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La Boheme By La Scala Artistes
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 11, 1938.
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12,30 p.m.-Songs by Paul Robeson
(Bass).
Dere's A Man Goin' Roun' Takin'
Names (Brown).
Work All De Summer; Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel (arr. Brown). Deep River (Burleigh). • 12.40 p.m.--Cinema Organ Music. Frasquita Serenade (Lahar). The Whistler & His Dog (Pryor).
Robinson Cleaver at the Organ of the Regal Cinema, Bexley Heath. Musical Sweethearts. Medley ..... Robinson Cleaver.
1 p.m.-Local Time Signal & Weather
Report.
1.03 p.m.-Bournemouth Municipal Or-
chestra,
Dancer Of Seville (G. Grunow).
The Two Imps. (Alford).
A Fairy Ballet (C. White). Raindrops-Pizzicati For Strings (T.
De La Riviere).
Intermezzo
Pizzicato
(Montague Birch).
(Strings)
Crocus Time Serenade For Strings
(T. De La Rivière).
Oriental Dance Novelty Duet
White).
(C.
Carlsbad Doll Dance (L. Pleier).
1.30 p.m.-Reuter & Rugby
Press;
Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
BRIDGE NOTES
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1.40 pm-Variety.....
7pm-Chinese Programme. 2.15 p.m.--Close down.
7 p.m.Dance Music. 7.30 p.m.-Closing
local Stock Ex-
change Quotations. 7.33 p.m. Variety.
Vocal............
Dixie Isn't Dixie Any More (from Low Leslie's Blackbirds of 1936), Jo-Jo, The Cannibal. Kid (from
'Low Leslie's Blackbirda of 1986')
bayaida Carter: Orchestra 'Double Of Nothing
Selection
Louis Levy & His Gaumont-British Symphony.
Vocal
When The Robin Sings His Song
Again (Parish & Coots).
One Night Of Love (film 'One Night of Love')... Gracie Fields. Piano-Accordeon Band Holiday Hits Medley....London Piano-Accor- deon Band.
8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Albert Sandler (Violin).
Pale Moon (Logan, ar Kreisler). Allegro (Fiocco, af Bent and O'Neill) piano accom--by Jack Byfield.
By ELY CULBERTSON
Highway Robbery
As I announced yesterday, this quite a while and then, obviously a week's articles follow the fortunes slave to the dictum "lead up to weak- of a certain pair through a match-ness," returned a low diamond. De- point duplicate game. In fairness clarer let this ride to dummy's nine, to this pair, which came out with then finessed on the way back. West s top score, I should point out that it king and jack were picked up, and was by far the best in a mediocre declarer cashed his two long dia- field. It was only natural.
I sup-monds. pose, that they should bid in a high-
ly aggressive fashion, relying
East, meanwhile, had discarded
Bournemouth Orchestra: Light Masic
8.45 a.m.---The BBC Military Band. 9.15 am-Pianoforte Music 9.30 2.m.--Let's Go to the Theatre,
8,10 p.m.-London Relay Food for 9.50 a.mNext Week's Programmes.
Thought'. Three short talks on mat- | 10.00 a.m.-The News and Announce- ters of topical interest.
Greenwich Time Signal at 8.30 p.m.-Studio — Gaston
d'Aquino
(Tenor) accompanied by E. O'Neil) Shaw (Piano).
8.55 p.m.-Mozart--Quartet In E Flat Major, K. 428. Played by the Pro
Arte Quartet.
9.20 p.m.—Claudia Muzio (Soprano).
Norma-Casta Diva (Bellini). La Forza Del Destino Pace Mio Dio
(Verdi).
9.30 pra-London Relay--The News. 9.50 p.m.-—Orchestral Selections. ・・
Overture 'Alceste* (Gluck).............B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra cond. by Sir Adrian Boult. Hungarian Dance, No. 5 In F. Sharp
Minor (Brahms). The
'Sleeping Beauty" Waltz (Tchaikovsky)
-Royal Opera Orch. Covent Garden cond. by Dr. Malcolm Sargent. Prelude In C Sharp Minor, Op. 8, No. * 2 (Rachmaninoff)...........Boston Pro- menade Orchestra cond. by Arthur Fielder.
10.10 p.m.—Puccini's 'La Boheme' Acts 3 & 4. Sung by Rosetta Pampanini, Luba Mirella, Luigi Marini, Gino Vanilli, Tancredi Pasero, Aristide Baracchi, Salvatore Baccaloni and Full Chorus of La Scala, Milan. With Orchestra 11 p.m.-Close down.
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10.45 am-Big Ben. "The House in the
Country. 11:30 a.m.-Felton Rapley, at the Or-
gan.
11.50 a.m.-Pianoforte Recital. 12.10 p.m. Food for Thought.” 12,30 p.m.-Al Colline and his Dance
Orchestra.
