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BRIDGE NOTES

Keep Your Eye On The Score

By Ely Culbertson

Amusements

Cinema Notes

"TRANSIENT LADY”“” – KING'S THEATRE

"Transient Lady," the famous Octavus Roy Cohen story which ran serially in Liberty magazine, is showing at the King's Theatre

RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME

The following programme will

Every Bridge player, whether a keen student of the game or casual and infrequent participant, and whether a great expert or a to-day. Starting with a great anbe broadcast today from the struggling beginner, must train thor and a great story, Universal Hong Kong Broadcasting Station himself to keep his eye on the Pictures decided to complete the

score.

I cannot be too emphatic greatness of this production with ZBW. on a wavelength of 355 in speaking of the great import-

a cast that is unequalled. Gene metres: (845-K.C.a). ance in all respects of each play Raymond, Henry Hull, Frances er's knowing which side has scor Drake and Jane Clayworth are

5-8. p.m-European Programme. ed a game, whether or not either!

5-7 p.m.-Hong Kong Hotel Dance seen in the featured roles

And Orchestra side has a parscore, and other what a performance they give! 213 pm- 'Cello Recita! by bits of information that a glance

The story of this picture is laidj Pablo Casais. at the score sheet will reveal in a sleepy little Alabama town1. Moment Musical Schubert

At times it will be necessary to A wandering trio of promoters, 2 Le Cyrne (The Swan) choose between bidding for a

Saint-Saens`... Miss Drake. Edward Blis game and doubling the opponents Clark Wiliams, arrive in town for 3 If the opponents are vulnerable,

and

"ONE NEW YORK NIGHT”—

QUEEN'S THEATRE

Spanish Dance

Granados, xxx. Casals

No. 5-Popper 713-7.30 pm Band Selections

Garda Hall and George Baker Dear Little Cafe.. ("Bitter Sweet")

(Coward)

I'll See you again (“Bitter Sweet"}

*" (Coward)

Peggy Wood and George Metaza. 147-8 pm- "The Three Men” Suite (Eric Coates)

-

8 pm-Local Time * Weather Report; Closing Local Stock Quota- tions.

8:05-10.30 --Chinese Recorded Programme.

very often the proper choice is to the purpose of setting up a 14 Vito (Spanish Dance), op. 54, double and play for a penalty,porary roller skating rink. They whereas it would be entirely in-run foul of a gang of crooked rela- correct to double non-vulnerable tives of a crooked politician and Traviata--Selection (Verdi) |The Arcadians—(Monekton)

130-147 - pu- Musical Comedy opponents and accept a penalty of a murder results. The crooks try

to pin the guilt on one of the Gema.. |250 points or so.

promoters and then the thrills be- Musical Comedy It is often of even greater value gin. Through it all run one of to know that your side has a the most beautiful love stories of part-score, so that you will not the age. overbid your hand in an attempt to score below the line tricks that you do not need. I should recommend to all those who are. interested in being alert to their Franchot Tone has made a very opportunities at all times that sudden appearance among the they keep their own scores wher-ranking cinema stars, and his ever they play Bridge.

performance in "One New York To-day I am showing a hand Night" the current attraction at in which two very fine players lost the Queen's Theatre, will give a xame by stretching for a Slam, iron the reason why. because one of them glanced at in this film he is shown as a D Minor (the "Clock") (Bayda) another player's score sheet and Wyoming rancher who goes to mistook a part-score in the oppo- New York to find a wife and is nent's column for his own. Think-precipitated into a murder my-Reater). ing that his side had a part-score, stery, which happens in the hotel he interpreted his partner's room adjoining his own aggressive bidding as a strong Conrad Nagel is in rather Slam, with the result strange surroundings try for a that he bid too much and was "beary" of the plot, but plays his 3

part well nevertheless, and Una Merkel is shown as a telephone operator.

set.

East, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable Part-score: East-West 30 North:-

S-A 8 6

HJ 10 9.4'3

D-K Q7 3

C-10

West:-

S-J 9 43 z H.---2

D-10 2.

C-J87 32

Exist:

S-K Q5

E-A Q876

DJ 8

C-Q 65

POINTS

ABOUT

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Quick action

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On view from Friday, the 23rd. P.O. Box No. 620. HONG KONG August, 1935.

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10:30 pm-Close Down 8.30-10.30 pm- Exropean gramme Broadcast from ZER. on a frequency of 640 kilocycles.

