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"THE TRUMPET BLOWS"—- KING'S THEATRE

George Raft, sleek-haired

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Mr. George S. Hellman, known to lovers of literature and art, apply declares the glat of

King's Theatre Bldg., 5th Floor.star. is starred in "The Trumpet bidding is based on the proposition Blows." a thrilling, action-packed that "every bid is a bet, the odds romance of Mexico and the most of which are determined by the dangerous sport in the world-relation of hands to the score and bull fighting.

the players."

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Recently he was a helpless vic- A phe Menjou, Frances tim of the most excellent principle The Drake. and Bidney Toler. which he so aptly stated. Katherine De Mille, daughter of leason was administered to him, by Kowloon Bay, the famous director, Edward Ellis. Mr. Clarence, W. Watson, former Westman United States Senator from West!

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also Virginia, who certainly in his time) In the Senate was the best Bridge When Raft, young brother of player in that august body, and is Menjou, who is a retired bandit, one of the best and keenest any- now a respectable cattle rancher, where. arrives back in Mexico from his schooling in the United States, the older. man tries to dissuade him North- from becoming a bull-fighter.

Frances Drake draws Raft into an impulsive romance, and he in

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TH

NOTICE.

South, Dealer

North and South vulnerable

S.-A K &

H.-A

D-Q J 10 7 6 3 C-6 4 3

S. 10 8 7 &

H. 8 7 6 4 3 2

brother. This conflict, flames into West- intensity by Raft's pursuit of bull fighting in

his defiance of brother's orders, reaches a thrill-

THE SWIMMING CHAMPION-Jing eli 'ax in the arena.

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place at the V.R.C. on October 10th, "MR. 5 ITCH, AND THE PALM 11th, 12th and 13th. Entries close TRIU *—QUEEN'S THEATRE

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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY

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EIGHTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, Gth October, and on WEDNESDAY, 10th Oct., 1934, com-! mencing at 2.00 p.m. on both days.

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

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

Badges admilting Non-Members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $5.00 per day for Gentlemen and $3.00 per day for Ladies (Both in- cluding Tax) are obtainable through the SECRETARY upon the persona! application of a Member, auch Member to be responsible for all visitors intro- duced by him, and for Payment of All Chits, &e.

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

Badges admitting to Members' En- closure will NOT be on sale at the Rare Course.

On No Pretext will Children be per- mitted in either Enclosure during the Meeting,

Tiffins are obtainable at the Club] House provided they are ordered from Telephone the No. 1 Boy in advance.

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

By Order,

VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB.

Hong Kong, 2nd Oct., 1934.

FOR

come-

C.-7.6 2

East-

S.----

H.-Q J 10 D

D. 9 5 4

C-K Q J 10 9 8

S.-Q J 9 43 2 H.-K 5

D.-A K 8 2 C-A

(Figures

America's philosophic dian, Will Rogers, who was re- South-

"David seen here in cently Harum."

to comes again. the Queen's Theatre in Fox's current the comedy "Mr. Skitch." On atage, the internationally famous The players were using the acrobatic comedians, The Palm Whist Club System, and the bid- Trio, are making their appear-ding went as follows:

after bids refer to numbered ex- anco.

Florence Deamond the year's planatory paragraphs),

West North East radio, record, and

night club South

Равя 2D (2) 4C (3) important role. 10 (1) success, plays an

6D (4)

Pass 7C (5) Dbl. Pass Pass Pass ¡70 (6)

--According to the Whist Club Syston, South's bid of one club showed a minimum of 8%

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Miss Desmond, a sensation in the east, made her bid for fame with imitations of Hollywood pic- ture stars. Phonograph records of her imitations particularly one having to do with a Holly- wood party-have passed the 200,- 1000 mark.

In the Rogers picture, Miss Des- mond portrays a movie-strack girl from Brooklyn who is hitch-hiking to California. She meets "Ira

quick-tricks.

2-Had North responded with one diamond, it would have meant that the hand contained less than two quick-tricks. Hence when he bid two diamonds this

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disclosed not only a diamond 8*******❀❀❀❀UGI suit but at least two quick- tricks in the hand.

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process of elimination. Obvious- ly, partner must hold at least two Aces or the Ace-King of spades, and at least five dia- monds to the Queen.

Clever dialogue and good act-Mr. featured in "Child of ing are Manhattan," the Columbia picture' now showing at the Alhambra Theatre.

Nancy Carroll has the leading role and is ably' supported by John

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Hellman calculated that North and South would score at least 1570 points. If East and West should make but & tricks! their loss would be only 1000 points.

Opposing this there was a possibility of pushing the ad- versaries to a successful Grand Slam, but this was counter- balanced by the bettor expecta- tion there was the possibility that the opponents might not be able to make a Grand Slam. Bas- ed upon these considerations, Mr. Hellman offered his "bet" on terms that did not appear wealthy Vanderkills. When the

too disadvantageous for him. strait-laced aunt of the family-A very brilliant bid.

A pen- Ruggests eviction, the widower

alty of at least 1000 points was who is the head of the family un-]

'practically assured, and unless dertakes to investigate before

partner held the spade King. taking drastic action-and runs

the trumps broke and the op- into Nancy Carroll and a love

ponents secured no ruffs, the which starts badly but ends well.

Grand Slam might be down one It boasta o new plot, but it has

trick, a loss of 1100 points. exceptionally clever linca. The element of comedy is there, too, with Clara Blandick handling it to perfection and scoring parti- cularly in a barroom scene in which this "poifeck lady from Hambalg" rises to histrionic

heights.

"THE SHOW-OFF-STAR

THEATRE

Against this, however, was a probable gain of 2250 points for the Grand Slam, plus 700 points for the rubber and 140 points as a game score. It was the a question of calculating imponderables.

Mr. Watson knew his partner to be fairly precise in his bid- have .not ding. He would doubled seven clubs if he held nothing in addition to the two tricks already shown. Mr. Wat produced a more humouroue pleson therefore declined Mr. Hell ture than The Show-Off," featur ing Spencer Tracy, In the current attraction af the Star Theatre.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayor has never

man's odds and in turn made another "bet," a Grand Slam in diamonds bld and made. The Silm, adapted from the

It

Grand famous stage play which rocked It is obvious that the

have been reached Broadway with laughter and which Slam could broke all attendance records, more simply by use of the Culbert abounds in comedy situations that son System, as follows; come to a habitual braggart. It one

South

West

North East

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Pass

6NT 60

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