Empire Exchange And Other
London Relays
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 28, 1939.
Today's Wireless
12.00-12.30 p.m.-Relay of Service of
Intercession from St. John's Cathe- dral.
12.30 p.m.-Kitty Masters (Vocal) and
Ambrose, and His Orchestra.
1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and
Weather Report.
1.03 p.m. Sydney Custard at the Or
gan.
Medley Of Old Time Songs,
Part 1-English.
Part 2 Septtish.
1.12. pim. Hawallan Belections.
Tropic Love (Tomerlin and Long). Sweet Hawajian Chimes (Mcin-
tyre and Others).
The Hawaiian Islanders with
Vocal Chorus. Haleiwa (Woodd).
Papalina Lahilahi (Johnny No-
ble).
Ray Kinney (Vocal) with Dick McIntire's "Harmony waiians.
Moon Over Miami-Fox-Trot. Song Of The Islands-Waltz,
The Moana Serenaders.
Ha-
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 p.m.--Schumann-Concerto In A
Minor, Op. 54.
Alfred Cortot (Piano) and The Lon- don Philharmonic Orchestra conduct- ́ed by Sir Landon Ronald. 2.15 p.m.-Close Down.
́0.00 p.m.-"For The Children".
Nursery Rhymes.
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 megacycles)
:
mice went into a hole to 17.45 pm-New Dance Music. spin.
Uncle George's Party.
'Tis The Voice Of The Lobster;
They Told Me You Had Been- With Her.
How Doth, The Little, Crocodile; Fury Said To A Mouse (from Alice in Wonderland'-Fran- ser-Simson), George. Baker (Baritone) with.
Gerald Moore at the Piano.
Studio Story.
"Now We Are Six”~(Faser-Sim- son-Poems by A. A. Milne). (a) Sneezlęs.
(b) The Friend.
(o) The Emperor's Rhyme. (d) Furry Bear.
Mimi Crawford (Soprano) with
Piano.
6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
6.32 p.m.--Songs by Turner Layton at.
the Plano.
I'm Just Beginning To Care (Si-
mons).
I'm Still In Love With You (Bra!-
ton and Edwards).
Pennies From Heaven-Film Se- lection (Burke and John- ston).
Born To Dance--Film Selection
(Cole Peter).
"These
Intro: My Lady Wind; The 6.45 pm London. Relay
Babes in the Wood; The
Names Made, Variety'. King of France; A Fox went Including Harry Champion, Ada out; Pussy cat, pussy cat; Reeve, Alice Lloyd, Talbot O'Farrell, Mary, Mary, quite con-Vera Wootton, Albert Whelan, Wilkle trary; Baby Bunting; The Bard with The BBC Variety Orchestra. Frog and the Mouse; Four The show produced and conducted by and twenty tailors; Three Ernest Longstaffe.
w
North, Dealer
Winning
CONTRACT
(By the Four Aces)
TRICKY DEFENCE
Fox-Trots
You Set Me on Fire. Shoemaker's Holiday.
Jimmy Lunceford and His Or
chestra.
Tangos-
Yo-Sere Come Tu Quieras. Suplicio.
náro.
Orquesta Tipica Francisco Ca-
8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Wea- ther Report and Announcements.
p.m.-Selections from
8.03
Opera.
Light
Daly's Theatre Waltz Memories
(arr. Prentice). Intro: A Waltz Dream; Gipsy
Love; The Country Girl; The Merry Widow; The Cingalee; The Count of Luxenbourg.
Charles Prentice and His Or-
chestra.
"Toad Of Toad Hall"--Selection
(Fraser-Simson).
New Mayfair Orchestra. "The Vagabond King"
Vocal
Gems" (Friml). "Lady Luck"-Vocal Gems (Hed-
ley, Strachey and Rodgers). Light Opera Company. "He Wanted Adventure"--Selec- tion.:(Waller and Tunbridge). New. Mayfair. Orchestra. 8.30 p.m.-AI Bollington at the Or-
gen.
Escapada (A Mexican Elopement
-Phillips).
Speak To Me Of Love (Lenoir).
Al Bollington.
Bell Medley.
Intro: Bells across the Meadow (Ketelbey); Monastery Bells (Wely); Voice of the Bells (Thurban)..
Al Bollington with Anton and The Paramount Theatre -Orchestra.
Schuinänn Concerto In A Minor
·|-0.40 -pām/Roy Fox and -His Orches-
tra playing Dance Music. Fox Trots
When The Sun Says 'Goodnight”
To The Momitair.
I'll Sing You A Thousand Love Songs (film... 'Cain and Ma- bel').
Fox-Trots-
It's Got To Be Love ('On 'Your
Toes').
Cowboy.
Waltz
Seal It With A Kiss (film "That
Girl from Paris').
Fox-Trot-
The Night Is Young, And You're
So Beautiful, Slow Fox-Trot-
Sweet Leilani (film 'Waikiki Wed-
ding').
Fox-Trot
Love And Learn (film "That Girl
from Paris').
9.15
.p.m.-London
News.
9.30
•
p.m.-London
Exchange'.
Relay
The
Relay "Empire
Points of view by travellers ́from the Dominions and Colonies.
