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AUCTIONRERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS,
Public Auctions
THE Undersigned have received 1 instructions to sell by Public Auction
Monday, the 7th. October, 1935 commencing at 230 pm
At their Sales Room, No. 35..
Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
---FURNITURE-
All replies under this heading must be called for.
comprising:---
Chesterfeld Suites.
Bed Room
TUITION
BRIDGE NOTES
Completing The Count
By Ely Culbertson
South went down at his thres
CHINA HAFI FRIDAY OCTOBER 41935
INQUEST KING" DEAD
Attended Over 70,000
STRANGE EXPERIENCES-
The Inquest King has died! notrump contract on the hand beim London. In the last 50 years low by taking a finesse when a
Mr. Robert J. Marks attended play for a drop would have sue and reported between 60.000 ceeded. He apologised to his and 70,000 inquests. For that partner, but alibled himself by saying it was purely a ruess. Had achievement he earned his *-nonarchy.” Recently his South been a little more farsight-death in hospital was announc ed. he could have changed this
ed.
guess into a sure thing by the In his younger days Mr. simple procedure of playing out Marks never missed a big trial. an extra high card to complete at the Old Bailey. · He travelled his count of the opponents* dis all over the country reporting tribution.
Assize cases for the London Press
South; Dealer
Neither side vulnerable North-
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FOR SALE
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MISCELLANEOUS
YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and promptly printed.
also
A Quantity of
Black wood Furniture
and
One Radio Set.
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China Ma PRESS CONDITIONS.
Office. No. 3A, Wyndham Street
Telephone 20000
The Models designed
IN JAPAN
In 1878
He was probably the last of
Victor McLaglenk in "in tion, with Heather Angel, Prest week to the King's Theatre.
the reporters who, in 1878, were ATTEMPTED
rushed to Woolwich when the pleasure stesiner, the Princess Alice, sank with the loss of hundreds of lives..
He reported the inquests! which followed the death of one For Jack the Ripper's victus, the first fatal motor ear deck dent, and the firsty mutor-bus| and taxicab fatalities.
Loafer Jurymen
REVOLT IN
BULGARIA
WHOLE PLAN NOW DISCOVERED
ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF THE KING
mer? Foster.
RKO Radio
film is coming next
SOUTH-WEST
NOT TO ATTEND
RADIO
TO-DAYS PROGRAMME
The following programme will
be “broadcast (to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station. ZBW. con a wavelength of 355
(845 KG/3).
7pm-Chinese Programme. 7-IL10pm-European ProgramIDE. 7-228 paz-Light Orchestral Sel tions
A Night in Venics "Overtim
(J. Strauss)
Symphonie Rhapsody on "Theard you singing” and “Bird Songs at Even-
tide (Eric Coates)
Symphonic Khagendy on "F Pitch my
lonely Cazavan”
Milestones of Melody
Souvenir D'Ukraine (Ferraris)
NORTH COUNCIL, Black Eyes Russian Impression
Sequel To Rejection
Of Proposals
COMING SESSION HELD
MEAMINGE
yesterday after-
(Ferraris)
7.27-7.50 p.m.-Fritz Kreigs
(Violin
Druseline Gunniat" (Sapitano) 1. Viola Salo žučiai“ Fitnes
Drunk-India).
Songs Mannelli Mix (Na tax Foll. Song). (Gianzlin)
·O-Sole Mio' (Di Capua) 3. Violin: Saloe
A Liebeslied (Love's Sorrow)
(Kreisler)
+
Lieberfrend (Love's Jay)
(Kreixier) ›
*Book Reviews” by Sabrina.
150-8 pm From the Studio.
8 pin-Local Time & Weather Re--
3.06-9 pm Variety Programima.
Far away in Shanty Town
("Glamorous“ Night")". The Girl I. Ibew
Night
-Elisabeth amoron
Piano Diet
Strilee up the Band
Jean Weiner and Clement Doucet Vocal---Rock and Roll
("Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round
The Earwell Sisters.
Orchestra—
An Hour with you. Fairies in the Moon-In
But'acte.
Mandoline Salo
Valse de Concert
Maria B. Sciviftare
12. Old Fashioned Love
He was present when Mme. Rachel, the notorious beauty
· CHINA, MAIL ** SPECIAL parlour swindler, was sentenc-:
Canton, To-day. ed. He attended the inquest
Because the Central Authorities Sofia, To-day. when she poisoned herself in
seen fit to accept the Martial law was declared have not gaoL
Shortly afterwards, he at throughout the whole of Bul- South-west proposals of Septem tended a coroner's inquiry into garia yesterday, according to a ber 16 intended for the Knomla
to the tang Fith National Congressport Closing Local Stock Quotations. the death of a woman who shot communigne issued. herself in a cab. It was Mme, press by the Premier, General November 12, members of the
Zlateff, which stated that the Central Executive and Supervisory Song Rachel's daughter.
