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THE CHINA MAIL, SAFURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE SIXTY-SEVENTH ORDIN

TARE GENERAL MEETING

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of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on FRI- DAY, the 27th March, 1936, at

PUBLIC WORKS

DEPARTMENT

BRIDGE NOTES:

Beautiful When Faultless

By Ely Culbertson

A genuine squeeze is a beauti- ful sight to behold, particularly when a player recognises it mad executes in faultlessly. Far more often, however, it is value to make use of the squeeze play's twin brother, know usually as *Forcing Discard.” When de- clarer has a long tramp suit, be will often find by leading out the entire suit, he may seriously en barrass his opponents and in their discard

gain may

information which will aid him to play the hand correctly. They máy throw

which would have: away cards been of value to them in winning tricks at an earlier stage. Many a hopeless hand has been made because after a seven or eight- card suit had been run down, an impossible trick appeared out of ¡nowhere.

West, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable

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moon, for the purpose of receiving S. AKQ9864 the Report of the General Man- H. 3 jagers, together with a statement D. 10 5 4

TO. S. 72. - It is hereby of Accounts for the year ended the C. J Nnotified that sealed tenders in 31st December 1935.

triplicate which should be clearly The SHARE REGISTER and; marked "Tender for permission to TRANSFER BOOKS will be

H. KOJ D. AD 9 2 C. A 10 6

obtain clay from a parcel of Crown CLOSED from the 13th to the 27th The bidding: (Figures after Land at Cha Kwo Ling, S. D. L, March 1936, both days inclusive. bids refer to numbered explana-

N.T.", will be received at the

JARDINE, MATHESON &tory paragraphs.)

CO., LTD...

West North General Managers. The Hong Kong Fire Insurance (1) Co., Ltd.

Hong Kong, 6th March, 1936.

CHINA ENTERTAINMENT & LAND INVESTMENT CO, LTD.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of MONDAY, the 30th day of March. 1936, for the occupation for a period of one year from the date of notification of acceptance ] of tender of the piece or parcel of ground, containing about .46 acre. shown coloured red on plan signed by the Director of Public Works and dated 9th March, 1936, but subject to certain conditions which

Nat the SIXTH ORDINARY can be ascertained at the office of the Director of Public Works. GENERAL MEETING of Share-

Each tender must be accom holders will be held at the Regis-j panied by a receipt to the effect tered, Offices of the Company, that the tenderer has deposited in King's Theatre Building, 5th floor, the Colonial Treasury a sum of [on MONDAY, the 30th day of! $50 as a pledge of the bona fides March, 1936, at 12 o'clock, Noon, of his offer, which sum shall be

to receive the Directors' Report, forfeited to the Crow if the tenderer refuses to carry out his and Accounts for the year ended

31st December, 1985, to elect 3 tender and comply with the con- Directors and Auditors and to ditions, should the tender bei accepted.

Sylvia Sydney rises to new heights in “Mary Burns, Fugitive,” which is now showing at the Queen's Theatre.

Amusements

Pass Paas

East South 4S (2) Pass (3)

Cinema Notes

"BREAK OF HEARTSTM*

KING'S THEATRE

Pass. 1—An ideal three-spade tid since:

the hand can almost surely win seven tricks, yet has! meagre possibilities in defence.

2-After

a pre-emptive bid

“THE INFORMER"

ORIENTAL THEATRE

Nolan, a buman derelict forms" on his hunted-pal, Frankie¦ McPhillip, for a price.

"THANES A MILLION"

ALHAMBRA THEATRE

With Dick Powell and Arm {Dvorak heading the featured cast, the new Dany F. Zithock produc tim presents Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly and Paul Whiteman and his Band, with Ramaña, Rubinof jand his violin, Raymond Walburn and the Yacht Club Boys in the supporting cas

*

The story, adapted to the screen by the versatile Nunnally John- son, is that of a wildcat amuse- ment troupe, daong shout the country under the not-so-benigu guidance of Fred Alles.

About the romantic problems of Powell and Miss Dvorak, with Margaret Irving playing the other woman, the love interest revolves.

The hit tunes in “Thanks' a Mil- lion" include "What a Beautiful | Night" and "I've Got a Pocket

Full of Sunshine,"

by Powell.

sung

In the supporting cast are Roy Baker --- playing stooge to Fřed Del Ruth, Alan Dinelart, Benny Allen and the King's Men. Darryl F. Zandick personally pro- duced 'the Alma.

"WEDDING NIGHT

STAR THEATRE

This picture is a 'dramatic ro- mance in which Anna Sten por- trays a modern American girl re- |belling against the dictates and restraints of tradition, and Gary Cooper appears as a successful sophisticated New York author with whom she fills in love.

Anna Sten's part is in sharp contrast to her previous perform- ances, while this picture marks another triumph in the career of Cooper.

The original story was written by Edwin Knopf and the music by Alfred Newman..

Superbly enacted by a brilliant With 20 in his pocket and his jcast, this picture brings vividly to treachery on his conscience, Gypo domattained. ・ Suspense builds life the characters and scenes of becomes alternately tortured by swiftly. as, Gypo blunders through Liam O'Flaherty's widely-read fear, crazed by remorse, and ex- the fog shrouded night, mouating and much-discussed novel.

alted to drunken delusions of to a terrific climax. Against the raise may be given without Really soul-stirring love scenes

colourful back-grandeur produced by his ill-got- The romance between Preston trump support. Had his side have been enacted for the camera ground of Dublin, the picture has ten “wealth.”

Foster and Heather Angel affords tricks not been Aces, East between Katharine Hepburn and the troubled years just after the All of the story transpires in strong contrast to the attraction would have been unable to Charles Boyer in this picture.

