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To San Francisco, Los Angelos & Now York

via Panama

Fortnightly sailings on Wednesdays.

Pren. Lincoln.... May 10, 1 a.m. Prea. Hoover

May 24 ... Juno, 7

Pres. Wilson

To Seattle and Victoria

Fortnightly aniling on Saturdays,

Pres. Taft

May 20

Зово д

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Pres. Jefferson ... Pres. Cleveland

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Fortnightly sailings on Saturdays via Manila, Straits, Colombo, Bombay Saz Canal, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles, Now York & Boston.

Pres. Garfield

Pres. Polk

May 18

May 27

Pres. Adams

Pres. Harrisoni

TO MANILA

Juno 10

June 24

Pres. Garfield May 13. Pros. Taft May 13.

Next Sailing Next Sailing

Pres. Hoover ...

Pren. Polk

May 10 May 27

- Pres. Jefferson

Pres. Wilson

May 27 .. May 30

CONNECTING WITH 5.S. MAYON TO CEBU, ILOILO,

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San Francisco via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.

Asana Maru

Wed, 10th May.

Talyo Maru (starts from Kobe) Thurs., 27th May. Chichibu. Maru

Tatsuta Maru

Seattle & Vancouver.

Wed., 7th June. ..Wed., 21st June.

Hikawa Maru (starts from Kobe) Mon., 22nd May. Hiye Maru (starts from Kobe) Mon.; 5th June. London, Matoilloa, Antworp & Rottordam via

Singapore, Penang. Colombo & Suez.

Katori Maru

Kashima Maru

Yasukuni Maru

Sat., 13th May. .Sat., 27th May. „Fri., 9th June.

Sydney & Melbourne via Manila & Ports.

Kitano Maru

Atsuta Maru

Sat, 27th May, .Sat., 24th June.

Bombay via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.

Ginyo Maru

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Thurs., 11th May. .Mon., 20th May.

South America (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,

Los Angelos, Mexico & Panama,

Rakuyo Maru

Thurs.,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1933.

Liverpool via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul. Firaeus,

Genoa & Valencia.

Toyooka Mara

...Sat., 13th May,

Calcutta via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.

*Muroran Maru

*Akita Maru

Hakone Maru

Shanghai, Kobo & Yokohama.

Tues., 9th May,

.Mon., 16th May.

.Fri., 12th May.

- Atsuta Maru (Nagasaki direct)' Fri., 19th May.

Suwa Maru

..Sat., 27th May.

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Time in Transit.

25 day

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Fares. G$190.00

G$195.00

G$310.00

CONTRACT CINEMA SCREENINGS.

BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

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NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES.

"Evenings for Sale." A Viennese musical romance based on an originn!] story by LA.R. Wylie, and with music Expert partnership' bidding by Johann Strauss, will be shown to only at the pends upon the delicacy of the day and to-morrow messages which can be sent from Queen's Theatre. A cast of stage and screen celebrities, headed by Herbert one partner to the other, and the Marshall, Sari Maritza, Charlle accuracy with which they are in-Ruggles and Mary Boland, enacts the

istory. terpreted.

The film is the story of the love! Some of the more routine mes affair of a penniless Austrian noble- occur very frequently and men and a girl from the nouveau- have been crystalized into what we riche middle class. The setting is call a bidding system. However, Vienna in the years just after the there are many messages which, war, when the gaiety of the famed because of their diversity and in-capital and reached its highest point. frequency, cannot be classified, and Marshall plays the role of a the player must interpret them as penniless Austrian nobleman, best he can in the light of sur decides to commit suicide after spend. the Inmous ing one Inst gay night at rounding circumstances.

Viennere

carnival. But at the

Anges

who

It sometimes happens that a bit carnival he discovers a reason for which generally has one meaning lving Miss Maritza, young, pretty, must be given a different interpre-and impressed by him. Impressed by tation, and expert bidding dependsker, too, he takes the advice of upon the ablity to detect these hid-Ruggles, his former valet, and gets den, or even contradictory. mex-himself a job as host at a fashionablej

AREA.

restaurant whither como unsatisfied ladies in search of dancing partners. The North and South cards in

wealthy Miss Boland, cast as a to-day's hand were played by two American widow trying to have a national champions in a rubber good time in the strange elty, meets game recently. North and South and falla for him. When Miss were vulnerable, but East and West Maritza discovers his profession, ahe were not.

