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LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.
Public Auctions
THE Undersigned have received
Tinturactions to sell by Public
Auction
ON
Tuesday, the 21st January, 1936, commencing at 230 p.m.
at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
comprising:
Teak Dining Room and Bed Room Furniture, Office Furniture, Chesterfield Suites, Ornaments, Glass and Brass Ware, Alum, and Brass Ware, E. P. and Brass Ware, etc., etti
معلم
Clocks,
A Few Pieces of Black Wood Furniture
Or View from Monday the 20th January, 1936.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 17th Jan, 1936.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION,
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
· ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS
W. S. BAILEY & CO. LTD.
Kowloon Bay, Shipbuilders & Repairers,
Cal Flag -
Sole Agents for Kelvin Motas
OPTICIANS
THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY
Phone 22232 53, Queen's Road Central.
EXPERT MASSAGE FOR SPRAINS & STIFFNESS_ MRS. Y. AMANO No. 25 Wyndham Street, 2nd Floor.
SPORT NOTICES
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
(Exchange Building)
Annual Race Meeting, 1935
ENTRIES for the above will close! at $.00 pm. on SATURDAY, 1180 JANUARY, 1935,
EXE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1936-
BRIDGE NOTES
All Is Not Gold That Glitters
By Ely Culbertson
the
for
STAMP COLLECTORS
BY A BL
There is little difference" "be- tween the playing, technique of rubber bridge and that of dupli- cate. In each case every effort fee issues has practically many cust
(HE) careful printing of theļbe difficult to find out exactly how,
For example a re ĝis made to win or defeat the con-i
eliminated
possibility of cent batch of Bradbury-Wi tract 'and 'save or vala, extra |tricks. But in rubber play
rarietions, and most stamp collec-sog's yielded four distinct centre- declarer sometimes gets beyond tors were gratified by the discovery plates identified by the margins of the so-called “Fisgustaa variety. alene. The De La Rue's are, of his depth in the bidding.
It was found too, in the local five course," eazy as each plate is num- In the hand below South... pleased with the final bid of six cents issue and it is eagerly sought bered, The Waterlow plates could diamonds, especially when
after. The GSM for December similarly be identified despite dummy went down, so he could al- contains an interesting bit of newx their apparently blank margins. by C. F. Rang, on this variety, It is not necessary to have sheets; which I reproduce below.
gingle, stamps with margin attach-
most count twelve
Here's the hand:
West, Dealer
sure
Both sides vulnerable
5. & 6 5 2.
SAQJS
D. AJ84 CAQ 10 S
HAEJ84. S.
D. 9
C539
S.
was
the
tricks
E HQ 106
D. 6 & 9 C.876542
KQ 10 T 2
The bidding
West
North
Eust
By Order of the Stewards,
C. B. BROWN,
1 H
DUL
Pass
South 1 S
Pass
25.
Paza
3 D
Secretary.Pass
4 D
Pass
4 S
Hong Kong, 15th January, 1938. Pass
ANT
Pass
SC
Pass
6 D
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FOR SALE
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No. 10 WYNDHAM STREET,
P.O. Box No. 620, HONG KONG
Established 1896.
BLUE MOON
There is no waste
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Ever since the discovery of the ed will do, providing they are all and "Ekstra fagstas" variety in the from the same position. Colonial Jubilee issues all supplies scratches to the same colour is of the series printed by Bradbury-the centre should be looked for. Wilkinson have been subjected to:
careful examination, and in "anti- cipation of the variety being re- moved without trace, marginal
A
NOTHER colony about to fall
into line with the other Bri-
scratches and spots were noted in tish West Indies by issuing a order to identify the plate bearing series of pictorial postage stamps Mong is: St. Lucia, “always ... 2 favourite with philatelista. "Bach.
At last, a separate and extreme-design represents a local view, with ly small supply of Gambia reward-the King's head or as of the ed us.
