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HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY 1936-On sale at all Book-stalls and at the Offices of the Publishers, 3A, Wyndham Street.
MISCELLANEOUS
3A Wyndham
Street.
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEETS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS
W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD..
Kowloon Bay. Shipbuilders & Repairers. Call Flag "Lu
Sale Agents for Kelvin Motors
MASSAGE
EXPERT MASSAGE FOR SPRAINS & STIFFNESS MRS. Y. AMANO No. 26 Wyndham Street,
... 2nd Floor
Company Meetings
THE HONG KONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1936
BRIDGE NOTES
Shaded Raises Of Suit-bids
• By Ely Culbertson
Amusements
Cinema Notes
"LAST OF THE PAGANS". – KING'S THEATRE
The haunting fascination of the If your partner opens the bid-South Seas; the idyllic lives of the natives; a stirring romance, play- ding and the next opponent passed amid the thrill of primitive are the elements remember that your partner may
lives; these have considerably more than
minimum bid, and try to give him caught in this absorbing piece of
entertainment, filmed on an Upportunity to rebid and show the charted coral isle in the Pacific. full strength of his hand.
The picture, has nothing of thei A shaded raise, when there has;
travelogue about it, though it been no intervening bid, requires shows in detail the intimate lives adequate trump support and a singleton, even without any hon of the Polynesian natives. It is a doubleton if your gripping and romantic love story cur tricks; a
of a boy and a girl in the island ane-half honour hand contains
their separation. paradise; of trick; one honour trick if your through the work of rascally white traders, and their triumphant re- distribution is 43-3-3
1one
union.
the
A double raise--that in, a jump! raise of your partner's bid from
Set against a tapestry of pic- to three-is a forcing bidturesque native dances, glorious NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. When you give your partner
double raise he cannot pass, bat tropic sunsets, blue lagoons and details ever photographed, John TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN must bid again even though he some of the most gorgeous scenic N
that the ONE HUNDRED had only á bare minimum bid.
directed, with its native cast, by AND SIXTEENTH ORDINARY To give a double raise you need! Villiers Farrow's story was deftly YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and MEETING of Shareholders in the better than adequate tramp sup Richard Thorpe. There are thrills promptly printed "Chins Mail Company will be held at the of-port at least four trumpa, head- Office, No.
fice of the Company,
Queen's ed by at least the jack or better, 2-plenty-the battle between Telephone 20000
Building, Victoria, Hong Kong, and in addition, two honour tricks native hero and the wild boar, ion WEDNESDAY, the
22nd if your hand contains a singleton, shark and swordfish hunting, and April, 1936, at noor, for the pur-2 honour tricks if your hand the terrific island typhoon, flmed pose of receiving a Report of the contains a doubleton; three hon at its height as it huris palm trees! A cavein in a potash mine pro- Directors, together with a State our tricks if your distribution is down and razes island buildings
vides another thrill. Delightful! ment of Accounts, and re-electing 4-3-3-3.
When the next opponent has native music embellishes the saga Directors and Auditors.
of Polynesia. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the over-called, slightly more strength
actor, plays Company will be CLOSED from should be held.
Expert play of the cards is noth- Mala, the Eskimo the 16th April to the 22nd April,
ing more than the elimination, as the stalwart hero of the new pic- a powerful dra- 1936, both days inclusive.
far as possible, of the element of ture, providing
matic performance and proving chance. To-day's hand is an ex-
himself one of the really romantic! cellent example of careful play figures of the screen. Lotus Long plays the heroine. The rest of the interesting cast is made up of na- tives who literally live their lives before the camera. The white! sailors and others impressed as actors prove themselves perfectly at home before camera and micro- phone.
- Public Auctions -
EE Undersigned have received Tinstructions to sell by Public
Auction
OD
Friday, the 24th. April, 1936. commencing at 11.00 a.m. at their Sales Room, Duddell Street
3 Cases Sewing Needles
3 Cases Hats Ornaments
3 Cases Pictures
14 Cases Beads
3 Cases Beaded Fringes
15 Cases Boot Polish
2 Cases Music Stands
2 Cases Gold Strings
2 Cases Motor Car Indicators
2 Cases Door Latches
2 Cases Buttons
2 Cases Materials
manufacturers
for
2 Cases Artificial Silk Goods
2 Cases Beads
Ornaments
By Order of the Board of Direc- jters.
