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"PRIVATE WORLDS":
KING'S THEATRE
CHINA -MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1935
BRIDGE NOTES An Episode In An Adventure
By Ely Culbertson
FIGHTING CRIME BY
SCIENCE
Sir J. Simon's Review
Westminster.
In his review of the work- of the Home Office recently...... Sir
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SEM
DADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
12:30-075 pin-European.
12.30 pm-Recorded music. 1pm-Local Time and Weather Report
MEDAL LOST FOR 13 YEARS
Recovered In Strange Fashion
Cairo.
sea thirteen years ago.
In 1922 Captain R. L. Yates, the Royal Scots Familiers, was on a visit to Malta. While he was standing on the deck of the ship in Valetta harbour one of his wa medals fell overboard.
The Bendigo called at Malta on a recent voyage. When the an-
}it Captain Yates's "Fort-medal.
The story of a woman who
This is the first chapter of a John Simon had much that was
Thanks to the finer Bendigo knew all about love in other's story True, the second chapter interesting to say of the incid The following programme will medal which he dropped into the
British officer has recover lives but feared it herself, Paris not only unwritten, but as yet ence of crime and the develop-be broadcast to-day from the amount's “Private Worlds" stars | there is nothing whatever to ment of police efficiency. glamorous Claudette Colbert write about...I am nevertheless In a brief survey of the pro- ZBW on a wavelength of 355 Hong Kong Broadcasting Station with Charles Boyer and Joan confident that within just a few blerns of prevention and deter-metres (845 KC's). Bennet in support.
weeks the aftermath to the occurtion of crime Sir John remarked A dramatic picture of impulses rence am about to describe to that the building of many grampie. behind love. "Private Worlds" day will take place, and when it blocks of flats had encouraged presents Miss Colbert as a fem- does I will publish the second housebreaking. On the other ale doctor in the unusual setting chapter in this colum
hand. science had no
how made the
115 pm-Hong Kong Hotel Or-! of a hospital for the insane. With To introduce this story, let me fighting of crime easier.
chestra. extraderinary insight into the say that in a system of Bridge |
Bad Old Days
1.30 p.m.-Reater Press Bulletins, chor was weighed there was found tragedies which have dziven psychology the personal-equation The days when the lonely ete
imbedded in the mad clinging to others insane, this woman is yet is just as important as the play-policeman on his beat." suspect-
215 pm Cloce Down, blind to
VIOLIN AND PIANOFORTE the need of her own ing situation. I have for manying something wrong.
RECITAL FROM STUDIO heart
rears devoted a great deal of almost helpless to stop it or
ZEK. Programme, She and her associate doctor, time and effort to codifying catch the offender had gone. 5-8. pm-European programme. Joe McCrea, are happy in the Bridge paychology in both bid- Sir John interpreted the sub-
5-7 pin-Hong Kong Hotel Dance i Orchestra. work they are doing until the in-ding and play, and in my books stantial increase in juvenile de
7-7.15 p.m. Selections from trusion of Charles Boyer, an-I have gone to some length to linquency during the last five or Musical Comedy. other doctor, upsets their work advise my readers against apply six years, an increase not in the Rose Marie (Friml) Boyer's sister lures McCrea awaying the right principles at the gravity, but in the frequency A Bedtime Story (Rainger)
A brilliant psycho- of crimes of adolescents, as *215-7.45" pan-From the Studio. from his faithful, and uncom-wrong time.
logical comp, when use against mainly due to the greater Fiber-Miss Raby Waldon and Miss Ottilia A Violin and Pianoforte Recital by plaining wife, Joan Bennett.
in a short time, the lives of a good player, many be relied up ty and less discipline of the Derwin
"Tames" this small group are caught in a on to show a profit, whereas the present time
7.45-7.50 pim--
with Pep con- same bit of cleverness is trans-
No. 1 played by The Bugle Call web of love. intrigue and
Exggers |flicting wills The denouement formed, when used against weak
7.50-8 pm.---From the Studio. *A Cinema Review" by Silhouette. 8 p.m.-Local Time and Weather Report, Closing Local Stock Quota-
awaits ber
When Mr Möre-
Hing Theatre (Chinese).
of the drama occurs when Joan opponents, into the ultimate in first round. Bennett is driven to the verge of stupidity. The same is true, con-head bid six thearts over, my six- an-versely, of a simple type of bluff club bid, he was giving me the insanity by her husband's.
I recently Claudette Col-
played a game option of bidding a Grand Slam.. tions. faithfulness and bert is awakened to the love that against P. Hal Sims, of Deal, NJ.ret reserving the opportunity f-05-11 pm-A Relay from the Po in which Mr. Sims' partner was playing at six only if I felt that
11 pim-Close Downl Phyllis Bottome's best-selling Jay Becker of Philadelphia the Grand Slam was not possible.
8.30–10. p.m.-European Programme that there from ZEK on a frequency of 648]. novel of the same name furnish and my partner was Albert H. I knew, of course,
Midway might possibly be, a finesse kilocycles
to ed the original from which "Pri Morehead of New York
8.30-8.35 pm—A Relay from
England v South Africa“. A run-
T. Wakelam on the second day's play
vate Worlds" was adapted. Gre of the game. Mr. Morehead and I take, but the present large Grand Da
were blessed with Some very Slam bonus of 1,500 points not
in the fifth Cricket Test Match. Re-
gory La Cava directed the pic- ture from an adaptation by Lynn good cards on a certain deal, and vulnerable caused me to try for ning Commentary by Captain H. B
proceeded to bid up to a Grand] the maximum. Starling.
