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BRIDGE NOTES

Following Up A Psychic

By Ely Culbertson

Psychic bidding is a law unto litself. A good working rule: however, is: "Don't make psy- chic bids unless you know exact-/ y what you are doing." This does not mean that you must have a clear objective in mind. It does not mean that you must anticipate the exact effect of

GENERAL NOTICES your psychic bid upon the subse

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quent bidding Foresight of this type, of course, marks out the good psychic from the mere stab in the dark but he extra- lordinary success that attends IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the mere stab in the dark will Interim Dividend of always tempt players to tran $210.0 per Share, subject to descend any tight little rules that duction of Income Tax, has been may be laid down for psychic declared for the HALF YEAR bidding. ending 30th June, 1935, at the rate

of 2/2 per Dollar.

What I mean precisely is that! the psychic bidder must always realise that he runs the risk of

THE DIVIDEND will be pay cheating his own side out of a able on and after MONDAY, 12th game or slam, or that he risks AUGUST, 1935, at the offices of leading to an overbid in a game All replies under this heading the Corporation, where Share-hand if he makes a deliberately holders are requested to apply for unsound bid at a time when he Warranta

has no assurance that his side! has not the balance of power.

North, Dealer

must be called for.

East and West vulnerable

THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Corporation will be closed from MONDAY, 29th July to SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST (both) days inclusive) during which North: HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY period no transfer of shares canl 1935-On sale at all Book-stalks and be registered.

FOR SALE

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at the

DA Q J 10 9 5 2 CK & 10

At two tables in a duplicate

Herbert Marshall above, is in "The Good Fairy" with Mar garet Sallavan. Thin: Baiversal production is having its pre- miere showing in Hong Kong at the King's Theatre, com-

mencing to-day.

Amusements

Cinema Notes

THE GOOD FAIRY. KING'S THEATRE

£2,000,000 MINE SLUMPS

Owner Dies In Poverty

HIGH GRADE ORES EXHAUSTED

Edmonton (Alberta).

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

A penniless. Englishread, a

The following" programme will veteran of the South Africane broadcast to-day from the and the Great Wars bas seen Hong Kong Broadcasting Station his hopes of inheriting a for- ZBW. on a wavelength of 355- tune vanish

His story is another of the series of disappointments and tragedies connected with the famous "Matchless" silver mine

Leadville. Colorado. Tae Foglishman, Mr. C W. Tabor, aged 58, was born i Warminster, England, and came to Canada 26 years ago.

metres

(845 KC3).".

JAZZ PIANO RECITAL FROM

· STUDIO BY DOREEN MA Relay from Daventry 12.30-210 pm (Approx:)— Euro Pean Programme.

12.30 pau.—Recorded Music,

1 pm-Local Time and Weather Report

1.30 pm-Benter Press Bulletins, Eugby Press News, etc. 1.40 pm. (Approx):

7.30

Masic

7.30-747 Vocal Gems

Perry Am (Rodgers)

B. Cochran's 1930 Revue

His grandfather was (brother of the famous H. A. W.

Tabor, who, by luck, came to Speech from the Hong Kong Hotel

A Belay of the Rotary Club TimEE - own the **Matchless" mine Roof Garden-Rotarian R. D. Walk- which yielded him more thanje, MC, Mins. Con THE LITTLE MINISTER” £2,000,000 during the silver Transportation Tangle”

booms

210 pm-Close Down. STAR THEATRE

4-7 pmChinese Programme. Then the price of silver *-11 pm--European PrograTumé. Few living men of letters have slumped, the high grade ores of

pm— Light Orchestral accomplished more than Sir James the mine appeared exhausted,

Ouverture zur Oper "Die diebische Barrie. the playwright and nove and Tabor died in poverty.

Elster" (Bossini) Broadcast Heard list. His books bare been best

Saschinka (Schirmann) Some time ago Mr. C. W. Gounod in Vienna (ar. Walter) sellers and his dramas stund in al class by themselves, while Eng-Tabor, who was looking for Cuban Serenade (Midgley) Margaret Sullavan and Herbert land has officially recognised his work in the Edmonton district Maruschka (de Leut) Marshall are in the leading roles genins and has covered him with heart a wireless broadcast in of "The Good Fairy," a Universal additional honours and decora- which the story of the Tabor The Girl Friend (Bodgers) picture which opens at the King'stions in appreciation of his liter silver fortune was retold, and it

was suggested that the recent 747-8 pm--Instrumental Items ary efforts Theatre to-day.

