THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 2, 1937.
Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano) And Kreisler (Violin)
12-12:29 am----Relay of Spec
from St. John's Gatherizai 12.30 p.m.--Songs, by
(Bass-Baritone).
Good Green Acres Of Home
(film 'Sweet Music').-
Today's Wireless
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.e's · · ·
Wine Song.
Happy, I'm Happy (film 'Caravan',
Heyman & Kahn).
The Drums Are On Parade (Neville). Tramping Through The Countryside11.15
(Allison).
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12.40 p.m.-Alfred Campoli & His Or-
chestra.
Why?
Because (From "Two Löve Sommets'-
Gade).
Cavatina (Raff),
Canzonetta (D'Ambrosio).
Penny In The Slot (Ashworth-Hope). The Fiddler's At The Forge (Ivez). Bomance In Moonlight
1 pm-Local Time Signal and Weather
Report.
103 pm.
London Piano-Accordé
Band directed by Scott Wood. Rosalie (Thomas & Engleman). Our Days Together.
(Kennedy & Carr).
BRIDGE NOTES
p.m.--Roy Fox & His Orchestra. 1:30 pm Beuter and Rigby: Press;
Local Weather Forecast and An nouncements.h
140 p.m. Variety.
ZEK 640 kcs.
Amir
Frank Ort
Humorous Jobu Her
John Henry
8:30
ge edley
&.40
Charlie Kunz.
PianoChathe Kunz Pi
No. R. 10... 2.15 p.m.-Close downs 4-7 p.m.--Chinese Programme. 7-12-midnight-European Programme. Hu-7 P-m-Light Orchestral.
Harp w. Orchestra Cocktail:
Intro: H Natalie del "Pierrot
moreske, Nola Harry Chap man (Harp) & His Music Lovèrs. Comedien-
The Lancashire Toreador. The Window Cleaner.
George Formby & His Ukulele.
Vocal
Many Happy Returns Of The Day Film Music Hath Charms) Love Is Like A Cigarette (Kent &
Jerome)
Kitty Masters..
Fm Bettin' The Roll On Roamers: The Return Of Abdul Abuïbul
Echoes
When you follow suit to a lead you cannot hope to win, your normal play would be your lowest card of that suit. If, instead, you play an *unnecessarily high card, it is 2. signal to your partner that you want him to lead the suit again. This is known as a "come-on” play. After playing an unnecessarily high card, if, at your next opportunity, South you play a lower card of the suit, 1 club
By ELY CULBERTSON
SOUTH
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Traumerei (Schrmann arr. Walter). William Tell-Andante (Pastorale)
(Rossini arr. Walter).-
Massed Orchestra of Cellos. Songs Without Words-Potpourri.
Marek Weber & His Orchestra 7.14 pm-Musical Comedy.
Please Teacher (Weston, Lee, Wal-19
ler & Tunbridge): You Give Me Ideas.
Whispering Trees; Looking Through
The Window. The Music Master
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Mind How You Go Across The Road, Sepha Treble, Winifred Izard, Bobby Howes, Wylie Watson with the London Hippodrome Chorus & Orchestra.
7.30 pm. Closing Local Stock Quota-
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 By Levitzki
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rans Make Whooper
Relay
er Fitzgerald.c
Light Orchestral --
With A Song In My Heart
"London
phonic Rhapsody (R. Rodgers, arr Eric Costes).Court Symphony -Orchestra” conducted by
Coates:
Pan Americana (Herbert). March Of The Toys (Babes in Toy- land Herbert) Columbia Sym- phony Orchestra directed by Robert H. Bowers.
Dream Of Autumn (Joyce).
London Novelty Orchestra. p.m.-Local Sport Results. 9.10 p.m. Gracie Fields (Vocal) and
Sandy Powell (Comedien). Sandy Goes Courting.
Sandy Powell & Company. One of the Little Orphans of the
Storm
Queen Of Hearts
Hearts)
(film "Queen of
Gracie Fields.
Gracie's And Sandy's Party...Grace. Fields & Sand Powell with numer
ous popular artists.
tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar-19.30 p.m.-London Relay The News &
ket Report.
7.35 p.m.-Elisabeth
Schumann
prano) and Kreisler (Violin). Lullaby, Op. 49, No. 4-(Brahmas). Ever softer grows my slumber
(Lingg-Brahms)
Announcements.
(So-9.55 pm Relay of the Hong Kong
Elisabeth Schumann. Dance Of The Marionette
(Winternitz).. Polichinelle Serenade (Kreisler).
Kreisler.
Be praised, thou peaceful might (The Vagabond'-Ziehrer).
0 Vienna, my beloved Vienna
("The Tourist Guide Ziehrer).
Elisabeth Schumann.
Serenade Espagnol
(Glazounov, arr. Kreisler).
