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Kothe 25.5Chapters.35% 117th were of the CHINA VAR. BOOK edited by H. G. W. Woodhend, C.EE, have as usual been revised or rewritten with the sasistance of many experts, Chinese and foreign, and every effort has been made to bring ***Information and statistics up to date.
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1935
BRIDGE NOTES
Making Entries
By Ely Culbertson.
The more one learn about the play of the cards at Contract Bridge the more he realise How
BELGIAN EMIGRANTS ON BICYCLES
INTEND TO SETTLE IN THE CONGO
Paris-A party of bicycling Balcians, who are on their very important it is to pay due way across Europe to the Belgian Congo to settle because they attention to extries. Most of the cannot find work at home, have reached the Pyrenees, but the fine plays which I-discass in this Spanish authorities have forbidden the entry into Spanish column from time to time would territory.
be impossible if the proper line of communications were not always open between two partners
There are 39 in the party- comprising men, women, and)
Finesses, Buit establishment, two children aged nine years. JOAN CRAWFORD
SAYS SHE LIKES
ENGLISHMEN
Denies Contrary Ben Rumour
They planned to say a prayer at Lourdes before continuing squeezes and almost every other department of the game
their trip to Casablanca în beavily upon the right to lead, Morocco, where they anticipate which no player ever has without embarking for the Belgian an entry to his hand.
Congo to found an agricultural It is just as important to prevent settlement the opponents from making fall
Their hopes, however, are use of their own available entry likely to be dashed.
The Bel cards as to make the most of your gian Minister of Colonies has
~ ALWAYS BEEN KIND own entries. In to-day's hand, the disapproved of the plan, and old "second-band low" rule is dis-warned the unemployed before Hollywood-Recent
cus-that Miss Joan Crawford (now regarded, in order to rob an op- they started that it was ponent of an entry.
tomary to ask 10,000 francs Mrs. Franchot Tone) denied West, Dealer
(roughly £130) of every immi-rumours of her impending ma- grant into the Belgian Congoriage with the remark "They as a guarantee of repatriation must have been started by some When it was found that the horrid Englishman" have pro- group had ignored the warning, duced a vigorous denial here the
Government from the actress's employers, Belgian advised the authorities in the the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.com- countries which the cyclists in-pay-
.
Neither side vulnerable North:-
S-5 3
Hr 5 4 3 D.-Q 10 C.-A9875
West:-
S.-10.4 H-AJ D-AJT54 CJ 6:32
Past:-
S-AJ
H-10 872 D. 9832
CQ 10%
South:-
S-E Q 98762 HL-K Q 6
D-K 6
C.-K
South 18.(1) SS.(2)
reports
xs
tended to cross, that Belgium Studio officials asked Reuter took no responsibility for the to deny the statement attribut- enterprise, and could not under-ed to Miss Crawford. take to repatriate any of the They quoted the actress
saying: "I said nothing of the party--Beuter.
Eke ...I sort
Englishmen. They've always been kind to me to and I am most grateful them
POPULAR "JOHN-
BUCHAN
New Play Liked By Canadians
WANTED
Ottawa-The British filam version of The Thirty-nine Steps," the thriller written by Canada's new: Governor-general, Lord Tweedsmuir (John Bachan), has fakes, the country by storm
The bidding: (Figures after MORE SUPPLIES OF BOOKS · bids refer to numbered explana-! tory paragraphs.) West North East Pass Pass Pass
Pass Pass 20.
·Pass4C.(3) Pass4S... Pass Pass Pass 1-Despite his long tramp sait, South does not make a pre- emptive bid of three spades, for the opening one-bid accurately portrays his honour-trick hold ing
2- Now, even with a minimum in
to North to make some bid, un- less his hand is worthless.
