1937-03-01 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 1, 1937.

Hong Kong Hotel

Roof Garden Dance Orchestra

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Program

12.30 p.m.-Dance Music.

Today's Wireless

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

ther Report.

1.03. p.m. A light programme by Pa- blo Casals ('Cello) and Enrico Caruso (tenor).

1.30 pm-Renter Press; Local: Wea- ther Forecast, Time and Announce-

ments.

1.40 p.m.-Harry Roy and His Tiger

Ragamuffins.

2.p.m.-Vocal Gems.

2.15 p.m.-Close down.

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5-8 p.m.-European Programme.

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

6.30 p.m.-A Recital by Essie Ackland (Contralto), Beniamino Gigli (tenor) and Yehudi Menuhin (violin). Tenor Solos-

"Manon" (Massenet)——

O charming hour, "I Pescatori di Perle" (Bizet)-

I still seem to hear.

Contralto Solos-

A summer night (A. Goring

Thomas),

The Great Awakening

(Johnstone & Kramer).

Violin Solos-

Dance of the Goblins, Op. 25

(Bazzīni),

(Paganini).

Perpetual motion, Op. 11

Tenor Solo---

"La Boheme" (Puccini)~-

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845. k.c's

Your tiny hand is frozen. Contralto Solo-

The fairy tales of Ireland

(Eric Coates).

Violin Solos—

"La Vida Breve" Danse

Espagnole (De Falla-Kreisler)8 (a) Minstrels (Debussy), (b) Flight of the Bumble-Bee

(Rimsky-Korsakov-Hartmann)

Tenor Solo-

Torna a surriento (Ernesto de

Curtis).

7.10 p.m.-Geraldo and His Orchestra.

A World of Romance. "Careless Rapture" Selection

(Novello, Hassall). "Evergreen"-Film Theme Songs

Selection

7.30 p.m-Closing local Stock Quota-

ZEK 640 k.c's.

Vocal

-Gipsy Laughing Chorus (Bell),

Rhondda Welsh Glee Singers. Tenor Solo

The Blacksmith's Song

(Hiralthog). William Edwards. p.m. Local: Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements. 8.03 pmA Relay from the Tai Ping

Theatre (Chinese).

11 p.m-Close down. 8.05-11 p.m.

from ZEK.

European Programme

8.05 p.m.--Raie da Costa Memories.

"Der Fledermans-Selection

(Strauss, arr. Grunfeld), "Music in the Air"Medley

(Hammerstein & Kern). "Sunshine Susie"-Medley. "Goodnight Vienna"-Medley.

tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar-8.25 p.m. — London — “The Singing ket Report.

7.35 p.m. A Programme of Welsh

Music.

Tenor Songs-

Olwen Mine (Orwys), Song of the food (Hiralthog &

Ap. Fychan).

Contralto Song-

All through the night,

(Old Welsh. Air)....Leïla Megane. Orchestra-

"The Leek"-Selection,

· London Palladium Orchestra.

By ELY CULBERTSON

A Penalty Double

Prize. "A Play by Diana Morgan. Characters: Mr. Llewellyn (a farm- er); Mrs. Llewellyn (his wife); Olwen Llewellyn (his daughter); David Vaughan (her fiance); My- fanwy Rhys (the new maidservant); Signor Rienzi (from the Scala, Mi- lan). Scene: Upon a February after- noon at the Llewellyns' Farm in Glamorganshire. Produced by Ho- ward Rose.

8.55 pm-London News and An-

nouncements.

Welsh Play And

Concert: The

Singing Prize"

» Test Match: Australia v. England, a hall-by-ball commentary on the last ten minutes of the third day by Vic- tor Richardson, followed by a resume of the day's play by Alan Kippax. From Melbourne. (Electrical Be- cording).

9.35 p.m.-Excerpts from Gilbert &

Sullivan's "Patience."

Twenty love-sick maidens, we-Still brooding on their mad infatuation I cannot tell what this love may be-In a doleful train Now, is not this ridiculous?Long years ago Stay, we implore you-Sad is that woman's lot.

10 p.m.-London-Big Ben. Dance Music...

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Fox-Trot-

Swinging 'em down,

Star dust."

Until to-morrow."

Anything your little heart desires, I could be in heaven.

It ain't right.

The Boston Tea Party. Bojangles of Harlem, A fine romance. Free,

Take my heart.

Knock, knock, who's there? Wood and Ivory.

The way you look to-night, Waltz-The waltz in swing time. Fox-Trot-

Sugar Rosé,

Poor Dinah.

9.15 p.m.-London-The Fifth Cricket 11 p.m.-Close down.

At the Cinemas

What's On At the

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AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM-¡you never hated a screen player before. BRA—“Dimples", with Shirley Temple, Coming to the King's Theatre. Frank Morgan and Helen Westley. With songs, dances and minstrelsy, "China Chipper-With Pat O'Brien, Shirley Temple scores her greatest Beverley Roberts, Ross Alexander, "The hand just played, in which since South did not open originally triumph in this picture.

