* Anglo-Irish Rugby International
At Dublin
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 12, 1938.
Today's Wireless
12.00-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.
12.30 p.m.-Charlie Kams at the Piano. Charlie Kanz Plano Medley No.
D4.
Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No.
D8.
12.40 p.m.-Light Symphony Orches-
tra.
1.00
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :::: ZEK 640 k.c ́s
Halfway to Heaven (film "The
ad Street: Singer'),begi
Albert Sandler and His Orches-
tra. Can I Forget You (ilm High,
Wide and Handsome"); Sympathy (film "Firefly").
Richard Tauber (Tenor). Orchestral
Vocal-
The
Three Men'Sulte (Eric Coates):
conducted by
the
.:
Composer.
Like To The Damask Rose (Elgar,
arr. Haydn Wood).
Queen Mary's Song. (Elgar, arr.
Haydn Wood).
conducted by Haydn Wood.
Signal p.m.-Local Time
Weather Report.
and
1.03 p.m.-Debroy Somers Band and
Les Allen (Baritone).
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press;
Weather
ments.
Report and Announce.
1.40 p.m.-Variety.
Orchestral
Foolin' Myself (Lawrence and
Tinturin)
You're Here, You're There, You're Everywhere (Kahal and *Loeb).
Carroll Gibbons (Piano) and
His Boy Friends.
Vocal-
It's The Natural Thing To Do
(film 'Double or Nothing'). The Moon Got In My Eyes (film
'Double or Nothing').
Hildegarde.
Orchestral-
If You Only Knew (from 'Crest of
`the "Wave').
BRIDGE NOTES
'Hide And SeekSelection - (Vi-
vian Ellis).
New Mayfair Orchestra. 2.15 p.m.-Close Down. 6.00-7.00 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7.00 p.m.-J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. Memories of Chopin (arr. Wil-
loughby)..
Albert And The 'Eadsman (Mar-
riott Edgar). Stanley Holloway,
Vocal-
Moon For Sale (Trevor, Hender-
son and Rosen). Thanks A Million (from the film).
Robert Ashley (Tenor). Comedienne-
The South Is The Place For Me (Titheradge, Ellis and Bra- ham).
Why Has A Cow Got Four Legs
(Furber and Ellis). Cicely Courtneidge.
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
A Venetian Barcarolle Serenade 8.03 p.m.-Two Songs by Stuart Ho-
(arr. Willoughby).
Valse Bluette-Air De Ballet
(Drigo).
7.20 p.m.-Orchestral.
bertson (Baritone).
In Summertime On Bredon (Peel). Sea Fever (Ireland).
accomp by Gerald Moore (Piano). p.m.-London Relay It Happens Every · Day”...... A revue by Robert Ellison and Denis Van Thal. Pro- duction by F. H. C. Pifford.
Overture Light Cavalry (Suppe).[8.10
The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra cond. by Adrian Boult.
7.80 p.m. Variety.
Vocal-
Gypsy Violin (O'Flynn and Betz-
ner).
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A Little Bit Independent (Leslie
and Burke).
Sam Browne (Baritone).
Star Gazing
Levinson).
(Symes, Neiburg,
Conversation For Two (Mysele,
Hueston, Emmerich).
Elsie Carlisle.
Humorous Monologue---
By ELY CULBERTSON
Attention To Defence
'North's
spade ace
prohibited
I am recording the progress of a certain pair through a match-point thirteen tricks. Once more, how- duplicate game. They eventually ever, the opponents came
rescue.
to the
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Variety:
Light Symphony: Dance Music
BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY TRANSMISSION 1
Frequenciɛ8----
GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m. GEO 15.18 Mes (19.76 m.) GBD 11.75 Mc/s (25:58 m. GSB 9.51 mo/a (81.55 m.) G.M.T.
8.15 a.m.-Big Ben. London Log. 8:23 m. Brahms. Symphony No. 3.
in F, Op. 90.
9.05 a.m.-'Over the Farm Gate A
talk by J. A. Scott Watson. 9.20 a.m.--Reginald Foort, at the BBC
Theatre Organ. 9.40 a.m.-Irish Concert.
10.00a.m.—The News and Announce- ments: Greenwich Time Signal at 10.15 a.m.
10.25 a.m.-Close Down.
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TRANSMISSION 2
Frequencies-
·GSJ: 21.53 Mc/s (18.98′ m. GSH 21:47 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Me/s.: (16.86 in.) GS0 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.).
8.50 p.m.-London Relay - 'London | 10.45 8.m.--Big Ben. Horace Finch, at
Log'.
19
p.m. Variety. Orchestral-
4
the Organ of the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool.
11.15 a.m.The Alfredo Campoli Trio. 11.45 am.-W. H. Berry as "Mr. Mi-
cawber,'
Eccentric ---Novelty Quick Step. Three Brass Bells-Novelty Quick
Step.....Henry Hall & His Or-12.00 p.m.-Tangos. chestra.
Vocal-
(film
I'm Feelin' Like A Million
'Broadway Melody of 1938'). Yours And Mine (film 'Broadway Melody of 1988')... Hildegarde. Laughter Sketch---
Our Amateur Night (Weston 盔
Lee)....The Regal Radio Party. Vocal
All God's Chillun Got Rhythm
(film 'A Day at the Races'). Turner Layton & Male Quar- tette.
