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SPORT NOTICES.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

IE SEVENTH EXTRA

RACE

THE MEETING will be held (Weather!

Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 22nd September, 1984. commencing at 2.00 pm,

The First Bell w be Rung at 1.30 p.m.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE. Members are notified that they and! their Ladies must wear their Badges prominently displayed throughout the Meeting.

No One without a Badge will be ad-3 mitted to the Members' Enclosure.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

DENTISTS

MR. HARRY FONG, DENTIST, ¿DR. 8. L. KWONG, Dental Surgeon

-HAVE NOW REMOVED

Το

King's Theatre Bldg., 5th Floor. Telephone 21255 Consulting Hours 9 till 1 and 2 till 6.

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS

W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,

Kowloon Bay,

Shipbuilders & Repairers, Call Flag "L" Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.

OPTICIANS

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL

COMPANY,

'Phone 22232.

53, Queen's Road Central.

CENTRAL

THEATRE

SHOWING TO-DAY AT 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.30

GAMBLERS In love

At cards

HALF A SINNER

5.

JOEL M«CREA-SALLY BLANE ---BERTON CHURCHILL. Produced by Carl Laemmit, Jr. from a play by John B. Hymai and LeRoy Clemens. Directed by Kurt Neumann. Presented by Carl Leemale. A UNIVERSAL PICTURE.

COMMENCING 21st SEPT.

EDNA MAY OLIVER

AND EDWARD

EVERETT HARTON

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1934.

Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert give an excellent perform ance is "It Happened One Night," a Columbia Picture showing, at the King's Theatre on Thursday.

Amusements

Cinema Notes

"IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT.” --KING'S THEATRE

·BRIDGE_NOTES

One Call Doubled

by Ely Culbertann.

After the story of Cinderella, the story of the taming of the The play of a contract of one, shrew is perhaps the most popular doubled and redoubled, is an un- with film producers.. The shrew jusual experience at the Bridge of "It Happened One Night" is the table. Generally if it happens it spoil daughter of a millionaire, means that the opponents of the She is not very shrewish, and Declarer have him in such a vise her pride is soon deflated by Clark that escape is impossible, and the Gable in the character of a news-penalties to be collected by means paper reporter whose pride in his of it are tremendous.

than integrity is greater

the However, the story to-day is not heiress's pride in her wealth and of a contract that was defeated, position.

but of one that was made due to The statement made in the title what I consider an unfortunate un- is misleading, for several event-derstanding between partners as to ful days pass between the time what should be done if a Redoublej when Mr. Gable meets the run-follows partaer's Takeout Double. away daughter of the millionaire The East and West players at! in a long-distance omnibus and this table, Mr. Howard Sax and the happy conclusion.

Mr. Arthur Frankenstein of Chi- They have a variety of amusing cago, had agreed that a player! adventures together. Misfortune who made a Takeout Double could robs them of their few

posses-not expect his partner to take any siona one by one until, at length, action when his hand was trickless they are sleeping under haystacks if the partner of the original bid- And breakfasting from raw Arder redoubled rots. "You are only a headline

Thus, while the Takeout Double to me," declares the newspaper itself was not sound, because in- reporter at an early stage, but it adequately prepared for almost any is not long before he comes to re-response, the result was more dis- gard. her as more than an item of astrous because of this unsound

It is pleasant to

news.

across

travel

the United States with method of responding to a Double. At one of the tables where this these two bickering. vagabonds, in

omnibuses filled with amusing hand was played Mr. Charles H. people, on foot, and in borrowed Goren of Philadelphia was seated South and Mr. William J. Huske of

motor care.

The director, Frank Capra, has New York, North.

created the authentic feeling of

Badges admitting Non-Members THE POOR RICH" long-distance travel in a crowded

the Members Enclosure and Club

Rooms at $5.00 for Gentlemen and $9.00 for Ladies (Both including Tax) are obtainable through the SECRETARY upon the personal application of a Mem- ber, such Member to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for Payment of All Chits, &c.

The Secretary's office, 3rd Floor, Gloucester Building, (Tel. 27794) will close at 12 o'clock, noon.

Badges admitting to Members* En- closure will NOT bo on sale at the Race Course.

On No Pretext will Children be por- mitted in either Enclosure during the Meeting.

vehicle the stratagems for ob- taining comfort, the dreary atop-i

the devices for pages,

whiling away time. Mr. Gable is required to present a character which is a

LAMMERT BROS. curious and not entirely credible

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS,

Public Auctions

2

North, Dealer. Both sides vulnerable.

