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"BORDER FLIGHT”—
QUEEN'S THEATRE
BRIDGE NOTES
Expert And Dub Opponents
By Ely Culbertson
I do not claim to be promulgat.
This story presents a fast, thrilling a new theory when I state packed drama of combat between that it is often easier to play
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
the agents of the law and members against good players than bad be broadcast to-day from the Hong
a
The following programme will
Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of `$55 (45 KG/S).
metres.
Selections by "The Harmony Boys"
·ZEK. Programme 12.30-2.15 p.-European recorded
| programimė.
12.30 pm-Dance Testerday.
selections of
1 pm-Local: Time. Signal and Weather Report
of a fur-smuggling band operating ones. The logical and accurate off the coast of California. Air bidding of experts unavoidably shots of machine-gun "dog-fights," results in conveying vital infor plane crashes, and a hand-to-hand mation to the opponents as well battle to the finish between smug-las to
poor partner. When iglers and members of the United player raises his partner's suit States, Coast Guard corps are high it becomes a guessing problem as points of the picture.
to whether he holds more than John Howard and Grant Withers
Even raises on two trumps, are buddies of the corps who be
singleton should cause 20 25+
1,03 pm. A Variety Concert. come rivals for the affections of
tonishment. Consequently it is] 1.30 pm Router Press, Rugby one girl. Frances Farmer, Withers' stunts lead to his expulsion from extremely difficult to visualise, or Press, Local: Weather forecast, time
and announcements. the corps and. in anger, he joins count out, the hand of a poor
1.40 p.m-Light Orchestral Music. iplayer from his bidding alone.
2.15 pm-Close Down- the smugglers.
Except for
5-8 p.m.-European Programime. Neither his buddy nor the girlNot so with experts.
5-7 pm-A Relay of the Hong realise that he has become a pilot those occasions where they have
their partner in Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra. for the smugglers, and when Ho-risked fooling
p.m.--Concert Waltzer. ward sights him in the air he al-their more pressing desire to Danube Waves (Ivanovici) lows him to pass unchallenged, fool the adversaries, after a few Artist's Life (Strauss) thinking his plane an ordinary bids, and when a few cards have Souvenir Fleuri.
Coeur Ardent. commercial machine.
been played, their hands become Through a trick of the staug- open books. glers. Withers and Frances are in to-day's hand East and West Boys." kidnapped and concealed in a made only one bid each, other
1. On the Beach at Bali.Bali. isolated shack. The attempt of than the final penalty double.2 Dream House. Black Wood Ware, Teak Dining the corps to rescue them leads to Yet. at a comparatively early . Five Broken Glass. Room & Bed Room Furniture, the final pitched battle.
stage in the play, declarer was 4. Cling to me.
5. Selected. able to determine. within a rea-
THE Undersigned have received Tin tradersigned have receiblic
Auction
од
Friday, the 21st. August, 1936 commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales, Room - Daddell Street
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
comprising:
aments, Clocks Gramaphones & Records, Sewing Machines, Pic-l
IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that tures, Oil Paintings, Brass & E. P.
IT & R
also
"BULLDOG JACK-KING'S
THEATRE
team
7.15 pm. From the Studio. Jazz Selections. by "The Harmony
Programme
sonable doubt, the exact distribu-6. On the Beach at Repulse Bay Láda.“
7. P a fool for loving you. tion of the remaining cards. 18. Who.
South, dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
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S D. J S 2
C. Q 10 7 3
S. A KJ 10 84 FL 9 2
9 6 3
There are many points of ap Dollar per Share has been de Ware, Carpets, Rugs, Wash Basin,
a bright clared for the six months ended Satsuma Vases, Piano, Radio, peal in "Bulldog Jack
story, with big thrills, big laughs, 30th June, 1936, and will be pay-Typewriters, Electric Table Lamps
action and great spirited able on and after FRIDAY, 11th & Fans, Ice Chests, Filter, Cam-work by the Hulbert brother. SEPTEMBER. 1936. Dividend era," Coir Mats, etc., etc.
