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BRIDGE NOTES
Rough Ruffs On Opponents
By Ely Cuber
One of the most elementary
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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
A long forgotten and undetected crime is believed to fie behind the discovery of a skeleton underneath a house at the must startling dramas ever proof Bridge optical illusions is The following progzzone wife back of Plymouth Guildhall
Workmen reconstructing & con- siderable area behind the förmer police headquarters and the Guild- hall had demolished several old houses, and while digging new foundations, a labourer struck his pick into what he thought was an eartherware drain.
Investigation revealed that it was a human skull, and after for- tber-search a complete skeleton was found bying two feet below the floorboards of a house that had been pulled down.
Six Feet High
The absence of a coffin and clothing rules out the theory that the workmen might have dug up) an old burial ground that had been {built on.
The skeleton is that of a person re- about 6ft high. There are six se-1 well-preserved teeth on one side
fof be jaws,
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Doctors have not yet been able 35, to ascertain if the skeleton is that jof a man or woman, or to indicate
when it was buried.
Teak Wood Dining Room & Bed Boom Furniture, Chesterfeld Suites, Ornaments. Glass & Porce- Alain Ware, Pictures, Clocks, Rat-
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also
A Selection of Black Wood Furniture
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HONG KONG HEIGHTS
For the information of visitors the following list of some of thei highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:-
Mt. Parker
Gma
-1 hear that in company you called me an asa..
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Then I hope you will apolo- gise
Certainly to the first I meet!"
THREE GLIDER RECORDS GO
BY THE BOARD
RUSSIAN GLIDERS CLAIMS
ISLAND
Victoria Peak Signal Station
Feet 1,823
1,774
1,734
Mountain Lodge
1,725
Two Men's And
Woman's
One
The Eyrie
1,725
Peak Hotel
1,305
Taikoo Sanatorium
1,000
Mt. Davis
Bowen Road (filterbeds)
877 297
MAINLAND
Taimoshan Kowloon Peac
Foot 2,124 1,971
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CHINA YEAR BOOK
1935 EDITION..
The 25 Chapters of the 17th issue of the CHINA YEAR BOOK edited by E G. W. Woodhead, CBE, have as usual been revised or rewritten with the assistance of many experts, Chinese and foreign, and every effort a been made to bring information and statistics up to date.
The Chapter on the Kuomintang covers the political history of China in 1984. The Chapter on the Chinese Government contains the Text of the Provisional Constitution, the Organie Law, and the Draft of the Fermanent Constitution..
The Chapter on International Issues gives the text of the Agreement and Exchange of Notes of the sale of the Chinese Eastern Railway, besides the latest documents relating to Sino- Japanese izvQRS).
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- China's Communications -- Railways, "Roads, "Fost Office, Telegraphs, Wireless, Telephones and Aviation are very fully, dealt with.
Father D'Elia, in the Chapter on Religions, contébutes an interesting Chronological Review of Catholic Missions in China.
“Ma E, Kamn is again responsible for the Chapter on Cur- rency and Banicing, and the Loan Tables
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NORM-CHINA Dany News& KERALA)
at all leading.
Hong Kong Agents: KELLY & WALSH LID.
Koktebel, Crimea.
Three new world glider records are claimed by Soviet-fliers.
Flying a two-seater glider, V. Lisitzin, with a passenger, kept in the air for 33 hours 40 minutes,! during the all-union meet here! This, it is held, breaks the pre- vious record of 36 hours 37 min- utes for one or two-seater glidess established by the German glider] Schmidt.
THREE FOOTBALLERS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
First Time In History
Of The Game
Johannesburg, -During the Rand's first Spring 'rain of the year, three players. taking part in a soccer match on the front ground of the Wander- ers, were struck by - lightning, None was seriously injured: Most members of the team said, they felt the shock.
As far as can de-ascertained, this is the fut time in the his- tory of Soccer, "Both here and overseas, that players have been struck by fighting during the course of a game Bester.
RIVER DANUBE IS DRYING UP
Heat And Drought Intensive
SHIPPING AT STANDSTILL
Belgrade
The famous Danube River is drying op—as a result of heat and drought unprecedented for this Itime of the year
In the past few days tempera- Pres here have averaged 95
degrees in the shade.
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Pro-
"DANTE'S "INFERNO”— KING'S AND ALSIAMERA THEATRES
"Dante's Inferno" is one of the
duced by the motion picture indus-the illusion that Declarer gains be. Nordcast to-day from tha Itzy, with scenes of unmatched is trick by ruffing in the closed Hong-Kong Broadcasting Station spectacle and soul-stirring sights hand. One of the least elemen-ZRW. on a wavelength of 355 that leave one breathless in their tary illusions it that Declarer metres. ($45 K.0.3). mighty sweep.
