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Wednesday, the 15th Jan, 1936 commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room,
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A Quantity of Valuable House hold Furniture, Silver and Cut Glass Ware...
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(removed to Sales Room for convenience of Sale)
comprising:-
Teak Hatstand, Dining Tables, Chesterfield Dining Chairs,
Couches and Armchairs, Teak Bedsteads, Desks, Cabinets, Book- cases, Pictures, Ornaments, Type- writers, Gramaphones, and Records, Carpets, Rugs, Brass and E P. Ware, Barrowgraph, Electric Face Massage, Fine Dinner Service, Crystal Table Glasses, etc., et
also
Silver
Cutlery, Vases,
+
Cigar
Boxes and Ornaments, Cut Glass Bowls, Jugs, Decanters, Plates, etc, etc.
and
A Few Pieces Black Wood Ware One Baby Grand Piano by
"Fedor Bing, Dresden"
One Radio Set
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EXPERT MASSAGE FOR SPRAINS & STIFFNESS MRS. Y. AMANO No. 26 Wyndiuim Street, 2nd Floor.
FOR SALE
A selection of the best variation of Reliable and Tested FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS
from
Messrs. Sutton & Sons. Reading and
"BOOTLEG KINGDOM"
SMUGGLERS STARVE IN
ST. PIERRE
St. John's, Newfoundland. Rain is facing the "bootleg kingdom" of St. Pierre, the small French island off the coast of Newfoundland, which for 1 years has been the store-house of a gr est part of the illicis liquor, amuge gled into the United States. This trade was stopped some months ago by the French Government, after repeated protests from the United States.
MOTHER INDIA' SEQUEL
New Book By Miss
Katherine Mayo-
THE HINDU MOSLEM CONFLICT
Now, with the approach of win- ter the island's $,500 inhabitants are beginning to feel the full force of the decree.
In the heyday of the liquor trade, money was so plentiful on swept the day's takings into the island that bank cashiers wastepaper baskets-to be count- ed at their leisure after the bank had closed for customers.
•
Marion Marshy Appears in the Columbia picture “Unknown man, to be screened- xi King's Theatre this
RADIO
TODAY'S PROGRAMME ---
Amusements
“ANNA KARENINA..... "AND ALHAMBRA THE
BRIDGE
Then I am
--as I so often.
ent of Contract
*Anna Karenina, Greta Garbo's twentieth starring pietara etor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is the
must da to become a first most ambitions production of her class player, I unhesitatingly an-
career.
The new film, based au fiksen täm cally on Count Leo Tolstoys. ime Imortal classic, presents Miss Gár- bo in a famous diama"against “a are background of Imperialistic Russia at the height of the na tien's glory, 50 years ago.
"Counti
Counting
we legen never for
fort
Fredric March, acclaimed for his roles in We Live Again, "The "Affairs of Cellial” and "Lex Marbles," is co-starred i with Miss Garbo as the dashing been found Count Vronsky.
be not
eperation:
the declarer had bed to cenat his tricks
South Dealer North-South
HAKDT
$85
The picture-is-the first David O. Selznick who brought “Tittia. Now all this is changed. Huge
"Women" "David Copperfield" id mixny other famous stories to the Miss Katherine Mayo has pro-
screen has produced with Miss duced a new book, "The Face of Concrete warehouses stand empty Mother India published by Ham- on the silent quaysides -- mute
Garbo, and promises to equal I evidence of the island's departed ish Hamilton Ltd writes a Home wealth. Many of them have never
When Mother
Tollowing programme will be not surpass all his other notable- correspondent.
been used. They were completed India" appeared, with its unspar-
Hinduism, it too late to share in the illicit li-broadcast to-day from the Hons productions in sathenticity, gran-
The cast includes to fees than C. K9 6 2 ing attack upon Messrs. Arthur. Yatas à Ca, Litler aroused great tidignation in In or trade, which was stopped by Kong Broadensti: 3 Station Z.R.W. (den and massive production.
bo's supporting artists At the dia, and had reactions throughout means of high taxation imposedjon a velength of 855- merres-40 fextured players as Miss. GBT- Jazz Recital by Harmony Boys top of the galazy stand such ot
from Studio
The bidding. (Figures after- ZEK. Programme :
fed players as Freddie Bartholo
(of David Copperfield" bids refer to numbered explana- 12.30-2.15 pm European Pro-mew
fame), Maureen O'Sullivan, Maytory paragraphs.). gramme.
