The China Mail
Annual subscription, “” excluding | postage abroad. HK$56, 385– able -advance.
Overland China Mail
Published every Thursday. Annual subscription HESTS, including postage $19, payable in, advance..
Published by
The Newspaper Enterprise ∙Ltd.
Printers & Publishers, No. Sa. Wyndham Street. Hong Kong TELEPHONE 20022
London Office:
↑ Garrick Street, London “W.C2
Colin Turner (Losdon), Ltd.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
BUSINESS DIRECTORY:
ENGINEERS & SHIPRIHLDERS
W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.
Kowloon Bay Shipbuilders & Repairers. Call Flag "L"
Sale Agents for Kelvin. Motors.
OPTICIANS
THE HÔNG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY
Phone 22232
53, Queen's Road Central-
ayas
THE CHINA HAL THURSDAY,
BRIDGE NOTES
THE TIMED SQUEEZE
By Ely Culbertson.
As one of the younger players Löf noter Benedict Jarmel of New York has been forging steadily to the front ranks of - tournament troupers. Paired with A. Mitchell Barnes of New York, he won the Jersey State Open and the Southern New England championships.
In to-day's hand he displays his ability in the timing of ap
GENERAL NOTICES end play squeeze
THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC CO. ED.
South, Dealer. North-South vulnerable North:
S-Q 10 9 H-AJ 83 D-A K 7 5 C-8 3
TT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that
an Interim Dividend of One) Dollar per Share has been de- clared for the six months ended 30th June, 1935, and will be pay-West:- Twenty-fire Words three inser-able on and after MONDAY, tions, prepaid $1.50. Every ad-23rd. SEPTEMBER. 1935. Divid- ditional word five cents for three end Warrants may be obtained on application at the Company's All replies under this headingRegistered Office. P. & 0. Build-
Ling must be called for.
insertions.
+
FOR SALE
THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Cotmany will be CLOSEDÍ from TUESDAY, 1015 SEPTEM- BER to SATURDAY, 21st SEP- TEMBER (both days inclusive) HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY during which period no transfer 1935-On sale at all Book-stalls and of shares can be registered. at the Offices of the Publishers, 3A, Wyndham Street,
* MISCELLANEOUS
YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and promptly printed. "China Mall" Office, No. 34, Wyndham Street.
Telephone 20022.
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.
Public Auctions
THE Undersigned bave received
Tinstructions to sell by Public
Auction
Friday, the 5th September, 1935, commencing at 2:30. p.m.
at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD-
FURNITURE
comprising:
Chesterfield Suites, Bed and Dining Room Furniture, Writing table, Rattan Ware, Glass · ⠀ and Porcelain Ware, Brass and Alum Ware. Gramaphone and Records, Shanghai Baths, Pictures, Clocks, Ornaments etc. etc.
also
S-7 6.5 4
H-10 9 7 2 DJ 98.3
Fast
H-K 6 5 4 D.-Q 10 4. C-KJ9 75
South:-
The Philadelphia streets in the vicinity of the Opal Hoisery Co. plant became battleground last month as the police tried to disperse 5,000 strike pickets. At the left. an injured girl workers is assisted from the scene, and at the right is a policeman felled by a milk bottle thrown by 2. monstrator.
Amusements
Cinema Notes
"IT'S A COPKING'S THEATRE
Loy is his erring wife who be] H. K. TRAVEL ASSOCIATION comes involved in 2 murder scandal.
The Hong Kong Travel Asso ciation acknowledges with thanks "THE INVISIBLE MANTM-_-_-_-
the following subscriptions:- STAR THEATRE
Ye Olde Printerie, Ltd. ..$ 10:00 This product of HG Wells' Messrs. Douglas. Laprak imaginative braîn loses nothing & Company
Sydney Howard, the great by its adaptation to the screen-Messrs. Williamšon & Co. comedian and star of British and in fact it rather gains.
Ltd Dominions" films, is at the same.
Claud Rains plays the stellar Messrs. Gibb, Livingston dis- time one of the biggest individual part as the scientist who
& Co. Ltd attractions on the London stage, covers the magic formala of "in Messrs. John Manners &
visibility.TM land one of its hardest workers.
*The photography Co., Ltd. No actor has - ha a better will leave you spell-bound. When Messrs. Norbona & Com chance of contrasting fun-making you see a cigarette moving about
Whilst be in the air, and a pair of trousers Hong Kong Electric Co., lon stage and screen- Pass
was making "It's a Cop," he was apparently walking by them- Ltd. asked if he did not find the com- time and expense that has been
selves, you will appreciate the Hong Kong Telephone Co.,
Ita devoted to the making of this Sir Elly Kadoorie & Sons
H. R. Start, Esq..
By Order of the Board of Directors.
