The Royal Scots
Dance Band
From The Studio
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 6, 1988.
Today's Wireless
12-12.20 p.m-Relay of Service of Inf tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-Excerpts from Gilbert and
Sallivan.
12:46 pm-Reginald Dixon (Cinema
Organ).
1 pm-Local Time Signal & Weather
Report.
103 pm-Latest Dance Music. 1.30 pm-Reuter and Rugby Press,
Weather Forecast
ments.
1.40 p.m.--Variety.
2.15 pm-Close down.
and
Announce-
5-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.
7 p.m.-Dance Music.
7.82 p.r.--Closing, Local Stock Quota-
tions.
7:35 p.m.-"Elsie & Doris-The Hill
Billies And Greta Keller.
Thar's Gold In Dem Thar Hills (Con- nor & Lisbona); Headin Home (From 'Here Comes The Band)....! The Billies.
Have You Forgotten So Soon? (N- cholls, Gilbert); Did You Mean It? (Dixon, Greer) Greta Keller. We'll Rest At The End Of The Trail (Poulton & Rose); Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie (Carson J. Robison)
The Hill Billies. Gert And Daisy Make A Christmas Pudding (Elsie & Doris Waters)......... Elsie and Doris Waters.
8 p.m.- Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. $.03 p.m.-Studio Concert by the
BRIDGE NOTES
ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c■ :::: ZEK 640 k.c's
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Dance Band of HM. 2nd Bn. They Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). 1. Fox-Trot-Bie Mix Bist Du Schoen
(Secunda, Chappell).
2. Slow Fox-Trot Lees Have An-
other Cigarette (Wrabel, Chap pell), ***
3. Waltz-Sympathy (Erimi, Chap-
pell).
4. Fox-Trot-Flag That Train (Pe-
terson, Feldman).
5. Slow Fox-Trot-Can I Forget You
(Kern, Chappell).
you're in love you'll waltz'; Fol lowing the sun around";""Ranger's Söng
Rachmaninoff In
His Piano Concerto No. 2
a.m.-Variety.
7.10 am-Monkey Wrenches in
Trade Machine. A talk by Sir siah Stamp.
7.25 a.m.-The Pianoforte Trios of Bee- Follow Through”Vocal Gems (Dethoven.
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Sylva, Brown, Henderson). Intro: 7.50 a.m.-The News & Announcements. Button up your over coat'; My Greenwich Time Signal at 8 a.m. licky Star'; I want to be bad; &15 am-Close down.
You wouldn't fool me, would you?"..
Light Opera Company,
9:30 pm-London Belay-The news. 9.50 p.m.-Bachmaninoff-Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18. Played by Sergei Rachmaninoff (Piano) and the Philadelphia Symphony Urenestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski. 110.25 pm-Songs by Alex. Kipnis
6. Fox-Trot--High Hat And Piccolo
And A Case (Brown, L. Wright).} 7. Fox-Trot Shine (Mack,
Wright).
8.55 p.m.--London
Relay Monkey Wrenches in the Trade- Machine'—3. A talk by Sir Josiah Stamp, G.C.B., C.B.E.
9.10 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections. Helen (Act 1; "O Gottlich Paar”-- Offenbach)............ Friedel Schuster (Soprano).
The Gold Diggers Of Broadway- Selection (Burke). Intro: Paint- ing the Clouds With Sunshine'; Go to Bed'; Tip Toe Through The Tu- lips With Me Song Of The Gold Diggers....Regal Cinema Orches- ira, Cond. by Emanuel Starkey Quentin M. Maclean (Organ). "Rio Rita"Vocal Gems (McCarthy & Tierney). Intro: Kinkajou"; If
By ELY CULBERTSON
Bridge Examination
(Mr. Culbertson's daily examina-Lable. You are South, the dealer. tion of bridge players, which has Your hand is:
been interrupted owing to delays in the mails, is resumed to-day. Rate yourself by subtracting from 100 the points for each wrong an- swer).
Questions 5 and 6 in the National Self-Rating Bridge Examination.
were:
* Question 5. Both sides vulnerable. You are South, the dealer, and hold: S--A KJ 5, H-A J 10, DA Q 4, C-K 10 8.
What call do you make? Answer. You should biã two no
trump. Your top strength, distribu- tion, and tenace pòsitions are ideal for this particular “urging" bid You cannot make nine tricks if partner's hand is a blank, but you do want to impress him with the potential value of a couple of
Question 6. Both sides vulner able. You are North. Your partner (South) dealt and bid one club Next hand passed. You hold: S—7 5 3.2, E-6 4 3, D—K J 8 6 5. C 7.
S-A Q 10 5, HAJ 4 3 2,
D-2, 0-10 64.
(Bass).
Vier Ernste Gesange, Op. 121 (Jesus
Sirach, Kap, dl).
TRANSMISSION 2
Frequencies
GST 21.58 Mc/s (13.93 m) "GSEL ZL47Mc/sTM (13.97 10.) GSG 17.79 Me/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.)
10.15 am-Big Ben Palace of Varie-
ties.
Grieg.
1255 pm- Monkey Wrenches in the Trade Machine'. A talk by Sir Jo- siah Stamp.
