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TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following programme, wes!! The broadcasted o-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station 2.R.W..on a wave length of, 355 metres (845 K.C.) —

A VIOLIN AND PIANOFORTE RECITAL FROM THE STUDIO" "The Music Makers". 12.30.2.15

p. European Pro

Now York

gramme.

12.80 p.m.-London and

Stock and Commodity Quotations.

12.33.1 pm Recorded Music

1 p.m.Local Time and Weather Report.

1.03 pm-Recorded "Music..

Franchet Tone stare in the Fox film, "The World Moves On" which is show. (by courtesy of the Management),

ing to-day at the King's Theatre.

Amusements

Cinema Notes

"THE WORLD MOVES ON"--

KING'S THEATRE

"The World Moves On,". Fox Film's latest release, which has been compared to Noel Coward's masterpiece as America's. "Caval-

BRIDGE NOTES

WINNING DUMMY PLAY

bu Ely Culbertans.

As I have often stated that there

1.15 p.m.-A Relay of the Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room

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

2.15 p..-Close, Downl 4-7.p.m.-Chinese Programme. 4-6.15 p.m.-Ohildrens' Studio Con- cert.

*7-11 p.m.-European Programme,

7.7.25 p.m.-Orchestral Music. Overture Euryanthe (Weber).... Cossack Dance From "Mazeppa").

(Techaikovsky)

Perpetuum Mobile (J. Strauss) Le Rouot D'Omphale (Omphale's Spinning Wheel), Op. 31 (Saint- Saens)

7.24-7.40 p.m. Musical Comedy Gems.

Musical Comedy Selection by Garda Hall (Soprano) and George Baker (Baritone).

(Offenbach)-

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN cade," is now showing at the King's more to winning Dummy play The Shepherd's Song from "Helen"

N

THAT THE THIRTY-Theatre. Tele-SEVENTH ORDINARY YEARLY

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AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS..

AND SURVEYORS. ".

· Public Auctions

than sound technique. The deciar-

Songs

The Merry Widow Waltz Vilin ("Merry Widow")

Jeannette MacDonald (Soprano) I Love you so. ("Merry Widow"") Kathleen Mavourneen (Crouch)

Richard Crooks (Tenor) Fox-Trot-

It's all forgotten Now

་་-༔

er is the general of an army con- If I am Dreaming from “The Dubarry" It is a film after the style of the sisting of twenty-six pasteboard (Millocker) MEETING OF THIS COMPANY

Heddie Nash (Tenor) will be held at the Office Messrs. famous English play, crowded with soldiers and as such he is in com-

7.40-9 p.m.--Å. plete charge of the movements of 3D-A Programme of Now Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd., on drama, telling of some brothers, each and every one of his men. He TUESDAY, the 12th February, who, in the early 80's, scatter to must plan his attack, assign certain LAMMERT BROS.1935, AT NOON, for the purpose fur countries a century later their duties to cach of his soldiers, and of receiving the Report of the offspring-are fighting each other in then be prepared to change his cr- Directors together with a State-the Great War.

tire plan of campaign at a moment's! ment of Accounts for the year end- Madeleine Carroll, who was re-notice, as new information comes ed 31st December, 1934,

cently soon here in "I Was A Spy to him in the early stages of the The Register of Shares of the and who makes her Hqllywood de-battle. Company will be CLOSED from but in the picture, and Franchot In to-day's hand, the declarer. Monday, the 4th February, 1995 to Tone, the M.G.M. star, are in the after looking at the Dummy, de- Tuesday, the 12th February, 1995, leading roles. Both give splendid cided that he had only one chance

dual characterisations.

of fulfilling his contract-taking a LET both days inclusive.

The story tells the life histories certain finessO .At trick two of an American family, just a play was made by the defence; "Cavalcade" ald of the British one which suddenly caused South to E. HI CRAPNELI and the wor-scenes are well-por discard-bis-original very simple_

Secretary.trayed. Miss Carrell is most line of play and adopt a more sincere in her acting, and the high-complicated one, which, despite its iy polished, technique of Franchot difficulty, seemed to

offer the Töne adds to the success.

greater chance for success.

North, Dealer Neither side vulnerable

THE undersigned have received THE

instructions to sell by Public

Auction

on

Thursday, the 31st, January, 1935 Commencing at 10.30 m.

at No. 6, Humphreys Building,

Kowloon

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

On view

FURNITURE

from Wednesday the 30th. January, 1935,

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, January 25, 1985.

HE undersigned have received Tinstructions to sell by Pabli

ON

Auction

Thursday, the 31st. January, 1935 commencing at 2 p.m. at No. 1. The Albany and

Friday, the 1st. February, 1935 commenting át 30 năm.

at No. 3, The Albany

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

On view from morning of 31st. January, 1935.

Terms: Cash on delivery

LAMMERT BROS..

Auctioneers Hong Kong, January 25, 1935.

THE

THE undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Pubile

Auction

ON Friday, the 1st. February, 1935, commencing at 2:30 pm.

at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon... A quantity of'.