S-A KJ 8 S B-Q
D-6 2
GLBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.,
Agents. Hong Kong, 28th August, 1935.
C-A Q∙10 6 2 The bidding South West IS. Pass 140.
150
6S.
FOR EITHER
Redbl Pass
North 3D. Pass 4H Pass 5S. Pass Pass
Pass
East
Pass Pass DbL Pass-
A
10c.
or
20c:
USEFUL ARTICLE
can be purchased
at the
ALBIL
10c. & 20c.
STORES
A Selection of Black Wood 1C, D'Aguilar Street
Furniture
and
Two Radio Sets
On View from Thursday, the
5th September, 1935.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 3rd Sept. 1935.
Brasso
Gives a finished polish to Brass, Copper and all metals.
FOR SALE
A selection of the best varieties of
Reliable and Tested
FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS
from Mesura. Sutton & Sons, Reu
and Meters: Arthur Intes Co Lt
Sydney.
The opportunity of serving you will be a pleasure and your "mands will have our best attem
GRACA
CO
THE PLAY
of
"THE SILVER STREAK”--
MAJESTIC THEATRE
pany
Messrs. Melchers & Com-
parry
50.00
50.00
DADIO
"TO-DAY'S PROGRAMIE.
The following programme will the
be broadcast to day from Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZBW. on wavelength of 355" metres. (845 KC).
The Fusion of Eastern and Western Music
ZEK. Programme
1230-215 pin European
12:30 pm
Recorded Muskc.
-I p.m-Local Time & Weather Re- port. th
1.30 p.m.Reater Press News, Rugby Press News, etc.
215 pm-Close Downer
·5-8 pm. Eiropean Programme. 5-7 pm-Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra.
7-717 pm-Ballet Music from "Faust" (Good)
*****7.35
Gems Songs
p Musical - Comedy
The Vagabond King-Huguette
Norah Blaney (Soprano)
Vocal Ger
Bitter Sweet
Columbia Light Opera Company
Songs
Lover come back to me
~"The New Moon” ***- Wanting You"The New Moon" + Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone) -735-8 pim-From the Studio
"The Fusion of Eastern and West- ern Music in China" by Ms. K E 50.00 Lewis. (Illustrated by Gramophone
Recards)...
50.00-Local Time Weather Report, Closing Local Stock Quota- tions. 50.00805-10.30 p.m.- Chinese Recorded
Progantine.
500.00% 10.30 pm--Close De sokan
8.30–10 pm-Exropean: Programme Des
from ZEK on a Frequency of 640 500,00-locycles.
50.00 8.30-9pm-Light Orchestral Music, 25.00 Reminiscences of Grieg (r. Urbach) The Grasshopper's Dance (Bocalossi) 5000 La Siesta (Norton, az, Lotter) 50.00
Henry Vill Dances (German) Waldte fel Memories (ar, Finck)
50.00 ter),
3-9.15 p.m. rely of the Daven- 50.00 try New Bulletin (copyright by Ren-
9.15-9.30 pm Jazz Piano Reci- 25.00 tal by Baie da Costa
50.00
plete silence of the studio “dis- concerting after the roars laughter with which the same sallies were greeted by the West opened the heart, tentheatre audience. Dummy won with the Ace and "It doesn't seem to worry me,”
Bank Line. (China). Ltd. led a club. South winning the he said. ""It certainly is com-
General Electric Co. (of finesse of the Queen South forting to hear a bit of laughter name of the fastest locomotive in Messrs. Loxley & Co. Ltd.
"The Silver Streak" is the
China) Ltd. led the club Ace and West it gives you the feeling that you the world, and it conjures up a Messrs. Thomson & Com trumped.
are successfuly getting
your vision of streamlining carried to This ruff was a body, blow, effects. It warms you up and the highest degree.
pany but the Declarer, Benedict Jar-may give you just the right
Hong Kong & Whampao mel of New York, nevertheless stimulation to produce a great newcomer, who has had a quick Messrs. Kayamally & Com
Charles Starrett, a comparative
Dock Co., Ltd found a way to make contract performance........
rise to fame, heads the east, sad pany ... West returned a trump. With "But I've become so used to the the story is one of the most excit Union Insurance Society
10.06 out this trump lead. contract atmosphere of the studio by now ing ever filmed could be made by straight, that nothing can bother me."
of Canton, Ltd.