Sydney..
The opportunity of surving you will be a pleasure and your com- mands will have our best attention.
GRACA & CO.
No. 10 WYNDHAM STREET,
P.O. Box Na.. 6. HONG KONG
Established 1896.
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HONG KONG HEIGHTS
For the information of visitorsi the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:-
ISLAND
the political field.
12:30 pm Recorded Maric..
IS. QJ 10 6
N D.TQ54 WE D. 10-9-7.6 2
$ CQJ75
SAX 93 E QJ96·3-2 D. 83
West North East 1 pat Local Time and Weather Robson, Basil Rathbone, Reginald, South
Owen, Reginald Denny, Phoebe HDbl (1) Bedbl 2D)_(3) Report
115 pm-Hong Kong Hotel Or Foster, Joan Marsh and Cor. Saej
Collins.
12H (4) Pass 3D (5) Pass ebesta
$ s
4. Pass 130 pan-Renter Press Bulletins, Rugby Press News, etc. 2.15.p-Close Down
5-8 pm-European Programme 5-7 A Belay of the Hong! Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra
pan- Summer Days-
(Eric Coates)
Wood Nymphs-Valsette
(Eic Cates)
“A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS
DREAM” ~~~ QUEEN
THEATRE
It has one of the biggest
ご
5H (6) Pass Past
6 E
Past
Ever dën not vulnerable # is unwise to make a takeout only two honour-
best way of showing
band with distributed
by the French Government on] (845 ECD. every cash landed on the island. The Face of Mother India” is,
Wharves Piled With Liquor for two-thirds of its bulk a col- Before this action, the now-de lection of photographs, represent serted wharves were piled high ing manp aspects of the throbbing with crates of liquor. Often a life of India with more than a dozen steamers would be unload- due proportion devoted to riots ing fresh supplies, for the ware to temple life and to the many-houses while fast rum-running forms that political agitation haa bosts were busy taking on board taken.
liquor for their night trips to the The main theme of its text is
United States' coast. the centuries-old confict between The wood from the packing Hinduism and the Moslem faith cases was sufficient to supply all
Mex Reinhardt's. super pro- Miss Mayo's sympathies arP very the islanders with firewood while
duction of Shakespeare's coksedy, frankly with the Mohammedans easy money as lorry drivers, dock
“A Midsummer Night's Dream," Non-Interference
hands or smugglers tempted the Much of the British failure tomen away from their cod-fishing
237-230 -A Recital by Elsie is now showing at the Queen's
Theatre.. the island's natural in- Suddaby (Soprano) stamp out the more revolting prae- bosts
1. Gradle Song (Schubert) tices of Hinduism Miss Mayo as dustry. cribes to the proclamation ... afļ The local government revelled 2 Faith in Spring (Schithert)
Bros, ever to appear in a single Queen Victoria, enjoining those in undreamed of riches for a tax & The Rosebod, Hark! Hark! the most talented casts of Wa
of five francs (1/4d) was charg-Serenade (Scimbert).
picture. Reinhardt, long acknow- in authority to abstain from all!
