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A correspondent has an interest ing remark to make.
FRADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME..
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong that you have nothing better to Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. lead. The lead leaves him with the jon a wavelength of 355 metres (845 He mentions that while every option of returning the suit or not, (K.C.'s) :----- bridge player is aware that the ac-according to his own holding in it. cepted "blind" leads against a suit incidentally, this is the only occa- declaration differ from those slon against no trumps when the against a no trump declaration, (en is led.
6-8
R.M.V. Records.
ROUND HONG KONG'S CINEMA THEATRES
MAIL REVIEW
"THE OLD MAN”-KING'S THEATRE
MAIL REVIEW `-
"PRIVATE JONES"-CENTRAL
THEATRE.
1239 p.m.-European Programme of Victor & H.M.V. Records.
"The Old Man,” which is 'now! "Private Jones," which is now Reports Etc.
1 p.m.-Local Time and Weather showing at the King's Theatre, is showing at the Central Theatre, in
a typical Edgar Wallace thriller, a film of the World War Jeen' 1.30 pm Rugby Press News
pm-Close Down
It has mystery, drama, romance through the glasses of a recal victor Puropean Programme of and comedy, all of which go to-citrant private who had to be 66-75 p.A Concert
wards providing a first class enter dragged in to join the Army. tainment from start to finish. Piano Solo
Lee Tracy, as Frivate Jones is Coppelia (Delibes).
The story concerns the mysteri-'all against the War because he had New Win Valise (Strauss),
ous movements of a strange figure, nothing to do with starting it. Mark Hambourg C2505 at Lord -Arranway's old Song-In The Gloaming.
manor. He sets up an endless riot Jock O'Hazeldean,
Lady Arranway becomes involyed against the military routine which Mary Garden (Soprano) 7254 with a blackmaller and it is around he is forced to go through, much tu her plight and the identity of the the discomfort of his commanding Serenats (Monikowski),
mysterious figure that the plot re-officers. Softly Awakes My Heart (Saint-
Saenna),
very few can explain why this It will often happen that, the should be. From A xxx against lead against no trumps is not a a suit declaration, the accepted blind lead. The partner may have lead is the Ace. From exactly the bid a suit. In that event your same warda against no tramps, the opening lead will normally be the fourth highest would be, led.
highest card of his suit, unless The reason for this fact is, in you have no support in it and have a way a lesson in the strategy of an easily-established suit of your defence.
own which you can justifiably pre-Violin & Organ
When defending against a suit fer. declaration, the best policy with But even the time-honoured con. the majority of hands is to make vention of leading the highest card such high cards as you have quick-|of| the partner's suit is not ly. This is especially true if (a) without exceptions. you are certain that you can de- If you hold three cards or more feat the declaration with your of the partner's suit, headed by the "quick tricks" (b) you know the Jack or a higher honour, it is bet-} declarer to possess a long trumpter to lead the lowest card than the suit which will be a menace to your highest. The lead of the highest high cards.
will prevent the Declarer from stopping the suit twice should be bold K J x, Q 10 x x or K 10 x x over your partner.
Against a no trump declaration, on the other hand, the best defen- sive policy is almost invariably to establish a long suit against the In addition to these accepted Declarer. You have no feat that variations from the rule of the your quick tricks will be ruffed, fourth-best, there are times when and if you can establish a long suit an entirely unorthodox leed is the humble deuce may assume the justified, usually with a view to proportions of an Ace. Your mas- dncouraging the Declarer to mis-
Song-
De Croot and Berbert Dawson
B4070.
The Palms (Faure)
volves. It moves from surprise to It is a picture' with plenty of surprise, until the climax is reach-good boisterous humour and amus- Jed with the revelation of the man'sling wisecracks.
identity.
Shirley Grey and Gloria. Stuart
John McCormack (Tenor) 6607-D., Maisle Gay provides the comedy head the feminine role, and Donald in her own effortless way, and is Cook, as Tracy's Lieutenant is ably supported by an excellent cast splendid. Including Anne Grey, Cecil Huma-
Violin Solo
Adagio (Mozart)
Sarabande & Tembourin
(Sarasate)} Master Yehudi Menuhin 7182phries, D. A. Clarke-Smith
Lester Matthews. Song--
Traume (Wagner)
Maria Jeritza (Soprano) 6577. MAIL REVIEW Piano Solo
Nocturne in G Major (Chopin) Liebestraum (Liszt)
Song
Mark Hambourg C2516.
