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TWO READERS' PROBLEMS.

VALUATION OF OPENING BIDS. By CAPT. LINDSAY MUNDY.

I have two interesting hands submitted to me by correspondents for analysis. The first one would appear to have fallen to the lot of players who employed no system whatever, but trusted to the light of nature, and serves to show what a dim guide that may be, and how necessary it is to have a standard valuation for opening bids.

́`·were ·

East-West

vulnerable, North-South not so, but 60 up.'

North:-

S--A, K, Q, x x x H-X

D-K, X, X, X C--K, J

West:-

SJ, xxx

HQ, J, X, X, X D-X, X C-10, 9

East:-

SX

H-K, X, X, X, X D-10, 0, 6 C--8, X, X, X

South:---

5-10, 9

H-A, 10'

D-A, Q, J, x

G-A, Q, X, X, X

North:---

West:

SA, K. J, 10, x-

DQ, J, X, X C-I, X

8-Q, I, I, X H-A, X, X.

East:-

SI

H-Q

D-A, K, X, X, X, C-Â, X, X, X, X

South:-

SX X X

H-K, I, I, I, I D-X

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will

be broadcast to-day from the Hong

ROUND HONG KONG'S

Kong Broadcasting Station 2.3.W.MAIL REVIEW

on a wavelength of 855 metres

(845 K.C.8):

1230 p.European programme of

Victor & H.M.V. Fecorda...

1 p.m-Local Time & Weather Re- port.

CINEMA THEATRES

MAIL REVIEW.

STREET SCENE”—-

KING'S. THEATRE

"AMERICAN MADNESS”.

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

"Street Scene", adapted from the A rumour started it- run on p.m.-Rugby Press News; famous Pulitzer Prize play by El-the. Bank!-Frenzied thousands Selected London & New York Stock mer Rice, is now showing at the swept by one mad desire to get Quotations, etc. A relay of the Rotary King's Theatre. Club Tiffin Speech from the Glouces

ter.

Building Restaurant. 2p.m.--Close Down,

4,30-7 p.m.-Chinese recorded pro gramme.

7-7000 - Paropean programme 7-10.30

p.m.-Operatic. Orchestral

Carmen Sulte-Prelude to Act 1

(Bizet) Carmen Suite-Habanera (Bizet)

Philadelphia Symphony Orch. 1366 Song

Band-

Aida-Introduction and Moorish

Ballet (Verdi)

their money, such is one of the "A cross section of New York tremendous moments of "American Life", it was called when present- Madness" now showing at the led on the stage, the film is a drama Queen's Theatre, veget panorama of any street in any city of the world.

This picture which comes fast upon the greatest crisis in United The scene depicted, concerns a States finance, gives one an Im girl who knows her mother is un-pression of what a run on the faithful, an insensitive, cruel and bank is like. The worst kind of cynical old Jewish socialist trying riot in the world for vehemence to read a purpose into life, young and bysterics is a bank riot, and in

Martha-Like a Dream (Flotow) love trying to rise above the squa- this flm the producers have at-

Beniamino Gigli (Tenor) 7100, lor and misery, a lonesome woman tended to the minute details, mak longing for someone to talk to, the ing it a throbbing drama which improvident poor, these are woven one will not soon forget. together as the film moves towards Constance Cummings, one .of the hysterical murder which brings Hollywood's rising feature players, Creators's Band 35780.a atting climax to a "Street Scene". plays opposite Walter Huston.

Aida-Gand March and Finale

(Verdi)

North, naturally, opens with One Spade. East, having an original Two-bid, must show his strength [by bidding Three Diamonds. A

minimum bid of only Two would tations, Selected London & New York!

7.20 p.m-Closing Local Stock Qua

be very bad. South is too weak to Stock Quotations, etc. say anything, 30 West bids Three 7.30-8.30 p.m.---A Concert. |No-Tramps, and North passes.

8

Sylvia Sydney and William Col- iller Jnr. are brought together once Jagain in this film and are support-

p.m.-(Local Time & Weather Reed by Estelle Taylor and others who make this picture excellent en- tertainment.

Alfred Cortot 1271. MAIL REVIEW

Solo Cradle Song (Brahms) Under the Palms (Albeniz)

Violin Solo

Dance of the Maidens.

(Friml-Kreisler) Blue Skies (Berlin-Kreisler)

Having a very unfavourable dis-plat tribution for No-Trumps, East should show his second suit by bidding Four Cluba. He is {naturally loath to take out a game contract into a non-game one, but having pre-empted he can feel fairly sure that West will support one of his suits or return to No-Song- Trumps. He gets his reward in the shape of a Five-Club bid from

North dealt and made the terri-West, and makes an overtrick.

I do not think either East or

knave

A DIRECT COURSE.'.

Fritz Kreisler 1233.

Evening Fair (Bourget-Debussy) The Wistful Moon (Verlaine-Szule)

"SAY IT WITH MUSIC”— CENTRAL THEATRE.

Jack Payne's famous band is brilliantly presented in the latest

THE POPE AND AVIATION

Vatican Tribute To Britain.

“SILENT TENACITY”.

* Vatican City: British and Dominions picture to The Vatican organ, "Osservatore. Mary Cardan (Soprano) 1839. be presented in Hong Kong, "Say Romano," recently published Piano Solo

It With Music." Album Leaf (Greig)

warm tribute to the efficiency of The story deals fictionally with British aviation, which has de- Capriccio (Brahms)

Harold Bauer 1419. the dramatic history of Irving veloped, it states, without adver

Berlin's number, which is famous tisement but with a silent and ad- throughout the world as Jack mirable tenacity crowned. with Payne's signature tune,

jsplendid success. The result must Percy Marmont plays the part of tend to increase the welfare of Jack Payne's war time friend and British Dominions, and to enhance composer of the tune. The direc- the prestige of the Mother Coun- tor is Jack Redmond, whom Her-try. [bert Wilcox called upon as being

Material and engines, the article pre-eminently capable of handling continues, are constructed with what is fundamentally a sincere scrupplous, care and thoroughly and richly human picture.

tested Recent flights are proof, of the quality of the materials, the akili of the piipts, and the fore- thought devoted to organisation.

