1937-09-28 — Page 3

THE CHENAL MATE

Programme of New

Variety Records

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Special Service

from St. John's Cathedral.

12.30-2.15 pm-Eropean Programm

12.30 p.m.-Band of HM. Coldstream

Guards.

"Zampa”—Overture

(Herold, arr. Godfrey). "Ruddigore"-Selection

(Sullivan, arr. Winterbotton

Ait De Ballet

Callirhoe (Chanxinade).

12:48 pm--Tangos.

Cara Mari (Zaiden). Monika (Kotscher).

Barnabas: Von Geczy & His Orch. Jingle Bells (J. Bohr). Twilight (R. Donato).

E Bohr's Argentine Tango Orch.

1 pm-Local: Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

183 pm-New Variety Records.

"The Gold Diggers of 19377-Selec

tion. Intro: “All's fair in love and war," "Let's put our heads to- gether With plenty of money and you.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's ::: ZEK 610 k.

"A Day At The Races" Selection.215 pm

Intro: A Message from the Man

in the Moon" "Blue Venetian Wa-4-7 pm. ters," "To-morrow is another day.”

Anton & The Paramount Theatre 7-11 p.

Orchestra, London

Gla down

ro Songs By

bbeson

Chinese Progra

8:15

opean

feature

My Wild Oat (From the Film: "Aunt 7 pm Dance Music

Sally) (Woods).

The Wind's In The West (From the 7.10 pm. Closing Local Stock Quota-

Film: "Aunt Sally") (Woods).

Cicely Courteidige.

Plantation Songs (Powell). By The Swanee River -Fantasy,

(WE Myddleton). Edish Lorand

and Her Viennese Orchestra. Broken-Hearted Clown (Noel-Pelosi). ...

I Need You (HAP-Botterell).

Leslie Hutchinson. Melody Of Love (Arale & Davis)...

The Gipsy Accordeon Band.

130 p.m-Renter Press, Rugby Press; Local: Weather Forecast and Ar- nouncements.

tions and Hongkong Ex ge Mar ket. Rez

715

pm-London Relay-They're Off"{

A Non-stop Variety of Speed an Rhythm-Production by F.H.C. PH fard. They're Of! - A non-stop The variety of speed and rhythm.. starters are: Arthur Askey, The Three Herons, Clarence Wright, and Diana Miller. Jean Melville and Billy Thorburn-at two pianos, inter- rupted by Edwin Lawrence.

[7.45

p.m. Variety.

140 pm-Rotary Club Tiffin Speech from the Hongkong Hotel. The speaker is Mr. M. Bruce, of the Na-18 pm- Local: Time Signal, Weather tional Committee of Chinese YMC. Report and Announcements. A, and the title of his talk is, "The Chinese EM.C.A. in the present -Emergency.”

3.03 p.m. Paul Robeson (Bass).

Blue Prelude (Bishop).

rolets.

Treasure (Becucci).

News &

Russian Novelty Orchestra.

On The Shore. Dannbe Waves: par

Eva

(Lebar, arr Carmen

onal Dance Orchestra

International Concert Orchestra

10.15 p.m.-London Relay Big Ben. World Affairs. A talk by E. V. Hodson.

10.30 pm-Dance Music.

Close down

BRIDGE NOTES

By ELY CULBERTSON

Meretricious Kindness

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S “A Day At The AT THE ORIENTAL—“Turn Off The Races", with the Marx Brothers, Allan Moon-Produced by Fanchon, creator Jenes and Maureen O'Sullivan. Good of the famous Fanchon and Marco entertainment by these three mirth-shows, this whimsical musical comedy The "Major." is a familiar charac, his singleton king would be safer in makers

fis not only a delightful melange - of ter in New York bridge clubs. One the absence of a double.

