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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 24, 1937.

The Braga-Zhino

Orchestra

From The Studio

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 pm.-European Programme. 12.30 The J. H. Squire Celeste Octet. 12.50-Three Songs by Tito Schipa

(Tenor).

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :::: ZEK 640 k.c's.

Soprano) "The Clover from the play. 'A Bola'

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

ther Report. 1.03-Regimental Band of H. M. Gren-Orchestra Braga-zinho Tango (from

the film 'Four-leaved Clover)

nadier Guards.

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•

Don't save your smiles.

She came from Alsace Lorraine. Waltzes round the world. Riding the Range in the sky. |8:20 From the Studio.

1.30 Renter Press, Rugby Press; Lo-Mlle de Sena Fernandes (Mezzo English Compositions by Labs Shaf-

cal: Weather Forecast, Time and Soprano) New Song' from the Re-tain (Pianoforte) and Helen Lo Announcements.

view 'New Moon'

1.40-A Variety Programme.

2.15 p.m.-Close Down. -

4-7 p.m.-Chinese Programme.

7-11 p.m.-European Programme.

7 p.m.-From the Studio.

(Contralto).

Gaston d'Aquino (Tenor) The Rom-Contralto Solo Sea Wrack

ance of a Blond Girl-Nobrega Souss.

£

Mile de Sena Fernandes (Mezzo. Sop-"

rano) Fado of Lost Love' Orchestra Braga-zinho Manola

(Waltz)

Portuguese Music by the Orchestre Braga Zhino, with Mlle. Vera de Senna Fernandes (Mezzo-Soprano) and Gas-Mile de Sena Fernandes-- (Mezzo ton d'Aquino (Tenor).

Programme.

Orchestra Braga-zinho

The Portu-

Soprano). "Tricanas from Aveiro' Gaston d'Aquino (Tenor) The Night-

ingale Fado-Alberto Sarti

Hamilton Harty. Pianoforte Solos A Fairy Jig

Thomas Diambilk

(a) Country Dance, (b) Jig

York Bowen

Contralto Solos Have you seen but al

whyte little grow? anon: 16th Cen- tury, Edited by Dolmetsch. When Chider plays--Walford Davis. Linden Lea Vaughan Williams, Orchestra Braga-zinho "Crusader Pianoforte Solos Sunshine, Rest, Joy

from the South' (March)

York Bowen

guese in Africa' (March) Mlle Vera de Sena Fernandes (Mezzo-

Soprano)— "The Song of the Goat-7.30—Closing local Stock Quotations Contralto Solos-Evening Hymn,

and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report.

Girl from the film The Wards of the Rector

Gaston d'Aquino - (Tenor) That girl' 8 p.m.-Local: Time Signal, Weather

-Luiz de Freitas Branco

Report and Announcements. (Mezzo-* 8.03 Primo Scala's Accordeon Band.

Mlle de Sena Fernandes

BRIDGE NOTES

By ELY CULBERTSON

Doubling For Penalties

Any double which is not meant} for take-out is a penalty - double.

SOUTH

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H 7:6

D

KJ 9 8 3

C. 8 4

The bidding:

East South Pass 1 spade Pass 4 spades Pass

Henry Purcelle

Pianoforte Solo-An English Waltz

Cyril Scott.

Page

Doreen Ma

H. Ozorio

And Bob Xavier

Ozorio (Piano) and Bob Xavier (Vocal) 1. Vocal (Bob Xavier)-Cabin on the

hill top

2. Piano Solo If I had my way.

3. Vocal (Doreen Ma) No regrets.

4. Piano Solo Solitude.

5.

Vocal (Bob Xavier)Its a si

tell a fie

6.

Vocal (Doreen Ma).

Sing,

sing. (By request

7.

Piano Solo After you've

S. Vocal (Bob Xavier)Until to

9. Vocal (Doreen Ma).

my love.

Goodnight,

10 p.m.-LONDON-BIG BEN.

The London Theatre Orchestra.. "The land of Sales? Selection. "A Country Girl Selection "Revedeville" Memories.

10. 20 The Boswell Sisters.

Let yourself go.

Why don't you practice

preach?

Lullaby of Broadway.

10.30 LONDON Empire Exchange" Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and the Colonies. (Eléc- trical Recording).

|8.55 pm-LONDON-News and". An-10.50—Tangoes.

nouncementstan

9.15 pm-LONDON- A Commentary

on the British Industries. Fair, (Elec- trical Recording).

9.30 From the Studio.

Caramba (Street in Havana),

O Balalaika Mantovani and His

Tipica Orchestra.

Echos du passe Jean Tapponnier's

Ballroom Orchestra.

Variety: Doreen Ma (Vocal), H. L.11 p.m-CLOSE DOWN.

What's On At the Cinemas

COMING PICTURES

AT THE QUEEN'S “Three Smart, AT THE CENTRAL-A Chinese Girls," with Deanna Durbin, Binnie Picture: Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland and Charles Winninger. The adventures 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 picture. Not to be missed

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You should double for penalties only when you expect to defeat the opponents by two tricks or more, for otherwise there is danger that a freak distribution might permit |

"Dimples", with Shirley Temple, the opponents to avoid the loss of West North

this Frank Morgan and Helen Westley. some expected trick and made their 1 heart Double

With songs, dances and minstrelsy, contract.

