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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1934

"PASSING FOR A. SWING

by Ely Culbertson.

There is no Bridge player a more confirmed advocate of "passing for a swing" than I.

There are many

occasions when

an adversary has opened the bid- [ding and my holdings are such that I feel sure if my opponents are left undisturbed they will get into such difficulty that my partner and will be able to reap a much great- er reward than we would be able to do should I take immediate aggres- sive action.

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However, this does not mean that when an opponent has opened the bidding, and the player sitting to his left holds something like four trumps to the King and strength in other suits he should sit mute. In

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North, Dealer

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Amusements

Cinema Notes

catchy. The gypsy dresses, lively scenes of revelry, and an Insight Into the grape-season in Hungary, combine to make this an enter- |taining picture.

Loretto Young, Jean-Parker (the and

"TREASURE ISLAND”—QUEEN'S jealous gypsy sweetheart)

Phillips Hohdes; as the gallant young Lieutenant-make the most

THEATRE

"STAND UP AND 'CHEER"--

MAJESTIC THEATRE

One of Fox Film's most lavish

to the

screen,

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

12.30-215 p.m.- European Pro- gramme.

1230-1 p.m.-Recorded Music.. 1 p.m.-Local Time & Weather Ro- port..

1.03 p.m.-Rocorded Music.

· 1.16 p.m.-A Relay of the Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room (by courtesy of the Management).

2.15 p.m.-Close Down Dance Muste from Hong Kong Hotel 4-7 p.Chinese Programma.

CHINESE TRADE IN THE STRAITS

Exhibition To Be Held In Singapore

It has been decided to hold a Chinese trade exhibition In Sings- pore next year.

The scheme is being sponsored by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, and Its purpose is to fur- ther the interests of Chinese manu- facturers in the Malayán market..

A member of the committee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce,

7 p.m. - 1 a.m.- European Pro-Mr. Ng Ban Soo, is at present on a tour of various centres in central

gramme.

7-230 p.m.-Light Orchestral Music Fantasia on Melodics of Johann Strauss and south China, with a view to

(Weber)

enlisting the co-operation of Chin-

At the Tchaikovsky Fountain Urbach) ese manufacturers.

You shall be the King of my Heart

(Stolz)

The Singapore Free Press under

Entry of the Spring Flowers (Kocherts stands that this exhibition will be

Policeman's Holiday (Ewing),

Parade of the Tin Soldiers (Jossel) 8p.m.-Local Time & Weather

port

7.30-8.80 p.m. Variety.

Vocal

Musical Comedy-Selection

held some time next year, and it is likely that the venue will be the Re-"Great World" amusement park,

In all probability the Chinese ex- hibition will precede the British Trade Fair, which will be held from

Garda Hall and Georgo Bakar. (May 3 to 11. Orchestra-

Love, Life and Laughter

Songs

Now Maytalr Orchestra.

Just by your Example Dancing on the Celling Jessie Matthews (Soprano)) Piano Solos

I'll String along with you What are your intentions- Organ Solos-

Hale da Costa.

FOREIGN MARRIAGES TO BE STATE-REGULATED

Mr. Tang Yu-jen, vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, is at the head of the special committee which is draft- ing out special regulations covering the eventuality of any Chinese diplo- Sidney Torch. matie or military oficial desiring to marry foreign women. The whole scheme is expected to be finished soon, after which it will be sent to Chinese legations abroad.

A Very Merry Christmas

Vocal Ducts

All of a Sudden

We just could'nt say Goodbye

Chick Endor and Charlie Farrell Orchestra,

Taikie Hits-Medley, 1982

Fanfare Selection Songa-

This is Romance

It's only a Paper Moon

Conrad Thibault (Baritone)

8.30-9 p.m.-Band Selections. The Jolly Robbers-Overture (Suppe)

The generations of people both of their material, young and old who have been thrilled by "Treasure Island," Robert Louis Stevenson's famous story of pirate adventure, will find the vivid story-book experiences of their youth created on the screen contributions in the picture at the Queen's "Stand Up and Cheer," a musical Marche Slav (Tschaikowsky) Theatre, with Wallace Beery and extravaganza, is now showing at Tancredi Overture (Rossini)

Selection of Wilfred Sanderson's Songs Jackie Cooper in co-starring roles. the Majestic Theatre.

9-9.17 p.m.-Organ Solos. Full power of the most widely- With Warner Baxter heading An Organist's Yuletide

Quentin M. Maclean book about pirates the cast of prominent players, The bidding at one table went read tiction

Sydney Gustard. us follows:

ever written has been retained in "Stand Up and Cheer!" presents Medley of Old Time Songs (English) North

the adaptation of it by John Lee many outstanding performers of 9.17-9.30 p.m. A Recital by Danny Mahin. Scenes have been repro- the screen, the stage, and the Malone (Tenor) [duced exactly as described in the radio, such as Shirley Temple, 1. Sweetheart Darlin' (Kahu) book with much of Stevenson's Madge Evans, James Duunn, Sylvia 2 Love's Roses (Breones)

(Jackson) own dialogue between the charac-Froos, John Boles, Nigel Bruce, The Dear Little Shamrock

Arthur Byron, Ralph Morgan, Jim-14. She is far from the Land (Hughes) This bidding is correct. North ters followed to the word.

