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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1933.

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USELESS RUFFING”

By ELY CULBERTSON.

"LOVE FOOL" OF THE BOULEVARDS

Well-Known Figure Passes In Paris.

JEALOUSY LEADS TO DEATH

Paris.

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will ba broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W.

TOWNS RISE

IN JUNGLE OF

NEW GUINEA Goldfield Expansion Causes Change.

ONLY AIR COMMUNICATION

As some philosopher has pointed, and East, in order to prevent South out, fath deals the cards, whether from discarding a heart, used his

"The Love Fool," well-known by on a wavelength of 855 metres (845 In life or Bridge, and you are only only trump. South, in pursuance responsible for the way you play of his plan, overruffed with the trey the taximen of the Paris boule EC's);—— them. The obvious thing is often of spades and led another club. for vards, has paid for his tempestuous

Here nature with his death. the correct thing. The master the second ruff in Dummy. player of the game of life or Con- the defense play varied, and the tract is the one who can differen-player who elected to follow the nickname has been shown in court the obvious course and the times to monds on the third and fourth leads chauffeur, known for his passionato take a by-path. In to-day's hand of clubs from the closed hand fail-

and thoughtless nature as "the Love we have an example of the differed to prevent the making of ence between doing the obvious game, with that line of play, the thing under unusual circumstances following situation resulted: and of stepping off the beaten path North:

Port Moresby, New Guinea. Modern towns, with hospitals, 12.30 p.m.--European programme of electric light and wireless, have risen out of the jungle hinter How well he played up to his recorded music from Z.B.W.'s Libraryland New Guinea. There is 1 p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re-

tiate between the times to follow obvious course of discarding dia here.

Maurice Detroit was A taxi-

as a means of reaching the desir!

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ed end. This hand was played in a Duplicate Bridge tournament in Cleveland. The lesson is one defence.

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South, Dealer.

Sim-Q 1 7 6

North and South vulnerable. East and West net vulnerable. North:-

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East:--

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South:-

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South:-

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C-A 10 9 4

A

port.

no road to them; only aircraft can reach them over the moun- tains.

2 p.m.-Close Down. Violin and `Flanočurte Recital From The development of the Bulolo, the Studio.

Wau and Edie Creek goldfields has caused. this transformation. Yesterday, the jungle echoed to the menacing growl of the war drums and the scream of the head-hunters.

Relay from Daventry. 4.30-7 p.m.-Chinese recorded

7-10.30-11 p.m.--- European

Fool" by his fellow taxi drivers.

He loved the pretty Yvonne Denis. As he was driving a fare through the bouleavrds one day, hogramme. saw her eitting in the front of another taxi, driven by an old gramme. friend of his, Charles Bontemps.

An hour later chance brought him to the same taxi rank Charles.

7 p.m-Closing Local Stock tions, etc....

73-7.15 p.m.-Band Murle.

| King's Guards March (Keith)

pro-{

pro-

To-day there is, instead, a Quota- datter of huge dredges, and the

"The Love Fool" insulted his Third Battalion March (Egerton) supposed rival. Bontemps remain-

ed calm, whereupon the other pick-

Band of H. M. Coldstream

Guarda,

Merrie England (German)

New Symphony Orch. Vocal Gema

Veronique (Messager) Selcetion-

deep-throated roar of giant monoplanes.

Yesterday, painted cannibals wearing feather head-dresses, held dances, feasts and initia tion ceremonies.

Bame

To-day, instead, the savages, grimy, wearing batter- ed felt hats, are working under

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Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards. 7.16-7.58 p.m.--Light Opera & Musi-the direction of a handful of using the cal Comedy.

white men, and are Selection-

latest machinery to win gold from the earth.

Surrounded by the jungle there are hospitals and com fortable bungalows equipped with wireless, gramophones, pianos, electric light, and great mining machines weighing hun dreds of tond.

ed up a syphon from a cafe table Wes MacGregor Patrol (Amers) and hurled it at him. Bontemps | Policeman's Holiday (Ewing) retreated to the back of the bar, dodging another syphon. Bon temps drew a revolver and warned the Fool that he would shoot. The Foul advanced and Bontemps pull- ed the trigger five times. The Fool fell dead at his feet.