Critics hail it as "the best picture of the year," notable for
direc its suspense and subtle tion
Canadian booksellers-stil-re
3-With an Ace and a Queen, THE PRESIDENT AND
North is strong enough to show his club suit. :
West, fearing to lead one of his ftenace suits, or the club suit which. had been bid by North, chose the spade ten as his opening lead. A {trimp from a worthless holding is
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
Antographed Photo Presented
often a very fine protective lead, to Hollywood. Shirley Temple
Miss Crawford and her hus- band, who were married at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, are spending their honeymoon in New York-Beuter.
MAD MONK
CREATES A
A versatile acuif of "brown caracal lends novelty and chic to this dress and – jacket'ensemble worn by Bette Davis, the screen. actress. „The deep pRY-STEER frock is in tallred lines, with fabric-covered "buttons" of the novelty silk and wool material.
Amusements
Cinema Notes
"METROPOLITAN" KINGS THEATRE
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
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JAZZ EKČNAL EY HARMONT BOYS FROM: STUDIO RELAY PRON DATENTEY 12.15-280 p.m.--European Recorded | Progrsione.
1pm-Local Time and Weather Report
250 pm-Close Down 1947 pm—Chinese Stadio Concert.
17 pm -12 midnight ––– Dampean. Pro-
7-7.30
Elections.
Orchestral. Se-
Raindrops Piscati for Strings (do In Riviere).
I want your heart (Haydn Wood).
Delibes in Vienna füer. Walter).
| Bárd Songs at Eventi #Prie Contex)-
Gipsy Moon' (Bhuyan
From the Starf
A-Jaxx Recital by The HarmORY Boys
8 pm-Loline and Weather Report 8
503-335pm-Hutch Hedley (played and sung by Leslie Hutchin
SONL
$159 - Eelay from Daven- "Christmas Cabaret" A sleek and sophisticated surprise show, produced by Cecil Madden, sh
9-9.15pm-& Belty of the Daven y News BuBatin. (Copyright by Ren- ter).
|try:
pal-Tuner from the film 315-9.30 p
**Top Hat.”
1 No Strings.
2. Isn't this a Lovely Day? -
3. Top Hat White De and Tris.
4. Check to Gheek”
and...... his
9.30-20.30-p-From the Studio. *Professor K. A. Loner Goncert - Orchestra.
Programme *Shered Song”
2. Ab on Gstring-
3. Silent Night--Gzi
4.
When Lawrence Tibbett, woride; foremost baritone, says that he 5 is interested in a native opery 6. for the world, and he will de 7. more than just talk about it.
Ave Maria-Commod
O Holy Night Adama.
O little town of Bethlehem----
Redner.
We three Kings of Orient are............
Hopkins
Tibbett, whose return to films in Metropolit m" the 29th Ges-
8.
Adeste Fideles -Reading.
9.
Holy Spirit, Light Divine
Gottschalt.
Theatre, has created
WORK OF ART try-Fax picture at the King's 10. It came upon the midnight clear
Replica Of Picture In Stamps
LABOUR OF 10 YEARS
much COM-
ment, and has done as much. -as) - 110 pm Big Ben Bester Press any other man to create opera-on Bulletins.
10.30 p.m.-12. seichrighted. Eelay of world subjects for the home stage the Hong Kong Hotel Duace Orch
and
Tibbett helped launch King's Henchman,” leading roles in "Peter Ibbetson" Most re- and "Emperor Jones.”
2 was
12 midnight-Close Down
COUNCIL APOLOGISES
honour-tricks, South jumps "port a tremendous demand for A mentally deranged monk cently, he took the leading role trick to show his great playing John Buchan's books and they has created in the seclusion of in the Metropolitan Opera debat
zAmersham District Connell has strength. This bid is not fore-have had to cable to England his cell one of the most singu of "Merry Mount," an opera with
flar works of art ing, but is a strong invitation for more supplies.
a story of the New England pil-apologised to Chalfont St." "Güles Parish Council for not consulting Brother Karolus Stoss had grimas.
