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ema to go on interminably.. Sometimes these bids made on the way to game or Slam are sim- ply foolish but at other times they are drawing just a little bit more |fully a" picture of the combined
holdings and are drawing It clearly that even though the other member of the partnership sees! nothing but the back of the cards. there is greater assurance as the bidding proceeds, even though the final climax is a contact to take all the tricks.
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Mr. Hugh F. McElroy of New York gave me the hand below. which he played with a partner In ja rubber game at Crockford's Club. New York, in which there were six rounds of bidding, one opponent at one time entering the bidding with Jan Overcall.
South, Dealer
- North and South vulnerablo
North:
5.2
S-K 10 H-K J 10 6
b--7་་ C-6, 4, 3
South:
S-A Q 4 H-A 0542 D-AK 53
The body kha mlain Austrian Chancellor, Dr. Engelbert Dollfuss lying in state in the Chan- cellory in Vien "a few hours after the diminutive dictator of Austria was shot to death by Nazi raiders. This picture was down to London and radioed to New York!
FATE OF LONDON STATUES
Many
To Be Shifted To
New Sites
RADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
The following programme will be broadcasted to-day from the Hong Kong· Broadcasting Station Z.B.W..
wave length of 365 mstres
on Н
(845 K.C.8):-
Traffic lights and pedestrians' crossings bode a critical time for old statues The removal of King William IV's statue at the ap- proach to London Bridge was an nounced some time ago. Highway port. authorities in London are casting a |disapproving eye at others.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Amusements
Cinema Notes
"CHANGE OF HEART-KINGS,
THEATREP
After a period of 18 months, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell are again paired in Fox Film's
| latest release. "Change of Heart.” ja tale of four lonely. college graduates who are brought-to- gether by accident in their search for a job,
The film based on Katherina Norris's "Manhatten Love Song, tells of four College graduates two boys and two girls-setting out for the big city to make their fortunes.
Janet Gaynor Is "the little mother" to the quartette. She is eating her heart out with love for" "Chris" (Charles Farrell), while he has eyes for none--but "Madge" (Ginger Rogers). On the other hand, "Mack" (James Dura) is "that way about "Catharine" (Janet Gaynor). There is quite a faint echo of "Seventh Heaven" when Chris turned down by the adorable, understanding, and ĮMadge, les ill, and is nursed by
patient Catherine.
"THE THIN MAN QUEEN'S THEATRE
ANNIVERSARY
Foreign Celebrities To Take Part
William Powell, the actor of Springfield, Ill. many gentleman crook roles, gives, Foreign notables will play an excellent characterisation of a prominent part in Abraham Lincoln retired detective in Metro-Goldwyn- 1-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. Day exercles commemorating the Mayer's current production The 1 p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re-Emancipatora anniversary here Thin Man, now at the Queen's
next February, according to pro- Theatre: gramme plans announced.
Powell comes in a role that is Both the Mexican and Japanese trend of detective films. He is entirely different from the usual Ambassadors and John Cody, Presi cast as a retired detective, Ilving, dent of Toronto (Ont.) University mostly on alcohol, and on the have been invited to speak. The money that his wife, excellently programme is under the auspices of played by Myrna Loy, has in the Midday Club. civic organisa, herited, tion.
1.03 p.m.-Recorded Music, 1.15 p.m.-A Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room.
1.30 pm Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Press News, etc.
2.15 p.m.--Close Down.
The statue of Sir Robert Peel at the St. Paul's end of Cheapside wil}} be proposed for removal If the com- mittee concerned can find an appro
"Z.E.K. Programme" priate alternative site for it. That
5-8 pm-European Programme. undoubtedly will be insisted upon 6-7 p.m.-A Belay of the Hong Kong by the Court of Common Council, Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Hong
Powell and Miss Loy, are just who more than once in the past Kong Hotel Roof Garden.
