Recital By
Luz Guarina From The Studio
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 18, 1988.
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12.30 p.m.-Saint-Saens-Camival Of
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the
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Dorothy Gill.
Oh, Better Far To Live And Die. Peter Dawson and Male Chorus.
0, False One, You Have Deceived
Me.
Dorothy Gill and Derek Oldham. 'Tis Mabel!
Poor Wand'ring. One.
Elsie Grifita and Chores of
Girls.
What Ought We To Do, Gentle
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Nellie Briercliffe and. Nellie
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How Beautifully Blue The Sky.
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6.45 pm-Excerpts from Gilbert and 7.33 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-
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"Pirates Of Penzance"
Pour, O Pour, The Pirate Sherry.
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and Male
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Robertson
Chortis. When Fredric Was A Little Lad.
BRIDGE NOTES
Mr.
tions.
ac-
7.35 p.m.-Studio-A Recital by Sen-
orita Luz Guarina (Soprano) companied by A. T. Lay (Piano).
By ELY CULBERTSON
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Culbertson is
conducting,
the
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through this column, an
examina-
tion of bridge players. Rate your. self by subtracting from 100
points for each wrong answer.
Question 18 of the Self-Rating Bridge Examination appeared on Saturday. It was:
WEST
Question 18: You are West, de-D.-A 8 clarer at a three no
trump con-C- 10 9 3 2
tract. North's opening lead was the four of hearts. Your hand and dummy are as follows:
WEST
S.-K 10 4
· EAST (dummy) S-A 5 3
EAST
S.-6 4 3
H-8 7
D. 9 6 3.2 C-A Q5 4
SOUTH S.-8 7
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E-J 10 6 3 2
D-K 7 5 4. C-K 6
H.-K J 10
·H-7 6
The bidding:
D.-J 5 3
C-A J 9 5
D.-A Q8 42 C.-643
West
South won the opening lead with
1 club
{Double
North 1 spade Pass 4 hearts Pass
the heart ace and returned the heart eight. How do you play the hand Pass from that point?
East Pass
South
1 no tr❜p 3 clubs 3 hearts
Pass
Pass Pass Pass
ZEIK 640 k.c's
1. Sapphische Ode.
2. Lullaby.
(Brahms).
(Gretchaninow).
3. Piano Solo-Scriabin, Pre-
lude in G Flat Major.
4. Bird Song.
5. Las Mayas.
(Curran).
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from Ko Shing Theatre. 11.00 p.m.-Close Down
8.03 pim-Glazounow-Scenes De Bal-
let, Op. 52.
Glazounow's Scenes De Ballet:
Symphony Orchestra
G.M.T.
6.00 a.m.Big Ben. In Town To-night. 6.30 a.mWaltzing Matilda' -- 2: 'Some Relections on Travel in the British Empire." 6.45 a.m.-Variety. 6.55 3.11.
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Sullivan-German Pro-
gramme. The BBC Empire Orches
tra
7.50 a.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 8.00
8.15 a.m.-Close Down.
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Frequencies
GŠJ 21.53 Mc/s (18.93 m) GSE 2147 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 1518 Mc/s (19.76 m.)
'Backstage at Bellahouston-The Colonies.' Alistair, Borthwick reviews progress at the Empire Exhibition. 11.00am-Organ
Played by the New Symphony Or-10.45 a.m.Big Ben chestra conducted by Eugene Goos-
sens.
8.28 p.m.-Band Of H. M. Coldstream
Guards.
"Zampa"-Overture (Herold, arr.
Godfrey).
Selection of Wilfred Sanderson's
Songs.
Recital
by Alan Gibson, from St. Margaret's, West- minster.
11.30 a.m.-It Happens Every Day'.
A revne.
1210 p.m.-Dance Music.
8.45 p.m.-London Relay-Empire Ex-12.45 p.m.-Empire Exchange.
change."
Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and Colonies.
9.00 p.m.-Variety.
9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News.
9.50 p.m.-Songs by Charles Kullman
(Tenor).
Aida Holde Aida (Verdi).. Kullman. The Force Of Destiny-In Heiliger Stunde Kullman with Walther Grossmann.
1.00 pm-The BBC Northern Ireland
Orchestra.
1.30 pm The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 1.45 D..
1.57 p.m.-Close Down.
TRANSMISSION 3 Frequencies --
GSE 2147 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/a (16.86 m GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.)
GSJ (to 8.30 p.m.) 21.53 Mc/# 1.57 p.m.-Opening Announcements. 2.00 pm-Big Ben. In Town To-night,”
10 p.m.-London Relay-In Town To- 230 p.m.-Pianoforte Interlude. Night'.
10.30 p.m.-Dance Music.
(11 p.m.-Close down.
