THE CHINA MAIL SEPTEM
1937.
Page
Piano And Vocal
Concert
From The Studia
Today's Wireless
ropean Programme.
12.30-215 12.30 p.m.-Ambrose and His Orches-
1.40
ZBW 355 M. 845 kc's :::: ZEK 640 k.c's
Zigeuner.
Peggy Wood (Soprano), pm-Relay of the Rotary Tiffin Speech From The Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel
Piccadilly (Meskill, Harvey, Carr). Falling Leaves (Kennedy, Carr). Serenade In The Night-Fox-Trot
(Bixió, Cherubini, Kennedy). When The Poppies Bloom Again (Towers, Morrow, Pelosi)... Until To-day-Fox-Trot (Davis,
Coots, Levant). Bye, Bye, Baby Fox-Trot (Hirsch. 7.00
Handman).
.
Whotcha Gotcha Trombone For?-
Fox-Trot (Kennedy, Carr).
F1 Step Out Of The Picture Fox-Trot (Kennedy, Carr).
Crazy With Love Fax-Trot (Sig-)
ler, Goodhart Hoffman).
2.15 pm-Close Down. 4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7-11 p.m.-European Programme.
p.m. Songs by Nelson Eddy (Baritone).
1.00 pm-Local Time signal and 7.10
Weather Report.
L03 p.m.-Songs by Paul Robeson
(Bass).
Passing By (Herrick, Purcell). No! John No! (Sharp).
My Way (Carr, Kennedy).
1.13 p.m-Musical Comedy Selections.
New Moon—
Vocal Gems (Hammerstein 2nd
and Romberg).
Light Opera Company.
The Merry Widow
Selection (Lebar).
Bitter Sweet (Coward).
If Love Were AIL
Ivy St. Helier (Soprano).
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BRIDGE NOTES
Dusty Road (L and 0 Rene). Through The Years (Heyman-
Youmans).
Rom
When I Grow Too Old To Dream
(Hammerstein, 2nd berg).
p.m.-Light Symphony Orchestra. Mannin Veen (Haydn Wood). Conducted by Haydn Wood "The Three Men' Suite (Eric)
Coates).
1. The Man from the Country. 2. The Man from the Town. 3. The Man from the Seal Valsette from Wood Nymphs (Erie
Coates).
Conducted by Eric Coates.
7.35 pm Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report
740 pm-Studio-Concert by Doris Blair (Soprano) accompanied by Lu- ba Shaftain (Piano).
By ELY CULBERTSON
“Natural” Play Not Always
Correct
the second diamond return was won with the king. But after dummy's the short-il
To discard a potential winner in clubs had been cashed order to keep a certain loser is con-sightedness of the diamond discard trary to all our instincts. Yet in from dummy became apparent. countless situations this very process With four cards left to play, if
Voi Che Sapete (Fegaro"). Old Mother Hubbard (Set in the
manner of Handel). Austrage (Schumann).
The Doll Song (Tales of Hoff-
man')
Stirling
8.00 pm-Local: Time signal, Weather
report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-London Relay
Castle'. A feature programme. 8.40 p.m.-London Relay Recital
Scots Songs and Dances.
By Mary Ferrier (Soprano) and Iso-
bel Guthrie (Violin)."
9.00 pm
Piano
abtlety.
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No.
D4:
Intro: I Need You; What will 1 tell my Heart, The Love Bug will Bite You. With Plenty of Money and Yon; Let's Put our Heads Together; Moonlight and Shadows, With Plenty of Money and You
Vocal
Charlie Kunz.
Love, Forever. I Adore You (Miller)
and De Michel).
In Your Arms To-might (Lockton
and Geehl).A
Ronald Murgatroyd (Tenor).. Mood Indigo (Ellington). Sentimental Gentleman From Geor-
gia (Parish-Perkins)
The Boswell Sisters.
If You Love Me (Noble).
My Heart And 1 (Hollander).
Evie Hayes. (Contralto). Orchestral
Music From The Movies-March
(Louis Levy):
Empire Builders March (Bath).
Louis Levy and he Gaumont.
British ymphony
me Of Gilbert And Sullivan
19.38 mm. London Relay
Gilbert and Sullivan Ex-
"The Gondoliers
We're Called Condolieri-
Derek Oldham, George Bake
and Chorus.
