1937-04-10 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 10, 1

1937.

**Kitty Masterslo

In Variety With

Stan Holloway

Pag

Today's Wireless ******

MAURIC

12.30-2.15 p.m--European Programme. 10% ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's: ・・・ ZEK 640 k.c ́s.

12.30 p.m. Marek Weber and His Or

chestra.

1 pm Local: Timé Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 p.m. Piano Syncopation by Pat-

ricia Rossborough..

1.16 p.m.-Songs by Stuart Robertson

(Baritone).

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

1.40 p.m.-Variety and Dance Music. 2.15 p.m.-Close Down: :

4-7 p.m.--Chinese Programme.

7 p.m.-12 midnight-European

gramme.

Pro-

7 p.m.--The New Mayfair Orchestra.

Hieland Laddie (Carruthers).

From Erik Charell's "White Horse

Inn."

"Mother of Pearl"--Selection

Straus).

Violin Solos-

Serenade (Fierne) Serenade (Toselli)....

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

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.A Variety Programme.

Vocal→→

Where Yorkshire

meet.:

Kitty Masters.

Accordeon Solo-

Czardas (Monti).

and Lancashire

Gigetto Gastoncelli.

Vocal-

Peter's Pop keeps a Lollipop Shop. I'm an old Cow Hand from the Rio

Grande.

The Rocky Mountaineers.

(0.

Humorous

With her

head tucked

underneath

her arm.

Stanley Holloway.

Dicky Bird Hop (Gourley). The Clock is Playing (Blaaw). 7.30 p.m.-Hong Kong Stock Exchange Summary and Exchange Market Re- port.

7.35 p.m.-Recital by Tito Schipa (Tenor), and Renee Chemet (Violin). Tenor Solo. Farewell, My

Barrera).

Violin Solo-

Granada

(Calleja-

Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso

(Saint-Saens).

Tenor Solos-

"Don Pasquale" (Donizetti)-Fond

Dream of Love.

"Rigoletto" (Verdi)-The One is as

fair as the Other.

BRIDGE NOTES

Piano Solo

I've got you under my skin.

Peter Yorke.

Vocal-

When did you leave heaven?

I'll sing you a thousand love songs.

Les Allen.⠀

Medley of Shirley Temple's Songs by

Mae Questal. Orchestra

Selection from “The Great Ziegfeld" Louis Levy and the Gaumont Bri-

tish Symphony.

Chorus Nobody's Darlin' but mine,

The Hill Billies.

Vocal Sweet Georgia Brown,

Buck (Piano) and Bubbles (Vocal). Piano SoloSelection Thanks a MiÍ. lion Carroll Gibbons, and His Boy Friends.

Vocal-

Norman Long.

Humorous---

S-M-Y-T-H-E

J'atends un Navire..

Instrumental-

Maria Mari

Serge

Vocal

Never gonna dance.

Lys Gauty.

Krish Septet.

Fred Astaire. Evie Hayes.

My heart and I.

Organ Solo-

An Autumn: Serenade,

Reginald Foort.

Orchestra

Six-Eight Medley,

Harry Roy and His Orchestra.

Senior Shield Final: Running Commentary

Waltz A Storm,

The Russian Vagabo Russian Soldier's Songs, Haz The Ballad of the Twelve. Brigands,

Michail Gitowsky. Broken Life,

page Russian Novelty Orchestra. Marfusha,

You've come back.

Volga Waltz,

Russian Novelty Orchestra. 10 p.m.--London--Big Ben..

Relay of Dance Music from the Roof- Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.: 12 midnight-Close down...

· Additional programme from Z.E.K. on a frequency of 640 kilocycles, and from Z.B.W. on 31.49 metres. (9:52 megacycles.)

4.05 -p.m.—A÷running commentary by by Frank V. Read on the Hồng Kong Senior Shield Finals Football Match

· between South China "A" and the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Relayed from the Hong Kong Football Club ground, Happy Valley. Old 5.45 p.m. Close e-down.

9.15 p.m. London News and ́An-

nouncements.

9.35 p.m.--Russian Music.

The Gate--Festival Dance-

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE ALHAMBRA-"Reunion.” -When

AT THE MAJESTIC — "Tarzan Dr. Luke- brings his Escapes" with Johnny Weissmuller 3,000th baby into the world, his and Maureen O'Sullivan. The latest youngsters decide on a reunion with the primeval adventure romance based on Quints as centrepiece. Some astonish- the Edgar Rice Burroughs characters. ing things happen as governors, film stars, crooks and would-be divorcees descend on the little Canadian hamlet. Cast includes Jean Hersholt, Rochelle Hudson,. Helen Vinson, Slim Summer- ville, Robert Kent, Alan Dinehart, and

By ELY CULBERTSON the Quintuplets.

Capricious Penalty Doubles

North-South vulnerable.

