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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1934.

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CULBERTSON

CONTRACT

by Ely Culbertson. World's Champion Player and Greatest Card Analyst

TACTICS AGAINST THE TAKEOUT DOUBLE

Many players at the Bridge tabic, after partner has made an Opening bid and an opponent has doubled for a takeout, are strongly Inclined to remain quiet for one round of bidding, hoping, often against hope, that the opponents will get into difficulties. Some- times a course mach as this is

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jeary, as the responding hand, after A Bound Opening bid followed Double, Takeout often is too weak to safely In other follow any other course. cases, however; passing. after a Double can do nothing but harm. For instance, good bidding tactics require that if partner has opened the bidding with a suit that can be supported, a Jump Raise should be made in order that the road for the opponents may be made diffi cult. It is equally true that if the hand contains a Takeout that would be made if there were no Takeout Double, then the Takeout should be made after the 'Doubla unless the balance of the hand

suggests the strong probability that any response made to the Takeout Double by the Doubler's partner will result in severe penal- imties for the doubling side.

of cartoons depicting "Kappeninga" on mediately for well known Euro-

COMPANY MEETINGS the above at

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

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THE CHINA MAIL.

Home Was Never Like This!

That might be what the Polar bear in New York's Central Park Zoo i thinking as be revels in the snow that covered the metropolia a depth o nearly eleven inches. This was the first time this year the bear got: real tests of "back bome" weather.

THIEF FOILED BY FILM.

Picture's Warning To Theatre-Goer.

Istanbul:

AT

FILM PREVIEW

KING'S THEATRE "The Private Life Of

· · Henry VIII”

LAUGHTON'S REMARKABLE

PORTRAYAL

BADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following programme will be broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station" Z.B.W. on a wave length of 355 metres (845 K.Ç.'1):-

1-2 pn-European programme, 1. p.m.-Local Time and Weather Reports

196-2 pm--A relay of the China Emporium Orchestra by courtesy of the Management. (During the inter- vala recorded mule will be broadcast from the Studio),

1.30 p.m-Rugby Press News, etc.

p. Close Down.

Two Studio Concerts To-night. 430-7.30 pm.-Chinese programme. 7.30-10.30 pm European pro-

| gramme..

7.30-p-m-Closing-Local Stock Quo- tations, ebe

7.33-8_p.m.--From the Studio. The 26th of a series of lessons in "Cantonese" by the Rev. Mr. H. R Wells.

p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re-

pm-Variety.

port 8.50

Orchestral

The Shadow Waltz

I've Got to Sing a Torch Song Rudy Vallee & Ille Connecticut Yankees.

SOBE

Zigeuner

If Love Were All

Piano Solo-

Ivy St. Helier (Soprano);

Can't We Talk it. Over

Now That You're Gone

Carroll Gibbons & His Boy Friends. Song

Murlein the Air-The Song in You

Turner Layton (Tenor)

Vocal Duet

Music In the Afr

I've Told Ev'ry Little Star

Layton and Johnatone. [Orchestral--

One Hour With You-Medley

New Mayfair Orchestra.

Let me Give my Happiness to You Three Wishes

Jessie Matthews; (Soprano)

Song-

Orchestral—”

Albert Sandler & His Orch. 8.50-9.45 pm-From the Btudio.

A 7th recital of Gramophone re- cords by Mr. C. B. R. Sargent.

0.45-9.50 p.m

On the following hand failure to A merchant named Ahmed the China Coast. Price $1, on sale pean firm, 1 lady assistant, 1 clerk act aggressively after a Takeout Bey was watching a crime film "China Mail" offices. 3A. & cashier, 1 cashier, 1 shroff and 1 Double brought disaster to one in a cinema here which showed at the

Acclaimed by, film-critics the Wyndham Street.

typist are needed also. For parti-pair in a recent team-of-four match a series of hotel robberies. Sud- culars and terms please apply to in

contestants which the

were denly he remembered that he world over as the best picture of among the world's best players, had left his wallet containing 1939, "The Private Life of Henry

A Little, Love, A Little Kier North, Dealer.

£200, in his bedroom in an Istan-VIII", which will shortly be screen.

Because jed at the King's Theatre, was given bul hotel.