"Yvonne and I

Just South is in the lead and West friends," said Bontemps, "The Fool cannot prevent him from making lived and died true to his name, for both the Ace and Knave of trumps had done him no wrong."

Bontemps, whose plea was self-Vocal Gems to trump a heart as he is forced

At one defence, has been acquited.—Reu- and thus take the lead.

ter. table, however, West ruffed both

rounde the third and fourth clubs.

in

Dummy over-trumped cach instance, but the game was saved, as South, in the lead, could re-do nothing except lead a heart upon a diamond which West discarded and East won and returned the suit Thus, by apparently useless ruffing, West had found a way to defeat the contract. West made a trump and the King of diamonds, while East won 2 heart tricks.

THE BIDDING Figures after bids in table fer to numbered explanatory para graphs). South West North East

2 D 2 S (1) 3 H (2) 45 (3) Pass

Puss

Pass

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mond bid has decreased the value of North's hand played on

However, the attack.

the hand contains a Singleton and adequate support for the spade bid. North does not wish

risk the possible loss of game through timidity.

BEATING THE ODDS Longfellow once stated, "Never give up 'tis the secret of glory.": The Bridge player who finds his pleasure in battling against scem- angly insurmountable odds, using as his instrument the paste-board re- presentations of armies, is merely

to

2-Justified in view of the unusual distribution and the scoring

were

1 H Pass 5H (1) Pass Pass 6 H (2) Pass Pass 1-North's hand does not have a

Hia

Belle of New York (Kerker) Geisha (Jones)

-Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards,

Floredora (Stuart)

Selection

Light Opera Company.

Follow Star (Ellis)

Everything byr.

Yet there, is no road through New Mayfair Orchestra, the towering mountains to these Everything 7.58-8.43 p.m.-A. Concert,

tropic goldfields.

8 p.m.-(Local Time & Weather Rhas been brought in by nero- port),

Pianoforte Solo-

plane. Nothing like it has been

Scherzo in B Minor (Op. 20, No. 11 done in the world before.

(Chopin)

Nocturne in F Sharp Major (Op. 15, No.-2) (Chopin)

Josef Hofmann

Vocal Duet

The Thought Never Entered Mv.

Head (Novello) Moon Enchanted (Besley)

Sweeping to: 8,000 feet over densely wooded ranges and steep ravines, the monoplanes' covered within an hour the journey from Salamon, which would take the fastest native carrier an ardous

Winnie Melville & Derek Oldham. week to perform. Celot

Perpetuum Mobile

(Weber, arr. Crooke) Valse Caprice.

(Rubinstein, arr. Crooke)

Fearlessness, resource and an indemitable spirit has been shown by the ploncer miner, and equal qualities by the: airmen who are

J. H. Squire Celeste Ortat conduction the services on which depends the ability to operate Midnight Review (Glinka)

the fields, The Two Grenadiers (Schumann)

Theodore Challiapine (Bass). Violin Bolo

Liebesteld (Love's Sorrow)

suit with which to force.

hand contains magnificent sup. port for the proposed trump suit and in addition 3% honour-) tricks. While not quite strong enough to bid for the Slam, it does justify a Slam try by over- bidding the game. 2-While South's' Opening bid was made on a four-card suit, his hand does contain additional values over those required for an Opening bid, even though vulnerable. He, therefore, ac-Song- cepts his partner's invitation to try or the Slam bonus." West, with tenace holdings in an his pleturing the struggle of life itself | clubs and spades, selected When a player has overcome what Opening lead the eight of dia- 3-South, anxious score the at first appeared to be insuperable monds. This trick Dr. Shedly won! bonus for a game and hoping to difficulties and triumphantly achie and her proceeded to lead five find more substantial support ves his end, he has a right to a rounds of hearts and two than is actually the case in his measure of satisfaction.

rounds of diamonds, carefully partner's hand, overbids his hand

In the hand below, my friend, watching West's discards mean. Harry Lauder-Vocal Gems'

(arr. Byng) 1 trick.