World War as its period: With one action-packed night, giving between McLaglen and Kiss Gra- make this bid, but with two While Boyer, idol of the French the desire to get money, Gypothe drama a cohesion all too sel-hime.

an

Aces in his hand and at least stage and screen, has been hailed seven winners in West's hand, as one of the great lovers of films, į he knew that game was pos- Hepburn has never before been sible.

east in a role that offered her so. The pre-emptive bidding had great an opportunity to display effectively shut out South's her talent for romantic love.

"She combines the fire of strong hand.

Olga Nethersole with the repres- North opened the six of dia-

ler, director. "I am amazed at monds and it seemed West could sion of a Duse," said Philip Moel- not win more than the nine top her emotional

range, from the And Notice is Further Hereby tricks. Two clubs and two dia- most intense, lyric abandon to that the Register and monds seemed as good as lost. the most subtle nuances." Ee Given Transfer Books of the Company West was not averse to 2 little declares that for beauty and will be CLOSED, from the 23rd hard work, however, and set out power he does not believe that to the. 30th Day of March, 1936, to play the hand to the best of Hepburn's love scenes with Boyer his ability. On the opening dia lever have been duplicated on the mond lead, he played low and

transact such other business as Form of tender and further may be properly transacted at an particulars can be obtained from Ordinary General Meeting of the

Company. the office of the Director of Public Works.

The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any tender.

A. G. W. TICKLE, Director of Public Works. Hong Kong. 13th March, 1936.

GENERAL NOTICES

THE HONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY

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CO. LTD.

4% DEBENTURES

jboth days inclusive.

LIANG CHI HÃO,

Managing Director. Hong Kong, 19th March, 1936.

HONG KONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO. LTD.

screen.

the

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the

South won with the Queen. West Break of Hearts" tells false-carded by dropping

who eight of diamonds, his object be story of a young composer

marries a famous maestro, but. ing to convince South that North held a

doubleton in that suit. leaves him when she believes that The false-card worked; South her love is no longer necessary to was afraid to return the suit with him. His plunge to the depths of despair and his regeneration N° NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the Ace staring him in the face

that the Ordinary Yearly and shifted to the King of hearts through her love make an en- Meeting of Shareholders will be This was won by dummy's Ace, thralling picture. It is a Pandroj

S. Berman production for RKO Radio.

held in the Office of the Com-The maximum still seemed to be TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN rany, 2 Queen's Building, Hong nine tricks.

West however made the most; that INTEREST for the six Kong, on MONDAY, 30th March, months ending 31ST MARCH. 1926, at Noon, for consideration of his chances by running seven 1936, on the above DEBENTURES of the Directors' Report and State-rounds of spades. The last

for the year these reduced the dummy to the will be payable at the OFFICES ment of Accounts

ten of heartz, two diamonds and of the COMPANY ON THAT ending 31st December, 1935.

The Share Register and Trans-the Queen of clubs. South had DATE.

"MARY BURNS, FUGITIVE"

QUEEN'S THEATRE

of

A newcomer's first impressions

of Hollywood are contradictory

THE REGISTER OF DEBEN-fer Books will be closed from the to choose his final discard from ones, according to Alan Baxter, TURES will be closed from 21st to 30th March, 1936, both his remaining five cards, which film debut in this Paramount filmj

MONDAY, the 23RD MARCH, todays inclusive.

MONDAY, the 30TH

MARCH,

both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of DEBEN- TURES can be registered.

new screen find, who makes his

starring Sylvia Sydney.

**The most interesting thing to me was finding how pictures are made, as I had never been to Hol-1

were the Queen of hearts, King | and ning of diamonds, and thei By Order of The Board of

Ace-ten of clubs. If he threw Directors,

By Order of the Board of Hong Kong, 12th March, 1936.

Directors,

O. EAGER,

away the diamond, his King E. COCK. would drop under the Ace and Chief Manager. the Jack and diamonds would be lywood before. The technique is the tenth trick A heart discard very different from that of the stage but it is more absorbing, al would be equally suicidal, and small club, while it would prested in writing as in "acting" though I am just as much inter serve the Ace, would block the

Baxter explained.

Secretary. UNION WATERBOAT COMPANY Hong Kong 13th March, 1936.

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him in with a club and allowed

of

suit so that if declarer threw this picture Baxter is cast as a youthful handsome well-edu-! NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. him to cash his Queen of hearts cated ex-football hero who turns he would have the major dia- THE THIRTY-FIEST ANNUAL mond tenace

public enemy. His love for Syl- in dummy with GENERAL MEETING

(via Sidney involves her innocent- of which to win the last two tricks.ly in the clutches of the law, en-! Shareholders will be held at the South's only gemaining chance during a series of exciting epi- Offices of Messrs..Dodwell & Co-was to throw pay his Ace Ltd, Hong Kong and Shanghai clubs and hope that North mighte. She meets a brilliant, but sodes as a girl fugitive from jus- Bank Building, on WEDNESDAY, have full control of that suit-blind scientist. They are mutually 18th April 7936 at noon for the pur-This play failed, however, since ipose of receiving the report of the west was able to lead a club and attracted to each other, but

General Managers together with North, had to take the King. Ja Statement of Accounts to 31st Now, if North-led a heart, South December 1985.

would have to get in and be in

“Mary Burns" had become a head- line. Haunted by her past, she froams, the country until an The TRANSFER BOOKS of the the same end position; if North citing and swift moving chain of jevents brings her experiences to Company will be CLOSED from led a club, declarer world-win a smashing climax

..

128th March to 8th April 1988, the tenth trick with his Jack,

both days inclusive.

and North could not lead a dia-

·DODWELL & CO. LTD., mond, having none. West proved General Managers. that though" "actually a squeeze Hong Kong, 18th March, 1966-(did not exist, by forcing discards

he gained the same end.

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