THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 25, 1937.
"Elijah" Relay
From St. John's
Cathedral
Today's Wireless
12.30-215 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.--The London Philharmonic)
Orchestra.
-1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Light Concert Items. 1.25 pm. Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.
1.40 pm Dance Music.
2.15 p.m.Close Down
4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.
7-11.45 (approx)
gramme.
7. p.m. Variety.
Thanks a million,
European Pro-
Vocal,
Moon for sale,"
Robert Ashley (Tenor).
Instrumental—
"The Great Ziegfeld" Fox-Trot
Medley ..The Keyboarders.
Humorous
Sandy's own Broadcasting Station,
Sandy Powell.
Vocal-
When did you leave heaven?
Frances Langford
Orchestra-
Medley of Leslie Stuart's songs,
Salon Orchestra.
Vocal Duets...
The way you look to-night, A-fine Romance...Dixie Lee
Crosby and Bing Crosby.
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :::
Poem (Fibich).
8 pm-Local: Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. $.03 pm-Turner Layton at the Piano.
A beautiful lady in blue; Sing before breakfast.
Leave me with a love song, Paris in the Spring.
8.16 pm Duke Ellington and
Orchestra.
Fox-Trots-
AT
Merry-go-round.
Admiration
Ring dem bells, Three little words.
Black Beauty,
Black and tan fantasy."
ZEK 640 k.c's.
Adelaide Newman (South African
Pianist) Transmission 4
February 27
$3
Pianist)
His
Isolde Menges (New Zealand
Violinist)
February 21 Bruno Raikin (South African
February 22 Joy Bridgens (South African
Pianist)
February 25 Transmission 5
S.36 p.m.-Vocal Gems.
"Viktoria and Her Hussar”;
Light Opera: Company. Scenes from "Shadow Play",
Gertrude Lawrence, and Noel
Coward "Careless Bapture”—
Why is there ever good-bye?,
Olive Gilbert (Contralto). 8.55 pm-London News and An-
nouncements.
Ida Nelson (Canadian Violinist):
Page
Duke E
ton
And
His Orchestra
Transmission 4, February 27, 8 pm.
*G.MT.
Transmission 5. February 27, 12 a.m.
G.M.IT.
A GILBERT AND SULLIVAN COCKTAIL"
•A "G and S7 Cocktail, or A Savoy Grill, which will sh broadcast from Daventry, be missed by the many tho February 21 listeners who are fond of the
music of Gilbert and Sai seas listeners frequentl BBC and ask for more Gill livan, but there are rigid on the amount of this musi be broadcast
Zara Nelson (Canadian Violon, n
cellist)
February 21 Margaret Chamberlain (Canadian
Pianist)
February 21 Nancy Weir (Australian Pianist)
February 23 Eileen Joyce (Australian Pignist) overtures are -per
February 26 songs cannot be broadcast er
very special circunstances. Tranmission 6
Sullivan wrote a considerable amount Sarah Fischer (Canadian Soprano)
February 22 of light operatie music, în conjunction with Gilbert, which is available for Zara Nelson (Canadian Violon
cellist)
February 25 broadcasting, and Gilbert wrote witty IRELAND-v. SCOTLAND
verse such as The Bab Ballads” which Followers of Rugby football in gen- can be broadcast. The real Gilbert eral, and those who follow the fortunes and Sullivan atmosphere will be clever 9.15 p.m.-A Relay from St. John's of the Irish and Scottish teams in parly reproduced in this programme, de- Cathedral of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" ticular, will find a broadcast of special vised by William MacLurg, written by by the Hong Kong Singers, conduct-interest in the programmes from Da-Lauri Wylie, and composed by Herman ed by Lindsay A. Lafford.
ventry on February 27: at 3.45 pm Finck: There will be parodies of well- GMT listeners will be taken over to kaewn Gilbert and Sullivan songs, and Dublin to hear an account of the in-extracts from the works of Sullivan ternational game between Ireland and and Gilbert will be included in the pro- Scotland. The broadcast will begin i gramme. with a summary of the play during the Transmission 1, February 25, 8 a.m. first half, which will be followed by a running commentary on the remainder of the game.
7.30 p.m.-Closing_local_Stock Quota-11.45 pm. (approx:)—Close Down
tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar- EMPIRE ARTISTS IN THIS WEEK'S ket Report.
7.35 p.m. Barnabas von Ceczy and
His Orchestra.
Free and easy, (Porschmann),
Gipsy wine, (Ritter).
Puszta (Nihaly),
Forget it, and smile (Bohmelt).
Hindu Song (Rimsky-Korsakov). Valse Triste (Sibelius). Malaga (Rixner),
BRIDGE.NOTES
·RB.C. PROGRAMMES. Transmission 1
=1
David Martin (Canadian Violinist)
February 23 Transmission 3
Esther Fisher (New Zealand Pianist) February 21 Gladys Cole (Australian Soprano),
-February 27
By ELY CULBERTSON
Selective Memory
The
Transmission 1, February 28, 7.15 am
G.MT. Transmission 2, February 28, 12 pm.
