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од
Wednesday, the 30th December.
1936
commencing at 2.30 pm
at their Sales Room. No. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon. A Quantity of
Valuable Household Furniture comprising:-
Black Wood Ware, Teak Office & Drawing Room Furniture, Dining Room & Bed Room Furniture, Ornaments,
Cutlery.j Pictures, Gramaphone & Records, Porcelain & Glass Ware, Brass & E. P. Ware, Linen.
Lamps. Electric Table Radiator. Ice Chests, etc. etc.
On View from Tuesday. the 29th. December, 1936.
also
One (1) Radio Set Terms: Cash on Delivery.
"LAMMEET BROS..
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HE Undersigned have received. instructions to sell by Public Auction on
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at No, 13 Cameron Road. Kowloon:
A Quantity of
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THE CHIA MAIL. WEDNESDAY DELE BER
Fredric March and Donald Woods are in the Warner Bros. Pro- duction*** Anthony Adverse,” which will be shown at the King's Theatre on New Year's Day.
BRIDGE NOTES
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZEW. CM n wavelength of 355 metres, (S45 Le's), 91.49 metres, (9.52) megacycles).
FIFTH TALE. ON "EARLY DAYS
--OF CRICKET" -DANCE MUSIC.
HET.
12.30-215 pm- European Pro-||
12:30 pm-Vocal Excerpts from Opera
3 pa-Local? Time Signal andi Weather Report.
1.03 p.m.-Marek Weber and His Orchestra.
1.30 pm. Beuter Press. Rugby Press. Local Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements..
1.40
(Humor) Flanagan and Allen
153 pm.-The Ballyhooligans. 215 pm-Close downl
5-8 pm-European Programme.
5 pm--A Relay of Dance Music from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof-) Garden
6 pm-Studio Children's Concert 6.30 pm—A Light Concert. Soprano Solo-
A Summer Night (Marzials & Gor-
ing Thomas) .... Doris Vane.) Tenor Solo-
Astbore (Bingham, Trotere),
Frank Titterton.
By ELY CULBERTSON Violin Solo-
Responses To Opening Two Bids
1.
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Liebertrend (Love's Joy),
(Kreisler) .... Fritz Kreisler. Contralto-Solo-
My Ain Folk (Lemon, Milis),
Mary Kay. Tenor Solo-
My dear soni (Sanderson),
Frank Titterton
Pianoforte Solos—
Polka De W. E. (Rachmaninod"). Troika en traineaux, Op. 37. No. 11,.
(In a three-horse sleigh)
(Tchaikovsky),
Sergei Rachmaninof. Tenor Solo-
Oh! No John (arr. Sharp).
Frank Titterton 7 pm- The Regimental Band of H_M. Grenadier Guardia. villanelle (With the Swallow),
(Dell'Acqua, aut. Winterbottom). Acclamations Waltz (Waldtevže}). The Old Frog Pond (Characteristic).
(AHord). "A Princess of Kensington”
Selection (German).
When your partner has opened, or a biddable suit. but with one with a two-bid in a suit, you, can- and one-half honour tricks, you not pass. No matter how weak should bid three no trump (a jump] your hand, you must keep the bid- of one more than necessary]; and ing open.
with two and one-half honour If you have adequate trump sup tricks you should bid four part and one honour trick you trump. [Five no trump is a C02~ may raise him once.
ventional bid which shows three A double raise [from two to honour tricks including at least four] has a special meaning. Bes-one ace.] (ponder should give a double raise If you cannot make any of the
only when holding five trumps, or above responses, you mast bid two] four tramps to the queen. He must no trump. This is a contentional [not have a singleton or any honour negative response. It must be The Smithy in the wood (Michaelis). THE NEW FRENCH BEMEDS higher than a queen in his hand made, no matter how weak your Songs of Scotland (azz Dutoit). THERAPION NG1
7:30 pm- Closing Local Stock This is a nest little inference en-hand, unless the next opponent Quotations and Hong Kong Exchange! THERAPION N12 abling the opener to stop dead in bids and assures your partner of Market Report
THERAPION NO.3 his tracks short of a dangerous a chance to rebid. You must keep | slam, or, if strong enough, to make the bidding open until a game is an asking bid which asks immedi-reached, or an opponents' bid is ately about third round control. doubled
2. Johnston Road, Tel. 31915
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Teak Tables & Chairs, Ward- CHINA YEAR BOOK robe, Dining Table. Chest of Drawers, Simmons Beds, Toilet
Fet, Table Fans, etc., etc.
also
One Norge Refrigerator.
