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THE CHINA MAIL, DEC

8 1937

Pare

Beethoven Sonata

In

F Minor

Today's Wireless

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

from St. John's Cathedral, 12.30 p.m.-Beethoven-Sonata In F Minor, Op. 57 (Appassionata'). Play- ed by Frederic Lamond (Piano). 12:46 pm. Barnabas Von Geery & His

Orchestra. ~at

Sicihana (Apollonio). Blue Skies (Rixner).

Fresh Breezes (Borchert).

In Merry Mood (Haringer).

Monika Tango (Kotscher)

I p.m.-Local Time: Signal & Weather

Report

1.03 pm-Carroll Gibbons (Piano) and

His Boy Friends.

1.30 p.m.-Renter & Rugby Press, Lo-

cal Weather Forecast & Announce- ments

140 pm-Variety.

2.15 pm.-Close down.

4-7 pm-Canese Programme.

7 p.m.-New Light Symphony Orches- tra and Keith Fa kner (Baritone). Monastery Bets (Wely).

The Mill In The Forest (Ellenberg). Barcarolle (Tales Of Hoffmann-

Offenbach).

"Cavalleria Rusticana.

(Mascagni)

Had A Horse.

Intermezzo Orchestra.

5

Shepherd, See Thy Horse's Foaming

BRIDGE NOTES

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

Mane ("Hungarian Folk Songs-1 Korbay).

A Song Doesn't Care (film 'Mayfair Melody) *Keith Falkner (Bari- tone).

Solemn Melody (Walford Davies). Cavatina (Raif)

Urchestra.

7.30 pm-Closing local Stock Quota

tions & Hong Kong Exchange Mar- ket Report.

7.35 pim. Variety.

Organ-Famous Tauber Melodies.

Harold Ramsay.

Vocal-

A Little Dash Of Dublin (film Peg

of Old Drury) Kiss Me Goodnight (Greer, Green). Anna Neagle (Soprano).

Banjo

Melodies of Yesterday.

On A Southern Plantation. -Ken Harvey with Piano accom-

panyment

Orchestral

Raisin' The Rent.

Happy As The Day is Long (from

"The Cotton Club Review!)

Paul Whiteman presents Roy Bargy & Ramona (Piano).

By ELY CULBERTSON

The Danger Of Defensive

Bidding

chance for feel

: ZEK 640 k.c's

pmLocal Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

03 pm-Studio-Trio. Prue Lewis (Violin), Etore Pellegatti (Cello) & Lindsay Lafford (Piano).

33 pm Songs by Norman Alin

(Bass).

Edward (Corder & Loewe).

The Midnight Bevier (Ginka)... Rocked In The Cradle Of The

(Wrland & Knigh:).

45 pm-London-Belay-

fairs A talk by The Rig Malcolm Robertson, “G.CZ

** p.m.—Studio Series of

teur Experts: R. E. Lindsell on "Bridge a

10 pm-Variety.

130 p.m.-London Relay-The News.

50 pm-Gilbert & Sullivan Excerpts.

HMS Pinafore Selection.

The B.B.C. Theatre Orchestra. "The Mikado?! “

The Criminal Cried...A. Davies. HA. Lytton, L. Sheffield ̈& Chorus.

1830 230

Trio Recital

From

The Studio

Entertainment

George's-1861-1987. The story of London Hal of Entertainment through seventy years.

9:35 am The News & Announcements.

Greenwich Lme Signal at 9.45 am. 9.55 am. Oxford v. Cambridge: A

commentary by H. B. T. Wakelam on the Inter University man football match. From

Frequencies

Harmon Hotchkis at

ISSION Z

GST 21.53 Mc/s (1893 GSE 2147 11/18297 GSG 17.79 Me/s. (16.86 m) GSO 15.73 Mc/s (19.76 m)

10.45 am-Big Ben Beethoven String

Quartets.

Brosa String Quartet.

TL10 am-Musical Interlude.

See How The Fates.. D. Fan-11.15 am The Cheshire Cheese. The

court, B. Lewis, A. Davies, H. A Lytton and L. Sheffield The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring. „D: Oldham, H. A Lytton Alone, And Yet Alive

Berths Lewis (Contrato) On A Tree.

Henry A. Lytton (Baritone).1 There Is Bangta

-

B. Lewis & H. A. Lytton For He's Gone And Married Yum- Tum. A. Davies H & Lettuce, D. Oldham, EL Grifins, B.. Elbar,, L. Sheffield G. Baker & Chorus:

try Finnodrome Orchestra. Conduc- 10:15 pmLondon Relay The Coven

stor. William Pethers. From the Hip-

podrome Theatre, Coventry,

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

The great danger in bidding trump tricks and a defensively on good distribution three, had every reason to without regard to honour tricks is that at least no overtricks could be that one's partner may be trapped made against him. As the popular "He found out dif- into making a premature or other saying goes. wise disastrous penalty double ifferent."

