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"THE PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER KING'S AND ALHAMBRA THEATRES
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PHILATELY IN LONDON
£100,000 Stamps Unguarded
NONE EVER STOLEN
anything up to $1,000 apiece hy! about on tables at little guarded as a greengrocer's stall. Two hun- dred dealers were expected.
No stamp. has ever been stolen) in the bourse's history, though 1520,000 worth may be placed on af
single table.
EXPERT MASSAGE Informer-that's the team Darryl would make it ideal for the puking, not giving a deeting though made with stamps not shown,
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1936 HONG KONG
KING'S WEDDING GIFT
The King and Queen Mary sent a fan of white ostrich feathers, with a tortoiseshell handle, as a wedding gift to Miss Enth Primrose, Lord Derby's grand- daughter, who married the Hon. Charles. Wood, son of Viscount and Viscountess Halifax, at St. Paul's Cathedral last month
At the ninth International If I were to test a player's skill
Stamp Dealers" Bourse, which in the management of 26 cards as declarer I should give him a hand opened last month at the Holbor
The total value of the speci-İ The foveable lad of "David much on the type of the one shown
Restaurant, W.C., stamps worth mens somewhere around £100,000 Copperfield," the star of The below. The very simplicity of it
—is no indication of the business | done, for large deals are often coming colonial issues of King Ed-
ward stamps. F. Zanuck's 20th Century studio pose: No squeeze, no complicated brings together for the first time coup just straightforwarth, caring clubs being all in the East to the possibility of the outstand-
London's Supremikey
The Americans are trying to in this gallant, stirring tale of ful play is required. Yet, and land. Then and there he would
The stamp bourse emphasised increase New York's importance TOILENCE and adventure. The say this sorrowfully, I would
London's supremacy among the as a wholesale centre, but for the principal figure in the tale is wager that Mr. Average Player in exchange for a two-trick set lish dealers report a growing pub-held there this month they are stamp markets of the world. Eng-international exhibition being Victor McLaglen, an adventurer would come a cropper, and for noj
The most superficial analysis lic interest in collecting, due to having to rely mainly on British who loves to fight and fights for other reason than that he has not would disclose the proper line of a price-ntil he meets the little trained his mind along safety-play. The contract calls for nine
who can pierce his tough when-possible lines. shell Then he learns how to
lad
fight for something he loves.
Just as this blustering warrior
re-
is reaching the end of his sources in Paris, he is hired by
North, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable,
revolutionists of a little Kingdom. s. ę 10 5 to carry away their king.
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McLaglen takes the job, but he D. 10 5 4 2 has not been told that the king C. None
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is a little boy. With his aide,
H. Q
Michael Whalen, they break into
D. Q
the palace and abduct Freddie
C. K 7
Bartholomew, the boy monarch, The bidding: and Gloria Stuart, who had burst North in on them.
East
South
1 Club
Pass Pass 2 N. T
1 Spade
West Pass Pass
be
In a mountain hideaway, a great 2 Clubs friendship springs
be-3 N. T. final hid] OP tween
blustering braggart The sever of bearts would
the
of a soldier and the delicate and the opening lead. I have no doubt brave lad, while Whalen proves that Mr. Average Player would susceptible to the charms of Miss correctly go up with dummy's Stuart.
king. But what would be his next The fortune of revolution veers, play? With seven clubs to the A Q and the king is recaptured and 10 9 in the dummy, and the dot- McLagles sent to a gal to await bleton king in his own hand, I execution. The royalists, how-would wager my last dollar that lever. foment a plot to do away he would promptly play with. Freddie Bartholomew them- „(Continud in Nert CoL) jselves. When word reaches Mc-.
to hiel
The middle-
Laglen, he breaks from the gaol-frightened and fast on his feet, In a hair-raising climax, he re-manages to duck scues his little pal, redeems him weight champion gets the full self for his earlier misdeeds and brunt of the blow intended for brings the picture to a happy the milkman, and is knocked out. conclusion.
Lloyd takes credit for the punch, The supporting cast, which and henceforth must make good numbers dozens of actual army and repeat his prowess in the ring officers and soldiers of fortune.jas a title contender. Hilarity is features Constance Collier, C-the keynote of this picture. Henry Gordon, Pedro De Cordoba The supporting cast of players and Lumsden Hare. The amusing consists of Adolphe Menjou, dialogue and screen play are the Verree Teasdale. Helen Mack. works of scenarists Gene Fowler William Gargan, Dorothy Wilson and Howard Ellis Smith.
and George Harbler.
"COLLEEN”—QUEEN'S THEATRE
This picture is a rollicking inusical comedy with an all-star cast including Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, Joan Blondel, Hugh Herbert, Louise Fazenda and Paul Draper.
The story, written by Robert
The direction was handled by Leo MacCarey, who calls Lloyd' the most genuine comedian of the century.
