GLORIOUS
OPPORTUNITY
to travel home on
(THE WORLD'S WONDER
SHIP)
"EMPRESS OF BRITAIN"
42,500 GROSS TONS 63,750 DISPLACEMENT TONS
From HONGKONG 15th February · YOKOHAMA 9th March Sightseeing arrangements at Parts of Call Included in faros
37 DAYS TO SAN FRANCISCO 55 DAYS TO NEW YORK
62 DAYS TO Cherbourg & SOUTHAMPTON · ·
ITINERARY.
Shanghai, Chinwangtao (Peiping) (Great Wall) Beppu, Infand Soa, Kobe (Kyoto Nara) Yokohama (Tokyo) (Kamakura) Honolulu (Waikiki Beach) Hilo, (Kilauea Volcano) San Francisco an Pedro (Los Angeles) Balboa, Ancon Panama City, Old Panama, Colon. Cristobal, Havana, Cherbourg, Southampton, For further particulars ploase apply to:
CANADIAN PACIFIC
NY.K.
San Francisco via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
Asana Maru
Taiyo Maru Chichibu Mara
Seattle & Vancouver.
Wed., 11th Jan. .Sat., 21st Jan,
Wed, 8th Feb.
Hoian Maru (starts from Kobe) Sat., 21st Jan. London, Marseilles, Antwerp & Rofferdam via
Singapore, Penang. Colombo & Suez.
Kashima Maru
Yasukuni Marn
Hakdna Maru
Sydney & Melbourne via Manila & Ports.
Kamo Maru
Kitano Mar
Tango Maru
*Hakodate Maru
Sat., 7th Jan.
Fri, 20th Jan. ..Sat, 4th Feb.
..Bát, 21st Jan ..Sat., 25th Feb.
Wed., 11th Jan. ..Sun., 18th Jan.
Bombay via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.
South America (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,
Los Angeles, Mexico & Pariama
Rakuyo Maru ...
..Tues., 10th Jan,
Liverpool via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus,
Genoa & Valencia.
*Durban Maru
Calcutta via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon
*Penang Maru
"Morioka Maru
Shanghai, Kobo & Yokohama.
Tues., 17th Jan.
.-Fri., 6th Jan,
Sun, 18th Jan.
*Akita Maru (Moji direct)... Fri., 6th Jan.
Suwa Maru ..
Sat., 7th Jan,
Kitano Mara (Nagasaki direct) Fri., 20th Jan. *Cargo only.
For further information apply to
Tol. 30291.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (private exchanges to all Depts.)
BARBER WILHELMSEN LINE.
MONTHLY SERVICE
To
PACIFIC PANAMA-ATLANTIC COAST PORTS. CANALZONE, COAST PORTS. Agents:
DODWELL & CO., LTD. Queen's Buildings.
SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC
60. LTD
SERVICE OF EAST MOTOR VESSELS (with Limited, but exceptionally good, passenger secommodation).. Homewards to: Port Bald, Genoa, Marsellies, Algiers, Oran, Rotterdam (Amsterdam). Hamburg, Oslo, Gothenburg and other Scandinavian Ports.
via
Manila and Straits Settlements.
M.V. "PEIPING" Outwards to:
Sailing about 29th Jan,
SHANGHAI & JAPAN PORTS.
M.V. "FORMOSA”
Sailing about 24th Jan.
Passenger Raten:
Agents:
£57. $68
:
C. E HUYEN
Canton
Hong Kong to Genoa/Marseilles Hong Kong to 1st North Continental Ports
GILMAN & CO., LTD.
Hongkong.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1933.
CINEMA SCREENINGS
NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES
CONTRACT KEEP UPKEEP DOWN P
BRIDGE
BY FITTING
Decarbo"
By W. E. McKenney AUTOMATIC DECARBONISER
Particulars from
H. CONNELL & CO., LTD, 4th floor, China Building.
Winifred Shatter, one of the most popular and most talentod of the English actresses, comes to The Cen- tral to-morrow in her first starring role. She plays the lead in "The Love This new contract scoring has Contract", a British and Dominions been adopted almost universally production, and is supported by Owen and is now used by everyone who Nares. The story is adapted from claims to keep abreast of the times that famous international success "Chauffeur Antoinette and score pads showing the old values stage in his bridge. However, many is a bright and breezy comedy of a wealthy lady who loses all her money are still in use, and unless one! In a stock exchange crash and has taken the time to study and forced to take up a position as lady learn the new scoring, he may be chauffeur. There are plenty of laughs unable to find the proper informa- In this film and there are two tuneful tion when he most needs it. nongs that will be thoroughly enjoyed, I receive a great many letters in- The theme song "Antoinette la quiring about the new no trum The Steamship, already wellknown to music lovers, count and many of my readers are and "The Automobile Song," ahar mingly sung by Winifred Shotter, in not quite sure when a trick counts n delightful melody. "The Love Con. 80 and when it equnts 40. tract" is an exceptionally fine British film, with splendid photography and lavish settings.
