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"STEAMBOAT ROUND THE BEND-KING'S THEATRE
BRIDGE NOTĖS Neophytes Love To Finesse
By Ely Culbertson
One of the many differences be-
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
"Steamboat Round the Bend.”. adapted from Ben Lacien Burman's Dovel, is a drama-ailed, down to twee good Bridge player and
The following programme will earth story of life along the Mis the average beginner is that the sissippi in the moaring 80's, the prophyte loves to finesse, whereas be broadcast to-day from the the good player finesses only as Hong Kong Broadcasting Station most colourful period in
last resort. You have heard the Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 355 great river's history.
story of the player who with metres. (345 KC's). thirteen
the
Most of the humour and drama of "Steamboat Round the Bend arises from Will Rogers' efforts to set right the lives of a pair of youngsters who are in love.
topcard tricks at a
Daventry News' Balletin 12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Record
Grand Slam contract took a losing Relay of Hong Kong Hotel Dance.
Orchestra inesse and was unable to answer the polite enquiry of his partner as to whether he was trying to make an overtrick. There are The lovers are played by Anne hundreds of similar hands on the ed Programme. Shirley and John McGuire. Me-other side of the fence showing Guire, who plays Rogers' nephew, the expert resorting to every pos-
1 p.m.-Local Time and Weather Report.
Ragby Press News, etc.
2.15 pm-Close Down.
İkills a man in a quarrel over the isible stratagem to avoid the 1.30 pm-Reater Press Bulletins.
girl. At Rogers' urging, he stands necessity of guessing which way to trial and is sentenced to be hanged. finesse for a Queen.
to Anyone who looks at all four! At first Rogers is inclined blame the girl for his nephew's hands would find it simple to on the North- í plight, but their common interest make four spades draws them together. They join South cards. It is a good exam. a valiant attempt to get the ple hand, however, because itl free McGuire, ahows how a resocrceful declarer meet hilarious adventures and avoided the necessity of guessing hardships And finally ia the the finesse.
and rousing East, Dealer most spectacular the Face
SCTCC bas ever
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HE FIRST
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THE SIXTY-SEVENTH ORDIN-
TARY GENERAL MEETING
of Shareholders will be held at the staged, they save the boy from the Offices of the undersigned on FRI
20ose.
!
DAY, the 27th March, 1936, at
noon, for the purpose of receiving Stepin Fetchit, the sepia, slow- RACE the Report of the General Man-motion star, Eugene Pallette and s.
MEETING will be held tres-agers,
ther permitting) at HAPPY VAL-of Accounts for the year ended the the supporting cast of "Steamboat! D.
Round the Bead." LEY on SATURDAY, 14th March. 31st December 1935. 1936, commencing at 2.00 p.m.
The SHARE REGISTER and
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March 1935, both days inclusive.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN.
Secretary. Hong Kong, 9th March, 1936.
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.
JARDINE, MATHESON &
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General Managers, The Hong Kong Fire Insurance
Co. Ltd. Hong Kong. 6th March, 1936.
HONG KONG & WHAMPOA · DOCK CO., LTD.
Public Auctions-N
Auction.
On
10 6
09753
C. 10 5
"THE IRISH IN US” --
QUEEN'S THEATRE
This picture is Warner Bros. latest comedy drama and presents James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Franki McHugh and Olivia de Havilland at the head of an unusually popu- Hur cast.
S. 0 9
H. K 6 3
D. A $ 6
C. E 87 43
S 3 8 5 WE HAJ 3
$ D. J
CAQJ952
S. AK 743 2
HQ 10 9 8
D. 10 4 2
4-7 pm-Chinese Programme.. 6.30-7.p.m.-Chinese Dance - Music. | 7 pm-12 midnight- European Programme.
7-7.25 p.m.- Excerpts "Iolanthe (Gilbert and Sullivan).
7.25-7.55 pm/-Light. : Orchestrai Music.
from
Songs everybody is singing, Monckton Melodies (arr. Stanford
Robinson)
Nixon (“A Song for you”) Love, forever I adore you
The Gay Nineties-Waltz Medley
7.55-8 p.m.-"Scenes from My Old Dutch
8 pm-Local Time and Weather
Report
8,05-9 pm—A Variety PrograMME, Piano Soles
I'm in love all over again.
Hooray for Love
Songs-
No Strings
Patricia Restborough.
Isn't it a lovely Day
Ginger Rogers.
Sandy's own Broadcasting Station Sandy Powell.
The bidding:
East
South
West
1 C
1 $
2 D
3 C
35
Dbl.
4 S
North Pass Pass 3NT Pass Pass
Humerous
Song-
Le Lieutenant Souriant
Pass
Adrien Lamy.
The Carlyle Cousian.
The American Eton Boys.
I hate myself..... Sidney Torch.
