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THE CHINA HAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1935
BUSINESS DIRECTORY Amusements
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS
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GOVERNMENT NOTICES
R
S. 193-It is hereby noti-
Ned that sealed tenders in
Cinema Notes
"IT'S A SMATE WORLD”
KING'S THRATRE
"Henry VIII'sTM
latecomer
A
BRIDGE NOTES
UNORTHODOX
PASS
By My Culbert
The best players do not always make the technicaly corect bidr
second “. wide. Jane Seymour, is the last of his procession of five spouses to reach or passes every time it is their Hollywood.
However, every time they This
is Wendy do make an unusual bid or an Barrie, the young and lovely Eng-nusual pass they do so because a lish actress who is now appear situation has been created which ing in her first American picture has put them in a position from [Fox Film's "It's A Small World."
which they know they will be able opposite, Spencer Tracy, which
to obtain a better than average opens to-day at the King's Theatre result by adopting an unconven- The others who preceeded her tonal plan of campaign. Peculiar were Bianie Barnes, Elsie Lan-
part-score situations Athen caster (Mrs. Charles Langhton) coupled with some knowledge of Merle Oberon and Kathleen Gries-the opponents strong points or
Miss Barrie, by her own ad- weaknesses, often
mission, came to Holly wood, with-} jout even a letter of introduction.
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swings.
being bir
On the hand below the South PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT to anyone, to say nothing of player, with a very strong bold- contract. She was selected for &ing, made a most unusual pass- screen test, and won by sheet on the second round ́of the bid- ability.
ding and as a result finally seczi- Wendy ed a
very fine result for his anyone asks triplicate, which should be clearly Barrie, how she happened to team Smarked "Tender for Kowloon to Hollywoad to try American Quarry No. 2′′ will be received Pictures she says, "It all happen at the Colonial Secretary's Office ed because I changed my mind! until Noon of Monday, the 22nd and it was a nice day for an aero- July 1935, for the occupation for plane ride.
When
South, Dealer Neither side vulnerable East-West, part-score 30 North-South, part-score 60 North:-
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la period of two years commment- Others in the cast of "It's 2; ing from the date of notification Small World" which Edwin Bat-, of acceptance of tender, of, the cher produced. and Irving Cam- HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY piece--or parcel of ground armings' directed, are Raymond 1935.--On sale at all Book-stalls and shown coloured red on a plan Walbarn Virginia Sale, Astrid West:- at the Offices of the Publishers, 3A. signed by the Director of Public Allwyn, Irving Bacon, Charies Wyndham Street.
Works and dated 28th June, 1985, Sellon. Nick Foran, Belle Danbe, and subject to the conditions Frank McGlynn, Sr. Frank Mc- which can be ascertained at the, Glynn. Jr. Bill Gillis, Ed Brady office of the Director of Public and Harold Minjir. Works.
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LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.
-Upset annual fee $2,000.
Each tender must be
panied by a receipt to the effect;
"BABY FACE HARRINGTON”.
QUEENS THEATRE
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that the tenderer has deposited Two humourists of the screen. South in the Colonial Treasury a sum of who are individually at the top $250 as a pledge of the bona fides of the ladder in their particular of his offer, which sum shall belline, are teamed for the first time |forfeited to the Crown, in the to make "Baby Face Harrington.”: event of the tenderer, whose ten- which is showing at the Queen's The bidding: Figures after der accepted. refusing to carry Theatre to-day, one of the most bids zefer to numbered explana- out the terms and conditions of hilarious films released locally tory paragraphs.)
this year.
South
Bäst his tender.
West North Charles Butterworth and UPA) E (0) INT (2) Pass(3) 2 D (4) On the acceptance of a tender the deposits of unsuccessful ten- Merkel are the two laugh riots. Pass (5) 2NT (6) Dal (7) Pass Pass derers will be returned to them. They are cast respectively as 23 E (8) Dbl(9) Pass
'small town clerk and his wife Rebl
Pass (11) Pass Pass Form of tender and further with social aspirations. In at (10) particulars can be obtained from tempting to be the man his wife sound and sormal opening the office of the Director of Public would like him to be Butterworth
bid. Despite the part-score Works.
'becomes involved with a gang of] South, of course still opens! The Government does not hind killers and is arrested as the head the bidding with one, know- itself to accept the highest or any of the gang-
ing his partner will keep it tender.
open on practically nothing.
R. M. HENDERSON. Director of Public Works,
5th July, 1935.
GENERAL NOTICES
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
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"His" "men" extricate himï' after
2
a thrilling fight and take him to their
Meanwhile hideout. (blood chilling, search is 'spread throughout the country for his arrest.
"THE ST. LOUIS KID”— ALHAMBRA THEATRE
1
2-
doubtful and overly age gressive overcall-justifiable only in view of the part-score
sitnation. 3-North, with no particularly good bid available to him over one notrump, decides to bide his time and try to find out just where, the strength is The part-score situation makes the pass perfectly safe. myich
James Cacuer can take it as well as dish it out, and proves [both points în his Intent starring! 4—East's bid is not so
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that vehicle for Warner Bros. "The
Interim Dividend of St. Louis Kid," which is the 52.10.0 per Share, subject to decurrent attraction at the Alhambra duction of Income Tax, has been Theatre.".