No exercles were held this year enjoying life and letting the world 7.p.m.-Closing. Local Stock Quota for fear of anti-Nazi demonstra go by, when he, against his will, The Idding: (Figures after bids vetoed the shifting even of the tions, London & New York Stock &ons because German Ambassador is dragged into a most perplexing
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IV. statue,
7.08 7.25 p.m.Peor. Gynt Suite, No. Hana Luther bad been Invited, 1.(Gring-Op. 46). ..
New Queen's Hall Light Orchestra Orchestra conducted by Gearg Schneevolgt... Morning,
Experiments have been made East with a wooden dummy to see how 2C the statue would look on the green- PRAS ward of Scotland Yard, facing the 1. Pass Embankment, where it would recall The Death of Ase
13. Anitra's Dance ·· Pare Peel's work for the Metropolitan. In the Hall of the Mountain. King 5D (8) GH (10) Pass Police. 7H (12) Pass This statue of Peel, which, with its pedestal, is more than 20 feet high, was never very useful to 1-This is the only bid that I would pedestrians as an island refuge, and particularly criticise. South's now that there is a safety crossing
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ON
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Duddell Street.
A Fine Selection of E. P. Ware, Jewellery and Fancy Goods. Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 27th Sept., 1994.
Signal Day Night Description
IT
WHITE Depression
syphoon WHITE which WHITE possibly -
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65 (11) Pass
1
7.25-8 p.m. Variety.
Song-
A Couple of fools in Love
"Give me a Ring"
I Only want one Boy-
"Give me a Ring"
Margaret Bannerman (Soprano)
hand is too strong not to open at the spot it is simply in the way."Instrumental-- with a Forting bid of two.
2-The correct and obvious res
ponse. This bid is 99 44/100 North:---
- per cent. Forcing. 3-A Forcing Rebid, practically 4-There is no occas..n to hurry an
guaranteeing game.
the bidding cannot stop short of game. This is a deliberate un- derbid by North but he knows her.
have a chance to correct it later. 5-Showing no losers in the suit which East. has chosen us an Overcall.
$ 9
H-75
D-A K 7 5.4 32 C-Q 92
South:-
5-AK Q 8 5 4 # J 4 2 I-Q 10 9 C-3.
East:
Si-10·7 6 H-A Q 91 DJ B
C--A K J 10 6
6-North denies valués not pre
viously shown.
West:
10
SJ82
H-K 10 8 6
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7-The first lap on the road
Slam using the Four-Five No. trump Convention.
The Blue Danube
Liebestraum (Love's Dream)
Ivory Keys Grand Piano Orch.
Song-
I envy the Moon You've got me crying again
Piano Duet
Charles Carlisle (Tenor)
CHICAGO LOSING
GROUND
Sharp Decline In
Population
-Chicago.
mystery, and eventually into solv ing it.
Maureen O'Sullivan, Nat Pendle ton, and Minna Gombell are in the supporting cast.
JEWEL ROBBERY"- ALHAMBRA THEATRE
William Powell and Kay Francis, who were recently seen here in "One Way Passage", come again to the Alhambra Theatre in a brilliant The population in Chicago, the Viennese romantic melodrama, nation's second largest city, now Jewel Robbery". totals 8,258,818, as compared with. 3,376,488 in the April, 1930, census, part of the polished and debonair In this pictute Powell plays the according to figures released on bandit, who gratefully eludes the August 12,
smartest police agents of Europe.
The decrease in the city's popu- lation indicated a back to the farm
Kay, Francis is the spoiled wife of Vienna's richest banker, whose
There's a Ring around the Moon Nymph Errant SelectionE migration, fue to the depression. proud boat is that nó man can give Carroll Gibbons and John W. Green
her the thrill that a new jewel A Instrumental-
Many other cities, were experiencfords her. The afternoon that her The Grasshopper and the Antsing similar decreases in population husband is about to purchase "
Nasty Han
The Four Bright Sparks
8 pm Local Time & Weather Re port-
8.03-10.30 p.m-Chinese Studio Con
cert.
9.30 pm Reuter Press Bulletins, London 1 p.m. Stock & Comodity Quo- tations..
