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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1933.

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A pre- mium of 300 points is allowed for a Buccessful non-vulnerable Kame contract and 600 for a vulnerable Igame contrael. Then there 100 penalty limitation of 600 points

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Poison Widow on Stand

Two excellent closeups of Mrs. Jessie Costello, accused of the poison murder of her fire chief husband, as she testified on her own behalf at The widow, who has smiled all through her trial, broke Salem, Mas down as she vehemently asserted her innocence, declaring she loved the husband she in accused of slaying.

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RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

ANOTHER FLIGHT TO STRATHOSPHERE

CINEMA

NOTES

Austrian Balloon To

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"TOPAZE"-CENTRAL

THEATRE

John Barrymore has one of the funniest roles of his career na

in "Topaze" simple schoolmaster

Start In Spring.

HAS OPEN PLATFORM

further

London. The vogue among scientists of balloon flights to the stratosphere is definitely established," Viento now

that a announces ascent is to be made.

Prince Ulrich Kingky, President the Alm version of the Broadway of the Austrian Aerò 'Club, writes success, now showing at the Central in the "Neues Wiener Journal" of Theatre.

the Austrian stratospheric flight Myrna Loy is the leading lady which is intended to start in the and is responsible for much of the Spring. success of this daring comedy.

Prince Kinsky holds that numer- It has some venturesome scenes ous aero-electric and meteorological (and, added to clever portrayal, pro-questions can be solved only by per- mises real good entertainment. sonal measurements from the bal- The supporting cast Includes loon, and is not interested in

Mason, Reginald

Albert Conti, breaking previous records.. Jackie Searl, Jobyna Howland.

Professor Hess, one of the con- Frank Reicher and Lowden Adams.structors of the Balloon, doubts

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"NIGHT AFTER NIGHT”— QUEEN'S THEATRE

whether it is worth while to go to the expense of repeating Profesor Piccard's measurementa of the cos- mie ultra rays. The Austrian bal- luon is built to enable it to rise slowly and steadily and if necessary Storring George Baft, "Night remain poised at any given altitude. After Night." the latest Paramount, the facilitating research work. attraction, now showing at the There is a doublegondola with Queen's Theatre, is a story of an open platform, where, the pilot queer love romance between a Man-and observer can remain until the hattan speakenny proprietor and A balloon reaches a height of 18.000 Park Avenue debutante, played by feet, when they can enter.. the her Mins Constance Cummings.

metically closing main, gondola.- The entire action of the film takes Reuter. place in the speakeňay, where the

society viri, revisiting the scene of

her childhood, meets Raft. A queer to work for his living instead of romance develops which is brought marrying

an heiress. He gets a

to an unusual climax after a series job as a salesman for the Mop-1- of startling events.

cast The supporting Buch sercen celebrities

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the

Hons Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W West, Wynne Gibson

Skipworth. on a wavelength of 355 metres (845 K.C.'):-

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Tup Vacuum Cleaner Company and includes the amusing complications that Mae arise are well handled by this clever and Alison actor.

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when not vulnerable and 900 when at table IV +620; and at table V We recommend reliable persons of vulnerable. The losing pair Jones--700. The lowest of these scores all classes to suit EMPLOYERS the whole penalty, but the winning table V) gets no match points the requirement with antisiaction. En hair scores no more than the limit.next lowest (table III) gets 1 matchi auiries will be promnty attended to. The balance of penalty points is point; the next (table 1) 2 match (for accounting разровен only) points; the next table 3 match Everything will be Free of Charge.

(table V) 4 Please dial 28939, or write to 67. carried into an "excess penalty points; and the last

column. A premium of 50 points match poin's, the highest Des Voeux Road

should be awarded for a successful The total of match paints on each House. 1st Floor,

partial score contract, or, better hand is the sum of 0, plus 1, plus be doubled and overtricks counted |2. plus 3. plus, 4 which is 10. The still, the bld partial score should top score on each hand is 4; con- 'at the ordinary rate; thus the aide jsequently the maximum possible bidding Two Hearts and making for all the thirty hands in 120

12.30 p.m.-European programme of tricks ncores 60 paints points. Frequently there is a tie recorded musit. (contract and 30 points for the over-between some pairs (two or more) į 1 n.m.-Local Time & Weather Re-

doubled (120 points) for the hid the three 'batiom scores are ties. part.

Featuring George Gre 1.18 p.m.-A relay of the Hong Kong ¡trick, in all 150 ponts. This was a one hand,

Let us assume that Hotel Orchestra by courtesy

of the famous slage comedian, "Cleaning the method adapted in the reen The problem then is to divide the Management. (During the interval Up." a lively British comedy is now ¡Anglo-American match. Lastly, total of the three bottom scores of recorded music will be broadcast from showing at the King's Theatre. the vulnerable Grand Slam should 0, 1 and 2 match points, ie.. 3 In the Studie)

The story deals with the adven- (only score 1,500 points and the non-all, equally between three players.

vulnerable 1.000 points. The dia- Each, of course, pe's 1 match point.stol-l To-night,

Dance Music from the Hong Kongtures of a Lord's son who decides THE Undersigned have receiver advantare of cumulative acoring |× | Similarly, if the two top scores almo

4-7 11-817.