11.45 am-Harry Engieman's Quintet, 0 Wuusst. Ich Doch Den. Weg Zu-
with Vernon Adcock (Xylophone). ruck, Op. 63, No. 8 (Klans Groth). 12 noon-Rehearsal A glimpse of the 10.34 p.m.-Light Variety Programme
preparations for a broadcast fram Symphony Orchestra-Nights At The
the Argyle Theatre, Birkenhead. Ballet, No. 4.Symphony Or-12.15 p.m.-The Chamber Music of chestra cond. by Walzer Goehr. Vocal Musical Memories Of Franz Lehar-Potpouri.......... Elisa Illiard (Soprano) Hans: Fidesser (Tenor) with Orchestra. Theatre Orchestra-Waltzes From Vienna Waltz Selection (Johann Straus) London Theatre Or- chestra cond. by Walford Hyden. Orchestra I Once Had A Heart, Margarita (Lisbona, Connor & Schmitz)....Alfredo And His Or chestra with vocal refrain. |11 p.m.-Glose down. -
BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY
TRANSMISSION 1
Frequences-
GSG 17.79 Mc/a (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 (4) GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.) GSB 9.51 me/s (31.55 1.)
What call do you make, and why? G.M.T.
TO-DAY'S HAND
South, dealer. North-South vulnerable.
NORTH
WEST
S. A K 2
-K J87 6 3 D.-4 3 2
CI &
S-Q 10-7 3 HA Q 10.9 4 Dis C-9 6
EAST S9 8€ H-5 2
C-AKQ7532
D10
SOUTH
S-J 5 4 H-None
D A K Q J 9 7 6 5 C-J8
East
110 p.m.-Scottish Dance Music. 1:30 pm--The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 1.45 p. 1.55 pm-Close downL
TRANSMISSION 3
Frequencies-
GSE 21.47 Mc/= (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) GST (to 3:30 p.m.) 21.53 Mic/s
11.55 pm-Opening Announcements.
2 p.m. Big Ben. Henry Irving: Man and Player A feature programme in commemoration of the great sc- tor's centenary.
(2.30 p.m.-The BBC. Empire Orcires-
tra...
3:15 pm-Take your Choice. A week-
ly entertainment feature. p.m.-The News and Announcements. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 past. 4.20 p.m. Violoncello Recital by No-
rina Semino.
6 am-Big Ben. The Gang Smasher14 (Episode 1): 'John Martinson Takes a Hand' A radio serial adapted by Jack Inglis from the novel "The Gang Smasher by Hugh Clevely.
6.20 am."The Dansant.” Victor Sil- Tester and his Ballroom Orchestra.
|440 p.m-World Affairs." A talk by
H. Wickham Steed. 15 pm-Close down.
What's On At the Cinemas
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exposing a new American: racket in which two lovers take a great chance to fathom a mystery ne one could fathom
* * AT THE QUEEN'S “Back in Cir- culation-An engrossing and suma newspaper comedy-drama, greatly ap preciated during its first run-Joan. Blondell, Pat O'Brien, Margaret Lind- say and John Látel
THE MAJESTIC "The Plains- AT THE ORIENTALNight Key." with Gary Cooper and Jean-Intensely dramatic story of the bur Arthur. An old favourite, the grand glar alarm systems which protect est of all de Mille's great romances. thousands of banks and business Well worth seeing again.
houses, starring Boris Karloff in an entirely new role, with J. Warren Hull queens that he may hold. (Two The bidding:
and Jean Rogers playing the romantic points demerit for an opening suit South West North
AT THE KING'S "The Women Men Baxter, Hobart Cavanaugh, Samuel leads. In the supporting cast are Alan. bid of one or two; three points de 3 diam's 3 hearts Doable 4 clubs Marry" with George Murphy, Jose-Hinds, David Oliver, Ward Bond, and merit for an opening bid of one or Pass
phine Hutchinson, Claire Dodds and Frank Reicher. Pass 4 diam's Pass Cuff Edwards. An amazing picture three no trump).
5 diam's Pass 6 diam's
[final bid] North's slam bid was, in effect, "trapping" his own partner. After South passed the four club bid around for North's decision North merely urged that a game be reach What call do you make?
ed by raising diamonds to four odd Answer. The correct response is Then, when South bid game, North one diamond. True, you have a poor inconsistently found another bid hand, but you are able to show your in his own hand. On this particular suit at the one level, and thus pos-occasion. however, North's luck was sibly pave the way to a one spade at high tide. Not only were the or one heart rebid by South, either opponents' cards beautifully placed of which suits you greatly prefer for the declarer, but the latter was to clabs. To respond with one no adroit enough to capitalise this con- trump, thus showing artificially dition.
that you have a weak hand, is to West opened his top club. East suppress information that can be won, and returned the nine of cheaply conveyed, and to make if spades." (No other return could expensive for partner to rebid. have affected the final result) Dum- (Twe points demerit for any res- my von, and declarer ruffed a& ponse other than one diamond).
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS
heart, then rutted – his remaining club in dummy. He ružed mother heart and ran off every trump. Cóm- Question 7. Both sides vulnering down to two cards, West was able. You are South North, your squeezed. In order to retain the partner, dealt and bid two no heart ace he had to unguard the trump. East passed. Your holding [:
SQ & 2, HA J 6 D-K 73,
What call do you mai Question
spade queen. Dummy, discarding after West, held on to only the ace
duce of spades low
zopped-West's
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