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TRANSMISSION 1
Frequencies--
GBG 17.79 Mc/s (16.85 m GSO 15.18; Mc/s (19.76 FIL) GSD 1175 Mc/r (25.53 111) GSB 9.51 me/s (81.55 m.
2.40 p.m.-Short Story.
3.00 p.m.-Dudley Beaven, at the Or- gan of the Granada Cinema, Wool- wich, London.
3.30 p.m.-Topical Gazette.' A fort
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4.20 p.in.-Orchestral Interizde. 4.30 pm Strange to Relzte.' Radio brings to life curious events of the past and present. 5.00 pm-Close Down.
What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Alcatraz AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM- Island."-To-day a name-hated, feared, BRA-"Radio City Revels,” with Bob perhaps even loved man; to-morrow, Bims, Jack Oakie, Benny Baker, and Double
just a number on Uncle Sam's Devil's Ann. Miller. A musical comedy re- South apparently changed his Island. The gripping, emotion-packed, plete with a laughter and songs. Answer: You should try to win mind about his hand between his realist story of some of the men who went there. With John Litel, Ann She-
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the heart return with the jack first and his second bid. He chose ridan, Mary Maguire, Dick Purcell, AT THE MAJESTIĊ— “Broadway You have nothing to lose by this to bid only one no trump in response Gordon Oliver, Vladimir Sokoloff, Ad-Melody Of 1938 With Eleanor Po- finesse. North, however, will win to his partner's spade overcall (as dison Richards and Ben Welden. -well and Robert Taylor co-starred and with the queen and return a third a matter of fact, he had a sound
with its giant cast including such ce- AT THE KING'S "The Hurricane”.lebrities of the stage, screen and ra- heart. In order to amass nine pass), but later decided to show his
-Mighty drama of primitive people, dio world as George Murphy, Binnie tricks, it appears that you will have anemic heart suit at the three level. living and loving in their South Sea Barnes, Buddy Ebsen, Sophie Tucker to bring home durimy's diamond West's opening lead was worthy paradise until the storm broke and and Juddy Garland, Boy Del Path who suit without loss of even one trick.
law closed in. From the novel by was behind the making of such earlier of note. It resulted in an East- Your best chance for this is to lead, west top on the board. Instead of on the Bounty."
Nordhoff_and Hall, authors of "Mutiny musical films hits as "Broadway Me- The cast includes lody of 1936," "Gold-diggers" and not the jack of diamonds, but 2
falling for the obvious, "safe" open-Dorothy Lamour, John Hall, Mary As-"Born To Dance," directed the film low diamond and finesse with the
tor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mit- ing of the spade king, West laid queen. If North happens to hold
chell, Raymond Massey, John Carra- AT THE ORIENTAL—“High" Fly- down the ace and another dia-idine and Jerome Cowan, the king and one diamond, - tais
ers", with Bert Wheeler, Robert Wool- mond. Declarer won the second method of play will work.
An uproarious If the
sey and Lupe Velez. lead and immediately played a AT THE STAR-“Breakfast For comedy in which the two comedians diamonds break in any other way,
Two”-Appearing together for the are wanted for smuggling and steal a there is no method that will pro-trump. West jumped up with the first time on the screen, Barbara Stan-police plane. The plot revolves around duce five tricks. Many players
ace and led a low club. East wonwyck and Herbert Marshall are co their frantic efforts to evade the Po- thoughtlessly lead the jack in this and, naturally reading the diamond starred as a romantic team. Combin-lice after the plane had crashed on a situation, not realising they have lead and continuation as a double-ing their outstanding talents, these millionaire's estate where they
famous stars make this production one mistaken for detectives and are forced nothing to gain by such a play. (Ifton, returned a diamond, thus giv-of the season's most successful screen into solving a jewel robbery and thus you led the jack of diamonds -ing West a ruff. Eventually, de- hits. stead of a low diamond, take a two clarer had to concede a spade trick point demerit.)
also.
The opening lead was well figur- ed. With first round control of trumps, West foresaw that would be able to ruff a diamond,
he
TO-DAY 3 QUESTION
Question 19: Yor are West, the declarer at a contract of six spades. the only question being whether North opened the heart queen. Your East would have a quick entry. hand and dummy are as follows.. East's three club bid strongly sug- EAST (dummy)gested, although it did not guar-
antee, the holding of the açe. Event if East had no entry, however, and could not cooperate in the diamond ruffing plan, there was no reason to
WEST
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How do you play the hand, and suppose that a spade lead would be
why?
West, dealer.
TO-DAY'S HAND
Match-point duplicate. __East-West - vulnerable..
West dealer.
any more favourable to the defen- ders. In all probability it merely would result in establishing North's spade suit more quickly. South Iwas virtually marked with no more than two spades on kis biddings
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are vindicated in the end.
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