insuits him brutally but Inter repents. of it, when he fights a duel for her

South opened the bidding with one club. West ofercalled with one

| diamond, and North bid one heart Complications reach their cllninx'

- one-over-ong force. South's next bid was one no trump, and a bid of one no trump in response to

AQ-J-5

♥K-8-6

• A-10-

-7-6-2 49-4

A-7-6-2 VA-J-10-5 09-5

K-5-5

NORTH

WEST

Dealer

EAST

SOUTH

- AK-9-3

G-7

K-Q-4 A-Q-J-8-3

a one-over-one is a of sign-off,

410-8-4 9.4- 3-2

• J-8-3 $10-7-2

12)

common form

P

in love with Miss when Marshall,

of велле of Marza, but aware decide to which he owes most. obligation to Miss Buland, tries to

"Mr. Robinson Crusoe."

Marin Alba, appearing opposite Douglas Fairbanks in iiin new United Artials feature, "Mr. Robinson: Crusoe," at the King's Theatre, liken tennis, horseback riding and walking, and dislikes olives, hot Spanish food and persons who make a noise when they chew run!.

. In fact, she is very nervous; can- not sit will long and is particularly annoyed by any disturbing noise much us pounding or nervously tapping figures on a desk.

Like most other folk, she enjoys driving a car and prefers small cara to large ones. And she prefers to drive down streets. lined with trees rather than those which are bare, She does not ke tall buildings.

"Payment Deferred" However, North reasoned that

"Payment Deferred," will hend the his partner had bid no trump over pregramme at the Queen's Theatre West's diamond bid, He must be from Thursday, Known

the trying to say that he was not afraid mystery drama with the most startling of the dinmond suit and hoped the Jelimax over devised. "Paymnt De- bidding would progress further, ferred" tells the story of a murderer therefore his bid was deridedly con- who escapes detection for his structive, in this case, in spite of crime only to be convicted later for its usual sign-oil message.

la crime which he did not commit.

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own

North now bid two cuba miu- both in its London and New York The significant feature of the play, imum raise in his partner's suit- which is also a very common type of formance of Charles Laughton as the production, was the sensational per- zign-oft, However, South remem middle-class London bank clork who ered that his partner had firat is driven to murder his rich nephew c/ constructive bid of one to save himself and his family from heart. If North had a weak hand a debtor's prison. It is this same Laughton who enacts the and desired to play at a contract Charles

of two clubs, he would have made murderer in the film version. that bid on the first round.

Obviously North did not want to' play the linnd,

nt two clubs, but

"Girl of the Rio."

In "Girl of the Rio", Miss Del Rio

after mony

months of .absencc.

KING'S THEATRE. COMMENCING SATURDAY,

13th MAY

FLAGG

and

QUIRT Back again, and cockier than ever..New cock-eyed gags, New knockout Įdames..headed

by voluptuous Lupe Velez.

HOT PEPPER

with

Edmund LOWE Victor McLAGLEN Lupe Velez

El Brendel

Directed by John Blytona Fox Picture

A comedy denosa with the characters Chart and Plaza originally wreted by Laurence Stand Maxwell Anderson, CHRISTMET VENTRE ENOTE TRANSFERRETT

AIN:

THE

DUNNE

of Mada BLANCHE

COMING SHORTLY

NO OPPOSITION.

was trying to convey a different makes her reappearance on the screen LABOUR FILLS YACANT SEAT message; namely, that he had club "Girl of the Rin" is exceptionally support in addition to his other suited to her. Cast in support of her strength. South bid two no trump, hre Leo Carrillo, Norman

Foster, giving further, assurance of dis- Stanley Fields, Ralph Ince, Edna tributed strength, and North re- Murphy and Lucille Gleason. Įsponded with three spades.

South's next hid of four clubs.

FOR NORMANTON

London, May 8. Mr. Tom Smith, an official of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, Istanding for Labour, has filled the vacant Normanton seat, caused by

was elected unopposed.

was highly illuminating. It showed was asking North to bid the slam the death of Mr. Hall. Mr. Smith a re-biddable five card club suit, if he could.

and nve North n chance to draw Rome beautiful inferences.

North was further encouraged

Mr. Smith previously represent-

by West's diamond bid, for it indi-led Labour for Pontefract in 1922-4 Why had not South re-bid the ented that any outstanding kings and 1929-31.-Renter. club auit earlier? Because he had or queens would lie in good finess- well-distributed high card strength ing position under his aces. There which he desired to show by no fore he closed the bidding with six trump bidding.

clubs, which contract his partner Why had South later gone back made easily by ruffing a losing dia- to clubs when he could easily bid mond, taking the marked heart: a make three no trump? Be finesse, and discarding his losing Jenuse he saw slam possibilities and spade on dummy's good heart.

