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BRIDGE NOTES

Single Handed Bid For Slam

By Ely Culbertum.

-It is rather a remarkable. perience to pick up a-hand which is just about the biggest you have ever held and on which you are with a forcing two-bid, and then unquestionably going to open

to hear the bidding opened in front of you by a very → sound' player and subsequently hear this player rebid. This is what hap

·GENERAL NOTICES pered to South on the hand be

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low, but despite East's bids South {still was able to jump to six even after having received nothing but forced responses from his part- ner. His hand was just that?

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Mary Ells and Tullio Carmiati are shown here in a scene from "Paris In Spring* which will be screened at the Queen's

Theatre to-MOTTOR

Amusements

Cinema Notes

“TRANSIENT LADY”

KING'S THEATRE

RIVAL WORKERS

IN FIGHT

Poles And Clubs Freely Used

Shanghai Transient Lady.” the famous Two rival gangs of workers, Octavas Roy Cohen story which one of Anhwei and the other ran serially in Liberty magazine, Kiangpeh, who were engaged in Greek's Yuchituan section, were

RADIO

TODAY'S PROGRAMME

"DOPE DENS N HARBIN

Well Patro

Europeans

By

A statement that there were 29 illegal "dope dens", "in the European

section of Harbin The following ogramme will which were visited daily by be broadcast to-day from the European drug addicts of both Hong Kong Broadcasting Station sexes, was made by Dr. Orion, a ZBW. on a wavelength of 355 local nerve specialist, at a meet- metres - (845 KC3).

ing of the Association of Physi- cians

"IS WAR A RESULT OF

· UNEMPLOYMENT””

Dance Music

Dr. Orloff estimated that there". were 1,500 European drug 10-

30-215 p.m.-European Recorddicts in Harbin, of whom, 75 per fed Programme

cent were under 30 years of age,

1 --Local Time and Weather and that they spent about $25,000 Report. S

per month on heroin.

1.30 pm Renter Press Bulletins. Rugby Press News, etc.

2.15 pm Close Down

47 pm. Chinese Programme.

7

The Association of Physicians

has decided to ask the authori ties to close these "depedens"

pm-12 midnight-European and imprison their pro

Programme

7-7.13pFour Fiolin Solon by

1. Grizing

Benatzky.

Mel INCOME FOR HERO'S

WIDOW

Albert Sander

2. Remembrance

13. "Song of Paradise"

4"Always

King

Smith

-713-230 pm. Focal Gema

Light Opera Company.

The Cat and the Fiddle."

Music in the Air

Light Opera Compan 7.30-5 pm Light Orchestral Music.

Carnegie Trust's Award

The widow of Donald Alfred

is showing at the King's Theatre/Conservancy work of the Soochow Dance of the Hours"La Giocanda, Olley, a London journalist, W25

(Ponchiei)

to-day. Starting with a great au- thor and a great story, Universal involved in a free-for-all fight Romance (Tchaikovsky) Pictures decided to complete the one morning recently.

Bamboo poles, wooden greatness of this production with

firen instruments, etc.. la cast that is unequalled. Gene

Glow Worm Idyll (Lincke)

clubs,

Hearts and Flowers-Intermezza

(Tobani)

were

Wedded Whimsies (ar. Alford)

fight

in-

8.03-9 pm-Variety Items. Piano: Solom

S-AK 10 6 4

You've got to admit

Smoke gets in your eyes

South-

H-AK 6

D_Q

C-A KQ 9

The bidding:

Raymond, Henry Hull, Frances brought into play in the

and, as a result, seven were Drake · and June Clayworth are seen in the featured roles. And jured, one seriously. what a performance they give!

Officers from Public Safety

The story of this picture is laid Bureau took one man into in a sleepy, little Alabama town. tody and removed the injured A wandering trio of promoters, men to hospital. (Figures after Miss Drake, Edward Ellis and

explana-Clark Williams, arrive in town for

bids refer to numbered tory paragraphs). West North East South Pass Pass 1 (1) Dbl (2) Pass IS 2E (3). 3H (4) Pass 4C (5) Pass Pass Pass Pass

~69 (6)

the purpose of setting up a tem-^» porary roller skating rink They run foul of a gang of crooked rela- tives of a crooked politician and ja murder results. The crooks try to pin the guilt on one of the 1-A third hand semi-psychic. promoters, and then the thrills be- East's distribution made the bid gin. Through it all runs perfectly safe and his lack of de-the most beautiful love stories of fence in the black suits made East | feel that some attempt should be! made to inhibit North and South from reaching a game

or slam! (contract:

the age.

one of

ONE NEW YORK NIGHT—

QUEEN'S THEATRE

MAID-SERVANT FINED

Compulsory Classes Not Attended

8 pm Local Time and Weather Report.

recently awarded an allowance of

a week by the Camegie Hero Fand Trustees at their meeting in Dunfermline,

Olley, who hired at - Norbiton, Kingston, Suzy, lost his life on April 21 in attempting to rescue 12 boy and a from drowning in the Thamp

memorial

A Carroll Gibboss.

certificate was Sangsi

awarded to the eldest son One good tane deserves aïother

of I think I can

Mrs. Kathleen Ade Hemphill, 46, .. Jack Buchanan,

of Woodwich Common, who went i to the assistance of her husband. Eddie Peabody. Major Hemphill, when he fell over the cliffs at Kelland, Head, Barry Torrani Port Isaac, Carnwall

She died from injuries,

Banjo Solo

Blaze Away Yodel-Yodel all Day.

