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THE 'CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1934

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FOR EVERYONE Leather Articles

BRIDGE NOTES

THE REVEALING' DOUBLE

by Ely CulberŁAŇA.,

Even though a player feels quite certain that he can defeat a con- tract, it does not necessarily follow: that it is a wise course to double for penalties.

The Penalty Double frequently tells too much and suggests to the Declarer an unusual line of play which, without the Double, he would not have considered.

An example of how a very fine) Bridge player took advantage of an

Pat Paterson, exquisite young British actress and recent Fox Film "dia- covery," and Nils Aather play the two romantic lending roles in "Love Time," adverse Penalty Double to fulfill a the Fox Film presentation of the glamorous early life of Franz Schubert, contract which no other player world-famed melodist. made, occurred in a Duplicate game

at Greenwich, Conn.

The holder of the South hand was Mr. Hugh S. Jackson, well-known in New York Bridge circles as an ex- pert player. The hand was:*

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GENERAL

NOTICES.

SANDAKAN LIGHT & POWER CO. (1922); LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the TWELFTH ORDIN- ARY YEARLY MEETING of Share- holders will be held at the Head Office of the Company, National Bank Building, Hong Kong, on Monday, the S1st day of December, 1934, at 2.30 p.m.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

Hong Kong, 13th December, 1984,

THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. (1918), LTD.

NOTICE.

THE SIXTEENTH ORDINARY EARLY MEETING of Share- holders will be held at the Head Office of the Company, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, 27th December, 1994, at 12.15 p.m., for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the financial year ended 80th September, 1994, and electing Directors and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, 18th December, 1994, till MONDAY, 91st December, 1984, both days inclusive.

NOEL BRAGA,

Secretary.

Hong Kong, 10th December, 1984.

CENTRAL

"THEATRE

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY DAILY 2.30, 6.15,' 7.15, & 9.80,

whirlwind of surprises, daring and punch-packed thrills!

Buck

JONES

The Thrill Hunter

Dorothy Revie

Genige

Seita

A Columbia Picture

MAN WO LOONG 5, Pottinger Street.

SPORT NOTICES

BOXING

LEE THEATRE

TO-NIGHT AT 9.15.

S-K 8.3 2 B-K Q J

J.-9 7

C-7 6 3 2

East-

3.-6

H-10 8 5 4

South

DJ 10 4,3 2

C.- 5 4

S.-A QJ 4

H.-9 3 2

D.-A K

C-A K Q 8

The bidding:

West North East

Piss Pass Ранѕ INT

Pass Pass

45

5H

South 10 Pass Pass 35 РДЕН

3D Pass 6$

Dbl.

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Pase Pass

Mr. Jackson's Opening bid

Amusements

Cinema Notes

"THE SILK EXPRESS"— ALHAMBRA THEATRE

and

"DEATH ON THE DIAMOND" QUEEN'S THEATRE

Robert Young and Madge Evana are starred in Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer's sensational baseball mya- tery, "Death on the Diamond", now at the Queen's Theatre, together with the appearance of the Rhap- aody Girls Revue.→

RADIO

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.Cs):-

*

12.30-2,15

Kramma

pim. Burovean

12.3041 p.m.-Recorded Music.

WHERE MONEY IS NOT USED

New Czech Co-operative Experiment

MEMBERSHIP INCREASE

A new Czech experiment is that of the co-operative society at" Gab- Prolone, which has eliminated the need for money from its business deal- {ingo.

14

A

1 p.m.-Local Time and WeatherA member, for instance, who

Report

103 p.m-Recorded Music.

#

wants to build a house and posses-

1.15 p.m.-A Relay of the Hong Bes a piece of land, mortagagen his Kong Hotel Orchestra from the Hong land in favour of the society to the Kang Hotel Grill Room.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Press News, etc.

2.15 p.m.-Close Down.

RECITAL FROM THE STUDIO Boxing Commentary

4-7 p.m.-Chinese "Programmo. 7-12 midnight-European {gramme.

Pro-

necessary amount for building and gets a book of vouchers or bonds in exchange. With these Vouchers he meets the demands of trades- people and contractors.

"His creditors can exchange the bonds thus received for new bonds

17.p.m.--London and New York Stock issued by the society and with there and Commodity Quotation.

-7.05-7.30 p.m.-Orchestral. Pro- gramme.

in turn pay their creditors.