9.30 p.m.-Reuter Press Bulletins Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Iron Pipe, Pipes, Wine, Teak and South actually save by accept-

With Beery as Long John Silver my Dallas, "Aunt Jemima," Mit- Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, 27th Planks, Sandalwood, Wire, Unbrel-ing the penalty of 500 points, based and Jackie Cooper as Jim Hawkins, chell and Durant. Nick Foran and December, 1934, at 12.15 p.m., fortas, Glass, Colour Earth, Samples on Duplicate scoring, as East and boy. adventurer, a cast has been Stepin Fetchit. the purpose of receiving a Statement of Tobacco, Marble Chips, Sulphur west can make five spades plus 100 assembled to bring each rover of of Accounts and the Report of the Sweepings, Flat Bars, Corr, Sq. honours if permitted to play at four the Spanish Main to the screen Directors for the financial year Iron, Copper Tube, Rd. Bars, Beer, spades. Their plus score would with living reality. Lionel Barry- ended 30th September, 1934, and Books and Fancy goods, Ironware, thus be 750 points.

more's blustering Billy Bones is: electing Directora and Auditors, Galv. Pipe, Sodium Sulphide, Wire

of the most entertaining At the other table, where the one The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Shorts, Flat Bara, M. S. Bars, remaining pair of the team were

characters he has ever played. Company will be CLOSED from Paint, Bar Ends, Corr. Sq. Bars, sitting, the bidding went as follows: Otto Kruger is forceful

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knowledge of sailing ships gives convincing background to his role of Captain Smallett: Nigel Bruce Of course, East's strategy had is a ruddy and typically English LAMMERT BROS.,

been based entirely on the expecta-Squire Trelawney: touches of Auctioneers tion of securing a large penalty. quaint humour are put into the Hong Kong, 22nd December, 1994. As a matter of fact, so badly was

Ben Gunn, characterization of the hand played that North made marooned pirate, by Chic Sale.

Every

and *****his contract.

pictorial beauty Eust, after doubling with the action value in the story has been HONG KONG HEIGHTS theory of utilising some of his brought out by the direction of small trumps in ruffing, opened the Victor Fleming, whe has filmed For the information of visitors singleton club Queen, a very bad such adventure, stories as "Rendez- vous" and "Around the World in 80 Minutes,"

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In the first place, it was the) height of optimism for him to think that on the bidding his part- ner could hold a card which would give him an entry to permit the making of a low trump by raffing,

"VIVA VILLA!"-ORIENTAL THEATRE

:

A superb charaterisation of the man. who was the outstanding

and in the second place, a singleton figure in Mexico's history during Queen is a bad lead in itself.

Great

the decade preceding the War, is Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's

However, the strongest criticism jagainst East was in the matter of

strategy. His hand requires imme-current release. "Viva Villa!" fea- diate action after the bidding basuring Wallace Berry Fay Wray, been opened by an opponent. It is and Joseph Schildkraut.

not the type of holding with which

The opening scenea show Beery,

to sit back and let opponents get the title role as Villa, witness ing his father whipped to death

into trouble, and the course pursued by the aristocrats, and this bitter at the other table-namely, a

Takeout Double of the Opening bid memory never leaves him.

of one heart WAR much the sounder course.

*The reader will note

that not to

it is very difficult,

HA

knows no law, except that all men are equal and that aristocrata must be killed. He vanquishes his enemies with his ragged army of recruits, marries every girl ha

say impossible, for North to make fancies. You will see him as Die- four hearts, but, aided by misplays tator, and then his ignominious by the defence, this result was a death in a butcher's shop--an act

complished. West, for some reason of revenge. discarded from his club holding, and the Declarer thus made four club tricks, one, diamond and five, heart tricks with his combined {trump || holding to fulall the

contract.

“CARAVAN"-KING'S THEATRE

A

Erik Charell, producer of "Con gress Dances, presents another magnificent.musical romance, "Caravan:"/_ now at the King's Theatre.

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Starring in this Fox Alm. In Charles Boyer. the noted Contin- ental stage and green star. In this musical operatta, he enacts the role of a gypsy violinist.

The theme melodies, "Hot Cha Cha,

"The Wine Song" are

(Continued on Page 11.)

8.35 p.m.-1 a.mA Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the, Grill Room (by courtesy of the Management),

1a.m.-Close Down

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