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BRIDGE NOTES

TRAGEDIC HUMOUR

By Ely Culbertson

Besides being the film debut of One man's tragedy is another the popular radio stars James man's comedy. That is as true) Melton and Jane Froman, the pic-of Bridge as it ever was of the ture has an all-star cast which movies. When the comedian includes Pat O'Brien, Jean Muir falls down a fight of stairs or Frank McHugh and Frank Fay. is the unwilling recipient of al The story reveals the private facial treatment from a custard lives and loves, the struggles and pie, the audience can be depend- tribulations, of successful radio ed on for a laugh, and when two players get their signals cross- There is a most unusual mixed with tragic results as far as is. :lure of musical numbers, which they are concerned, there vary from classical selections to both to the opponents and to new catchy compositions by Har the spectators, an element of ry. Warren and Al Dubin. the irresistible humour involved. famous Hollywood song writers. In to-day's hand-North andi There is a spectacular specialty South got their systems cross- number in

the pisture created ed. South had played with and directed by Bob Connolly cail-North some months before and ed "At Your Service, Madame.” knew he was then using the Official System In the mean- Pat O'Brien has the role of

time North had shifted to the theatrical agent who is about to

Culbertson System, but had for- CHINA ENTERTAINMENT & say goodbye to the world because.

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when he hears a porter in his stage is now set for our Gomedy TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN hotel singing.

FOR SPRAINS & STIFFNESS MRS. Y. AMANO No. 26 Wyndham Street, 2nd Floor.

Company Meetings

NOTICE SIXTH ORDINARY sausually rated cognizing puts

GENERAL MEETING of Share the youth under contract. James holders will be held at the Regis- Melton, who makes his bow to. tered Offices of the Company, the screen in the picture, is the King's Theatre Building, 5th floor, porter. Miss Froman, also mak- MONDAY, the 30th day of ing her debut in this picture, March. 1936, at 12 o'clock, Noon, plays opposite Melton.

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The bidding: (Figures after Ordinary General Meeting of the William Keighley directed the bids refer to numbered explana Company:

picture.

tory paragraphs)._. North

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And Netice is Further Hereby! Givep that the Register andį “A TALE OF TWO CITIES" Transfer Books of the Company | will be CLOSED, from the 23rd to the 30th Day of March, 1936, both days inclusive.

LIANG-CHI HAO,

Managing Director. Hong Kong, 19th March, 1986.

HONG KONG & WHAMPOA

DOCK CO., LTD.

So vast that it occupied every foot of the floor space of one of; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's largest stages, 3 courtroom that

changed the course of history was reconstructed for the filming of "A Tale of Two Cities,” star- ring Ronald Colman, which opens to-day at the King's and Alham- bra Theatres.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

It was the revolutionary Tri- N°

that the Ordinary Yearly bunal of Faris where in 1789, the Meeting of Shareholders will be nobility and the aristocracy of held in the Office of the Com-France stood on trail before radi- pany, 2 Queen's Building, Hong cal revolutionary leaders and Kong, on MONDAY, 30th March, heard themselves sentenced 1926. at Noon, for consideration death on the guillotine.

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East South

West!

Pass 20.(1)

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Pass 3NT (2)

Pass

20. 3D. 5NT Pass 6D. (3) Dbl. Redbl (4) Pass Pass Pass 1-South, taking the two club bid to be artificial, gave the

Official System response for a bust, two diamonds. 2--Compelled to keep the bid- ding open and unwilling to encourage partner by men- tioning his own five-card club suit.

3-A sign-off in the lowest bid suit. South assumed that North's suit was actually diamonds, since he had never rebid clubs and the two club bid under

the Official System might have been made with no clubs at all

of the Directors' Report and State- In that room, 146 years ago, ment of Accounta for the year the history of the world was 4-North, on the other hand. lending S1st December, 1935. changed; from 2 monarchy, thought his partner WES

The Share Register and Trans-France became a republic.

Her Books will be closed from the Carpenters, wine-shop keepers 21st to 30th March, 1936, both and other modest persons sat in days inclusive..

Ey Order of The Board of Directors,

E. COCK. Chief Manager.

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his

playing Culbertson too and could not understand how there could be à double.

was

the judicial benches of that court- West opened the King of Isid room in 1780 men and women hearts and when North who had felt the oppressive hand down the dummy it proved a of the rulers too long. Imperson- shock for declarer. The shock ating them in the film version of probably influenced his play a the famous Dickens classic were little, for after West had cash- Hong Kong, 12th March, 1936. Mitchell Lewis, Fritz Leiber, Tuled the Ace of hearts, allowing ly Marshall, Elanche Yurka, Lu. East to discard his lone club, he cille Laverie and other notables shifted to a singleton spade and A low them Before

stood Donald South took the finesse. Woods,

returned, which as Charles Darney, on spade trial for his life. Ronald Colman, West trumped, and the lead of star of the picture, was at

the ten of hearts · unwisely NOTICE. TO SHAREHOLDERS. a counsellor Elizabeth trumped with the Jack of dia THE THIRTY-FIRST ANNUAL Allan, Edna May Oliver, Henry the Ace of clubs, which East monds. Dummy then played. T GENERAL MEETING of B. Walthall, Reginald Owen ware

a third Shareholders will be held at the there, each impersonating a char-rumped, returning

spade.

saw Here South

be Offices of Messrs. Dodwell & Co., jacter who helped to change the should make sure of taking at Ltd., Hong Kong and Shanghai course of history. Bank Building, on WEDNESDAY,Į

least four tricks, so he trumped More than a week was required with the King of diamonds, and 8th April 1938 at noon for the pur- to fim the Revolutionary Tribun-when West discarded his last pose of receiving the report of the al sequence of the picture, one of club, four tricks was all he General Managers together with the several spectacular settings could make. The set was a Statement of Accounts to 31st for the

dramatic human story mere 4,600 points on

a hand December 1935.

produced by David Q. Selznick which was a laydown or five The TRANSFER BOOKS of the fand directed by Jack Conway.

clubs. Company will be CLOSED from

28th March to 8th April 1936. both days inclusive.

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

General Managers. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1996.

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Poet Laureate Has Nothing Yet

Southampton, Wednesday. production follows the eventful Mr. John Masefield, the Poet life of Jean Valjean, who suffered Laureate, who has been on a 10 five years of torture in the galeys weeks holiday in California, re- of a French prison ship for turned to England, recently, in the stealing a loaf of bread, and Cunard-White Star Hner Majes found his hole life darkened by tie

the shadow of the Law in the air. "Muscheld said it was hi person of Javert, a fanatical desixth visit to America, and his fective who had, dedicated himself first for three years,

to carrying out that Law to the Asked about the report that he Better

was writing a hynaflor King March does the finest work of Edward's Coronation. Mr. Mase- (his career as the unfortunate Val- Seld 'replied that he had nothing jean and Langhton is superb, as in contemplation at the moment. Javert, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, He proceeded to his home at the celebrated British" stage and Plabary, Cirencester, Gloucester-

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