Dr. 1. H. Shelly of Philadelphia, while. He has correctly analysed

Scottish Male Valco Singers 8-9.30 p.m-From the Studio. Went opened the King of dia-playing in a Duplicate game at the the lend as probably locating both To he sold in oné lot subject to monds and when the Dummy dia-Wissahickson Bridge Club there, black Kings in the West hand. On A Violin and Pianoforte Recital

Maklezoff. a reserve. In

the event of the closed its length is that suit he found plenty of obstacles in the the first 8 tricks West was forced Professor N: Tonets & Professor

All the shifted to the Ten of hearts.

way of the achievement of his to make four discards and be chose reserve not being reached,

as his discards two spades and two 1. Stock will be put up in suitable lots South players, when they studied contract.

their combined holdings, elected to

clubs. The Ace of spade was then and the Furniture in one lot)

play the hand at a cross ruff. If

played from the Dummy and the also

South can atllize Dummy's three

apade suit returned, but Dr. Shelly refused to put up the Queen. rumps to trump his losing club

West won and as and his own trumps to ruft Dum my's diamonds, then he can afford

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North and South vulnerable. East and West not vulnerable. South, dealer,

North:

S-A 3 H-Q 10 8 7 8

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THE BIDDING;"

(Figures after hide in table re- fer to numbered explanatory para graphs.)

West South

Judicial Interference.

KCAN'T YOU TWO

SETTLE THIS DISPUTE OUTSIDE THE

COURT

North East

No wonder their joint achieve. ments are the marvel of en- gineers and aviators the world

(Kroialer) Liebesfreud" (Love's Joy) (Kreisler) over,"

Early Pioneers. Fritz Kreisler. 8.42-9 p.m.-Scottish Selections. Twelve years have passed more Fantasia on Scottish Airs (arr. Mulder) since "Shark Eye" Park, a maD De Groot & His Orchestra. had a magic power to travel in

Programme.

Violin Balos-

safety alone among the fiercest natives, first discovered gold on a tributary of Koranga Creek,

by

Professor N. Tonoff.

after years of misfortune, who the Bulolo River, and it was Bill struck deposits at the head of Edie Creek.

It is only six. years since Lieutenant. Mustard flew the first acroplane an old DH37, purchased cheaply from the Commonwealth, from Lae to Wau.

(a) Kol Nidrel (Erdenko) (b) Serenata (Banzato) (c) Mazurka (Radler) 2-Pianoforte Sclos

(a) Liebestraum (F. Liart) his hand con-

(b) Funerel (F. List) tained nothing but clubs, he was

Professor S, Maklezof. forced to lead a club which was 3. Violin Bolo

(a) La Romanesca (Achron) - won in the Dummy Hand, _An

“(b)- Thais (Massenet) other club was led which South

(e) Menuet (Beethoven)

Professor N. Tons. won with the Ace and carbed the

9.50-10 Light Orch. Music. Queen of spades making his con- tract and the Small Slam. Dr. Gipsy Love-Selection (Lebar)

De Groot & His Orchestra, Shelly bad discarded a club from The 'Gypsy Princess-Belection

(Kalman) his own hand on the fifth round of ***

De Groot & the New Victoria Orch. Reuter, hearts. Against this line of play West had no defense, as had he Light Cavalry Overture (Suppe)

New Light

held three spades, the club suit Dollar Princess-ny Orchestra.

would have been led after hearts and diamonds, were exhausted, the

(Fall)

Nat Shilkret & His Orchestes. 10-10.30-p.—A relay from Daren- of the Scottish Studio, Orchestra, first trick won with the Ace and directed by Gay Daines. (Should. the sult Immediately returned, ception prove satisfactory, this relay West would then have been com- will be continued to 11 p.m.)

10,38-11 p.m.-

Opening 10 pelled to lead a spade away from

Commodity quotationa .. Block & his minor tenace.

as received from New York by Messrs. Thus, through the combination Swan, Culbertson & Fritz, of three plays a squeeze, a duck: 10.15-11.05 pm-Close Down. and an end play-the contract was made.

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WEVE

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Yet to-day, two big companies, the Bulalo Gold Dredging Ltd. and the New Guinen Goldfields, and a smaller company, called Daydawn, and numerous syndi- cates, are working these fields, and gold worth £80,000 is being flown monthly to the coast.---

HIS LOAF OF LEAD

Madrid.

A man who was seen to land at Maingan from a boat, coming from Mellila, carrying a loaf of bread in his band, was asked to hand it over. to the authorities for inspection.

Inside the loaf were found 49 bullets, which the man had been trying to smuggle through--Reu

ter,

By MILLAR WATT.

--BUT THE POLICE

STOP

US!

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