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HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY 1936. On sale at all Book-stalls and at the Offices of the Publishers, 3A. Wyndham Street.

Do Not Wait!

Buy Your Present Now!!

TOYS, DOLLS

Christmas Cards and Children's Picture Books also

LARGE SELECTION OF

STAMPS

which will be a delight to any Stamp Collector to receive. STORE WILL REMAIN OPEN ON SATURDAY TO 5 P.M.

GRACA & CO.,

No. 10, Wyndham Street.

P. O. Box 620. Hoan hong

Now On Sale

THE

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS

W. S. BĂILEY & CO., LTD.,

Kowloon Bay. Shipbuilders & Repairers. Call Flag "1"

Sole Agents for Kalvisi Motors

GENERAL NOTICES

THE CHINA MAIL. WEDNESDA

BRIDGE NOTES.

-GHOST OF THE PAST

By Ely Culbertson

In my morning's mail l'received

tance in the solution of

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

a letter from a Chinese student in.

The following programme will Shanghai. He craved my assis be broadcast to-day from the Hong

a band Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B that had been given him with the on a wavelength of 355 metres, challenge that he would be urrable ($45 Le's), 31.49 metres. (9.52 to make the stipulated contract omegacycles). THIRTEENTH EXTRA Six spades. He was

would I please table, bie

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

TRACE

he

-MUSIC LIGHT AND GAY" FROM STUDIO EARLY DAYS OF CRICKET

FACTORIES WORK OVERTIME

British Toys For The World

RECORDS EXPECTED THIS

CHRISTMAS

provide the best business on re- This Christmas is expected to

cord for the British for industry.

Toy factories all over the coun try have for some time been work- ing many hours' overtime turning held weather permitting) at head not to ache" by rushing the

fout their products. Every day hage HAPPY VALLET

on SATUR- proper directions?

quantities of toys are being des- There was something vaguely!

1230-215 pm - European Pro patched to home markets and to DAY, 19th December, 1986, com-

familiar mencing at 2.00 pm.

about the hand that amme.

1930 pm-Light Opera and Musi-the Continent. The First Bell will be rung at piqued my curiosity. Not that it ex Comedy.

Estimates based on present or- 1.30 p

[was so difficult [a more or less 1 p.m-Local: Time Signal and ders show that about £2,500,000

routine double-squeeze play), but Weather Report. I knew I had seen it before. Final- ly the light diwned. It was one of the sixteen original World Bridge Hong Kong, 14th December, 1936 Olympic hands, made up by myself

By Order,

"}

. C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

CHINESE ESTATES, LIMITED

THIRD INTERIM DIVIDEND

IN that

CHINA YEAR BOOK;

(18th edition). 1936

The China Year Book is at indispensable reference book on China; it arms its render with all material necessary for forming correct judgmenta on the Far Eastern situation and embodies all important doctements and statistics of the year.

Among the subjects dealt with by foreign and Chiness experts in the eighteeth edition are the following:-Smuggling, Tangka Trace Agreement, “New

Life Weekly” Incident, Hiruts Three- Point Programme, Soviet-Outer Mongolia Protocol, Mongol Ter- ritory in Manchukuo, Leith- Boss Mission, Currency Position,

etc.

Price $18.

Obtainacle at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd. or from the publishers: NORTH-CHINA DAILY NEWS]

P. O. Box 707, Shanghai

KIWI

BOOT POLISH

KI KIWI)

BOOT POLISH

KI

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Agents:-W. R. LOXLEY & CO.:

(CHINA) LTD.

RELIABLE PRINTING

no order too small

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN a THIRD INTERIM DIVIDEND for the year ending

in 1932. This was it:

West, dealer.

Neither side vulnerable.

NORTH

S.-10 3 2

H.-J7 2

D-Q J 10 9 3 2 ---

WEST

EAST S-K 9

H-K 10 6

28th February. 1937, of two per S.-A Q J 767 cent, that is $2.00 per share, will H-A 3 be paid on all shares in this Com D.-S

pazy o MONDAY, the 21st C.-K 6 33 December, 1936, at the Company's Office at China Buildings. 5th floor.

The TRANSFER BOOK of the Company will be CLOSED from: the 17th to the 21st December, 1936.