"Madame Racketeer"
one
The new undertrick penalites are also difficult to remember, for no two tricks have the same val- ue. To-day I am going to auggest a couple of mathematical short- "Madame Racketer" the film titie cuts which should be of assistance for the human-interest comedy story in remembering the now count.. by Harvey Harris Gates and Malcolm; Stuart Boylan, is the type of movie: that becomes un admirable vehicle for: The now no trump acoring be actors who know their character-comes very simple if we handle It stuff and know it well. Paramount in the following way-just scoro having signed up two of the most the no trump tricks at the same capable interpretive artists of the values as before but drop the last world of make-believe for the prin fiya whenever it occurs. cipal roles in this picture, has assured audiences everywhere of enjoyable]
For example,
no trump times whenever "Madame Racketeer counts 30 instead of 85; three no is shown. The featured pair are trump counts 100 instead of 105; Alison. Skipworth and Richard Ben-five no, trump counts 170. Instead nett. Alison Skipworth, veteran of of 176. Two no trump, four no the stage, an artist as well as an act trump and six no trump do not ress, and a humorist by instinct, do-cud in five and therefore count 70, monstrates delightfully fast the 140 and 210, respectively, as they kind of bluff a "sporting widow" needs, to get her schemes over quickly and
always. .did. with charming finesse, Richard Ben natt, a master of quaint comedy roles part of the tricks are bid for and for thirty yours, and possessing rare part of them are overtricks, but skill as an interpreter of character this also can be bandled very sim roles, the kind of trusting husband ply. who doesn't know a gouge from a Let us suppose that we bid one gimlet, or can't tell a harp from a no trump and made three. The old harpie. The film comes to the total value of the tricks in King's Theatre on Thursday,
There is a complication where
100
points, but of that only the value
and
be
"The Unholy Garden" of the one bid trick, namely, 30, Ronald Colman's cavalcado of yel-can be scored below the line. The low-haired leading ladies appears end-remaining 70 points must od. For the third time, a brunette, scored above the line, or rather two dark young ladies ap-I pear with him in a picture. In "The bid three no trump
Again, let us supposo that we Unholy Garden", the Ben Hecht
mado Charles MacArthur adventura modo-seven. The total value of these drama that Samuel Goldywn is pre-
tricks' would be 240 pointe But senting at King's Theatre today, Fay we can only score the value of the. Wray and Estelle Taylor share the three bid tricks, namely, 100 feminine honours. Both have hair as points, below the line. The bal- black night Kay Francion began lance of 140 points would be scored the procession when Mr. Goldwyn above the line. solected her to play opposite Colmani
in "Raffles". It wasn't her screea
+
debut by any manner of means, but it Suppose we make one no trump did more to establish the popular and then make one no trump again Paramount player than any picture on the next hand. Does the se- before or since. Loretta Young, bor-cond trick in the case count 30 rowed from First National for "The or 40 points? In that case cach Devil to Pay", carried on the tradi-trick counts 30 points, for each tion, which seemed a perroameni fix-trick is the first trick of ture in "The Unholy Garden Anhand.
that Harding was the last of the blondes. That is, until Colman's next film, able to make one no trump three Therefore, it is perfectly passi- picturization of "Arrowsmith", for
which Mr. Goldywn did an about face times in succession and still not and selected Helen Hayes na Colman's make game. This appeared a lit- co-star. Production has already be tle strange, and so it is, but few-| gun on the creen transcription of the of us can remember a case where Sinclair Lewis novel which awarded both the Pulitzer and the on three successive hands. One. was exactly one no trump was made Nobel Prizes. Theroin will the Col-
man blonde tradition be reborn. no trump plus two no trump does
Life of Comedy "Gag" Short
produce a game and we have the
eculiar anomaly that one "Certain types of comedy become one plus one does not equal"one" plus® outmoded just as styles in garments plus two. change," according to Edward Sedg wick, who directed Buster Keaton in
The basis of all undertrick pen- his new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer come-itics is the following series of dy, "Speak Easily," now at the numbers: 100, 250, 450, 700, 1000. Queen's Theatre. One gag that al. The player who has memorized ways used to be good for a laugh was that series need have no trouble the wrist watch stunt," continued figuring out any penalty he is like- Sedgwick. "Every time an after-ly to encounter. dinner speaker wanted to make a hit, he would make some reference to the 2, 3, 4 and 5 undertricks, respec- They give these penalties for 1, tiny watches on a strap. Up until lively, when doubled and not vul- the time of the war this watch cannerable. The penalties for un- Hinued to be a jest wherever mention-
exactly
ro
ed or shown. But when several mil-toubled, vulnerable, are lion men had their lives saved many the same. Use double the amount times a day through the accuracy of for doubled, vulnerable, or the little wrist timepiece, they ceased doubled, not vulnerable, and four to be funny. Another type of pre-times the amount for redoubled, war comedy that never failed was the vulnerable.