One Piano.
On View from Sunday, the Sr.
January, 1936.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 29th Dec., 1936.
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Among the subjects dealt with by foreign and Chinese experts in the eighteeth edition are the following: Smuggling, Tangku Trace Agreement, New - Lia Weekly" Incident, Hirots Three- Point Programmt, Soviet-Outer Mongolia Protocol, Mongol Ter- ritory
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TOYS, DOLLS
New Year Cards and Children's
Picture Books
also
LARGE SELECTION OF
STAMPS
Suit Establishment
If you have a biddable suit of your own, and one plus honour When there is more than one) trick, you should bid your sult, way to go about the establishment but if you have the bare one plus of a suit, the expert calculates as honour trick which you need, you rapidly, as possible all the adverse | should not bid the saft unless it is, distribution of the suit's remain- headed by at least the ace, king order, throws oart those against which no play of his can guards Without adequate trump support and plots his course against the
pertinent, controllable others,
queen-jack
ANOTHER SEA TRAGEDY
Norwegian Steamer Founders
“CHINA MAIL" SPECIAL
Stockholm, To-day.
in to-day's hand.
South, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
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WEST
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Fishermen found the wreckage E-A 2
and life-belts of the Norwegian (D-K 9 7 64 steamer Varne yesterday off the C-7 6 west coast of Sweden..
The vessel had foundered in a
storm during her voyage from
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South 1-club
EAST
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SOUTH S-A Q 8 5
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16 were lost--Trans-Ocean Ser- The bidding: vice.
MR. NEWTON TRANSFERRED- 14 spade
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7.35 pm-Three Songs by Francis Day (Soprano). What is this thing?
Fm a fool for loving you
You have that extra something. 7.45 pm From the Studio. The fifth of a series of talks on "The early days of Cricker" by R. Abhit. p-Local: Time Signal, Wes- ther Report and Announcements. 8.03 pm From the Studio.
A Chinese Concert
11 p.m. Close down. 8.05-11.pm--European programme from ZEK, an a frequency of 640 kilocycles.
8.05 pm-Suite No. 2 in B missar for Flutes and Strings (Bach) by Willem Mengelberg, and His Con- certgebouw Orchestra..
8.30 pin-Operatic Gema. "Oberon"
--(Weber)-—-
Ozean, Du Ungeheuer (Ocean, thon)-
mighty monster)
Maria Nemeth (soprano). "Faust" (Good)
Scene de l'Eglish (Church Scene),
Maryse Beaujon, F. Bordon
and Chorus.
"Carmen" (Bizet)———-
Toreador's Song....Tris: Riccardo Stracciari, A Appoloni, E. Ti- coni and Chorus. "Barbiere di Siviglia:(Rossini).
Largo al Factotum............. Riccardo
Stracciari (baritone). 855 pm-Lendon“-News and“ An- nouncementa.
9.15 patrond. Variety. Programme. Orchestra
Why couldn't it be poor little me,
Benny Goodman and His
Orchestra.
Song-
"Glamorous Night"
Mary Ellis (soprano).
Swanee Moon.... George Elliott's Hawaiian Novelty Quartet. Vocat
Maybe I'm wrong again, Back to those happy days,
Leslie Hetskinson.
Lacienne Boyer,“
West North East Pass 1 heart · · Pass Pass 2 hearts Pass Pass TO PRAGUE
13 no trump Pass Pass
The opening load was the six of London, To-day-His Majesty (diamonds and East's jack was] the King has approved the ap-taken by declaret's queen. The pointment of Mr. B. C. Newton, merest glance at dummy told the Minister at the Embassy in Berlin, declarer that his only chance for to be His Majesty's Envoy Extra-fulfilling the contract bay, in mak- jordinary and Minister Plenipoten-ing four club tricks. The missing tiary at Prague, in succession to six clubs could be divided in many Mr. C. H. Bentinck, who has been diferent ways, but one of these appointed Ambassador at Santiago. ¡[4.3 four or fyr time to his left: Pisno Dost-
--British Wireless Service.
QJ five times on his right] could not be guarded gainst the one OCTOCENARIAN LIES IN FIRE pertinent datributi that did re
quire safe
An octogenarian, Miss Cordelia four time Annie Pault was killed lase month should when a blazing ceiling collapsed | sea during a fire in the top storey “od a houseTM in Regent's Park-road,
which will be a delight to any Stamp Collector to receive, STORE WILL REMAIN OPEN"
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