By Order of the Board of

Directors,

D-A 7 64 C.-A 842

SOUTH S.-3 4

H-Q 9 843 D-K 5

C.-J 10 9 7

The bidding suggested in the par sheets circulated immediately! after the event was: West North

FUNG PING FAN, 1 spade Pass Director & Secretary. 5 spades Pass Hong Kong, 12th December, 1936 | Pass Pass

NOTICE

East South 3 no trump Pass

6 spades Pass

. While it cannot be denied that the correct contract was reached, it would appear that there was a grave danger. from West's point [of view, that he was stopping

worth of British toys will be sold. One British factory alone is st 120 p-Three Numbers by the the present time using 30 tons of Mis Brothers.

British steel and three toos of 1.30 pm-Renter Press, Eugby rubber tyres every day in the pro- Press Local: Weather Forecast, Time duction of toy motor cars and

similar products.

1.03 pmThe London Piano-Ac-| cordeon Band.

and AnzotzTEMNEITA.

140 pm-Light Concert Items. 2.15 pm--Close Down.

4-7 p.m.--Chinese Programme. 1-11 pm-European Programme.

p.m-Italian Music.

"La Sonambula" (Bellini)-→→→

Could I believe.

Toti Dal Monte, (Soprano). "Falstaff (Verdi)-

From Secret Caves and Bowers "La Forza del Destino" (Verdi)

Swear in this hou

and

Beniamino Girli (tenor),

Giuseppe de Laca (baritone) "1 Pagliacci" (Leoncavallo)—

A word allow me!.

A song of tender memories,

Apollo Granforte, (baritone). I Pagliacci" (Leoncavallo)- Andrea Chenier" (Giordano)--

On with the Motley

Gazing one day into the boundless

blue.

Aureliano Pertile. (Tenor). 7.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quotations and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report

Solon by Howard Jacobs

7.15 p.m.-Three Light Saxophone

At Dawning (Gadman), From the land of the sky-bice

water (Cadman).

I love the moon (Enbens). 743 pm-From the Studio. The Third of a series of talks on The Early Days of Cricke" by R Abbit.

A. D. H. HANDS, deceased: will short of a lay-down grand slam. Fall persons having claims To-day. East would need greater against the estate of the late Mr.honour strength to hid three no A. D. H. Hands, Imperial Airways, trump ever one spade, the modern 8 p.-Local: Time Sigal, Wea- Ltd., submit same on or before trend being to hold a little in re-ther Report and Announcements 31st December 1936 to:

8.03 pim--A Band Concert.' serve in responses, rather than Flute Solo- "stretch."

IMPERIAL AİRWAYS

(FAR EAST) LIMITED PENINSULA HOTEL,

KOWLOON

NOTICE

This kind of toy is produced on lines, and model pedal cars made highly organised mass-production

of pressed steel with pneumatic tyres and electric lights, come or the factory conveyor in far great- er quantities than in any

real motor factory.

A special feature to be seen in the shops this Christmas will be a scale model of an expensive car, driven by an electric battery and capable of a speed of 6 mph.

"The British toy industry, now employing many thousands of peo- ple, has since the war ousted the foreign toy in all important, bran- ches of the trade," a member of the industry, said.

the

"Our toys are now sold in shops of the Empire, South Ameri- ca, China, the United States, and mast European countries, inclad-i ing even Germany, spiritual home of toy-making."

HORTICULTURAL

SOCIETY

Annual Meeting Held Fantaisie Caracteristique (Andèr-

sex)

Edith Perville!

Laments at the departures and deaths of enthusiastic members When evening's twilight (Hatton), of the Hong Kong Horticultural | Sweet and low (Tennyson-Barn-Society were the chief feature of by) ... The Salisbury Singers the Society's annual meeting held

The play goes as follows: North opens the club queer; de-Vocal- clarer counts his losers and sees) that his only danger (assumin that the trumps do not lie five in Bands one hand] is that clubs will not Steadfast and true (Teike, arr. Bie-in the Board Room of Jardine,

Bands-

bresk and that two club tricks i therefore, may be lost. To guard have pleasure in announcing against this possibility, he pre- that Mersrs, M. I. LING and pares for a squeeze. He wins the Y. C. LEUNG have this day been first trick with the club king, and granted jointly and severally my in order to "get a count" on the personal power of attorney and opponents' hands, begins the Vocal- that of my firm,

signed:-G. A. HARRIMAN, and G. A. Harriman & Company

Stockbrokers

11, Queen's Road Central and at Sharebrokers Association.

LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS,

- Public Auctions -

THE Undersigned have received

Auction on

Thursday, the 17th. Dec. 1936 commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35 Hankow Road, Kowloon

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

comprising:-

good) Grand Massed Matheson & Co. yesterday, when Brass Bands. Dr. G. A. C. Herklots took the

chair.

Minstrel Memories (arr. Rimmer),'

Mrs. F. C. Hall was elected new A wayside Sanctuary-Idyll (Mac-

kenzie)....Grand Massed

President, Mr. J. T. Bagram and Brass Bands, Mr. Andrew The re-elected Hon.

Secretary and Hon. Treasurer re-} Annie Laurie (Trad:, arr. Batten). spectively, and the following diamond to the ace, and a diamon: Heddle Nash & Male Quartette Committee appointed for the year:

elimination of the diamond suit. A

Bazd

Blass away-Merch (Holznam), -Major G. M. Churcher, Lieut- Columbia German Band Col. E. B. L. Dowbiggin, Mr. E. 8.30 p.m.--London-Troise and His Green, Mr. J. F. Grose, Dr. Herk- Mandoliers, with Dan Carlos. lots, Mr. Ho Kom-tong, Mr. V. E. 9 pm London-News and An-C. Jarrett, Mr. M. W. Lo, Mr. J. P.

Robinson, and Mr. G. N. Tinson.

|nomɔcements.

ruff, followed by the lead of a spade to dummy's king, and the ruff of a third diamond discloses: the fact that North originally held six diamonds (South failing to fol- low on the third round] The ad-

9.23 pum--From the Studio. verse trumps are drawn, dummy! "Masic Light and Gay.” discarding a club, and then a club Mary Gray (mezzo-soprano), Olga is led toward dummy. When North Morgan (Piano), Prae Lewis (Violin) fails to follow, the bad news is and Gaston d'Aquino (Text).

10 pm London-Big Ben

10 p Marek Weber and His

out Declarer must not make the mistake of winning this trick with Orchestra.

the ace

He must duck in dum-Reminiscences of Grieg (arr. Urbach): my, in order to set the stage for Suite Orientale (Popy), the necessary squeeze. South wins Faithful Jumping Jack (Heykens).

land, let us say, returns a club. Standcher (Heykens).

de-

No other lead would change the Song of Paradise (King). result Dummy's ace wins: Clarer leads to his heart ace and

Columbine's rendezvous (Heykens).

the situation stands? NORTH S.---Nome

- 7 D-Q C-NoDe

WEST

Teak Dining Room & Drawing|S—J Eoom Furniture, Office & Bed E-5 Room Furniture, Black Wood D.-None

Ware, «Ornaments, Pictures, Cat- C.—6 lery, Carpets, Rugs, Gramaphones and Records, Enezel Bath, Porce- lain & Glass Ware. Brass & E. P. Ware,

Linen. Electric Table Lamps, Table Fans, Radiators. Ice Chests, etc, etc.

EAST

S. None H-K 10 Dat CNone

SOUTH S.-None E-Q 9 D.-Nace C-10

The jack of trumpe is the "coup de grace" North must keep his

On View from Wednesday, 16th diamond to top dummy's seven, December, 1936.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

therefore must blank' his

heart!

jack. Dummy lets go the diamond, LAMMERT BROS., and now South is in the same Auctioneers | trouble as his partner. He must keep the high club and, therefore, cannot guard the heart suit. A per- fect doable squeeze

Hong Kong, 15th Dec., 1936.

BARNARDO HOME FIRE,

Seventy girls of Dr. Barnardo's Village Homes, Barkingside, Essex with about a dozen pinatrons," farmed a bucket-chain and fought a fire which broke out

two sheds last month.

10.30 pm-Dance Music. 11 pm-Close down.

STORKS AT ETON

Two storks have appeared on the playing helds of Eton College, and every farmer in the district) has been notified so that they may not be accidentally shot.

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