MUTT AND JEFF
DARLING, I LOVE
You! I'D GIVE
MY VERY LIFE
FOR YOU.
OH, SOMEONE'S
AT THE DOOR!
L. KNOCK KHOCK
KNOCK
IT MUST BE-
BIG BOY, MY FIANCEE! OH, YOU MUST LEAVE
AT ONCE!
BUT HOW? I CAN'T GO OUT THE DOOR HE'LL SEE
ME!
"QUICK! JUMP OUT THE WINDOW!:
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 2, 1940.
HEY, WE'RE
UP ON THE. THIRTEENTH FLOOR!
By BUD FISHERTM
HOW DON'T TELL
*ME YOU'RE SUPERSTITIOUS!
3-20
Fisher
A
Navy
Band
Today's Wireless
5.45 p.m.-Studio-Children's Hour. 6.46 p.m.--Closing Local Stock Quota-
tions.
6.47 p.m.-Variety with George Scott Wood, Rudy Starlta, Ray Kinney and Others.
7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements.
Concert by the 8.08 p.m.-Studio
of His Majesty's Band Cruisers.
of
one
1. "Lilac Time" - Selection (Schu-
bert).
Interlude
2. Tesoro Mio-Waltz (Becucci).
3. "The Fleet's Lit Up"-Selection
(Ellis & Cole-Porter):
4. Dance
Interlude
Music: (a)
Fox-Trot-
Crash Bang; (b) Waltz-Love
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. 9.52 Megacycles
Fox-Trot-I Poured My Heart Into A Song; (d) Fox-Trot-My
Lady is a Tramp. Interlude
mary. 930 p.m.-London Relay "Vive la
France".
9.46 p.m. Variety with The Rooky.
Questal Mountaineers, Mac ! Others.
I.R.C. LAWN
and
5. Dance Music: (a) Novelty Waltz- Bella Bambina; (b) Fox-Trot- Little Boy Bubbles; (c) Waltz 10.18 p.m.--Compositions of Ketelbey. 'Cinderella Sweetheart; (d) Run
Rabbit. Run. ·
Reginald Dixon at 9.05 p.m.- Organ. Mississippi-Film Selection (Rod- gers); Naughty Marietta Film Selection (Herbert); Curly Top- Film Selection.
the
Never Grows Old; (c) Slow 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-
Winning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken
World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has heaten every other system in cxistence.
BAD DEFENCE
To-day we have another hand illus- trative of how not to defend. In this case West was at fault.
West, Dealer North-South vulnerable
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♡ Q 9 7 5 4 ◊ K.8 6 3
BOWLS TEAMS"
The following will represent I.R.C. in First Division of the Lawn Bowls League against C.S.C.C. at Happy Valley on Saturday, at 3.30 p.m.-A. H. Rumjahn, M. A. Wabab, D. M. Khan, A. R. Dallah (Skip); A. K. Sufflad, A. M. Rumfahn, A. Bakar, A, K. Minu (Skip); J. Hoosen, S. O. Bux, A. Q. Madar, A. R, Minu (Skip).
THIRD TEAM
Following will represent I.R.C. in Third- -Division of the Lawn Bowls League against Kowloon Football Club at Chatham Road, on Saturday, at 3.30 p.m.-A. R. M. Samy, S. Yusuf, A. H. Madar, A. M. Wahab (Skip); M. Hassan, S. A, R. Bux, U. A. Rumjahn, S. M. Rumjahn (Skip); A. S. Sumad, R. Nazarin, A. G. Sumad, M. Y. Adal (Skip).
POLICE SELECTIONS
The following teams have been selected to represent Police Recreation Club in matches on Saturday :---
First Division against Kowloon Docks:- W. J. Cameron, J. Harrop, J. Shepherd and E. G. Post (Skip); W. McLeod, J. Headridge, W. S. Dall and J. C. S. Fender (Skip); F. Channing. J. W. Macdonald, G. Perkins and J. Orem (Skip).
Second Division v. Kowloon Football Club:-W. Harris, G. Davis, A. Soutar and W. Glendinning (Skip); A. Kinnear, G. WII- lerton, J. R. McWalter and W. E. Hollands (skip): R. Fitches, C. Willcox, N. B. Fra- ser and J. Riddell (Skip).