The 144 and 34. were calowy inset. The stamps are pre- normal sheets without the variety sently on order in Latidon.
and and only some of the 6d. and 18. jcomprise the following: Våd- green sheets were from the "flagstaff" and black (Port Castries), Id plate, but on these some attempt colour to be decided (Columbia had obviously been made to remove Square), 11⁄2d. red and black (Port
black! Castries), 224d blue and The bidding is given as it ac-the offending line. tually occurred in the Rubber
(Columbus Square), 3d. dark green This, at first, seemed to be the and black (Ventine Falls), 4d. game where the hands were dealt.
expected retouching, but to my brown and black (Fort Castries).
I found.
The final contract is obviously justified by the cards, and would have been made but for fine opening lead by the West player, Theodore A. Dunst
Wes reasoned that unless the
tonishment
close ou
black
The famous vjolinist, Rubinol, takes part in the musicale, *Thanks a Million”, starring Dick Powell, which will be screened at the King's Theatre went. Frie
day.
Amusements
Cinema Notes.
DADIO
TODAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will Įbe broadcastTM to-day from" the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZBW. wavelength of 355 metres. (845 KCÒ.
Relay from Daventry of Eugby Commentry.
Dance Music.
1230-215 pm-European Record- ed Programme.
Report
-Local Time and Weather
130 p.m.-Reuter Free Bulletins, Barby Press. News, eta
| 140-ym—A. Relay of a portion of “Here's to Regance" (Fox fim star- ting Nina Martini) from the King's Thesi
~£15 px ----Close Down.
47 par Chinese Programme.“
7 pm-12 midnight. -- European Programme..
7-730 pm--Orchestral Music. Overture—ˆRuins of Athena”
Besthorm
Arturnout of a Fam (Debussy)
Briste-1-8beliza)
(Volkmann); Flight of the table" Biser (Rimsky-Koraskov)
Ebapsody (Lalo} 7:30-7.65 paper Recital. by Mavis
Lass "with the Delicate-Arr
es of Minnetonka
Peer Gynt"]
Gentle Lark
1456 pm Sand Memories play- ed by The New-Mayfair Orchestra.
1 Tunes of not-so-long ago, 1923-24
2. Memories of -Horatio Nicholls.
3. Happy Memories KINGS AND ALHAMBRA
THEATRES AT
64 orange and black. · (Colarlyns & had been done, not on the plate Rodney. Pigem 1/), 2/5 black
examination, that the retouching Square), 1/- bine and "black" (Fort-SHE MARRIED HER BOSSTM but by hand on each of the stamps and blue. (Inniskilling Monument),
By the manner in which the
5/- mauve and black (Goveemment fibres of the paper and ruffled some House), 10/- red and declarer held twelve solid top sharp instrument such as a scraper (Colonial Crest and King's Head.) tricks, he would have to play for. contract by increasing his trump tricks through heart rufs. The normal interpretation of the bid- ding by. North would place him with at least four spades. four diamonds, and with probably singleton or void in hearts.. Oz this reading East must have singleton or void in spades.
West led a spade instead of the more obvious heart King hoping North held a singleton heart. If
*
-Baie-da-Costa,
Anna Nestle (Soprano)
La Argentina.
Stanley Holloway..
8 pm Local Time & Weather Re- port
-Pro- 103:350, -4 Variety Hailed as the surprise comedy stamme. O Poland. For reasons not yet accessor to It Happened One Piano Solos Words and Music explained the new 6 r. Pieskowa Night Claudette Colbert's latest Song-Kiss me, Goodnight Skala (Dog Rock) stamp was only picture, "She Married Her Boss," on sale to the public for a few in which she appears with Grace Castanets Solo Serenats hours and suddenly withdrawn on Moore's opera singer in "One August 16; then it was released Wings Of Love," Michail Bartlett, Monologue Albert Comes back
is now being screened at the vocal-Radio Bequests again on September 6.
The designs of the other values King's and Alhambra Theatres. “
Do not be misled by the title; Instr not yet issued of the new ordinary which is quite out of keeping postal set are as follows:---
with the tone of the picture. Bar- tlett plays the owner of a store Sozy-Blue Moon with ambitions of becoming one of the greatest controllers chain-stores in the country He
10 gr. Morskie Oko, a famous Carpathian lake.