• Humphreys Bogart and Henry B. Walt- the opponents, instead of being dewith a two bid, and since he, North,

hall. A glamorous romance of the air. feated three tricks doubled, had had not responded to the one spade KING'S THEATRE "Love on the marking a milestone in the pictorial made their contract and be bid, no forcing situation existed. Ran" with Clark Gable, Joan Craw-history of daring American aviation,

Franchot Tone and Be coming to the King's Theatre. come vulnerable, did not pro- Nevertheless, I do not blame Northford,

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mote a friendly feeling bé-to more than a small degree for ginald Owen Following her triumph

as the "The Gorgeous Hussy, “Satan Met A-Lady”— with Bette

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tween the North-South players. what ensued.

Joan Crawford gives another outstand-Davis, Warren William, Alison Skip North was furious at what he "West opened the diamond eighting performance. A series of hectic worth, Arthur Treacher and Winifred Shaw. A new thriller from the author openly opined had been a "sucker East won, and continued the suit and laugh-packed escapades.

of “The Thin Man”.... which will keep lead' on South's part, while the lat-Declarer ruffed and banged down STAR THEATRE "Valiant is the you in laughter from start to finish, ter sulked because of what he con- the ace and king of trumps. Only Word For Carrie with Gladys George, coming to the King's. sidered a hind-sight criticism. The after he had thus committed suicide Harry Carrie, Dudley Digges, William third hand was dealt in oppressive did he think about establishing his Collier, Jackie Moran and Charlene

silence.

"East, dealer.

"Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

S-9.8 5 FL-Q854 D.-J. 9 -C-9 7 3 2

WEST S.-Q J 4 3

HL-K 10 7 6

D.-8 5 4

C.-A 8

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EAST

club suit. He laid down the king, and West jumped on it like a hun gry tiger, drew the remaining trumps, and then led his third dia mond to East's suit, which had been kept intact. East had discarded three hearts on the last three spade leads, holding onto the ten of clubs and, when at the twelfth trick East cashed his seventh dia mond, the declarer had to guess whether to hold on to his ace of S-10

or queen of clubs. By this H-J 93 time he was so befuddled he hardly D--AK Q 7 6 3 2] knew which was which, and his C.-10 6

choice probably was based on the sole fact that the ace was a higher card. East then laid down the club ten for the seventh setting trick. The declarer had been held to thres tricks on his four spade redoubled contract, a penalty of a mere 4,000 points!

SOUTH SA K 7 6 2 H-A 2

D.--10

C.—K Q J-54

"The bidding: East

Pass

South West North 1-spade Pass Pass

2 diamonds 4 clubs Pass. 4 spades Pass

Pass Double Pass Pass

hearts

"I stated originally, when I sent you these hands, that I would figure the swings only on the play. There fore, let us accept the hopeless con- Redouble (final bid)tract as it actually occurred and "I cannot be certain how much see what we can do with it. South's disturbed mental state was "If South properly refused to to blame for the ghastly contract in ruff the second diamond, discard- which he landed, but I do know that ing a worthless heart instead, East the outcome was something that I would, of course, switch to hearts. can't think of, even yet, without South could then lay down the ace. shuddering. Of -course, South's and king of spades and, after see four club bid, considering that his ing the spade situation, promptly partner had not even kept the one go about club establishment. West spade bid open, was much too ag- never could take more than the ace gressive, but words fail me when I of clubs and his to high spades. try to comment on his redouble. This would mean a two trick defeat. North, in my opinion, should have 1,000 ports. Bad enough, but still passed over four clubs rather the aa saving of 3,000 points!?" show a preference of four spades. TODAY'S QUESTION.

He evidently considered the four Question In dealing, if the club bid an absolute force and pre-beco changed, must they ferred to play for a ten rather than changed?

an eleven trick game contract, but Answer: Yes.

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DO NOT SHAKE HANDS

the finest prices of life captured by the Wyatt. High standard drama! ·· Que&f camera, this is one of the most dis- cussed films of the present time. A stern warning has been issued

to all Fascists by the party secre MAJESTIC THEATRE "Kelly The tary against shaking hands.

The comedy-rioters, Patsy Kelly and Charlie Second, with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's civilised custom is considered in Chase, who, with Quinn Williams. Italy to reveal anti-Fascist lean-

lings.

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AT THE ORIENTAL-Anthony One would have thought, after Olivia de Havilland. Runs for more of this sort would have vanished. Adverse," with Frederic March

and fifteen years, that susceptibilities than two hours and every minute en- joyable. One of the most remarkable This is evidently not the case. The filmas of 1936, with March at his best. Fascict warning is accompanied by Claude Rains and Anita Louise contri-a veiled threat that those guilty bute to its success, and both Gale Son of the "symptoms of shaking dergaard and Akim Tamiroff give mas- terly characterisations.

COMING PICTURES

hands may lose their party ticket.

In the party Order Sheet the secretary speaks of this habit "which persists as a revealing ges- Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows with the Fascist spirit." He says "Pennies From Heaven" with. Bing ture almost always not in keeping and Louis Armstrong." The gayest. fun-show of the new season.

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