.
declared for the HALF YEAR In this pictare, Jimmy is the ending 90th June, 1935, at the rate roughest red-headed, hot-temper of 2/2450 per DoBar. ·
jed but warm hearted Irish truck THE DIVIDEND will be pay-driver that ever rushed beadlong able on and after MONDAY, 12th into trouble, in which he is-up to AUGUST, 1935, at the offices of his ears from the start of this the Corporation, where Share fast-moving.comedy drama to its THE Undersigned have received holders are requested to apply for amazing climax.
instructions to sell by Public Warrants.
- Public Auctions
THE
Auction.
On Wednesday, the 24th July, 1935 commencing at 230 pm.
at their Sales Boom,
Duddell Street
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
-comprising:-
Chesterfield Suites. Bed Room and Dining Boom Furniture, Glass Cabinets and Bookcases. Desks, Filing Cabinets, E. P. and Brase Ware, Glags and Fortelain Ware, Clocks and Omaments, Linen, Carpets and Rugs, Pic-| tures. Gramaphones and Recorde; Ice Chests, Electric Fans, Screens, Electric Table lamps and Shades, etc, etc.
and
A Selection of BLACKWOOD: FURNITURE
also
One KelvinatorTM
Two "GE" Electric Refrigera
tors.
One "White Frost" Ice Chest
Two Pianos by “Montries
Three Radio Set
On View from Tuesday the
23rd July 1935.*
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
(LAMMERT H20S...
A Auctioneers Hong Kong 19th? Inivá 1935.
Based on strength as it is based on fear of a netrump. contract in view of East's 5-4-3-1. distribution In ad- dition, Esst, with 30 on score, does wish to give his; partner one chance. 5-A brilliant pass. South knew West to be a very aggressive player and he knew also that West would be particularly aggressive since East, his Jimmy gets a smacking from a partner was known to be beautiful girl whose car he has
South quite conservative. THE REGISTER OF SHARES
passed with the almost abeo- the of the Corporation will be closed Smashed that will from MONDAY, 29th July to
hearts of all screen actresses who; (Continued at foot of next. Col.) SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST (both
have been recipients of some, of days inclusive)
(Jimmy's gunacks. during which
Not only THE AGE OF INNOCENCE” does he get smacked, but is made!
STAR THEATRE period no transfer of shares can
to like it, loving the hand that be registered
suites him.
By Order of The Board of Directors.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager Hong Kong, 10th July, 1935.
FOR SALE
SILVER JUBILEE
STAMPS
of
GREAT BRITAIN
sand
44 British Colonies
in complete sets
GRACA & CO., Dealers in Postage Stamp
Garden Seeds, etc., etc. 10 WYNDHAM STREET PO. Bet No, 620 HONG KONG. Established 1896
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Irene Dunne, remembered focal- Beautiful and fragile Patricia
y for her striking performances Ellis is the girl who shows Jimny
in Sweet Adeline" and "Robert=”| Sa where he gets off, playing the Theatre with John Boles in The now appearing at the Star leading romantic role opposite Age Of Innocence.*
Edith Wharton's. world-loved
FREAK FACTS
ABOUT FILM FAVORIES
HOW FEATURED WEL MAM A TRILE" BES
ESCENTLY MARRIED CHRISTINĖ:
LBE AND DESERTED THERANKS, OF HOLLYWOOD BACHELORS
SYMAOND
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GRABLES.
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MARY ASTOR
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END ATAMUTES NOTICE✔
IN HER VEINS
Mary Astor, and Ricardo C artez, together, with Robert Bar- rat and Dudley Digges, play the principal roles în Warner Bro thers' Intest thriller "In A Thie £".which will be screened at the Alhambra Theatre to-moKIOW,
MISSING POISONS SEARCH.
Strychnine And Morphia In
Lost Attache Case
Brighton police are still trying. to trace a doctor's attache case containing, among other things, two phials of deadly painous.
The case was last either be- tween Brighton and Hove, Brigston and London, between one morning and six o'clock the following evening
STREET FIGHT IN
PARIS
Poles Use Stones And Bottles
Pariz
DADIO
TO-DAFS PROGRAMIR
The following programme will De broadcast to-day from “ the Hong Kong Broadcasting Statina ZBH an a wavelength of 355 metres. 1845 EC1
RELAY OF DAVENTRY NEWS BULLI-TIN,
- DANCE MUSIC
12:30-2:15 pm--European Record-
ed Programme.
1 pus--Local Time & Weather Re port.
130 - Beater Press Bulletins, Ragby Prees News, etc
2.15 pm-Close Down. 4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7pm-12 midnight
7-7.30
European
pm-Orchestral Music. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Liszt) Euren Onegin Waltz (Tchaikovsky} Elegiac Melody (Gries)
Coppelia Ballet (Delibes)
Caprice Viennois (Kreisler)
7.30-7.45pm-Four
Richard Grooks (Tenor).
*
Song Divine.