"MILLIONS IN THE AIR”
STAR THEATRE
This farcical romance which Paramount has turned out as 1|
Lord, is packed with rollicking gentle jibe at prevailing radio virtue comedy, romance and a touch of amateur programmes, by real drams. There is more of a of its variety, has everything that plot than in the ordinary musical, is needed to make first-class ep- and it concerns the efforts of tertainment.
Powell to straighten out the busi- From the first to the final geng ness affairs of his wealthy and this picture moves swiftly. The eccentric uncle, as well as his love amateur-hour theme makes it scrapes. Incidentally Dick and possible for the producers to in-
Miss Keeler go in for some ro- troduce about a dozen dif- mancing and are all tied up in aferent acts, all suitably fused score of hilarious entanglements, into the main story, which which are eventually straightened concerns the romance of a young out in a smashing climas.
saxophone player and the danght- Two mammoth and spectacular er of the radio programme's numbers were created and staged sponsor.
by Bobby Connolly, with scores of Wendy Barrie and John. Howard
Ammonia, Acetic Acid, Chlorate of DOLLAR DIRECTORY beautiful chorus girls. One takes have the romantic leads. George
Potash, Fire Crackers, etc., etc.
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and
5 Cases Singlets..
2 Cases Electric Goods.
2 Radio Tubes.
4 Cases Tennis Rackets.
1 Case-Cinema Parts.
4 Packages Neon Sign Equip
ment.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT EROS..
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 28th May, 1936.
NOW ON SALE
Price $1.
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For the information of
place on an ocean liner, specially Barbier, unquestionably one of built for the picture, and the other the finest character actors C in a modiste's shop, in which is stage or screen, is the soap-selling presented
fashion sponsor. gorgeous
And there is no end of comedy in the picture, con-
show.
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The settings are not only i-tributed mainly by Willie Howard, beautiful displaying new designs que and unusual but exceptionally Dave Chaser and Benny Baker.
of glass and streamline furniture,
as well as the latest modes in
gowns.
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“STRIKE ME PINK...... MAJESTIC THEATRE
Miss Keeler has 2 winsome, This lavish $1,500,000 produc wistful personality that everyone tion,, featuring Ethel Merman, falls in love with She also gives Sally Ellers, Perkyakarkus and an exhibition of exceptional tap William Frawley and a glorious {dencing. particularly an inter-new array of Goldwyn Girls, casta pretative dance, a love lyric with-Eddie Cantor as a timid little col- that lege tailor whose secret passion
Tinstructions to sell by Public the following met on visors out words, white shancing. Paul for a glamorous night club singer.
Auction
on
Tuesday, the 2nd June, 1936, commencing at 10.00 a.m. at No. 2 and 4, Mody Road, "Empress Lodge" Kowloon
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
(Full particulars from catalogue)
On view from Monday, the 1st
June, 1936.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT EROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 29th May, 1936.
highest points on the Island and Draper, do together. Mainland is published:-
ISLAND
Victoria Peak
2
in the person of Miss Merman, "Colleen" is the latter's first moves him to take a correspon- film, and incidentally he was eng-dence course in personal magne aged specially to dance in this film. tism, entitled "Man or Mouse,
What Are You?" **THE MILKY WAY” —
Then he inherits the manage- ORIENTAL THEATRE
ment of a huge amusement park and becomes involved with Harold Lloyd timidly makes his gang of slot-machine racketeers 1,205
way from milkman obscurity to who have put every previous STI
fighting fame in his new Para-manager "on the spot." 297
mount picture, "The Milky Way.") Highlights of the musical
He bridges the gap between a thrilling, laugh-loaded comedy Feet self-doubt and the instincts of the chase on a Giant Eoller Coaster 3,124 killer. Trouble comes to the spec- and a wild balloon ascent, with 1,971
stacled comedian when two drun-Eddie and Farkyskarkus in the
ken fighters take a dislike to him basket and the gangsters ́at the| (One swings at him but Lloyd, both controls.
Fest
1,823
Signal Station
1,774
Mt. Parker
1,734
Mountain Lodge
1,725
The Eyrie
1,725
Peak Hotel
Mt. Davis
Bowen Road (filterbeds)
-MAINLAND
Taimozhan Kowloon Peak
toss his contract out the window
tricks, not ten. With a sure trick in spades, hearts, and diamonds,{ only six club tricks are required, and they may be made without the slightest risk.
play from dummy at the second
The ten of clubs is the proper trick and, unless East plays the jack, the seven must be played by South, not the king. If this loses to the jack in the West hand, only sacri- the extra trick has been fced; South's queen of hearts can- not be led through for a catastro- phical result. West wins the jack and returns a diamond, the ¡ace, of course, i played and South's king of clubs overtaken
by dummy's ace. Very simple, but
was Columbus egg trick.
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