1937-06-26 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 26, 1937.

Test Match Relay England v. New

Zealand At Lord's

Today's Wireless

12.30-2.15 p.m-European Programme.

12.30 p.m.—Half. an

Variety Records.

Regimental Band-

Hour of

Royal Cavalcade.—Coronation

March (Ketelbey),

Coronation Bells-March

(Partridge),

Band of H.M. Coldstream

New

Guards.

Globe-Trotting with the Tiger,

New Mayfair Orchestra.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

Frasquita Serenade (Lebar),

3- Albert Sandler & His Orchestra. 1.37 En-Reuter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast, Time and “Announcements..

1.40 p.m.-Dance Musić.

Fox-Trot

The Fleet's in Port again. Free.

Waltz-Follow your heart. Fox-Trot

Orchestra-

Vocal

Take care of you for me, Lovable and sweet.

Valaida.

Cinema Organ—–

Popular Melodies-No. 8,

Harold Ramsay.

Tango

Orchestra-

- Twilight-Tango,

Jingle Bells-Tango,

Argentine Tango Orchestra.

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

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Light Orchestral Items.

Prelude (Haydn Wood),

Intermezzo (Colsridge-Taylor),

New Light Symphony Orchestra. Hassan Serenade (Dehus), None but the weary heart

(Tschaikowsky, arr. Mulder),

Albert Sandler & His Orchestra. Manhattan Serenade (Alter), When Day is done

(De Sylva, arr. Katscher),

Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra. Si mes vers avaient des aïles (Hahn),

BRIDGE NOTES

Magnolias in the moonlight. Slow Fox-Trot Hypnotised. Fox-Trot

The touch of your lips. These foolish things.

Dreams in Spring.

The Tango of my heart.

Fox-Trot

There won't be any Spring. Waltz-Marie Louise.

2.15 p.m.-Close down.

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

7 p.m.:12 midnight.—European

gramme.

,,

Pro-

7 pm-Half an Hour of Russian Or-

chestral Music.

The Enchanted Lake (Liadow),

Boston Symphony Orchestra, con- ducted by Serge Koussevitzky. Procession of the Sardar (Ippolitow, arr. Iwanow)....Boston Promenade Orchestra, conducted by Arthur Fiedler.

By ELY CULBERTSON

A Close Point

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ZEK 640 ke's

The Waikiki Trio Broadcast From

The Studio

you. Honolulu March.

4 Hawaii Mahealani A me OE.

"Ivan The Terrible (Rimsky-Kor-]---ħ, An old Hawaiian Guitar

sakov)—Storm Music,

"The Snow Maiden' (Rimsky-Kor-

sakov)———Dance of the Tumblers.”. London Symphony Orchestra, con- Yducted by Albert Coates. Doubinushka

(arr. Rimsky-Korsakov), "Prince Igor (Borodin) Polovtsi

March. London Symphony Or chestra, conducted by Albert Coates.

7.30 p.m.—Hong Kong Stock Exchange - Summary and Exchange Market Re-

port.

7.35 p.m.Variety

Orchestra

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Dear Mr. Culbertson:

MyA

As my correspondent states, favourite partner and I rarely get rebid offers a close point, but I do into arguments, since our bridge not think that it should be critic- theories and styles of bidding are ised. I agree with South that the almost identical. But the hand Itwo diamond bid might have been am enclosing must contain a close based on a fair diamond suit and point because we disagreed over outside honours such as the spade the proper bid. Will you kindly queen or heart king, possibly both. discuss and criticise the bidding as It might be argued that if such had it actually took place?

been the case, North, over two As South, I admit that the con-hearts, would be able, either to 9 tract we actually reached was bad raise the heart suit or give a jump in that there was no play for it, but preference bid in spades. I do not I claim that it was difficult, if not think this necessarily follows. impossible, tó stop at a part score North's hand might be something on our respective holdings.

South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

WEST

SK Q

- 7

NORTH

S~96.5

H-Q 9

D-A K J 6 5

37 4

D-Q 8 7 43

C-10 5 3 2.

EAST S-J7 2 HK 6 5 2 D-10 92 C-A 8 6

SOUTH

S-A 10 843 H-A 10 8 43

D-None

CK Q J

The bidding:

South

West

North

1 spade Pass

2 hearts 3 spades Pass

Pass

East

like this: SJ 9 I: H-XX D—–Q J. 10 x x C-A x X. With such a holding he hardly could bid more than two spades over two hearts, already having shown some strength by responding two dia- monds.

Six-Eight Medley,

Harry Roy and His Orc

Vocal

Some of these days,

Piano Solos

9.20 p.m. Three Songs by Richard

Tauber, (Tenor)."

I love the moon (Rubens), A Brown Bird Singing (Haydn:

Wood) Thine thoughts are, Margarita,

(Helmund). 9.30 p.m.-London News and An-

nouncements. 9.55o p.m. Some Variety Vocal Items.

Kiss me goodnight,

A little dash of Dublin Anna Neagle. Smoke gets in your eyes, There's no more you can say,

Gee, oh Gosh, I'm

urner Layton,

What's good for the goose

for the gander,

good

Sam Browne & Girl Friend.

Lover of my dreams...Noel Coward.

Tiger Ragë. The Mills Brothers: 10.15 p.m.--A Relay of Dance Music

I wait for you,

Heute Nacht oder Niel

Mischa Spoliansky. Vocal-One morning in May,

from the Grill-Room of the Hong Kong Hotel.