To-morrow Is Another Day - (film
ley
won top score, by all odds being
West opened the diamond king the best players in the field, but the field was none too good. Durand continued with the ace and ing the course of the evening this queen, East discarding clubs 0 9.50 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orches-|
pair (which I was kibitzing) was handed at least twelve "tops" on a silver platter.
this
the second and third rounds. West then led the spade queen; dummy's ace won, and the spade eight was returned. East covered with the Judging by the evidence of
nine and declarer won. On a low one evening, the average player club lead. West now jumped up had better pay more attention to his with the ace, and "pumped" the defence. North-South continued declarer by leading a fourth dia- their "stealing candy from babies" mond. East - discarded 2 heart on the following hand:
NORTH
S.-A 8
H-7 6 4
D.~J 9 6
C. Q J 9 5 3
WEST
3.-Q
H.-A J 8 D.-A K Q 4 3 2 C.-A 7 2
Pasa Pass
EAST SK 9 7 5 4 H.-K 10 5 3 2 D.—10 C.-8 6
SOUTH SJ 10 6 3 2 H.-Q 9
D 8 7 5
C.-K 10 4
12.10 p.m.-'It Happens Every Day.'
A revue. 12:50 p.m.-London Log,'
1.00 p.m.-The New Coventry Hippo-
drome Orchestra.
1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce- hements. Greenwich Time Signal at
1.45 p.m. 1.55 p.m. Close Down.
TRANSMISSION 3
Frequencies
L
GSH 21.47+ Mc/d. (13.97 m.) - GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82. m.) GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.53 Me/s A Day at the Races')....Turner 1.55 p.m.-Opening Announcements. Layton (Vocal & Piano).
2.00 p.m.-Big Ben. 'At the Black Organ--Transatlantic Rhythm' Med-- Dog.'
Reginald Foort 2.30 p.m.-Musical Interlude.
2.35 p.m. Ireland v England: A com- 19.30 p.m.--London Relay The News.
mentary by T. L. M. Fuge..an the tra from the Grill Room of the Hong international Rugby Union football Kong Hotel..
match, from Dublin. 10.35. p.m. London Relay-Ireland v4.20 p.m.-Orchestral Music.
England. A commentary on the In-14.30 p.m.The News, Saturday. Sport, ternational Rugby Union Football Match from Dublin. 12.20 p.m.-Close down:
and Announcements. Time Signal at 4.45 p.m. 6:00p.mClose Down.-
Greenwich
What's On At the Cinemas
while declarer ruffed with the three of trump. Declarer, who was quite helpless and could only pray BRA"Wells Fargo with Joel Mc sancy situations.
`AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM-| glittering sets, sparkling comedy and for a miracle, laid down the club Crea, Frances Dee, Bob Burns and king. East ruffed and returned a Ralph Morgan. Paramount's tribute ÁT THE MAJESTIC— Way Out low heart. Declarer's nine lost to to the men who built and maintained West"-Sad faced Laurel and pom- the jack and West, who was a great America' first life line of Empire. It pous, jolly Hardy are a riot of fun covers broadly the stirring quarter of from the time they enter the picture believer in the force-game, dogged-la century between the discovery of across a desert stream with their trick ly led another diamond. East again gold in California and the end of the discarded a heart and declarer Civil War, with a romance supplied by
McCrea and Frances Dee. gratefully gathered in the trick
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AT THE KING'S="Hẹad Over Heels With Jessie Matthews, In Love.” Loula Borell, Robert Flemyng, Whitney Bourne and a big cast of lovely girls. A gay Parisian romance, with Gordon and Revel song hits, dazzling dances,
with the spade six. Declarer now · AT THE ORIENTAL-100 - Men sent the heart queen on an errand | And A Girl,” with Deanna Durbin, of hope. West, delighted at the Adolphe Menjou and Alice Brady. chance to keep on forcing the de-comedy drama with music featuring Deanna Durbin and Leopold Stokowaki clarer, jumped up with the heart the famous conductor. The bidding (nefther-side-vulnerace, and completed his miserable able):
performance by returning his last North East South
West
diamond. East, who now actually had the king and another spade, Pass 1 spade Double
while declarer was down
to the Pass Pass By the time this board was reach-jack and a club, could not shut out ed South was riding so high that the jack for the fifth and fatal apparently he could not resist
The five tricks taken by declarer, paychic third hand bid.
resulting in only a 300 point pen- final contract remained one spade alty, was a beautiful sacrifice doubled, however, I stole a look at against the certain game Land South's face and read that this time possible slam] that the opponents he feared he had tempted, fate too would have made. far.
B
When the
trick.
-he low
I have pointed out repeatedly In When the diamond king was my column that it is not wise to opened and the dummy went down. force the declarer too often when I shared his view. It seemed cer- he is at a very low-contract- tain that he would never take more makes entirely -- too many than four tricks. This would mean trumps by this process. Apparent a 500 point penalty and, since the ly West is not one of my readers! opponents were not vulnerable,
To-day's Question
such a penalty could hardly be a Question: What is the correct re- saving, unless East-West could sponse to an opening two diamond make a slam. The value of any bid with the following: S. 97 668 mere game bid to East-West could H. Q 2 D. 10 8 6 4 2 C.A? not be over 480 or 490 points, since “Answer: Three diamonds,
SAYS.
donkey, until their fade-out crossing the stream on the way back. It is their first Western and the boys whoop it up as a pair ofténdërheels”. In. the supporting cast are Sharon Lynne, James Finlayson and Rosina Lawrence.
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AT THE STAR-“Super-Sleuth.”- Ann Sothern and Jack Oakie share the perils, that: beset them when "Oakie a screen sleuth who essays playing de- tective in real life, is trapped in a chamber of horrors by a maniac killer, who seeks to end his activities. picture is a mystery-comedy melodrama combination, with a background of pic- ture making in the screen capitol.
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