3 hearts 3 spades

Shirley Temple scores her greatest Pass

triumph in this picture. Coming to Pass When you are confident that, if West's jump bid at his second op Drary, with Dorothy Robinson, Anne

AT THE KING'S—Peg~ of Old the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres. you were to continue bidding, you portunity was a belated and futile Neagle and Cedric Hardwicke Featur "Craig's Wife with Rosalind- could make your contract, you effort to keep the opponents from ing the star of "Bitter Sweet" and Russell and John Bales. The Pulitzer should double only when the ex getting together.

He should have "Nell Gwyn". One of the best British Prize play. The story of a woman pected set is worth at least as much thought of this at his first bidding pictures yet produced.

who lived for the strongest love ever as the value of trick score you could opportunity, for his hand was ideal

conceived and makes you hate her as you never hated a screen player before. make. Remember that a game is for an opening three bid. Admitted- AT THE ALHAMBRA—Easy to Coming to the King's Theatre. worth about 500 points; a part-ly, on this hand North could not Take," with Marsha Hunt, John Ho- score about 160 points.

have been shut out of the bidding of a radio "male" who is nominated Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows ward and Eugene Paulette. The story "Pennies From Heaven with Bing How to Count Tricks for a Penalty since he had available to him such guardian of a wealthy boy by an eccen- and Louis Armstrong The gayest

Double

Jan excellent take-out double.

tric radio fan. Included in the picture fun-show of the new season. Against your opponents' trump It should be noted that South re-are several talented child musicians. contracts, you can expect to win sponded properly with his major tricks only with defensive honour sait, even though it was only four AT THE STAR-"I Married A Doc- Gable, Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone tricks and with trump tricks in long and very anemic, rather than tor," with Pat O'Brien, Josephrine Hat- and Reginald Owen. Following her the opponents' suit.

with his five card minor suit. chinson and Bobert Barrat: The story triumph as the "The Gorgeous Hussy," You count your own honour tricks.

West opened the heart king and is based on the famous novel by Sin-Joan Crawford gives another outstand- clair Lewis which deals with the narrowing performance. A series of hectic and your expected winners followed with the ace, then shifted mindedness of a small town and the and laugh-packed escapades. Coming

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“Love on the -Run” with Clark

trumps. You add to these to the ten of clubs. Dummy won injury done to a woman's life by gossip. to the King's Theatre +

蛋

"China Clipper With Pat O'Brien,

in the honour tricks which your with the king, and declarer now partner has guaranteed by made a careless play. He laid down AT THE ORIENTAL “Gorgeous Beverley Roberts, Boss Alexander, his bidding. If the total of these the queen of spades. West won Hussy," with Joan Crawford, Robert Humphreys Bogart and Henry B. Walt tricks is two more than you need with the ace and led another club. Taylor and Franchot Tone. A chall-ball. A glamorous romance of the air, to defeat the opponents, you should Dummy won and the jack of spades enge to the finest in screen entertain-marking a milestone in the pictorial ment. A romantic scandal' that rocked history of daring. American aviation, double

now disclosed the disappointing a nation.

coming to the King's Theatre. The king of a suit bid by your news that another spade trick had right hand opponent should be to be lost to East. Thus, the con-

"Satan Met A Lady”— with Bette counted as one trick, not a half; the tract was defeated one trick.

AT THE MAJESTIC—“Murder By Davis, Warren William, Alison Skip- A Q of a suit bid by your right

This is one of the most common An Aristocrat," with Marguerite Churworth, Arthur Treacher and Winifred chill, Lyle Talbot and Claire Dodd: A Shaw. A new thriller from the author hand opponent as two tricks, not types of errors. From West's bid-

melodramatic murder mystery drama of "The Thin Man” which will keep 12.

ding, declarer could have been fair- based on the novel by Mignon G. Eber-you in laughter from start to finish, A Matter Of Direction ly certain that he held the spade hard.

coming to the King's. The importance of leading from ace. While it was unlikely that it one hand instead of the other is not was blank, there was no reason not |: always appreciated by average to guard against such a possibility. players, unless it is a clear case of Declarer should have entered his finessing. There are, however, hand with a diamond, and led a low many other sound reasons for man-spade-up to dummy, this being the euvering the lead to the desired standard way to discover hand. A typical situation is des distributions of the type actual- cribed in to-day's hand.

ly existing. The case would have felled nothing but the dence from declar er's hard-and the three from dum- my, instead of slaughtering one of the vital honours, and thus only three tricks in all would have been lost.

West; dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST

NORTH

S QJ9-3

EQ5

D A-Q-10

CAKJ 2

EAST S10814

E AKJ 10432 H 98.

D 74

C 10 94

D 6 5 2 CQ 653

ace in this

To-day's Question

Question: Is a one no trump re- sponse to partner's opening suit bid a negative response in the Culbert- son system

nswer:

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