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"MODERN TIMES” ---KING'S
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Times"
on
BRIDGE NOTES
Bridge Abroad
By Ely Culbertson
Written, directed and produced We, as a nation, are inclined to by Charlie Chaplin, "Modern complacency. Not in the faintly introduces the familiar (smug British manner; rather, in serio-comic little figure of the the cocksure direction.
the baggy trousers, tramp in
Naturally, this applies to our derby and huge shoes into a new jsports, and games, contract bridge world. He is frat seen as a among them For many years we worker in a big steel factory, have been truly superior in bridge, tightening bolts
1 moving calibre to any other nation, but, track
The factory, with its fan-unless I am a bad prophet, this tastically huge, and complicated įstate of affairs may soon change. machines. is "like an evilly en- My foreign mail bears witness to chanted forest to Charlie, and he the ever-increasing interest-and gets into all sorts of hilarious the concurrent improvement-in difficulties here before the bridge abroad. From such wide- monotony of his work "gets" hìm ly separated points as Brazil and Sweden, Vienna, and Shanghai, Book-keeping, Shorthand, Typewriting NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. and he goes temporarily balmy.
Thereafter, his life is a series (come reports and analyses of and Business routine. Fees Moderate.THE FIFTY-FIFTH ORDIN Apply 6 Almi Villas, Austin Road
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A Quantity of
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-On View from Saturday the 9th May 1936.
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:
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A Valuable Collection of POSTAGE STAMPS
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Both sides vulnerable.
"Modern Times" offers a gener- ous supply of the most novel and hilarious situations Chaplin has 5. AJ S ever concocted. The comedy, in H. 7.3
D. K97432 which such old familiar people as
C. 7 4 Chester Conklin, Henry Bergman and Hank Mann play important. roles, is released through United
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The bidding: West
"MISS PACIFIC FLEET”—_
QUEEN'S THEATRE
¡Pass
Pass
40
North East South Pass 15 35
15
4S
Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Double [final bid] Hugh Herbert and Allen Jenkins: The bidding as fairly orthodox, head a cast that includes hun-True, East made a shaded open- dreds of sailor sand marines, and ing bid, but his freak hand sug- the picture is 2 gay rollicking gests his taking action, if only for reasons. North comedy which also carries a glamo- psychological rous romANCE.
should have jumped the one spade The fun starts in 32 amuse- overcall to game. but possibly ment park at a Naval base on the North and South were playing a Pacific coast, where Joan Elon-system of their own – dell and Glenda Farrell are run- West opened the heart seven, ning a booth. The Fleet comes which was won by South's ace. lin and Allen Jenkins, in the role The diamond queen was finessed of the champion fighter of the successfully, and now declarer fleet, puts them out of business made the crucial play of the hand through a counter attraction. --a small club from dummy. East Hugh Herbert promotes a won and returned a high club, beauty contest, which includes a forcing the ace. Now the ace of prize fight with 5,000 votes award- diamond ruffed by South- The
ed the winner to give his girl king of hearts and a heart ruff in friend. This fight is staged be-dummy completed the partial tween Jenkins, who has fallen i elimination plan. If West chose love with Miss Blondell, and one to over-raff the third heart he of the local boxers. Jenkins wins would have to lead either a dia- the fight, after a terrible beating, mond, affording declarer a raf but finds that the girl for whom and a discard, or away from the he went through with the fight king and small trump-fatal in has gone off with his chum War-jeither case. If he discarded a diamond on the third heart he ren Hull
Hilarious situations follow each would be forced into the lead with other in quick succession, wind-trumps, for the same result. ling up in a melodramatic smash
in which there is a kidnapping, a
motor-boat race and a free-for-all GIRL ATTACKED BY MASTIFF battle in between sailors, marînesį and their girls at the contest hall;
"TOUGH GUY”—ALHAMERA
THEATRE
Beryl Dean, aged 10, of Chell Heath-road, Bradeley, Stoke-on- Trent, was attacked and bitten last month by a mastiff while visiting! the home of a friend for tea. She'
Rin Tin Tin Jr., the dog star ap-was removed to hospital seriously
from Monday 11th the following list of some of the pearing with Jackie Cooper and ill
Terms: Cash on Delivery
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highest points on the Island and Joseph Calleia in this Metro- Mainland is published:-
Goldwyn Mayer picture, is fast following bis father's footsteps! and promises to be as much favourite.
The dog as Jackie Cooper's pet
ISLAND
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1,823
Signal Station
1,774
Mt. Parker
1,734
Mountain Lodge
1,725
The Eyrie
1725
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Peak Hotel
1,305
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Taimoshan Kowloon Peak
Feet 3,124 1,971
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