1937-02-08 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 8, 1937.

Dance Music In Early Evening From H.K. Hotel

Today's Wireless

12.30-215 pm-European Programme.

1230 The New Light Symphony Or- chestra, with Peter Dawson (Bass- Baritone).

1 p.m.-Local: Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03-A Light Violin Recital by Fritz

Kreisler.

1.18-Layton and Johnstone Memories.

130-Reuter Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.

1.40-Variety and Dance Music.

2.15 Close Down.

5-8 p.m.-European Programme.

5 pm-A Relay of Dance Music from the Roof-Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.

6.30-Debroy Somers' Band.

Ballads -we love (arr. Debroy

Somers).

4 Review of Revues.

6.55-A Concert Programme.

Baritone Solos-

The Laughing Cavalier

(Sanderson),

Tally Ho! (Leoni)

Ashmoor Burch.

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.e's

Violin Salo

ZEK 640 c's.

Our Greatest Successes

Cicely Courtneidge & Jack Hulbert.

Caprice No. 24 (Variations in A

Minor), Paganini)·

Piano Solo-

Joseph Szigeti

"Over She Goes"

Accordeon

Soprano Solo-

Comin' thro' the Bye (Traditional) Dora Labbette.

Bass Solos

Devonshire Cream and Cider

(Curzon & Sanderson)

Up from Somerset (Weatherly &

Sanderson)

Pianoforte Solo-

Malcolm McEachern.

Excerpts From - "The Yeomen Of

The Guard

8.30-Variety.

Vocal-

Where Yorkshir

meet

Piano Solos

Love's Romance,***

and Lancashire-

Kitty Masters.

Stay close to me

Fred Stein

Selection

Billy Mayerl

Vocal

Accordeon Parade of 1936

The Piano-Accordeon Virtuosi,

8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements..

8.03 From the Studios...

A Chinese Concert.

11 p.m.-Close Down

Ricardo Vines.

Le Parc d'Attractions

(Blancafort)

Tenor Solos

I wait for you (Knoblock &-

Spoliansky).

Walter Glynne.

Tralee (Knoblock)

7.30 Closing local

and Hong Kong Report.

Stock Quotations Exchange Market

7.33-New Gramophone Records.

Hawanan Guitar Solo-

Waltzing to the guitar-Medley

Vocal Duet-

Len Fillis.

By ELY CULBERTSON

8.05-11. p.m.-European

from Z.EK.

Programme

Lucis,

Little Village Green

Orchestra

The Vagabond Lover

"Limelight"-Selection

Louis Levy & His Gaumont --

British Symphony.

Vocal-

The Hilly Billy Band

The Hill Billies.

8.55 London News-and- · Ámöance-“

ments.

9:15 Excerpts from "The Yeomen

8.05 pm-The London Palladium Or- the Guard." (Sullivan).

chestra...

Princess Elizabeth (Grean),

-Blue Devils March (Wiliams, arr.

Lotter).

Through Night to Light (Laukien), Kiss me again (Herbert). Echoes from the Puszta (Ferraris). 50 Years of Song:

9.40-Quentin MacLean at the Cinema-

Organ

"Parade of Parades Selection. It was so beautiful.

Cinema "Memories.

10 p.mLondon-Big Ben

Dance Music Close Down

11 pm

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE QUEEN'S “As You Like. AT THE ORIENTAL "Curly Top It", with Elizabeth Bergner, Laurence-With Shirley Temple and Rochelle Olivier, Sophie Stewart and Henry Hudson Probably Shirley's happiest Ainley. Shakespeare's immortal comedy and most natural picture. faithfully reproduced on the treen. way, with Miss Bergner supreme. This is the screen's nearest to real Shakspeare.