500.00 cross-ruff. As it was,- Declarer Picturegoers laugh at things
Messrs. Jebsen & Company - 50.00 would be left with a losing club which would be greeted quite un-
[ Mesurs. A. S. Watson "& at the end.
responsively in
Co Ltd. the theatre.. Iş The trump lead was won by think the reason is that the screen the Jack South led a club for gives a closer view, so that no Dummy to ruff Dummy led expression is lost. A cinema Foreign Bible the heart Jack. East was audience has the best possible
Society, left Previously acknowledged marked for the heart King: if chance to see a
[£196,472 (net comedian's eyes, £191,615). Estate Duty
personalty he did not hold the nine spot as for example, and much comic ex£47,084 has been paid.
of Total well, contract was sure East pression resides in the eyes.” covered the heart Jack⠀⠀ and South ruffed South led an- other club and Dummy, after
rufing, led the heart three to put South back with 3 ruff
“GIGOLETTE”—QUEEN'S
THEATRE
"Gigolette," the current attrac
The cards remaining now were: tion at the Queen's Theatre, star
North
and
S H
D—A K 75
228, Nathan Road Kowloon,
West:
S-76
म.
D
East
H
NEW LOCATION
of the
BRITISH BICYCLE CO.,
In their own new building at
16, Hennessy Road. B.S.A. Motor Cycles
and
Bicycles of Every Description NOW ON DISPLAY Genuine Parts Equipped DUNLOP TIRES. FITTED TO EVERY BICYCLE
PIPPERMINT
GET
always
delicious with
Sout
DQ 10 4
SA K H
ring Ralph Bellamy and Adrienne |Ames, is a veritable fashion parade, and will delight the hearts of the female members of the audience
No fewer than 16 complete changes" of costume are worn by Adrienne Ames in this film, and these include street dresses, aven- ing gowns, afternoon frocks and sportswear.
When a used by the vivacious star, they present a gallery of what women will wear this au- tumin.
Among the lovely trocks is a smart white evening dress, with Jan unusual clasp treatment över
the shoulders. Another "distine-- tive creation is a satin evening On the club leads West had gown, distinguished--by intricate had to let go diamonds.
D. 6 2 €-10%
“EVELYN - PRENTICE”-
He drapery. A brown wook frock, [could not discard hearts with-with collar and cuffs of green and out setting up the eight in brown chenille, is another of her Dummy. With West squeezed attractive ensembles. - out of his diamond stopper. South now cashed the two top trumps, „Dummy saving three] diamonds, and East Was squeezed in diamonds and clubs.
DRUG ADDICTS IN TIENTSIN
Increased Allotment For Sufferers
crushed icement for the operation
iced water
The Manicipal: Governm of Tientsin has decided to crease the sum of monthly-
Anti-Drug Clime $6,000. Withe
officials
piaming
quarters
ORIENTAL THEATRE
Popular demand has elected. Myrna Loy and William Pawell as the ideal married couple of the
King of Jazz Medley** Stand Up and Sing--Hedley” Just by Your Example 9:30-10 pm--Dance Music. 10 p.m. Reuter Press Bulletins. 19.05 piz Close Down.
Champs,
CHATEAU FOR NATION BIBLES AND BUNCE
10000] - The Chateau Mr. Michael Gutteridge, of Peak Tramways Co., Ltd. 100.00 near Meat, which once belong- Ballindune, Haslemere, Surrey, director of the British and
ACHIEVEMENT
THE
ted to the Princess de Conti 42370.68 and in which Mme. de Pompa
4606.00 dour lived for seven years, has been presented by its last pri- $6970.00|vate-owner, M. Cahen d'Anvers,
to the French nation
"VICTORY" MODEL
ROYAL
TRIUMPHS AGAIN
Hard upon the heels of the announcement of "ROYAL'S” CONSECUTIVE WINS in the London, News Chronicle "Amateur Typewriting Contest For Great Britain comes, the newss of Albert Tangora's Triumph in the WORLD CHAM- PIONSHIP CONTEST" held at Chicago on the 29th June 1935, wiring the championship, in competition with expert opera tors of other makes of typewriters, with a STOCK (NON- PRIMED) MODEL ROYAL TYPEWRITER 34
He wrote 8,117 words and struck 40,585 strokes in one hour. PROOF POSITIVE OF
ROYAL SUPREMACY
ROYAL EFFICIENCY_COL
ROTAL EASE OF OPERATION ROYAL QUALITY OF WORK ROYAL DURABILITY
ROYAL ECONOMY
tion to examine these “COMPARE THE WORK?
Box-off returns have proved
two
blou owe it to your
the
duction
the
THE OFFICE APPLIANCE CO
LIMITED
ted Under the Hang
Offe
Building
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.