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The haunting fascination of the South Seas; the Mythe lives of the natives; a stirring romance, play-
HAVE seen a complete set of fed amid the thrills-of primitive
1 the Dew lives; these are the elements
engraved portrait-pictoris series; _ caught in this absorbing piece of for St. Lucia.
entertainment, filmed on an charted coral isle in the Pacific.
Cook Islands Inverted Centre
HS New Zealand Government
De La Rue Bine investigating the facts
They are a concerning the issue of the eur rather handsome set and will be rent Cook Lalande pictorial- stamps The picture has nothing of the good advertisement for the ans-with inverted centres. The valves are the Id red and travelogue about it, though ittural beauties of that mountain- concerned shows in detail the intimate lives well-wooded Paradise. The black showing the head of Captain Ventine Falls provides the vignette Cook and the 2d. brown and black of the Polynesian natives. It is a
for two of the three vertical showing a double Maori canoe. It] gripping and romantic love story
centres are in black), and the 3d.jsmuggled out of the printing paradise; of their separation
The amenities of works, and that these stampe through the work of rascally white town life in Castries, the capital were never actually issued over
boy and a girl in the island stampe, the 16 carmine-red (all is believed that two sheets were
grey-green.
traders, and their triumphant re are represented by a view of the the Post Ofice counter. However,
union.
"CAPLAIN BLOOD"
QUEEN'S THEATRE
and excitement.
the
Colombos Square. complete with this has not yet been definitely
"ALICE ADAMS"-STAR
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N unusual series of stamp
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An extremely fetching sports outfit of white slacks topped with a navy blue polo type shirt, which Madge Evans, the screen actress, will use for her beach sports. All she needs now is the simmer.
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RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The folowing progamous will the broadcast "to-day tram Hong Kong Broadcasting Station (ZBW. on #wavelength of 355
metres. (845 KC'))... · Daventry-The FA Cup Final Relay. Dance Huic 12.30-215-Burpean Record-
jed Programmas (3)
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12.30 p.m.-Concert Waltzes. 12.50°` pon-Meal ---Gens from *Wild Violets.”
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Local: Time Signal and Weather Repo
105 pm-Selections from Musical Comedy.
1.50 pm-Beuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Press News, Local: Weather Forecast,, time 'and Announcements.
1.40 pm.—Dance Musić and Variety
Iterd
215-B----Close DOWEL
p.m.-Chinese Programme. 6.30-7 p.m.--Chinese Dance Music.
7 J-12 midnight-European Programme.
pamExcerpta from
| Mikado” (Gilbert: and Sullivan).
7.25 pm-Marek Weber and his Orchestra.
At the Tschaikovky. Fountain
'(Urbach).
In the Temple of the Bell (A Study
from Peking) (Toshitama). Chinese Fairy Tales (Dreyer, JTT.
Yoshitome).
Schubert's Love Songs-Medley
(ar: Berte).
.'
The Merry Widow-Selection
(Lehar).
2
p.m.-Local:
Time... – Signal,
Weather Report and Announcements.
803 p-A-Variety Concert. Piano Solos
Streamline-Selection.
Streamline--The Brst Waltz
Vocal-
Some of these days
Song-
Viries Ellis.
The Mills Brothers.
Swing ("Public Nuisance No. 2"
Frances Day (Soprano).
Instrumental--
Wedding Chimes
The Brothers Bertini
Maybe I's wrong again
Norah Blaney und Gwen Farrkr. Humorous-
Sandy Powell.
Naughty Marietts--Selection
Reginald Dixon.
The Bohemians.
Leslie Butchinson.