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The bidding:
West
North
Pass 1. dianaond
it completes the signal that you 1 spade wish the suit led This chain
of 3 clubs
Pass
Pass
な
2 spades 4 spades Pass 5 spades
East
Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
8.03 pm-Levitzki (Piano). Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 12 (fiszt);
8.11 p.m.-Tino Rossi (Tenor),
Bella Ragazzina.
two cards, used to form one signal; 4 no trump is known as an echo. This come-6 spades Pass Pass on or echo signal is used, in two
cases:
1. When you have an honour in the suit with which you can control subsequent leads of the suit.
one
After the opening bid of one club, the noncommittal response of diamond and the rebid of one spade, North's hand warranted a two and one-half spade bid. Since it always
2. When you have a doubleton in is better to have something in re-
Jota (De Falla)....
Kre
8 pm Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
Loin Des Guitares.
Chanson Pour Ma Brune
(Film Au Son Des. Guitares").
Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Grill-Room of the Hong Kong Hotel
12 midnight.-Close down..
Berlin Broadcast on stations DIA 31.38 m, DJB 19.74 m. DIE 16.89 m, DIN 3145 m, DJQ 1963: "mism
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1937
HKT
1.10 p.m.--Weekend concert 2.50 nm-Greetings to listeners. 3 pm Economic news in English. 3.15 pm-To-day in Germany
(Sound pictures).
3.30 pm. “We announce the new
month”
4pm-Dance music.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1937
110 pm Sunday Concert.
3 pm News and review of the week
in English.
4.45 pm—Light music.”~
5.45 pm-Bach organ music.......... 6.15 p.m.-"Beautiful melodies”. 8 p.m.-News in English.
11.15 p.m-I7th Symphony in E
Minor by Brahms.
the suit, and wish to pure sub-serve rather than to overbid, North What's On At the Cinemas
sequent rounds.
ruff
correctly gave only a single raise.
If discarding on a suit of which But when South went back to three of an clubs, North then compensated for you are void, the discard unnecessarily high card is likewise his previous, forced conservatism by
AT THE KING'S "Theodora Goes Luis Alberni, Mary Nash and Franklin Wild"With Irene Dunne as the mad- Pangborn cap heroine of a gay romance which
*
is truly deliciously delightful in the AT THE ORIENTAL "Last Train 2 signal, asking your partner to jumping, thus completing the pic grandest role of her brilliant screen From MadridA flaming love drama lead that suit at his next oppor-ture that his previous bid had been career. Melvyn Douglas has the lead of the Spanish War With Dorothy tunity. The subsequent discard of an underbid South then fell backing male role. The supporting cast in- Bamour, Lew Ayres, Gilbert Boland, cludes Tosalind, Eeons Maricle, Henry Karen Morley, Lionel Atwill, Helen a lower card of that suit completes on the four-five no trump convention Kolker, Thomas Mitchell, Elizabeth Mack, Olympne Bradna and Anthony
and, of course, the partnership Risdón, Robert Greig, Spring Byington, Quim. reached the good spot of six spades. Mary MacLaren, Thurston Hall, Mar
garet McWade and Sarah Edwards.
the echo.
!
TO-DAY'S HAND
As every player knows, there are many hands in which the only pre- cisely proper bid would be two and
* * *
AT THE STAR-"A Tale Of Two Cities", with Ronald Colman Scarcely needs any further recommendation.
West opened the diamond king and continued diamonds. South ruffed the second round and drew al- the opposing trumps. Then, one-half or three and one-half of and clubs did not break, he had no HAMBRA
though his own trumps were gone
such and such a bid In
difficulty in fulfilling the contract
other
AT THE MAJESTIC—“Green Light”, with Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Mar- garet Lindsay and Sir Cedric Hard Wicke. Errol Flyn is in the role of a
yong surgeon who sacrifices ms car- eer to save that of older doctor. Anita Louise and Margaret Lindsay provide AT THE QUEEN'S AND AL-the love interest while Sir Cedric Ha
"Easy Living". Big wieke is the surgeon who risks his business, funny business, crook to search for a vaccine that will con- words, a single raise is too con- The king of clubs and a club to the bine in a comedy riot that is going to ed by Frank Borzage, Green Light" ed business and sticky business com-trol the dreaded spotted fever. Direct- aggressive. Of course the laws do ace revealed the situation. A third be everybody's business: Starring Jean bids fair to be one of the leading screen
dummy's last Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland, contributions of the year not permit half bids, but, in effect, round, ruffed with
and 2 player can represent just such tramp, cleared the club suit,
declarer's ace of hearts was an en-
servative and a double raise is too
bids, not in one round of bidding, try for bringing home the remain but in successive rounds. Consider the proper bidding of to-day's handling club tricks.
South dealer.
Both
sides vulnérable.
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SOUTH
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-TO-DAY'S QUESTION
Question: Partner made an open- ing bid of two spades. Next hand passed. I held:
862 HQJ109864. DJ98 C9 It is absolutely necessary to bid two no trump instead of showing the heart suit on the first round?
Answer: If you are playing the Culbertson system you must respond first with two no trump to show that your hand contains less than HJ 10 6 5 3 2 one-plus honour tricks. Show your DQ 8 4 2- heart suit on the second round of
bidding.
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