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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1935

for STAMP

COLLECTORS

BRIDGE NOTES

Alas! The Poor Tsitser

By Ely Culbertson -

By A.

RADIO

KING'S THEATRE

Shanghai Mannequin

Parade

INTERESTING HORT" WITH

NEXT PICTURE"

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

Among the shorts, preceding the next mattraction (ath the The following programme will King's Theatre

DANCE MUSIC FROM HONG

KONG HOTEL, Recorded Musie

Mrs. Elsie Lee

rge. White's.

One learns new words in this bridge language every-day... An important bit of Americana crop- HE expectation of a good reproductions of certain of the be broadcast to-day from the Scandals of 1955" is an especial

THE THE HONG KONG OPTICAL ped up the other afternoon at a

harvest of varieties among older issues but in new colours Hong Kong Broadcasting Station by interesting one of the fashion

·COMPANY,

table where a gallery of kibitzers the Jubilee issues was natural] As usual, these stamps will only be BW on a wavelength of 355 display arranged in Sh by were massed three deep. There enough in view of the great task obtainable by purchasers of the metres (845 KC's). was a high powered rubber game set to the printers in preparing kets of entry to the Exhibition.

| responsible for going on and an orgy or bidding such a world-wide issuze. But it and no domht" (also as usual) there

nequin para had suddenly precipitated a vio-is to the credit of all those con will be the same scandalous over 1230215 pm-European Record-the

Glouce lent dispute...

cerned in such an effort of co-crowding caused entirely by peo-ed Programme..

Shanghai pas The kibitzers joined the players ordination that with only one ex-iple wishing to speculate in these

I am Local Time and Weather quins were in taking sides on the issue, until ception no fault of any serious-Exhibition stampa to the detriment 130 pm Benter Press Bulletins,

Report

ladies and bedlam broke loose. Gradually, has yet been discovered. In of the comfort of visitors, to the Rugby Press News, etc.

ganiser, her the consensus of opinion veered fact, such was the perfection of Exhibition. If philatelic exhibi- 2.15 pm-Close Down. around to favour one player and the printing of the Windsor Castle tions are desirable.y surely those 4-7 pm-Chinese Programme. just as the matter seemed to be Type issued by the forty-four who take part in them should pro-pm-12 midnight-European the ladies who dis settled, a voice from the outskirts Crown Colonies that on impression vide the necessary funds in order

Programme

our of the culprit.

LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.*

Public Auctions

In the film

be said that 309172.31.

7-7:23 pm--Mischa Edman (Violin) equally charming a of Chinese design. 1. Violin Solo-

cellent and ap

ADVERTISING THE Undersigned have received of the crowd was raised in fav-alone it is practically impossible that the issue of unnecessary Ricardo Vines (Piano)

Twenty-five Words three inser- tions prepaid $1.50. Every #d- ditional word five cents for three insertions.

All replies under this heading must be called for.

Kowloon

TUITION

FOR SALE-

instructions to sell by Public

Auction

on

t

Monday, the 7th, October, 1935 commencing at 2:30 pm "At their Sales Room No. 85,

Hankow Road, Kowloon. A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

and

FURNITURE,

Bath, Linen, etc., etc. ·

also

A Quantity of

to distinguish the productions of stamps may be avoided.. Players and kibitzers alike glar the three printers who shared the

Jugoslav Birthday Issue...... ed at the interloper în dead work

New Jugoslav postage stampe silence. Then one of the contest- ants said in a withering

The natural consequence of the bearing the head of King Peter II absence of major varieties is that were issued an his twelfth "birth-- "Your opinion is not called You're merely a tsitser."

greater importance is given to the day.

Tone

for.

A tsitser! That was new. And upon further investigationл learned that:

speak to the latter but not the players-

minor ones.

on one of

Zigeunerweisen (Sarasate,

20:20). Pianoforte Solos

The existing stamps bearing the 3. Violin Solomon pl

are *-

Light Orchestral Selections. Salut D'Amor (Hilgar). Serenade (Piezne)

all Morning Papers-Waltz (J. Strauss) face De Und Da-Waltz (J. Strauss) Old "Vienna Moon (arr. Cardew). Live, Laugh and Love ("Congress

Dances")

Le Pare D'Attractiona

(Blancafort) evin Granada Serenade (Albenia).