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

On view from Thursday the 31st January, 1935,

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers Hong Kong, January 25, 1985,

LIVE WORMS-FOUND IN SOLID ROCK

From Bottom Of Deep Pit Shaft

By order of the Board of

Directors,

Hong Kong, 25th January, 1985,

HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED

N°

Others outstanding in the cast | are Ivan Simpson, Reginald Denny, Claud King, Dudley Digges, And North:-

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Lumsden Hare,

that the ORDINARY YEAR-

LY GENERAL MEETING of HONG "WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED —QUEEN'S THEATRE

SQ 10 7 4 3 2 H.-9 2

D.—A 10, 5 C-K 6.

West:-

:

will be held at the offices of Messrs. Jardine. Matheson & Co., Ltil, "What Every Woman Knows") Hong Kong.. on THURSDAY, the now at the Queen's Theatre. is a 21st day of February, 1935, at 12 film vérsion of Sir James Barrie's a'clock noon, to transact the play; in which. Helen Hayes scored ordinary business of the Company.Jone of her greatest stage successes East

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY before she made a name for her- ALSO GIVEN that the REGISTER self in the acreen world. In this) OF MEMBERS of the Company picture she is again taking the: will be CLOSED from, WEDNES-leading role, while Brian Aherne, DAY, the 6th to THURSDAY, the who. recently starred in Charles 21st February, 1935, both days in- Morgan's, psychological novel of the clusive.

Great War, "The Fountain," is her leading man,

By Order of the Board,

W. F.SIMMONS,

leng Kong, January 26, 1985.

Secretary.

WORLD-FORGOTTEN

WAR STILL RAGES

Paraguay Planning New Offensive

DRAWING NEAR BOLIVIAN BASE OF OPERATIONS

The war that the world has forgotten is swiftly developing to a new intensity.

Miss Hayes portrays Maggie, - a Scotch woman who is described as

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C-Q 10 7 5 4

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South:-

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C-A 8

The bidding: (Figure after bid "without charm" but who is mar refers to numbered explanatory ried to a likeable young man paragraph.> through a contract made by her North East South. West parents and his. She gives hins Pass Pass all the help she can to make him. 848 (1) Pass

1-5.

Pass Рава success, but when his love atrayed 1--The correct bid with the North|

the North all the beauty and strength of her hand. Although little self rose to fight the world! player has only two honour- and win him_back-Hern is a par-tricks and 5 playing-tricks, his trayal that only she could do..

The supporting cast includes Madge Evans, Lucille Watson. Dudley. Digges, Donald Crisp, David Torrence. Henry Stephen son and Boyd Irwin.

AIR HOSTESS"-ALHAMBRA

THEATRE

he

great length in spades plus the fact that

has passed originally justifies this triple raise.

West, after fumbling about a bit, stumbled upon the best opening lead-the diamond eight,

South, before playing from Dummy to the Arst trick, stopped and took stock. He immediately saw there were two It has already been raging in

A thrilling story of the air is be-diamond tricks to be lost, and two the disease-infested swamp

of ing

unfolded at the Alhambra heart tricks unless the hourt Ace ¡Gran Chaco since 1920.

Theatre with Evelyn Knapp, James was in the East hand; therefore the Recently Paraguay flung, her. Murray and Thelma Todd in the fulfilment of his contract seemed to self into a new big offensive lending Foles.

depend upon a simple lead up to against the troops of Bolivia Miss Knapp playa the part of pret-the heart King The declarer, Paraguay has approximately ty Kitty King, air hostess at the however, instantly realised that 140,000 men in the front line and Grand Central Airport, whose correct technique demanded that Bolivia 65,000, yet in ten daya newly acquired husband, Ted Hun- he duck the first round of diamonde the_Paraguayang achieved ter (Murray) falls for the beanti-and not play the Ace from Dummy, striking victory at a cost of ful Sylvia Carlston, a designing This would keep control of the suit 18,000 casualties.

widow, played by Miss Todd, who for the time being at least, and per The casualties were heavy be- uses as an excuse for seeing the mit him greater latitude in the Cause for the first time the personable Ted a promise to back later play d

five years of war the fighting was his proposed Seattle-Tokio fight. East overtook his partner's dia in open country outside the It is only the danger of death to mand eight with the diamond nine,

Nine worms, three Inches long, forest Modern weapons can his wife that awakens Ted out of and correctly shifted to the heart all alive and wriggling were therefore be used with effect hie soma in a smash climax that Queen, fearing the possibility of found in a solid piece of rock] In spite of the casualties the shows the daring pilot first stunt declarer's holding the AQx of hewn from the pit bottom ht No. Paraguayans swept on, and the ing his plage over the train carry-clubs and thus getting a valuable 2 shaft, Wyndham Colliery, advance did not halt until it ing his wife, to warn the engineer discard in Dummy. When Erst Ogmore Valley one of the reached Fort Ballavion on the of a washed out trestle just ahead, led the heart Queen South restrain- deepest pits in South Wales.c Filcomayo River, which is very and then, when this fails, crashing ed himself from obeying the na

They are now in the manager's nearly at the Bolivian base. his plane directly in the path of tural impulse to cover with the office still in the piece of rock In the forest and swamp war the train which pulls up not a hun- King, and played low. He realis so that geologiata may see them, that has been in progress for the dred yards from destructions Live toads have also been past five years both countries are It is a Columbia release. 5 ( found in cavities in soild rock. believed to have lost 80,000 men, })})}} {{Continued on Page 11.).

ed that the East player, holding QJ of hearts and pot just the (Continued on Pags 11) Min.

(Continued on Pade 11,

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