K.F.C. TEAMS Following teams have been selected to re- present Kowloon Football Club:-
If West had defended correctly, he would have continued diamonds after the opening lead. East would have won the second diamond and shifted to a club. Then, if Declarer misguessed the
Second Division (v. P.R.C. at Happy Val heart, he might actually have beenley C. Pile, W. Groves, W. Simpson and set on the hand. Instead, he made five-C. Dowman (Skip); J. Gibson, A. Eastman, odd.
Yesterday you were David Bruce Burnstone's partner and held:
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KI
A÷6
6 4
A 8 3
9 7 3 2. J 2
◊ J 10 4 KJ 10
3 2
W
S
AQ 9 2
8.54
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A K QJ5
K 106
◊ 7:5
The bidding: Jacoby You
Dbl. 10. Разв (?)
Winter Pass
Burnstone
2
The bidding:
West
North East
South
l'afu
Равн 10*
2
Равв
Pass Pass
Pasa
Pass
A paychic lend-directing .bid.
West opened the Jack of diamonds. Declarer ducked in dummy and now East played the deuge, since he could not afford to let go the nine. West mistakenly read this as a signal to shift and played a HIGH LAKO VALUES spade. Declarer won POUR ACER SYSTEM\" with the ten in dum", my, led a low heart and: played the King, West winning with the Ace. Now West "brilliantly led the King of clubs. Declarer won with the Ace in dummy and now drew trumps, two discards,
ACE KING QUFEN 1 JACK.
NAME
West, who had to
promptly let
hearts; whereu
His small
h only
simply
ANSWER: Your correct bid is two spades. There is a good chance that your partner's hand will be worthless for your purposes. Hence, you can af- ford no stronger bid.
Score 100% for two spades, 60% to three spades or two-notrump (an ir- regular bid but not a bad one), 40% for four spadese
"QUESTION NO.-999. You are. Oswald Jacoby's and again hold:
partner
The bidd
Fass Pass
What do yon=bid? tomorr
swer
Syndicate,
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Variety
Items
The Clock and The Dresden China
Ferdy
Figures (Ketelbey) Kauffman & His Orchestra. Wedgewood Blue; In The Moonlight
....The London Paladium Orch.
The
Phantom Melody; Algerian Scene....Albert Sandler (Violin) with The Composer at the Piano. 10.38 p.m. Liszt-Concerto No. 2 in A Major. Egon Petri (Piano) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leslie Howard: 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN,
*3-14
(Released by The Bell Syndicats, Inc.3
The honeymoon is over when the groom finds his wife gets more enjoyment out of her afternoon at bridge than she does cooking dinner.
and S. Eccleshall (skip); C.-J. Walker, H. A. Lord, H. F. Harper and. C. Strange (skip).
R. Hall and P. Younghusband (Skip); Lapsley, R. Hughes, W. Atienza and V, Chit- tenden (Skip).
Third Division (v. L.R.C. at K.F.C.) — C. Woodcock, S. Wong, C. Fuller and B. Evans (Skip); B. Thomson, B. Williams, Y. Abbas' and J. Smalley (Skip); J. Boyd, J. Dobson, G. Frost and P. Morgan (Skip)..
C.S.C.C. TEAMS
COTTAGE CLUB CAVALCADE
+
on
The Cottage Club Cavalcade Saturday, will start from Sheung Shul Following teams have been selected to cross-roads at 4 p.m. Transportation represent Civil Service Cricket Club:
will be provided from the Club House First Division:-E. Kirman, J. W. Deakin. at 3.50 p.m.
the L. A. Collyer and F. J. Jones (skip); M. E.
Marking the departure from Purvis, W. J. Burling, M. N. Rakusen and Colony of a popular Dutch rider, “The H. E. Strange (skip); J. Gellatley, R. R. Wood, J. F. (skip). ·
McGowan
and J. Hollidge Flying Dutchman Cup" will be com- peted for in a paper-hunt to be held Second Divisiont-A. F. Shepherd, P. D. in the late afternoon of Saturday; May Crawley, J. M. Purvis and A..B. Allen 11th. Detalls will be announced in the (skip); J. R. Carr. F. 6. Austin, A. Steven press of next week,
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