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OCTOBER 30, 1933.

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UNUSUAL BIDDING (By ELY CULBERTON)

Frequently hands arise at the Contract table that require the effort upon the most tremendous part of a player to force a some- what reluctant partner to respond to his calls. It is not to be won- dered at that if partner holds a complete bust and the deadly 4-8-9-

distribution, he should be. slight- ly reluctant to have very much to say about his hand.

3-There is no reason why South should distrust his partner-at least no reason apparant on the With 4% honour- surface.

8 Forcing tricks, obviously Takeout must be made, even though the hand contains only a single heart, the suit bid by his

parner.

4-While North realizes that he has

FRADIO

-TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will de broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. on a wavelength of 955 metres (845 K.C.):-

12.30 p.m.-European programme otj Victor and H.M.V. records.

I p.m.-Local Time and Weather Report.

1.15 p.m.-A relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra by courtesy of the Management. (During the inter- vala recorded music will be broadcast from the Studio).

2.15 p.m.-Close Down. Relay from The Ko Shing Theatre To-night.

6-8 PM.V. records.

-European programme

6-6.35 p.m.Variety. Humorous Song

created a difficult situation, he still feels that he cannot refuse Victor and Howevor.

to respect his partner's Forcing Takeout,

Hence the Raise to four spades. -Offering an alternative and also

suggesting the possibility of Slam.

there are occasions when a player, after an Opening bid by an oppon- strong hie hand is 80 jent, feels

that he must insist upon finding aut in what suit his partner holds

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An interesting example of the persistence of a player in an effort: to force his partner to bid, which was finally rewarded with the dis- covery of a game-going contract, loccurred recently in a contest In Des Moines, Iowa, conducted by Mr. and Mrs. Murray Campbell. The hand wax:

North, Dealer,

Neither side vulnerable

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6-While North fears a Slam bld by his partner, he still cannot refuse to show his strong pre- ference between the two suits named.

out, His partner's Opening paychic may be perfectly honest so far The bid of the as he knows. opponent's Bult is, of course,

7-South refuses to be shut

Life is Only a Merry-Go-Round, Little Brown Jug,

of

Frank Cramit 24092: Orchestral-Twenty Million People,

Moon Song

Jack Denny & His Orchestra 24217.

1 Give my Heart, Song--The Dubarry,

Grace Noore (Soprano) 1614. Orchestral-My River Home,

That's All That Mutters to Me, Jack Denny & Bis Waldorf

Astoria Orchestra 24184. Song-Unly My Song, Tell Me To-night.

Richard Crooks (Tenor) (619 7 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quote tions, etc.

6.35-7.27 p.m.

equivalent to a bid of aix spades,qQuartet in D Minor (Death and tho

which his partner has twice sup- ported.

8-North makes the anticipated

response

In the play. West opened a club, and South, after winning the first tricks, at once faced a very difficult Obviously he could continuation.

dia. not afford to lose a trick in monda nor in clubs, as there was no way of avoiding the loss of a trick then, in hearts. The only way,

that his contract could be assured would be to find West with the dia- ¡mond. Ace or to establish one dia. a discard of Dummy's mond for cub. 12-South, with strong support for

his partner'e bid, seeks to ob struct any response by West.

partner 3-Again insisting that

bid. 4-Again obstructing the exchange

of information. 5-Demanding still that partner speak, regardless of his holding. 6-West, with four spader to the seven spot and no card, higher

Maiden) (Schubert),

Budapest String Quartet M-34. 7.27.7.41 p.m.-A Concert. Song-Parlal Vaise (Arditi), The Gypay and the Bird

Oxenford-Benediet), Madame Amelits Galli-Curci

(Soprano). 1267. Piano Solo-...

Serenade for the Doll (Debusay). Capriccio (Scarlatti),

Vladimir Korowitz 1863. Song--A Dream (Cory-Bartlett).

Enrico Caruso (Tenor) S-1617. violin Solo-

Blue Skira (berlin-Kreisler). Dance of the Maldens

(Friml-Kreisler),

Fritz Greizler 1233 7.41-8 p.m. Serenade "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"

(Mozart),

AN

11.35 p.m.-Close Down

All records in the about European

No More Apples for Fifi

Fin Dorsay, vivacious stage and screen comedienne, pictured with her fiance, Maurice Hilk young Chi- cago medical student, whom she will wed in the near futura.. : M. she believes in the maxim about the apple and the doctor, FIA

through with pipplas

ROUND HONG KONG'S CINEMA THEATRES

MAIL REVIEW

"LOVE ME TO-NIGHT"— MAJESTIC THEATRE

star-

MAIL REVIEW

I LOVED YOU WEDNESDAY”—¿

KING'S THEATRE.

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"I Loved You Wednesday," the Maurice Chevalier's latest ring picture, "Love Me To-night," Fox screen presentation of the suc John Barbirolli'er Chamber

Orchestra C1655/1656 directed by Reuben Mamoulian and cessful Broadway play of the same Jeanette MacDonald, name, is the current attraction at Weather featuring p.m.--Local Time and

Butter-the King's Theatre. Charlie Ruggles, Charles Report.

King Vidor directed and the cast Elissa 8.3-11.30 p.m. -A relay from the Ke worth and Myrna Joy is the cur~|

at the Majestic includes Warner Baxter, Opening 10 rent attraction

Landi, Victor Jory, Miriam Jordan Shing Theatre.

11.30 p.m.-To-day's km. Stock & Commodity Quotations Theatre.