does not gain a trick by railing A TALK ON "SAFETY - FIRST" The thrilling adventure of Dante in the closed hand. It is not a
FROM THE STUDIO in his journey through the In-question of how or where the
TKE. Programme 12:30-2:15 --Am--European ferno, as recorded in that greatest tramp trick is made, but of how? of all literary classics, "The Divine many are made. If with five! 12.30 pm. Recorded Music. Comedy," is picturised for the good trumps in his own hand-Local Time and Pre first time on the talking screen as and three in Dummy, Declarer, Report in expression of a modern story without losing a trup" trick, theme. and becomes one of the can ruff three times, he makes thestra. greatest spectacles ever attempted.ja profit regardless of where the The screen play is the drama of ruffing is done, for the smallest modem transgressor which possible number of trump tricks lutilises the symbolism of hell as he can make is sir-one more expounded in the Dante classic, to than the number in the long
79.17 p.m.-"The Childrens' Co- illustrate its theme.
trump hand
nez Suite (Debussy) played It provides an amazingly graphic In the hand below the defence Alfred Cortot (Pianofwria).
that could have taken the first three Prelude No. 8--La Fille Aur Chevised:
de lin (Debussy)
.
y
115-Bong Kong Hotel Dance Or
1:30 pm-Beater Press Bulletins, 2.15 pm-Close Down
5-8 pm European Pigia 5-7 pm Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra
pictorial. reproduction great spectacle in a sequence in tricks. When they failed to do which a kindly character, and de-so South immediately saw a ray Prelude No. 3 Vent taas la votee of Dante's work, Henry Bjof hope: He eventually fulfill,
Alfred Cortot Walthall reads the classic to the ed his contract by using three
pm-Four Songs by principal character, Spencer Tracy, of his own five trumps for Peter Dawson (Bass Baritone) in an effort to make him see the ruffing purposes and subse 1 The Border Ballad (Cover)
quently drawing trumps with 2 Glory of the Sea (Sanderson).
error of his ways.
South, dealer.
On
The modern angle of the fim, dummy's three top cards. which has Claire Trevor in the the last trump one of South's leading feminine role, is closely losers was discarded and the linked with the spirit and atmos-thand was made. phere of its spectacular parallel, the story of Dante both presenting the zanne, moral, The sins of yesterday are the sins of-to-day, North- and hunian nature. does change.
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EVERY NIGHT AT EIGHT—– QUEEN'S THEATRE-
Neither side vulnerable.
SQ 9 6 E-6 5 4 3 D—K J 10.
C.-A 10 6
West
S.-K 72
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The romance of the radio forms the attractive background for The Danube and Sava, which;
Istest picture, George Raft's meet under the walls of Belgrade. Every Night At Eight" Raft is are now lower than for more than cast as the leader of dance band,! 50 years. In many places people who wins a radio contest and ven- [South...
tually reaches the pinnacle of fame
can wade across them.
All navigation on the Sava has by broadcasting. The title of the been abandoned and many ships film is derived from the fact that are stranded on sand banks...
737-7.50
3 A Jovial Movik za F (Andrea).
The Admiral's Broom Besan). 7.30-7.45 pm Concert Waltion. Tales from the Vienna Woods!
(J. Strauss).
Faust Waltz (Gonnod)
Golden Ratia-Waltz' (Waldtenfe)} --7.45–8 pm—Fram” the Studiof -An appeal to the Community về Safety First by the Eer. G. E. Upsdell (Hon. Secretary of the Hong Kone Automobile Association).
8 pm Local Time and o |Beport;"Closing Local Stock Qdoba-
tions.
805-10:30 P-Chinese Concert
10.30 pán Close Down
Stacio
8.05-10 p.m. --Faropena Programme from ZERA,
Fon a frequency 'of | 640.
į kilocycles...
£.05-8.30. Variety Itcina.. Vocal Dur
Kory Konny No (“Jill Darling”). Louise Browne and Johs MHN Instrumente 3
Tunes sték pep
Pizno Solo The Rugle Call Raggers.
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D.
Raft's band is "on the air: at 8: p.m. every day.
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2
SA 18.5 4 H-Q J 10 9 D.-8 2
Songs
C9 5
On the Danube only small vessels of less than four feet
The audience is introduced to draught can ass.
all the little tricks employed be- The river service between Bel-hind the scenes at a big broad- grade and Vienna has stopped--casting house. The stary is in- Reuter.
BIRD ENTOMBED IN TREE
Trapped About 24 Years Ago
PROBABLE EXPLANATION
Melbourne, Victoria. How a wild bird whose feet and wing-bones project from a section of a grey box tree, came to be entombed is a mystery.--
"It is proposed to X-ray this un- Jusual tomb.
البري
troduced when Raft, after achiev
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I was Lucky
Rhythm in the Rain"
You've got me trying again
Chazies Carlisle (Tenor)
Some of these days
Eddie Peabod
fing success himself, takes in hand The bidding (Figures after
three giris, Alice Faye, Frances bids refer to numbered explanas.0-A Elty from Daven- Langford and Patsy Kelly, who, tory paragraphs.)
South West North in their own minds, believe they
ID are just as good as the famous
40 Boswell Sisters. After you have Theard them sing you will be in- clined to think that there is some reason for their opinion.
