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"ROBBER'S ROOST”—KING'S
THEATRE,
THE CHINA MAIL
BRIDGE NOTES
MISUNDERSTANDINGS IN BIDDING.
(By À. E. MANNING FOSTER).
B
Spades-None Hearts--None Diamonds-A, K, J, 9, 5, 7, 2 Clubs-Q, J, 10, 6, 5, 4
Spades-K, 10, 9, 6, 3, 2 Hearts-A, K, J, 3 * Diamonds-None Cluba-A, K, 2
FRADIO
TO-DAY'S
PROGRAM
The programme between 5.80 -and
WISE AND
OTHERWISE
7.15 p.m. will provided reception Plas and Minus
proves satisfactory, be replaced by a
relay of the Daventry programme ad- What the average man [vertised below.
12.30 p.m.-European programme.
knows.
about women would fll ■' book; what he doesn't know fills his life
1 p.m.Local Time & Weather Re-with trouble. port.
BETTER LATE THAN-
A medical journal reports that a
In their anxiety to arrive at] grand slam bids, now made more. [attractive by the new scoring, many players are apt to over-reach themselves. The form of bidding known originally as Ace-showing, An actual occurrence in the but now styled "cue" bidding or
1.15 p.m.-A relay of the Hong jannals of Arizona, history, forms]"feature" showing, is dangerous
Kong Hotel Orchestra by courtesy of the basis of "Robber's Roost," the unless both partners understand its
the Management. (During the inter- George O'Brien Maureen O'Sullivan employment. Improperly used, it
vais recorded male will be broadcast Scotsman of seventy-six has been leads to misunderstandings.}. feature, now showing At the Players get into a hopeless muddle Score, Y Z game; A B, nil. Y from the Studio)
afflicted with laughing mania. He 2.15 p.st.-Close Down.
fs believed to have seen the point and arrive at the wrong, frequent-deals and bids "One Spade"; B,
Diamonds"; Z
4-7 "Two
p.m.-Chinese recorded "pro- of a joke some one told him” at In writing the original novel, ly the very worst, declaration for "Two.
school. their hands.
2 | Hearts"; A. "No hid"; Y. "Four gramme. Zane Grey drew on the "hi-jacking"
7-11.30 p.m.-European programme. From many examples which have Spades"; B, "Five Diamonds": Z of a wealthy British ranchers herd, occurred in actual play, I have "Six Clubs"! All pass.
7-7.30 p.m. Variety. aome thirty years
Incredible as it may seem, this The Old Man of the Mountain, ago, AS the selected the following:--- theme around which he wove an
actually Happened.
Ain't Ya Coming Out To-night,*
Billy Cotton and His Band unusual type of romance.
"MR680.
King's.
On the screen the stealing is done by William Pawley, as the un- suspecting rancher's foreman, with O'Brien an unwilling member of hin gang.
Reginald Owen portrays the ran-
Y Spades-Q, J.
Hearta-10, 9, 6, 2.. Diamonda-A, Q, 9, 7, 5. 4 Clubs-6"
Z
Spades--5 Hearta-A. Q. 4 Diamonds-$
Clubs—A, Q, J, 9, 8, 7, 5, 2.
Y evidently supposed that Z had not a Spade in his hand and was working up for a slam in Clubs. Marta, Even so, he could never leave the Gipsy
Moon,
Billy Cotten and His Band
MRGST..
COO-AND BILL. :
Mary had a little lamb, I Didn't care a cuss,'
What got my goat was when ake
called
For fresh as-par-a-gut.
Ever
Billy Cattan and His Band MRG06.
that
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"Six Clubs."