Hand Of Year Delightful in every

Worst Played H

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COMING PICTURES

"Gold Diggers" of 1937, with Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore, AT THE KING'S "Hearts Divided", Glenda Farrell, and Lee Dixon. Com with Marion Davies, Dick Powelling to the King's Theatre. Claude Rains, Charles Ruggles, and Edward Everett Horton. Prince

In these enlightened days when go past the game level with an ask- every club, every social gathering ing bid or other type of slam-try. indeed, has its full quota of con-

West didn't like the sound of the tract experts, it is no novelty to see bidding very much. It appeared to Jerome Bonaparte defies his brother, him that it would take a miracle to the Emperor Napoleon, for the love of a well played hand. And I con-

defeat the contract. Almost hap-This Baltimore Sweetheart, Betty Pat fidently look forward to the day hazardly, he opened the ace of terson. when the average player (probably clubs (and it turned out to be a a member of the next generation of wonderful choice).": players, now matriculating at col-

lege] will look upon a Vienna coup In my opinion, West should have as a simple little play to be taken shifted to a low heart at the second in one's stride, hardly more excit-lead, with the prayer that declarer lacked the queen and would guess ing than a finesse..

wrong. Not that he should guess But until that time, fortunately wrong; after the two club vulner- for our need of humility; we won't able overcall, dummy's king should have to fear the boredom that be put up without a second's hesi- comes with perfection. To witness tation. But perhaps West knew that statement, allow me to present the declarer better than I do, for at the worst-played hand of the year.the second lead he led a low club.

South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST-

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EA 94 D.-9.5-

NORTHE

S.—J 10 7 6 H.-K D.-A Q J-8 64 C-7

EAST

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C.—A Q 9'8432 €.

SOUTH S-AK 985. EL-10-2 D-K

CRJ-105

The bidding

South West

North

1 spade- 2 clubs 3 diam.

3 spades Pass

Pass Pass

4 spades

East Pass Pass

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Naney

“Atlantic Adventure Carroll, Lloyd Nolan, and Harry Lang don. The exciting Columbia dra which concerns itself with a fast tal ing reporter's attempts to solve a half-” million-dollar jewel robbery in mid- AT THE ALHAMBRA “Magni-Atlantic. Coming to the Alhambra.

Theatre. ficent Brute", with Victor McLaglen, Binnie Barne, Jean Dixon, William Hall, Ann Preston, Henry Armetta and Edward Norris. A battle of might "Three Smart Girls,” with Binnie against right in the love of two Bernes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland, and . blondes for a strong man who had a Charles Winninger. The adventures weakness for beauty.

of three lovely daughters of a rich New Yorker who smash their father's romance with a fortune hunting blonde provide the amusing theme for this AT THE STAR Poppy", with Wpicture coming to the Alhambra C. Fields, Rosalind Keith, and Cath- One of Field's funniest. arine Doucet. A carnival story with all the glitter, colour noise and fun of a circus.

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"Tarzan Escapes"--with Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. The latest primeval adventure romance based on the Edgar Rice Bazion AT THE CENTRAL— A Chinese characters. Coming to the Picture.

"The Longest Night" with Robert Young and Florence Rice. Coming to the King's

The miracle happened! Declarer saw a chance to get rid of both of dummy's hearts, and thus to make two overtricks, so he gayly discard- ed the heart jack from dummy, ex- pecting to win the trick in his own

AT THE MAJESTIC-A double bill. hand. But East just as gayly tossed "Jane Eyre" with Virginia Bruce and on the deuce of trumps! That was Colin Clive. The revealing story of a the beginning of the end. East put girl's heart by Charlotte Bronte, turn-

"That Girl From Paris", with Lily West on lead with the heart ace and led into a capital film. The Thirteenth another club came back. Desper-Talbot and James Eagles.

Guest" with Franc Rich, Lyle Pons, Jack Oakie; and Gene Raymond. series of A lively part musical with plenty of ately, now, declarer used. one of murders. A real thriller.

good fun. Coming to the Queen's dummy's trumps, praying that the queen was in West's hand. To the everlasting credit of justice, how- ever (considering the hash declarer had made of an ironclad contract), East overruffed for the fourth and setting trick".

Even without- West's vulnerable] club "overcall, elementary safety methods should have been used against the second club lead. North and South had between them every high trump except the queen. Ruffe ing the second club in dummy would have guaranteed that Fast could North's jump bid in diamonds not twice overruff and would have was better than a double-raise of insured the contract, except against partner's suit because. gave the remote (and uninsurable) mild slam-try at a convenient stage Had North bid three spades, and South four, North would have

nbarrassed on his next turn, question being whether to

chance that West was void of dia-t- monds. It took positive genius to be defeated on this hand, after the first two leads, hence the title of or article

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