old bloomin' blighter' take-off on Eng-
lishmen Stage productions, comie By using these simple memory strips, moving pictures, everyone en aids, anyone who understood the joyed making them the butt of a joke, fold scoring should have no trou- After thousands of those blighters' bls with the new. heroically lost their lives in the great atruggle, a new subject for comedy
had to be found. "When automobiles old contraptions, most of this type of first came out, ream after ream of comedy ceased. This drawing on con jokes were written. They were the temporary life for things having come. subject of much hilarity on the stage, dy value probably never cease as long and even some of the carly flickers as people seck entertainment Gags made light of them. When the best that are funny to-day will lose their citizens' began driving the wheezing comic significance in the future.”
PICKLED
BALTIC
FINEST
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES.
MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
* "D'ARTAGNAN" Arrived Hongkong on Tuesday,
the 3rd January, 1933.
From MARSEILLES &c. Consignees of Cargo by the above. named steamer are hereby informed that their goods with the exception.of Oplum, Trensure and Valuables are being landed and placed at their risk in the Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery can obtained no the goods are landed→→→
Goods not cloared within 7 days including date of arrival, -will-bo subject to rent.
All claims must be sent to the undersigned before the Thursday, 12th January, 1938, or they will not be recognized.
be
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the consignees, and the Company's Sur- veyor Mosers:--Goddard and Douglas at 10.00 am. on Monday. the 9th January, 1939. Consigncen mast have a Revenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutiable goods examined by the Company's Sur- voyons,
are
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
R. OHL
Agent. Hongkong, 3rd January, 1983.
THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. COPENHAGEN,
The Motor Vessel,
**JAVA" having arrived consignees of cargo are hereby informed that all goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Hoogkeng and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co. Ltd., whore delivery can be obtained as soon as the goods are landed.
No claims will be admitted aftor the goods have left the godowns and all goods remaining undelivered after 10th January, 1933, at 4 p.m. will bo aubject to rent.
All broken, chafed and damaged goods are to be left in the Godown; where they will be axamined by Messra. Anderson and Ashe on the 9th January, 1933, at 10 am.
All elsima against the vessel must ba presented to the Undersigned be- fore the 13th January, 1933, or they will not be recognised,
No Fire Insurance will be effected, Bill of Lading will be counter- algried by
JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD.,
Agents. Hongkong, 3rd January, 1933.
N. Y. K. LINE, (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.)
Consignees of Cargo from Europe. per the Steamship,
"TSUBHIMA MARU"
are hereby informed that their goods, which were transhipped at. Singe pors into S.S. "Ginyo Mary" arrived horo to-day, and are being landed and. placed at their risk into the Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowo Company's Godowns at Kowloon, whenca delivery may be obtained.
Goods not cleared by the 7th January, 1003, will be subject to
rent.
Damaged packages must be left in the Godawns for examination by the Consigneo's and the Co.'s representn- tives on any Tuesdays and Fridays, at 2.30 p.m. within the free storage period. For the examination of damaged dullable goods, the
con- signees must arrange for a Revenue, Oficer to be present.
All claims must be presented with In ton doya of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognized.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
No fire insurance has been effected.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA, Hongkong, 31st Decomber, 1032:"
BALTIC HERRINGS. BISMARK HERRINGS.
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"MATIES" HERRINGS.
SALT - FULL-GROWN HERRINGS.
HONGKONG STORE:
French Bank Bldg., 1st Floor,
6, Queen's Road Central. Tol. 80460.
HABADE
[Hamburg Bakery & Delicacion)
KOWLOON STORE: 22. Hankow Road, (Opposite Star Thostre),
Tel. 88828.
&O BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES
(COMPANIES Incorporated in ENGLAND) Taking Cargo on through Mills of Lading for Straits, Java and Burma, Ceylon, India, Persian Gulf, Mauritias, E. & 8. Africa, Austraum, including, New Zealand & Queensland Forts, Red Sen Egypt, Constantinople, Greece, Levantine Porta, Europe Etc PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTHNIGHTY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STHAMERS. (UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT.) From Hong- kong (about)
S. 5.
Топа
**SOUDAN
**MIRZAPORE RANCHI CARTHAGE
*BURDWAN
14,000 28th Jan. 6,500 4th Feb.