7.30-8 pm. From the Studio. ledged to be Europe's greatest
ely, a redouble of this interference with the religious
ed on every one of the thousands
A Jazz Recital by The Harmony stage producer, consented to pre-
passed, in case. belief or, worship of any of her of gallons of fiquor landed un-the
type should be m The intention behind
Narth should with to double- subjects
island. The money which thus Boys
8 pin-Local Time & Weather Re-sext his spectacle in filza form
two diamonds for penalties: poured in was spent on improve- this was excellent, but it has crip-
805-11 pm-Chinese Stadio Con-isuccess at the "Hollywood Bow?":
but with his unbalanced dis- pied the Government of India in ments as rapidly, as it accumuler Closing Local Stock Quotations after it had met with tremendous and in San Francisco. It is the
South knows he tribution. dealing with many unfortunate:
jated
11pm-Close Down
Pro ultimate în spectacular gran-
could not leave in a penalty plz European
double. 805-10
comedy and romance xre as kiss- their boats and tackle daring them from ZEK on a frequency deur, while at the same time its
of 660 klocycles.
mortalik – Shopping frst-round contral fo A part of the argument for island's 14 years of prosperity- 8.05-8.38 pm Concerto for tous and human as the
diamonds and a powerful race. : of self-govern They are thus unable to go back B flat Minor" for Pime and Orenez
hand greater measure
838-9 pm Light Orchestral Sel ment in India is that Indians to the sea for their livelihood tra (Tschaikovsky, Op. 29) alone can deal with practices that while younger men openly prefer
ections. the European has felt himself driving motor trucks or handling The Shamrock (arr. Myddleton)
the hazardous Romanes (Tchaikovsky) unable to touch.
liquor cases to
Wine, Women and SongWaltz poorly-paid task of cod-fishing.
(Strauss) Finances: Framined
(Fetras)
aspects of social life, which have: To make matters worse, many their roots, as it is claimed, in of the one-time fishermen sold religious observance..
Lark (Schubert)
In an attempt to relieve the Moonlight on the Alster Wal two faiths crisis, the French Government is 9.9.15 pm-A Relay of the Dave tagonism between which has always been the conducting a thorough research try News Bulletin (Copyright barrassment of government in In-into the finances of the island, Reter),
Fest
Miss Mayo's new
Victoria Peak Signal Station
1,823
do nothing to soften
Mt. Parker
1,774 1.734
will tend to intensify:
volume will rather it that aa-
Mountain Lodge
1,725
The Eyrie.
1,725
Peak Hotel
1,305
Taikoo Sanatorium
1,000
Mt. Davis
877
Bowen Road (filterbeds).
297
MAINLAND
TAMMEET BROS... Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 10th January, 1936
Taimioshan Kowloon Peak.
Feet 2124 1971
On View from Tuesday the 14th
January, 1936.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
• NOW ON SALE
CHINA YEAR BOOK
1995
The 25 Chapters of the 17th issue of the CHINA YEAR BOOK 1280 bEGF Woodhead, C.BE, have as, zsual been revised or rewritten with the Airisomy
Chinese and foreign, and every effort has been made to bung information and statistics zy to date.
The Chapter on the Kuomintang cover the political history of China in 1984. The Chapter on the Chinese Government contains the Text of the Provisional Constitution, the Organic Law, and the Draft of the Permanent Constitution.
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Gina
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Review of Catholic Missions in China?
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Chapter on China's Modern India
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Policy Of Moderation
James Cagney head the
Bast would show chs or more. therefore nota.
free bid, but a forged bid.
star cast with Joe E. Brown, 6-On North's strong bidding
South hopes for a Slam. Hugh Herbert, Frank McHugh,
West opened the Queen of Arthur Treacher, playing with
Robinson End, spades; South won and looked for
thím se the gedaan zammers teho means of making, his contener
present a play before
Duke There was, of course; the chance of his that the spades might be divided: of Athens on the occasi
Queen of the 13-3; in this case darmy's Jack-of- by wedding to the
diamonds could be discarded on Amazons. 9.15-10 pm-Variety: Items.