The whole production maintains a Warrants may be obtained on ap- plication at the Company's Re- One 20-bore hammerless double high, hilarious level ending in a S. Q 96 gistered Office, P. & O. Building, barrelled gun (Midland Gun Co.). crescendo of riotous laughs The HQ 63 WEA 10 54
tussles between Bulldog Jack and C. A x 9 6 2 One 12-bore hammerless single Morelle, the villain, have xcellent background in the Und ground TL biggest and British Museum thrill of all, however, is staged in the runaway train, where the
The issue is finally settled amidst tre-
South the mendous excitement and great
1 S fun. The romance is supplied by
3 S Fay Wray.
THE REGISTER OF SHARES
One set Lawn bowls.
of the Company will be CLOSED barrelled gun. from MONDAY, 31st AUGUST, to THURSDAY, 10th SEPTEMBER: (both days inclusive) during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
One electric refrigerator "G. E. One "Pathe" Movie Camera Projector.
On View from Thursday,
By Order of the Board of Direc-20th. August, 1926.
tors.
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Agents. Hong Kong, 30th July, 1936.
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"NOBODY'S FOOL" ALHAMBRA THEATRE
Edward Everett
7.45 p.m.-Melodies by Erie Coates. Valsette from "Wood Nymphs”
Light Symphony Orchestra
Song-
The Fairy Tales of Ireland
Essie Ackland (Contralto)_/
By the Sleepy Lagoon
Song-
Eric Coates and Symphony
Orchestra
I heard you singing
Alfred Piccaver (Tenor). $ pm-Local: Time Signal, Wea- ther Report, Stock Quotations and announcements.
8.05 p.m.-Chinese Studio Concert. 11 pm-Close Down
bidding: ·
8.05-10 p.m.-European Programme West
North
East from ZEK. on a Frequency of 640 | 2 C
kilocycles. Pass 3 C
8.05 Double (final bid) West's double was a trifle tooprano).
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Horowitz pm-Vladimir (Pianoforte). Mīliza Korjus (Sa-
EXSTILLED
BY
close despite his honour strength 1. Pianoforte Solos-
Study in C sharp Mimor, Op. 10, and his partner's raise. He was.
No. 4.
..Chopin no doubt, influenced by the fact!
Study G at Major, Op 10 Chopin. ... No. 5). Horton is the that he knew South to be a liberali star of this hilarious Universal bidder and the hope that this was 2 Song-
Nocturne, Op. 9 No. 2-0 Night!|
O Dreams!" (Chopin). Pianoforte Solos
COMBATTING THE offering. He is always a delight one of the times when he had his
DRUG EVIL
Chief Justice And His Powers
HARSH SENTENCES PROMISED
The fact that the authorities are:
the
Cast
West was marked with five
3.
Etude XI Pour Les Arpeges- Composes (Debussy). Pastoral; Toccata (Poulenc). Songs
Thousand and One Nights Waltz
(Strauss).
La Vilanelle (The Swallow)
(Dell' Acqua). p.m."Der
8,30
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling, such as harbor, plow, and altho.
Rosenkavalier” |
13
8.47 pmOctets. Andante Cantabile (Tschaikovsky) Humoreske—(for strings only)
(Dvorak):
Cradle Song (Brahms)
and his present role gives splendid "neck stretched." iscope for his unusual comedy me- The club king was the opening thods which show his versatility, lead, followed by the ace. South The wisecracking Glenda Farruffed and led three top trumps. rell. an excellent foil for
the West winning the third round and amusing Horton, portrays thes
ting to the heart king. The character with a pert sense of at play was a low heart, East's humour. Cesar Eomero is enterace winning, and a third round taining as 2 modern highbinder was led South ruffed and now Suite ( Strauss). who thinks he knows all the adid his "counting." taking stringent measures to wipe swers. Warren Hymer, the fellow (out the drug traffic in the Colony who plays the eternal clown, is elubs, both from is overcali and į
was emphasised by the Chief valuable addition to Jestice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, at which includes John King, Diana from East's raise, that in the ab- the Criminal Sessions yesterday, Gibson, Nan Gray, Marla Shelton sence of the ace, king, and jack must have been based on four when, in dealing with two cases of and Henry Hurter. possession of heroin paste and! Horton gets out of one difficulty cards.
linto another, each one more seri- West had shown three spades, pills His Lordship said:-- -
"This is the first time that the ous. His effrontery is both.amaz-East two. Now for the hearts East certainly authorities have seen fit to sending and amusing. Memorising a and diamonds. cases such as this up for trial set speech on modern housing con- would have chosen to bid two That can, of course, mean only one ditions, he works miracles, but hearts rather than three clubs. If thing, that the authorities are not what he does to a group of real he had held five or six to the ace. satisfied with the inadequate pow-estate sharks provides the central Therefore, he could hold only four, ers granted to the Magistrates of theme of the story. this Colony in connection with these offenses, and have decided to send the cases to the Sessions with
a view to securing heavier panish- ment of the offenders.”
to
“BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936" ORIENTAL
THEATRE
de-
9 p.m.-News and announcements from London.