Songs by
2 My Song goes round the world.
3.
I Love you so-"Merry Widow" Kathleen Mavourneen.
2.45-8 pm-The London Palladium Orchestra.
The Forge in the Forest (a. Lloyd) Turkish Patrol (am. Lloyd)
Everybody's Songs (a
Geeh!).
$ pm-Local Time & Weather Re
port
8.03-850 pm-Variety-
Piano Solos-
1.
Streamline-Selection
Streamline The First Waltz
Vivim Elis
Songe
One Night of Love
4
When the Robin Sings, his Song.
Lagain.
For half an hour one day TO- cently the Place Wagram was the scene of a violent struggle be- ON
tween police and more than 200 | Vocal- unemployed Polish workers who {had · received orders from the French anthorities to leave the country and were making a de- monstration of protest.
There were 20 morphia tablets "in one of the phials, while the other contained some. strychnine tableta
Gracie Fields
In the Shade of the old. Apple- I'M WAIMA Phe Chalk BiIDE. The Four Aces.
Organ Solce
One Kiss ("New Moon")
Lover. Come back to me
("New Moon")
They tried to force their way}
Song
Reginald Foort.
There's no more you can say.
Turner Layton (tenor)
Vocal
The Object of my affection
The Boswell Sisters Whistling Bugus Steamboat, Bil
·Joea!--
late certainty that West: through a police cordon A free of 30, fight broke out, during which the with a part-score
Poles used paving stones. gat- would bid two notrump, Pings, and bottles from cafes" as ticularly if South, himself created the impression of weapons.
Ten police officials were taken | Orchestra comparative weakness by
to hospital suffering from kicks failing to bid over two dia-t
in the stomach, bitten hands, and monds. South was deliber
ļents about their faces. Sixteen ately lying back and prepar Poles were arrested. ing trap. 6-According to schedule.
North, of course, must show
life. signs of
The only thing he can do to show his partner that he has consi- derable strength is to double
GAS FROM STRAW
Moscow. After experiments
A
Violet Loraine.Medley
3:50-9 pm--"The Open Road”
Hilding Medley (az Debroy Somers)
9-9.15 pm-A Relay from Daven-
Daventry News Bulletin (Copy- Fight by Reuter).
Cover the Waterfront 915-9.30 pm- Instrumental Items.
arranged for Fight Pianos
Nasty Mar
the opposing game contract, lasting for many years, the Soviet 8----South, of course, is reason-Institute for the Electrification of
ably certain that East and Agriculture has succeeded in ob- The Grasshopper and the Auts West's two-notrump contract taining gas from straw, states the Liebestraum (Love's Dream) (Liszt) will be defented --- However,Į
Tass Agency. This is done by The Blue Danube (Stranas)
--
he fears that the set will means of an instrument known as not be particularly big if a "gas producer" It is amall, and West has two heart stoppers can be fitted to any, engine or and if the strength on which tractor, it is claimed. North's double
is based is
not in diamonds, - but in clubs or spades. South knows on his partner's double, that there must be at least one or two hearts in the North hand and he, accordingly decides not to accept the penalty but i to try for a game, which he is certain will be a laydown. In addition, South knows that West will read the three- heart bid as a resene doubtful double and accord- ingly will double three hearts for penalties, feeling that South's bid was inade from weakness and not from strength
of a
9--Again according to schedule. 10 South is not content with a slight victory. · He wishes to turn it into a complete rout 11-I am sure that West at this point began to suspect that he had been tricked even, before the play started. How- ever, there was no place West could run to. He had to just grin and beat it
a
It is easily seen that three-odd-
There is an unusually talented novel has lost nothing by its supporting cast, which includes translation to the screen and Miss Allen Jenkins in a comedy role as Dunne and John Boles portray cannot be beaten by any defence Jimmy's warm hearted but over their parts to perfection. Lionel Actually West opened the dia zealous pal
Atwill supports in this RKO mond ten and South was able to Radio production.
maks four without any great dif- ficulty,
"EVELYN PRENTICE. MAJESTIC THEATRE
The famous William Powell-
“SUNNY SIDE UP” ORIENTAL
THEATRE
As a matter of fact, correct play by South would enable him to make four-odd even against a club
Myrna Loy combination which Sunny Side Up, one of the opening He could discard his made The Thin Man" such a sue-best pictures last year, and the losing spade on a diamond and Theatre today in what is couple Charles Farrell and Janet beart suit to one by leading the cessful fim are at the Majestic one which raised that popular could restrict his losses in the ing an equally popular sequel to Gaynor to the highest point in Jack through Thas only one that fine film It is "Eveba the film fromament, has a return club, one diamo and one best
for one day at the trick would be lost fental „Theatre. “
At any
South
picture Powell
prosecu
sps I shou
coring a mere 90:az
STILL
1902
1930
The Four Bright Sparks
Ivory Keys Grand Piano Onă. 9.30 pm-12 miginigit......A Relay of - the Hong Koor Hotel Dance Orch
10 p.m.-Renter Press Bulletins. 12 midnight---Close Down.
AHEAD!
GULETTE BLADEA
1935
BLUE GILLETTES