1937-04-08 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 8, 1937.

Dance Music

From H.K. Hotel

Roof Garden

Today's Wireless

∙12.30-2.15° p.m.-European Programme.

12.30 p.m.-Musical Comedy.

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

ther Report.

1.03 p.m. The London Symphony Or-

chestra.

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1.30 p.m.-Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and Announcements.

1.40 p.m-A

Eileen Joyce.

Pianoforte Recital by

1.57 p.m. Terence

Casey at the

Cinema Organ.

2.15 p.m.--Close down.

5-8 p.m.-European Programme.

5 p.m.-Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel

Dance Orchestra from the

Garden.

6 p.m. From the Studio.

"A Children's Concert.

Roof-

6.30 p.m.-De Groot and His Orchestra.

"Gipsy Love”—Selection (Lehar). In the Night (Tate),

Under the Roofs of Paris (Moretti). First Waltzes-Potpourri (Robrecht) "Les Cloches de Corneville”

(Planquette). When the great red dawn is

shining (Sharpe). 6.55 p.m.-Songs by Charles Kullman (Tenor) and Norman Allin (Bass), with Pablo Casals (Violoncello). Tenor Solos-

I love thee (David & Grieg),

BRIDGE NOTES

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

Still as the night (Morgan & 'Cello Solo

Moment Musical (Schubert). Bass Solos-

Bohm).

True till death (Scott Gatty). The Midnight Review

(Glinka & Newmarch). Cello Solo Apres un Reve (Faure). Tenor Solo

Come back to Sorrento.

(Aveling and De Curtis)

Bass Solo-

A West Country Courting

(O'Reilly and Sanderson). 'Cello Solo-

Vito (Spanish Dance),

Tenor Solo

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Op. 54, No. 5 (Popper).

By the dark lagoon

(Baddeley & Leigh), 7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report.

7.35 p.m. Charlie Kunz at the Piano

with The Mills Brothers.

The Mills Brothers-

Sweet Lucy Brown.

Piano Solo-

Charlie Kunz. Piano Medley

The Mills Brothers-

'Long about midnight, Swing is the thing.

Piano Solo---·

Piano Medley No. F. 16.-

Charlie Kunz.

The Mills Brotherson.

Rhythm saved the world..

8 p.m-Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m. From the Studio.

A Chinese Concert. 11 p.m.Close down. 8.05-11 p.m.- European

programme from ZEK, on a frequency of 640 kilocycles.

8.05 pmSymphony No. 7 in C Major

(Schubert), played by The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Adrian Boult.

1st Movement

Andante (Part I),

Allegro ma non troppo (Part II). 2nd Movement-Andante con moto. 8rd Movement--··

Scherzo (Allegro vivace) & Trio. Trio & Scherzo (Allegro vivace). 4th Movement-

Finale Allegro vivace. 8.55 p.m.-London

nouncements, plant

News and An-

No. R. 2.19.15 p.m.-The Regimental Band of H.

By ELY CULBERTSON

Opening Suit Bids Of More

Than

with

Game

Pass

bid]

M. Grenadier Guards. "The Beggar's Opera”—Selection

(Gay-Austin).

Songs of Scotland (arr. Duthoit). 9,30 p.m.—Variety.

Vocal.c

Das ist die Liebe der Matrosen,

The Melody Gents.

Instrumental-

The Boosbeck Long Sword Dance

Page

Schubert By B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra

(Lass O'Dallogill);

Vocal--

George Tremain (Melodeon)

Stompin' at the Savoy,

Judy Garland (13 years old). All my life. Leshe Hutchinson.

Instrumental-

Le Regiment qui passe,

Vocal--

Mario Maccaferri (Guitar)

Don't you ever fall in love, Rags,

Aileen Stanley (Comediennma Organ Solos

Second Serenade (Heykens), In a Monastery Garden

(Ketelbey),

Reginald-Foort.

10 p.m.-London Big Ben.

Dance Music. Fox-Trot Yours truly is truly yours. Comedy One-Step

Fancy meeting you. Six-Eight-Andalusia. Comedy Waltz-

I'm Popeye, the Sailorman, Fox-Trot

There's a new world,

O.K. for sound.

When I'm with you, But definitely.

Twelfth Street Rag, Awful sad.

Cuban Dance La Comparsa, Rumba-Bellita. Fox-Trot

A little Robin told me so, Never gonna dance. Quickstep Diddle-dum-dee, Fox-Trot

Goody-Goody.

