MUTT AND JEFF
MEOW WAS MEOW
CICERO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THE CAT WON'T
EAT THIS, SO I HAVE TO PUSH IT"`
"DOWN HER
THROAT!
WHAT
LIS IT?.
BIRD SEED!
THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 13, 1940
CATS DON'T EAT BIRD SEED!
By BUD FISHER
·MAYBE NOT! BUT GHE SWALLOWED
OUR BIRD AND
· THE BIRD HAS TO SAT ONCE IN A WHILE!
Tchailowsky Concerto
No. 1 In
B-Flat
Today's Wireless
6.00 p.m.-Schubert-Quartet No. 14
In D Minor ("Death and the Maid- en"). Roth String Quartet.
6.38 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota.
tions.
6.40 p.m.-Light Orchestral Selections. Mexican Serenade (Kaschubec); Novellette - Serenade (Henselt) ....Frederic Hippmann, & His Orchestra.
I'll Give You Away To God (Dr. Sandor Jeno); That Matchless Pair of Eyes (Pete & Falussy).... Hun- garian Gypsy · Band.
Tres Jolie (Jeffries); Le Petit Capi- taine (Raquelle)........Leslie Jeffries & His Orchestra.
Les Nuits Moscovites-Waltz (from the French film); Natacha; Marché Tzigane (flm Les nuits mosco- vites')....'Alfred Rode & His Tzi-
gane.
-
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. 9.52 Megacycles
Dearest Love (from 'Operette'-Noel Coward)....Leslie Jeffries & His Orchestra..
heather.
7.20 p.m.-Sea Shanties and Choruses. Johnny Come Down To Hilo; The 7.08 p.m.-Billy Mayer at the Piano. Hog's Eye Man (arr. Terry)..
Billy Mayerl's Savoy Havana Memor- Raymond Newell and Chorus with
ies. Intro: Kitten on the Keys; Uku- Plano. lele Lady; What'll I Do; Carolina
Down In Demerara (Trad.); Riding in the Morning; Chili-Com-Bom;
Down From Bangor; Solomon Levi Dancing Time; Keep on Humming;
Trad.).....
.Raymond Newell and April Showers; Indian Love Call;
the B.B.C. Male Chorus with Piano. I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise. 7:30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. Billy Mayerl's Own Selection. Intro: 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Pennywhistle; Marigold; Wistaria; Chopsticks; Ace of Spades; Ace of Hearts; Junior Apprentice; Holly- hock; Canaries Serenade; White-
Winning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin, D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen. ken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has heaten every other system in existence.
WEST SQUEEZES EAST
Playing a contract of three notrump, the squeezing card. East South could see only eight tricks in that if he discarded a diamond, dum- could see sight. Furthermore, if South were to my's three remaining diamonds would establish dummy's diamond suit, he be good. Therefore he chose would have to concede a diamond lesser of two evils-a club. But now the trick, in which event his opponents South was able to win all four tricks could run off enough tricks to set in clubs. He had made his contract him. However, there was one way in by forcing West to squeeze his partner. which Declarer could surmount these obstacles:
South, Dealer':
Both sides vulnerable
◊ 6 2
A 10754
*
*
*
You were Oswald Jacoby's partner yesterday and held:
7 € 2
♡ 8 6 3
♣K 3
K 10 x x I x XX
AQ 85 3 10 9 4
◊ x x x
A J 9
W
♡ Q J 7 5 OQ J. B
8 8
J 10 9 2
XX The bidding: Jacoby Schenken
3NT
Pass
Του
Maler
K 10 4 VAK 2 OK 8 3
AQ 7 5
1
2NT Pass
South West North Edat Pasa 10: Разв Pass 3NT Pass
Pass
The bidding:
HIGH CARD VOLLJĖS“.
OF THE FOUR-ACES EYEYEN
West had opened a spade and South had captured East's Jack with his King. Perceiving that his best chance was to allow his op- ponents to run off their tricks, Declarer promptly played back the spade, ten, where- upon West cashed his B. four tricks.
