1937-06-17 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 17, 1937.

Concert For The

Children From

The Studio

Today's Wireless

· 12.30-2.15 p.m.-European Programme.

12.30 p.m.-Duke Ellington and His

Orchestra.

Fox-Trot-

Jazz Convulsions. Rockin' in rhythm.

Sump'n 'bout rhythm.

Moon over Dixie.

Awful sad.

Twelfth Street Rag. Admiration.

Merry-go-round.

Three little words.

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

ther Report.

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1.03 p.m.-Raie da Costa.

Jazz Goblins.

Waltz Romantique.

Sweet and lovely.

Many happy returns of the day.

"Goodnight Vienna"-Medley.

"Sunshine Susie"-Medley.

“Waltz Time”—Medley. ·

Dancing Butterfly.

What are your intentions?

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

Announcements.

1.40

p.m.-Marek

Orchestra.

Weber

and

His

Potpourri of Waltzes-

No. 2 (Robrecht).

Chinese Fairy Tales

(Dreyer, arr. Yoshitomo).. In the Temple of the Bells

(Yoshitomo).

Salut d'amour (Elgar). I kiss your lips (Rudolphe). Potpourri of Waltzes—

No. 3 (Robrecht).

BRIDGE NOTES

My

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

At the Tchaikovsky Fountain

2.15 p.m.-Close Down.

ZEK 640 k.c's.

Symphony No. 5 In

C. Minor By

Beethoven

Would you?

Kiss me good-night.

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(Urbach).

Full of Grace..........Lauritz Melchior, and the London Symphony

Or-

9.10

chestra.

Mezzo-Soprane Solos———

5-8 p.m.-European Programme.

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

5-5.25 p.m.-

PROGRAMME

1. Oh say, can you swing?

2. Where are you?

3. There's no two ways about it.

4. That foolish feeling.

5. Coronation Waltz.

6. Music in May.

7. Medley of Favourite old Waltzes. 5.25-5.35 p.m. — Interval

Dance Music from ZBW.

5.35-6 p.m.---

Recorded

8. The Girl on the Police Gazette.

9. He ain't got rhythm.

10. This year's kisses.

11. Slumming on Park Avenue,

12. Havana Heaven.

13. Panamania.

14. Organ Grinder's 'swing.

6 p.m.-From the Studio. A Children's Concert. 6.30 p.m.-German Music.

Choral...

""Die Meistersinger" (Wagner). Da zu dir der Heiland kam. Chorus & Orch: of the State Opera,

Berlin.

Tenor Solos----

"Gotterdammerung" (Wagner)-

Brunnhilde! Holiest Bride! "Tristan und Isolde” (Wagner)

By ELY CULBERTSON

A Bidding Problem

the

correspondent commented His hand was too strong for about the hand described to-day as non-committal no trump.) Since it follows: "This hand is, I believe, was not strong enough for two no merely a bidding problem, the argu-trump he should have used the com- ment being confined to the North-promise bid of two spades, and then South players. Each blamed the South should have jumped to four other for reaching a minor suit spades, not even showing the dia- game rather than four spades, mond suit. But even after North's which (although it could not initial error he had the chance to have been made because of make amends by showing his spade bad spade bread) ob- support on the second round instead viously was the logical contract. of raising the diamond so strongly. Since the correct four spade con-South was eminently correct in not tract also would have failed the dis- rebidding his miserable five card cussion is, of course, merely acade-suît. mic.

a

South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST SK J 9.7

NORTH

S A 10 2

H 976 DK 9 8 5 CQ J 10

EAST

The Fisherman.

The Secret.

Fisher-Ways (Schubert),

Orchestral—

Don

Elena Gerhardt.

Juun-Symphonic

Poem. Op. 20 (Strauss). Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Albert Coates.

7 p.m.-Charlie Kung at the Piano.

Charlie Kunz Piano Medleys Nos. R.5. R.9 and R.18.

7.20 p.m.-Three Songs by "Luigi Fort

(Tenor).

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"Mignon" Thomas)-Addio, Mignon. Ay, ay, ay. (Freire). Ideale (Tosti).

7.30 p.m. Closing local Stock Quota- tions and Hong Kọng Exchange Mar- ket Report.

7.33 p.m.-Creatore's Band.

"Mefistofele"-Prologue (Boito).

Selections.

"Traviata"-Selection (Verdi).

“Cavalleria --Rusticana" Selection (Mascagni),

8 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 Z.E.K., on a Frequency of 640 Kilocycles.

|8.05 p.m.-Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (Beethoven), Played by the Royal Albert Hall Orchestral, Con- ducted by Sir Landon Ronald. 1st Movement-Allegro con brio. 2nd Movement Andante con moto. 3rd Movement --Allegro (Scherzo). 4th Movement Allegro (Finale).. 8.39 p.m.--Studies, Op.10 (Chopin), played by Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano- forte).

No. 11 in E Flat Major. No. 12 in C Minor. No. 10 in A Flat Major. No. 9 in F Minor. No. 5. in Flat. Major. No. 6 in E Flat, Minor. No. 8 in F Major. No. 4 in C Sharp Minor. 8.56 p.m.-Leslie Hutchinson. Maybe I'm wrong' again.

