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BRIDGE NOTES
Recognising A. Forcing Pass
By Ely Culbertson
Almost all players are familiar. with bridge, temos, but a. great
RADIO
TODAY'S PROGRAMEE
The following programme will
GENERAL NOTICES many are hazy as to their exac be broadcast to-day from the Hong! meaning and, what is much more Kong Broadcasting Station ZEW. important, their correct applica-n a wavelength of 355 metres, tion. The term "forcing pass." (345 kes), 3149 ́ metres, (9.52 Į falls into this entegory.
megacycles).
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
PROGRAMMES
1
and Burners routine, Foot Moderat D'ANTRY FORMS For thevious bidding been such as to HET
Kowloon
MISCELLANEOUS
20
Pro-
The test of whether a pass is of VIOLONCELLO RECITAL BY the forcing of garden variety is
SUSAN JONES and Has your partner's pre-
VOCAL RECITAL
THIRTEENTH
12.30-215 p.m.-European EXTRA RACE dicate strongly that be expects you. MEETING to be held on to take some action over his final gramme. SATURDAY 19th. December, pass? If so, you are under 12.30 pm.The BBC Wireless 1936 (weather permitting) may obligation to follow his advice Military Band.
1'p.m.-Local: Time Signal and YOUR VISITING CARDS seatly and be obtained at the Secretary's and either double for penalties, or Weather Report promptly printed. "China Mall" Office. Exchange Building: the so on with your own bidding. The 103 pm-Four French Songs by Ofice, No. 34, Wyndham Street Club House, Happy Valley; situation in today's hand, being Albert Prejean Telephone 2002.
the Hong Kong Club; the typical, is worthy of study by Sports Club; and the
those players who are not quite Shan Kwong Road.
¡certain about the 'forcing pass. Entries CLOSE at 12 o'clock
South, dealer. Neither side vulnerable. THURSDAY, 10th.
FOR SALE
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HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY NOON 1936. On sale at all Book-stalls and}December, 1936. at the Offices of the Publishers, 3A, Wyndham Street
LAMMERT BROS.
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HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Pubille
Auction
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Wednesday, the 9th, December. 1936
די
commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 25 Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A Fine Assortment of Dressed Dolls and Toys
On View from Tuesday, the 8th. December, 1936.
Terms: Cash on Delivery LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
-Hong Kong, 3rd December, 1936.
HE Undersigned have received
Stables.
By Order,
S. A. SLEAP,
Actg. Secretary,
Now On Sale
THE
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Price $18.
116 pm-Octets.
1.30 pm-Beater Press, Rugby Press; Local Time, Weather Forecast and Announcements.
1.40 pm-Variety.
2.15 p.m.-Close Down. ·
p-Chinese Programme.
Pean Programme.
Melodies
7-11
Mauna
La
NORTH
S.--A 3
H-AJ 9 8
D.-7 5 4
*C.-K 6 3 2
WEST
EAST
Lei Gardenia
H-Q4
·D-10 9 6 2
SK Q10 7 42. S-J98 H-5 2 ¡D.-K J IC-74
· CommA 10 9 8 SOUTH
S.~55
H-K 10763
D-A Q 9 2 C-Q 5
The bidding: South West Pass Pass 13 hearts Pass 4 Hearts Pass Pass
Pass
North East
I heart Pass.
4 spades
Pass Pass
pass Pass
North was so obsessed with the
Samoan Love Song
Kami and Lula
Andy Iona and His Islanders.
Song of the Islands
Royal Hawaiian Band. On the Dreamy Moama Shore ·· Tropical Hulas
South Sea Islanders.
7.20 p.m.-Three Songs by, the Boswell Sisters
Why don't you practice what you
preach.
I met my Waterloo,
Lullaby of Broadway.
7.30 p.m.-Closing
Local Stock
Quotations and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report
7.35 p.m.-Alfredo Campoli and His Concert Orchestra.
Wedding Dance Waltz (Lincks). Magyer Melodies (Vilmos, a
Pierivier and Prisker)..
fact that he had made a feather-Cazza MG
weight bid that he lost sight of Old Bohemian Town (Marsden and the implications of each succes-), Kennedy).
sive bid around the table. He was
Your heart called mine (Edgar-
Lewinnik-Hayon).
correct in passing to West's bid of Vienna in Springtime (Leon-Dominic three spades, first, because he had Pelusi).
no additional values of any de- Obstination (Fontenailles, arr.