20 gr. Pieniny-Czorsztyn, x Car-
25 gr. Belweder, residence of the President.
this were cleaned out before the must have been used The speri- beart rufs were obtained, West men illustrated, although the re-pathian health resort Sould get in the lead to give East Production does not show the scraping, is typical of what has a spade ru
As the curds lay, this is exact.been done. In every case the part ly what happened, and
declarer projecting into the sky has been
removed, with more or less suc was helpless after the opening
ont cess; the lower portion of the line lead. He could not take
extending to the trees below re-
maining intact.
30 gr. Castle at Mir. 45 gr. Castle at Podhorce. 50 gr "Sukiennice," the Hall of Cracow Castle
Cloth
55 gr. Paczyniski Library, Pos
1 zl. Vilma Cathedral.
Les Allen. ental-Siniling Eyes
King Nawahi's Hawaiians, Diab
The Borwell Sisters
Commie Boswel of Piano Salon Bouquet for Cale
Porter *:
Arthur Young. is completely reliant on the abil-Sougat once for all time
Irene Fininger (Soprano) ity of his secretary, played by Organ Solos Bar Contes Medley Miss Colbert, and in order to keep Hermann Lohr Madley ther in his employ be marries What Sydney Gestand.
8.50-9
Welsh
Memories"-- Bartlett's hysterical sister Medley sung by The Maestros. her.
5-9.30 am-Military Band Music.
and his spoiled child by a former marriage, with whom Miss Col-Marche Militaire (Schubert) .." bert is forced to live, make her
married life almost unbearable:
Vianelle (with the Swallow). (Aiz. Winterbottom) | Grand March "Le Prophete"
(Meyerbeer)
Sing a Song (Les)
Other instances of official in-l provement
"hand-work are by
Portuguese Colonies-Angol know, such as painting-in gaps As was the case with the provi left by faulty registration, but sionis of 1934, the three stamps
"CALL OF THE WILD”—
Hassed Bands. Overprinted "CORREOS" · weze
MAJESTIC THEATRE. Old Folks at Home and in Foreign printed in very small quantities
Lands (Roberts) and the Post Office supply is al
Although this is not quite an The Bells of St. Halo (Rimmer)
Semper Fidel's March (Souza) ready sold-out- There were two exact reproduction of Jack Lop-
2:30-9:45 pm—A... Belky other values prepared for sale but don's famous story of dog life, Daventry News Bulletin (Copyright
by Reuter).
+
CANADIAN AIRFIELD TO
East's trumps without leaving in THE DAIRY FARM sufficient trumps in dummy for the hearts. But now comes the strange part of the story.
The letter reporting this hand was sent to me some time ago and was placed in a file of similar let. cannot recollect any other case in the history of stamp production ters for future consideration.
where the printers have scraped Later I discussed in the newB papers a deal played in a receat away the design in this manner. national tournament which was copied and reported to me at the Since my reference to the iden-not issued.
the canine interest being almost time. This deal was in all sub-tification of plates by means of theị
totally submerged, it is neverthe stantial respects identical with (marginal scratches may puzzle
less one of the finest action pic- the one above, which I have as-readers I should explain that it is
tures the screen has ever shown Clark Gable, himself a keen certained was dealt quite inde nearly always possible to find pendently and at about the same marks made wintentionally on thei
sportsman, is quite at home in the time as the other. The only sub plate and reproduced "
the role of an itinerant gold pros stantial difference was zu inter-stampa, which, in the sheece of
The Canadian Department of pector, and is ably supported by change of auita.
plate-numbers, may serve to iden-Interior, acting on a recommen-beautiful Loretta Young, while In my later article I gave the tify a plate quite as effectively. dation of the National Defence Jack Oakie claims most of the bidding to arrive at the proper The number of plates used by Department, plans to improve the länghs. contract of auf clubs (the equive-jeach of the printers for the Wind-landing field at Fort Smith, lent of the diamond suit above)sor Castle vignette is probably Northwest Territories, now used and I added. "The club xiam is of quite small, and if sufficient only in winter, when commercial course a lzydown. The natural material is available it should not planes are equipped with skis. lead is the spade King (the equi- valent of the heart King shova).” An opening lead from his four- card suit, I said, was difficult to sée except at double dummy play. Now Mr. Duwist comes along and makes me eat my words.
