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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1935

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BRIDGE NOTES.

PLAYING THE SQUEEZE

By Ely Culbertson

It is remarkable that--two different people can fulfil two very! difficult game contracts through successful squeezes and yet one of them will do so only after very careful planning and preparation. while the other player will throw out one card after another as quickly as he the can. and stumble into squeeze. Hand after hand, is played in which there is a sure squeeze lying somewhere under

GENERAL NOTICES the surface and which only

INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL BANK LTD.

(IN LIQUIDATION)

needs proper or lucky execu~ tion on the part of the declarer to bring it out.

On the hard below South ful- filled his three notrump con tract on a squeeze, play. This THIRD and FINAL DIVI- particular hand. I am glad to DEND is intended to be de-report. was not one of those tions-prepaid $1.30. Every ad-clared in the matter of the Indus-where the declarer stumbled

Twenty-five Words three inser-

ditional word five cents for three insertions.

All replies under this heading must be called for.

FOR SALE

HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY 1935.-On sale at all Book-stalls and at the Offices of the Publishers, 3A. Wyndham Street

MISCELLANEOUS

YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and -promptly printed. "China Mail"

Office, No. 3A Wyndham Street

Telephone 20022

LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.

Public Auctions

Undersigned have received

Tinstructions to sell by Public

Auction.

On

Tuesday, the 20th August, 1935

commencing at 5.15 pm-

at their Sales Room,

Duddell Street

A Valuable Collection of

POSTAGE STAMPS

Terms: Cash on Delivery

*

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 15th August, 1935.

HE Undersigned have receiv-

To instructions to sell by

Public Auction.

OD

Friday, the 23rd August, 1935, commencing at 2:30 pm.

at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon,

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD.

FURNITURE

comprising:--

Chesterfield Suites, Bed Room and Dining Room Furniture, Car-

pets and Rugs. Glass and Por- celain ' Ware. Gramaphones andį Records, Clocks, Ornamets, Icel Chests, Linen, Aluminium Ware, Crockery, etc, etc...

also

A Selection of Black Wood! Furniture

and..

One Radio Set and Lond Speaker.

One Radio Set with Grams phone and Pick-up in Cabinet

One "Atwater Kent" Radio Set On View from Thursday, the 22nd August, 1935...

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers Hong Kong, August 20, 1935,

COUNTERFEITERS OF INDIAN RUPEES

Established In Tribal Territory

A

into the squeeze.

He was Commercial Bank Ltd thrilled to see the possibility trial & (In Liquidation).

and deliberately prepared for an unusual choice of squeezes.

North, Dealer

Creditors who have not proved) their debt by the 30th day of September, 1935, will be excluded: from this dividend.

Proofs should be sent to the un-| |dersigned at 6 Des Voeux Road Central: Hong Kong, on or before the 30th day of September, 1935. Dated the 7th August, 1935.

J. HENNESSEY SETH, S. HAMPDEN RØSS.

Joint Liquidators.

FOR

10c. or 20c. A NICE ARTICLE

can be purchased at the

ALBIL

Neither side vulnerable

North-

S-Q 10 5.3

H-Q73

D-A KJ 4 C-97

West:---

S-A 9 84

EL 4 2

D-10 9 7-3 CL8·3 2

East:-

SK 6

el HA 10 9 8

D-Q 8 5

C-K 10 64

South:-

S-J 7 2 H-KJ 65 D-62 C—A÷Q JS The bidding: (North

1D. 3NT-

East 1H

Pass

"ADAMSON TRIES WATERING THE GARDEN

Amusements

Cinema Notes

TRANSIENT LADY”......

KING'S THEATRE

Transient

Lady," the famous

“ANN CARVER'S PROFESSION" —QUEEN'S THEATRE

-

Are domestic happiness and professional success compatible? This is a question which the film ["Ann Carver's Profession.” which is showing to-day at the Queen's Theatre; strives to answer.

RADIO

TO-DAYS PROGRAMME ...

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZEW on a wavelength of 255 metres.

(845 EC3). SPECIAL PROGRAMME OF COMING TALKIE HITS Studio Variety - Concert 12.30-215 pm European Pro-

gramme.

12:30 pm-Recorded Music. 1pm-Local Time and

J

Weather

Report

115 pm-Hong Kong Hotel On

chestra. -

1.30 pm-Reuter Press. Bulletins. Bugby Press News, etc,

2.15 pm-Close Down 47pm. Chinese Programme. 6-6.15 p.m.-Children's Studio Con- Teert

7-11 pm-European Programme. 7-Z17 B3-Vocal: Gem Baddigere (Gilbert & Sullivan) Florodos (Start)

737-7.30 pm-

Pianoforte Ee

cital by Benno Moïsefritch.

