THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 22, 1937.
Schubert Duo For Piano and
Violin in A Major
Today's Wireless
12.30-2.15 p.m.--European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-Suite No. 2 in B Minor (Bach), played by the Chicago Sym- phony Orchestra.
12.47 p.m.-A Pianoforte Recital by
Alfred Cortot.
1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Light and Popular Songs. 1.20 p.m.--George Scott-Wood and His
Piano-Accordeon.
1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.
1.40 p.m.-De Groot and His Concert
Orchestra
2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
5-8 p.m.-European Programme.
5 p.m.-A Relay of Dance Music from
the Hong Kong Hotel Roof-Garden.
6 p.m. From the Studio.
A Children's Concert.
6.30 p.m.-Gilbert
cerpts.
and Sullivan
Ex-
"The Yeomen of The Guard"—
Vocal Gems.
Columbia Light Opera Company.
"Trial By Jury".
Oh, never, never.
May it please you.
That she is reeling.
Oh, Gentlemen, listen.
Members of the D'Oyly Carte
Light Opera Company.
BRIDGE NOTES
That
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's
:: ZEK 640 k.c's.
seems reasonable pro-17.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota- position.
tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report,
"The Mikado".
Young man, despair.
And have I journey'd.
Members of the D'Oyly Carte
Light Opera Company.
6.50 p.m.-Duo for Piano and Violin in A Major, Op. 162 (Schubert), Played by Sergei Rachmaninoff (Piano) and Fritz Kreisler (Violin). ·
1st Movement
Allegro moderato.
2nd Movement
Scherzo Presto and Trio.
3rd Movement—
Andantino.
4th Movement
Allegro vivace.
7.15 p.m.-Grand Massed Brass Bands.
Under the Banner of Victory
(Von Blon).
El Abanico--March
(Javeloyes, arr. Hume). Steadfast and True-March
(Teike, arr. Bidgood).
A Wayside Sanctuary-Idyll
(Mackenzie). Minstrel Memories
(arr. Rimmer).
· By ELY CULBERTSON
Reasoning Out The Opening
South, dealer.
Lead
7.35 p.m.-New Gramophone Records.
Violin Solo---
Nocturne in C Sharp Minor (Cho-
pin-Posthumous~~).
Natan Milstein,
Tenor Solo---
Parlez-Moi d'Amour (Lenoir).
Michael Bartlett.
Band Music—— .-.
The Changing of the Guard.-
Regimental Band of H. M. Gren-
adier Guards.
Pianoforte. Solo
Serenata (Moszkowski Op. 151).
Ignaz Friedman. ·
Orchestral→
Exultation-Waltz
ger).
(Lautenschla-
Waltz of the Dolls (Bayer).
Orchestre Mascotte.
8 p.m.Local: Time: Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
8.03 p.m.From the Studio.
A Chinese Concert.
11 p.m.-Close Down.
8.05-11. p.m.-European
-Programme
from ZEK, on a Frequency of 640 Kilocycles.
8.05 p.m.-Charlie Kunz at the Piano.
Medley No. R. 5.
Medley No. R. 7. Medley No. R. 12.
8.25 p.m.Cinderella"-A
Phantasy
(Eric Coates), played by the Sym- phony Orchestra. Conducted by Eric Coates.
8.38 p.m.-Vocal Gems.
Bouquet of Spanish Songs.
Sevillian Serenaders.
Harry Lauder-Vocal Gems, (arr.
Byng).
Scottish Male Voice Singers.
Page
Children's Concert at 6 p.m.
From the Studio
(a) Honeysuckle and the Bee (Kapps.
Fitz).
(b) If you want to know the time
aska Policeman (Burando- Rogers).
Light Opera Male Chorus, Little Annie Rooney (Nolan).
The Maestros (Vocal Quintette).
9 p.m.--London-Food for Thought." Three short talks on matters of to- pical interest. (Electrical Recording) 9.20 p.m.Lordon-Syncopated Piano
Music. (Recorded).
An-
9.30 p.m.London News and
nouncements, b
9.55 p.m. Marek Weber and His Or-
chestra.
"Suite Orientale" (Popy). Part 1-Les-Bayaderes.
Part 2-Au Bord du Gange.
Part 3-Les Aimees.
Part 4-Patrouille:
"Leo Fall Potpourri (arr. Dostal). "The Quaker GirlWaltz (Monck
ton).
10.15 p.m.London Big Ben
Fox-Trot
Dance Music
A star fell out of heaven. Did I remember?
Car of dreams. Accent on Youth.
Waltz
A beautiful Lady in Blue. Quickstep-
China "Boy»: Choo-Choo. Fox-Trot-t
Harlem.
Sing, sing, sing.
Take my heart.
Slow Fox-Trot-
You're not the kind. Fox-Trot
It happened in the moonlight. Ramba
Serenade.
Waltz
It's a sin to tell a lie. 11 p.m.
