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Notice of Interim Dividend
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six months ended 30th. June, 1936,!
amounting to FORTY cents per
Barton Machane plays his first great part in the Warner Bros. production, "Man of Iron," which is now being showN - EL the Queen's Theatre.
BRIDGE NOTES BELIEVE IT OR NOT HANDS By Ely Culbertson
From time to time I receive
Amusements
Cinema Notes From The Theatres
"MAN OF IRON”—QUEEN'S
THEATRE
RADIO VAT 69
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. | on a wavelength of $55 metres. (845 K.C.'s).
5-8. p.m.-European Programme.
5 pin Relay of the Ten Dance from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Gar- den.
7pLight Opera Gems. Selection--The Maid of the Mountains
(Fraser-Simson). ́.
Song
Arcady is ever Young
("The Arcadians”)
The Pipes of Pan ("The Arcadians")
Winnie Melville (Soprano)] Selestion The Mikado (Sullivan)
7.17 pm- "Faztasis on Melodies) of Johann Strauss" (Weber)
7.30 p.m.-From the Studio.
A Jazz Recital by "The Continental
Tria."
Programme
All my Life.
2 Violin Solo-Tea Time
3. Medley-I've got everything.
4
Leaving just Mem'ries behind.
Rhythm in my nursery rhymes.
You started me dreaming.
5. Violin Solo-Singapore Serenade.
6. Where am I? (by request).
7. Piano Solo-It's been so long. Na-la Lost
ther Report, Stock Quotations and 8 pm Local: Time Signal, Wea-
announcemeats.
share on the Fully Paid Up Shares and TEN cents per share on the bridge hands from correspon-
"Man of Iron" is a First Partly Paid Up Shares of the Com-dents all over the world that YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and pany will be paid on FRIDAY the can only be described as weird tional picture which treats of the promptly printed "Chinx Mail" 17th AUGUST, 1936, on which date [the hands, not the correspon-adventures in high society of an
3.05 pm-Chinese Studio Concert. Barton MacLane, thei
11 p.-CLOSE DOWN. Office. No, 3A, Wyndham Street Dividend Warrants may be obtain dents.] Some of them are bid-unpolished workman, and which
Others, even gives
8.05-10 pim--European programine ed on application at the Register-ding atrocities.
the screen's Public Enemy No. 1, his
640 ed Office of the Company, Exmore incredible, describe
ruthless slaughter of aces and first stellar opportunity in a he- from ZEK. on a frequency of
kilocycles. change Building, 4th Floor.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the kings. All offer dependable roic role.
8.05 pm-"Scenes de Ballet," Op. Company will be CLOSED from testimony to the unpredictable The picture is based on a story 52 (Glezounov) played by the New
Powell in which she Symphony Orchestra. THURSDAY, the 30th JULY, to quirks of the human mind. In by Dawn
foreman and, ele- 8.30 p.m. Lesle Hutchinson and FRIDAY, the 7th AUGUST, 1936, saying this I am not falling into takes a steel
him to a high executive Rudy Starita (Xylophone). the usual error of confusing rates
1 Song-These foolish things- both days inclusive.
legitimate criticism with position.
12 Xylophone Solo Dance of the double-dummy analysis. In Perfectly capable of perform-
paper dolls. oring his duties, his vanity is fedjs. Song- Sweet dreams sweetheart. many cases certain bids W, L. MCKENZIE,
assistant and a woman 4. Xylophone Solo-The Panch and plays may appear, with the 52 by an
Judy Show. cards before one. as frightful secretary, both of whom are seek
5. "Song-Kiss me goodnight. "bulls.” 'Actually, they are ing his downfall.
Barton MacLane only slight errors of judgment Supporting
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.
- Public Auctions -
THE Undersigned have received
Auction
Tinstructions to sell by Public
on
: Friday the 7th. August 1936
commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room,
Duddell Street
A Quantity: of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
comprising:-
By Order of the
Board of Directors,
Secretary,
Hong Kong, 8th July, 1936.
--
NOTICE
THE HONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY CO. LTD.
A
6. Xylophone Solo-Bio de Janeiro.
8.50 pm Symphonic Rhapsody
or technique, perhaps only badjare Dorothy Peterson who plays "With a Song in my heart" (trans- These more or less the part of his very sensible wife, cribed by Eric Coates). guesses.
and John 9 p.m.-A Relay of the Daventry Mary Astor normal mistakes are not my and present consideration. I refer Eldredge who have the roles of the News Bulletin, (Copyright by Een
ter), and announcements. only to bids or plays that are two who are conniving the down- so bad that it requires an extra-fall of their boss. ordinary imagination to believe
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of that they could have been the ONE DOLLAR per.share for brain children of experienced
players.
The hand described below wins my ungrudging award of
"LITTLE MISS NOBODY"--
KING'S THEATRE
Just a good little girl who's al-
Teak Bed Room & Drawing the six months ended 30th-June, Boom Furniture, Black Wood 1936. will be. payable од Ware, Office & Dining Room Fur WEDNESDAY, 19th August, a medal for the worst defence ways in bad! niture, Ornaments, Pictures, Cur-which date Dividend Warrants brought to my attention in a tains, Linen, Brasa & E. P. Ware, may be obtained on application at long time. Porcelain & Glass Ware, Type the Company's Offices, 3 Chater writers, Gramaphones & Records, Boad
South, dealer. East-West vulnerable.
