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AUSSER LUAN AXIT.

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 2, 1937.

Studio

Variety

12.30-2.10-pm-European Progra

12.30 Marek Weber and His

chestra.

TO-DAY'S

1 pm Local: Time Signal and Wes-

ther Report

1,03-Cinema-Organ Music.

1.25 Reuber Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast. Time and announcements.

140-A Relay of the Rotary

Club

Tiffin Speech from the Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel Captain J. L. Hardie, D.S.O. M.C.,

00:

"My Escapes From Germany"

210 pm-Close Down

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme. 7-11 pm—European Programme. 7pm-A Programme of German

Music.

Bass Solo

Der Doppelganger (Schubert)

Alexander Kipnis.

Soprano Solas-

(a) Schone Fremde.

(b) In der Fremde,

(c) Geistermahe (Schumana)

Orchestra

Ria Ginster.

Drinking Song (Schumarin)

Marek Weber & His Orchestra. Vocal Trio-

"Der Rosenkavalier" (R. Strauss) dent oder morgen. Marie Theres'!

L. Lehmann (Soprano),

E. Schumann (Soprano) M. Olszewska (Contralto).

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.cs:

Tenor Solos-

Die Lorelei (Heine & Silcher) Heidenrostein. (Goethe, &

Werner)

Herbert Ernst Groh 7.30-Closing Local Stock Quotations and Hong Kong Exchange Market, Report 7.35-Alfredo

chestra.

Campoli and His Or

Teddy Bears' Picnic (Bratton). Mouse in the clock (Hunt). Romance in moonlight. Vienna in Springtime (Pelosi). Your heart called mine (Hayon). Tango Habanera (Payar, arr.

Hartley).

Obstination (Fontenailles, arr.

*Crook).

8 pm-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03-

The Whistling Farmer Boy The Whistler and His Dog

played by the Silver Stars Band.

From the Studio.

A Variety Programme by Jack Gren- ham (Humorous), Kenneth Leslie (songs), Ronnie Edwards (Xylo- phone) and Ozo and His Boy Friends (Instrumental). 1. Humorous-Allyocks

dialect).

WIRELESS

ZEK 840 k.c's.

2. Instrumental My Gal-Sal- *3 Song It's a sin to tell a lie.

Xylophone-Basket of Roses."

5. Hamorous-MacPherson's Dinner

(Scottish dialect).~..

6. Instrumental-Medley:

The Way you look to-night When did you leave heaven? Sing, Sing Sing.

7. Song When It's Spring.

8. Xylophone The Two laps. -

9. Humerous--"Erbert Enery "Ep-

- plethwaite (Yorkshire dialect). 10. Instrumental Swing Mister

Charlie.

www.

11. Song-The touch of your lips: 12 Xylophone-Canadian Capers. 13. Instrumental-Star Dust. 8.55 pm-London News and An-

·nouncements.

79.15 pm. land

Page

Petersen Foord

London Australia Eng

The Fourth Cricket Test Match. An account of the fourth day's play by Alan Kippax, from Adelaide. (Electrical Recording). 9.35--New Dance Tunes.

Fox-Trot-

Just say "Aloha.”

Miracles sometimes happen. Waltz

A perfect day.

Beautiful love.

Fox-Tro-

Parade of the milk bottle caps.

Don't look now.

Until to-day.

Bye, bye, Baby.

Affairs.""

10. pm-London-Big Ben. "World A Talk by H. V. Hodson. 10.16 London-Geiger and His Or-

chestra, from Claridge's Hotel. 10.43 London Jack Peterson v. Ben Foord. A commentary on the Box- ing Match. (Electrical Recording). 11 pm-Close Down.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE

COMING FILMS ·

QUEEN'S "Champagne Waltz", with Gladys Swarthout, Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie and Herman (Cockney Bing. Gladys Swarthout's excellent singing is a major feature, but a bright

"Down The Stretch", with Patriciz film, it includes humour, a touch of pathos and some of the most delightful Moore.

Ellis, Mickey Rooney and Dennis music heard for a

A thrilling horse-racing filra. long while. The Coming to the King's. musical background is. provided by

By ELY CULBERTSON Strauss waltzes.

An Expensive Double

The bidding:

West

Pass.

Pass

North

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"Hearts

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'Divided", with Marion

| Davies, Dick Powell, Claude Rains, AT THE KING'S "Born Dance," with Eleanor Powell, James Horton. Prince Jerome

To Charles-Buggles, and Edward Everett Stewart and Virginia Brace.