Close DownLA
What's On At the Cinemas
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AT THE QUEEN'S "White Hun-Gorgeously crazy humour. Lang in a thrilling story of two people amid the menace of savage passions,
COMING PICTURES
Wife with Rosalind The Pulitzer The story of a woman
The crucial factor in the selec-[to us readymade; there could be no tion of the opening lead is one of need nor possibility of establishing timing. The leader must first de-tricks in the suit. This narrowed cide, on the basis of available in- my choice down to hearts and dia- formation (70 per cent of whichmonds, and it must be admitted comes from the previous bidding, that choosing between them was a and only. 30 per cent from the lea-difficult matter, but one had an en- der's own hand), whether he and formous superiority over the other, his partner will have plenty of and that was immediacy. time in which to establish and cash If North's auxiliary suit were their tricks, in which: case hearts, my partner would need, at his aim should be merely to protect the least, two high honours in dia- his own and partner's honour cards monds for an opening diamond from being finessed, or whether lead to be effective, and even then speed probably will be essential. it might require considerable Let us consider the following hand plugging of the suit both to the standpoint of how an expert establish and bring home such dia-
AT THE ALHAMBRA——“Love Let-Russell and John Boles.
"Craig's reasons in selecting the opening mond tricks. But if I should find lead.
East with either the heart ace or Polly Rowles, Walter Coy and Ralph who lived for the strongest love ever
ters of a Star" with Henry Gordon, Prize play. the king and jack, there was an ex-Forbes. An exciting mystery that does North-cellent chance that I could build-not reveal the murderer till the last conceived and makes you bate her as
ing two heart tricks in one single blackmailer is suspected of the murder
[ sequence. A family hounded by Coming to the King's Theatre.
you never hated a screen player before. lead. That was all there was to it and the solution is arrived at in an
I opened the five of hearts, East unusual manner.
"Under Your Spell", with Lawrence played the ace and, of course, re-
Tibbett, Wendy Barrie, Gregory Ratoff turned a heart. Declarer now was
AT THE MAJESTIC "The Man and Arthur Treacher.. A roughhouse completely helpless; if he should Who Lived Twice" with Ralph Bel-romance, that hits the high spots of lamy, Marian Marsh and Isabel Jewell. comedy, action, rhythm and excitement. play the king, although there were A blood-chilling drama of a killer re- Coming to the Star. two beautiful diamond tricks await-surrected and transformed into a re- ing him in the dummy, there would putable and eminent sur on. be ino way
to reach these
"Mind Your Own Business.” With AT THE - ORIENTAL- tricks without surrendering the lead.
"Hearts Charles Ruggles,Alice Brady, Lyle Divided, with Marion Davies, Dick Talbot, Benny Baker and Therefore he correctly, if despair-Powell, Claude Rains, Charles Ruggles, Darro. The tale of a nature writer Frankie ingly, tried the jack finesse, but he and Edward Everett Horton, Prince who has bees in his bonnet as well as was not lucky. I won with the Jerome Bonaparte defies his brother, his column and a wife who gets him queen and promptly cashed my ace of his Baltimore
the Emperor Napoleon, for the love into a tangle that it takes a general
unravel. Betty Jalarm to
Coming to the of spades. Needless to say I had Patterson.
Queen's. little difficulty in making.my.ace of trumps for the setting trick.
Both side vulnerable; South 30 part-score.
NORTH
S.-J
H.-9 8 4
D-K Q 9 6 C.-J 10 5 4 2
WEST S.-A Q 5 4 3 H-Q 10 5 D-10 4 3 2
C-A
EAST S.-10 7 6 2 H-A 7 3 2 D.-J 8 7 5 C.-8 SOUTH
S.-K 98
H-K J 6
D.-A
C-K Q 9 7 6 3
The bidding:
South West North East
..
It is interesting to note that no
1 club 1 spade 2 clubs 2 spades lopening lead other than a heart
4 clubs Pass
Pass Pass.
would have had the faintest chance Since I was West, I am able to to defeat the contract. Had I first describe... my exact thought opened the ace of spades and then processes in selecting the opening shifted to a heart, it would have lead. These were
the obvious been too late, as declarer could win facts: South had the only hand the heart return with the king, un- at the table [outside of mine] that block the ace of diamonds, ∙and really was strong; North, an- either enter dummy by ruffing a doubtedly, had club support and spade for a discard on diamonds or likely an outside, suit of reasonable cash the spade king and discard a strength: East had fair spade sur heart from dummy. port. and not much besides. I
TO-DAY'S QUESTION
could eliminate trumps from me Question: As an opening bid (be-
would be no merit in laying down fa a suit such aв A K Q x * con- the blank ace. As far as spades sidered solid?:
konsideration, for certainly therefore support or denial by partner)
were concerned, whatever spade' Answer: No. It should be figured tricks we had, if any, would come as four winners,
sweetheart,
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