(Continued from previous Column.)
"THE MYSTERY OF MR. X-
ORIENTAL THEATRE
her a celebrated diamond. afternoon that "The Bobber chosen to pay the same Jewelle professional visits
Even while che is being robbed, the Baraness forgets her passion for precious stones in her aditira- 10.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins, Rugby Mid-day Press News, Further "The Mystery of Mr. X featur-on for the aristocratic outlaw who London Stock & Commodity Quota-ing Robert Montgomery, is Metro sugallantly relieves her of her. tions, followed by New York Opening Goldwyn-Mayer's latent production.
mere incident to the Quotations,
now showing at the Oriental These heart, she finds to her hor
Tooting of the sho 10.40 p.m.-Close Down
is irrecoverably
tective story, and it provides much better plot than is usual in such a film
She Ands she has been rob
TYPHOON SIGNALS. 8North feels that he has painted
All Relays of the Hong Kong Hotel tre the full picture of his hand.
South, after taking his three top Orchestras are by courtesy "of the Hence the sign-off with the spades and thus permitting his Management.
The film, adapted from one of gond lowest ranking of the three suits partner to discard his two hearts, 8.30.10 p. European Recorded Philip MacDonald's stories is a bed of more than her, Jewel bid by the partnership, even laid down a heart, which North Programme from LEK. ofre thriller rather than a genuine de-
quency of $40 kesk though his hand contains only naturally ruffed. At this point 8.30-8.35 pm,Light Opera, a a singleton. ⠀
North, though he considered the Vocal Genisadiyahetaja Showing the remaining two possibility of returning a low dia The Mikado (Gilbert & Sullivan) :. Aces.
mond on the chance that South held
Columbia Light Opera Co squalla poly 10-North's hand now looks a little the Queen and could give him a Fiorodora (Stuart)"
Selection
front
...' batter, so he again supports the second ruff, decided in favour of The Band of H., Coldstream Guards Forrester Harvey are in the gup-
heart suit.
the rute set of 460 points and cash Vocal Gema-BRR
porting caal Les Cloches de Corneville 11-Perhaps South here' abould bidjed his diamond King, after which
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for the first time at the range ance
8.55-9.16. p.m/Orchestral
ug the
"VERDUN”—THE WORLD THEATRE
morable
ribute to the
Lewis Stone, Henry Stephenson, Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Forbes, and herois
The picture in capable directed of by Edgar Selwyn.
"BELOVED-MAJESTIC -
THEATRES
conddeting Sir Hamilton Harty
Halle Orchestra. Tragic. Overture, Op. 81 (Brahms)
The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra A romantic drama which cove conducted by Adrian Boult the span of a cen ytold aga 3.18330 pm Octets.
a constantly Perpetuum obile (Weber, arr. Crooks) Valse Capric (Rubinstein; ATT,
is Universal's loved featuring Squire Celeste Octet. Gloria Stuart
Beriotarr Bear)
. Passed in swift Squire Celeste Octet
Austrian 1-Reuter Press A Bulleting, pm Block Commodity Civil
of a small slam is a reasonably In the post-mortem South gently Rosamunde Overture (Schubert) strong suggestion of a Grand pointed out to his partner that the Slam.
diamond Queen was definitely 12 Assured now of something] marked in his (Souff's) hand and more in spedes than the Ace, thus North might have underled his North confidently contracts for Ace-King for the larger penalty
with perfect safety, explaining "I In the play, of course, there was I had not held the diamond, Queen nothing at all difficult. All thir. I should have played it frat before teen tricks were made. The bid- leading the heart, in order to make mpel ding, however, even though pro- sure that you would not underlead longed, was extremely: Interesting your Ace-King in order to put me and logical.
In for a second ruff. Accordin
Gale expected fecim":"sbe 6.7-
the Grand Slam.
A Problem Beyond Comprehension the fact that I did not, play,
of expert met
Queen, should have assured
derstand that one nie the
cal logic so profound that some of that I had it.”.
the best Bridge brain
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