Thais-Meditation: (Massenet). What is perhaps the most collec-features of his father, who WEK

7.23-2.40 pan---Vocal Gema. table variety is one of a flagstaff assassinated at Marseilles last!

Mignon (Thomas) ~~ the towers

normally year, and whose death is still com-Tales of Hoffmann (Uffenbach) A kibitzer is 'one who has ask-without. This really consists of a memorated the

ww

stamps by Faust (Gounod) comprising:-

ed and received permission to

short vertical line about 31⁄2 mm. black-edge borders, will remain in 240-8 Chesterfield Suites.

Bed Boom watch

He may participate in

•Dining

long to the right of the main circulation until stocks Room Furniture, discussion with the players COMMERCIAL TRAINING given in

tower or keep, extending from the hausted A dorbitzer is one who has ask- Book-keeping. Storthand, Typewriting Alum and Glass Ware, Ice Chest,

In a short time, however, and Business routine. Fees Moderate. Clocks, Table Lamps, Ornaments, ed and received permission of the trees below the walls and project- Apply 6 Aimi Villas, Austin Road, Gramaphone and Records. Enamel kibitzers to join them. He may ng above the skyline. This line Jugoslar stamps will bear the

is quite dearly cut and easily of the boy King noticed owing to its resemblance Uruguay's Enforced Issue to the mast proper in all but the Uruguay is badly in need of new A taitser is one who has asked

8 pm-Local Time and Weather military aviation equipment to the Report flag. permission of no one. His rights

This variety might be of much value of 1,000,000 pesos. Accord- 8.03-9 pm-A Variety Programme are restricted to hovering in the background and expressing him-less interest if it occurred on only ing to a proposed law one-fifth of Vocal-Ole Faithful

The Hill Be one value, but in this case-greater this sum would be paid in bonds. Fox-Troc Lona importance must be attached to it and, in order to deal with the Instrumental-Kohala. March because it appears in several balance, a special issue of postage Frank Ferera and John Pasinhi. A sound rule for declarer follow when in a tough spot, is countries and gives as an insight stamps would be made. of a total Vocal Duet

I'm on a See-Saw ("Darling"). to play the hands as though the into some of the methods adorted face value of 1,620.000 pesos. Or

a this issue, according to The Times Banjo Solo Joy Dance

Louise Browne and John Mills cards were where he would want by the printers to cope with

complex series of stamps. It has 120,000 pesos worth would be

Ernest Jones. |them to be

so far been discovered on no less placed on sale in Uruguay at the

Love's Last Word is spokeni than twenty-four different stamps, post offices, while stamps to a face all of which are from the group value of no less than one and o

Xylophone Solo of countries printed by Messrs. half million pesos would be handed

Robbin' Harry Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.

to the American...company,

who hope to supply the aeroplanes, in

HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY 1935.-On sale at all Book-stalls and i at the Offices of the Publishers, 34.Į Wyndham-Street..

GENERAL NOTICES.

NOTICE

Official Opening of the New Head Office of the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION

on 10th October 1935.

THE Chief, Accountant: will be issue invitation

pleased to

to

Black wood Furniture

and

One Radio Set.

On View from Saturday the 5th self-by Ts! ts! ts!? October 1935.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers Hong Kong, 3rd October, 1935.

Undersigned have receiv

THE instructions to sell by

Public Auction

од

Tuesday, the 8th October, 1935. commencing at 2:30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, Duddell St. An Assortment of Fine Cut

Superior Cutlery

cards

any shareholder or Glass client who may have been in- advertently omitted from the in- vitation list.

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:-

ISLAND

Victoria Peak

Silver and E. P. Ware

Bronze Figures

and

Valuable Furs.