Bonaparte An defies

his brother, amusing and light-hearted tale of a Napoleon, for the love of his Baltimore the Emperor small town girl who goes to a big sweetheart, Betty Patterson. Coming city and falls in love with a navy man to the King's. Brimming with laughter and music East and topped by the sensational dancing Pass of Eleanor Powell Brightest bit is a Passi parody of the eccentricities of famous Passi

conductors of orchestra.

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"Gold Diggers Of 1937", with Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell -and Lee Dixon. Com- ing to the King's Theatre.

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All penalty doubles may be said, to be speculative as long as the setting tricks are not clearly in South sight but, nevertheless, these specu-1 diamond. I heart 1 spade

3 diamonds lative doubles. fall into two distinct 2 clubs classes. One class, dear to the heart 3 no trump Double Redouble

* * "of average players, and anathema Pass

AT THE STAR-Without Regrets? to the expert, is the double

with Elissa alone One of the remarkable features of Frances Drake and Kent Taylor. A Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, and Harry Lang- Landi, Paul, Cavanagh, "Atlantic Adventure"-with Nancy based on honour holding regardless of placement in this hand was that, despite the story of a woman torn between two don. The exciting Columbia drama relation to the bidding that went eventual result, North did not have loves. Having married a worthless which concerns itself with a fast talk- before. The other class is based a good redouble of three no trump. but handsome scoundrel aviator she ing reporter's attempts to solve a half- not nearly as much on a player's He already had shown a fair hand marries again believing her first hus-million-dollar jewel robbery in mid-

band dead. Intense drama follows Atlantic, coming to the Alhambra. actual holding as on his analysis of by his free bid of one spade and when the former husband the opponents' bids, and on the justi-his subsequent better-than-a-pre appears. fied opinion that the hand will play ference bid" of three diamonds over badly for the declarer. Thus, an ex two clubs (one of the danger pert is apt to double three no trump signals which West failed complete on little more than the assurance that ly to observe). the declarer will not be able to run the suits that he and his partner have bid.

West, after much head scratching, finally decided to open the queen

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Theatre.

"Magnificent Brute with Victor AT THE MAJESTIC – “”“Many Happy McLagien, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon, Returns" with George Burns and William Hall, Ann Preston, Henry Gracie Allen. The goofiest and Armetta and Edward Norzis. A battle maddest of their comedies.

of might against right in the love of two blondes for a strong man who had a weakness for beauty, coming to the Alhambra Theatre.

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of five thousand steers

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"Three Smart Girls," with Binnie

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AT THE ALHAMERA—“Nevada”, hearts, a poor choice, in my opin- with Buster Crab Kathleen Burke, Experts fully realize the devastat

ion, Declarer won and immediately Monte Blue andaymond Hatton. ing effect of having to find numer-look a spade finesse. When the Spectacular borsemanship, broncobust Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland and ous discards. Therefore, no expert jack held he ran off every diamond. ling, cattle-roving and the stampede Charles Winninger. The adventures would be guilty of doubling on the On the last three rounds West be lights in this Zane Grey melodrama New Yorker who smash their father's are the high of three lovely daughters of a rich West hand shown below. An aver- gan to get into trouble. He let go

romance with a fortune-hunting blonde age player, allowing his three plus two clubs and one heart. Dummy AT THE ORIENTAL"Big Broad-provide the amusing theme for this honour trick holding to go to his

let go a club on declarer's fifth dia-cast Of 1937", with Jack Benny, picture. head, walked into a redouble, with

mond, and now declarer, with nine George - Barns, Gracie Allen, Bob a horrible result to himself.

tricks in sight, decided that the Burns, Benny Fields, Martha Raye "As You Like It with Elizabeth

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. Bergner, Laurence Olivier, danger that East had held off with One of the greatest cast of radio cele Stewart and Henry Ainley the king of spades on the first round brities ever assembled Gorgeously speare's immortal comedy fai of the suit was negligible, and crazy humour. therefore determined to risk ar other finesse in order to play for many overtricks. The second finesse succeeding, the entire spade suit was brought in, declarer discarding his remaining heart and two clubs.

South, deaer.

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

SAQ J 4 3 H10 6 D-K 10:7.5

WEST

STK 1055

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D 94 CK 1303

SOUTE

$76

DAQ

With the necessity of reducing to two cards, West found himself in a terrible, fix. Dummy's ten of hearts required guarding and, therefore, West could not hold on to his club stopper. He blanked the king and then declarer calmly led a club to his: ace and played the queen for the thirteenth successive trick.

tricks

West-found four g doubled extra a fitting punish- double, but poor East had to be satisfied with the sincere but unremunerating sym- fpathy the kibitzers.

reproduced on the screen.

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