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the moment he put himself int the way of another car travel ling at high speed he was in- viting catastrophe.

THE CHINA MAH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1936.

A scene from "Moonlight Murder," showing Duncan Renaldo and Benita Hume. This film is the current attraction at the King's Theatre.

BRIDGE NOTES

Estimating One's Resources

By Ely Culbertson

D.--A J

Radio: To-day's Programme

The following programme will be broadcast to-day-from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZRW. metres. on a wavelength of 355 (845. EC's).

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7-11` p.m.-European Programme. 7pm-A; Scottish Programme. Orchestra &

Hieland Laddie (Carrithers}

Songs

O Whistle and I'll come to you, My lad ("Folk Songs of Scotland"") McLeod's Galley (Kennedy Fraser)

Songs-

Örchestras.

"Triumph (Traditional) The Haymakers; (Traditional)

Reuter

News Bulletin (Copyright by hi and Announcements.

9.20 p.m.-"Patting the Clock Back"

7:45 pm-Reginald Dixon at the by the Squire Celeste Octet. Ongali.

1. Roberts Selection.- 2: Sweet Music-Selection.

3. Dixon Bequest Medley.

Sp-Local: Time Signal," Wes-

ther Report and Announcements.

5.30 pm From the Stadin

A Recital by Mary Gray (Soprano) and `G. F. d'Aquino (Tenor) and Ukelele Solos by Uksiele Joe. Zá

Programme

1* Song-Lover come Back to 8.03 p.m.From the Studie.

New Moon") Mary Gray Interpretations at the Piano by 2. Ukelele Solo Selected Helen O'Brien.

Ukelelo Joe.

Programme

3

1.

Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life.

Duet-Tea for Two ("No. : No Nanette")

2.

In the Shade of the old Apple Tree] Anne Laurie.

4

4.

Boots and Saddie.

Mary Gray and G. F. d'Aquino. Song My Song goes round the Warid G. F. d'Aquino. Ukelele Solo--Selected

.4

Ukelele-Joe.

Margaret Barrett (Soprano)|3.

Sound the Pibrock (Traditional) Skye Boat Song (Traditional)

Alexander MacGregor (Baritone) Orchestra-

Glasgow Highlanders (arr. Diack) Meg Merrilees (arr. Diack) Songs-

Tam Glex (arr. Stephen) Beindie's Farewell to Scotland

("Songs of the Hebrides"). (arr. Kennedy Fraser)

Jean Day (Soprano)

Wee Cooper O'Fife (Traditional) Land O' the Lead ("Folk Songs of

Scotland”) (arr. Steven)

Robert Watson (Baritone) |

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

Sou

S-10 7 5 3

F-2

«C.—A K Q 7 5 2

WEST S.-8

EAST

H-Q J 964 D.-S 5

EL-A K ́10 8 7 5

10 9 6 3

Yet I met three such people | on a saunter from Henler to Oxford this very week. Two of them were men with faces as vacant as empty dinner plates: the third was a woman who visibly had the "hot-and-cold” An exact estimate of one's rec. complaint. She should have sources is vital to the proper plan- heen pushing a perambulator-ning of any kind of campaign.) not driving a car.

whether financial, military, ΟΙ Take, further, the really bad merely the bidding of a hand at habit of reversing into a high-contract. Without sach way when about to turn. Even timate it is impossible to apply the novice may be expected to the nice admixture of courage and know that the correct practice caution that are the ingredients of is to reverse into the side road: and not out of it. Yet the rule

¡success.

es-

S-96

D-10 9 6 4 2- C-None

SOUTH

S—A E Q J 4 2

H-3

D.-E Q 7 4 C.-8 4

The bidding:

North East South West

$.20 p.m.-Nat Gonella and his 5. Georgians.

1. The Sheik of Araby.

→ Basin Street Blues.

3 E Flat Blues.

16. Doetl see you again

("Bitter Sweety

Mary Gray and: G. F. d'Aquino.

8.30 p.m.-The Band of HM Cold-17. Ukelele Solo Selected stream Guards. Zampa--Overture

(Herold)

Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan).

Selection.

Iolanthe Selection (Sullivan). Old Panaina (Alford)

8. Songs

Josephine-Selection

Ukelele Joe

G. F. d'Aquino-

10 p.m-Big Ben from Daventry.

10 p.m.-Two Humorous numbers

The Standard of St. George (Alford)|by Stanley Holloway. When the Band begins to play

(Williams)

There's something about a soldier.

9 pin-A Relay of the Daventry!

HOR

i1 Albert Comes Back

Marksman Sam

10.10. Dance Music.

2

11 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

Lolub 1 heart 2 spades 3 hearts THERE'S AN HB COMING OFF THE ICE IN A MINUTE!”