The leading romantic roles are South's fourth spade. But this dia. It will not smooth the path which is, in status, something piano Solos-Top Hat Medley
Vivian Elix played by Dick Powell, Jean seemed a remote hope, because of the new reforms.
similar to a British Crown Colony.
Muir Rose Alexander and Olivia West's takeout doable could be Among the proposaiz already Songs
Dancing on the Celling
de Havilland, whose mixed love counted on to show four spades Yet, though Miss Mayo can pic-pat forward is a drastic redne-
("Evergreen")
affairs lead to some strange at least. [ture a condition of affairs inition of the St. Pierre Govemment
Just by your example
prinks by the elf of mischief, (which Islam may in one fierce offcials. Their number is consi-
Jessie Matthews (Sopiano) Puck, portrayed madness so challenge the King" dered quite out of proportion to! Emperor's peace as to becozne the size of St. Pierre,, which is Organ Solohe Blue Danube Waltz
Beginald Foors. Jey. virtual suicide on the bayonets of only some four mies long and infinitely reluctant British sold four miles wide. It is almost de- iery. she ends on a note of hope. void of vegetation and look! "Let it be recognised,” she events are still made known by writes, "the amongst the political town crier, who parades the lights on both sides are those streets with a drum. Bester. who, privately, not publicly, say,
A curse on the opposite camp. We
hate and loathe them, but wei
must live beside them. Therefore, / FOUR-FOLD COLLISION.. let us not push things to d |tremes."
PT
Mrs. Winifred Tughan, aged 48, For centuries before British is doctor's wife; and Mrs. Lilian rule the religious antagonism Fitch, aged 45, both of Ponders prevailed. India survived to be End, were injured in a four-fold ruled by Great Britain because fcollision in which their car, two | were fivolved matters were norm
lin High-road, Tottenham
bus
"What Would You Do
If You Were Invisible"?
Songs
Lonely: Gondolier Outside of your ·
Dick Powell (Tenor) Instrumental Kotair March
Frank Farers and John J. Pazhabi Vocal-Tea for Turo
("No, No Nanette")
Comedy Harmonists Violin Sulos-Grinzing, Remembrance
Albert, Sandler. Vocal Duet
What's good for the Goose is good
for the Gander og er mangl
Saxo Externe and Girl Friend Orchestra Roberts Selection.
10 pm Big Ben Close Downs NEW AIR RULES DECIDED Following Loss Of Smithy
As the result of the 20 to America and help the Charles King
tions
are to be
fying bet
Moscow would you do it you employed.
One child though that ne would vere invisible?”
This question was put to a num-like to stow children, under 14(and y aver hereafter their. Before be had told the the story tion
The only other possibility wER *› squeeze, and to squeeze for z twelfth trick it is necessary to have eleven tairing cards of your THE FARTEZ TAKES A
OWL ·South went about' count WIFE"-MAJESTIC THEATRE 1ng his winners, and found only ten. He counted agam and found With Janet Gaynor, and a com that if he runed three clubs in parative newcomer to the Ameri-his hand and drew trumps with can screen, Henry Fonds, in the dummy's four-card-heart length. leading roles, The Farmer Takes he would win eleven tricks A Wife, the current attraction club Ace and three zaus at the Majestic Theatre, is a de- bearta, în dung, two
He then pr Fightful record of conany life, and one diamond. and a poignantly beautiful love ceeded to run his tricks story of a country "maid anda "son of the earing
TERS MILLIONS" SPAR THEÄTZE
“Brewster's. Millions, sad Daudinions kambitious musical, Star Theatre with in the part
gi. Sirt Gerald du
The story" civilman Clack Bu ndia and compelled to
£500,000 £2 to qualit
000 H
Having ruffed out the ch South led his heart to duzung then from Armaf led the tomme South Indone fand the King,ning these West was reduced tog He could not - throw. without setting ng duma so he let go a spades.
This allowed South-to spade from duimmy
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