Chinese Tamme.

7-11.30 p.m.-European programme

-6.40 p.m.

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ON

MONDAY, the 20th Nov, 1933,

commencing at 10,30 a.m.

2 p.m.-Close Down.

recurrried pro.

The entire musical numbers of "The Gondolers" (Glbert & Sullivan)

of recorded under the direction Runert D'Ovly Carte.

Hn.m.--(Local Time & Weather Re port)

players hand but to their lucky op-¡seares of 3 match points plus 4 ponents. A few months ago I saw match points between them, and a pair of weak

two lots of ties then read. 1, 1, 1, 32. players hid Small Slams in a tournament in five scores for this hand with two The consecutive hands, and fail in both pet 3% match points each. No other competitors failed to bid 31⁄2 for the five tables, the total and make theso Sluma. The re-being alwave 10. The total nf 8.40-9 p.m.-Band Selections. A Quantity of Valuable House xult was that the opponents col-match points won on all the hands Aida-Introduction and Moorish Ballet hold Furniture and Blackwood |lected two penalties, Instead of auf-determines the winner. In large Aid Grand March and Finale

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fering the loan of two Small Slam tournaments the tables are divided

(Verdi)

Creatore's Band

On view from Sunday, the 19th. bid and made, and they naturally into sections thus ninety tables Tunnhauser-March (Wagner)

won the tournament. It wan can be divided into ten sections of Marche Aux Flambeaux (Meyerheert November, 1933.

through a skill on their part that nine pach. This means that there | Band of HM. Coldstream Guards. they defeated the two Slam con- will be twenty winning pair. They jong Hotel Danes Orchestra, from the 9-110 m relay of the Hong

tracta. In both cases the declarer can then compete

between them Rene Kone

Hotel Grill Room. by defeated himself. Had the scoringselves. It is well to avoid having courtesy of the Management. During been in match points instead of too high a top score on each board. The intervals recorded muule will cumulative scoring the "swing"A low top store means a better test rondrast from the Studio). on these two hands would have had of ja much smaller finni effect.

radio

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I always ring Tinted this 21st day of September. up Radio Services

1933.

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ALLAN KEITH, Secretary.

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The The New Customs Tarla,

Who's Who of the 1,000 principal Chinese,

Consular Regulations for Importers,

The Latest Treatles with Foreign Countries, articles on the Chinese Government, the Kuomintang, labour conditions, railways and rivers, wireless and telegraph developments, and a mass of other necessary Information

to the newspaper reader and the business office.

Price $20 nel, China postage 50 cents

Publishers:

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Local Selling Agents:

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MATCH POINT'S

meaning more eliminatinx of skill, but it has the tisadvantage rounds. on small tournaments the

br

11,30 p.m.-Close Down.

10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Press News

All records in the above Eurotunn

Library.

It is because of the unfair effect winner is decided on one round of,rogrammes are selected from Z.B.W of large "gifts" of penalties that play only. many of the best players prefer the The best method of scoring match-point method of scoring.seems to me to be the one which boards instead of being counted on This method is not so simple as avoids large top scores on match jone only. cumulative scoring. Let

If the reader wants a coufirma- 11.A as points on individual hands as well sume that five tables are engaged as severe "awings" in cumulative Lion of the value of combining match- in a pairs competition of 80 boards scores. This method is a combina-cumulative scoring with |(ie., hands). Board No. 1 onwardsition of both methods of sccring. point scoring for every four hands, to Board 30 will be played at each Take four boards as a group and let him analyse the scores in the table. After every six boards the consider them one match. This is recent Anglo-American match, tak- players change no that each North the best number as it is a complete ing four boards has his unit. He and South pair plays six hoards evele of vulnerability changes, will find that the visitors won 46 with each East and West pair. These four boards are played at match points (Le., 46 groups of There are two competitions going each table by the same players, and four boards each) against, 28' for on at the same time, one between the cumulative score for all four at the home team: in other words, three all the North and South pairs and one table compared with those at they won rather more than dne between all the East and West all the other manner described matches of four boards each for pairs. Let us take a random one above. In this way the effect of a every two won by the home team. :{ hand, (say) No. 4 board, and a big swing is confined to four (There was one tie.) No method Jauma that North and South scored boards, and the high fluctuations of scoring, it seems to me, reflects at table 4-450 points on this hand; of match points are toned down more accurately the true character at table II -100; at table III -250; through being spread over four of the victory than this.

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