Placing Where Wanted

North, Dealer, North-

S-K9

H-9 7

DK 9 8 4 3

C-A KJ6

West

S-Q 854

H-J 10 2 D-A Q 62: C-8.7

East-

S-J 76 `F-K Q 8 4 3

D-10 7 C-9-3-2

On View from Monday the 7th. South- October 1935-

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, October 4, 1935.

S-A 10 3 2

E-A 6 5

D-J 5

CQ 10 5 4

to

On Alternate Sheets The repetition of the variety on settlement of the balance of 800,- so many stamps clearly indicates 000 pesos, in other words, the that it is due to a flaw on one of company would be able to get the the plates made by Bradbury's and value of its contract by selling the that the same plate was used for stamps at a little over half the printing the centres of several face value. countries. It always occurs in the same position: the forty-ninth stamp in the sheet, Le, the first stamp of the ninth horizontal row.

ST. THERESA'S® CHURCH

Services For The Week

FEAST OF OUR LADY TO-MORROW

A curious feature of the search for this variety was that it was alternate frequently found on sheets, the intervening sheet being nomal The explanation of this The bidding: (Figures after was elicited later from Bradbury's. bid's refer to numbered explana- who stated that the centres were printed from plates containing 120 |tory paragraphs).

North East

sheets vignettes, the resulting

The following are the forth- South West 1H (1) 15 Pase

being afterwards halved prior to coming services,etc, at St. Pass ENT Pass

[printing the frames from plates of Teresa's Church, Kowloon Tong:

To-day-Feast of St. Placidus, Pass Dbl (3)|60.

and Comps, M Pass

-3.00

Feet

1,823

Signal Station

1,774

Mt. Parker

1D

1,734

Mountain Lodge

1,725

FOR EITHER

20

The Eyrie

1,725

3NT (2)

Pass

Peak Hotel

1,305

Pass

Pass

Taikoo Sanatorium

1,000

10c.

1—~A flimly: overcall;

· Mt. Davis

877

Bowen Road (filterbeds)

297

MAINLAND

"or

Feet

2,124

Taimoshan Kowloon Peak

1,971

PIPPERMINT

GET

always

delicious with

crushed ice

iced water

GET FRERES

·Revel (Geronas) France

Friday, Oct. 11-Feast of the Maternity of Our Lady":

Saturday, Oct. 12-Feast of St.} Feliz, M. and St. Wilfrid Bp

General Meeting of

8.00. pali

St. Teresa's GYMS, on the So- ciety's. promises. Rev. Fr. Donnelly, SJ, will give a talk on “The Story of Chota. Nagpur.

Week-days: Masses 6.80 and 730, amit

Confessigns are hea

"fore and after Masses fi

English, Italian, French, and Portuguese.

[

20c.

A USEFUL ARTICLE

can be purchased at the

ALBIL

No Hong Kong Flaw Yet The number of plates used for

p.m. Meeting of St. 2--At rubber bridge there is the centres could not be disclosed, Teresa's Chinese Young Men at not much point in stopping at two but it is probable that more than the Rectory for visit to the sick

8.00 was in service since the

Meeting of St. aotrump when it seems likely one. there will be some play for three variety has been found only in the Teresa's CYMS. Study Circle following twenty-four stamps out (Chinese Section) on the Society's notrump.

3-West cannot tell that his of the sixty which Bradbury's Premises. Mr Francis C.. Y. partner's overcall is thoroughly printed: unsound. The double is not a bad Bechuanaland bet if East has the values his bid Gambia

4

Gibraltar

'3d, 61, 1/-

Poon will read a paper on "The 21 Catholic Church and Mankind

To-morrow: Seventeenth Sun- 2d, 3d, 6d. day after Pentecost Feast of St. and Id. 6d. Bruno. C-St Faith, V. 11⁄2d, 1/- Comps. M.

320, 1/-

announces

West opened the Jack of hearts Gold Coast and continued the suit, declarer Jamaica taking the third round. Four club Malta: tricks were next taken, on the last Seychelles.. 6c, 12 c, 20 c. 1 R. (mon in English. General of which West released a diamond Sierra Leone 1d., 34, 5d., 1/manion for Children of Mary 20. Sd Meeting of Children of Mary at

and East a low heart.