A bond changing hands is dimin- lahed by 2 per cent, every time and

Cortage des Nobles (Rimsky-Korsakov)

London Symphony Orchestra con- these discounts met the running ex-

ducted by Albert Coates.

penses of the society and build up: Gopak ("The Fair at Scrotchinsk")

Its working ""capital."'; quedaron (Moussorgsky) -

London Symphony Orchestra

ducted by Albert Coates,

Nursery Suite (Elgar)

con-1

The mortgage" can gradually repay the mortgage by bonds he has accumulated for work done or for Sir Edward Elgar, Bart, OM goods sold by him to other mem

K.C.V.O., conducting the London,

bera. Symphony Orchestra.

Membership includes con-

1. Aubade (Awake): 2. The Serious tractors and tradesmen of every

Membership has now risen to

One of the most exciting

Based on the original by Cort baffling murder mysteries ever

of Doll: 8, Busy-nessi; 4, The Sad Doll; kind. author land Fitzsimmons, screened is now showing at the

70,000 Witnesses," "Death on the 5. The Waggon Passes: 6, The Marry

Dail: 7, Dreaming, Envoy (Coda). Alhambra Theatre, entitled "The Diamond" denis with mysterious 7.30-8 p.m. Variety.

during a Organ Solos-By a Waterfall

My Song goes round the World Vocal-Song Carnival of 1032 Stora

Frederle Bayco

Debroy Somers Band with Flana gan and Allen, Carlylo CouZING and Dan Donovan,

Instrumental

The Grasshopper and the Ants Nasty Man

Silk Express, Warner Brothers murders which occur picture, featuring Nell Hamilton World Serles. Its thrills are blend- ed with comedy supplied by Nat and Sheila Terry.

Pendleton, Ted Helay, Edward The situation is most unique, Brophy and Mickey Rooney.

Robert Young plays the leading practically all the action taking place aboard" an express train speeding

across América from masculine role, that of the de bonair young baseball pitcher, and Seattle to New York loaded with Madge Evans is paired with him. $3,000,000 worth of silk. The Both give splendid performancea. Songs plot evolves around the attempt David Landau plays her father, of silk speculators to wreck the

manager of the team train to prevent its arrival after Cardinals; C. Henry Gordon is the they have cornered the New York arch gambler and Paul Kelly the market.

alert reporter who helps to solve the Two mysterious murders are mystery. committed aboard the train. Eight In addition to the notable cast, persons are under suspicion with many professional baseball players, the finger of guilt pointing alter- including Pat Flaherty, Dick.. Cox, These include Ivan Olsen, Ping Bodie, Red Berger of nately at each.

of the

one club was artificial-not. the train detectives, a tramp, a scien-land Bob and Irish Meusel are seen

a doc-in action. Vanderbilt Club bid, but a system tist and his daughter, and designed to show the possession of tor.

certain varying numbers of tricks The cast includes Guy Kibbee, Lightweight Championship of the by bidding one club, one diamond, Arthur Byron, Dudley Digges, Al- one heart, one spatie or one no-len Jenkins, Arthur Hohl, George trump.

Pat Collins, Robert Barrat, Ver-

+

Colony and Belt

STOKER PRYALLY

H.M.S. Suffolk

V.

STOKER DEE

H.M.S. Phoenix

Rounds Welterweight Contest

A.B. WINGRAVE

H.M.S. Phoenix

7.

A.B. FANCY

H.M.9. Medway

6 Rounds Featherweight Contest ·

A.B. PRANDY

H.M.S. Kent V.

SIGNALMAN REID H.M.S. Keppel

6 Rounds Middleweight Contest CPL, FITZGERALD H.M.S. Kent

STOKER ARMITAGE H.M.S. Sandwich

10 Rounds Bantam Weight Contest

CPL. MARSDEN H.M.S. Tamar

BATTLING CHAN

Champion North Malaya 1988-

5 Rounds Welterweight Context A.B. PARKER

H M.S. Medway

V.

STOKER HAYLER H.M.S. Suffolk

Booking at MOUTRIE'S

for Members of the

Hong Kong Boxing Association

on Wednesday, 12th and Thursday, 15th December. General Public:

Friday, 14th and Saturday, 15th Dec. Ringside Seate $5.50; others $3.30 and, $1.10. (Including Amusement Tax),

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"MURDER IN TRINIDAD”— ORIENTAL THEATRE

Intense mystery adventure takes

It did not in any way necesarily non Steele, Edward Van Sloan, you through a strange maze of guarantee a club suit, but did show Ivan Simpson and Douglas Dum-romantic drama in Fox's current quite a strong hand. The subse brille.

B

Mr.