A Little bit. Independent
Set against a tapestry of pic-band-stand, fountain, flower beds established, and the matter is turesque native dances, glorious and palms, on the ld olive-brown, being investigated. The plates for tropic sunsets, blue lagoons and the 24d. bine, and the 64. orange, the stamps were engraved by some of the most gorgeous scenic Port Castries itself is viewed from Perkins, Bacon and Co., and a first details ever photographed, John the air on the d yellow-green, printing of the stamps, Villiers Farrow's story was deftly the 24. blue-grey, and the 4d. watermarked paper, was made in directed, with its native cast, by brown. On the one shilling bright|London and shipped to New Zea- Richard Thorpe. There are thrills Blue, we are shown one of the band together with the plates. a-plenty-the battle between native hero and the wild boar quaint Faland-fortresses, Fort Rod-Father printings were then made |
ney, Pigeon Island
The 2/6 at the Government Printing Offices shark and swordfish hunting, and attramarine, features the Inniskilst Wellington, New Zealand, paper the terrific island typhoon, filmed Kag Monument, the 5/- purple, watermarked NZ and star at its height as it huris pale trees presenta a view of Government] These stamps are both listed down and rases island buildings. House, and the 10/- aniline car by Gibbons, but only the ld. in A cave-in in a potash mine promine, displays the emblem and used condition is priced — at $60. vides another thrill. Delightful motto of St. Lucia. All denomina- native music embellishes the saga tions include 2 small, fall-face of Polynesis.
portrait of His late Majesty. King' Mala, the Eskimo actor, plays George in the right upper corner. the stalwart hero of the new pic-
a powerful dra
Jonly be obtained in used condition. tare, providing
These consist of the Air Mail matic performance and proving!
stamps issued during 1925, over- himself one of the really romantic]
printed red or blue with a three- figures of the screen. Lotus Long
Pretence and deception weave a line, inscription in Siamese mean- DOLLAR ACADEMY plays the heroine. The rest of the!
"Alice Adams," ing "Siamese Government Fair Dollar, Scotland.
interesting cast is made up of na-tangled web in tives who literally live their lives which etars Katharine Hepburn in 2463." Their history is as follows: DREPARATION for Universities,
In 1925 preparations were made Four gifted writers view the Army, Public Services,
Cam before the camera. The white the title role.
In the story. Alice Adams bat-to celebrate the fifteenth year of Grand Canyon together. Then merce. On list of Schoois nominat-sailors and others impressed as ing for Sandhurst. Contingent factors prove themselves perfectly ties snobbery and social ostracism the reign of King Vijiravudh and each, in his own individual
of the Post style, writes, Junior Division 0.T.C.
at home before camera and micro- with pretence and deceit, only to it was the intention
a description. Mild climate and Healthful
fod that these weapons are Office to place on sale during the The result is four accurate Instrumental roundings, specially suitable for col- phone.
useless. It is Only when celebrations a new series of high word pictures, none varying Gershwin For Trot Medies she drops her mask of make value stamps bearing a view of from another in any essential, Harry Roy's Tirer Ragamuffins.
Vocal Daet- believe and turns the light of the Coronation Hall and another but each, because of different truth her enemies that she wins series suitably overprinted. The choice of words, appealing to a: Rafael Sabatini's story "Cap the love and recognition which she death of the King on November different stratum of readers. tain Blood" has been splendidly craves. Her faith and courage 26 of that year turned the celebra: It is exactly the same with Sandy's own Broadcasting Station HARRY BELL, BA, (Cantab.) brought to the screen by Michael and her struggle upward to ultimtions into mourning. The over contract bridge bidding. It is
Curtiz and is packed full of thrills ate triumph make for a great and printed stamps were consequently the province of each bidder to Organ Solos
entertaining picture.
rot issued and the high value "reach" his partner through Each of the characters in "Alice series, on which the year 2468 in language that he will under-Song- Errol Flynn, the handsome
and Siamese numerals can be seen stand. If one is partnered with a No Strings ................ Ginger Rogers. young Irishman, one of Holly-Adams" is vividly drawn
well-known directly above the letters "TCS." novice [writing for children] Orchestra- For the information of visitors wood's latest "discoveries." makes capably played by
[shortest Moss Rose Waltz the following list of some of the a splendid and romantic figure as screen and stage artists. Included was issued in the ordinary way the simplest bids
My Dream Waltz words] are best; if opposite an highest points on the Island and Captain Blood, and Olivia de Havi- in the cast are Fred Stone, famous the following March.