The film so worked on his a private showing yesterday mom- imagination, that he jumped up ing

Much praise is due to the direc- and.ran back to the hotel. There] he found that his pocket book tor of the picture, Alexander Korda, and the many fine actors in He informed that manage the cast, which includes Charles ment, and the police made an im-Laughton, Robert Donat mediate search of the hotel Bennie Barnes, to mention

:g! three. which resulted in the recovery of the missing wallet-in, the pos session of a woman thief who was occupying a room below that of Ahmed Bey.--Reuter.

NOTICE

IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTY-SIXTH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of this Company will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson

& Co., Ltd., on THURSDAY,

GOVERNMENT NOTICES.

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the

8th February, 1934, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report

II-A 10 9 65 D.-K 8

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WEST:-

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PUBLIC AUCTION,

of the Directors PARTICULAR CON

Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1933.

of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY, the The REGISTER OF SHARES of 6th day of February 1934, at the Company will be CLOSED from 3 p.m. at the Offices of the Wednesday, the 31st January, 1934 Public Works Department, by to Thursday, the 8th February. Order of His Excellency the Gov. 1934, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

F. H. CHAPNELL, Secretary. Hong Kong, 24th January, 1934.

D. 10 7 6 4 2 C.-95 8 2 SOUTH:-

S-Q J 10 6 3 H.-7 4 2 D.-Q

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D.-A J9 53 C.-A J

In one room the bidding proceed-

ernor of one Lot of Crown Land at Mount Cameron in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 ed as follows: years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 751H years.

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LIMITED

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN OB- ANNUAL

No that

the

DINARY GENERAL MEETING of Shareholders will be held at;

Hotel,

the

Hong

12th

Kong the Hong

Kong MONDAY, February, 1934, at 11.30 am. for

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the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1938.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, 30th January to MON- DAY, 12th February, both days] inclusive.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON;

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PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

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Locality.

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1,413

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Figures after bids refer to num bered explanatory paragraphs.) North East South West

Pass (1) 18

PROS 38 Pass

4S

Pass Pass Dbl.(2) Redbl. Paat Pase Pass 1-East's hand appears too strong, for such a pass in view of the' fact that neither side is vulner- able.

2-This is not a sound Double for penalties. Partner has been silent throughout and there is no assurance that East can take more than 8 tricks,

was gone.

and

but

Charles Laughton, perhaps the greatest screen discovery of 1933, plays the title role and has a bevy of celebrated British actresses a his "wives." It is said that the at tention to accuracy of detall in this film rivals that of "Cavalcade," 1 South should bid one spade at which to date had set the standard

this point. His hand contains for this feature.

Pass Pass Pael

1 honor-tricks and, a fair Mr. Laughton was made up from) five-card suit. Of course, his a study of the Holbein painting of reason for passing is that he the King, and bears such a strik hopes that West will responding resemblance that the effect is with spades, but this is not ajalmost uncanny. sufficient justification for bla

The story, in brief, gives por action.

trait of the merry monarch, bols- 2-West makes the obvious resterous, eating and laughing, hunt-

родве.

ing and drinking, loving, and storm- 8-Although North has a fairly ing. He is seen with five of his

strong hand, in view of the six wives, two of whom were ba-[ Takeout Double--and · South's headed and two divorced:"t passive course there is nothing: farther that he can well any,). His hearts suit is not rebid- dable and a bid of two no- trump, In view of the hidding, would be foolhardy, 4-East elects to take a chance on finding some kind of a spade stopper in his partner's hand. He thinks he may be able to make two no-trump and hopes that his partners strong enough to bid for game.

In the play West made the ex- tremely bad lead of the heart. Knave, East, when he got the lead, was unwilling to lead dia- monds, as he felt that this would 5-West, of course, signs off.

FOOTBALL RIOT IN YUGO-SLAVIA.

Visiting Team Beaten By Spectators

Roaring the

Belgrade,

Overture-A Night in Venice

(J. Birande)

State Opera Orch. Berlin. 9.-30.10.20 p.m.From the Studio. A Pianoforte redial by Professor B. Makleroff.

6.

Programma

Pastorale (Scarlatti)

Studie black key) (Chopin) Tarantella (Linkt

Nocturne Consulation (Liszt)

Prelude (Berlabins)

Impromptu (Chopin)

7. Polonaise No, & (Chopin)

10.20-10-80 p.m

Nell Gwyn Dances (German)

Guards.