“STINGAREE”—KING'S

THEATRE

release, **Murder in Trinidad," featuring Heather Angel and Nigel Bruce, now at the Oriental Theatre. Suspense and thrills hold the audience throughout the entire

quent bid of three spades W&B disclosure of additional strength, and North's Raise to four apadesi came as a matter of course. Jackson's bid of five diamonds was Irene Dunne and Richard-Dix, are length of the film. A tuft of hair another artificial bid in the nature co-starred in R.K.O.-Radio's cur-land a spot of blood form the only of a Slam try, and North's response rent release, "Stingaree", a roman-clues to the mystery that baffles

the police of Trinidad." of five hearts was also a cue-bid.tic melodrama.

Supporting

Bruce and Miss The contract could have been When the picture was being reached just as readily by showing made David Lewis, the associate Angel in the cast are Victor Jory, Aces in wholesale fashion, but producer, pleaded that "Stingarce" J. Carrol Naish, John Davidson, when North and South had located was not a fish at all, but a notorious Murray Kinnel, Francis Ford and all the Aces, the Slam bid followed and handsome bandit who tez-Claude King.

as a matter of course In view of rorized Australia in the late seven-

MAJESTIC ́ ́ THEATRE

the highcard tricks in Mr. Jackson's ties. He was, not only a daring "THE LION AND THE LAME"- hand and the sprinkling of honours rogue, but an esthetic one as well, held by North.

"The Lion and the Lamb," a thrilling drama of London's un-

and highly educated. Between his! Weat really had a right to feel crimes he composed beautiful. that he could double the contract music. safely for a penalty, holding as ho Mary Boland, Conway Tearle, derworld, produced by Columbia, did an apparently certain trick in Andy Devine and Henry Stephenson and hearts and almost beyond question lend excellent support.

a trick in trumps. No doubt,

he

featuring Walter Byron, Carmel Myers and Raymond, Hat- (ton, is now showing at the Majes

would have defeated the contract WHISTLING IN THE DARK-tic_Theatre.__ had he been content to defeat if undoubled.

STAR THEATRE

The film, fashioned from a story

by E. Phillips Oppenheim, deals

a back-with gangsters who terrorize the

Miriam Seegar and Montagu

AMAJESTIC

SUNDAY 16TH.

West's Opening lead was the Photographed against heart King, which was won in ground of eerie effects combined world's largest capital. Jackson surveyed the Dummy he with humourous interludes, "Whis Dummy with the Ace. When Mr. thing in the Dark featuring Una Love are in support.

Ernest Truex is a could see that he had only a remote Merkel and chance to fulfill his contract and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. that if he were to do so he must The story is a satire on the I it an be especially favoured by the gods American underworld." of distribution. That chance de author of mystery stories and his pended upon finding West with four fiancee are captured by a band of trumps, as well an four clubs crooks and compelled to devise a Eest, for the success of Mr. Jack-"perfect crime." son's plan, must hold the club Edward Arnold, John Miljan, C. Jack.

Henry Gordon, Johnny Hipes, Thus reasoning, Mr. Jackson led Joseph Cawthorn, and Nat Pend from Dummy the Club Tan, East leton are in the supporting cast. refused to cover, and the card held the trick. He then led the club 9, which East covered. Mr. Jackson won with the Ace, and laid down

the Ace of apades. At no point hád

"THE THRILL HUNTER*-* CENTRAL THEATRE

Columbia's latest fast-moving

he planned to finesse the trump film entitled "The Thrill Hub $4.50 After leading the Ace he continued featuring Back Jones, is $7.00 $10.50 with the two remaining clubs, upon showing at the Central Theati 15.50 which the hearts in Dummy were Buck is seen in the role o

yarn-spinning cowpuncher, whose $8.00 discarded. $8,00

Due to the fortunate distribu- storis of dying a hombing plane tion and the well made plan based for the Chinese army and on the adverse Double, Mr. Jack the Grand Prix for

GRACA & CO., son lost but one trick, West carning forced him to demo

the trump King The losing hearts skill for Hollywood pro in the Declarer's hand were rufed driving a racing car and

Dealers in Postage Stamps, Religious

Goods Garden Seeds, Post Cards:

SEARCH PARK Dummy and another contract.pline before the camer

No. 10 Wyndham Street

O. Box No. 620. Hong Kong

had been fulfilled, thanks partly

revealing Double.

Dorothy Revier has the leading feminine: roler

A motion picture of rare dis: tinction from the "Henry VIII?

DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS &ELIZABETH BERGNER

CATHERINE The GREAT

The Four Bright Sparks.

Masquerading in the Name of

Love

Over on the Sunny Side

Hugh Morton (Baritone)

(Continued on Page 7).

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