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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 16, 1987.

From The Studio:

Songs By Muriel Portallion

12.30-2.15 Am European Program

12.30 p.m.-Orchestra)}- Mü

La Scala di

(Rossini)

Seta

Today's Wireless

Overture

Sir Thomas Reecham and the

London Philharmonic chestra.

Or-1

Alborada del Graciose (Ravel).

Orchestre des Concerts Straram, Aire Andaluz No. 2 Pasacalle.

No. 4 Pasodoble (Lucena). Córdoba Philharmonic Orchestra.

BRIDGE NOTES

A

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

Ea Habanora (Lucena)

Cordoba Philharmonic Orchestra. p.m.-Local: Time Signal- and Wea- ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Leslie Hutchinson

Piana.

Afterglow.

The scene changes. Empty Saddles.

the

By ELY CULBERTSON

Some Tournament Hands

The following hands were play-1 ed recently in London at a tourna- ment in which many leading play- ers took part.

The first of them occurred in an invitation pairs event, which was played on Match Points scoring:—

Y

A

S.-A Q 4

S-J 8 5 2. H.-8.5 3

D -K J 7 3 C.-A 8

D-Q 10 8.2

*Z

S-8 7 6 H.-Q 8 7 3 DK 10 9

C. 42

Score: Y Z vulnerable.

A the

1.13 p.m.-Roy Fox and His Orchest

Fox-Trot-

The Changing of the Guard. Harbour lights..

Page

Schumann Recital By

Luba Shaftain

Sweet Sue. (Young), Grinzing (Benatsky).

Jack Hylton and His Orchestra Give me back my heart (Novallo). Albert Sandler ad His Orchestra. 8.15 p.m. London-Big Ben. Cricket: Gentlemen - Players. A Commen-

You do the darndest things, Baby.tary during play by P. G. H. Fender. The Wanderers,

From Lord's tricket Ground, Lon- don.

Your heart and mine. No regrets.

1.31 p.m. Beuter Press; Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast. Time and Announcements.

1.40 p.m.-Band Music.

dealer. The result of the hand de- ponded upon whether or not A2 passed initially.

In many cases "One Spade," visualised

the opening call was and B immediately

game and possibly a slam. In one or two cases the bidding between and B went as follows:

The Jolly Coppersmith (Peter). Washington Post March (Sousa),

The Silver Stars Band. Valse des. Alouettes (Drigo). Amoretten Tanze (Gung).

Band of H. M. Coldstream

Guards.

Swastika March (Klohr). Entry of the Boyards

March

8:30 pm—From the Studio, Frank. V.

Read on Local Tennis League. 8.40 p.m.-London-Dance

Music of

· the 16th and 17th Centuries. (Elec-. trical Recording).

9.10 1-From the Studio. A Schu-

mann Recital

Luba Shaftsin (Pianoforte);

Soaring.

Whims,

Conclusion..

Scenes from Childhood, Nos. 1, 3

and 5.

Papillons, Nos, 1, 7, 8 and 10.

9.30 p.m.-London

nouncements.

News and A

9.55 p.m.—A Variety Programme.

Instrumental-

(Halvorsan),

Band

of H. M.

Coldstream

Guards.

pm-Dance Music.

Fox-Trot

gentleman

Vocal-

When a lady meets

down South.

Tain't no u52.

Jingle Bells.

Tango

Fox-Trot

On your toes.

There's a small Hotel:

2.15 pm-Close Down.

No bid 2 Clubs: No 010 4-7 p.m. Chinese Programme.

H.-A J 10 2

B S-K H. K Q 9 7 6 4 D.-9 6

C.-K 9 6 3

1 Spade

Z

2 Diamonds No bid 2 Hearts No bid [2 Spades · No bid 6 Clubs. No bid No bid Double No bid No bid

No bid

C-7 2

S-10 9 7 63

H.-None

D-A 5 4

C.-Q J 10 5 4

Other pairs reached "Three No- Trümps," played by B, and some Trumps," "Four,”

Score: A B vulnerable. B dealt, "Four and in most cases passed.

No

7-11 p.m.-European Programme.

7 p.n-Willem Mengleberg an

Concert Orchestra.

Overture

Romeo and Juliet

Fantasie (Tschaikowsky). Perpetuum Mobile (Johann

Strauss).

tions

Damnation of Faust (Berlioz).

p.m.-Closing local. Stock Quota- Les Sylphes, Hungarian March.

7.35 p.m. Cinoms Organ Music.

and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report.

Wedding of the Painted Doll.

Leslie James..