But bad as you may consider Y, Lullaby of the Leave,
I Love a Parade, he is not nearly as blameworthy as
A psychologist says |Z. On his hand there WBB po
woman should not marry a man till necessity for him to try any fancy Tantalising Trovatore One Step. cher, with Miss O'Sullivan as his Score, love all. 7 deals, and, tricks at all. He could and should Rigoletto Ramblings-One Step
she is sure she is his mate. Or, at she is a по conventions, bids have called a grand slam in Spades sister, and Maude Eburn as their playing
Debroy Somers Band DX447.leant, till she is sure "Three Clubs." A and B took no straightaway, because he could 7.30-8.10 p.m.-A Concert.
match for him. Prominent roles are played part in the bidding, and the "con-expect Y, vulnerable, to be even 8 pm-Local Time & Weather Re- by Water McGrail, Robert Greig versation" between Z and
Wanted (by Me). and Doris Lloyd.
ceeded 48 follows: "Four Hearts": 2, "Five Clubs": Diamonds"; Z, "Three Hear
Y, "Five Hearts." Finish."
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pro-stronger than he was.
Alterns-Orchestral- Threatively, if he preferred a round- Love in. Idleness (Macbeth),
A little less heconomy and a he could about, tortuous method of bidding,
Court Symphony Orchestra-little more theconomy. have called "Three Instrumental Trio
The Herd Girl's Dream (Labitzky), Diamonds" over B's "Two," to
Anonymous 366R.
Z goes down five tricks.
show he was bare in the suit and "Considerable discussion," I am had expectations of slame. All he told, ensued.
succeeded in doing was deceiving Of course, the bidding was all y utterly as to the nature of his
Z's Three Clubs"-al-hand. (though I do not consider it a good Admitting that Y should not
wrong.
bid-was pre-emptive. It indicat-
“MURDER BY THE CLOCK”... MAJESTIC THEATRE.
ed a long suit, in which he hoped have been so grievously misled, Z'e bid of "Six Clubs" was absurd. Y's "Three William Boyd and Lilyan Tash- to make the game.
Remember, he had never mention- Diamond" call was right. But man star in "Murder by the Clock" after it 2 had no business to bled that he had support in Spades showing "Three Hearts," because what he and, for all poor Y knew, Z's hold- at the Majestic Theatre. A.J the held in that suit was part of the ing in that suit might have been
to against him. title shows, the clock plays a very "outat" which enabled him
Cue bidding or Ace showing make his original big call. dramatic part in the picture.
Y read Z's hand as a two-aulter, never should be indulged in until Lilyon Taskman needs no intro- and, having four Hearts and only partners or unless partner of the a suit has been agreed between duction to her aumerous admirers one Club, not unnaturally, per initial declarer makes
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bid.
a forcing
J
Song-
The Erl King (Schubert), The Enchantress
(Chorley & Hatton),
octet-
Muriel Brunsill (Contralto) 0788.
Praeludium (Jarnefelt), Scottish Fantasia (Mulder),
J. H. Squire Celeste Octet 0096.
Song-
The Little Irish Girl
(Lohr & Teschemacher),
Fraser Gange (Baritone),
Cello Solo-
Le Cygne (The Swan)
(Saint-Saens),
Londonderry Ale
(arr. O'Connor-Morris),
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MAKING IT VISIBLE,
A new instrument magnifies ter million times I must get one in order to example my bank balance.
+
After the Old Boys' Dinner.
When there's a Swill there's a Sway,
*
True to Type.
The pawnbroker who had re- deeming features.
Give It Up.
Wireless reception is said to be Feliz Salmond 7107-M. better under than above ground.
Apparently there is no escape.ir s 8.10-9 pmOrchestra).
BOTR.
in Hong Kong and William Boyd haps, supported the Hearts Bat, plays in his usual polished manner. y was absolutely wrong to re-bid tricacies. The failure of the old- when Z made a game bid in Clubs,
Feature showing bas several in-Four Indian Love Lyrics
(Woodforde-Finden),
Union Symphony Orchestra fashioned Ace showers to prove the point trump suit solid, in addition to La Gloconda-Dance of the Hours
"setting" or agreeing on it for trumps, is the chief reason why their methods were abandoned in
CHINESE CHILDREN'S
DAY.
3-Day Exhibition And
Health Contest.
The Children's Day Committee have completed all preparations at
Hearts.
My second example to the of view:-
Y
Spades A, K, 2
Hearts-A, J, 9 Diamonda-8, 7, 5, 4
Clubs K, J, 3
Spades J, 3
Z
1
Hearts-X, Q, 10, 8, 7, 6, 2 Diamonds-K, Q Clubs--1, 4
Score, love all. Z deals and bids
favour of direct methodsa.