9.45 p.m.--London Relay Sports
News and Market Notes.
9.60 p.m.-—-Billy Mayer! at the Plano. Billy Mayerl's Own Selection.
Intro: Pennywhistle; Marigold; Wistaria; Chopsticks; Ace of Spades; Ace of Hearts; Jun- ior Apprentice; Hollyhock; Cenaries-Serenade; White-
heather.
Song Of The Fir Tree (Billy
Meyerl).
1.00 p.m.-B.B.C. Recording Vaude-
ville'.
Cast: Alexander and Mose; Charlie Coborn; Bransby Williams; Anona Winn: Tommy Hand- ley; Lily Morris and The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra con- ducted by Henry Hall. The programme compared by Tommy Handley.
11.00 p.m.-Close Down
What's On At the Cinemas
AT THE KING'S—“Zenobia”, with -AT THE STAR-The Ice Fallles Of
world sensation.
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David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen-Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, June 1939", with Joan Crawford, James Ste- ken World's leading, Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has Lang, Bille Burke, Alice Brady, wart, Lew Ayres and Lewis Stone. beaten every other system in existence.
James Ellison and Harry Langdon. The first musical on ice M.G.M.'s show Oliver Hardy plays the role of Dr. Tibbitt, a genial, easy-going doctor. His life, however, becomes deeply in- volved with intrigue and publicity, however, when the town's society ar- elephant, Zenobia, who is bullyhooing biters learn that doctor has treated an a medicine show, Further complica- tlons. follow when Zenobia, to show hunts out Dr. Tibbitt at his home. her gratitude, breaks her chains and
Neither side vulnerable
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South fell for it like a ton of bricks. It looked as though West held the Queen and that the ten would therefore drive out the Ace in East's hand. This was far from stupid rea- soning on the part of South in fact any one might have been deceived. The fact remains that East won the
his heart with
Queen and West's Ace provided the setting
second
trick.
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AT THE QUEEN'S “Young Doctor Kildare." An absorbing drama laid behind the scenes at a big hospital,
AT THE ORIENTAL "Cowboy And The Lady." A poor-little-rich-girl goes on a blind date with her maids
Merle Oberon and Patsy Kelly. and discovers that a cowboy does not play her game. With Gary Cooper,
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AT THE MAJESTIC—“Just Round The Corner." A delightful as ever, but this time a bundle of mischief as well. The industry's top-ranking: star has been given a fine, well-knit story and the best supporting cast she's ever had, to put it over. With Shirley
Bert
You were Oswald Jacoby's partner with a charming love story in pro- Temple, Charles Farrell, Joan Davis, yesterday and held:
gress and a mystery to be solved as Amanda Duff, Bill Robinson, well. The cast includes Lew Ayres, Lahr and Franklin Pangborn. Lionel Barrymore, Lynne Carver, Nat Pendleton, Jo Ann Sayers and Samuel S. Hinds.
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The bidding:
North
East
South
West
TA
Pass
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Pass
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Pada
Pass
PRES
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an Ace
The bidding: Jacoby Schenken
10
Pass Pans
You
Mater
3♡ Pass (?)
When, a man underleads
it's slightly unusual; but when he
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AT THE CATHAY "Idiot's. De- light." Film version of the famous AT. THE ALHAMBRA—“E¤st Side Pulitzer Prize play which takes öne of Heaven." Mirth, melody and two from the conclusion of one World War appealing romances, figure in this de- to the beginning of another and high- lightful story of a million-dollar baby lighting its effects upon the various - underleads the same Ace twice, that's
and the five and ten-cent pair who characters concerned. ・・ ANSWER: news! However, West
With Norma Sign off with four find him. With Bing Crosby, Joan Shearer, Clark Gable, Edward Arnold, While you have no spade Blondell, Mischa Auer, Irene Harvey, Joseph Schildkraut, very strong bidding losers, you are not justified in bidding C.. Aubrey Smith and Jerome Cowan, and Burgess Meredith.
almost all the beyond game. You have already bid high cards were mark-the full strength of your hand, es- ed in his hand. Fur-pecially as you are very weak in the
minor suits. thermore, West rea-
HIGH CRAD VALUES. knew. from North's hearts.
OF THE FOUS-ACES BYSTEI
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KING 2 QUEENT JACKA
TOTAL, MALANE OF PACH 2.5
ANGRARE HAND & 3%
that
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soned that North's Score 100% for four hearts, 30% hand was so powerful for four spades (a cue-bid) or five that ordinary defence hearts, 0 for six hearts. would not set the con-
Merwin Maier is your partner. You tract. But there was a chance that are the dealer and hold: Declarer might be fooled.
LA:10 8 x 2 NÓ SA JÁÐ
The bidding: You Burnitano. .10
Pass Pass
Maler Schenken
30 Pass Pasa
now
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What do you bid? tomorrow.)
(Answor
With this thought in mind, West led the heart three and South, being unwilling to risk the immediate: loss of three heart tricks,. naturally enough Anessed dummy's nine. After winning with the Jack, East aided his partner by returning a diamond, and West again obtained the lead with the Ace of spades. Dummy obviously showed no losers outside of hearts,
and hence West slyly led another
small heart.
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