North-

S-K 6.5

H-AJ 9 7 6

D-A 82

C.-9 6

S-107 15'8 2

mixture of artlessness and sop- West- histication, but he makes a pleas ing job of it. Claudette Colbert makes the heiress an appealing and spirited girl; that is all that

D 9 6 5 C.-8743

is asked of her. Walter Connolly East- appears as the mildly-tyrannical father. "It Happened One Night"

Tiffins are obtainable at the Club House provided they are ordered from HE Undersigned have received is a Columbin production.

the No. 1 Boy in advance. Telophone 21920.

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE The Price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $100 including Tax, for all Pergone, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gata. Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are admitted Half Price.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac Men, &c, will not be permitted to operate within the Precincts of the Hongkong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.

By Order,

Tinstructions to sell by Public

Auction

ON

FRIDAY, the 21st September, 1984,

-

commencing at 2.30 pm.

at their Sales Room, No. 85, Hankow Road, Kowloon

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

comprising:

S.-Q 4' 3

D.-Q 10

HK Q 10 4

C~K-Q J 10

"HALF A SINNER”—-CENTRAL South---

THEATRE

·

SAJ 9 8 2 H-

D-K 8 7 4

C-A 5 2

The bidding:

"Half a Sinner," a melodrama, featuring Sallie Blane, Joel Mc- Crea, and Berton Churchill, is the

(Figures after Universal production now at the bids refer to numbered explanatory Central Theatre.

paragraphs), AN Miss Blane and McCrea give very, orth East South

West realistic performances" as the two in (1) Dbl (2) Redbl. (8) Pass (4): Chesterfield couch and armchairs, young lovers who are thrown out Pass Pass (5) C. B. BROWN,

Teak bedstead, Wardrobes, Chest of of a box car, while Berton Churc-1-Not a strong Opening bid but Secretary drawers, Teak dressing tables, hill carries off the honour of the

play on the match-point scoring wash stand, Cabinet, Teak Ice chest, picture as the fake parson, who in

basis because of the strength in Teak desk, Teak bookcase, Tea-poye, radily is a great gambler,

Alexandra Carlisle, Gay Sea-both major suits. Teak dining table, chairs, Linen, Carpet, Rug, Glass ware, Porcelain brook, Mickey Rooney, Spencer 2-Equally, not a sound Takeout ware, Cutlery, Pictures, Grama-Charters, Russell Hopton and Bert

Hong Kong, 17th September, 1994.

FOR SALE.

Selection of the heat varieties of phone and records, etc., etc.

Reliable and Tested Flower and Vegetable

Seeds.

The opportunity of serving you will be a pleasure and your commands will have our best at- *tention.

GRACA & CO,

No. 10, Wradham Street P.O. Box 620 Hong Kong Acente, for

Button and Boux, Lidl Beadin Toogood and Bonn: Etuly: Southampton Arthur Tates & Co. Ltd:: Bydney

also

A Few Pieces of Blackwood Furniture

On View from Thursday, the 20th September, 1934,

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

ALAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers Hong Kong, 18th Sept., 1984;

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY;

Roach lend excellent support:

SITTING PRETTY" ORIENTAL THEATRE

probably justified in Duplicate

Double. The hand, it is true, contains over 8 honour-tricks, but there is no suit more than four cards in length and the dis- tribution suggests greater de- fensive than attacking possibi Ilties:

"Sitting Pretty," with one or two catchy songs in it featur-8-Mr. Goren afterwards explained ing Jack Oakle and Jack Haley, is attraction Paramount's current

now returns by special request to the Oriental Theatre, for one day.

The film is the sto

two like able songwriters

Broady

bac

this bid on the basis that if his

This is the Portable

THE

UNDERWOOD

MOST PEOPLE THINK OF FIRST

Bene says: POSTABLI

NOLAWOOD

STANDARD QUIET PORTABLE

•You can't get away from it.. more people do think of Under- wood first when their thoughts turn to typewriters. They've heard more about Underwood.

SALES AND SERVICE EVERYWHERE

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

...

OFFICE EQUIPMENT DEPARTMENT. Queen's Building.

..for sheer

enjoyment!

COLD

JARIY

LAKE

Wills's

GOLD FLAKE Cigarettes

East has trapped himself.

partner's bid was strong hecall of one. thought there was, a chance of making his contract with top card tricks, even though the massed arabat trumps were him in the conting

contract, to say nothing of a opened, which was won with the then cashed, and another spade led Ace in Dummy. A small spade from Duntmy, West ruffed, and To was then led to the King in the

orth discarded his

diamond bid two clubs now may be jump-closed hand, and a spade

Into ed and the Knave finessed. When ing from the frying the fire. Besides, if his part the finesse held, the Ace of sp "the cliner has any

strength, his was returned, which West hand

the possibility and returned a trump. North a contract of ed low and East won with to have a fair Ten and caked a club.ca

threew trump He hed followed with ano

Noría Tutt

the club King was Ace and King of diamonds

as: well!!

now feturn-

And ast over

[to con-

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