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BRIDGE NOTES

A Misleading Lead

by Ely Culbertson

THE CHINA MAIL: WEDNESDAY, MAY 1935

Fransements

Cinema Note

AL CAVALCADE. KINGS

“THEATRE

**Royal Cavalcade," a chroni-

People who think the millennium is at hand do not make wills, and a good Bridge player on lead against cle of King George's 25 years as aslam contract does not bother ruler of the British Empire, is the much about giving his partner in King's Theatre's Jubilee ofer formation that will enable him to the film public. This film has been make the right leads later in the simultaneously released throughout hand, for it is very probable that he Empire

his partner will have no leads to make The declarer is the one who

Scene follows scene in quick suc- will be making the leads, and hecession. Most of them were taken is the one to whom the opening from newsreels -Millions of people leader should give information-in-have shared his 25 years of reign, formation that will prepare him to

make the wrong ones. Thus in and, like his poorest subject, he leading against a slam the criteria has known all the-sarzows and joys COMPANY MEETINGS game or part-score contract should clearly demonstrates the love and which holds in leading against a to which man is heir. - This film

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East

The innumerabile great events shown will make every Exiton thrill with pride, and some of them will ze-live the scenes in which they themselves. have participated. The picture faithfully records 25 years of history, and it should be the duty of every British citizen to see it at fleast once.

"CHARLIE CHAN IN PARIS

QUEEN'S. THEATRE

The latest advertires of the famous Chinese detective, Charlie Chan, take place in Paris, and they can be witnessed at the Queen's Theatre to-day in Charlie Chan In Paria which is being shown in conjunction with a special Jubilee short "The King. God Bless. Him.” Menaced by a secret enemy,

The bidding: (Figures after bids girl, Mary Brian, is called a mur refer to numbered explanatory deress until Charlie is called into paragraphs).

the case to establish her innocence.

How he follows every clue, at-i Pass taching the greatest importance to even the most trivial, makes thr3i- Passing entertainment, and few, if any, Pass

will

South" 1 S

3 S. (2) ANT

West North Pass Pass Pass

3 D (1) 4 S 5 S.(3)

HEREBY GIVEN 6S (4) Pass Pass

Pass

NOTICE IS ORDRERTY SA sightly shaded forcing take-cil select the real criminal until

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By Order of the Board..

A. W. HUGHES,

General Manager Hong Kong, 30th April, 1935.

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"DEVIL DOGS OF THE AIR-

CENTRAL THEATRE

out, justified by the fire space identity, South's spade suit is, strictly support

speaking, not rebiddable. How- erer. South is too strong to bid only three no-trump and does not want to leap into a conven- James Cagney and Pat O'Brien tional and forcing four-notrump are both capable of carrying a pic- bid without first having found ture through alone-and it is usual- oat in what suit a fit exist ly a good picture too. When they North has not the two Aces do get together in one picture--the needed to respond with five no- only other picture of this kind being trump, but is willing to give the "Here Comes The Navy," released additional encouragement that a here a short time ago, it is bound five-spade bid gives as opposed to be a laugh riot. The present! to five diamonds.

attraction at the Central Theatre 4-South naturally contracts for certainly proves this theory.

the slam anyway. The forcing "Devil Dogs of the Air" is one! takeout and the spade assists of the finest pictures of its kind to have made South decide to conreach Hong Kong lately, and its tract for at least six.

production was only made possible Against the slam contract, the by the co-operation of the US. Air West hand obviously has no normal Force Combat equipment stated to lead.

“IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT"

ORIENTAL THEATRE

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Because North did not bid have been worth some $750,000,000) five notrump over four notrump was assembled to make the picture. fusing to patrons and lead them to his performance in West kaew that some high card, Supporting O' Brien and Cagney believe that they have seen this film Thru a Keyhole, and this, hie 【OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN which North and South obviously are Margaret Lindsay and Frank somewhere before. This, however, last film, is very much in the same NOTE THE ORDINARY FIVAN which North and South obviously are means Mail" Office, No. 3.A. Wyndham St. TeleLY MEETING of the Company chief-hope of defeating the con-

is a brand new branch of the "X" vein. There is plenty of crowning, will be held at the HEAD OFFICE, tract lay in his partner's ability to

family and has no connection with dancing, wisecracks, and a touch, Statue Of “Civic Virtue- either “Madame X” Union Building, Hong Kong, on win a spade trick in addition, which

or ““The just a touch, of the love element. FRIDAY, 24th MAY 1935, at 11.20 possibility showed itself to West

Mysterious MPX"

For those who like this type of tim

for the receiving the Report of the Direc-Finally deciding that a neutral lead the story of the taming of the was knows, this is the usual way "CAVALCADE STAR THEATRE their war against a state

purpose of because of his own void in spades After the story of Cinderella, with blackmail, although, as every-

Neither has it anything to do it will provide unlimited entertain

The women have at last tors and the Statements of Account in the heart suit would be the best shrew is perhape the most popular of describing someone to 31st December, 1934, and of de West's only thought was possibly with film producers. The shrew identity must not be disclosed. It

Ever since it was claring Dividend, etc.

to mislead the declarer as to his of "It Happened One Night" is the is a plain, straightforward thriller, cassic comes to the Star Theatre of the large male

women's organis The TRANSFER BOOKS of the distribution. Accordingly, instead spoilt daughter of a millionaire featuring Lionel Atwill, one of the for me day only and those who Noel Coward's world famous

been clamouring fez Company will be CLOSED from 8th of making his sound and normal she is not very shrewish, and her many British actors who has re have not already seen this out- MAY to 24th MAY, Both Days in fourth best lead of the heart four pride is soon defiated by Clark to Hollywood and made good, and standing film should not miss this

West led the nine-spot the top Gable in the character of a news Fay Wray, the girl who success opportunity. By Order of the Board, card of the-five-card suit. Most

......À. W. HUGHES, unusual and unconventional, but, fategrity is greater than the several miles of the "King Kong" told from the Boer War, through spicuous site.

paper reporter whose pride in his fully screamed her way through General Manager, Hong Kong, 30th April, 1935.

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Hong Kong, May 6, 1935...

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

TOMICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That, the ORDINARY TIM,

heiress's pride in her wealth and films

-whose

WAKE UP AND DEEAM”-

sant to a few, but to many who suffered as this woman sutered, through the terrible days of the Warthey will@hot.

Civic Virtue,"

fore the City Hall.

*** Now it has been

the statue removedi.

The figure is pie

ices are rep

It is the story of a woman's bre as will be seen, it worked

After East won the first trick position.

the Great War up to the present with the Ace of hearts, and return-Claudette Colbert makes the It is good exterm

the ment with day Reminiscences will be plea Fed a club, South realised that his heiress an appealing and spirited |

commendable acting throughout. contract was safe if he could void girl Walter Camolly appears as the loss of a trump trick. He the midly-tyrannical father, "It further saw that to postpone draw-Happened One Night is a Colum ing tramps could not held him. The bis production only way a trump trick could be lost was, if one of the opponents held three to the Queen, by first leading 1 high honour from the

"TOCTOR X”—ALHAMBRA

THEATRES

LY MEETING - of the Company wrong hand. Having no other way There - have been will be held at the HEAD OFFICE of telling which of the twa.oupon-

itures with som

Why Not Enjoy Union Building Hong Kong, onents was most likely to be void in their titles that it is

JAPANESE FRIDAY, 24th, MAY, 1935, at 11.25 spades, the South player can

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MAJESTIC THEATRE:

One of her "sons", goes down with the Titanic her husband is a dia

FOREST PLANTINGEN LEHO

The Jehol pr

This Is the last opportunity tinguished soldier and her other son ment has comple those who admire the singing of joms the Colours at the outbreak

the late Russ Colamho will have of of host hearing him as this was his

pic picture before his - tragic and

timely desi

He will be rema

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