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Tight Classical Programme By Bournemouth Orch

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18, 1937

Today's Wireless

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The Vamp

Havana (Gilbert &

*Saluran -

Don't Dingle Dangle.

The Old

Evans).

-Garden Wall (Butler, Damerell

At The Close Of A Long, Long Day

(Moll & Marvin).

Diddle Dum-Dee (Dunn & Forth).

Dream Time (Davis & Coots). Hawaiian Paradise (Owens).

12:50

(Piano).

Patricia R2

Limelight-Selection

I Dream Too Much Selection Broadway Hostess Selection.

Queen Of Hearts Selection

1 pin-Local: Time Signal and Wea

ther Report”.

1.03 p.m.-Songs by Derek Oldham

(Tenor).

Derek Oldham Medley

Intro: Sentry. Song (Madame Potre padour Love in my heart awaking (The Merry Widow'); New Moon (Whirled into Hap-

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's:

Mayfair Orchestra

Tes Selection.

Dance...

ter Press Rugby Weather Forecast and An- ements

1.40 pm-Yariety

Jubilee Music Hall Parade 1910-1921.†† Talking

Love Scene From Private Lives"

(Noel Coward) Act. 1 Scene from Private Lives Act 2

Gertrude Lawrence & Noel

Coward. Piano-Charle Kunz Piano Medley

No R 9

Charlie Kunz,

- Vocal

Someone To Care For Men

Bacio (film "Three Smart Girls).

Desma Durbin Orchestral

Sunday On The Swanее

(Samuels-Whitcup-Powell).

Za Zoo Za

(Shay-Holzer-Shoup-Large).

Herbie Kay & His Orchestra.

piness'); Serenade (Madame 2.15 p.m.--Close down Pompadour); Song of the Vaga-4 pm. Chinese Programme. bonds (The Vagabond King); 7-12 midnight-European Programme. Ah must I leave thee (The 7 pm Bournemouth Municipal Or- Pirates of Penzance'); A wan- chestra.

d'ring Minstrel (The Mikado');| Pique Dame-Overture (Suppe). Rose Marie (Rose Marie').

BRIDGE NOTES

Asking

Z

Chanson Triste

By ELY CULBERTSON

Bids

When asking bids were announ- ced to the world a little over year ago I stated with confidence that this new system of slam bid- ding would increase by an enor- moas percentage the efficiency on slam range hands. According to S.-J 9.8

WEST

NORTH S-K 5 4 3 2 H-Q 96 4

D.-K 52

C-

the thousands of letters received H-10 from all parts of the world, that D-9 8:43. prediction was justified. But, even C.-

in my first announcement, and on subsequent occasions, I pointed out| that, in the final analysis, only ex- perience could take all the rough edges off a system or a convention.

EAST S.-Q. 10 6 H-83 D.-J. 10 7

Q8742 C-K 10 6 5 3

SOUTH

S-A T

H-A KJ 7:5:2 D.—A Q 6 - C. J 9

The bidding went uniformly

among "askers"

East

3 hearts Pass 5 clubs Pass

ZEK 640 k.c's.

(Tschaikowsky, arr. Stewart). Raindrops-Pizzicati For Strings

(De La Rixiere).

A Fairy Ballet (White). The Two Imps (Alford). Dancer Of Seville (G. Grunow), Idylle Bretonne (Gennin).. 7.30 p.m. Closing local Stock Quota

tions and Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report

7.35 pm-Variety. -Orchestral-PN

Bella Espanola-Pasodoble

(Biafore)

La Carcajada Tango (Firpo).

Orquesta Tipica Roberto Firo:

•Vocal

I'm The Echo.

I Dream Too Much (film I Dream

Too Much”).

Two Pianos

Lily Pons (Soprano).

Eassepied (Delibes, atr Alleyne-

Leonhardt).

DestinyWaltz Barnes,

Alleyne-Leonardt

Vocal ne

Alleyne & Leonhardt.

Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life Neath The Southern Moun

(film Naughty Marietta

Nelson Eddy (Baritone).

8 pm Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.--Scottish Music~

- Skye Eightsome Reel.

Scottish Country Dance Orch. O Sing To Me The Old Scotch Songs

(Leeson) Joseph Hisloy, (Tenor) Glasgow Highlanders.

Meg Merriless (arr. Pack).

Scottish Country Dance. Orch Annie Laurie,

Jessie, The Flower Of Dunblane

(Smith) Joseph Hislop (Tenor). Strathspeys. Reels (arr. Diack).

Scottish Country Dance Orch 8.30 p.m.- London Relay London

Log, by Walter Fitzgerald. 8.40 p.m.-Light

Orchestral Concert with Gracie Fields (Comedienne). Traume (Wagner).

Autumn (Chaminade).

De Groot and His Of

When The Robin Sings. His

Again Parish &

One Night Of Love

Of Love)

Come To The Ball The. Quaker

What's

Retur

Hety Records: Gracie Fields- Dance Music

Girl Boss & Monckton). Moya, Lovely Moyr (0 Brien &

Orchestre Louise, Do You Remember My First Love Song (fillm Queen of Hearts").