Not having a diamond, and see-1 p.m.-Close downL the opponents become the final

ing no advantage in leading through bidders. Thus, the philosophy, “O

suit dummy's advertised heart well, I can't get hurt bidding two

West opened his fourth highest so-and-so with such a long suit," is club. The long lost to South's extremely short-sighted one. ace and, 83 20 investigative because every bid has repercus-

imeasure, declarer sent sions later on in the biddin”, ori

trump toward dummy West play- aven in the play of the hand. East, ed the deuce and declarer, whe in the hand below, made an expen-could not take the penalty double sive defensive bid, even though h as evidence of the holding of the was not penalised in the usual trump nine, put up dummy's jack,

30

fashion.

Bouth, dealer.

North-South vulnerable.

NORTH S-J7 63 HAJ 1952 D. Q 6

WEST

S—K Q 9 Z

H-9 7 4

D-None

EAST S.---None H-Q 8 6 3 D-RJ97432 C-J 9 8 6 3 2 C-K 5

SOUTH

SA 10 8 5 4

H.--None

-

"a

sura

learning the situation when "East threw off a diamond The ace and king of hearts were cashed, declar- er discarding two diamonds, and a third round was ruffed. The queen of clubs now permitted the disco- of dummy's long diamond, and a low club was raffed.

The jack of hearts was the next play, and East's queen was ruffed away with West the eight of trump. Now could overruff or not, as he chose. The situation was as follows:

NORTH

D—A 10 8 5

S-7.6 H-10 D

C-A Q 10 4

-None

"The bidding:

WEST

South

West Narth

East SK Q 9

1 spade

H-None

D-None-

EAST S. None H-None D-KJ974

4 spades Double Pass

Pass

CJ 98

Redouble Pass Pass

Pass 2 hearts 3 diam.

Double *Pass 3 spades Pass

Pass South's

C-None

SOUTH R-A 10

H-None

D-A 10

10

Had West failed to overruf at

When North took out double of three diamonds to three spades. South thought longingly of a slam and was deterred only by the fact that he was void of par- tner's heart suit and that his own this point. declarer merely would trump suit was too broken for a have ruffed his last club and dis- siam effort. Having been cousi carded he ten of diamonds on the dering a bid for twelve tricks, how ten of hearts. West would ruff ever, the naturally was astonished this with the nine, but, regardless to hear West come in wi a penal- of his return, could makesonly one fy double at the four level more trick figuratively licked his chops as he As it happened, West chose to redoubled

overruff the eight of hearts with, West cannot be greatly blamed the nine, then returned the king of for having fallen into the trap. His trump. But this defense also was partner, even though not vumerable easily countered. Declarer

definite strengt} by with the ace of fratios and

bidding

had show entering

level

last club

bem

mmy's good

TRANSMISSION. 1

Frequencies

GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) -GSO 1518 Mc/s (19.76 m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m) MT.

CSB - 9.51 mc/s (31.55 m)

13.15 am-Big Ben- World

talk by the Right Hon. Sh -Robertson, G.CMG, KBI

story of the famous, old tavern in Fleet Street, London.

11:45 am The BBC Welsh Orchestra. 112.15 p.m.- The Song Reporter.

12:30 pm The Vagabond Lover" 1245 pm.World Affairs. A talk by the Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Robertson, KCMG, KBEA nm-The West Calder Brass Band 1.30 pm The News & Announcements.

Greenwich Time Signal at 1.45 pan. 1,55 pm--Close down.

TRANSMISSION 3

cies-

GSH 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.). GSG 17.79 Me/s 1696) GSP 15.14 Mc/s (19.82. m.). GSJ (to 330 pm3 23.53 Me/s

BERLIN BROADCAST

2.15 pm-Big Ben. The Coventry Hip-

podrome Orchestra.

3 pm-Music Hal

4 pm-The News and Announcemen

Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 pm 4.20 p.m. Matters of Moment' A talk by the Hon. Harold Nicolson, CMG, MP.

Recital of Classical Songs. Close down

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM-timeful numbers with no consideration BRA—“High, Wide And Hands

2 hard-fighting, thrill-studded dram of America s first oil boom, with a background of lovely songs by Oscar Hammerstem II and Jerome Kem. The huge cast is headed by Irene Dune, Randolph Scott, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, Raymond Walburn, Charles Bickford, Ben. Bine, Elisabeth Patter sen and William Frawley.

AT THE ORIENTAL Young Man with se William Randolph ~~ Brady. The hilarious: ing movie star who fal young country lad

for story -vaines. The picture has only three or four song numbers, for each one fits logically into the action.

AT THE KING'S Topper”, with Gary Grant, Roland Young and Con- Stance Bennett An aproarious comedy with Roland Young as the hen pecked husband who finds himself as the re- salt of a dreadful rightanare. The pic- trite is

recommended.

Exclusive,” with zay, Frances Farmer and les With the battle be tween two rival newspapers as its hack- gron the story concerns the sacrifice AT THE MAJESTIC—“Let's Fall Inja father is forced to make when

he Love", with Edmund Lowe and "Ana must choose between the strict acher- otherm. This production is one musicalence of the newspaper code or the be- production which does not drag in its trayal of his own daughter.

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