna May Oliver, Lewis Mr. Cork is Stone, Frank Lawton, Freddie descent
It is easily seen that by utilising as not started till late in the
afternoon, went to another Mae Song Bartholomew,
His liking for Scotsmen began one or two spade ruffs, the North des Benz car driven by the Ger- Roland Young, Basil Bathone, with Mr. William Jamieson and South players' could have de- man Caracciola. Hugh Williams and Herbert Mun-Bill came out to Canada from feated East and West's five-heart The winning car's time of 2 Aberdeen," he said, "and was contract by either 500 or 900 hours 27.40 minutes for the 265 It is one of the few pictures the first man I engaged when points.
On the other hand, the North new record Trans-Ocean Ser! Grass is Mother Nature's Carpet record in which the writer of I opened my first shop sixteen
the adaptation, Himself one of years ago. He is now in busi-player could not be certain that ¡vice. provided to cover the ground. there is an abundance of soft green the leading novelists of contem-ness on his own and doing well the opposing contract was mak grass your home will not only bejporary literature, plays one of the
Grandest City
able, and rather than risk losing more pleasing but' it will also be roles; the novelist is Hugh Wal- "He was so efficient that I the rubber, he decided to gamble
pole, the eminent writer and au- engaged another Scot and then on six clubs thority on Dickens,
another. I have never been to It is further evident that six England before, but I have clubs is a hopeless contract, as two heard so much of the wonders diamond tricks must be lost. The of Scotland from the hundreds Declarer, however, did not resign of Scots I now employ that I himself to defest After zuming A clue to the reason why so have come to take a look at the the opening heart lead he saw one many actresses seek divorces from country.”
Pray of hope. If he could strip both an, actor husband is contained in Mr. Cork has an elaborate opponents hands of spades and the Paramount film, "The Great itinerary drawn up by Mr clubs and then play the Ace and Flirtation,” which opens to-day až Jamieson. It says:
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“THE GREAT FLIRTATION”— ALHAMBRA THEATRE
»
TEETH LIKE HUMAN
Baby Chimpanzee's First Molar
BOTTOM INCISOR:
another diamond, and if the op- Jubilee, the Zoo baby chimpan
jou, as the husband, gives Elisa "Stop awhile at Edinburgh, he immediately went about strip Landi, his wife, a great deal more but Aberdeen is the place advice than love. Because she Mr Cork's final words were: and by the time the diamond Ace brated the Jubiles, by having
the Alhambra Theatre, with Elis "Do not waste time in Glas-ponent who was the second dis-zee, has eat her first tooth. It is sa Landi and Adolphe Menjou in gow, but follow the route I have mond did not have a third one to the left bottom incisor tooth and the principal roles.
given you to Aberdeen. It is head, an automatic ruff and dia- its appearance has roused much In this story of the romance of the grandest city in Scotland, card would ensue on whatever interest” because the bottom In- an exotic actress and a tempera- and do not miss the fish market other suft was led.
cisor teeth are the first teeth cat- mental actor, which was written But you will have to be on the However, South realised that if by a human baby. by Gregory Ratot, Adolphe Mer-quay early.
George the Zoo's centenarian ping the hand, the defence would aligator, recently believed to have soon realise what was occurring, become a reformed character, cele-
in
of the pond
Keepers found him the middle
his next
turned
cannot find romance in her has-Scotsmen have made me rich.
was led
old take the proper night out band, she turns to other ment And My business has a turnover of
urblocking ures to defeat tying one so these two must lose love to $5,000,000 a year, and learn that they ever possessed it those Scots helped me pull his purpose...
Ther ore, at trick South Isid in the surprise climar that closes through the depression when
other people were going down down the Ace of diamonds. Had like minepins.
the film
The Great Flirtation”? was pro- duced by Charles R. Rogers and directed by Ralph Murphy. Davidi Manners and Lynne Overman are Featured with Miss Landi and
“GALLANT LADY STAR THEATRE.
“BEFORE MIDNIGHT... QUEENS THEATRE
One the
most thrilling - of reach the apens to-day
the East player been suficiently farsighted he would have realised that there was something De in this play and that. |surely would not
Orchestra
**William Edwards (Tema)
5.30-18 p.m.--Variety-
The Phantom of a Song
Badio Times
Organ: Solos
Lover Come Back to Me
One Kiss
Reginald Foort
Drury Lane Pantomime Memories
Columbia. Light Opera Co. Instrumental
Canadian Capers
Vocal
The Six Keyboard Kings
Young and Healthy You The Four Musketeers *Banjo Solos
Melodies of Yesterday Ken Harvey
10. p.m. 10.05-11
Press Boleti Dance
Late Down
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