Then, Let's Ansy
Then Away They Go To An Island
Fair
Derek Oldham, Winifred Law- son, Aileen Davies, George Baker and Chorus:
OF H
The Fer Pith, Bis-
The Morning.
and Chorus.
Sparkling Eyes-
Big Ben
Fox-Trots
With Plenty Of Money And You Let's Put Our Heads Together
(Film Gold Diggers of 1937)- To You, Sweetheart. A
I Was Saying To The Moon (Film 'Go West, Young Man'). Roy Fox and His Orchestra. Who Loves You
Foolish Heart
Bonne Anar and His Dance
Orchestra
The Rhythm's OK. In Harlen. Take Another Guess.
Teddy Foster and His Kings of
Swing
Waltz
Wad You Remember (Film May-
time').
Swing High Swing Low (Film
Swing High, Swing Low'). Louis Lexy and His Gaumont-
British Symphony.
Fox-Trot-
Slap That Bass (Film Shall we
Dance).
Harry Roy and His Orchestra. 11.00 pm-Close Down
is the only one that can produce dummy's holding had been the K-10-4 What's On At the Cinemas
victory. The potential" winner of hearts and the seven of dia- may never materialize; the loser, if monds instead of the four hearts as we still had it, might do Trojan ser-actually played, the play of the dia- AT THE STAR-
orth with vice as a card of exit.
mond would have turned the tables. Paul Lukas,
Cha terton and David Niven the abs To-day's hand brings out a little East, as before, would have to hold
fing and dramatic story of a hard work valuable, the heart stopper and thus could ing, easy-going American tush appreciated, but often point of discarding.
not hold more than one diamond retired to travel and find him Thrown on lead with that diamond, instead found out his selfish and
ous wife. East would be forced to lead a heart and declarer, with the A-9-small in one hand and K-10-small in the other, could pick up the defenders split honours.
North, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
CAK 10 5 2
NORTH
SJ
H K 10 4
D1 5.3
WEST
SAQ 5 4 3 2
HJ7
DJ2
CJ 6 3
SOUTH
S9876
H A92 DAK
C9 8.4.
The bidding
North 1 chrb
EAST
·S. K. 10 H Q 86 5. DQ 10 9 8.4
CQ 7
East South Pass 2no trump
3 no trump Pass Pass
West-
Pass
West opened his fourth highest spade, East won with the king and returned the ten
West realiz ed, of course, that his partn might have no more spades after the ten
ith the battle
as its us the make
and Charlie Ruggles between two rival re background, the story
crifice a father is forc hen he must choose between the strict adherence of the n
the betrayal of his own daughter
AT THE ORIENTAL "It Happened
AT THE MAJESTIC — “Yellow- One Night", with Clarke Gable and stone, with Henry Hunter and Judith Clandette Colbert. One of the best of Barret The great Geyser murder-
The narrative revolves about the historical incident in Spring Greek
where one of the most
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Needless to say it would have re-old favourites, Worth seeing again mystery. quired great luck to have fulfilled the contract (which was far from good), but the fact remains that a careful discard at the second trick would have turned the tide.
To-day's Question
Question? Please give the correct bidding on the following hand (North dealer):
North
S A QJ 10 9 763H7 DQ J 5 C J
South-
SK HAQB DA1075 CAKQ86
Answer:
North
South
3 spades 5 no 7 spades Pass
South's five no trump should ave no trump grand slam force. viewed by North as the convent
Question: The lead was
I led
my, but as of spa
but, if that were the case, an over-which take with the queen would merely establish a spade in declarer's hand On the ten of spades declarer
diamond from
iscarded
ead fro Opponents
AT THE KING'S "Pamell", with Clark Cable and Myrna Loy The ac count of a courageous man who sur- renders fame and fortune and power for the woman he loves. Primarily a narrative of Ireland, it is let interna- tional ins
AT THE QUEEN'S with Fred MacMurray,
urred.
West
AT THE ALHAMBRA Bound Limited, with Lyle Talbot and Polly Rowles The throbbing excite ment of a railroad story is the cen- tral theme of the plot. There is of ex ent and a runaway pro-
of the
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