8:30-9 pm-Symphony No. 101, înj

9-9.15 p.zz.—A Relay of the Daven-j try News Bulletin (Copyright by

915-9.28 pin-Harry Boy's Tiger Tagamufin's. -

1. Fox-Trot Medley

2

as

the

"PURSUED" --- ALHAMBRA THEATRE

*

Rockin' Chair; Georgia · on my

Mind; Lazy Day, (7

Sweet Soe, Just you; Heebie Jee-

bies; I wonder where my baby: is to-night 9.28-9.40 p.m. Four Songs Richard Crooks (Tenor)

by

1. I'll Always be True (Beatzky) 2. Vienna, City of my dreams

(Sieczynski) 3. Springtime Reminds me of you

(Rotter)

My Sunshine is you (Stolz) 9.40-10 p.m-Light Selections.

Orchestral

British North Borneo in the Dutch East Indies, a land of ap proximately 60,000,000 Malays and Where my Caravan has Rested (Johry 100,000 whites, is the exotic back-Love's Old Sweet Song (Molloy) ground of "Pursued” a new

Fox The Valley of the Poppies (Anchife):

A Birthday Serenade (Lincke) film drama, and is showing at Hallelujah, I'm a Tramp Selection

Alhambra Theatre to-day.

10 pan-Beater Press Bulletins. 10.05-10.20 pmA Relay from Daventry.

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THE CATHEDRAL Owen Hall BADMINTON CLUB

New Committee Elected

Honorary President: Bev. H W. Baines.

Hon. Vice-President: Lady Pollock. Lt Col E B. L. Dawbig- gin. O.B.E, Dr. E. W. Kirk, Mr. LW. Amps, OBE, HE. E. Hancock, Esq., Prof. L. Forster.

Committee: Chairman: - W: C At the General Meeting of the Clark, Esq. Ho Secretary: gramme by outstanding Street en St. John's Cathedral Badminton Roland Koh. Esq. Hon. Treasur a smattering of white

tertainers of London who have passed Club held at the Cathedral Baller: F. H. Kwok, Esq. Captains: Borneo daily sees enacted many our doors and been invited inside. dramas rivalling those of the These will include accordions, singers, yesterday at 5:30 pm, the follow-Miss Muriel Smith and F. E. pan pipes, hardy-gurdy, barrel or-ing were elected office-bearers for Kwok Esq. and H C Tyson. Esq. gans, dulcimers, violins, guitars and 1935-1936:

Miss Bobby Blake, Miss Doris bag-pipes.

RE: Rev. Ronald | Hunt and Rev. J. A. Bennitt.

A land of jungles and malaria, rubber plantations and wild game, thousands of white men and only

screen..

women,

To ensure accuracy of detail in the production, the studio engaged John Arensma first white man

The bidding: (Figures after born in Borneo, as technical bids refer to numbered explana-adviser tory paragraphs.)

In the principal feminine role North f "Pursued" is Rosemary Ames, 4 D (2) Chicago socialite. She plays a girl | 6D (4) who, through financial misfortune. is forced to earn her way in a 1-South realized that it was dance hall. It is her third major:

East- South West

1H

2D (1) Pass

Pass

5 D (3) Pass Pass Pass Pass

East-West who had the part score In such circumstances

part since her screen debut in “I Believed In You."

it is proper to overbid one's Prominent also in the cast are

hand

a little in order to Victor Jory: Pert Kelton, and prevent the opponents from Russell Hardie.

making a game too cheaply.

enough for an over-

THEATRE:

South's hand is of course. "BIRD OF PARADISE". STAR strong call, regardless of the COM- dition of the score.

The story of **Bird Or 2-North, had become confused Paradise,” which is showing at and was of the opinion, as I the Star Theatre to-day, for one mentioned before, that the 30-day only, might almost be a de- point part-score belonged to fiance to Kipling's famous saying, him and his partner. For for it tells of the love which reason he immediately syrings up between Joel McCrea, raised to four diamonds, be as a young American, and Delores Heving that the contract del Rio, an exotic beauty of one could easily be made and that of the Pacific islands.

this

the 80 points thus scored} There are - some beautiful would be enough for a game, scenes, and in order that the true If North had realised that effect might be captured, it is bes they would need the full 100 lieved that the company went on points for game, he probably location to the Hawaiian Islands would have kept the bidding for a while...

within Level:

the

three notrump (Continued on Page 11.)~

3-South's bid is quite obvious; Į The contract was, of course, because of his partner's don-defested, for West opened his sin- ble raise. he is bidding for gleton heart in response to his game. Unfortunately, the bid partner's opening bid and then appears to North in the na ruffed the heart return for the ture of a Slam try, since it setting trick The result would seems that South is overbid-have been the same had West ding the score.

opened a spade, for South could From North's point of view, not have established a heart trick ff South is strong enough to in Dumay without letting East make a Slam-try, siz-odd in to cash a trick on the second should be fairly szte. Nor spade round. has the spade suit controlled.

with his singleton ch

is assured of losing

› than one trick in

clubs and

North and South eventually lost

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