G.MT. Transmission 3, February 27, 3.45 pan.
G.MT.
GMT. Transmission 2, February 19, 11 a.m.
GIMT.
Transmission 3, February 20, 2 p.m.
GMT
Transmission 5, February 18, 11 pm.
GMĚTY Transmission 6, February 25, 2.40
Fami÷GALT.
What's On At the Cinemas
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AT THE CENTRAI Picture.
COMING PICTURES
Eber
Chinese
AT THE QUEEN'S “Three Smart AT THE MAJESTIC "Murder By Girls** with Deanna Durbin, Bimie An Aristocrat,” with Marguerite Chor- Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland and chill, Lyle Talbot and Claire, Dodd.. Charles Winninger. The adventures of melodramatic murder mystery drama three lovely daughters of a rich New based on the novel by Mignon The popular fancy concerning play, declarer saw that it would
Yorker who Swash their father's hard.. contract experts is that, along with be unwise to depend on a 3-3 día romance with a fortune-hunting blonde other excellent qualities, they are mond break, and so far as ruffling provide the amusing theme for this blessed with prodigious memories.out the fourth diamond was con-picture. Not to be missed. Like most widespread legends, this cerned, this might require putting
AT THE KING'S “Peg of Old one is largely false. Occasionally, up dummy's ace of spades to avoid Drury," with Dorothy Robinson, Anne it is true, one finds an expert with an overruff. But since the ace of Neagle and Cedric Hardwicke. Featur
“Dimples”, with Shirley Temple, such an extraordinary memory that spades would be necessary to helping the star of "Bitter Sweet" and
Vestley. he is able to note and carry in mind draw the opponents' trumps, this "Nell Gwyn". One of the best British Frank Morgan and Helen
pictures yet produced.
With songs, dances and mi the fifty-two cards of each deal, as plan also was unappealing.
Shirley Temple scores her greatest played. But this is the exception, next step was to consider the pos-
AT THE ALHAMBRA "Easy to triumph in this picture. Coming to not the rule. Moreover, it does not sibility of setting up dummy's long Take," with Marsha Hunt, John Ho the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres. follow that the possessor of such a suit. Declarer saw this could be ward and Eugene Paulette. The story
of a radio "uncle" who is nominated “Craig's......... Wife" with Rosalind memory holds an advantage over his done if the opposing hearts lay 3 guardian of a wealthy boy by an eccens Russell and John Boles The Pulitzer less gifted associates.
and S and the trumps 3-2. (With tric radio fan. Included in the picture Prize play. The story of a woman who lived for the strongest love ever The truth of the matter is that a 41 trump break, dummy's ace of are several talented child musicians.
conceived and makes you hafe her as contract does not demand extra-spades would not be a timely en-
AT THE START Married A Doc- you never hated a screen player before. ordinary mental feats. The crux of try).
tor," with Pat O'Brien, Josephine Hut-Coming to the King's Theatre. Deciding that the heart estabchinson and Robert Barrat. The story expert play is selective memory.
"Pennies From Heaven with Bing Players should train themselves to lishment plan was the best avail-is based on the famous novel by Sin- recognise and select the one or two able, declarer laid down the king clair Lewis which deals with the narrow Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows mindedness of a small town and the and Louis Armstrong. The gayest suits that require close observation and queen of trumps, and followed injury done to a woman's life by gossip fun-show of the new season. and memorising of the spots played. these up with the ace and eight of Consider to-day's hand as an ex-hearts. On the latter two he care- ample.
fully noted West's play of the queen and ten. Winning the second heart lead in the dummy and, not ing with satisfaction that his nine and seven, by virtue of the cards already played from his own hand and West's, formed a sequence, he now had an easy line of play. He {led dummy's seven of hearts. East correctly ducked, hoping that de clarer would ruff, but declarer made the perfectly safe, nothing- to-lose discard" of his remaining club: The seven holding the trick, another heart was led and ruffed. Then dummy's ace was used as a re-entry and to draw East's last trump, and the fifth heart cashed o as a good trick. Thus, declarer had only to concede two diamonds:
South, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.
WEST
S-J 8:
H-Q-10
NORTH
S-A 32 HK 9752 D-974
FAST S-10-75 H-J643
D-K Q 10 3 D.-J8 C-KQJ43 C-9652
SOUTH
S-K Q.9 6.4 HA-8 D-AG 52 C-10-8
The bidding:
South West - North East
1 spade 2 clubs 2 hearts Pass By watching the spots of the
2 spades Pass 3 spades Pass-heart suit, the only one that had
4 spades Pass
Pass
West opened the king of
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"Love on the Run" with Clark AT THE ORIENTAL “Our- _Re- lations", with Laurel and Hardy. Both Gable, Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone members of the famous screen comedy and Reginald Owen. Following her team have twin brothers in this ex- triumph as the “The Gorgeous. Bussy" ceedingly funny picture. Both play Joan Crawford give another outstan double-roles, in fact, and create for ing perform themselves a host of amusing situa-land laugh- tions.
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