the Committee in the South-west will Government had taken measure in consequence of the not submit any resolutions to the discovery of a dangerous and Sixth Plenary Session of „Novem- West opened his fourth best heart and after holding up his In the days when Mr. Marks carefully prepared revolution-ber 1 nor attend the Session,
conspiracy. organised Hsieh Hi-pong, secretary of the Ace on the first trick, South won-after serving an apprentice [ary the continuation. He laid down ship as a paper boy at Charing mainly by adherents of the South-west Political Connell, foll the King of diamonds and then Cross Station-first began re-Swena" Party, which had al-newspaper men
ed a low club West falsecard-porting inquests, they were in-ready taken an active part in noor. ed with the nine, and the ten was variably held in public houses the attempted coup d'etat on "It is very unreasonable for the Central Authorities to reject the played from dummy, East winning He used to tell how loafers May 19 last year.
made a babit of calling on the
South-west proposals.” Mr. Hsieh the trick with the Queen.
Although no communique has commented. "The agenda they East cashed his heart King and coroner's officer in the hope of been issued by the Ministers., in then shifted to a spade, which securing work on the jury for Council that met at 3 o'clock yes decides that the Congress prepared is a year old, and Nan South won with the Ace. Dummy Ithe day at a shilling a case.
terday afternoon and which lasted will leave out discussion of sny- was entered by a low club to the "What with the illiteracy of
late into the evening, and although thing which has happened since Vocal Ace, West following with thejuries, the squalor of some of
those present refuse to reveal what August 18, 1954 eight, and the Ace and Queen of the courts and the unpunctua- took place at the session, suficient
"The telegram of October 1 is diamonds in dummy were cashed,lity of coroners I have seen
a warning by the South-west West showing out on the second some queer inquiries" he said. is known to indicate that the plut discovered is more serious than Mr. Marks once reported an
gress in meaningless.” Declarer then was assured of inquest in a royal palace the the Government has hitherto ad-leader that holding such a Con-
`REPORTS DENIED eight tricks and forced to resort inquiry which followed a fatal mitted.
There is no basis for current PLOTTERS PLAN : In contrast with the former to the club anit for his ninth. He fire at Hampton Court.
Apparently the plotters intend-press reports that Dr. H. H. Kung strict censorship adopted by the led a low club from dummy, and
ed that at the great military parade Minister of Finance, is coming to Japanese Government
held yesterday an attempt should Canton, according to Mr. Hsieh Japanese press, Tokyo is
be made or the life of the King nor is there any other Nanking tolerating free speech, declared Dr. or not to finesse against the Jack when, after two bodies had been and in the confusion that was official coming to Canton. Li Ti-chan, who recently returned South finally guessed wrong and identified and the insurance from the newspaper inspection finessed. When West's Jack won money drawn by relatives, the bound to follow all the Ministers "The situation in Swatow is was two "dead men" turned up alive in all the most important buildings quiet," Secretary Hsieh went on "We have received: no further tour in Japan, in an address on the trick South's contract
would be seized.
news from this place” recent journalistic conditions in defeated, by cashing the thirteenth and well.
In recent years he had a form
This plot seemed to the plotters Beferring to the agitations of Japan, before the members of the
When Bast returned a spade at of writer's cramp brought on very feasible because the entire Chungshan people to remove Nanking Journalist Institute at the Metropolitan Hotel yesterday the sixth trick and South won with through writing by hand many garrison in the capital was to hirve Magistrate Yang Taz-i, Mr. Hsieh
This Ace, had he continued by millions of words.
been at the parade. The arrests said that the Kwangtung Prorin During the war he rejoined went on all day, more than 50 cial Government has been inst Acording to the investigations cashing his spade King before en- conducted in 1933, said Dr. Li, tering danny and playing the Special Constables in which he persons having been taken into ed to investigate the matter be
fore the South-west Japan Kad altogether 1.179 dailies. diamond suit. South would have had enlisted at the time of the custody.
Among these were ex-Premier Connell takes definite Of these, there were 208 in Tokyo been able to ascertain that the Trafalgar-square riots. He had
two sons One was killed in Gorgiell, who was staying at Union News. and 90 in Osaka, which occupied club suit must break three and
the war The other carries on Burges on the Black Sea, and 27 Messrs. Arthur Yates & Co, Ltd, one-fourth of the total number, three and that the finesse accor his father's work in the courts officers one being a colonel, and
by our experts typify
every
smart style
worn in metropolitan
centres.
Higher quality-Lower prices.
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FOR SALE
A selection of the best varieties of Reliable and Tested FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS
from Messrs. Sutton & Sons. Eeading'
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Dr. Lå Reports On His Trip
ELABORATE AND UP TO DATE MACHINERY
afternoons
Nanking, To-day.
round.
over the when East played low, he went now into a lorg huddle as to whether
Strange Case "
He could remember
J
case
heart.
