THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 3, 1937.
Hawaiian Melody
From The Studio
By Waikiki Trio
Today's Wireless
12.30-215 pm-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-A Military Concert.
1, p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 pim.-Vivian Ellis at the Piano. 1.18 pmPaul Robeson (Bass). 1.30 p.m. Beuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.
1.40 p.m.-Orchestral Music. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.
4-7 p.m.--Chinese Programme. 7-11 p.m. European Programme,
7 p.m.-The Music of Verdi, 1813-1901.
Vocal Duet-
“Aida”---The fatal stone
Rosa Ponselle (Soprano)" and
Giovanni Martinelli (Tenor).18 Tenor Solos-"Otello"-
Heaven, had it pleased thee to try
me,
Death of Otello.. Renato Zanelli. Soprano Solo-
"Aida"- skies celean,
Dusolina Giannini,
Vocal Duet
"Aida"-Heaven! my father!
Dasolina Giannini & Giovanni
Inghilleri (Baritone)
Band-"La Traviata"
Drinking Song and Gypsy Chorus, Prelude Act Creatore's Band.
BRIDGE NOTES
a slam:
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's:::: ZEK 640 kic's.
2.30 p.m.--Closing local Stock Quota-¡
tions and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report.
7.35 p.m.-De Groot and His Orchestra.
"Guyana” (Perez, Freire)-
Ay, ay, ay,
Standchen (Strauss). Other Days (Selection of popular
melodies), (arr. "Finck). Der Kaspec (De Groot). Evensong (Easthope Martin, Desert Song-Waltz (Romberg). p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 "pim-Sam Brown (Baritone) in
Four Light Songs.
1 Gypsy Violin,
2 A little bit independent.
Alone,
3.
4. Let's face the music and dance. 8.15 p.m.-London-The Story of the Gramophone. Produced by Pascoe Thornton (Electrical Recording). 8.55 pm- London News and
nouncements.
Heifetz (Violin)">an Philharmonic Orchestr by John Barbirolli.
HMV DE 244476. 1st Movement dante. 2nd Movemer
3rd Movement-
4th Movement
ndon.
religioso. trio.
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9.40 p.m. From Studio
Melodies by the Wai ak Tria: 1Waikiki Büla
Underneath the
2.
3.
Violeta
4. Isles of aloha.--
5. Hawaii across the sea.
10 pm
London-Big Ben.
Dance Music.
What's On
On
Page-5
Vocal Gems from
Verdi's "Aida"
La Tr
Fax-Trot—
Talking through my heart, “You came to my rescue,
Ostrich Walk,
Bluin' the blues.
To you, sweetheart, With love.
Night in Manhattan, Here's love in your eye. Cabin on the hill top, Mendel's son's swing Valtz Close to me.
Front page.news Oh, by Tingo,
Seat singing Sue. You turned the
The stars weep. Heart of gold,
on me,
It's raining in California
Midnight
Close down
At the Cinemas
At
KING'S THEATRE Love on the "China Clipper With Pat O'Brien An-Run with Clark Gable, Joan Craw-Beverley Roberts, Boss ford,Franchot Tone and Re Humphreys Bogart and Ha 9.15 p.m.-Concerto No. 4-in D Minor, ginald Owen. Following her triumph hall. A glamorous romance Op. 31 (Vieuxtemps), Played by as the ***The Gorgeous Hussy," marking a milestone in
Joan Crawford gives another outstand history of daring. American ing performance. A series of hectic coming to the King's theatre. By ELY CULBERTSON and laugh-packed escapades.
out of the ordinary run.
Slam Bidding
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Satan Met A Lady with Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skip- worth, Arthur Treacher and Winifred AT -THE-MAJESTIC "Thanks A Shaw. A new thriller from the author Million", with Dick Powell, Ann of "The Thin Man" which will keep Dvorak, Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly and you in laughter from start to finish, Paul Whiteman. Leading celebrities coming to the King's. of the stage and screen have been gathered in this tuneful mirth-filled and romantic story.
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"Under Your Spell” with Lawrence Tibbett Wendy Bazzie, Gregory Ratof and Arthur Treacher. A roughhouse
You should begin to think about & diam. Pass 6 spades [final bid] South was thinking about a grand 1: When the honour tricks that slam when he made his successive you hold, combined with the hon-asking bids in diamonds, but even our tricks that your partner has if North had answered positively
AT THE STAR—“Every Saturday romance that hits the high spots of shown by his bids, equal at least six with six no trump [showing second
Night”, with June Lang, Thomas Beck/comedy, action, rhythm and excitement. and one-half.
round control] on the second ask and Jed Prouty. The story deals with Coming to the Queen's Theatre. 2. When you can be certain that ing bid, South should not have gone the trials and tribulations of a typical you and your partner-together hold beyond six-odd.