It was to such an author that boom in silver prices may have Banjo Solo Keyboard Kapers The "good fairy" is a theatre usherette, Lu, whose outlook of RKO-Radio turned for the latest restored the value of the Match-Mandoline Solo-Mazur

Tabor, elated at the prospect life is very much circumscribed. starring vehicle of Katharine less mine. The screen, however, opens to her Hepburn his immortal classic.

of a fertune, announced that he do"The Little Minister" numeroas opportunities to

RKO, in making the, drama onld try and prove his right good deeds. A tremendous deter-

grows in pictures it as the author wrote it to the mine, or a share of it. mination to do good

A few days later it was learn-ons. Lu's heart, until she is inspired Although the film was produced to the most amazing and uncon-in California, the Scotch atmosed that the mine had passed to

Mr. Tabor served in the Natal Ma. (À Request Programme). ventional things for the good of phere is faithfully predominant 2 Denver family.

Thrums was, in effect, transport- other people..

Mounted Police 35 years ago land when the South African The cast supporting the two ed overseas, to the village built leading characters include Frankjin the quiet Califomia hills, near

war broke out joined as a Hollywood.

trooper Morgan, Reginald Owen, Alar Hale, Ceasar Romero and Jane Clayworth.

-AGE OF INDISCRETION”..

QUEEN'S THEATRE

"KID MILLIONS"—ORIENTAL THEATRE

Eddie: Cantor's four great

He believes he is the only sur- vivor of the funeral bodyguard of Cecil Phodes.

annual picture, "Kid Millions." ECHO OF USWORTH

which is probably also his best, has all the ingredients of his

instructions to sell by Public Registered Office of the Company, game both North players felt "Age of Indiscretion," the Metro former pictures, with a few worth-

Auction.

On

Friday, the 2nd. August, 1935

commencing at 5.15 pm. at their Sales Room, Daddell Street

A Valuable Collection of POSTAGE STAMPS

On view from Wednesday, the 31st July, 1935.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers Hong Kong, 29th July, 1935.

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The eternal triangle from different angle is the theme of

The story tells of a young man. the urge to open the auction Goldwyn-Mayer production which Canal Road East, Bowrington with a semi-psychic spade bid concludes at the Queen's Theatre]

very poor but ambitious, who sud- Hong Kong.

denly comes into a fortune. NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO In each instance South respond-to-day.

Paul Lukas, the talented takes a sea-voyage. round the ed with three diamonds, where GIVEN that the REGISTER of

has one world, and his many adventures MEMBERS of the Company will upon North unhappily bid three Czecho-Slovakian actor,

of the finest roles of his career, make very good comedy material closed from WEDNESDAY spaces.

are several dance en- the spade suit as it offers him far greater scope There 7the to TUESDAY, 20th-AUGUST Of course,

strikes the South hand in the for the idealistic type of acting sembles, with Eddie and the $1935, both days ́ inclusive.

wrong spot North can have althat seems to come so naturally famous Goldwyn Girls, and quite

He is probably one of

a few catchy tunes- very good spade suit that may turn out to be useless. Unless the most admired actors on the North turns up with the King screen, for his polished, courtly of diamonds and, Ace of clubs and considerate kind of love South is content to stop at five making appeals to women more diamonds As South has made than any other kind la bid that is forcing to game, he

In this film he takes the part of!

By Order of the Board.

W. F. SIMMONS,

Secretary- Hong Kong. 29th July, 1935.

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12th Street Rag Kitten on the Kes

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8.45-8.20 p. From the Stadio A Jazz Piano Resital by Doreen

Programzze

1. Lollaby of Broadway 2. If I bad you."

3. Ain't Misbehavin' 4. Similitude

5. The Lady in Red

Dick Powell (Tenor).

5.20-8.30 Three. Sanges by

1 Fm goin' Shoppin" with you

2. The words are in my heart

Gold Diggers of 1933.

