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AN ACT OF SELF-CRITICISM

ONE'S OWN MISTAKES

(By" CAPT. LINDSAY MUNDY)

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme

be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. matches I have, out a real guard, and there is a per- In many record examined the bidding, criticised infectly good One Club bid available. 09 a wavelength of 355 metres (845 and pointed out how the best re-beyond a Two Spade contract with

We should certainly not have gone KĠ))

Jaults might, or should, have been a Club opening.

arrived at. I am now performing

Qxx QII A 10-4

ROUND HONG KONG'S CINEMA THEATRES

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THE NIGHT OF JUNE 13” —-—-

QUEEN'S THEATRE,

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"HOLD 'EM JAIL"--CENTRAL

THEATRE.

"The Night Of June 18," now

Riotous slapstick, with Wheeler 12.30 pm-European programme showing at the Queen's Theatre, is and Woolsey doing their best to of Columbia & Regal records. jnot by any means" a great fim, make up for the sad lack of songs

1,30 p.m. Rugby Press News, ing.

2 p.m.---Close” Down, JAZZ PIANOFORCE RECITAL FROM THE STUDIO.

HAND 35 (a Lenten penance (I am writing S-A 8xx

HAK 10 x * this during Lent, though it will not D-K J appear until after Easter) in ap--xx

treatment to the Kempson opened with Two ele plying the same

Spades. I think I ought to have.} match Capt. Kempson and I play raised the bid to Three Spades, ed against the Reeveu system, of since three small ones are enough which I wrote last week..

to support a Two-bid, but I bid] Taking the hands in the order Two Nd-Trumps, a fair alterna- tive call. Kempson naturally bid in which they came, I am omitting Three Hearts, which I was right in no case of either a wrong bid or raising to Four. a wrong result, except, of course, cases such as where a game con- tract was rightly bid, but was unDA 10 9. x x x D-xx successful owing to bad distribu-| C—J x 1 tion of the opponents' cards. There is no fault to be found with Ibids of that nature, except that

they failed.

Kempson. S-A K 10x H-Ax

HAND 14

Myacit. Qxxx

Q x x x AJ x

x x

Our opponents hands were:" S-K J 10 H-9

S-Q** H-xxxx

C-K Q x x x The opening lead was a Club, which would defeat the game In either major suit, by establishing a Club trick before one can be dis- carded on the third Diamond; but IT Spades had been bid throughout the singleteton Heart would pro- bably have been led and the game would have been made. The bet- ter result obtainable in Spades is

D-Q 10 9xx. C- x

Both sides vulnerable. Nothing perhaps rather fluky. below the line.

A Kxx

HAND 38

XX

A Q JX X Q xxx 10 x

6-8 pm-European programme. 6-6.40 p.m.-Orchestral. Memories of Mendelssohn

(Mendelssohn)

1 p.m.-Local Time & Weather but it is always workmanlike and and dances which have enlivened Report,

sincere, and at times very amus-their previous pictures, is seen in “Hold : 'Em Jail,” at the Central The central idea in rather Theatre.

herself. Her husband is tried for Kennedy and Edna May Oliver per- original. A jealous wife shoots Excellent support from Edgar

her murder. Nobody dislikes him, mits the laugh-quota, to be fairly and yet, for a variety of petty well maintained. selfish reasons, all sorts of wit The crazy football match which nesser go into the box and lie is the climax of "Held 'em Jail"" about where they were and what must suffer by comparison with the they sawall, in fact, except two. same sort of thing done by the The minor parts are gems of Marx Brothers in a manner even characterisation, and it is they more richly lunatica that make the pictur

That apart, the wise-tracking Adrianne Allen is disturbingly pair get the utmost out of the The Regal Salon Orch. G1882. convincing as the crazy wife, and rather this story about Two travel- Clive. Brook does his best to ling salesmen whose claims to Memories of Beethoven

achieve the suburban atmosphere. football abilly land them in a The Regal Salon Orch. MX14 even to the extent of alluding to jail which is in need, of crack The Toymaker's Dream (Golden) his wife as "Mrs. Smith" or what players for its team.

The Regal Salon Orch. MX11. Serenade (Toselli)

Serenade (Schubert)

Teddy Bears' Picnic (Bratton) Greening Novelty Orch. 2720-D. Memories of Mozart

The Regal Salon Orch. MX16. G.40-7.12 p.m.-A Concert.

7 p.m.-(Closing: Local Stock Quotations, etc:).

Piano Solo.

Voices of Spring

:

(Strauss, arr. Grunfeld).

Anla Dorfmann DXS28. Vocal Duet

Bird Songs at Eventide (Barris & Coates)

Dora Labbette & Hubert Eisdell

Kempsou bid One No-Trump, all S-Qxx passed, and he made four. This H-7 was, of course, a lucky result, a8 D-A K 10 xx the whole Club sult was missing. The question is, Should I have rais-

Kempson rightly opened Two led him to Two, in which case he Diamonds, followed by Two would have bid Three Spades, in Hearts from me and Two No- which declaration the game might Trums from him. I Dest bid be made? I think it is a near thing Three Diamonds, thinking he violin Solo-S

would choose between game bids Bourree (Sammòna) whether I should bid or not.

in Diamonds or No-Trumps," "but| He took this as a weak bid and Song- stopped. Four by cards was made, but game would probably have

¡S-A J

HAND 16.