American family and presents the a strong trump suit in which not West opened the heart jack De-problem of an old-fashioned father and
his modern youngsters. more than one trick can be lost. clarer won and, seeing that the dia- This means either that one part-mond finesse was unavoidable, took ner must have a long, nearly solid it immediately. It lost to East's
AT THE ORIENTAL Sea Spoil- suit or a rebiddable suit which has king and now it became vital to ers" with John Wayne. A tribute to been raised; or that a player has lose no trick in the trump suit the Coast Guard of America who un- Nolan, Michael Whalen, "Chic" Sale such strong support for his part- Duunay won East's diamond return ceasingly patrol the shores of Alaska and Nigel Bruce. A rollicking roman- ner's suit that, even if it is a weak and declarer pondered over the against smugglers and seal paachers. Itic comedy in which Doris Nolan, Universal's newest find, gives an oute four card suit, he knows that it is correct way to handle his trum
standing performance. Coming to the combination.
Alhambra. nearly solid.
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AT THE QUEEN'S - "Damaged a medical educational film.
The Flying Hostess", with William Gargan, Judith Barrett and William Hall A thrilling romance of the skies. Coming to
"The Man-
Coming to the King's
with Doris
-"Bengal Tiger" with June Trays ANSA
AT THE ALHAMBRA “Alibi: For Obviously, if the king were in Murder," with William Gargan, Mar The Man Who Lived Twice-with Adequate trump support such as West's hand it could not be picked guerite Churchill, Gene Morgan and Ralph Bellamy, Marian Marsh and Q xx or xxxx is not enough up unless it were a singleton, ar
Egon Brecher. As neat a murder mys-Isabel Jewell. A blood chilling drama unless the suit has been rebid. But that latter chance was far too re-tery as one could hope for, nicely em-of a killer resurrected and transformed if your partner bids a suit and
bellished with some acceptable.comedy into a reputable and eminent surgeon mote to play for. The same reason- you hold something like K xxxing applied to playing East for a or K J x x, you may assume a singleton king, which would re- trump suit which is sufficiently quire the lead of a low spade from
Lives" dummy. Thus it became a ques- But you do not bid a slam sim-tion of "placing the guarded king ply because you can count six and in East's hand and selecting the one-half honour tricks and a strong line of play most apt to pick it up. "Pennies From Heaven with Bing Special Agent"-with-Bette Davis trump suit. This is simply the If it were either singly or doubly Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows and George Brent. This picture is said starting point. The important guarded, ordinary play of the queen fi-show of the new season.
and Louis Armstrong. The gayest to reveal the inner workings of the consideration of suit controls and followed by another lead through to the King's.
Coming U.S. Treasury departament, and show- enough playing strength still must would suffice. If it were guarded
ing a new angle of the American be investigated.
Government's activities against the
strong for slam purposes.
COMING PICTURES
Warren Hull and Joseph King melodramatic thrill packed story of circus life. Coming to the Oriental Theatre.
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by three cards including the nine "Craig's Wife with Rosalind nation's enemies. Safety Plays
spot, no line of play could capture Russell and John Boles. The Pulitzer Safety plays offer a fascinating it. The one distribution so far un-who lived for the strongest love ever nard, Beth Marion and Ward Bond A Prize play. The story of a woman "Avenging Waters" with Ken May- study to the midnight oil burners calculated was that it might lie conceived and makes you hate her as roaring romance of the west packed of contract. Here is one that I thrice guarded without the nine you never hated a screen player before with spine-thrilling adventures.Com- have not seen before.
spot. So that was the one to guard Coming to the King's Theatre. against.
South, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
WEST
NORTH
--2.872
H÷854 DA Q 6 10 7.3
EAST S-9
SK 6 4.3 H-J 10 9 3. H-7-6-2 D-9.75.4.2 D KJ 10. C_86.5 1C9.42
SOUTH SAJ 10.5 HA K Q D-83
CAK Q J
The bidding: South West 2 spades Pass
-diam. Pass..
On this flawless reasoning, de clarer led dummy's queen and, when East followed with the three, care, fully played his own ten. When the blank nine dropped from West, declarer could fairly exult over his own carefulness.--The lead, could now remain in dummy for the two more leads necessary to picking up the king. Had declarer failed to consider every single possibility he would have played the fire spot on the queen and consequently lost his slam.
TO-DAY'S QUESTION
Question: What should opening bid on the following hand SAK38 HAQ D QJ 107 C AQI Answer: Two no trump.
ing to the Alhambra.
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