NORTH
S. J 92
EL Q 73 2 D. A 10 6 4 C. 8,5
Radios, Film Projector, Sewias NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Machines, Clocks, Piano, Refriger-that the REGISTER OF SHAPES ators, Ice Chests, Catlery, Filters, of the Company will be closed Electric Fans & Lamps, etc, etc. from FRIDAY, 7th August, to On View from Thursday the TUESDAY, 18th August (both 6th August 1936.
WEST days inclusive), during which period no transfer of Shares can S. A 85
HKJ 4 be registered.
of D. J 75
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT EROS,
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, August 3, 1936.
PIPPERMINT
GET
EAST
S. Q 10 7.3 H. A 6
D. 8 3
C. KQ 732 SOUTH
By Order of the Board Directors
C. 10 9 6 4
O. EAGER,
S. K 6.4
Secretary-
Hong Kong, 31st July, 1936.
10 9 8.5
-- D. KQ 9 2 CAJA The bidding:
* East Pass
That's the type of role that mis- chievous Jane Withers ans in her (new
hit. heart-warming Fox Little Miss Nobody;" in which she is one of the children in the
9.20 pm-Grand Opera Excerpts. Orchestral-The Gipsy Baron-
Overture (J. Stranax). Aria-Strange Harmony (“Eoser")
(Puccini)-Enrico Caruso (Tenor) Orchestral-You and You Waltz
("Die Feldermans") (J. Strauss) Aria-On with the Motley
(Pagliacci") (Leoncavallo)
Enrico Caruso (Tenor). 9.43 p.-Debroy Somers Band. Irving Berlin Waltz Songs Medley, The Gay Nineties--Waltz Medley
10 pm-Big Ben from Daventry. CLOSE DOWN.
Sunshine Orphanage presided over WORLD TOURIST
by two kindly matrons, and her pranks continually land her in bot [water.
PASSES
When Jane steals a complete Visitor To Colony Dies
In Hospital
|dinner from the back of a grocery waggon so that the children will not go hungry on Thanksgiving Day, she is arrested and brought Taken suddenly ill on Tuesday, before
the Juvenile Court. The Mr. Stanley Cobham, an American judge, however, decides that Jane's citizen staying at Repulse Bay act was unselfish rather than mali-Hotel, died early yesterday morn- cious and paroles her in the maling. He was taken to the Govers- jtron's custody..
ment Civil Hospital, where he Included in the cast are Jane passed away at 2 am Darwell, Ralph Morgan, Sara Haden and Harry Carey.
THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTD. South West North
INT PasS 2NT NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS 3NT [final bid]
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN impossible contract was reach "THE THREE WISE GUYS"- Hong Kong on NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE impossible contract was reache
In explaining how such an
ALHAMERA THEATRE
2
Mr. Cobham was 53 years of lage, retired, and hailed from New York City. On July 17 he came to the steamship Javanese Prince. He had through ticket and was on his way $2.00 per Share has been declar that be, South, had announced
Mirth is the keynote of this pic-round the world, but after a few ed, for the half year ended 30th that he used a light opening no JUNE 1936, payable on WEDNEStrump bid, but that, evidently,ture in which Robert Young is co-days at Eepulse Bay he decided to
attractive Betty stay on. his partner had forgotten this featured with
Furness in z tale of reckless which date Dividend Warrants and raised him, whereupon he
had gone to game
the youth as amusing and pleasant as may be obtained on application at assumption that North had a might be definitely anticipated from the mind of Runyon, The opening lead. was the four whose ideas and people are The Register of Shares of the of clubs. East played the fresh as to-day's news. iced water company will be CLOSED from queen and South won with the The story relates the adven- NO MORE
always delicious with
crushed ice
-or
DAY 19th
AUGUST 1936, on
the Office of the Company, Row-much better hand.
Loon.
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tors.
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via Imperial Airways “
from Hong Kong
To Calcutta, Manila, Paris, Swiss,
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with back postmark of arrival.
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Thanks to the use of
AFRIDOL SOAP
MONDAY 10th -AUGUST to ace Four rounds of diamondstures of a spendthrift boy who, TUESDAY 18th AUGUST both followed, ending in the dummy. while travelling on a train, meets Prickly Hest days inclusive.
East discarded a heart and aa charming girl The fact that By Order of the Board of Direc: spade, West a heart The she is living on the dangerous eight of clubs was next led and edge of society-drawn toward F. H. CRAPNELL, East ducked! [This was the respectability by the innate fine- ness of her character, swayed to Secretary.first trick stolen.]
Now a low heart lead to the the half world by outside influence Hong Kong, 20th July, 1936.
dummy produced sensational-lends drama to the wealth of results: West hopped up with humour. Certainly they fall in love the king and East's ace clatter-and the three wise guys who would jed down. Somewhat belatedly scircumvent the romance are hope- East now played the king of lessly defeated in a swift-paced clubs and, by so doing, battle of wits and wisdom. irrevocably blocked the suit.
The supporting cast include
Easy to use
Quick action
ABOUT
A fourth round of clubs pat Raymond Walburn, Thurston Hall, West on lead, but with the Bruce Cabot and Herman Bing, anaemic heart suit of North-while Harry Tyler provides the South already established for humour.
three tricks there was nothing
The could do but cash his ace of
BRASS spades. Defenders, by heroic
efforts, thus managed to hold
STRANDED SHARK
themselves to four tricks in- A bottle-nosed, shark wel
stead of the seven that would 12st, stranded at
have accrued from the most Somerset, was recovered from the elementary sort of play. rocks by local council employe
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HOUSEHOLD COAL
ANNOUNCING REDUCED PRICES
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