*

dancing, romancing girls, gayety, cat- of the best of the old whist and The queen of clubs was the open- BRA"Shall We Dance", with Ginger also an unusually strong story. Cas AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM-chy songs and uproarious fum, it has auction players, it was almost ne-ing lead, won by the ace, and East Rogers and Fred Astaire. The famous includes Charlie Ruggles, Eleanore cessary to anaesthetize him to take returned the dence of diamonds. dancing team in a big show with six Whitney, Johnny Downs, Kenny Baker up contract when it became po-The "Major" gathered in declarer's new song kits.

and Marjorie Gateson. pular. Later, of course, he acted king, and thought matters Over as though he had been the father carefully. Declarer's bidding had of the new game]. He is choleric virtually guaranteed ten cards in CINEMA TICKETS and Herbert Marshall One of the

and quite intolerant of what he the major suits. The deuce of dia-

MAY COST MORE

EFFECT OF THE £100,000 FILM

calls "scientific players." He knows monds led by East had virtually no joy as keen as trapping a young guaranteed that the king was a sin- expert in either bidding or play gleton. Declarer probably had start- Imagine his ecstasy, then, when the ed with only two clubs to the king! declarer in the hand shown below and, therefore, would have no club walked into the spider's parlor like that would give him entry to dum-FOUR-HOUR SHOW an innocent little fly.

North, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

S-K

NORTH

-Q-987

HJ96

C-10 8.6.3 C-76

H-K 10 72. D-A Q 74 C-Q J 10.3

BAST

S.-643

DJ 952

C-A8·5 42

SOUTH

SA J 10 5 2 H-A Q 54 3. D. K C.-K 9"

The bidding:

North East

Pass

Pass 2 spades Pass

South

3 spades Pass Pass

1 spade

3 hearts 4 spades

Pass

my by ruffing. It was highly un- likely that declarer would lead up to the jack of hearts in dummy, since there was no assurance that the king

theder, instead of over,

FOR 71 NOT ECONOMIC

The possibility of a rise in the also since such an price of cinema tickets is being

of

Association.

AT THE STAR - Dark Angel", with Frederic, March-Merle Oberon

outstanding performances by Frederic

spard

public pay

to the emera than they

On the other hand, this plea ignores the fact that the producer can get his increase production

t back from a greatly increased number of cinemas serving an im- mensely larger film-going public.

There is no doubt that in some

cases competition is inducing the

Society three or four hours show with two

In some quarters an increase is

effort would court a ruff of a heart. discussed by members of the exhibitor to offer too much. A Rather than put declarer back into Kinematograph Renters his own hand and virtually force and the Cinematograph Exhib him to bang down the ace

long features, a short comedy of travelogue, a cartoon, newsreel, trumps, the "Major" determined to be “kind” and to help declarer

organ recital, and possibly stage regarded as cert It is pointed show, all for 7d or even less, reach dummy for a trump finesse.

out that important films now cost not possibly be economie He selected a suit for this purpose anything from £100,000 to $300,000, that would be almost sure to be won in dummy, a low heart Dum-125 my's nine was played and, when it£30,000 spent

held, declarer shot

a suspicious days.

compared

But talk of distress amongst ex-

or hibitor is discounted by the fact early silent that one of the biggest chains in

Britain recently declared a divi-

glance at the “Major”. But he The argument is that the pro- dend of 18 per cent. for the year,

could not know that he had deli-dacers take berately put him in dummy for ner sums 28 terior purposes and, therefore, can- not be blamed for promptly taking the trump finesse and losing to the “Major's" singleton king. Later, of course, the "Major" had to get his heart king for the setting trick -Pass The declarer felt badly about los- Passing his contract, but much worse Pass

about giving the "Major so much ammunition for gloating purpos

West

The Major sat West. His part-

**;

having passed originally, the

TO-DAYS QUESTION

"Major" felt that it would be futile Question: What is the correct re to double the one spade bid for a sponse to partner's opening take out. To do so would involve trump bid with

shading the requirements slightly and probably come to no good. Ast to the final contract of four spades, the "Major" thought that he could almost surely beat it, but felt that

S-A Q 752 E-86 D-K8.5

205 Answer: three no trump.

no

rrespondingly gr at and that new cinemas, are being

shar the box built all over the country.

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