Crook): scription and, secondly, because}
Hartley).
partier, by his jump bid, had as-Tangy Habanera (Payan, arr. sumed a certain amount of con- 8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal Wea-j trol over the North-South des-ther Report and Announcements. tinies. The fact that East failed 8.03 pm From the Stadio
A Recital by Albert A. Barton and Violet McGowen
Tinstructions to sell by Public Obiciantie at Kelly & Walsh, Ltd to raise the spades until he was (Baritone)
Auction
on
Saturday, the 12th December,
1936
commencing at 11.00 am. at their Sales Room,
Duddell Street
A Selection of Suit Length and Overcoatings (British Manufacture)
also
An Assortment of Fancy Goods (Suitable for Xmas)
comprising:-
Dressing Sets, Crystals, Scent Bottles, Sprays, Novelties, etc.
etc.
and
Diamond Rings and Jewellery. On View from Friday, the 11th. December, 1936.
=
Terms: Cash on Delivery
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Auctioneers.
Hong Kong. 6th Dec., 1936.
#SE Undersigned have,received instructions to sell by Public
Auction
Thursday, the 19th. December, commencing at 11.00 am.
-at their Sales Room,
Duddell Street
241 Tins Canned Goods (in small lots).
20 Tins "12 o'clock" "Cigarettes,
16 Coils "Gandy” Belting.***
also
A Quantity of Valuable House-
hold and Office Furniture.
and
Radios and Radio Parts. *Terms: Cash on Delivery."
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. "Hong Kong, 8th Dec., 1936.
THE Cndersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on
Friday, the 11th Dec, 1936 commencing at 5:15 pm. at their Sales Boom,
Daddell Street
A-Valuable Collection of Postage Stamps.
On View from Wednesday
9th December 1336.
Terms: Cash on DeliveryS
AMME
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High cha
Erets of
design-
(Soprano).
"Patience"~Patience (Gilbert Baritone Solos
and Sullivan).
She is far from the land (Frank
Lambert).
Fairings (Easthope Martin). Soprano Solos
An Eriskay Love Lit (Kemedy-
Fraser). Silent Noon (Vaughan Wiliams). Rise up and reach the starT
(Eric
Coster).
to four hearts. quite escaped Soprano Soles-- North's attention. But this was **The Micado”-Yum Yum (Gilbert minor compared to the implication and Sullivan). in South's pass to four spades.. Few things could be more logical than to assume that South had not! boosted the opponents into a game contract that he thought they had a chance to make. Thus his pass, far from being a confession of weakness. was purely a case of passing the decision, in other words, a forcing pass. Once hav-) ing determined that South expect-Baritone Solo- ed him to make a decision, North Roses of Picardy (Haydn Wood) should have had no difficulty in Somewhere # veice is calling choosing the correct one.
(Arthur F: Tate); echo His 8.35 Two Straum Waltzes, band, with its 4-4-3-2 distribution. Doctrinen was much better suited to defence When the lemons bloom than to offence, particularly in the rarefied atmosphere of the four and five bidding levels. True; no great loss resulted from his fail-Jones, ARCH. lure to double, since the opponents' De Haaghse Keij. contract was defeated only two Contredang tricias, not vulnerable. The 200 Old Dutch Folk Tunes and Dances points difference was not nearly 23]
(arc, Julius antren portant as the fact that North Requiebros... (Gaspar Cansado) could not recognise a forcing pass] 9 pm London-News and - An- when he heard one.
| Pouncement.
9.20 ̊p.m/--Variety Items.
WORLD'S DULLEST PROFESSION
Interesting Talk At Rotary Tiffin
Jon Strags and
Symphony Orchestra. *8.45 p.m.----From the Studia
A Violence Recital by: Susan
Andaluza
Sing Gipsy Sing
Saxophone. Sola
Schon Kosmachin Accordeón Sale..
→ Czardas
Vocal:
--- (Granados)
Anoma Winn-
Marcel Male.
Gigetto Castompelli
A Broken BoRKEY ***
James Melton (Tenor). Instrumental-
Wedding Calines
With his collection of reminis cences gathered from various places where he has served as a Vocal auditor, Mr. P. L Collisson, OBE, Colonial Auditor, of Hong Kong, evoked considerable tangh ter from a large gathering at the weekly tin of the Rotary Club heid yesterday, when be delivered 9.45 From th an amusing address on "Oddities A Pimoferte Recital of Audit
Fantasie Inseamanda
The Brothers Berthal
When did you leave ketvent
La Java du Retake
Prof: Giuseppe Cai
Mr. Collinson said his profes-Valós (Mischa Te
Feb. (atkáme. Dett),
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