1937-05-17 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 17, 1937.

Tea Dance Music From H.K. Hotel

Roof Garden'

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme. 12.30. p.m.Light Opera

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

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-The Band of H.M. Cold-

stream Guards.

1.30 p.m. Reuter Press; Local: Wea- ther Forecast, Time and Announce- ments.

1.10 p.m.--Variety and Dance Music... 2.15 p.m.-Close down.

5-8 p.m.-European Programme.

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

6.30 p.m.-A Recorded Concert.

Orchestral---

Legende (Dvorak), Op. 59, No. 3.. London Philharmonic Orchestra, Conducted by Sir Thomas Bee- cham.

Pianoforte Solo-

Grande Polonaise, Op. 22 (Chopin), Arthur Rubinstein.

Tenor Solo-

Le Cygne (Saint-Saens),

Orchestral

Richard Tauber.

Salut d'amour '(Elgar),

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New Symphony Orchestra, Con~)

ducted by Sir Edward Elgar.

Soprano Solo-

Il Re Pastore". (Mozart)—

My love is for ever true,

Elisabeth Schumann. Violin Solos—

Variations (Tartini, arr. Kreisler), Andantino (Martini, arr. Kreisler), Fritz Kreisler.

7 p.m.-The Berlin State Opera Or-

chestra. "The Operaball" Overture

(Heugborger). Torch Dance No. 1 in B Flat Major

(Meyerbeer). Procession of the Guests to

Wartburg ("Tannhauser"-Wagner). From Foreign Lands, (Moszkowski).

Suite. Italian-German Spanish

-Hungarian.

7.30 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kong. Exchange Market Report.

7.35 p.m.--Hawaiian Music. ~

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O Sole Mio,

Cielito Lindo (Beautiful Heaven),

Honolulu March,

own 10-night”

Visitors To London

Love of a Gypsy (Schwartz),

Russian Novelty Orchestra.

Dreaming (Joyce),

London Palladium Orchestra. Ferera and Paaluhi.9 p-m- London-In Town To-night. Introducing some of the interesting people from different parts of the Empire

who are in London for the Coronation. (Electrical Recording). 9.30 p.m. London - News and An-

nouncements,

Kohala March. Ferera and Paaluhi Drifting an Dreamings,S Chiquita Valtz...Ferera and Pastuhi. Maybe it's the moon,

Rock me, in a cradle of Kálna

Frank Ferera's Hawaiian Trib. Mauna Loa

Kanui and Lula 8 p.m. Local: Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements, 8.03 p.m. A Relay from the Ko Shing

Theatre (Chinese).. 11pm close down. 8.05-11.15 pm----European programme from Z.E.K. on a frequency of 640 ¿kiloc cles.” 8.05p.Sonata in B Flat Major (Mozart), played by Walter Gieseking (Pianoforte).

1st Movement-Allegro. 2nd- 3rd

Adagio Allegretto.

8.23 p.m.—“Aurora's Wedding"-Ballet Music (Tchaikovsky), played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, con2 ducted by Efrem Kurtz. 8.48. p.m.-Concert Waltzes. Viennese Singing Birds (Translateur);

Marek Weber and His Orchestra. Springtime Waltz (anons),

Continental Novelty Orchestra.

9,55 pm. Nelson Eddy (Baritone), and

Francis Day (Soprano Nelson Eddy --

-

You are free,

When I grow too old to dream. Francis Day

You have that extra something. Nelson Eddy-

I'm falling in love with

Francia Day

someone.

I've got you under my skin, Easy to love.

10.15 p.m. London-Big Ben,

Dance Music.

Fox-Trot-Sing me a swing song.

Sugar Rose--- Dream Time. Lost.

Is it true what they say

about Dixie?

10.30 p.m. - London - Polo. A com- mentary on a match in the competi- tion for the Coronation Cup from 11.15 p.m.-Close down.

Hurlingham. :.

What's On At the Cinemas

is suitable for use in this column "Notice that an entirely differ- and, that being so, I am ̄naturally |ent story is had if South makes the loath to criticise my contributors. | correct safety play of laying down To-day's hand was sent me by a the spade ace first.

He picks up professor of classical languages. East's singleton king, and then has

AT THE ORIENTAL “The Chargef This is more or less fitting, I should to lose only the three outside aces." Brothers' stupendous production sug- Of The Light Brigade," Warner

COMING PICTURES say, for the professors play of the

In so far as the bidding was congested by the immortal poem of Lord Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows "Pennies From Heaven" with Bing hand was pure Greek to me at cerned it should be obvious that a Tennyson, with an all-star cast headed and Louis Armstrong The gayest

double of two diamonds would have by Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havil fun show of the new season.

land, and over fifteen, thousand extras, to the King's.