Kxxx H-Q 10 9 x

x x x x D-K 8 x x x QIN C-J

K'x x Love all. Third in hand, Kemp® son did not bid and the hand was thrown in..

been made in No-Trumps,

HAND 41

J 10 J x ARIF AKx

S-K Qi H-10 9 x I think he most certainly should D-8 IX bid. Only the odd trick would98. have been made, but 1 need not

We wore a game and 60 up," and

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Kempson passed and I made three.

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"CALL HER SAVAGE"-KING'S

THEATRE.

...

The governor and Chili ajster, played by the smouldering Mr. Kennedy and the wry-faced. Miss ¡Oliver, lend a very succemfnt kand in the general fan and for every possible point of humour out of the material ⠀⠀ available. Betty In "Call Her Savage," the cur-Grable is an attractive heroine. rent attraction at 'the King's But the complete absence of the Theatre, Miss Clara Bow is star song-and-dance business for which red for the first time since her 're-every Wheeler-Woolsey fan will be tirement from the screen nearly waiting is a bad mistake. two years ago.

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"SHERLOCK HOLMES"—

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"Sherlock Holmes,"" haded on one

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family marries a rounder, who Echoes of Vienna (Sauer).

To Mirian Jordan, beautiful Eo- virtually deserts her on their wed-glish actress; falls the honour of Aula Dorfmann PX328-ding night. ¡Vocal Duet

the leading feminine role. Ernest All supporting characters have Torrence appears as, the master Until

been well-cast, with particular crook, 1oriarty, while Reginalā (Teachemacher & Sanderson) marks to Mr. Monroe. Owsley. Owen plays that part of the amus Dora Labbette & Hubert Elsdell rone; Miss Thelma Todd, bis mising Dr. Watson.

Indian Lament

At the score he surely should have violin Solo--- supported me, though I must have been lucky to make more than one. As far as I can remember I made four tricks in Diamonds, and Hearts were not touched till too

D-X I

C-KQ x x x x late.

S-Q J x x D-Q J x x C-A

had passed.

HAND 19 8-10 9 x x D-A 10 8 x

S-x x

Fest

H-AK xx D-K x x

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SEARCH FOR LOST TREASURE.

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Attempt To Locate

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Norman Foster and June Clyde AMERICANS SEEK £2,000,000. featured as a coming boxer and af Endor and Farrell Medley

New York.. Chick Endor & Charlie Farrell telephone operator respectively,

A new expedition to seek the are again brought together in "Steady Company now showing treasure of the British sloop Organ Solos

"Braak," which sunk off Cape at the Majestic Theatre. Song Hits (1932)--Medley

The theme concerns the 'doings' Henlopen, Delaware, in 1798, is Reginald Foort DB762

of a professional boxer who has announced by Mayor Alfred E. Humorous Duet

Jordan The New M. P.

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The "Braak" was originally a Flanagan & Allen DB923, beater until he meets a telephone

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in gold and silver. Mayor Jor dan - said the new expedition would begin operations within a month neing the reconditioned Fire Island Lightship which has been renamed the "Captain

the Three Minor convention, Con- centrating on the annoyance of not? being allowed to bid two Clubs, I inadvertently said No-bid, Kemp-

Berlin. son bid One Club, quite correctly,

A young painter was commis which I only raised to Two though sioned to decorate the walls of I should have said Three; we made the 700-year-old Church of St. jour Three.

Katharine at Schoenemoor, in The hand should have been play Oldenburg. ed in No-Trumps, which Kempson But when he was about would have called had I bid for start work it was found that he rectly. A Spade would have been had been forestalled by hundreds Descriptive Sketch-Horse Sense. opened and the game made, unless of years-for a series of mediae- South ·· switched"

*

Diamond

HAND 28

HA KJ-x DJI

9 x x x Q.xxx NIL.

and

to

d Haver and Lee DB858, 7.45-8 p.m.-From the Studio. A Jazz Pianoforte. Recital... by

"ARE YOU THERE"-STAR

THEATRE.

"Are

You There, the Fox Movietone farce, now, showing át}

:

val wall paintings were discover- lead when getting in on the Ace of ed under a thick layer of chalk. Clubs,

The paintings portray vivid L. T. P. scenes of the Last Judgment and 8 pm Local Time & Weather Star Theatre, stars Beatrice Brewin honour of the the martyrdom of St. Katharine. Report,

down with a crew of 88: Associat- One picture shows the damned in 8.3-10.30 pm-Chinese Studio Lillie, and is full of amusing situs "Braak'a skipper who went tiona The music and songed with Mayor Jordan are a num- Hell being received by a winged Concert: CA 10.6 x

chant, and the popular star cap- devil, while a demon carries a 10.30 p.m Rugby Mid-day

ber of shipping men. tivates her audience with her male Kempson dealt

bid One naked woman away to punish- Press Newa.

Sections of timber recovered Impersonation. Trump, which I took into Two ment.

10.85, p.m.--Close Down.

Olga Baclanova and John Gar-last December by wire dragging ||Spades. He raised to Three "Sconemore,” as it was then All recorde in the above Euro-rick, form an admirable support off Cape Henlopen were found to Spades, and we were one down. I called, was a place of pilgrimage pean programmes are kindly aup for Beatrice Lillie.The picture is be about 150 years old by the do not approve of the No-Trump devoted to St. Katharine In the plied by Messrs, Anderson: Music full of life and colour throughout Smithsonian Institution, Reu- bid, as these are two suits with- Middle Ages-Reuter.

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