Less Than The Dust
(Woodforde-Finder) Temple Bells (Woodforde-Finden)
Peter Dawson (Bass-Bart) B4319. 'Cello Solo-
Die Meistersingers-Prize Song
(Wagner) Tannhauser-Evening Star
Pable Casals 6620, 7.5 p.m.-Closing Stock Quotations etc.
7.5-7.30 p.m. Schumann's Quartet in
A
played by the Flonzaley Quartet
| fer cards, held up at first, will be count the hand. Examples of such red to secure the necessary aum-loads are very frequently seen in ber of leads to establish the long tournament play. suit.
No player should deliberately
(Wagner) It must be emphasized that all seek the unorthodox for its own the accepted corerct leads refer sake, but he should remember that to "blind" leads,
there is a certain truth in the You make the conventional lead maxim "know the rules and when when you have no reason for mak-to break them." ing another lead. The simplest example of this is in the lead of the fourth highest card of your long- jest suit against ne trumps. This is essentially a lead made for want of a better-though it represents a direct attempt to establish a mult. Yet it is astonishing how many newcomers to the game have a firm idea that the "fourth-highest" lead
MR. CHURCHILL IN WITTY VEIN.
Clever Speech On Glory Of England.
London.
is the only lead against no trumps. IF ST. GEORGE LIVED NOW.
There are so many exceptions to the rule of the "fourth-highest" that it is hardly possible to de- Lail them.
Obviously, holding A KQ 9 3 you would not lead the nine. You would lead the King, followed by the Queen. The fall of the cards
7.30-8_p.m.-A Selection Dance Records.
Lost in the Crowd,
Strest of Dreams
of
"HELL BELOW”—QUEEN'S
THEATRE.
of
and MAIL REVIEW
"THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME" ORIENTAL
THEATRE.
A strange story packed with thrills, is told in the R.K.Q. Radio production "The Most Dangerous
of tion at the Oriental Theatre.
Thundering thrills of naval Game" which is the current attrac- battles, adventures unheard under, the surface of the sea and
Brilliant acting is done by Leslie An intimate ралогота the Banks as the mad Russian, Zaroff, sailors of the submarine feet, form who hunts humans. instead. of a huge background for the romance animals on a lonely island, where in "Hell Below," now showing at he has intrenched himself, the Queen's Theatre.
Robert. Armstrong, Joel McCréa Robert Montgomery is seen as a and Fay Wray sro competent in young Lieutenant who is hopeless- their respective rolex Minorly in love with, a married woman. M.51. He is precipitated into a stirring
New series of occurrences in which he comman- disobeys his submarine der in an effort to save his friend
Russ Colombo & His Orch. 24154, adrift, at sea on a target for a La Guajira
Lamento Borinqueno
squadron of aeroplanes. He is dis- honourably dismissed from the
Don Azpiazu and his Orch. B6208. Service, but finally vindicates him- You Are Too Beautiful Hallelujah I'm A Tramp
FOOTBALL HUMOUR
IN NAIROBI,
Cook Is "Handsome Full Back."
self in an heroic gesture in which |QUAINTY WRITTEN REQUEST.
Nairobi, Kenya.
George Olsen & His Music 24221.he forfeits his life. The Sidewalk When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in
the Valley
Don Hai Trio 24252. Looking on the Bright Side We've Got the Moon and Sixpence Ray Noble and his New Mayfair
Orch. 24212.
Walter Huston acts the part of
People vary in their views of Mr. Winston Churchill as a polician but nobody disputes his eminence
after dimmer speaker. How witty he always nort Etc. sounds!
cert.
35 an
8 p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re-a boxing match with a kangaroo, native football team. 8.5-10.30 p.m.-Chinese Studio Con-MAIL REVIEW
10.50 p.m.-Rugby Press News. 10.33 p.m.Close Downl (All records in the above European
Messrs. S. Montrie & Co.).
to these two tricks will tell you hanquet of the Royal Society of
When he spoke at the annual] whether there is risk of establish- St. George he was at his best.
the declarer's He spoke of the glory of Eng Programmes are kindly applied by ing ng cards in hand. If you have seen the going land, even under modern con of the Jack and ten, you can clear-ditions
and he illustrated.