1 Grillen (Schumann). 2. Polomise in B-Flat Major

(Chopin, Op. 71, No. 2). 3. Isoldens. Liebestod (List).

236-8 pm. From the Studio.

"The Revellers”

DOG MISSED HIS REWARD

Faithful Tim Loses His Legacy

ONLY A MOUND

Melbourne. Neighbours said he was just an ordinary little long-haired Australian terrier.

All he ever did, they said, was to eat, patter swiftly to the side gate, yap at the trades- people and sleep by the fire.

Sometimes he would wake from those sleeps, gaze stead- fastly at his owner, scratch himself and doze until it was time to go for a walk.

Rut his owner called the dog "Tim" and for him the walks and the wordless vigil meant companionship.

The Mound

The man became ill and be fore undergoing an operation he made a will providing 12s. a week for "Tim's", maintenance.

That was seven years ago. Recently the man died and when the will was lodged for probate the public became interested in this friendship-

A reporter visited the house in Elwood where "Tim" and his

Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra. playing a programme of FOX Musical. Hits from Talkies

the coming to

King's Theatre master, Mr. J. J. Quirk. had

lived. L It's an old Southern Custom

All he found was a mound in Fox-Trot the backyard. **Tim** died From the Fox Picture "George three years ago. White's 1935 Scandals.”

2 According to the Moonlight

The story concerns the career Octavus Roy Cohen story: which of a woman lawyer whose senza- ran serially in Liberty magazine, tional courtroom exploits estab-shortly. is showing at the King's Theatre lish her as the outstanding to-day Starting with a great an-feminine barrister of New York. thor and a great story, Universal Her husband, meanwhile, forges Fictures decided to complete the slowly ahead asymm architect, but greatness of this production with it is his wife's salary that main- a cast

that is unequalled. Gene tains the household. Raymond. Henry Hnl, Frances Edward Buzzell, the director, Drake and June Clayworth are believes this story is one of the seen in the featured roles. And most significant yet written for what a performance they give! the screen, in that it deals with The story of this picture is laid problems faced by all profes- in a sleepy little Alabama townsional women.

A wandering trio of promoters, Fay Wray plays the part of Ann Miss Drake. Edward Elis and Carver, and Gene Raymond her Clark Williams, arrive in town for husband, while Claire Dodd, the purpose of setting up a tem-Claude Gillingwater and Jessie porary roller skating rink They Ralph are prominent in the cast. Iran foul of a gang of crooked rela- tives of a crooked politician and

South West 2NT Pass Pass Pass The above bidding is not par- to pin the guilt on one of the a murder results. The crooks try ticularly praiseworthy, but on the other hand cannot be very promoters and then the thrills be one of severely criticised. North's gin. Through it all rans cpening bid was pretty lights. the most beautiful love stories of East's overcall was even lighter the age.

in view of the weakness of the heart suit itself and South's de

to bid cision

two notrump (rather than double is somewhat

10c. & 20c. open to question

STORES

HEAD OFFICE =

"PURSUED” — ALHAMERA THEATRE

British North Borneo in the At any rate. in response to Dutch East Indies, à land of ap his partner's bid, West opened proximately 60,000,000 Malays and the beart 4- A low card was 100,000 Whites, is the exotic back played from dummy, and East ground of "Pursned" a new Fos

drama. played the eight, realising that film

which opens at to play the Ace would set up Alhambra Theatre to-day. the entire suit for the declarer. A land of jungles and malaria,

No. le D'Aguilar St., South immediately proceeded rubber plantations and wild game,

Hong Kong

BRANCH:

No. 228, Nathan Road, held, he now took the diamond the production, the studio engaged

Kowloon.

FOR SALE

A selection of the best varieties of Reliable and Tesfed FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS

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to tackle the spade suit and led thousands of white men and only a low one, playing the ten from a scattering of white women, dummy. East won with the Borneo daily sees enacted many King and now shifted to a club dramas rivaling those of the South, of course, finessed the screen club lead and when the Jack

To ensure accuracy of detail in

finesse.

