THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1937.
Rotary Club
Speech By Mr. Paul Scheffer: “Malaysia
Today's Wireless
12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30 p.m.-London Big Ben
Cafe
Colette. The return of the famous Cafe Colette orchestra directed by Walford Hyden; in a programme of dance music from the Continent and other parts of the world.
1 p.m.-Local. Time Signal and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m. Charles
Songs.
Kullman.
The World is mine to-night
(Marvell & Posford).
By the DarkTM Lagoon
(Baddeley & Leigh).
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's:::: ZEK 640 k.c's
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1.40 p.m.-A Relay of the Rotary Club)
Tifin Speech from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel
Mr. Paul Scheffer (former editor of the Berliner Tageblatt) on
"Ma kysia."
2.10 p.m.
Close down.
Two 4-7 p.m.--Chinese Programme.
7-11 p.m.-European Programme.
-Variety. 7 p.m.
109 pm London Symphony Orches-
tra.
4
Chanson sans Parole (Tchaikowsky). Bavarian Dances Op. 27 Nos. 1 & 2
(Elgar).
Dance of the Tumblers,
Storm Music (Rimsky-Korsakov)..
1.30 pm-Reuter Press, Rugby Press, Local Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.
BRIDGE NOTES
· Piano
Vocal-
Me and My Dog, Swing
Frances Day.
Violin
Song of Paradise,
Always
Albert Sandler, assist
ed by cello and. Orgänz
7.30 p.mClosing Local Stock Quota-
9:15
Brahms' Double
Concerto: Thibaud
And Casals
Operatie Recital by
Gaston D'Aquino, accompanied by Lindsay A. Lafford.
Mimi e una cívétta
(La Boheme) Puccini.
Donna non vidimai
(Manon Lescaut) Puccini. M'Appari (Marta) Flotow. Apri la tua fenestra
tions, and Hong Kong Exchange 9.30 p.m.-London Market Report.
י
7.35 p.m. Stewart Murray, Melville, and Una Bourne.
Tenor Solos—i
Winnie
I Love the Moon (Paul Rubens). Because (Teschemacher-
Slow Fox Trot Medley,
Gerry Moore. Mandoline-
Serenata Mediovale,
Vocal-
D'Hardelot).
Piano Solos—
Pierette.
Prof. Giuseppe Gargano.
Serenade in the Night, The Way you look to-night,
Webster Booth. Orchestral-E Flat Blues,
Nat Gonella & His Georgians.
By ELY CULBERTSON
Some Bad Bidding
Many letters augsto me, not made on the idea that I could}
asking my decision disputed make it, but just that we could go points, are couched in terms that down less. One thousand four strike a deep note of sympathy in hundred points were the result, and me. Apparently the entire hap-my bids were blamed by the other piness of these correspondents de players. Now for some questions: pends on being told that they are "1. Didn't North deny right and the other disputant "all strength he had in bidding. wet." Perhaps it is chicken-heart-my one no trump?
ed of me, but I must confess that
Didn't my partner's
the
over
bid
Danse Creole (Chaminade)...
Soprano Solos
My Man (Adams).
Sleep On (Offenbach, arr.
Tenor Solos
Korngold):
Pagliacci, Harlequin's Serenade
(Leoncavallo)
Les Millions D'Harlequin, Sere
ade (Drigo).
ea-
8 p.m.-Local Time Signal and
ther Report.
Double Concerto
8.03 p.m.--Brahms..
in A Minor, Op. 102, played by Thi- baud and Casals, with the Pablo Casals Orchestra, conducted by Al- fred Cortot. *
8.35 p.m.-Irene Scharrer.
Andante and Rondo Capriccioso
(Mendelssohn).
Etude No. 1 in F Minor. Etude No. 3 in D Flat Major (from Trois Nouvelles Etudes) Chopin,
8.45 p.m. London Philharmonic Or
chestra.
Merry Wives of Windsor-Overture
(Nicolai).
Elegy, Op. 58 (Elgar).
Lyric Suite (Grieg).
Norwegian Rustic March.
"3. Wasn't South's double shad-
1. Shepherd Boy.
2.
March of the Dwarfs,
I much prefer to side with the show much strength he did not writer than against him. He is a have? friend and the other fellow a per- fect stranger. But I cannot allowed? this weakness in myself to lead to "Please absolve me of some of stultification. Hence, when I re-the blame and restore
my badly ceive a letter such as the one that shattered confidence in my follows, I must harden my heart analysis. and speak the truth.
"Yours very truly,
"Dear Mr. Culbertson: "Below is a hand I
held last
night. It became a nightmare.
South, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH
S K J 7
H 75
D KJ 9 6 5
EAST
WEST
S Q 3 H K Q J 9 8 6 CQ 8 7 4
S 9-8 5 2 H None D 3 2
SOUTH
SA 10 6 4
hand
"J. D. "Vicksburg, Miss.
3. Nocturne..
nouncements,
News and An- (Iris) Mascagni.
9.55 p.m.--New Variety Record
Vocal
Blue Venetian Waters
(Kahn, Kaper & Jurmann), To-morrow is another day
(Kahn, Kaper & Jurmann),
Peter Dawson.
Humorous
The Lancashire Toreador, The Window Cleaner,
George Formby with his Ukulele. Foxtrots
September in the Rain,
A Melody for Two,
Jack Hylton & His Orchestra. 10.15 p.m. London World Affairs”,
A talk by H. Wickham Steed. 10.30 p.m. Dance Music.
Fox Trots
I'd Love to take orders from you, I'd rather listen to your eyes,
Jacques Renard & his Orch. Sump'n about Rhythm, I'm satisfied,
Duke Ellington & his Orch. Black Beauty,
Slow Fox Trot-
Black & Tan Fantasy,
Duke Ellington & his Orch. Waltz A Garden of Illusion, Tango
The Tango of the "Mula", Orquesta Tipica & Francisco
Canaro. Fox Trots
Take my Heart;
Dick McDonough & his Orch. Let it be me,
Jay Wilbur and his Band. p.m. Close down.
What's On At the Cinemas
the
AT THE ALHAMBRA The Out: I am sorry, J.D., but I can nei-casts of Poker Flat," with Preston Chair," with Lewis Stone, Ellissa Landi, AT THE KING'S “The Thirteenth ther absolve you nor restore you. Foster and Jean Muir. A tensely real- and Ralph Forbes. A baffling murder Your one no trump was horrible, istic drama of the turbulent days of mystery. A murder committed by one judged on any basis whatsoever. camps. Blazing gun duels, t
"Forty Nine" in the California mining of twelve people during a seance, all Your three no trump was, if pos- of the Vigilante movement, gambling none of whom ever leaves the scene of birth of whom are open to suspicion yet sible, worse. With virtually no- and romance on the slopes of the Sier- the crime, provides the basis of the thing but the opponents' suit it is as are among the features of the pic story. The solution is found so obviously the part of wisdom
second seance: to keep quiet that there should be no need for whys and wherefores As to direct answers to your ques- tions here they are:
1. North should have doubled one no trump rather than bid two diamonds, but it doesn't absolve
ture.
AT THE ORIENTAL “20,000 Years
in Sing Sing,” with Spencer --Tracy and Bette Davis. A sensational thrill- packed prison story wi background for a seat gripping plot.
in
AT THE QUEEN'S "Escadrille."- blazing An intimate picture of a French flying squadron · behind the lines during the World War is present- AT THE MAJESTIC — “Riffraff," ed in this thrilling romance, with Paul with Spencer Tracy and Jean Harlow. Muni, Mariam Hopkins and Louis Hay- C 10 9 8 7 6 5 2 yet that you were further "fixed" One of the most unusual films turned ward in the leading roles. The cast by a bad did of the opponents. The out by Hollywood for a long time, dar embraces such Hollywood celebrities as ing in its theme, uncompromising in Colin Clive, Minor Watson, Elizabeth opponents are not supposed to be its treatment and vividly realistic from Risdon, Paul Guilfoyle, Mady Christians jon your side.
first scene to last.
and Owen Davis, jun.
HA 10 4 3 2,
D A 10 CA 4
The bidding:
South West
North
1 heart 1 no trump 2 diamonds
Double. 3 no trump Pass
Pass
Double Pass
2. Your partner's free bid was questionable, but not greatly to be censured. His. freak distribution made the bid persuasive after you had shown about four honour tricks by your no trump bid.
3. South's double was, I think, 4 clubs shrewd. True, he was short
East 3 clubs
Pass
in
"I sat West. My no trump bid clubs, but with a free bid from his
own partner he had reason to feel was intended only to tell my part-that three clubs could be defeated ner that I had the rest of the Pas
two or three tricks. hearts and, perhaps, to confuse the Summing up: Most of the bid opponents into stopping short of ding was a bit off colour, but it game. When North overcalled with was your own two bids that were diamonds. I thought he had nothing sensationally bad. Sorry! but that suit. I read my partner's
TO-DAY'S QUESTION three club bid as strength showing. Question: The bidding has been. South's double was a surprise, but South West North
Pass 2 spades
3
East Pass
I thought it was based on trump 1 club -length as my long hearts showed What should South rebid be wit
that he must have another suit: in 8 Q73 H 94 DA 8 CA; J 10 8 7 52/
his hand. My three no trump was
Answer: Three clubs.
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