The Boswell. Sisters, the Bronx Sisters and the, Picken Sisters are just a few of the ⠀ names,¦ famous on the American rádio, who take parts in the picture.
"PUBLIC "HERO NUMBER ONE“ MAJESTIC THEATRE
Dramatic detanks of the Ameri Mr. D. Fontana, saw miller, of car Secret Service in its war on Lubeck, in the Wimmers, found organised crime; the heroism of the curiosity, and cut out the see-the Federal men in their perilous tion of bough, which was brought, work, and the trailing of a public to Melbourne by Mr. D. A enemy, in a story based on actual Edwards. “
facts and cases, are the thrillis, of "Public Hero Number 1.*
1(1) 20 43(2)
Pass
Fast"Guess?” Half an hour" of couns drums, vocal, musical, and in sound,
A Echy of the
Pass (3) Pass Presented by Cecil Hadzen
9-9.15 PARR Daventry News Bulletin (Copyrigin
by Renter)..
9.159.30 p.m.-The BRC. Dance Orchestrated
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1. Entrance of the Bittle Fas
(am. Mouton).
2 Bolero (Bavel, sz. Eranga), 3. Radio-Times. -
übers
and Winterbottom
are good enough
"Normian,
10.10 g Chine. Down fromped
Ubl. 5D (4) Pass I-A highly doubtful overcall 2-The optimism of this four
heart bid is only exceeded by the optimism of West's previous overcallapa 3-1 am rather inclined to be 4 The Frantium of a song.
lieve North should have 9.30-9.45 Song Memorien: doubled and not left the de- Violet Lorraine Medi cision to his partner. How-Happy Memories
9.45-10 ~Hum ever, North felt that since clapham and his tricks were in his part- Scientifically, de Cos Der's suits the opponents If you preten you might very well be short in
The those suits, and even the possession of four trumps, since they were very. O Balis ones, did not make North feel particularly confident of defeating the contract. South had no way of telling South was sufficiently astute that West had grossly over-not to give up immediately, in bid and that the East West the face of two apparently sure distribution was such that spade losers and he soon real- the four-heart contract ised that by taking the dummy could not be fulfilled the mastenstand he could fübfl Eather than take the risk his contract Having ruffed that East-West would make the second heart with a low their game, he decided to diamond in own hand, he bid five diamonds, feeling entered, dimry by playing a that even though this can low trump to the ten spot tract were defeated, it could | Another heart was led and not be severely penalised trumped again with a low dia- and that risking the small mond The dummy was now loss was better than risking entered a second time with the Club Are and the last her led a big loss. PA This instruction has been sent In her latest picture Shirley West opened the heart King and rufted, this time with to all German dairies.
Temple plays an adorable little and, seeing no possible discards South's diazopā
• Hotels, restaurants and bakeries charmer who touches the heart one which the declarer could get South not trumped with The quantity of cream sold in have been ordered to reduce their instant, and sends you into gales of from the dummy, decided that diamond Are, he of com Germany is to be reduced at once consumption by a like proportion mirth the next-
"The tree was ringharked four The women's record was also raised by three and a half hours years ago; and it is estimate that the bird was entombed about 20 by Margarits Ratsenskaya who remained in the air for 15 hours years previously. This is the pro-
arble explanation
39 minutes.<-
A third record is claimed by D. Moshita, who flew & glider with two passengers for 11 hours 30 |minutes -Benter.
LESS CREAM FOR GERMANS
Shortage Of Butter Responsible
Berlin
A drams immortalising the un-4 known soldiers of peace in their relentless war against organised criminals, the story is, aside from "The bird, about the size of a being breathless entertainment, an dark, became jammed in the Veye opener to the public,” showing between two leaders and unable to intimately what goes on daily in escape, died of thirst and hunger the struggle on the side of the The leaders became grafted law.g2
naturally throngh rubbing Chester Morris, Joseph Calleia, shoulders," and gradually fused Lionel Barrymore and Jean, Arfkur into one thick branch, in which are the principal characters. the bird's skeleton was entombed.”
Reuter
shortage may be alleviated
[by. 40 per cent, so that the butter Reuter.
Hawk Mistaken For Plane
When Struck By Lightning
Fort Lauderdale, Floridar Searchers
issbed and thundered and an
plane be petrol LUE
lightafa
Bastily mobil fensive hunt for the
“OUR LITTLE GEL”-
ORIENTÁL THEATRE
"Our Little Ghi
ley's greatent Another cirens,
THE
a dangerous aft to spades was would not have bees able to get Shir-not necessary. He continuen back to the dummy.
with the best. Ace" and South
ded out the amond & Queen
the subend overto dising
ard of
the iamond ging
Jack, was now elett West's last timp, and now the When this
role of club suit was run
suit broke 32 South the to take all of the trick
last ene, being finally to:concede & spade West Be Mad mend Liter
thus fuiálli
Five
ning and bad crashed.