Most of the big dailies in Japan. dingly would lose.
Dr. LE
evening said
issue
After cashing dummy's two topi
The opportunity of serving you editions. They also issue local diamonds, South would have then will be a pleasure and your com-editions in the important cities in known East held originally five mands will have our best attention.
GRACA & CO.
No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET,
P.O. Box No. 620. HONG KONG Established 1896.
· HONG KONG HEIGHTS
For the information of visitors
the Island Empire
CIRCULATION FIGURES
Mr. Marks was 76.
Political
TO CHINA
Paying Short Visit To Peiping
* The Mills Brothers Instrumental-Chiquita
Fabora and Pralubi.
Orchestra
Rio Rita--Selection. You're always in my arms
Vocal Duet-Moon Glow Piano Duet Garuda Tango
Layton and Johnstone
Jean Wiener and Clement Doseet Organog
Broadway thru a Keyhole
Terance Casey
Song
Lonesome Love-Sick Bites
Josephine Baker Vocal-Sous Les Ponts
Mistinguett
9-9.15pm-4 Belay of the Davea
try News Bulletin, (Copyright Renter)
115-10 pm Classical Programme. Orchestral Overture
"Cast Fan Tutte”: (Monut)
(Beethoven)
Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15
SongAufenthalt (Schubert) by Alexander Kipnis (Baza).
10 - Big Ben: Reuter Press Bulleting
10.05-10.30 pm Symphony No. 8
Empire Mail Bag No. 3.- Another election of listeners" letters from all parts of the world, compiled "and presented in Erving form by Cecil Madden. D
110.30-11.10 pm—A Relay from... several Lieutenant-colonels, while US. AMBASSADOR B Minor ("Unfinished") (Schubert) {another officer was a former milli-
Daventry. tary attache at the Paris legstion: diamonds, three hearts and at least not be in the East hand as that
Most of those arrested were two spades, as that player would player's original thirteen card forced to discard their uniforms As to the circulation of the im have been forced to follow to the would then have been all account-
immediately, and all will be Then whened for portant Japanese dailies, Dr. Li second spade lead. reported that the Tokyo Asahi the Ace of clubs was led from South did not complete his brought before a court-martial Shimbun has 110,000, the Tokyo dammy, a low club continued, and count and had to guess. Had he during the next few days-Trans-
Ocean Service, Nichi Shimbun 1,000,000, the East followed suit, South would completed his count, he would Osaka Asahi Shimbun 1,3000,000 have known that the Jack could have known. and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun
1,200,000.
Unreserved praise was express-
the following list of some of the ed by the speaker over the com highest points on the Island and plete equipment of the Japanese newspapers. He mentioned that
Mainland is published:—
ISLAND
Victoria Peak
Feet
1,823
Signal Station.
1,774
Mt. Parker
1,734
Mountain Lodge
1,725
The Eyrie
1,725
Peak Hotel
1,305
Taikoo Sanatorium
Mt. Davis.
1,000 877
Bowen Road (filterbeds). · · 297. -
MAINLAND
Fect
Taimoshan Kowloon Peak
2,124 1,971
staff officer of the First Group Army, will leave here today for Japan to study military conditions in that country
They are scheduled to board the President Coolidge, at "Hong-
night Union-
the Osaka Shimbun, for instance. in addition to having all kinds of modern printing presses, has two telephoto machines and a net work of long-distance phones
There are two leading news agencies in Japan, according to Dr. Li. They are the Shimbu Rengosha and the Nippon Dempo [Tsushinska“ – Central News
Agency.
GENERALS TRIP TO
JAPAN
To Study Military Conditions
mera!
ADAMSÓN'S NEW WATERING, HOSE
AIR EXHIBITION IN CANTON
Special Admittance For Students
Canton, To-day In preparation for the coming Double Terith Celebration on Oc tober 10, the Air Force Herd- quarters of the Kwangtang First Group Army has decided to stage tion on that day at ja flying exhibition on
the Tim Ho Aerodrome at Shek PL
It is learned that 6,000 tance Badges have
to the
of me
were notifed
Shanghai, To-day. Mr. Nelson Johnson, US Am bassador to China, will leave here for. Peiping at 4 o'clock by train this afternoon."
The American Ambassador will return here to welcome Mr. John Moarner and General George Dern, Vice-President and Secre tary for War of the USA. re- spectively, who are expected here fat the end of this month Central News Agency.
M
PRESS IN CHINA Pending Exhibition In Hankow
Hankow To-day For the parpose of arou public interest in newspaper
the Hankow Municip agpa has decided to hold: wspaper Exhibition on Year's Day, 1936 A Committbe has already been organised to make preparations for the exhibi-
For the
tteraf also
journalisti
Central News Agency.
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