PROGRAMME.

10.15-10.30 p.m.

1. Swing high, swing low. 2. Who's that knocking at my

heart 2

3. Under the spell of a Voodoo

Drum...

4. Oh yes? Take another guess. 10.30-10.35. p.m.-Interval of Recorded

Music from Z.BW.

Derickson and Brown. p.m.-London-BigBen......... The Com- modore Grand Orchestra. Leader: Charles Vorzanger. Directed by Harry Davidson. From the Commo dore Theatre, Hammersmith, 8.15 pm London The First Cricket

Test Match England New Zea-10.35-10:50 pm. land. Acommentary on the first day's play by Howard Marshall. From Lord's Cricket Ground 8.30 p.m.-Orchestral - Music.

"Xerxes" (Handel)-Largo,

5 There's a small hotel.

6. On your toes, ma

7. Magnolias in the moonlight.

8. Darktown Strutters' Ball.

10.50-11 p.m. Interval of Recorded

Music from Z.B.W:

11-1136 pm. --

9. A fine romance.

Boston Promenade Orchestra, con-

ducted by Arthur Fiedler Elegiac Melody, No. 1-Heart-aches, Elegiac Melody, No. 2 - The Last Spring (Grieg)... Willem Mengel- berg & His Concertgebouw Or-12. Nobody's sweetheart now. chestra.

Norwegian Dance in D Major, Op. 25 (Greig)... Gustave Cloez & L'Or- chestre Philharmonique de Paris Funeral March of a Marionette (Gounod)...San Francisco Sym- phony Orchestra, conducted by Al- fred Hertze

The Singer's Joy (Johann Strauss), Fire Festival Polka (Josef Strauss) p.m. From the Studio

Johann Strauss & Symphony Orch.

1.

2.

The Waikiki Trio. ^-

On a Coconut Island- Hawaii, moonlight, flowers and

10. The way you look to-night. 11. Bojangles of Harlem.

11.15-11.20 p.m.-Interval of Recorded

Music from Z.B.W. 11.20-11.35. pm.

13. Coronation Waltz.

14. Medley of old favourite waltzęs. 15. Let me call you Sweetheart, 16. Blue Danube.

11.35-11.45 pm. Interval of Recorded

Music from Z.B.W

11.45- p.m.-12 midnight.

17. When the Poppies bloom again. 18. Bye bye, Baby.

19. Star Dust,

20 Ain't misbehavin'.

12 midnight. Close down.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S "Personal Pro-, Shearer in role of the famous Italian A new romantic team will lovers and John Barrymore selected for perty" be seen in this comedy-drama Ro- important part of Mercutio. bert Taylor and Jean Harlow. Others are Basil Rathbone, Ralph Forbes, C. Others in the cast include Reginald Owen, Aubrey Smith, Reginald Denny, Con- Henrietta Crosman, E. E. Clive, Una way Tearle, Edna May Oliver and O'Connor, Cora Witherspoon and Mar- Andy Devine.

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AT THE STAR-That Girl From

AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM-Paris."Lily Pons displays a success-

·BRA — “Michael Strogoff”. ("The ful flair for sparkling wit and brilliant Soldier and the Lady"). Stirring comedy, ranking with such masters of tale of the experiences of a courier, of humour as Gene Raymond, Jack Oakie, the Czar during an imaginary Tartar Herman Bing and Mischa Auer, Miss uprising in Siberia in 1870. This Holly Pons sings arias from "The Barber of wood version of Jules Verne's story is Seville,"Tarantella," a swing version а tremendous spectacle thrill-drams of the Blue Danube Waltz" and three with an all-star cast headed by Antoni original numbers by Arthur Schwartz. Walbrook, with Elizabeth Alian, got Grahame, Eric Blore, and Bainter 10,000 soldiers make a colourful background

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AT THE ORIENTAL—“Romeo Juliet"- Leslie Howard and N

The real trouble with this hand seems to have been in the playla Shelton. When declarer took the lead at the second trick he should have seen that there was only one chance to avoid the loss of two spades and one heart in addition to the club ace already conceded. His correct play was to lay down the spade ace and, when West dropped the queen, to have baled out the clubs by cash- Then he ing the third round.

West 2 diamonds Pass should lead a small spade. 2 spades

now would be on lead and would be Pass Pass

If he led the 4 spades

Pass completely helpless. Pass

fourth round of clubs, dummy "West opened a club, and later I should ruff. If East overruffed, could find no way to avoid the loss

déclarer could merely ditch a heart, of two trump tricks and a heart. and East would have to lead away The argument centres around my

from his heart king or back into three spade bid. North claims that dummy's diamonds, either of which having bid two suits and being would rescue declarer from a heart blank in diamonds, so that I could loser. If East did not overruff the tell his diamonds would be virtual-club, declarer would still ditch one ly worthless, I should have passed heart, and two more on the ace and to two spades. My own feeling

king of diamonds, then would ruff was "orth's two" diamond bid |

'a diamond, and throw East on lead necessarily guarantee

with a trump, forcing a heart lead. strength exclusively in diamonds, If West, instead of leading the that it might well have been based fourth club, led a heart, declarer on less in diamonds and more in would merely have to guess to play- other suits. I admit that after I dummy's "nine instead of the queen. rebid to three spades, North would If West led a diamond, the finesse have been a sissy to have passed would give declarer three heart dis short of game. What is your cards, and then the -spade thrown opinion of my rebid? Yours very in play on East would complete the truly, S. L'

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