3 spades 4 clube 4 spades Pass The average bridge player's Pass 5 hearts 5 spades [final bid]] is broken flagrantly every day-leillation between recklessness and

East's bidding was worthy of} Inability To Judge

over-conservatism can be traced But, apart from the merely to one major fault: failure to take comment and study as an example

of shrewd foresight. technical, many accidents are into consideration all the possibi- He did not have a strong enough due, in my belief, to an utter lities of a given situation. inability to judge speed. Two fault is particularly glaring in the ears of moderate horse-power bidding of "freak hands.” race with each other. for the Almost all bids should be con- lead, and so little is the dif-ventional, either in implication or

their capabilities in evaluation of the hand.

ference in

This

Un-

North's opening bid. Such a cue- hand to tue-bid clubs directly over

|bid would be interpreted by his partner in the conventional man- Iner, to indicate a huge hand. His

that they continue see-sawing usual situations, however, demand one heart vulnerable overcall was

for half-a-mile or more. Mean- while, a fast car approaches from the other direction and the fat is in the fire Hundreds of accidents every year must be the result of these

drastic measures.

North dealer.

quite proper at this point,

But by the time the bidding had (come around to him on the second round a definite situation had de- veloped. South, by his jump free

glorious attempts. The pusher passed it.

vain have smashed any motor-that bid, had shown not merely game, may gain ten minutes at the journey's end, but meanwhile

Later on, a traction engine came out from a ploughed field

but slam aspirations. West had raised the hearts in the face of this danger. Obviously he had

On being remight be profitable.

he has taken the risk of send-and blocked the whole highway tried to indicate that z "save" ing good citizens to the ceme-in an instant

North had!' tery and is totally devoid of the imagination which would proached for not "looking out," furthered the slam probability. by With an inferior the man in charge observed, "his free raise. suggest such possibilities.

were just a-going

suit from at least the denomin- to"---no

To-day as we may read the satisfactory explanation what-ational point of view] East could

insurance companies are con- templating raising the pre- miums upon what are called "sports cars." This appears to

soever.

Stop, Thief!

not hope merely to outbid" the spades, therefore a more subtle de-

was demanded.)

fensive measure Finally, two men pushing a Hence his four club bid, which

me to be looking at the busi- handcart full of stones up a

South was given a tough

pro

ness through the wrong end of narrow drive lost control of it, carried a clear lead-directing mes- the telescope. A car with and it came bounding out like sage. rapid acceleration should be an the happy schoolboys at play in instrument of safety in the Hood's poem of Eugene Aramblem by this bid. If it were non- hands of a good driver. But it These things, I suppose, must est and East really would ruff an is far otherwise if it be merely happen, despite the reproach of opening club lead, the enticing a machine which enables some the undergrad aforesaid. But slam contract almost surely would heart trick probably young idiot to tell you that he we should be careful, of our fail, as a "averaged 50′′ to Cambridge facts even when we complain must be lost also. But he was by and beat the other man by al of them to the police. Witness no means sure that East was not quarter of an hour. This kind the happy man who came out throwing dust in his eyes by warn of driving may raise the hair from the party and seated him-ing of a purely imaginary danger. on the head even of the oldest self in the back seat of his car. Incidentally, it might be well to driver.

where he believed he was at point" out that a clever player in the wheel For 2 long the East position might try just time he contemplated the situa-such a subterfuge to scare off a These youths often screech on stupidly and, naturally, slam bid against which he had no past other cars in the most was very pleased when an defence.

Common Crimes

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dangerous places; observe none officer of the police appeared South could not decide whether of the rules of the game; will and asked him what he was the cue-bid was honest or not, accelerate to pass though a doing.

and for that reason swung to the] cross-roads intervene; judge

"Offisher," he said, "I want conservatism of bidding only a distances with ridiculous

you to arrest the man who's game. But now that he had de inaccuracy and are merely stolen the steering-column of finitely set up a defence, East went

amused by any story of disas my ear.

ter. The driver in this case should be penalised--not the

car.

Some situations of peril on

the high road are, it must be

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES

ahead with his sacrifice plan, feel- ing sure that five hearts could not! (be severely punished. He was cor-

rect. It could have been defeated| only one trick. South refused to

admitted, purely the result of One case (with one death) of be bilked out of the game and inavoidable circumstance and diphtheria, six cases (two import-went to five spades.

West followed orders and open-| the risk of them can hardly beled) (with one death) of enteric abated: The last three weeks fever, one case (with one death) led a club. East ruffed the king- have provided in my case some of measles, one case (with one Since a trick in diamonds appear- mild excitements of a kind death) of cerebro-spinal fever and ed out of the question, and two which I had not previously one case of puerperal fever were more tricks were necessary for experienced. Thus, I was reported to the local Health au-(the contract's defent, East cor- nearly ent down by a swinging thorities during the week ended rectly underplayed his ace-king of caravan that was being towed last Saturday. In the same period hearts on the only hope that West on the road to Swaffham. 54 deaths from tuberculosis were would have the queen. When that

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had been badly coupled to the fever were reported during the 24 other club-ruff gave the defenders Evidently the accursed dwelling notified. Two cases of enteric card won the second trick, an- BEEWED AND BOTTLED BY HONGKONG BREWERY

lear which towed it, and might hours ended on Monday.

their well earned victory.

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