1.20 p.m.-Next Week's Programmes. 1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce-
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1.55 p.m.-Opening Announcements. 2.00 p.m.Big Ben. The BBC Empire
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*3.00 p.m.—I've Been Told.
3.15 p.m.-Robin Hood." A story of the
Middle Ages.
4,00 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at
4.15 p.m.
4.20 p.m.Next Week's Programmes. 4.30 Km.- The Overcoat.”
What's On At the Cinemas
on one spade and one heart. Three | 8.15 a.m.-Big Ben. 'At the Black Dog.' 5.00 p.m.-Close Down. the opponents for a gift here and clubs were discarded from dummy there. Did I say here and there? and West, holding on to his hearts I kibitzed this pair throughout and for dear life, also let go clubs. it seemed to me that the opponents were under the impression that it and then led a spade. East put in Declarer now cashed the club king was Christmas and that they (the the nine to force the queen. The opponents) were Santa Claus. Yes-club ace was then cashed and West And
AT THE ORIENTAL-100 Men AT THE KING'S "Head Over Heels terday I showed how one game was was thrown on lead with the club Adolphe Menjou and Alice Brady.
A Girl," with Deanna Durbin,, In Love.“ With Jessie Matthews, snatched out of thin air.
A Louis Borell, Robert Flemyng, Whitney Here is another instance of highway rob-hearts, he had to lead up to dum- the famous conductor.
Having nothing left
with music featuring Bourne and a big cast of lovely girls. but comedy drama
Deanna Durbin and Leopold Stokowski A gay Parisian romance, with Gordon bery:
and Revel song hits, dazzling dances, my's heart. king. East was helpless
glittering sets, sparkling comedy and to avert defeat. He could take only
saucy situations. the heart ace and spade king and, thus, had to concede the ninth trick either to dummy's heart king or declarer's spade jack.
WEST
S.———A
NORTH S.-J.8 5 2 H.-J 9, 4 D-A Q 10 6 2 C.-K
H. Q 8 7 3.
D.-K. J 5
C-Q 8 6 4 2
SOUTH
S.-Q.6.3
HK 10
D.-9 7
queen.
AT THE ALHAMBRA “Thrill Of Johnny Downs, Yacht Club Boys, Judy A Lifetime", with Eleanore Whitney, Cavova and Dorothy Lamour. A bril liant cast of comedy players in a fast moving story of young love done to music and produced on a lavish scale,
*
*
Godfrey" with Carole Lombard and AT THE MAJESTIC "My Man William Powell. romantic comedy in which Powell has A brilliant modern.
the part of a butler and Carole Lom- bard, the headstrong daughter of the.. household.
EAST
West had thrown away the defence S.-K 10 9 7 4 single handed. On winning with the AT THE QUEEN'S—A sparkling H.-A 6.5.2 spade ace his correct return was a love feud in a medieval castle in Eng- D-8 4 3
low heart. There was no reason
land forms the background for Fred C7
for him to disbelieve North's distress written by the World famous Ann Sothern and Jack Oakie share the
Astaire latest hit "A Damsel in Dis. AT THE STAR- "Super-Sleuth. mond bid and, therefore, no sense humorist P. G. Wodehouse. Beautiful perils that beset them when Oakle Jin attacking that suit. Had the decane Allen, Reginald Gardiner, Ray tective in real life, is trapped in a Joan Fontaine, George Burns and
and screen sleuth who essays playing de- fenders knocked out the heart king Noble, Constance Collier, Harry Wat chamber of horrors by a maniac killer, at an early stage, the defeat of the son and Montague. Love fill the roles who seeks to end his activities. The contract would have been a cinch, in the supporting cast. This picture is picture is a mystery-comedy melodrama vulner-Even with the diamond return. recommended as good clean healthy en-combination, with a background of pic-
tertainment. West still could have stopped nine
ture-making in the screen capitol. West tricks by hanging on to the queen
C-AJ 10 9 5 8
The bidding (both sides
able):
North
Pass
East South
Pass- 1 club
1 diamond 1 spade 2 clubs
2 no trump Pass 3 no trump Pass
... Pass
Pass and three clubs and letting go one Pass of his "precious" hearts.
Pass As indicated above, declarer had difficulty in discarding from dummy The only excuse I could find for on the three long diamonds, South's bidding was that he
was chose to let go three
clubs.
and
If,
flushed with victory. His opening when thrown on lead with the club bid, although light, was, of course, queen, West had had another club, correct as third hand in a match-it would have been as good
good as gold. point game. But when he not only
TO-DAY'S QUESTION rebid freely over East's spade, but, Question: If, after a player on the next round raised the no doubles, the next opponent bids, trump, I thought he had gone mad, what honour tricks. should partner Apparently he knew more about of doubler hold in order to make a the opponents than I did.
East opened with the ton
bid?
of Answer: He should have at least
spades, dummy played low, and one honour trick and a bidable auit, West or one-half honour trick and a six
West won with
the ace
studied the exposed South hand for card major suit
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