BARBER WILHELMSEN

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8.

CARTHAGE **SOUDAN

NALDEBA

Tons

kong (about) |14,000 20th May. 6,800 27th May.

16,000 3rd June. *KIDDERPORE 5,300 6th Juno. KAIBAH-I-HIND | 12,000 17th June. "BURDWAN 6,000 24th June.

11,000 1st July, 16,000 15th July.

MANTUA

RAWALPINDI

*Cargo only. Calls Casa Blanca.

DEBTINATION

Bombay, M'los & L'don B'bay, M'les, Havre, L'don, H'burg, R'dam, A'worp & Hull Bombay, M'ios & L'don Etxalts, Colombo & B'bay Bombay, M'los & L'don B'bay, M'jos-Havre, L'don, H'burg, R'dam A'worp & Hull Bombay, M'los.& L'don Bombay, Mles & L❜don

Calls Karachi.

Frequent connections from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo

to Constantinople, Pireaus, Amyrna and other Levant Ports by Steamers of the Khedivin! Mail 8.9. Co.

SIRDHIANA TALMA

TILAWA

BRITISH INDIA-APCAR SAILINGS.

8,000 17th May.

S'pore, Penang & Calcutta

10,000

31st May.

S'pore, Penang & Calcutta

10,000

10th June.

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B. I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for lat and 2nd class passengers.

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EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South),

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NELLORE

7,vt 0

2nd June

7,00

700

30th June

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Manila, Rabaul,

Brisbane, Sydney

and Melbourne.

Regular Monthly Sollings from Hongkong to Shanghal and Japan and Hongkong to Australia.

Hong-Kong to Sydney-10 days. Frequent connections from Australia with the following:- The Union S.S. Co.'s Steamers to the United Kingdom via Now Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.,

The P. & O. Royal Mail Steamers to London and

The P. & Q. Branch Service of Steamers to London via Suez. The New Zealand Shipping Col's. Steamers for Southampton and London' via Panama Canal.

KIDDERPORE

SAILING TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN,

5,300 10th May. | S'hai, Moji, Kobe, Osako

& Nagos a S'hai, Moji, Kobo & Yoko B'bai, Moji, Kobo & Yoko Amoy, S'hal, Mojj, Koba

& Yoko S'hai, Moji, Kobo & Yoko Amoy, S'hai, Moji, Kobe

& Yoko

IBURDWAN

6,000 12th May. KAIBAR-I-HIND 12,000 18th May. TILAWA

|10,000 18th May.

MANTUA

11,000 1st Juno. SANTHIA

8,000 1st June.

NANKIN

ISOMALI

¡Cargo only.

7,000 4th June.

6,800 13th June |

S'hai, Moji, Kobr, Osaka

& Yoko S'hal, Moji, Kobo & Yoko

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May.

19 May.

7 June

9 July. 9 Aug.

22 May.

9 June.

11 July.

20 June. 21 July,

23 June.

11 Aug. 22 Aug

24 July. 25 Aug.

10 Sept.

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MARITIMES

FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. Sailings from Hongkong.

To SHANGHAI.

Andro Lobon Felix Roussel Porthos Aramis Chenonceaux Athos 11

D'Artagnan

'9th May. 23rd May. 6th June: 20th June.

4th July.

18th July.

1st Aug.

Andro Laban.. 15th Aug.

TO MARSEILLƑ5-via Salgon,

Singapore, Penang, Colombe,, Dijboutri, (Adan), Suez,

Port-Said.

D'Artagnan ... 9th May

Andre Lebon

Felix Roussel Porthos

23rd May.

6th June.

20th June.

Aramis

4th July,

Chenonceaux

18th July.

'Athos II

1st Aug.

D'Artagnan

15th Aug.

We can issue through tickets to Egypt, Syrlan ports, East Africa, Madagascar by, transhipment on our mail steamers at Port-Said or Djiboutri.

COMMERCIAL LINE

For DUNKIRK via Haiphong, Saigon-Oran-Le Havre s.s.Minon or about 10th May, 1933.

For NOUMEA via Haiphong s.s. "LAPEROUSE" on or about 14th May, 1933.

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