9.20 p.m.--Bussian Music.
9.34 pm-Gry Lombardo and His Royal Canadians.
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10 p.m.-Big Ben from London, Close Down.
RECTORY FLATS BANNED
The Minister of Health has dis- missed the appeal of the Rector of since West also would have bid Barnes for permission to convert hearts with five or more. Thus his rectory into six fats and build West was placed with a singleton 30 flats and a new rectory in the diamond.
įgrounds. Confidently, South led a small
DRAGON AT LARGE
Iz
His Lordship continued that hel The scenes in this picture were diamond to the king and finessed had been given powers deal filmed on the largest stage on the for the jack on the return. with such cases harshly and that M-G-M lot for an elaborate magic this way his doubled contract be could inflict sentences up to 10 spectacle, heralded as one of the was fulfilled. years. "I shall not hesitate in most ingenious settings ever (so doing, should the occasion arise," vised for the screen.
he said.
For the picture, there is a melo- The first case which came before diously brilliant musical score. Villagers of Eynsford, Kent, were His Lordship, in which he made Five songs said to be of outstand-last month searching the fields for the remarks quoted above, was one ing excellence are, "Pre Got A a young Australian water dragon, in which Man. Yu, 40-year old Feelin' You're Foolin'," "On "A118mm long, which had escaped from unemployed, was charged with pos-Sunday Afternoon," "Broadway a local zoological collection. session of heroin paste and pills Rhythm." “You Are My Lucky)
at 18 Tung Man Street, first floor, Star" and "Sing Before Break- on June $0.
fast"
Mr. E. H. Williams, Assistant Attorney-General, prosecuted, and
eer.
The new
film, based authenti- Stage, radio and screen talentically on Leo Tolstoy's immortal the following jury was empanelled: were merged to form the all-star classic, presents Mise Garbo in a Messrs. A. B. Pearson (Foreman), cast beaded by Jack Benny and in-famous drama against a true A A. Guterres, Tsiu Keng-poh, cluding Una Merkel, June Knight, background of imperialistic Bus R. C. M. Sales, Lo Sik-tsan, Choi Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, sia at the height of that nation's
Frances Langford, Nick Long, Tr. glory 50 years ago. Ping-sun and G. O. Bockholtz..
The cast includes no less than The sentence on the accused was Vilma and Buddy Ebsen, Stock-
and Robert 40 featured players as Miss GET- deferred until the conclusion of the well, Shirley Ross remaining cases.
bo's supporting artists." At the top of the galary stand such noted players as Freddie Bartholomew (of "David Copperfield" fame), |Maureen O'Sullivan, - May Robson, ! "Anna Karenina," Greta Gar-Basil Rathbone, Reginaid. Owen,)
CLIFFS TRAGEDY
A woman was killed last month.
at Folkestone, when she fell from
Hong Kong
Na' 10-Wyndliam Street Establisfond 1896.
Wildhack.
"ANNA KARENINA”
STAR THEATRE
the top of the cliffs at the Warren bo's 20th starring picture for Reginald Denny, Phoebe Foster,
on
to a footpath about 250ft. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is the most Joan Marah, Cora Sine Collins and below.
ambitious production of, her car-'others.
NO MORE
Prickly Heat
Thanks to the use of
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25-Dine
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29-Large tree 31-Feminine name 34-Public vehicle,
36-Because
37-Tinted 39-Preposition 40-Depart
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49-Propeller
50-Eagle
51-Remark (abbr.) ·
54-Obliterating 56-Domesticate 57-Floats in air 69-Carry (Colloq.) 70-Systems (abbr.) (71-Rub aut
72-Man's raame
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