Absent, (Glenn-Metcalf)

Richard Crooks (Tenor) 4060.

Aloha Oe (Farewell to thee)

(Liliuokalani-Kreisler) -From the Land of the Sky-Blue

Water (Cadman-Kreisler)

Fritz Kreisler 1115.

Song-

At Parting (Peterson-Rogers) Pirate Dreams (Garnett-Huerter) Ernestine Schumann-Heink

(Contralto) 1800.

Piano Solo

Tango (Albenik) Scaring (Schumann)

Wilhelm Bachaus 1445.

A May Morning

(Weatherly-Denza) "

Band

MAIL REVIEW

"THE BIG BROADCAST"-

MAJESTIC THEATRE.

--- Agroplanes. Next? The Vatican has shown a keen interest in aviation ever since the "The Big Broadcast," a Para-Vatican City State was formed. It Buat Song (Mosses-Ware)

Lambert Murphy (Tenor) 4016. mount picture now showing is the has no ground on which normat 8.80-9 p.m.-Variety,

current attraction at the Majestic (aeroplanes could land, but there is Theatre, divulges an interesting little doubt that when a suitable Shepherd's Hey

Mayfair Band 20641. story of life behind the micro-type of machine is forthcoming the

phone.

Pope; will use it.

Such a machine would have to A large cast of well-known radio entertainers have been assembled combine-the-advantages of the for this film. Headed by Bing helicopter with the amenities of a Crosby, the entertainers include modern passenger aeroplane. The Burns and Allen, Kate Smith, the special problem at the Vatican is Boswell: Sisters and the Mills that of ensuring the Pope's mobi- Brothers. Stuart Erwin and Lella lity without putting the Italian Hyams are also in the cast.

MAIL REVIEW

Pampas. Grass

-Yosie Fullwara-4044 Daet for Two Pianos Ragamufin

Victor Arden & Phil Ohmsn 21829. Humorous Bong

A Tale of the Ticker

Frank Crumit 22154,

fic underbid of One Spade, to which South replied with a game West could reasonably bid the bid of Two No-trumps. North then glam. East has very fully bid his ' attempted to repair the damage two bids, and connot know that Song- done by his original under-bid by West's Clubs are so solid; they A Dream (Cory-Bartlett) raising to Three No-trumpa, but could easily be QJxx, and his South refused to bid further, and Hearts need not necessarily con- Violin Solo-

Nor can Weat be tain the Ace. made all thirteen tricks.

In the absence of any informa-syre that East has not two losing tion on that point, I have assumed Spades, or that his Diamonds are that North-South were not attempt-juot A Q J, instead of A K. The ing to play any form of approach-success of the slam is due to the forcing system, Had they been hands fitting beautifully.' doing so the opening bid of One

If West had dealt the bidding Spade would have been correct, as the hand is not strong enough for would have been very simple and Д Foreing, Two, but South's very direct. His hand requires the response would have been Three addition of, at least, the knave of Clubs.

spades to qualify for No-Trumps, Song JUMP TO SLAM.

but just counts four probable Common-sense bidding, whether tricks with clubs trumps, so be standardised under the direct bids One Club... Remember that system or not, calls for an opening)Q x x x in a side suit ranks as bid of Two Spades, as the hand is half a trick in, the Direct System. worth seven probable tricks, plus North would intervene in Spades the knave of clubs. Had there and East would have no hesitation Song-- Children's Shoes from $3.99 puh been a third club in the hand the about jumping straight to Five

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the knave cannot be brought into would follow much the same lines Tel. 21474.

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etc. Gan cut glass like real the king of hearts; nevertheless, it bid would remain in No-Trumps, Proof against fire, file, is substantial odds on the bid suc- East would bid Three Clubs and Colourful & Artificial, water, pil, etc. These diamonds ceeding. North should raise a West would jump to Five Clubs.

can be washed with, soap, and water Small Slam bid to a Grand Blám, as It should be noted that in this Frics per carat HK$7.50. he has the king, knave of clubs, in case West's first bid should be Haddition to his minimum qualifica- Two, not Three, No-Trumps, the sout attractive création not only for Terms. Cash or C.O.D. ladies, but also for cuskicas, handker-purchass diamonds to the value of tion of six and a half probable trus that he has more than the chiefs, and ornamental articles for B.K.$80 or more will get 20%, dia-tricks.

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American Chemical Diamond Co under the new laws he is betting Twoshid, but he can be quite sure P.O. Box No. 140, Penang, 8.8. When ordering mention "Chinia Matt" about even money by raising a bid that East will not let the bidding of six to one of seven, whereas die, since the opening Two-bid has under the old laws he would have been responded to in a different HONG KONG HEIGHTS been laying odds of about three to declaration, and bearing in mind

one on bla success,

that the original bid was very For the information of visitors · DIFFERENCES IN BIDDING. Ilkely to have been made on three the following list of some of the Another correspondent sends me strong four-card suits, he does not highest points on the Island and this hand without any information want to shut out a possible Three- Mainland is published:---

as to how it was actually híd. Spade bid from East. There was no score, and North was This hand entails much greater Fest the dealer. He asks, additionally, differences in bidding, according to 1,828 how it should be bid if either: East who is dealer, than is usually the 1,774 for. Went had dealt.

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