Swaziland

Declarer needed two diamond TrinidadTMTM

7.30 am First Mass, with Ser-

Com

2 the end of this Mass at Maryknoll

tricks to make contract since any It will be seen that the variety Convent School

9.00 am. Second Mass with sttempt to set up an extra spade has not yet come to light on any trick would be foredoomed to fai-values of the following countries: Senon in English, followed by ture There was no way to pre British Honduras, Falkland IsBenediction of the Most Blessed

Sacrament. vent East from getting in if he lands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands,

10c. & 20c held two diamonds) he could be Hong Kong and Newfoundland, 10.00 m Meeting of St

STORES

Ic, D'Aguilar Street

228, Nathan Road

COMPL

Kowloon.

LOW

Song-

Graice Fields.

ground. A runding.

in English is given showing

Piano Solo Da

Patricia Ro

Song-Near and yet so faz

Evelyn Laye (Soprano):

Focal Duet AN

What's good for the Goose is good

for the Gander-

Sam Browne and 69%) Friend: Organ Solo-I hate myself -

Sydney Torch. Humorons-It's aa Rome is?” Toon

Sir Harry. Landez. Saxophone Solo-It midsome

→Colemanavalswiss. Songs Mèlvice “Gideon Medley Piano Solos-Piano PleźNORM

George Scott Wood. 9-9.15 pm—A Belay of the Daven- try News Buletin (Copyright by Ben- ter).

Selection-Happy Memories" --- Medley of the Old Time Songs

9.30 p.m. - 12 midnight... A, Zelay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orch. 10 pm Renter Press Bulletins. 12 midnight-Close Down. Note: There will be a relay from

the Ko Shing” “Theatre ZEK on a frequency of 640

8.11 kilocycles - froen (Chinese)

Dellie

No, Sir, it's never

touched by hand

diamonde, but (since he probably which were printed by the same Teresa's Conference of Charity A cutting edge of such superlative sharpness as this new held two diamonds) he could be firm There is probably little on the St. Teresa's C.Y.MS. Pre- electrically tempered Blue Gillette deserves every care, and shut out if one were the ten-spot chance of the variety existing in mines.

respect. That's why no hand ever touches it until you strip off Declarer therefore led the Jack Newfoundland since the stampe

Members of

St

Teresa's

Bantly put up the Queen, that a different set of plates which this Parish are reminded of the See how the blade is anchored by spots of grease just a fraction of diamonds and when West bril-are printed in one colour and from C.Y.M.S. and all the faithful of the last wrapper. But before you do, hold it up to the light card was permitted to hold. West print centre and frame at the same Solemn Procession in honour of of an inch within the folds of the paper, thus removing all intended to force out the King and time, but there is reasonable cause Our Lady of the Most Holy thus make the ten in his partner's to suppose that it may be found in hand an entry, it being obvious the the other countries and hand could not be defeated unless values missing from the list. his partner did hold the tent

Philatelic Exhibition"

But declarer had also consider- Texip is not a patent medicine ed this possibility and by permiti. but the abbreviated title of the ing the Queen to hold, assured the International Philatelle: Exh

of a very "tonchy" "hand- which will be held in Paris in 1937.

LORED WHILE GARDENING

the Most Holy Rosary

Monday, October 7-Yeast of

Tuesday, October 8-Feast of St Bridget of Sweden, W

5.00 pm. Little Flower Choir Practice.

8.00 pm. St

CYAMS Chote Practice.

Feast Paris, and

Den

Oct. 10, Feast of St.

Blipped from

ape which

Continued at Foot of Column 1)

ladder and fractured:

possibility of the perfect edges being damaged. Such trouble is well worth while to ensure that these new blades not only give a cleaner, closer shave but stay keen longer and give more per blade. Try one to-day and see for yourself.

Sole Agents: W. R. Loxley & Co., (Chir

York Building, Hongkong

chaves

BLUE GILLETTES

ELECTRICALLY TEMPERED BLADES