Z also "Five", or "Six Spades," the high-.7.30 passed, and A opened with "One er contract usually being doubled. Heart," which was immediately One pair, playing the A B hands, raised by B to "Four." At nearly reached a "Four Spades” contract every table 2 now put in a saving by passing on the first round. bid of "Four Spades," which is a opened the bidding with “One cheap sacrifice if the opposition Heart," B passed, and Z raised to doubles, since Z should not be de-Two Hearts." At this point A in- feated by more. than two tricks tervened with “Two Spades,” and -with a penalty of 300 points, jumped to "Four Hearts." B's raise Y whereas "Four Hearts" cannot be to "Four Spades" closed the bid- lost. As it happened, B felt that ding, with the enormous Club suit he could not stand his partner's not bid at all. The contract was double, since his defence tricks successful.

and rebid into

With so many different contracts

were negligible, "Five Hearts," which was at some it is not surprising that the swings tables doubled.

on this hand were very large, In more than one case a slam was

*

made, but more often than not a five contract in one or other of the black suits was defeated.

Four

7.45

A Japanese Sunset. Ninette

R. E. McPherson.

p.m.-From the Studio. Songs by Muriel Portallion (Contralto).

Music when soft voices die.

Besley.

Sea moods,

Catford..

Sweet chance.

Head.

Song of Thanksgiving.

Allitsen.

In Haven Elgar.

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

Report "and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-Light Orchestral Items.

What's On At

Swanee Moon.

Len Fillis (Hawaiian Guitar).

Le Tango- des Filles.

Lucienne Boyer (Soprano).

Instrumental-

An old Hawaiian Guitar:

Len Fillis

cal

L'Hotel du Clair de Lune.

Lucienne Boyer.

Humorous

Tennis.

Clapham and Dwyer. Piano Solos-

Orange blossom.. Limehouse Blues."

Billy Mayerl.

Orchestra

Bihari's Lament.

Cockchafer, yellow cockchafer.

Magyari Imre and his Hungar

jan Gypsy Orchestra.

10.26. p.m.Dance Music.

Fox-Trot

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I'm nuts about screwy music. I got rhythm.

Weakness.

Chinese Rhythm.

Robins and roses.

Is it true what they say

Dixie?

Tango

Questa notto ti diro.

Waltz

Coronation Waltz.

Rum

El Capullito de Aleli.

Walt

Alice Blue Gown

Tox-Tro

Knock, knock, who's there?

p..

Close Down.

the Cinemas

AT THE ORIENTAL "Plough and Barbara Stanwyck is star-

If the right defence be found Y and Z can defeat this contract with the Ace of Clubs and two Diamond tricks, but more often than not the play was missed, and the declarer succeeded in getting rid of his Diamond losers in Dummy on the tracts in turn.

Let us look at the various con-Fables",

AT THE MAJESTIC "Les Miser- Ace and Queen of Spades, if he had Clubs" the opponents

with Fredric March, Charles the Star."- If B plays in “Five Laughton and Sir Cedric Hardwicke: red in this screen version of the noted a Spade lead made against him.

can defeat Victor Hugo's immortal story produced Irish drama by Sean O'Cassey. Preston "Five Hearts" doubled scores 800 and the Ace of Spades.

him by taking two Diamond tricks in every detail. points, whereas if the doubled con-

Foster who is much in favour to-day ** * * tract be defeated Y Z obtain 200 Spades" by A can also be defeated with Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. tured role.

AT THE QUEEN'S

epitomises a virile type of leading man "Top Hat" and is cast opposite the star in a fea- points. The par score for A B on Diamonds, on

by the opening lead of the Ace of A sophisticated musical romance. the hand is obtained by doubling "come-on" with the 10.

which

Z signals a Z's "Four Spades" sacrifice, be-

A second cause "Four Hearts", which

Diamond lead allows Z to make his not be defeated, should not be left

King and gives Y a ruff, and the în by the opposition.....

Ace of Spades provides the fourth It was singular that so many Y

trick. Z pairs, having pushed their, op- "If B plays. “Three No-Trumps," Z ponents into an unmakeable con-leads a small Heart, and provided tract, should have missed their that Y ducks, as he must do, B can golden opportunity of obtaining a be held to eight tricks. The lead

can-

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best possible score on the hand allows Y to count declarer with the But most startling results came singleton Ace of Hearts, and, by from the following hand, which oc-refusing to cover

cover Dummy's Heart, curred in the Pachabo Cup

Y prevents the Knave, 10 from pro- teams of four:--

viding a second guard in the suit. All the Declarer can do is to run off his seven Clubs, and the oppon- ents then make their established Hearts, the Ace of Spades, and thể top Diamonds. Strangely enough, therefore, there is no game in the hand för A and B against proper defence. But in more than one case “Six Clubs” was made, even K Q J 8 6 5 against an Ace and an Ace, King:

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AT THE KING'8—“China Seas", with Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and the China Coast, in which the cast give Wallace Berry. story of piracy on outstanding performances.

Father with Jed Prowty, Shirley Dean AT THE ALHAMBRA “Educating

youngsters of the Jones Family bring and Kenneth Howell. A happy hilari- ous story of how the up-and-coming dad up-to-date.

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