Tibbett's new picture, which it before-approving plans for an made a replica of Tepriazdo da Vinci's "Last Supper out of was produced by Darryl F. Zan aerodrome at Chalfost. 12,000 postage stamps during fack, traces the e-story 41-an the 10 years of enforced leisure
opera singer with his triumphs. in an Austrian monastery.
tragedies, thrills and loves. His spirit of liberality and forgive- Brother Karolus
song repertoire in the new pleness, becomes a living issue again teacher of drawing till he was ture ranges from operatic selec to the dramatic confier of Way seized with melancholia and tions from "Carmen" and "Pagli- Down East", conveyed to a cell in a lonely acci" to the colourful "The Road Adapted from the play which
to Mandalay”
through years has grown to the monastery
12,000 Stamps
Virginia Bruce is featured opposition of America's greatest mark time and wait for the lead to is the very proud possessor-of
There he spent his life with-
posite Tibbett.
melődzama, the picture: zišzą --Ro- come to your tenace holdings in an autographed photograph of
chelle Hudson and Henry Fonda, other suits
President Roosevelt which he out speaking to a human being But with infinite care he past
with Slim Summerville, Edward East won the first trick with the has sent to her.
|Trevor, “Margaret Hamilton and Ace of spades and returned the To: Shirley from Franklin D. ed alongside each other the
Andy Devine in the chief -sup- heart dence. South's Queen and Roosevelt," is the inscription on 12,000 stamps he had collected.
Another musical, dancing and porting rölen. West's Ace were played; West con- the photograph, which shows He produced a fair likeness tinued with the heart Jack, and the President seated at his of the original by using the burlesque mingup, with Warner B
the colour and shading of
Bros maestro of song, Dick ““GOLD DIGGERS/OF-1335"- South won and cleared trumpa. desk
South now had a losing heart It is something of an an ex-stamps in extremely skilful Powell in the principal part, NE SSTAR THEATRE
the Christmas fare offered by the and a losing diamond; his only perience for Shirley to receive mamer.
Another lavish spectacle, "Gold hope of making his contract, since a photograph, though she her Brother Karolus is now dead Queen's Theatre. This new f
His picture is exhibited in travaganza is entitled "Broad Diggers of 1935, is offered, to he had lost two tricks already, was self-sends hundreds eve
way Gondolier," and in the castipatrons of the Star Theatre. Pro- Viena by the monastery.
are, in addition to Powell, Boán/duced on-jan, even, grander scale Blondell, Adolphe Menton, Louiseytham its predecessors, this First Fazenda," William Gargan, George National picture provides enter- Barbier, Grant Mitchell, and Tedtainment for all types Heading Fiorito and His hand playing “the the all-star cast is golden, voiced sweetest music this side af Dick Powell, who does most of heaven.” Among the new songs the singing. This time he sings- fate" "Bone In Her Hairy and to beautiful Gloria Stuart Sup-
#Lonely: Gondolier?
to find some entry to dammy to month to admirers all over the discard one of his losers. He world-Beater, therefore tried a deceptive play, first canning the club King and
then leading a low diamond to- ward the dummy. He hoped that West, if he held the Ace, would play low and wait for a future opportunity to capture the King But-West was equal to the occn- sion; he went up with his diamond Ace. Now South could no longer robtain extry to the dummy, - "BII
was eventually forced to lead, Flosing heart-and-allow-East to kthë setting trick, big bum
If-South had first led the Fmond King. ?West zwoul rtaken exactly the opposite.
FRENCH OFFICER SENTENCED
Charge Of Spying
Proved
SOME QUEER LAWS
Horses, Dead Cats And Card Games
Des Moines, Iowa An in quisitive law student has been former French Govern examining the laws of Towa commissioner of the Saar It is against the law, he has has been sentenced to three 17
Imprisonment and med
in order to keep dammy out lead "He would hire duckes lowing the diamond King to win, ser and would have taken his Ace the next round, killing duma
Queen and consequently during
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