Destination
6,677 7th Jan. 1 B'bay, M'los, Havre L'don, H'burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hul | 6,700 | 10th Jan. Straita, Colombo, & B'bay
17,00 14th Jan. Bombay, Mios & Lap
Bombay. M'ios & L'don M'los, Havro, L'don, H'burg, Rotterdam Antwerp & Hi 16,000 11th Fob. 1 B mbay, Miles & Lidon 17,000 25th Febi Bombay, M'ina'& L'ori *Cargo only. Calis Cana Blanca, Calle Karachi & Marmigoa. Frequent connections from Port Bald for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by SteamsÉS of the Khedivial Mall 8.8. Co.
NALDERA
RAJPUTANA
TALMA SANTHIA TAKADA
BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.
10,000 lett, Jan.
8,000 22nd Jan
7,000 4th Fob.
pore. Penang & Calcutta S'pore, Fonang & Calontza
'pore Penang Caloutta
B. L. Apear. Lino ateamers have excellent accommodation for Is and 2nd class passengers.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South).
NELLORE
TANDA NANKIN
7,000 1st Feb 1993.
7,000
3rd Mar.
7,000
1st Apr.
Manila, Rabaul,
Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
Regular Monthly Ballings from Hongkong to Shanghai and Japan and. Hongkong to Australin
Hong-Kong to Sydney-19 days.
Frequent connections from Australls with the following: The Union 5.8. Co.'s Steamers to the United Kingdom via New Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.,
The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
1
The P. & O. Branch Service of Steamers to London via Snez. The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal,
"NELLORE
NALDERA TAKADA
150MALI R.JPUTANA CORFU 1BANGALORE. COMORIN
Ca ve anly,
SAILING TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
7,000 | 7th Jan, | 8'hal, Mail, Kohe, OnaIT
& Yoko 16,000 | 13th Jan,' | B’bai. Moji, Kobe & Yoko 7,000 | 13th Jan: } Amoy, 8'hai, Moji, Kóbo } & Danks
6,800 | 25th Jan. S'hai. Moji. Kobe & Yoko 12,000 27th Jan. 8' ai, Kobe & Yoko. 15,00 14th Feb. | S'bai, Kode & Joke 16.00 93rd Foh, S'hai, Moji, Kobo & Yoko
15,000 24th Feb. 6'hal. Kobe & Yoke Calla Nagora Yalohi
All date are approzimate and subject to attention without notice. Parcels Messuring not more than 6 c.ft. will be received at the Co.'s Office up to noon on the day previous to sailing. For Passage Rates, Handbooks, Freights, etc., opply to
MACKINNONS, MACKENZIE & CO.,
Agunta.
P. & O. Bldg, Connaught Rd., Co.,
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
"
To AUSTRALIA. Calling at Manila (Pis.), Thursday is., Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne. British Steamers: CHANGTE TAIPING
FASTEST & MOST UP-TO-DATE STEAMERS IN THE SERVICE
(Oil Burners) ELECTRIC LAUNDRY, BARBER SHOP. SURGEON AND STEWARDESS-CARRIED.-
Enjoy Your Short Leave in Australia and New Zealand. Hong Kong, Sydney-19 Days, - FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY, £76 RETURN
LONDON (via Australia) from £128.15.0. (Australian Newspapers on 'file),
"
STEAMER TAIPING CHANGTE TAIPING CHANGTE
Due 'Kong Leaves H'Kong Leaves, Manila Due Bydmy
Jan. 6th
Jan. 18th Jan. 18th Feb. 1st
Feb. 10th
Feb. 17th Feb. 20th Mar 8th
Mar. 10th Mar. 17th
Apr. 11th Apr. 18th
Mar. 20th Apr. 5th Apr. 21st May 7th
AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTAL LINE, LIMITED, Butterfield & Swire, Agents.-Hong Kong Shanghai.
MOM
AGERIES
MARITIMES.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. Sailings from Hongkong.
To SHANGHAI.
4th Jan. 18th Jan. 1st Feb.
To MARSEILLES via Salgon,
Singapore, Penang, Colomba,. Dijboutri, (Aden), Soes Port-Said.
Athos I
D'Artagnan Andre Lebon Felix Roussel..
3rd Jan
14th Feb.
D'Artagnan Andre Lebon Felix Roussel
17th Jart
31st Jan
14th Feb
28th Feb.
G. Metzinger
28th Feb.
14th Mar.
Porthos
14th Mar,
28th Mär.
Aramis
28th Mar.
11th Apr.
Chenonceaux
11th Apr.
G. Metzinger Porthos
Aramis
Chenonceaux.
Athos .....
D'Artagnan... 25th Apr.
Athos H. 25th Apr,
We can issue through tickets to Egypt, Syrlari ports, Eat Africa, Madagascar by transhipment on our mail steamers
at Port-Said or Djibouti."
COMMERCIAL LINE
For DUNKIRK 'via! Haiphồng, Saigon
Oran-Le Havre
s.s.Yangtse" on or about 13th January, 1933,
For full Particulars, apply to
Cia. des MESSAGERIES MARITIMES:
3. Queen's Buliding.
Telephones: 26651.