East-Chose the
ACC......... 3 KING QUEEN.1 JACK...
the best
(7)
ANSWER: Your correct bid is four spades. Your six-card spade suit may be enough for a Slam. Of course you do not intend to do any more bidding unless forced.
Score 100% for four spades, 70% for pass, 0 for any other bid.
QUESTION NO. 357
Merwin Maier is your partner. You
hold:
The bidding:
Xx
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Tchaikowsky-Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, Op. 23, Egon Petri (Piano) and the London Phil- harmonic Orchestra cond. by Walter
Goehr.
Musical Comedy "Please Teacher"
8.36 p.m.Violin Solos.
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms);"
Menuet (Nash)....Wolft with Otto Schulhof at the Plario.
The Child and His Dancing Doll
(Johnny Heykens)
Albert Sandler with Samehtini ('Cello) 8.45 p.m.London Relay "The Spirit
and Byfield (Piano).
of Austria". A Programme of Re- collections.
mary.
9.16 p.m.-London Relay--News Sum- 9.30 p.m.-Studio-"Some Great Au
thore"-4: Lamb. The fourth of a 9.60 p.m.-Musical
series of talks by Father Ryan, S.J.
Comedy "Please Teacher". Bobby Howes and Com- pany with the London Hippodrome Orchestra conducted by Joseph Tunbridge.
10.07 p.m.-A Dance Programme. 11.00p.m.--CLOSE DOWN,
POOR TENNIS AT H.K.C.C.
There was only one match in the Co- lony tennis tournament played at Hong. Kong Cricket Club yesterday and that was extraordinarily disappointing.
· CLUB HANDICAP SINGLES
6—1; - 7-5,
W. Sewell (-4/8). beat A. T. Dow (~3/6)
1
CLUB HANDICAP MIXED DOUBLES T. A. Pearce and Miss J. Armstrong (-15)
beat Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Burnett (-16.2). by, 3-0, 6-3, 6-2. ·
TO-DAY'S GAMES
John Pearce, after making a great recovery in the first set when he wà- led 5-1, eventually won in three sets but he is a long way from being a player in the championship class. the early stages, was erratic and al-inspiring.
Following yesterday's poor game, Yesterday his service, especially in to-day's programme does not look too though he uses both hands when play-down for decision and the closest Three open matches are ing a backhand shot, the similarity to should be between R. G. Biesel jr. and McGrath and Bromwich ends there. T. A. Pearce, with victory going to the best defensive and would have This stroke, awkwardly made, is at latter by a narrow 'margin. ceived little quarter
re- The steady Joe Leonard' should not from a player have a great deal of trouble against with but little more skill than U.
Pearce's most effective stroke was perience, in the other single.
Omar Rumjahn despite the latter's ex- a chopped forehand drive which was usually of sufficient depth to enable Dew Shing-cheong and Ip, Koon- In the doubles, two unknowns in him to take the net. On these occasions hung, will be opposed to the youthful U was usually frightened into conced- 1.R.C. combination, A. R. Kitchell and ing 'the point as" Pearce's volleying was far from good.
A close game was seen in the Club mixed doubles event, Alec Pearce and. Miss Joan Armstrong beating Mr. and Mrs. Burnett, after dropping the first set, in a match full of errors.
RESULTS
OPEN SINGLES
J. L. C. Pearce boat Pater U 9-11, 6-1, 6-3. OPEN DOUBLES Wong Hok-nang and Leo: Chi-man gave'a walk-over to T. C. Monaghan and T. J. Gould.”
I. M. A. Razack.
OPEN. SINGLES T. A. Pearce v R. G. Biesel Jr. (4), Lam.Kwan-or-J. W Leonard v O. Rum. Jahn (5).
OPEN DOUBLES: Dow Shing Cheong and Ip Koon-hung v A. R. Kitchell and 1. M. A. Razack (8). -
CLUB HANDICAP SINGLES
E. S. Hall (1/0) v F, Manfood (4-1/6) (1).
V. R, dordon (—4/0) v C, H. R. Hyde (~~~80) (2),
- CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
A. Lade v B.. C. Fay (3).
C. B. Nicholsonva, W. Sewall (6). A. H. Barwall 'v J. J.,Ferguson (7).
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