Like previous pictures starring and Laura Hope Crews,

a ballet received from Messrs. Swan, Cul-

Chevaller, "Love Me To-night" in The story deals with berton & Fritz, New York.

done in a humorous and whimsical dancer in Paris, played by Ellises the musical numbers, all written by unfortunate love affair goes Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, South America where she meets are sung by the French star and Warner Baxter, an engineer. Their but other mem work separates them, but they later bers of the cast join at one time meet in New York and are about "COSTLY FARCE OF Miss MacDonald,

to be married when her Paris loy- er, Victor Jory, puts in a sudden appearance and complicates mat- in which the ters. The manner three meet the situation is both in- teresting and clever.

than that, reluctantly responds, programmes are kindly supplled by vein, and is set to music. Most of Landi, who, seeking to forget an

East Dbl, (1) Dbl. (3)

South

2 D (2) 3 D (4)

Dbl. (9)

3 D (4)

Wesl Разя Pass Pass

4 D (6) Pass

Paes Past

4 S

(6)

It la interesting to note that this contract was made laid down, East and West losing only one bear and two clubs.

-With 4% honour-tricks, obvious-

ly a sound Takeoue Double. The bidding: (Figures after bids afer to numbered explanatory par- agraphs). North East Bouth West Pass 11(1) 20(2) 88(3)

6D(5) Pass 48(4) Pass Pass 69(6)

Pase BC(1) (S(8) Pano

Pass Pass

The holder of the East hand was the late Mr. Paul B. Galer, who was one of the keenest Bridge an- alysts in the United States.

Psychic Opening Bids.

Messrs. 8. Moutrie & Co.

GENEVA"

(Continued from Page 8).

to

or another,

MAIL REVIEW

"ZOO IN BUDAPEST"— ORIENTAL THEATRE.

MAIL REVIEW

QUEEN'S THEATRE "THE SIGN OF THE CROSS”--

to

In December 1916 Prince Sixte de Mr. Jolm T. Stone of Forest Hill, N. Y., records a recent Paychle Bourbon arrived in London with an

"Zoo in Budapest," now showing Opening bld by his partner, which, autograph letter to the Powers, although it was based on nothing written by the then Emperor Carl at the Oriental Theatre, is a story withdraw built around the activities and with 62 of Austria, offering more substantial than distribution, eventually resulted in from the war if the Entente would the atmosphere of a great zoologi-¡ a Slam declaration which Mr. Stone quarantee him the secure possession cal park. It deals with the ro This letter was mance of a young man who has was able to make. It was an unus-of his empire. With eleven 1-A very bad bid.

carde in the two major suits, ual and happy denouement to auch taken by the Prince to No. 10,lived all his life among the ani- even with but a single honour-an Opening, and I-record it more Downing-street, to be shown to Mr.ļmals, and a simple unsophisticated Sign of the Cross," one of the big- tricks, North may well consider for its historical significance than Lloyd George. entering the bidding at a later for its value to the earnest student stage, but there is no purpose of Bridge. whatever in this Opening, which can deceive no one but his part- ner.

able.

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North, Dealer,

East and West vulnerable. NORTH:-

WEST:

8.-9 376 5 IL-Q J7 642

D

C-10 8

5.-10 8 4

·H-K 10 8 D.-A.92 C-Q 98 2 SOUTH:--:

B-A K 9 8 2 H-8

D-K Q J 10 4 C-A 7

EAST:-

مصرع

H-A 15

D-8.7668

GK.J654-

Splendid acting and magnificent backgrounds are features of "The orphan girl who comes to the zoo gest screen spectacles shown for A lesson in natural history. some time, which is the current at- It will hardly be believed, but it for

find themselves traction at the Queen's Theatre. fardous is a fact that the Emperor's brother-They meet and

The cast includes such in-law was kept waiting in the ante- strangely in love.

Loretta Young and Gene Ray players as Elissa Land!, Claudette A private secre- room for hours. tary, possibly Sir Maurice Hankeymond are featured in the title roles, Colbert, Fredric March and Char- bimself, was sent out to talk to the with a supporting cast which in- Prince, with a propitiatory cigar, cludes O. P. Heggie, Sally Albright, which the visitor, out of sheer bore-Murray Kinnell and Ruth Warren, dom, smoked and pronounced to be "very indifferent,"

no

doubt! The Prime Minister read the letter, and went off with it to Paris

les Laughton.

It is a colourful cross-section of life in Rome during the career of

in the gerated, for the simple reason that the mad Emperor Nero and the no Power has the money to raise events which took place a party war; but for heaven's sake course of the persecution of the let us drop this costly farce of al-early Christians.

Elissa Land! is perfectly cast as. The Italians, and the French lowing Mr. Arthur Henderson to would have nothing to do with it prance about the capitals talking the Christian maiden who changes because sufficient territory was not nonsense about nationalism, and the heart of a Roman Prefect, Mar ceded to Italy, and because the wasting the highly skilled advocacy Aus Superbus, played by Fredric French Jusquauboutists were not of Sir John Simon and Mr. Eden in March, and teaches him the secret

of her pure love. satisfied; and so for two more years supporting this rubbish.

the slaughter was continued. This England has higher and nobler. Charles Laughton makes. à fine proves my contention that the cause work to do: let her, consolidate her impression as the Emperor Nero of all wars is lust for money, own Empire by an roll-round tariff, and Claudette Colbart shows new I think that the present danger instead of entangling herself in the acting powers as the degenerate

Empress Poppaes. of war in Europe has been exag-quarrels of her neighbours,

An Invitation Extended To Many An Installation Collector.

WAS MR. MONEYBELT

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GOING THERE

FOR THE MONEY

2

ON THE CONTRARY

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HE ASKED ME

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