At a later date. probably 1927-expert, bids with subtle impli-Song- land is lovely and appealing as stage star, Fred MacMurray. Eve Asiatic, Foreign and Mainland is published:
Venable, Ann Shoemaker, 28. it was decided to use up the cations should be employed. Love is like a Cigarette Arabella Bishop, niece of the man 13 whom Blood has most causo to Frank Albertson, Charles Grape-leverprinted stamps on the parcel Consider this hand:
Song- win, and others, George Stevens post service. These stamps, how- NORTH There are some magnificent directed this RKO Radio Picture. ever, were sot sold to the public in S. AKJ976
unused condition, but were fixed H 2 scenes of sea-fights-an attack on
"HERE COMES THE BAND" Port Royal by a Spanish pirate,
ORIENTAL THEATRE and the fight between Blood's ship: and two French frigates—and a
Nigerian Air Mail Service Featuring Ted Lewis and his truly wonderful exhibition of
February 16, 1936, mais tempting to be resisted. South
responds with two armont were made sword-play in the fight between orchestra, this production follows
up at an army band (Northern Nigeria) for the first Now what must North bid? Blood and his quondam partner, the fortunes of
from the armistice to 1935. Songs, flight of a regular weekly Imperi-entirely on the partner he has! The answer is: It depends Captain Levasseur. Almost every part, big or small, is in the hands comedy specialties and other novel-
Airways service to Khartoum Two spades is the ultra-can- 9.30 pm A Relay of the Houg into the of feature player, amongst ties are woven
main where it links with the Cape Toяtious response--proper opposite Kong, Hotel Dance Orchestra. Ensemble singing pre-London aerial service. Correspon-
10 pa- Big Ben from Daventry. whom are such names as Lionel theme
2 wild bidder.
11:26 Boxy!! Chow: Bhaven- Atwill, Guy Kibbet, Forrester dominates in the picture, but the dence from a points in the diamonds, slightly more con- by. Harvey, Basil Rathbone, Henry usual "floor show" type of exter-terior was accepted for this event structive for.. 20
aggressive The FA Cup Final. A. running Stephenson, Ross Alexander and tainment is avoided.
The only and sent by ordinary surface that not uncontrolable part commentary on the last half-an-hour dancing specialty in it is a small transport to Kano. It is believed her four diamonds, or five of the Match, relayed from Wembley one staged by Chester Hale in the that a proportion of the late mails diamonds for a partner who re- Stadium.
where addressed from coastal towns Armistice Ball sequence, Ted Lewis and his musicians play (Lagos, Port Harcourt, etc.), were a medley of the most successful either forwarded to Europe by you appraise your hand!
Appraise your partner before A love no man could kill, and ajof the Lewis hits.
Imall-boat or by the second fight
North, dealer. Vaudeville acts and music figure from Karo The only other potat magical, consistent rifle marks-
Both sides vulnerable. hilarious radio station manship no man could match, aren
In the colony at which maile are highlighted in “Annie Oakley," the sequence, in which a "amateur picked up by the aeroplane vivid screen biography of this re-night" is presented.
Maiduguri, which is to the north- markable wild west perfonner de- Fan! Sloane directed the picture.feast of Kano, and is the first halt picted by Barbara Stanwyck. (with a cast that includes Harry on the way to Khartoum, the Annie came from the Ohio hin- Stockwell, singer from the New others being at Lamy, and in the
S. Q108.653 S. A 197 terland to oppose an expert marks-York stage, and Virginia Brnée, as Sadan. -
The inclusive letter rate for this H. None Her exhibition obtained a romantic leads, and Ted Healy and contract with Buffalo Bill's Wild Nat Pendleton providing comedy service is 6d, and nearly all the D, K9.5 West Show, with which, on an in-as the piccolo and clarinet players malls were franked with the new C. QJ109
pictorial issue. No special air (in the band. ternational tour, she became a
postmarks or cachels were applied universally known personage.