I nearly let love go slipping through my fingers.

p.m.-London-News and An-

nouncements.

9.30 p.m.-Musical Comedy.

"Bitter Sweet"

(Noel Coward)- I'll see you again, Dear· Little Cafe...Peggy Wood and George Metaxa (Duet).

Zigeuner... Peggy Wood If love were all... Ivy St. Helier. "The Dubarry" (Millocker)

If I am dreaming. Heddle Nash (Tenor). "The Vagabond King" (Friml)—

Huguette,

Love for sale. Norah Blancy

(Soprano). 9.55 p.m. Variety & Dance Music.

Fox-Trots

Breakin' in a pain. of shoes, Swing, - Mister Charlie. The Krakajax.

Vocal---

You were so charming.

I'm your slave..::Charles (Gerry) FitzGerald.

Fox-Trots-

Soon.

It's easy to remember.

Guy

Lombardo & His Royal Canadians. 10.15 p.m.-London-Big Ben.

Humorous

Whoa, Josephine,

There's no one with endurance.

Tango

Echos du Passe,

Frank Crumit.

Waltz-Although....Jean Tappon-

nier's Ballroom Orchestra.

Vocal-

Three Wishes,

Let me give my happiness to you

Jessie Matthews.

Humorous Sketch-

The Cure (Hiccoughs) Courtneidge & Jack Hulbert. Fox-Trots-

Cicely

I'm in love all over again, That's what you think. borne & his Orchestra.

Will Os-

Stardust covered bundle,

Vocal-

She's the wealthiest woman earth.... .Kitty Masters.

Waltz-

It's a sin to tell a lie.

Fox-Trot

on

A rendezvous with a dream...Shep Fields & His Rippling Rhythm Or- chestra. 11 p.m.-

-CLOSE DOWN.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE QUEEN'S “Mr. Deeds, AT THE STAR-"College Holiday", Goes To Town," with Gary Cooper and with several of the screen's outstand- riots in tears, the film shows Gary as Burns, Gracie Allen, Mary Boland and Jean Arthur. One of the biggest laughing comedians supporting George the country boy who inherits a fortune Martha Raye, who go through their and shows the big city that he is paces in one continuous howl of smarter than he looks.

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laughter.

AT THE MAJESTIC "The Naugh- AT THE KING'S "Mary Stevens, ty Marietta," with Jeanette MacDon- M.D."--Kay Francis as an unwed doc-ald and Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan tor decides to have a child Lvle and Talbot,

Cecilia Parker. The

classic Glenda Farrell. and George operetta in which Jeanette and Nelson Cooper.

Eddy give outstanding performances.

The argument over the correct contract is not merely academic, as all the players seemed to think it was. Apparently it was taken for granted that South had to lose three spade tricks against the adverse break he found, but such was not the case. The proper play would be as follows:

win the opening South should lead, presumably a heart, and lead the three of spades to dummy's ace. Then, as insurance against the

AT THE ORIENTAL—"The Bride worst conceivable spade break [both Walks Out", with Gene Raymond, Ned defenders having followed to the Sparks, Robert Young and Helen Bro- first trick], South should return to two headstrong lovers who tried

derick. The sparkling comedy-drama of his hand with a diamond and lead settle down before they settled up. a low spade toward dummy's ten--| deuce.

AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Time Out If the spades broke, or if

For Romance,” with" Clairè Trevor Mi- East had all the

"Stage Struck" rest, almost any chael Whalen, Joan Davis, and Dou and Joan Blondell.

the suit would glas Fowley. method of playing

A Fox production which

S 6

H Q J 10

D 4 2

H 8 5 4 3 2 D Q 10

C 9 8 7 3

CAK 5 4 2

SOUTH

SQ 8 5 4 3.

HAK

DAJ 7 6 3

C 6

The bidding:

1 spade

West Pass 1 no trump

North

East Pass Pass Pass

result

South

2 diamonds Pass 4 diamonds

5 diamonds Pass Pass.

"There was nothing to the play.

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NEXT CHANGE

QUEEN'S, ALHAMBRA AND STAR Waikiki Wedding" A gay, glain- orous romantic musical from the land to of hula hula, with Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross and George Barbier.

in only two spade losers. traces the exciting and hilarious adven- But the method suggested also was tures of a cross-country caravan. proof against the bad lay actually

encountered.

This is one of the rarest and

South went down one trick, losing a club and two spade tricks.

AL- though four tricks would have been least known types of safety plays lost at spades, every one agreed that and, since South was not playing at four spades was the correct · con-

it never will be a spade contract, known whether he would have tract. South claims that he bid the hand perfectly, and that North was brought it off. The only fine, there- at fault for never showing any spade fore, must assessed against assistance. North claims that South North for his bad bidding. A fair could have rebid his spades over assessment is class C, serious error four diamonds to show a five card materially affecting the result.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION suit, and that then he (North) would have allowed the four spade bidding with

Partner opened the one diamond. Next bid to stand."

:. Question:

be

hand passed. I: held: ་་་་ North's bidding was bad through-S Q J 10'9 6 4 2. H 8 5 DK 63 C4 out, South's bidding was flawless. What is my proper response? North's first response was wrong. Answer: Three spades.

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