John Arensma, first white man This unfortunately lost to born in Borneo, 28 technical East's Queen and Fast con- adviser. tinued with still another club,

In the principal feminine role South again finessing South of "Pursued" is Rosemary Ames, still had to remove the Ace of Chicago socialite. She plays a girl spades, so led the Jack from who, through financial misforine, his hand West perforce won is forced to earn her way in a the trick with the Ace, as to dance hall. It is her third major stay on would enable the depart since her screen debut in “I clarer to set up a second trick Believed In You.”

and

in the suit instead of just one Prominent also in the cast are

West, after winning with the victor Jory. Pert Kelton. Ace of spades, probably should

Russell Hardie have led a club. However, he! did not know that his partner did not desire another heart lead through the dummy's Queen, and he consequently ledj the deuce of hearts

“THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO”” MAJESTIC

THEATRE

Alexandre Dumas"

·ímmortal

At this point South made the star play of the hand. A great story comes to the Majestic Thea many declarers would automa-which has rivalled even the book tre to-day, in a screen version tically duck in dummy and hope in popplarity. that the East player would

With Bobert Donat in the title

make the defensive error of role, the film traces the life of the going up with the Ace and thus

Įman" "who was wrongfully impri

Chateau D'If. and

set up an extra trick for South However, South in this instance soned on the saw a legitimate play which did escaped to wreak his vengeance not depend on a defensive error from those who had betrayed him.

(Continued from Next Colamm)

He realised that if he could de- another club and South won lay the play of the hand by an with the Ace and now laid down extra trick he might get a his good King of hearts. This squeeze on the West player play squeezed West since he who by this time, was pret was forced to release either a definitely marked with four Simiz

|spade or diamond, and dummy | Brad and four diamonds. Counterfeiting of Indian rupees naturally discarded from the on with his four he on s hrge-scale has been dis opposite suit.

and four diamonds. covere în progress in the notor-

ordingly

He might equally well hay ious Hobat Pass, the salient of cashed the dummy's diamon indeperdent tribal territory lying and then led the Quee

between Peshawar and Kobat.. spades?

Step to murtall the activities squeezed East

of the gang "responsible- being have had

red by the Goverm

of tween ung

zelessing

(Cont. At Foot

“THE SIŁKU EXPRESS"

ORIENTAL THEATRE

story:

“TELL ME TO-NIGHT”

STAR THEATRE

The beautiful and inspired sing- ing of Jan Kiepura in "Tell Me To-Night," the current attraction at the Star Theatre, makes this one of the finest musicals ever to come out of a British studio.

Others in the strong supporting

cast are the inimitable Sonnie: Hale and Magda Schnieder.

DRINK

* Fax-Trot From the Fox Picture "George White's. 1935 Scandals.”

4. Stanchen

Shining

Strauss

3. Oh, I Didn't Know Fox-Trot 5. When the Great Red Dawa la

**From the For· Picture: “George

White's 1985 Scandals."

6. Zinetta 4 Honkadola •

Fax-Trot From the For Picture "George -White's 1935 Scandals.”

5. Five Little Reasons for Happiness Fox-Trot From the Fox Educational Car

on "Five Puplets"

Waltz

6. Our Little Gid

From the Fox Picture "Our Little Giri" featuring Shirley Temple. 7. The Gancho.. Eunha Fox-Trot. From the Fox Picture "Under the Pampas Moon."

8 pm-Local Time and Weather Report

8.03-8.10 pm-Banjo. Solos by Ken Harvey.

Sharpe.

Geshl

Strauks.

Vienna Blood-Waltz :.. St Eue Danube-Waltz 847-9

· PM FouT Songs Lucienne Boyer (Soprano).

1. Dans Tai-Tango Chante

» (Scotto)

2 Si Petite (Claret). 3. Dans la Fumee (Visions in

Smoks) (Bos.

4. Parlez-Moi D'Amour (Speak to

me of Love) (Lenoir). 9-9.15 p-A Relay of the Deven- try News Bulletin (Copyright by Reuter).

9.15-10 pan-From the Studio.

A Variety Concert

by

810-8.20 pm From the Stadio Doreen Ma

A. W. Whitehead. "What do you talk about?” by Ray Remedios The Rhythm. Boys. Garrulons.

and Ted Castro. 8.20-847 p.m.--De Groot and his~10 pm-Reuter Press Bulletins. Orchestra..

10.05-10.22 p.m.-Organ Medleys

g Friml 102-11 pm-Dance Hits of “not- Sanderson. so-long-ago.” Maa

Indian Love Call-Rose Marie" by Sydney Gustard,

2

3.Ay, Ay, AS

Perez

11 pun-Close Down.

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