Temptation Rag, Somebody stole my gal. Waltz-Marie Louise. 11 p.m. Close down. ·

What's On At the Cinemas

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An opening bid of five spades 4 no tr'p Pass

5 clubs or five hearts is a special kind of 5 no tr❜p Pass 6 spades [final slam-try showing

a hand

AT THE CENTRAL "Charlie Chan, Wyatt, Louis Hayward. Nat Pendle- eleven sure winners and no pos- A club opening lead would have at the Race Track" with Warner ton, Eugene Pallette and Philip Reed. sible losers outside the trump suit. made the contract hopeless, but Thomas Beck and Gavin Muir. An- daughter of a society family, sets out Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood A hilarious comedy in which the Holding SJ 10 9 7 6 5.3 Hsince it was the only lead that other typical Chan mystery, but one to New York to prove that she can

the A K Q. D.-A K. C.-none, the pro-would

hand hardly can of the best.

live on a income equal to that of her per opening bid is five spades. Ob- be said to have been bad-[

boy-friend. The funny situations On the

actual AT THE ORIENTAL-The Girl on which arise in the city make the film serve that a minor suit five bid is lyoverbid. not a slam-try, because it is not diamond jack opening it, should the Front Page" with Edmund Lowe, one of the outstanding comedies of th more than is needed for game. A have been duck soup, and it is dif- Reginald Owen, Gloria Stuart and year.

David Oliver. A society, girl fails to five diamond or five club bid is a ficult to see how declarer manage impress her editor. The quarrel pro- preemptive bid.

to go down two tricks.

duces amusing situations and grand dialogue. When partner opens with a five The crux of the play is to retain trump and bid in a major suit raise him once rigid control of the with the ace, king, or queen of diamond suits and to avoid finesses. trumps. Raise him twice with any If the first part is fulfilled dummy's two of these cards, but do not raise heart suit will provide a discard except on these exact trump cards. for South's losing club.

An opening six bid in any suit,

The correct play at the second major or minor, is the same as a trick is dummy's nine of spades. If major suit five bid, except that it the king takes this a diamond re- shows twelve certain winners and turn can be ruffed with the ace. asks for a raise to seven with any Any other return also is won in

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AT THE KING'S "Give Me Your Heart", with Kay Francis, Georg Brent, Roland Young, Patric Knowles and Henry Stephenson. A picture in AT THE QUEEN'S "Bulldog Drum- which Kay Francis reaches the trium- mond Escapes."--Two hours after the phant climax of her career in the famous sleuth lands in England, he magnificent role of a sophisticated finds himself fighting for the life of a woman of the world who gave up all- beautiful girl and tracking down aits riches to regain and retain her desperate gang of swindlers. Starring child. Ray Milland, Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel, Porter Hall, Reginald Denny and E. E. Clive.

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COMING PICTURES

one of the three high trump hon-dummy, the trump ace cashed, and with Margaret Sullavan and Herbert ter and June Lang in a thrilling story

ours.

Play Lagging Behind Bidding

the heart king used as entry for trump drawing.

AT THE MAJESTIC "Good Fairy" Marshall. The story of an asherette who after seeing a show conceives the idea to be a good fairy in spite of the fact that she has no money and means to make good any promises.

"White Hunter" with Warner Bax of two people amid savage passions. Queen's,

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the menace of Coming to the

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"Under Cover of Night" with "Ed- AT THE STAR-"My Man Godfrey"; den and Nat Pendleton. One of the most

mund Lowe, Florence Rice, Sarah Ha with Carole Lombard and William unique mystery stories to reach the Powell. A brilliant modern romantic screen. The story is placed in a great of a butler and Carole Lombard, the for the mysterious crimes. This is un- comedy in which Powell has the part College with a background of science headstrong daughter of the household. usual and stirs the interest from the

AT THE ALHAMBRA~~~The Lucki

Girl in the World"

I am afraid that bidding stand- If East plays low on the spade ards have outstripped the average nine declarer must overtake, of calibre of play. There has been an course, and, if he holds the trick, avalanche of hands recently ruff his diamond queen with the brought to my attention in which spade ace. Then the safest plan is two partners blamed each other for to lead the ace of hearts and a low having "reached too high a con-heart to the king, thus guard tract." In almost every instance the against the chance that East may contract should have been fulfilled have started with four trumps to by reasonably good play!

the king, in which event if he also est had started with a doubleton heart [and were allowed to retain one] he could take his trump king on the second round of the suit and lock the play in the dummy by return- ing a heart.

North, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

SA9 HAQ853

·D—A

A A Q976

WEST S43 H-J 7 6 DJ 10 9 8

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EAST S.-K 5:2

D-K 7 6 5 3

SOUTH SQ J 10 876

HK 10 2

D-Q4

C-8.5

The bidding: North East

1 heart Pass

clubs Pass

West

Pase

spades Pass

The only difficulty about this hand is psychological. Players are not accustomed to playing a trump suit in the manner prescribed, but there is no reason why careful analysis should not be able to off- set habit.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION Question: If declarer leads from own hand and immediately plays a card from dummy, without waiting for his left hand opponent to play, may the right hand oppon- ent play before his partner with- out penalty?

Answer: Yes.

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start with Lowe as the sleuth. The love. interest is supplied by en. Florence with ́· Jane" Rice. Coming to the King's.

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