West opened the ten of clubs Vocal-Feminine Fancies The title is based on the tradi- and South played low from dum-
Instrumental tional characteristics of the Irish my and trumped in his own hand. Tropical Bulas to alternate between laughter and Apparently, making four spades Vocal Rock and Roll tears, to jump from comedy to renended solely on guessing the
fight with those location of the Jack of hearts Organ Solo- TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN tense drama, to
and love those with Since this was a card impossible Orchestra that the Ordinary Yearly they love
to locate in either hand from the (Continued in Column 4) Meeting of Shareholders will be they fight. THE Undersigned have received held in the Office of Com- and since a rough count instrucuons to sell by Publi pend, then Buildin the Con The story itself is the story of of the two adverse hands indicated Kong, on MONDAY, 30th March, but a common front against an the split of the heart suit as fair- 1926, at Noon, for consideration outside attack. Mary Gordon, aly normal, South rould find no! of the Directors' Report and State-55-year-old,. Irish widow, whose satisfactory guide. ment of Accounts for the year leap from a job as restaurant cook Recalling the bidding, however, jeading 31st December, 1935. to near-stardom in Hollywood it seemed likely East's bid was "The Share Register and Trans-in itself a romance, portrays the sound and therefore included the an Irish mother whose Ace of hearts, in which case sons are Pat O'Brien, West's only possible excuse for a policeman; Frank McHugh, a fire free overcall would be 2 man; and James Cagney, who re- card diamond suit.. This would fuses to take a steady job, but leave East only a singleton dia- devotes himself to managing mond and South forsaw a pos- broken-down prize-fighters.
sibility of making the hand, even
Wednesday, the 18th March, 1936 commencing at 5.15 p.m.
A Valuable Collection of
POSTAGE STAMPS
comprising:-
British Colonies, China and Old fer Books will be closed from the part of
Hong Kong in blocks, etc. etc.
On View from Tuesday the
17th March, 1986.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS.,
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FOR SALE.
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21st to 30th March, !days inclusive.
1936, both three
By Order of The Board of Directors.
E. COCK, Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 12th March, 1936.
Learnest
when
six
The mother's catering to the though he lost two heart tricks.
A low spade lead to dummy's one non-producer of ber brood keeps the family in constant tar-Queen was followed by a low return. which South's moil, but the tempest breaks in heart
Theo Queen won.
rounds. of takes Cagney
bad three O'Biren's girl (Miss de Havilland) spades showed East
and therefore, assuming he had away from him.
ja six-card club suit, he held only In the cast are Allen Jenkins, three bearts. It looked as though Harvey Parry, J. Farrel Mac-even if West did not hold the "Anna Karenina," Greta Garbo's Donald and Thomas - Jackson, in heart Jack, South's plan bad suc- twentieth starring picture for addition to a number of noted ceeded.
(Continued from Next Column.)
"ANNA KARENINA"
ORIENTAL THEATRE
(Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is the most prize-fights and many college A low diamond was led to the
ambitious production of her athletes.
career.
The picture is the first David
Q. Selznick-who brought "Little
Women," "David Copperfield” and many other famous stories to the
"TO BEAT THE BAND”...
ALHAMERA THEATRE
St
Helen
Ace and a low club trumped, en- abling declarer to lead the ten of hearts from his hand. West jand dummy played low, and East won with the Jack. East cashed the Ace of hearts and led the Ace.
screen-has produced with Miss With a cast headed by Hugh of clube, but South realizing hie Garbo, and promises to equal if Herbert and
Broderick plan had succeeded, allowed the Ace not surpass all his other notable and containing such players as to win, discarding a losing dia- productions in authenticity, gran-Ray Mayer, Evelyn Foe, Joy mond East played the Queen of deur, and massive production. Hodges, Phyllis Brooks, Roger clube, Soeth discarded his last día- Pryor and the original California mond, dummy winning the trick
the thirteenth
The cast includes no less than collegians famous dance band, with the club King.
The last Fer the information of vizitor>}, the following list of some of the be's supporting artists. At the talent Aside from the cast, small trump and
40 featured players as Miss Gar this picture is well equipped with two tricks were won by declarer's highest points on the Island and top of the galasy stand such not- there's the story- a rollicking, heart Mainland fa published:-
ed players as Fretidie Bartholo
gusty yarn. Then there are tunes mew (of "David Copperfield and a general atmosphere of fame), Maureen O'Sullivan, May hilarity and glamour. med. Robson, Basil Rathbone, Reginald | Owen, Reginald Denny, Phoebe Foster, Joan Marsh and Cora Sue one of the song hits, is sung by Song Little bit Independent Collins.
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"PEOPLE WILL TALK”— STAR THEATRE
"I Saw Her at Eight O'Clock"
(Continued from Col. 5) - Noel Coward Medley
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