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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 7, 1937, ..
Piano Recital
By Clifford
Huntsman
Today's Wireless
12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.—Percy Hemming (Baritone)
with the Angelus Octet.
1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m. The Regimental Band of H.
M. Coldstream Guards.
1.40 p.m.-Dance Music.
2.15 p.m.-Close down.
4-7 p.m.---Chinese Programme.
7 p.m.-European Programme.
7 p.m.-Italian Music.
Soprano Solos,
*Norma”
(Bellini
& Romani)-
Queen of Heaven, while thou art
reigning,
Orchestral-
"La Cenerentola”...
Overture (Rossini),
Milan Symphony Orchestra.
Tenor Solos
"Turandot" (Puccini)
Weep not, Liu,
Nobody shall sleep,
Operatic Duet-
Alessandro Valente.
"Cavalleria Rusticana” (Mascag-8
·ni)—
What then, Santuzza?
Stay, stay, Turiddu...Geniamino Gigli (Tenor) and D. Giannini (Soprano).
BRIDGE NOTES.
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's
7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report. 2.
7.35 p.m.-New Gramophone Records.
Soprano Sulos-
A Song of Vienna (Willner-`Rei-
chert Schubert),
Vienna, City of my Dreams
(Sieczynski),
Elisabeth Schumann.
Violin & Piano-*·
Bacca Pipes (Greensleeves), (arr. Sharp)...Elsie Avril and Everal de Jersey.
Tenor Solos-
Isola Bella! (Lincke-Backers), For you alone, Lucia-Serenade
(Bizio-Bergh)..Herbert E. Groh. Band
"Tannhauser" Rhythmic Para- phrase (Wagner, arr. Lange), "June"-Rhythmic Paraphrase
(Tschaikowsky, arr. Lange). p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Two Humorous Numbers by
Leslie Henson and Fred Emney. "Seeing Stars"
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The German Commissionaire Scene,
By ELY CULBERTSON
A Lesson In Defence
ZEK 640 k.c's.
"Swing Along"-The Riddle Scene. 8.12 p.m.-Albert Sandler and His Or
chestra.
Illusions (Illusions Perdues), Hvorfor?Give me your heart.
(Gade). Rosa Mia (Guizar, Fisher & Potter), The Fairies' Gavotte (Kohn). Jealousy (Gade), Live, laugh and love (“Congress
Dances"), (Heymann) Black Eyes Russian Impression
(Ferraris). 8.35 p.m.-From the Studio...
A Programme of Modern Spanish Music by Clifford Hunstman (Piano forte). 1. Albeniz-
2
3.
Cordoba,
Sequidillas.
Granados
Maja et le Rossignol, Spanish Dance. Albeniz-Sevilla.
8.55 p.m. London--News and An-
nouncements.
9.15 p.m.-From the Studio.
A Variety Concert, with Mrs. O. C. Womack (Vocal); Doreen Ma (Piano) and Bob Xavier (Vocal).
Mrs. Womack
1.
Page b
Mrs Womack. Doreen Ma,
Bob Xavlo te
(a) “Why wasn't I told?
= (b)-San Francisco C
(c) The way you look to-night. Bob Xavier
(a): Gone,
(b). When is a kiss not a kiss? Doreen Ma
Pennies from Heaven.
Mrs. Womack-
(a) The Twilight (b) The Cabin on (c) Close your eye
5. Bob Xavier–Sing, 6.Doreen Ma-I adore you 10 p.m.-London Big Bend
Len Fillis and His Orchestra Say the word and, it's your.
Fex-Trot.
When the leaves bid the trees
bye Waltz,
“Lullabyland”.
The music of lullabies. Rosetta,
The Winter Waltz Songs of Home
10.30 p.m.--Song Memories. Billy Merson Memories,
Slow
Billy Merson and Chorus. Gracie Fields' Medley,
Gracie Fields.
Old Timers Vocal Gems,
The Big Four (Vocal Quartette). Drury Lane Memories,
1.11-put
Regal Cinema Orchestra. Close down;
What's On At the Cinemas
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"Dear chief: I am afraid that my appeared in West's eye. It was easy
AT THE CENTRAL Charlie Chan "Under. Cover of Night" with Ed- anonymity is wearing a bit thin. Ito see what he was contemplating at the Race Track" with Warner mund Lowe, Florence Rice, Sarah Ha-
Oland, Keye Luke, Helen have noticed some uneasy stares di- He would give East a club ruff First Thomas Beck and Gavin Muir.
Wood, den and Nat Pendleton. One of the most rected at me by commuters who however, probably as a supposed pre- other typical Chan mystery, hut one screen.
An-unique mystery stories to reach the The story is placed in aṛ great. may have recognized, in your co- caution, he planked down the dia-f of the best...