Gracie Fields.

Parade Of The In Solders (Jessel). March Of The Little Leaden Soldiers

Piezne)

local Sport 9.10 p.Studio

The

Regal Orchestra.

Frank Read

D-Songs by Dennis Noble

entle.

Maiden (arr. Somervell). She Shall Have Music

(Brandon & Murray}.

Just Me An Mary (Parr & Murray). 9.30 pm-London Relay The News &

Announcements.

9.55 p.m.-Relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Grill Room of the Hong Ko

1.

Roses in December.

2. Life of the Party.

Hotel.

3. Let's have another Cigarette. 4Yankee Doodle Bandkenn

10.10 p.m.-Interval of recorded dance 1... music from ZBW.

10:15p

that away from

ole thing off

7. September in the Eain 8. Waddin' at the Waldof.

Interval of recorded dance music from ZBW. 10.40 pm.

10.30

9. Your eyes have told me so.

Diane.

10.

11

Seventh Heaven.

18.55 pm.

12 Medley of Old Fashion Waltzes. Interval of recorded dance music from ZBW.

13. Moonlight and Shadows.

14. Skeleton in the Closet.

+

15. Pennies from heaven.

16. Mutiny in the Brass Section.

1115 pm-Interval of recorded dance

17. Tira Tira.

music from ZBW.

18

Tango Medley.

19. La Bomba.

20.

Cabalero.

11.35 pm-Interval of recorded, dance

music from ZBW,

11.45

It Looks like zain in Cherry

takes a holiday.

at in the Moonlight.

lose down.

On At the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S — "The King and How he beats her to it forms the

the Chorus Girl, with Edwa Horton, Alan Mowbray, Jane Wyman and Kenny story of a prodigate king whose failing was a French Revue

comedy

some good singen

Time has proved that asking bids are technically perfect and that follows they are effective even beyond my South West North fondest hope. But time also has 1 heart Pass proved that there were two psycho 4 spades Pass logical errors in their original pre-5 diamonds Pass 6 clubs Pass sentation The first was this:

Thearts Pass Pass Pass For years we had taught players All of the "asking" South players that a bid in the opponents suit were shrewd enough to select the [after partner had bid] was a slamicorrect suit in which to "ask" over try, showing a strong hand, includ- North's double heart raise. They AT THE QUEEN'S The Bob ing the ace or void of opponents' saw that if the four spade asking Symphony" suit. When millions of players bid received a positive response it were asked to change their bidding would be necessary to ask further methods and to use the immediate in other suits and, therefore, start overcall-of opponents' suit as aned with the highest ranking side AT THE ORIEN asking bid instead of the aforesaid suit in order to make their future with Joe cue bid, habit often got the better course smooth. The spade bid Richard "S of them, with consequent confusion elicited that North held second comeding as

riest Joe E. Br in later bidding. Thus, pakely as a round spade control and the club concession to "habit, there have ace On the diamond asking bid been two changes made in the ask that followed North was ing bid system.

con-

snit

An amazing," unus delightful and fantastical musical pro-

duction.

AT THE ALHA "to+Trouble"," withMeano make a beautiful twofon response, Johnny Downs. showing not only second rom

young song writer sh The first is that the immediate trol of the asked suit bu

by a gold digger who im has plenty of mo overcall of opponents' suit, such as: cond round control of the South, one heart: West, one With all this information at hand, spade; North, two spades the South's seven bid was virtually ‘a two spade bid is, as of old, a cue double-dranty, contract. bid showing first round spade con- At the non-asking tables the bid- trol and a big hand. To make an ding went two different ways: asking bid in spades you must jump

North

South North

one round and bid three spades. South The other change will be discussed 1 heart hearts 1 heart. 1 spade

4 no trump 5 clubs 3 hearts 5 hearts

to-morrow.

6 hearts Pass 6 hearts Pass

In neither of these latter cases

A Perfectly Bid Grand Slam Speaking of asking bids, here is could the partnership safely, reach

a hand from a recent duplicate the laydown grand slam match. Four teams were using ask-

TO-DAYS QUESTION

ing bids and four were not. All Qestion: What is the correct re- the "askers arrived at seven. The sponse to an opening bid of one others forlornly found themselves heart [opponent having passed]. in a mere small slam.

South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

with the followings.

DA 9654 C 8 64.

Answer: Two diamonds.

the story

THE STAR

Slave Ship", with Baxter, Wallace Beery, Mickey orge San Jane Daz well Joseph Schicistaut. Barter plays

captain who gives-

the part of.

by his mutinous crew under the in- fluence of Wallace Beery. Thus the he had planned as a honeymoon young bride becomes a slave.

e with the couple con

Family Af- and Eric Linden"

FESTIC

the

fourth time with

as her father whose is in full swing from college: st are Mickey Spring Sara Haden

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