LEE THEATRE-

At 12.30, 2.30, 5.30, 7:30 &-9.30 p.m.

TO-DAY TO SUNDAY

A CHINESE

PICTURE

PRICES; AS USUAL.

KING'S

COMING ATTRACTION I

RICHAR

"ACE OF ACES"

Au

WAN

Elizabeth Allan Ralph. Bellamy Theodore Newton

**Jon Souers

Directed by J. Walter Ruben, from the story by John Monk Sounders. Merian C. Cooper, executive produce, RKO-RADIO, PICTURE

FOR SALE

1934

from

Beg. Band of H.M. Grenadier POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUES 10.30 p.m.-Rugby Mid-day Press Stanley · Gibbons "Lid. News.

16.35 p.-Close Down.

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TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN Scott Stamp & Coin Co... $ '9.00

BRUSSELS.

London System Now Operating.

Brussels.

Belgium may shortly adopt Lon- don's three-light system of tranc control, which has already found favour in Germany and other con- tinental countries: 1)

Following the visit of the Burgo-. master to London, Antwerp has al- Yugo-Slavian ready experimented successfully equivalent for "Play the Game!" with the intermediate yellow "get the crowd watching the defeat of ready" light at important crossing. the home eleven in a

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MOUSE PANICS 4,000 WORKMAN.

Causes Explosion In German Factory.

Berlin.

Four thousand workmen in a

establish the King in the Dum- East and West: made four dia: match at Tchatchi, 190tballThe commune of St. Gilles in Brus-factory at Hoechst, on Main were

Hong Kong, 23rd January, 1 LAMMERT BROS. followed

THE HONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Nthat the FORTY-SIXTH OR

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERA AND SURVEYORS,

·Public Auctions

THE Undersigned havs: received

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Auction

ON

Ltd. on WEDNESDAY, 21st Febru- FRIDAY, the 2nd February, 1934,

ary 1934, at NOON for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Blate-

ment of Accounts for the year end-|A

ed 31st December, 1953, 19VED

commencing at 5.15 pm.

at their Salon Boom,

4. Duddall Street.

VALUABLE COLLECTION OF

POSTAGE STAMPS

The REGISTER of SHARES of comprialby

the Company will be CLOSED) from Fins China, Hong Kong, British MONDAY, 5th February, to WEI- Colanies, Old Europe, Slani, Straita,

NESDAY, 21st February, both daya

Inclusive, during which period go

I following this example

thrown into a panic by - a load tore the sela my. As a result, South made not monds in actual play, the heart grand-stand; to pieces and rush-now.

"In other sections of Greater explosión near the switchboard. only his contract, but an overtrick in the Declarer's hand being es-ed on to the field brandishing the

Parade Bressels, trans signals work on the The lights failed, and all the as well.

bo tablished for a discard before the broken boards. In the other room the bidding club Ace was driven out of the The members of the visiting two-light system, red for stop and machinery came to a standstill. less remarkable Dummy, sprang team and the referee were man- green for go, and some points oper- Investigation showed that the Cause of the stoppage, was...... A course, It was as follows:

The swing on this hand was cilessly beaten. Several broken ate only on the red for "stop,"

At "peak? traffic hours, this has mouse which had crept in the (Figures after bids refer to num-over 1000 points and contributed heads were inflcted. bered explanatory paragraphs). materially to the victory of the Eventually, the police cleared sometimes resulted in speeding to apparatus and caused a short

satu bent the red light, with skids re- [circuit. North Fast South West players seated North and South in the ground. 1H Dbl. Pass (1) 2D (2) Room 1 and those seated East and The referee is in hospital sulting during, wet weather, Beu- If took two hours to rep

ter. Renter. Pass (8) 2NT. (4) Pass 8D (6) West in Room 2.

Pop Certainly Shakes A Wicked Cocktail.

CUS

POP

HERE YOU ARE

JUDGE!

I'VE TRIED

LOTS

damageBeuter.

By J. MILLAR WATT

transfer of shares can be register:

By Order of The Board of Directors

AEGRE

Hong Kong, fith January 190