Vocal

Since we fall out of Love

The Kills Brothers. Fox-Trot-What's the Beason. Song The Show is over

Elsie Carlisle, Instrumental

On the Dreamy Moans Shore

South Sea Islanders.

Songs

Things are looking up Gentlemen! The King

FACTORIES IN SHANGHAI

The Bureau of Social Affairs of the Shanghai City Government will undertake general investiga- tion into the condition of various Cicely Courtneidre.local factories. The result of the Xylophone Solo

The Squirrel Dance

investigation will form the basis Rudy Starita, which the Bureau will ensure Piano

the introduction of improvement. The Way to Love Sélection

Carroll Gibbons and John W.

Green

You, and the Night and the Mic

Because she disobeyed the or der for compulsory character- reading, Wong Ah-tsai, a maid- servant employed at 42 Chan Yuan Lee Alleyway, off Kin Mow Dee Street. Chinese City, Shang- hai, was summoned by the Old Franchot Tone has made a very North Gate Branch of the Nan- 2 Probably a better bid on the!. sudden South hand over one heart would ranking cinema stars, and his ceived a small fine with a warn appearance among the tao Public Safety Bureau and re- have been two hearts an imperformance in "One New York ing that she must attend the mediate overcall in the opponents' Night" the current attraction at character reading class. oid sait. But South was a very the Queen's Theatre, will give According to the maid-servant's Song optimistic soul and he decided to

mistress, she was ill during these double on the remote possibility you the reason why. that his partner might be able to

In this film he is shown as adays, so she told the maid-ser- vocal pass for penalties. It is out of Wyoming rancher who goes to vant not to attend the class such optimism, I must admit, that New York to find a wife and is a few days. cortinents are discovered and in-precipitated into a murder my-i ventions brought to the world stery, which happens in the hotel

3 East, not knowing just how room adjoining his own. strong South's hand was, still had

Conrad Nagel is in rather hopes of deceiving the latter and strange surroundings as the figured that the best way to do heavy" of the plot, but plays his A thrill-packed, fun-capped ad-El this was to simply rebid just as part well nevertheless, and Uns venture mystery that dispenses one would with a sound all-around, Merkel is shown as a telephone laughs and suspense in equal hand

operator.

4-South, with his gigantic "RED MORNING”—MAJESTIC rock-crusher, naturally could not

at that

THEATRE

“THE BLACK SHEEP -

ALHAMBRA THEATRE

fort

measure, is offered by For Films

ing for the last time to-day at in "Black Sheep" which is show-

the Alhambra Theatre.

A new Edmund Lowe far

be fooled. Wishing another forc ed response from his partner, hel Steffi Dana has her first big from the Sergeant Quirt type of now overcalled in his

opponents' chance in American films as the character is revealed in his suit Although this overcall in star of "Red Morning" the pic portrayal of the opponents suit following a fure which is showing at the Magambler, who finds the cards a professional ship Take-out Double usually shows ajestic Theatre to-days desire to play the hand

stacked against him when he suit. South knew that on this par- into the background somewhat re-thing worth while is at stake...

Regis Toomey, who has drifted tackles a game wherein every- ticular bidding his partner could cently, makes a startling come Claire Trevor, who is expected not be misled, since East had not back in a role which brings out à to reach the front rank of film only bid hearts, but had rebid sense of the dramatic in him favourites this year, enacts the them, and if South had actually which one would hardly suspect role of an actress in spite of held a heart suit himself, he would have doubled two hearts for penalties.

5 North, of course, did not like! the situation one little bit, and it

“MAYOR OF HELL”-

ORIENTAL THEATRE

Gracie Fields.

Why don't you practice what you preach...The Boswell Sisters 9.9.15 pm A Relay of the Daven try News Bulletin (Copyright by Reuter).

Under the Banner of Victory-Ma

(Von Bion) 9.30-9.50-pFrom the Studio

Is War a Besult of Unemploy ment?" by Mr. William Teeling the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Or- 9.50 pm-12-midnight A Relay of chestra.

10 pat

Press Balletins, 12 midn

bee Down

9.15-9.30 p.m.Band Music. Pomp and Circonstance March No 1 Note: There

(Eger) Marche Lorraine. (Gazme).

Abanico March

the Lee"? ZET

kilocycles from,

REPULSE BAY

LIDO

be relay from

DINNER, CINEMA & DANCE

SATURDAY, 24th August

Premier Showing in Hong Kong of

what the critics think,” who 18. walking home from her first trip abroad

AN

Lowe-joins forces with Miss

was with fear and trembling that flm as the governor of are the life of Tom Brown,

James Cagney is cast in this Trevor to back romance and save he showed his magnificent five formatory for boys, who sets out guided youth who is card club auit. He could not re-to stop the cruel froms of pun-influence of Adrienne hid spades and did not wish to ignment so prevalent in this kind smooth kleptomaniaca bid notrump without a heart stop of establishment.

turess, who is tying to 6-South could not wait ay than a picture for it is definite pearls through the

The picture is something more a stolen necklace of longer. He knew that at the worst by an appeal to the world to Eugene Pallette, a small slam contract would de-

ke the lot of the wayward joilman, out more pleasant one, a trimming.

per

pend upon a trump treak North, youth

knight of

audience "Black

However, I do not lealar Southplay

on his spade and club bids and Madge Evans and a large juvenile din, his failure to bid notrump, should- have a doubleton heart. If North

cast are hack this doubleton heart and nothing but the Queen of spades, he would not be able to bid six over five. In addition, should North by some chance have held the diamond Ace and the spa Queen, the jump to six was the best way to invite a grand

as hia

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