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St. Teresa's Church Services
"ANNAPOLIS FAREWELL
ORIENTAL TILÄTEE
of the
346-11:30 pm Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra.
11.20 p.m. - 12 midnight--A Belay from Daventry,
Wales v England. A running commentary on the last half an hour of Engby Union football match by |Captain E: B. L. Wakalam. Relayed †from St. Helet's Ground, Swannen"
12 midnights Gone Bown. Note: There will be a Chinese ze lcorded programme from ZEK, on a frequency of $40 Klocycles from 8-17
With America's great naval STREET SLEEPERS?
training centre, Annapolis,
the background, this picture |filed with the thrills and roLENCE that" one would expect to find in The following are the forth; 2.00 pm Catechetical instruc- such a centre.”
Heading the cast is Sir Gay. coming services at St. Teresa'stion in Chinese followed by the Church, Kowloon Tong
Benediction of the Most Blessed Standing, who did such exce
work in Bengal Lancer," wit To-day-St.-Peter's Chair at Sacrament.
Tom Brown and Richard
DESCENDANT OF Rome The Octave for the re- Januar 2 Choir practice well as the youngsters from
LORD NELSON
Death Of American Admiral
POWER
HOUSE,
TUGS &
LOCOS
union of the churches" begins to-Little Flower day (private devotion)."!
expect
SOCIETY
Report On Last Week
The following is a report of the number of sleepers who occupied. the shelters during the seven Rosalind Keith as the fl of their pirkts (10th to 16th, inclusive) 2---
St. Peter's (West Point)--
Capacity
January 21, Tuesday -6 pm. great things are 8 pan Meeting of St. Teresa's Meeting of the Committee of the Chinese Young Men at the Rectory Children of Mary." for visit to the sick.
8 pm Meeting of the Com mittee of St. Teresa's CTMS.
Jennery 22, Wednesday 7.30 ja.m. Low «Mass for the repose of
the Souls in Purgatory. -
dreams.
THE SCOUNDREL”
STAR THEATRE
129 bedz.
Total sleepers --903.
Turned sway--19
Full every night.
Capacity 158 beds. Total sleepers-- Termed; away
To-morrow, Second Sunday after the Epiphany. St. Canute M. Philadelphia - Rear Admiral and St. Maríus and. Comp. MM" Charles P. Nelson, US Navy, Papal Day. The collection of
Often described as the world's Fo Tan Street (Central) a descendant of Lord Nelson, this day is on behalf of the Holy January, 28, ThursdayThe most versatile maa, Noel Co- the British naval hero, has died Father (Peter's pence).
espousals of the Blessed Virgin ward, « dramatist, composer and bere aged 58. *..
7.30 am-First Mass with ser- (private devotion). St. Raymo
jactor, makes his long awaited During the world War mon in English.
of Fernafort, Cardinal.
screen debut in the Ben Hecht ·Every night the Admiral Nelson commanded a 8.30 Sunday school for January 24, Friday Absolution Charles MacArthur production overtazed fleet of submarine destroyers in Mexican Children at the Mary-is dispensed
The Scoundrel” now showing at cases the xzy the Mediterranean..
Imell Convent SchoolA
January 25, SaturdayFeast of the Star Theatre.
ito zlago on.. In this film Coward takes the plicants on The British: Government 9.30 am Second Mass with ser-the Conversion of St. Part awarded him the orders of St mon in English, followed by Bene Week days: Masses at 6:30 and part of a wealthy publisher who ed away. George and St. Michael and heidiction of the Most Blessed Sacra-17.30
fis killed in an aeroplane nécident Nathan Road (Kor zd dafly be- and condemned to retu received decorations from other ment
Price Apply do.
DODWELL & CO, IAD, Agents, Hong Kong.
forex He
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In Baltimore
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