NORTH

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deuce:

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COMING PICTURES

"White Hunter"-with Warner Bax- ter and June Lang in a thrilling story of two people

le amid the menace of savage passions.

the Coming

Night" with ́ ́Ed-

AT THE CENTRAL—"Charlie Chan Queen's. at the -Race - Track”—--with' Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Helen Wood |-·· Thomas Beck and Gavin Muir. An- Under Cover. other typical Chan mystery, but one mund Lowe, Florence Rice, Sarah Ha- of the best...

den and Nat Pendleton. One of the most unique mystery stories to reach the screen. The story is placed in a great

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AT THE ORIENTAL "The Gay College with a background of science Desperado with Nino Martini, Ida for the mysterious crimes. This is un- Lupino, and Leo Carrillo, Something decidedly different in pictures with usual and stirs the interest from the music. A gay and colourful romance start with Lowe as the sleuth. The love laid below the Rio Grande. Martini's interest is supplied hy en Florence glorious voice causes him to be kidnap- ped by a Mexican bandit chief who

adopts. American gangster methoce Coming to the King's.

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"Mind. Your Own Business.”— With but is really a sentimental music-lover Charles Ruggles, Alice Brady, Lyle Talbot, Benny Baker and Frankie AT THE QUEEN'S “Bulldog Drum- Darro. The tale of a nature writer mond Escapes."-Two hours after the who has been in his bonnet as well as famous sleuth lands in England, he his column and a wife who gets him finds himself fighting for the life of a into a tangle that it takes a general

down a alarm beautiful girl and tracking desperate gang of swindlers. Starring Queen's. Ray Milland, Sir Guy Standing, Heather Angel, Porter Hall, Reginald Denny and E. E. Clive:

Oakie

to unravel.

Coming to the

Penalty doubles have capri-round gave him the opportunity to ciousness all their own. They are the double three spades. I must con- most unpredictable member of the fess that had I been in his place I family of bids. A player may take would have been equally pleased. his courage by both hands and West's opening lead, however, whisper a timid "double" more than was not on a par with his bidding. half expecting the redouble ax to He should have opened the queen of fall on his unprotected neck and, trumps but, instead, chose the king When declarer saw the to his surprise and joy, see the con-of hearts. tract go down five tricks due to a dummy he realized that, in all prob- West's original bid was supervaluable queen or jack, or sin-ability, gleton in the other defender's hand. far from psychic, and he proceeded Then, as though to offset this un- to give the hand the play of his life. - He won the opening lead in deserved windfall, another double

and immediately ruffed so sound that most banks would dummy loan money on it, turns sour as a heart with the spade vinegar. The double in to-day's He then led to the king of clubs and

"Hearts Divided,” with Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Claude Rains, hand was of the latter type. The dummys last heart with the three. doubler still is shaking his head, Next he cashed the ace and queen AT THE STAR “One More River," Charles Ruggles, and Edward Everett more in wonder than in anger.

of clubs and, when East failed of with Diana Wynyard, Frank Lawton, Horton, Prince Jerome Bonaparte de- West, dealer.

follow on the third round and still and Colin Clive. The story of a wo- fies his brother, the Emperor Napo did not ruff, the distribution of the man who accepted the stigma of a leon, for the love of his Baltimore hand became crystal clear. The jury's judgment rather than reveal the sweetheart, Betty Patterson. Coming

to the Oriental real reason for leaving her husband. fourth club was ruffed in dummy,

AT THE KING'S "Give Me Yo "Champagne Waltz”, with - Gladys while West gnashed his teeth at his | helplessness to do other than Heart", with Kay Francis, Geory Swarthout, Fred MacMurray, Jack and Herman Bing. Gladys follow suit. By this time he could Brent, Roland Young, Patric Knowles see what was coming. Declarer now and Henry Stephenson. A picture in Swarthout's excellent singing is a which Kay Francis reaches the trium- major feature, but a bright film, it in- could count West for a singleton phant climax of her career in the cludes humour, a touch of pathos and diamond, so he led a diamond from magnificent role of a sophisticated some of the most delightful,music the dummy. West won and could woman of the world who gave up all heard for a long while. The musica only lead a trump. Declarer won its riches to regain and retain her background is provided by Strauss

waltzes. Coming to the Oriental child the queen with the ace and exited with his remaining diamond, which West had to ruff. "The jack of spades now was permitted to hold, declarer following with the four spot, and now: V West had to lead The bidding: West North

away from his remaining 10-8 up Bast South 1 spade Pass 2 hearts 2 spades to declarer's K-9, thus giving, de- Pass

-8-diam's Double & spades clarer the last two tricks. In all, West had been held to three tricks, Double Pass Passast ca

South explained later that he had two trumps and the ace of dia- suspected West's opening spade bid monds, and declarer's apparent five as a psychic. West was known to or six losers had virtually melted go in for these bids from time to under perfect handling. time. And it was because West⠀⠀⠀ TO-DAY'S QUESTION sensed South's suspicions that he Question: Dealer opened the bid- passed over the two spade bld, ding with one no trump. Next hand- realizing that hy so doing he would [my partner] doubled. Third hand: be furthering this suspicion and passed, and I held the following: trapping the opponents, to a higher SK 8 6, HAJ7 D 9 6 3 level.

He hardly could be blamed C-8743. What should have been for being pleased with himself over my response? his own strategy when the next Answer: You should have passed.

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WEST S.—Q:J 10 8-7 H-K Q J.

DA

J 10 9 2

EAST

S None H-10 8 7 5 4 2 D-K Q J3 2 C--8-3

SOUTH

SA K-9 4 3 2

H6

D-9

C—A Q 7 6

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