3. Dow Sashine Lane

$30-5.40 pm— A Relay, from Daventry.

| England v. South Africa A Ranning Commentary by Captain HE I

"Venomous Attack" Onj Wakelam on the third day's play in

Solicitor-General

VITAL EVIDENCE ALLEGED

SUPPRESSED

the fourth Cricket Test Match. Ba- |layed from Old Trafford, Manches

$40-9 pm-Debray Samers Band The Gay Nineties Waltz Medier What's yours?-A Convivial Medley. Love it a Song-Waltz ("Princess

Charming")

Allegations that he had sup-| pressed vital evidence regarding try.

9-9.15 p.A Relay from Daven-

the loss of the-Usworth were re- Daventry News Bulletin (Copy- futed by Sir Donald Somervell, the right by Reuter).

9.15-9.30 p.m-Vocal Items Solicitor-general, at the inquiry St. Patrick's Night (Paddy O'Brien into the loss of the Glasgow

sires a Party) steamer Blairgowrie in London re- Another one gone

Maybe I'm wrong again

cently.

Sir Donald said that a report 9:30-10pm From the Studio,

Norah Blaney and Gwen. Ferrari

A. Concert by ---- had appeared in the Daily Worker newspaper which contained the Mrs. Richard Sanger-Soprano suggestion that he had not read a Madame Evelie-Pianoforte statement by a sailor named Az- Mrs. Arnold-Celle

Monsieur Evele-Violin drews, which the report declared,

Programme was vital evidence from the lower 1. Songs deck point of view. The hope “was

same in the present inquiry.

... Man Out Of Country

Siz Donald said the statement

is now content to try to feel out the devoted and loyal husband of the situation further by a bid a faithless wife who, by herj lof four diamonds.

selfish outlook, nearly succeeds in One of the North players was ruining both her husband's life ja psychic bidder who "knew and the life of the secretary who what he was doing Guided is sincerely in love with him. by the simple principle that the Helen Vinson, has played this fact he had made a psychic bid type so often, that the mere men- Crowds. of strange-looking expressed that he would not do the did not prevent his partnertion of her name makes one think men began to line up not very from holding a laydown game of all that is detestable about a far from Wormwood Scrubs he dutifully respected his part-woman, is too beautiful and has Prison recently. ner's preliminary force and too much character in her face to Most of them were ugly, and had been received, but thermiten Tel. 26356 with a prayer, bid four spades play the part really well. Never the uglier they were the more was out of the country and, there

South thereupon was content theless she shows herself to be a hopeful

for fore, could not be put into the wit they looked with five diamonds, and the really great artist by her contheirs was a chance of a job in ness box Be had decided that no contract was of course ice cold vincing portrayal, and one hopes the new Gammont-British pic-useful purpose would have been The other North player was a that we shall soon see her in. ture, "King of the Damned." served in asking the enquiry to be bridge player akin to the chess role worthy of her talents.

Altogether Fast under 2,000 adjourned in order to call Andress. |

The Board to Trade's purpose, player of whom Capablanca once Madge Evans, as the secretary,crimina?" faces are needed for said. "He makes the moves of gives her usual clever, perfor-this picture, which is being said the Solicitor-general, “was to

made at the masters without under-mance.

studios standing them." Imbued with

"Apparently," Gaumont Lord Merrivale-If some irres- the idea that his psychic spade

British official said in an inter-ponsible person thought fit to bid might lead to a catastrophe. he decided to keep out of trouble

view, there are more ugly men make a venomous attack upon your four, -diamonds. With a cast that reads like in London than was thought, presentation of facts, I am afraid by passing Thus be assured his partnership Hollywood Who's Who, "David and we do not expect any diffi- you must put up with it of a bottom score on the board Copperfield which is now screen-culty in getting all we want

It is true that had North ever ing at the Majestic Theatre, has

With Beards "The types we want are bid the clabs or taken any action elicited more praise from the other than to reiterate the critics than any other film this grim-looking men with beard spades,-South would, by his own year-in

men with long hair, grey hair laccount, have leaped to six The genius that inspired all matted hair or no hair st all, ammonds, but this South player Dickens works has been renamed "We want young men who wa actually made six and he could and nearly every incident of note look like crooks and men lead of the spade King not be stopped after the opening has been included Lionel Barry-do not look like crooks.

more, Frank Lawton, Madge Evansparently innocent-looki The play was to ruff the and Zasa Pitts are only a few of are often found guilty of spade, then knock out the King the names that this film boasts. palling crimes. They of trumps West's best exit is

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