H. DA LUZ,
Secretary.
Hong Kong 8th April, 1936.
SPORT NOTICES
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
RAFT PROGRAMMES
and
D ENTRY FORMS for the
FOURTH EXTRA RACE MEET- ING to be beld Op (SATURDAY, 2nd May, 1936 (wes-
South, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.
S. Q 10 8 5 4 ILA 9
D. & 8
C. 8 6 53
S. K
N
S. € 2
E H. J 8 6 3
S
D. J 10 5 2
G. J 10 2
S. AJ 973 H. K
C. A
The bidding:
West
North Pass 4S Pass 5H
East
Pass
Pass
ther permitting) may be obtained South hat at the Secretary's Office. Exchange 18
Building: the Club House, Happy 4 NT Valley: the Hong Kong Club; the 65 [final bid]
and Brocade Sports Club: and the Stables, West opened the deuce of hearts
2 Cases Rubber Heels
2 Cases Shoe Eyes
1 Case Gold Foils
1 Case Fancy Ornaments
1 Case Telephone Wire
1 Case Tractum Chain
1 Case Silver Strings
1 Case Veils
1 Case Scissors
1 Case Earphones
1 Case Cigarrette Holders
1 Case Eadio Scales
1 Case Cravat Needles
1 Case Doll Heads
1 Case Aluminium Foils.
and
A Quantity of Sundries.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 20th April, 1936.
YOU
Are invited to inspect our stock of
Asiatic, Foreign and
Colonial Postage Stamps
in Sels, Single, Packets, Bags and in approval Sheets..
GRACA & CO..
Dealers in Portage Stamps, Philatelic Gooda, &c, &c. Na 10, Wyndham Street, Established 1896 Hong Kong
HONG KONG HEIGHTS
For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:—
ISLAND
Victoria Feak
Fest
1,823
Signal Station
1774
Mt. Parker
1,734
Mountain Lodge
1,725
The Eyrie
1,725
Peak Hotel
1,305
Taikoo Sanatorium
1,000
Mt. Davis
Rowe Road (filterbeds)
877 297
MAINLAND
Feet
Taimoshan
2,124
Kowloon Peak
1.971
Shan Kwong Road
A mo
which dummy's ace won. Entries close at 12 o'clock ment's study by declarer revealed Thursday, 23rd April, that finesses for both black kings offered the best ehance for suc-
If cegy.
has either was right,
the
NOON on 1936.
By Order,
S. A. SLEAP, contract was safe. But in Actg. Secretary, event that both were wrong, there was one measure of safety open to him.
Hong Kong, 20th April, 1936..
THE NEW FRENCH REMED
Acting on this theory, he strip- ped the hearts and diamonds from
THERAPION NET both North and South hands, end- THERAPION N12 third diamond. Now the trump THERAPION N.3 ease was taken, and West's king
ing in duramy by the ruff of his
3.1. Can Thabandon the 3 Cara Mend
DR. WE ZILEROPS PINKS Een the Liver
KIWI
COT POLISH
won. But, as declarer had hoped, it was blank, and West had the unhappy choice of leading a club) up to South's major tenace, or leading a red card that could bel ruffed in dummy while South dis- carded the club, queen.
Obviously, South could have dropped the singleton king by a straight lead of the see, but the odds did not favour this play.
(Radio will be Found on Pare 10).
LASZLO SCHWARTZ ATH.K.HOTEL
To the well-groomed Novelty Promised At
mân, no detail is too
small to escape his no-
tice. And that's why be
insists on Kiwi for his
shoes.
Kiwi enhances shoe
4
Dinner Dances
FREE CARICATURES
Entertainment of a particularly! Įstriking nature will be a feature
of the dinner dances at the Hong Kong Hotel on Friday and Satur- day of this week, when Mr. Laszlo
leather, giving it a last-Schwartz, the eminent Hungarian
rous polish that lasts all day.
KIWI
The Quality Shoe Polish
carica-
violinist, `humorist and turist, will contribute some clever! and amusing novelties.
This versatile artist, who is on his fourth world-tour, has gained} exceptional popularity throughout his travels, the press of Britain, America and India having" "paid) high tribute to his talents.
These two evenings promise toļ sparkle with humorous entertain- ment and the artist will present] free caricatures to patrons. It is Agents-W. E LOXLEY & CO., suggested that those intending to
(CHINA) LTD.
be present should make early re- servations.
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