"SHIPMATES FOREVER" at any pofut in transit. It is believ The picture duplicates Annie's
MAJESTIC THEATRE ed that about 1,500 pieces of phil- real-life romance with her first op-l
atelic-mail were despatched from ponent. She becomes so enamoured
fróm Dick Keno, and a few hundreds This picture, starring of the rißeman's; handsome and rö- mantic appearance that she falls Powell and Ruby Keeler in the Maiduguri. These quanities in love with him. Their sub-leading roles, deals with the life about one-twentieth of those hand-IC. sequent matches are charged with at the Naval Academy and the led on past first flight events over 3C. bitter professional antagonism, subsequent careers of the young the Imperial routes due to the
men who become after their fact that the operators and now the club king. South gave can which would be visible when she but their love la unending... graduation exactly what the title unable to asiat philatelists by siderable thought to the situa
a bathing costume dire From an original story whose states: "Shipmates Forever." handing theif covenit deept
tion. He felt sure that North Mr.J.B. Herbert (for the defen framework is comprised of import-
The development of internal could not hold the zee and king date) asked Ming Lanch: "Is it Dick in the beginning is a radio ant occurrences in the life of the singer, who to carry out the tradi "feeder services between Lagos, of both clubs and diamonds and abt used for girls.bo, waaz a kastia- heroine, "Annie Oakley" brings to tions of the family gives up his the Gold Coweta Kano, is er that, therefore, a diamond leadin the screen a dramatic reenactment Incrative career to enter Anna pected to materistise later this by himself through Weng castame with a skirt
Åke the 4 End Kisting::ManKupons Tou! Hot events into which Buffalo Bills polls Baby is the orphaned year.
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CHINA YEAR BOOK
1935 EDITION
The 25 Chapters of the 17th issue of the CHINA YEAR BOOK, edited by H G. W. Woodhead, C.B.E., have as usual been revised or rewritten with the assistance of many experts, Chinese and foreign, and every effort has been made to bring information and statistics up to date.
The Chapter on the Kuomintang cover the political his- tory of China in 1956. The Chapter on the Chinese Govern- ment contains the Text of the Provisional- Constitution, the Organic Law, and the Draft of the Permanent 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 issues.
China's Communications - Railways, Roads, Post Office, Telegraphs, Wireless, Telephones and Aviation--are very fully dealt with.
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Father D'Elia, in the Chapter on Religions, contributes an interesting Chronological Review of Catholic Missions. In
ME. Kamm is again responsible for the Chapter on Currency and Banking, and the Loan Tables..
A new feature is a Chapter on China's Modern Industries.
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Sam Browne (Baritone). $.55 p.m.-A Relay of the Daventry News Bulletin (Copyright by Reuter) and Announcements.
9.15 pm-Violla Solos by Sascha Jacobsen.
At the Brook (Boisdetre). 2. Berceuse (Faure), purs
To a Wild Rose (MacDowell).
4 Pale Moon (Indian Love Song)
(Logan).
11.50 pm-Dance Music, 12 midnight-Close, Down Note:There write" z: Chinese 26- corded Programme from. ZEK on a frequency, of: 646 Hlocycles from 8-10.39 p.m.
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Tulse Hill, SE, wie zwartka 2900- damages, with costs, in the King's Beach Division last month. She jhad sned the Aerated Bread Co.
Ltd, alleging negligence:
It was sinted that a teapot was West upset in her lap whip she was in 28
{a: 5 City -,teashop. She received. severe scalding, and was left with On North's opening lead of a permanent scar on her thigh,
would be vital before the saddi
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Sitting Bull and other colourful aughter of a Navy "family," who The only other official mail ser-heart suit should give decis cannot have looked at the picture characters
are blended. Added to support bersaf teaches the vice in Nigeria was run for a few all the discards he needed on papers for the last 20 years. realism in the picture is provided children of the officers to dance days in November, 1931, but was this reasoning, South rated
Wilhelm.
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by Annie's sharp shooting stunt So that the singing and dancing abandoned owing to the unsuitabi- first club lead and shifted thispade king for the fourth and setting trick. No other des with the German Crown Prince in the picture all in naturallyity of the landing felds. Special diamonds. North co-oper
Though hardly a musicalDick air, postmarks were then used and by casting both diamond tricks fence would have defeated the Preston Foster and Melvyn Powell sings four songs, and the covers bearing these are extremely before leading a second round contract, assuming proper play Douglas are also in this picture. picture is really a powerful drama-irare.
of "chiba?" which instired South's by the dechrerő, bes
signes "Rosmatadenaland and,de di argue of