Siam.
Mr. Sims, looking at his single-layed from the Oval Cricket Ground, At this point Mr. Sims, who is ton club, was quite sure that if Kennington, London. one of the greatest card players we were allowed to run the heart 8.35-9 pm-Concert Waltzes. fof all time and whose game I and clubs suits without loss, we Tales from the Vienna: Woods
(J. Strauss)
"PUBLIC HERO NO: 1”— QUEEN'S THEATRE
Songs
Humpty Dumpty The Sunshine Cruise
Cicely Courtneidge (Comedienne).
"Maybe it's The Moon
Rock me in a Cradle of Kalua Vocal Duet MEN
Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trio.
Following swiftly in the wake greatly admire. was guilty of one must succeed in making our CO The Grenadiers Wahr (Waldtenfel) of "G-Men" which had its pre-of his very infrequent psycho-tract, and he made
a psycho-Acclamations Waltz (Waldtenfel) logical errors. He used a good logical double intended to miere locally" a few weeks ago, i
con-My Darling Waltz ("The Gipsy trick, it is true, but he overlook, vince me that he had whatever Baron) (J. Stranas) Public Hero No. 1 proves to be
9-9.15 pm-A Relay of the Daven- a worthy successor to the pictureed the fact that while this trick trump strength I might be lack-
on to succeeding, and thus that he expected toy News Bulletin, (Copyright by which commenced glorifying the can be counted
Beater). against the average player, it is win a trick in clubs. I redoubled law rather than the gangster
9.15-9.43. poz.—A ́ ́ Variety Pro- Chester Morris gives an admir doomed to dismal failure against because I knew that my loss, if gramme.
a master player. By glancing set, could be only an additional Lable portrayal of a Federal agent,
at the following hand you will 100 points, whereas my gain, if Lionel Barrymore is convincing
see what Mr. Sims did and its re-I made it, would be 280 points. as the drunken doctor, who makes?
sult:
Mr. Becker opened his lowest Instrumental- an easy, though precarious living.
spade from the West hand.”“and patching up the gangsters after South. Dealer.
I could see that Mr. Sims would their frequent clashes with the Neither side vulnerable
not have doubled if holding the Law Jean Arthur adds
the North:-
guarded Queen of clubs, for he (necessary touch of romance.
would have been much more like There is action in the begin-!
ly with that valuable card to re- ning, in the middle and even at
main silent and hope that I the end. The action is fast as
would finesse into his hand. So one would expect when machine-West:-
I grabbed the first trick with the guns are taking a leading part.
Ace of spades, played the King Interest never flags for a mo-
of clubs, and then led the Jack ment, but it is punctuated in the
of clubs and finessed through correct places by clever bursts of
West for the Queen The finesse humour.
was, of course, successful and we: made the Grand Slam, scoring 2,060 points.
"MURDER IN THE CLOUDS”- ALHAMBRA THEATRE
"Murder in the Clouds,” a First National production, is a melo- dramatic mystery thriller with a most amazing plot involving the commission of wholesale murder thousands of feet in the air.
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South:-
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West North Pass 1H 3 S4C ENT 6 H
That is all of the story, but what is yet to come resins to be seen When I happen to meet Mr Sims again, he will remem ber this ill-advised phychic dou- ble, and the next time he doubles: me in a Slam I shall expect him to have the Queen, or perhaps he The story is by two noted ma-South
will reason that I will expect him gazine writers. Roy Chansor and 1.C Dore Schary, and is one of fast 2 S
to have the Queen and he will make exactly the same sort of and furious action, breath-taking 4NT
double again, with a view to suspense and enough thrills to 6 C
catching me in the well-known pack a dozen pictures. It evolves(7.0.
double-cross. · So it will be a bat- about the secret attempt of inter-Redbl Pass Pass Fass tle of with in which each of us national spies to steal the formu I held the South cards and. Mr. tries to read the 'other's mind." la from the United States Govern-Sims was East. By use of the At any rate, one thing I am ment of a new high explosive, Four-Five Notrump Convention sure of--a second chapter will and to obtain which they are Mr. Morehead and 1 located all inevitably comes, and when it willing to commit any crime. four Aces, so we were sure that does it will be interesting, who-
The blowing up of an aero we could not lose a trick on the ever wins.
plané with its passengers and crew far up above the clouds and
} the subsequent chase after the air robbers · and murderers by army planes, involving machine gun battles, the shooting down of airships, and thrilling para- chute jumps from burning and falling ships, add to the intensity of the dramatic situations.
“SMILIN-THROUGH”.
STAR THEATRE
That "a thing of beauty is
joy forever" on, the
screen
reafirmed, at the Star where Norma Shearer in ““Smilin” Through is the current featur
ed attraction. A
This beautiful story
has
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ADAMSON CANNOT TAKE A JOKE
"Let's Lay our heads together
(Jil Darling"?atin" Frances Day and Arthur Riscoe. Orchestra – WATANI Black Eyes (arr. Igor) Gipsy Longing (Kemper) -Maurice Igor and his Nomad Orch.
(Continued in next Column)
He went to Port Said to meet the ship, and the medal has been returned to him
Piano Solos...
I am playing farewell to you I have a heart for Lovely Women-
Fred Stein. Band of France.
9.43-10 pm-Garde Republicaine
Clarinet Concerto No. 1-(Weber). Air Varie run theme Suisse
(Mor)
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