(Ponchie!!),
Columbia Symphony Orchestra 60068.D.
Coppelia Ballet
Prelude and Mazurka (Delibes), Entr'acte and Valse (Delibes),
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Hint To Husbands.
A patent food is advertised as increasing one's staying power. {Don't mention it to mother-in-law.
•
READY FOR THE SËÉ. Bathing costumes for 1938 ́ ́are- B.B.C. Wireless Symphony scantier than ever, proving that
Orchestra 90İR. brevity is the soul of it.
FAMOUS INN TO BE Memories of Mozart,
DEMOLISHED.
Noted For Royal Visits.
London.
7
A famous old coaching ins near
the Hop Yat Church, Bonham Road, Three Hearts"; A, "No bid"; Y,| for the Exhibition on April 19, 20"Four Spades." All pass. and 21 of toys, follet articles, food, This is the explanation: clothing, and books, Exhibitors are:-
The Regal Salon Orchestra MX16. Minuet (Boccherini), Les Millions D'Arlequin (Drigo),
B.B.C. Wireless Symphony Orchestra 9092.
- 9-9.40 - p.m.—From_the_Studio.
A Violin and Pianoforte Recital by the Misses Mona Higgins and E. Kirkpatrick.
9.30-11.30 p.m
relay of the Hong Kong Hotel
Dance Orchestra from the Hong
Matrimoney.
*
*
Before the wedding: Billet-doux. After: Bills due.
SPRING,
*
'We want to look at:some carati. "Certainly, madam.”
"Something in pale beige,"
Kong Hotel Grill Room by Reflection.
beyond the
courtesy of the Management. The man who is always seeing (During the intervals recorded red never seems to music will be broadcast from end of his nose. the Studio.)
10.30 p.m.-Rugby Mid-day Press
Some of the thought he had stretched a point London is to disappear.
It is the White Hart Hotel, near jin bidding "Three Hearts," and The Commercial Fress Ld. The when his partner called "Four Relgate, noted for the visits of A Nestle & Angle Swiss Condensed Spades" be regarded it as a game Queen Elizabeth and George- IV. Messrs. Huntley & Palmers, An-bid, indicating great length and Queen Victoria, too, once lunched koria Baby Food (Colonial Dispen-strength in Spades. Y, however, there. In its heyday the inn was sury) A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd. and intended it as a forcing take-out, a half-way house for stage coaches others.
as he hoped for a slam contract in
from London to Brighton. There will be eight sections dis-Hearts.
But Reigate is being modernised | News, playing various exhibits.
But Y was entirely wrong. His now, and the inn has to be abolish- The Committee also feel gratified correct bid was "Five Hearts." Heed, as part of a £100,000 develop-programmes are kindly supplied by monkey," as the explorer said when with the contribution of prizes, con- should not have attempted to show ment building scheme.-Reuter. sisting of 10 special awards for each Aces until the suit had been of the three groups of successful con- agreed. In play. Y was no less than testants and additional consolation six down on the contract, whereas prizes for all those who have enter-Z-could have made little slam in ed the Health Contest
Hearts..
During the three days of the The third case of misunder- Health Contest, there will be broad-standing is even more unjusti casting of lectures by kind courtesy fable:- of the Radio Department as fol |lows:
April 19:7 to 7.80 p.m. Address by Dr. R..H. Kotewall, C. M. G.
April 20:8 to 8.80 p.m. Dr. H. §. Tai will speak on Children's Diet and Health.
April 21:7.50 to 8 p.m. Dr. K. Y |Lai will speak on General Hygiene
of the eyes in children.
POP
Y
Spades A, Q, J, 8, 7, 6, 4 Hearts Q, 10, 5: Diamonds Q, 10 Clubs-3
A
Spades-None
Hearts-9, 8, 7, 6, 4, 2 Diamonds-6; 5, 4, 3 Clubs 9, 8, 7
11:30 pm-Close Down.
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