College with a background of science lumn, hands that came up in their mond ace, and that was the begin-
for the mysterious cr
crimes. This is, un- AT THE ORIENTAL "The Girl on usual and stirs the interest from the own game. My salvation, so. far.ning of the end.
the Front Page" with Edmund Lowe start with Lowe as the sleuth. The love Reginald Owen, Gloria Stuart and interest is supplied by en Florence David Oliver. A society girl fails to Rice. Coming to the King s... duces amusing situations impress her editor. The quarrel pro- and grand dialogue.
has been that I am only one of six "Declarer ruffed, and now did just or seven possible suspects: The what misguided East had foolishly regular kibitzers who festoon the intended to do. He ruffed a club in
car.
surrounding seats in the smoking the dummy, thereby giving East the It did not occur to me that opportunity to overruff, if he could! any of the actual characters in my Because the declarer could see, of AT THE QUEEN'S dramas might recognize themselves course, that the only thing: East in your column. As a matter of could overruff with was the ace of
fact I didn't know that commuters trumps, and he had little fear that could read, and thought they bought that card was in East's hand. The the newspapers only for the cross king of diamonds provided a discard word puzzles.
for declarer's fourth club, and the rest of the hand, of course, was a laydown on the concession of the ace of spades.
"Well, as lon as I still am unde- tected and, consequently, unshot, here is a gem for your collection.
North, dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
West
SA 7·2
H 8
DA 9 2.
NORTH
S 10 8
.HK Q 10 7 3
DK 10 6 5 CQ J
EAST
S: 5 H 9 6 5 4 2. DQ J 8 7 43
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"Mind Your Own Business.”— With Charles Ruggles, Alice Brady, Lyle "Under Two Talbot, Benny Baker and Franide. Flags, with Ronald Colman, Claudette Darro. The tale of a nature writer best of all Foreign Legion stories. Colbert and Victor MacLaglen. The who has been in his bonnet as well as his column and a wife who gets him into a tangle that it takes a general AT THE MAJESTIC “The Working falarm to unravel. Man", with George Arliss A Warner Queens.
Coming to Bros. production, hailed as one of the outstanding performances actor's career.
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this
AT THE STAR--"Lady Be Careful," with Lew Ayres; Mary Carlisle, Larry Crabbe and Benny Baker. Paramounts hilarious comedy of gobs and girls.
AT THE ALHAMBRA "Avenging. Waters" with Ken Maynard, Beth Marion and Ward Bond. A roaring ro thrilling adventures. mance of the west packed with spine-
"Hearts Divided," with Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Claude Rains, Charles Ruggles, and Edward Everett fles his brother, the Emperor Napo- Horton. Prince Jerome Bonaparte, de- leon, for the love of his Baltimore sweetheart, Betty Patterson Coming to the Oriental.
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"Exactly why West should have feared dummy's heart suit, as long as he retained control of the other three suits including trumps, would be hard to discover. With the club ten dropping from the East hand
"Banjo on My Knee."With Barbara on the first lead the correct line of
Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Helen West- play was marked. West
ley, Buddy Ebsen, Walter Catlett, should
Katherine de Mille and Anthony Mar- have shifted immediately to a low AT THE KING'S "The Lost in A thrill musicale, depicting the trump. To lead the ace and another Horizon' with Ronald Colman, Jane tragi-comedy that is the life story of would, of course, be giving up con- Wyatt, H. B. Warner, Margo and the river boat people on the Mississippi.
Edward Everett Horton. trol of the hand since deck rer then adventure,
A story of Coming to the Queen's. romance could draw trumps and run off hearts glamour, acclaimed as one of the out- danger and but, against the low trump shift, standing productions of the year. declarer would be completely help- less. If he attempted to get a dis- card on a heart West would ruff in, draw dummy's remaining trump, West and later run off club tricks. If Double declarer attempted to ruff clubs in the dummy West merely would win "East-West were not playing the the second trick and proceed as be- Culbertson optional double of pre- fore.
CAK 9 8 4.3 C.10.
SOUTH
S K Q J 9 6 4 3 HA J
D: None
C 7 6 5 2
The bidding: North East
Pass
Pass
South 4 spades Pass Pass
Pass
emptive bids and, therefore, East "To penalize the contract 300 took his partner's double to be of points instead of presenting North- the penalty variety. Of course, had South with a doubled game would he been able to foresee that West not have required much genius.” would defend against four spades
TO-DAY'S QUESTION:
like a lame duck he would have run Question: Partner opened; the to five diamonds.
bidding with one diamond; - Next hand passed. I held:
S.K.JS HAK Q3. DQ 10 5 4 245
"West opened the club king and obviously was disappointed. when dummy's substantial heart, suit and generally good hand appeared on the board. From the hurry with which
he tried to cash his tricks it was Should I show the heart suit or quite obvious that he was frighten- raise diamonds?
ed to death that declarer would dis-Answer: Either two hearts or card a flock of losers on the hearts. three-diamonds would be correct, Having noted the fall of East's club Both are forcing Three diamonds ten he played the ace and, when might be preferred to set the trump East failed to follow, a cagy gleam suit for asking bids.
COMING PICTURES
"Bulldog Drummond Escapes.”—Two hours after the famous sleuth lands in England, he finds himself fighting for "White Hunter"-with Warner Bax- down a desperate gang of swindlers. the life of a beautiful girl and tracking ter and June Lang in a thrilling story Starring Ray Milland, Sir Guy Stand- of two people amid the menace of ing, Heather Angel, Porter Hall, Ke- savage passions. Coming to Queen's.
the ginald Denny and E. E. Clive. Coming
Inext to the Queen's
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