THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 13,
International Rugger Match Commentary
1937.
Today's Wireless
12.30-2.15 p.m.-European_Programme. 12.30-The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet
with Alfred-Piccaver (Tenor).--
1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03-Military Band Selections.
1.30 Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Lo-
cal: Weather Forecast, Time Announcements.
1.40 Variety and Dance Music.. 2.15 Close Down
4-7 pm-Chinese Programme.
7 р.м.-12.20
gramme.
2. Th
and
European Pro-
7 p.m.-Marek Weber and His Orches- tra with Miliza Korjus (Soprano)- Orchestra-
"Der Freischutz-Potpourri
Soprano Solo-
(Weber).
Shadow Song (Meyerbeer).
Orchestra-
You shall be the king of my heart
(Stolz).
Entry of the Spring flowers
(Kockert).
Soprano Solos-
BRIDGE NOTES
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's
Funiculi-Funicula (Denza).
La Danza (Rossini).
7.30--Hong Kong Exchange Marke:] Report, and Stock Exchange, Sum-i
mary.
7.33 Excerpts from "Yes Madam”
Musical Comedy.
8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
S.03A Variety Programme.
Orchestra-.
If you were the only girl memories Carroll Gibbons and His Boy
Friends.
Vocal-
I never realized.
For love alone
Guitar Duet
Bing Crosby.
O Sole Mio ..Ferers and Paalühi. Orchestra-
Drink Songs.
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra. Vocal...
ZEK 640 k.c's.
Until the real thing comes along.
Valaida.
Organ Solos-
I hate myself.
Love in bloom
Orchestra-
Sidney Torch
Jerome Kern Melodies
New Mayfair Orchestra. Vocal-
Serenade in the night, I'll sing you a thousand love songs Marc Henri. Instrumental.....
Vocal-
Excerpts From “Yes! Madam"
Musical Comedy
Caesar and Ray Henderson.
Hildegarde looks back
Hildegards. An-
9.15 pm-London-News and
nouncements.
9.35 Popular Tunes of Yesterday. 10 p.m.-London-Big Ben. A Relay of Dance Music from the Grill
Room of the Hong Kong Hotel 11.25 pm-London England v. Ire
land. Interval summary and com- mentary on the second half of the Rugby Football Match from Twick- enham.
12.20 pai-Close Down
ADDITIONAL EUROPEAN "It's Love Again"-Medley,
PROGRAMME FROM ZEK "The King Steps Out Medley
-The Keyboarders. On A Frequency Of 640 Kilocycles Vocal
3.25 p.m.-A running commentary by Frank V. Read of the soccer footbal When old friends meet again, Don't kiss me good-night.... Les match between the Shanghai Foot- Allen. ball Association and the Hong Kong Chinese, to be played at Caroline Double Pianos.
Irvine "Hill. Kick-off at 3.30 p.in. sharp.
Transatlantic Rhythm
By ELY CULBERTSON What's On At the Cinemas
Cold
Nerve
AT THE QUEEN'S "That Girl "Charlie Chan at the Race Track”— From Paris". with Lliy Pons, Jack with. Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Oakie, and Gene Raymond. A lively Wood, Thomas Beck and Gavin Muir.
ing to the Queen's.
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AT THE KING'S "Tarzan Escapes" -with Johnny Weissmuller and Man- reen O'Sullivan. The latest primeval adventure romance based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs characters.
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-Dimples", with Shirley Temple, Helen Westley. With songs,
dances and minstrelsy, Frank Morgan and Shirley Temple scores her greatest triumph in this picture. Coming to "Three the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres. Barnes,
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Almost always, when I fill a spec-club: it looked very much as though part musical with plenty of good fun. Another typical, but of the best Com tator's role at the bridge table, This seven card suit were going to find no difficulty in analyzing my bring in exactly two tricks. But own emotional reaction to the bid-when East returned the club queen ding and playing of each hand. declarer again saw the beacon of Either I mentally applaud, or con- hope flashing from afar. And he demn.
did a thing that few players would In the case of to-day's hand, how-have the courage to do; he ducked ever [played recently in a promin-without the slightest hesitation! Of ent New York club] I was divided one thing he was sure: with all the equally between admiration and low clubs in his own hand, West's horror. The horror came from follow-suit card would have to be a one. And on that fact he visualising what might have hap-high pened; the admiration not so much built the hope that East would con- from what actually happened as tinue the club suit, apparently hav- from the superb nerve. shown by ing located West's strength. If he should do so, and if the outstanding the declarer.
clubs were
divided 3-2, declarer would make not two club tricks, but six!
East, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
WEST
S-J 6.3
NORTH S-A Q 10 H-K 10 7 3 D-A 965 4 C-9
H-Q 8 5 4 D Q J7 2 C-8 7
EAST S-K 9 8 7 4 H-AJ 6 D-K 10
C-Q 3 10 SOUTH S_52 H-9 2
D-9 3 C-AK 6 5 4 3 2
North 3 no trump Redouble
The bidding: East South West 1 spade 2 no tr. Pass Pass Pass Double Pass Pass Pass
South's two no trump was the not unusual type of bluff bid based on
"runout" to a long suit. But I will freely confess that, while I might easily have made the s
same
bid, I would have run like a star- tled fawn from the three no trump redouble! I would have visualised a penalty of thousands of points and my discretion would have put my valour to complete rout.
AT THE ALHAMBRA Smart Giris," with Binnie Alice Brady, Ray Milland and Charles The adventures of three
"Craig's Wife"--with Rosalind Winninger. lovely daughters of a rich New Yorker Russell and John Boles. The Pulitzer who smash their father's romance with Prize play. The story of a woman a fortune-hunting blonde provide the who lived for, the strongest love ever amusing theme for this picture. Not conceived. Coming to the King's to be missed.
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fun-show of the new season. interwoven in the plot.
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AT THE MAJESTIC—“Our Re-
AT THE CENTRAL A Chinese "The Girl on the Front Page-with As a matter of sober judgment,
Picture.
Edmund Lowe, Reginald Owen, Gloria East should not have led another
Stuart and David Oliver. A society club.. From the cards in sight, and
girl by her debutante doings crashes with partner's double as additional lations", with Laurel and Hardy. Both the front page of the paper she-owns, evidence, East should have been members of the famous screen comedy but fails to impress the new editor. The quarrel produces amusing situa- "Teery" of a long club suit in de team have twin brothers in this ex- tions and grand dialogue. Coming to clarer's hand. On what else could double roles, in fact, and create for the Queen's.
ceedingly funny picture. Both play
The have predicated bis obviously themselves a host of amusing situa
"phony" two no trump bid? But tions. East, to declarer's everlasting joy,'| did not analyse that closely. He saw his partner's seven of clubs, jump ed to the conclusion. that declarer feared the suit, and followed up with the club jack!
Curtain! Declarer jumped on the club jack, ran off five more club tricks, then ecstatically gathered in dummy's two spade tricks and dia- mond ace for the fulfillment of his redoubled contract.
AT THE ORIENTA "Earthworm Tractor," with Joe E. Brown, June
TRADE AGREEMENTS
Paris, To-day. Travis and Guy Kibbee. Joe E. A trade and clearing agreement be- Brown, super-super salesman, on runaway tractor of huge proportions ed on Thursday night and will be tween France and Hungary was initial- furnishes the funniest film he has ever signed to-day. done. If you cannot laugh at this, A trade and quota agreement be- then a good dose of Gloomy Sunday is tween France and Finland for 1937 was the only remedy.
COMING PICTURES
also initialled Trans-Ocean.
The date of the Annual General. Meeting of Members of the Kow- "Gold Diggers of 1937, with Dick Joon Residents' Association has been Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore, fixed for Thursday, 4th March, at Glenda Farrell and Lee Dixon Com}
16 pm.
LEPER ASYLUM ATing to the King's Theatre.
LAICHIKOK
New Use For Old Gaol Is Suggested
The need for a leper asylum in South admitted, after the hand Hong Kong may be removed by a by the Kowloon was over, that he, too, had quailed suggestion made
The Association has decided to
at the thought of what might hap-Residents Association. pen to him, but, half through stub bornness, had through irrepressible draw Government's attention to the hope that his club suit would bring fact that with the evacuation of the pre- in seven tricks, he had determined prison at Laichikok, the to stick by his gunst
mises would prove suitable for use
West opened the three of spades as a leper asylum. ¡the correct lead on the bidding] The question of leprosy in Kow- and dummy played the ten. East loon is still giving concern to the took the king and, after a long hud- KR.A. and a more specific reply to
returned the queen of clubs. the Association's letter of January Declarer had been scored green 7 is to be requested from Govern-
he saw dummy's singleton ment.
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