Coming returned an excellent result to North and South, but I do not think

AT THE STAR-"Three Smart Girls that South, with the seven card with Deanna Durbin, Binnie-Barnes, fairly solid spade suit, could risk Alice Brady, Ray Milland and Charles the double rather than bidding his Winninger. The adven regal three suit. On the other hand

lovely daughters of a rich New two who smash their father's romance spades was not a strong enough a fortune-hunting blor bid after the original pass. Three amusing theme for this

to be missed. spades would have been more ex- pressive.

South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST

S. 7 5 3

NORTH

S. J 2

H. K Q 10 4 D. K 3

C. Q J 10 5 3

H. A 8 5 3 2 D. 6 2

C. 9 7 6

EAST

6. K

·H. J 9'7

D. A J87 5 C. A 8 4·2

SOUTH

S. AQ 10 9 8 64 H. 6.

D. Q 10 9 4

C. K

The bidding:

South

West North East

is.

"Mr. Cinderella, with Jack Haley, Betty Fur Arthur Treacher and Raym

provi

orker

with the

the thro Societ seen her, Coming

AT THE MAJESTIC “Camille”

A barber follows Society people columns, idolises

hough he has never entually marries her. Tienti

Lost Horizon with Ronald Jane Wyatt, H. B. Warner, and Edward Everett Horton. A

with Greta Garbo and, Robert Taylor story of adventure, romance danger and Paris and of the worl A glorious love drama a woman of glamour, acclaimed as one of the out- who coolly chose to accept the favours Coming to the Oriental,

woman standing productions of the year. of a wealthy man; then sudden in love with young

AT

nd.

fell

*

Since the professor recognized his own error of leading up to dummy's spade jack we will pass over this play in forgiving silence, but I most certainly cannot agree with his afterthought that "the

"After The Thin Man,” with correct safety play would be to

Myrna Loy as Nora Charles, epitome lay down the spade ace.”

THE KING'S Why Juliet", with Norma Shearer and Les assists her famous husband William Romeo and of the sophisticated modern wife who should declarer lead a spade from lie Howard, the greatest love story Powell in ferreting out crimes against his hand at all? While the jack now made into a photoplay of delia San Francisco background. *Pass Pass +1 heart 2 diamonds remains in the dummy he has er and stirring action which is unfor- cate beauty and charm, dramatic pow-

Coming to the King's. 2 spades Pass Pass Pags

nothing to fear. The correct play gettable by all who see it *South, because-he is vulnerable; by South, upon winning the open-

“Banjo on My Knee." With Barbara elects to pass.

Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Helen West- ing lead, is to send a heart toward +Not to be censured as a third the dummy's king-queen. It

AT THE QUEEN'S “Sea Devils," ley, Buddy Ebsen, Walter. Catlett, with Victor McLaglen, Preston Foster

Katherine de Mille and Anthony Mar- hand bid in duplicate. Passed-out quite conceivable that West will courage and romance in the lives of tragi-comedy that is the life story of and Ida Lupino. A colourful tale of tin A thrill musicale, depicting the hands usually are boomerangs. duck and, even if he does not, the United States Coast Guard.

The comments regarding the bid-nothing has been lost..

the river boat people on the Mississippi. ding

The point

Coming to the Queen's. are the professor's and, I is that, there is no reason to aban-

AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Dracula's think, well taken. His description don the

*. chance for

Daughter", with Otto Kruger, Gloria. finessing of the play was as follows:

against the spade king, which raising story

Holden and Irving Pichel. A hair A romantic comedy co-starring lovely

"Swing High And Swing Low," "West opened the diamond six, might easily lie guarded in East's who has hypnotic power and a deadly Murray a festival of song and music of a beautiful woman Carole Lombard and dashing Fred Mac- leading up to his partner's suit. hand. Since the diamond ace must influence over everybody she

draws South let it ride around to his be conceded in any event a third

of mirth and laughter. Coming to the Queen's. -queen, which took the trick, East round always can be safely ruffed playing the jack. Declaren pre with the spade jack. For West to pared to make a safety play to be

able to ove

overruff he must hold offset the impending second round the king, which would be a trick diamond ruff for certainly a third anyway. If West had the feared round ruff] and led a small spade singleton diamond and three to the jack East's king won, trumpa to the king the laying down East returned the diamond ace and of the spade ace would cost a trick. led a small diamond, knowing that West could ruff the second. dia- West could outruff dummy. West mond, thus preserving his part- returned a club, which East's ace ner's ace for future use, and then took. Another diamond. was pick up-dummy's spade jack with led and ruffed by West again. West the king.

laid down the heart ace and South

TO-DAY'S QUESTION claimed the balance of the tricks. Question: Doesn't a redouble The result: Down one for a partner's double relieve the part penalty of 100, points instead of a ner of the doubler from bidding! possible game. The possible 'swing' |・・ Answer: Certainly not. If part- on the hand totals up to 720 points ner of the doubler passes it is a [the 100 point penalty, plus the penalty pass, which means that he trick score of 120 points, plus the expects to set the contract.

into her clutches.

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