AT 85.
For the information of visitorsly continue with the suit. If one "modern conditions" by imagin- the following list of some of the of these cards has not fallen, on if ing what would happen to St. TEACHING DANCING
hest points on the Island and both have not fallen, your playing George if his legend were re- Mainland is published:-
the Ace may compel the drop. That enacted to-day. He said:- Island
is a matter that must be decided "St. George, no doubt, would on each indivídual hand, but there arrive in is never any point in leading the panied not by a horse but by a
Cappadocia accom-Keen Veteran Promotes fourth highest from a suit headed secretariat. He would be armed)
Club In Spain. by AK Q.
not with a lance, but with several He would Similarly, with five cards to A flexible formulas..
Feet
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the submarine commander, while An English housewife In Madge Evans heads the feminine Nairobi has just received a writ role. Jimmy Durrante has another ten application to allow her cook of bis intimitable comio roles as leave of absence because he los the ship's cook who is drawn into indispensable as full back in a
The application, read: **Mr./Mrs. Sir/Madam, 47′′ "We request most humble, and footbal race honest to inform that we have on this Saturday and we beg one of your servant named (Chogo) as he is full- Rarely has the idea underlying back in our team (very hand- ja film been so well conceived as in some full back) so we fear to
showing at the Majestic Theatre. vant. "Symphony of Six Million"' now speak sharply to grant your ser
SYMPHONY OF SIX MILLION" --MAJESTIC THEATRE.
:
"Again we request if you can Real life, neither distorted nor misinterpreted, forms the back-allow him for we have, a final ground of this extraordinary pic-lpractice on this Saturday 2-3 to- ture. The author (Fannie Hurst) day. We shall be very much de has groped through the millions of lighted if our requests would be New York and picked car a Jewish arranged in your kind favoury."
"Thanking you whatsoever family from the Ghetto round
• "Yours most humble and obe 10, plus an outside entry card you
Senor Higinio, who lives at which the film rotates
diently servants would lead the King. You may of the League of Nations Union. Aranda (Zaragoza), is 85 — but
"He would propose a confer- he still shows young puple how MAIL REVIEW establish the suit by following this.] with the Ace, but if you fail your ence with the dragon-a round to dance. He is Fresident of a
doubt dancing society. outside entry card will give you table conference, opportunity to lead the suit again. that would be more convenient He helped to organize this for the dragon's tail. He would society, and is one of its mort The King is a better lead than make a trade agreement with popular members. the fourth highest from a suit head-the dragon. He would lend the All the other members are ed by K Q J x. And if you compelled to lead from a suit head- Cappadocian taxpayera. The married.
dragon a lot of money of the young, and only nine of them are kisses-if he disguises himself?
This question is brought to the
Jack. The best lead from 10 9 8
no
"THE GUARDSMAN”—STAR
THEATRE
Can a wife tell her husband's
"Ernest Charles, Captain of the Game.
"Jeremiah William, Secre- tary."
The very handsome full back” got his leave. Reuter.
KING'S THEATRE SHORTLY !
ed by a tenace, the proper lead maiden's release would be refer- One of the keenest exponents fore in screen présentation, ""The from A QJ xx is the Queen. The red to Geneva, the dragon re- of the old style of Spanish danc Guardaman," now showing at the COMING proper lead, from Q10 x x is the serving his rights meanwhile. ing is Senor Cansino who is 72 Star. Theatre, and in which Alfred
"Finally St. George would be and lives in Madrid.
Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, stars of and another la disputed. U. S photographed with the dragon. About 40 years ago he went to the New York stage making their players lead the fourth best Most Inset the maiden. It is a Londer on a week's contract-talking picture debut, are cast in English players now lead the top of moving picture, and thoroughly but he stayed for a year, per the leading roles. the sequence, that is, the ten.
""The Guardamna" is brill it,
up-to-date. But, I doubt if we forming at music halls.
At the sight of the ten the part should think it worth while, to He is still as sctive on his feet sparkling and highly amusing.. It ner knows that you have led from engrave it on our coins for 1,000 as many a youngster - despite is a comedy with a Vienna as a the top of a low sequence, and years."--Reuter.
bunions. Reuter.
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