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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 21, 1937.

Overture To

Die Meistersinger: London Philharmonic

Today's Wireless

12-1220 p.m.-Relay of Special Servic

from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.---Musical Comedy Selections. Mercenary Mary, Vocal Gems (Cae- sar, Meyer, Hirsch & Youmans).

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

cal Weather Forecast and Announce-18:36 ments.

-Die Meistersinger

(Wagner).

She Thomas Beecham conducting the London Philharm Orchestra.

8.40 p.m.-Stato Rev. C gent: 24th series of standing Operatic Re

Columbia Vocal Gem Chorus.

140 pm-Variety. No. No. Nanette Selection (You-215 pm. Close down. Show Of Shows Selection New 147. Chinese Programme.

Mayfair Orchestra with Edward 7 Am-Dance Music.

7.30 p.m. Closing local Stock Quota- O'Henry (Organ).

tions & Hong Kong Exchange Mar-19.30 p.m.-London Relay ket Report

12:48 p.m.-Gerry Moore at the Piano. 1 pin-Local Time Signal & Weather

Report

1.03 pm-Marek Weber & His Orches

Tosca-Selection (Precini). Entry Of The Spring Flowers

(Kockert).

You Shall Be The King Of My Heart

(Stolz).

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Japanese Lantern Dance (Yoshitomo) Chinese Street Serenade (Siede). Leo Fall-Porpourri (arr. Dostal) 1.30 p.m.-Renter & Rugby Press; Lo-

BRIDGE NOTES

7.40 pm-Studio A Christmas Song Recital by Mrs. Sanger (Soprano).

8 pmLocal Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements

8.03 p.m.-Studio Debussy Recital by

AT. Fay (Piano).

8.27 pm-Two Songs by Georges Thill

(Tenor).

Sapho

Air De Jean (Massenet). Ah! qu'il est loin mon pays! Enlevement (Bordese and Levande).

A Grand

"Dear Mr. Gulbertson: A hand! WEST

last week in a local tournament is

the most interesting hand I have sees in a long time, and I am hope- ID. ful that you will enjoy it...

G---7

South, dealer.

North-South vulnerable

WEST

NC TH

S-A 10 5

H-K

D-A J 732

C.—A Q J 8

S.-Q 9 8 2 H-18 D.-Q 98 6 C-7653

FAST S.-J.73 H-A 9 6 3 D-K 10 5 C-10 4 2

SOUTH

SK 6 4

E-Q £87542 D.-4

C.-K. 9

• The bidding

South

Pass

West North- Pass diamond

Past Pass Pass Pass Double

1 heart Pass 2 clubs 3 hearts Pass 3 no trump 4 hearts Pass 6 herts Pass Pass Pass

"West opens the spade deuce. If dummy plays spade five, East plays the seven, if dummy (as I did] plays the ten, East, of course, covers with the jack. From here on the play is interesting. North's -double of the small slam contract

:

By ELY CULBERTSON

coup

EAST

H-A 963 D.-None

C.-None

SOUTH

S.--None E-QJ875 C-None

D-NoDe

[9.50 pm Studio—–—–4

les Dicken's well Christmas Carol, 10.15 p

cluding Ge

Gipsy Jack and tertai

10.45

#ber.pr

Relay T R

bed by Percy Edgar with Marjorie Westbury (Soprano), W

Operatic Records of 1936. Recital By Rev. C. B. R. Sargent

TRANSMISSION

GST 2153 Mes (1298

GSG 17.79 Mos“ (168

·GSO 1518 Mc/s (19.76 in)⠀

Big Ben Jack Payne's

London Streets this Christ

Dice Chore

eatts. Greet 1.45 pm.

TRANSMISSION

ster Booth (Tenor), Harold Casey 155 p Close down (Baritone), The BBC Midland Sing- ers. The BBC-Midland Regae Chorus conducted by Edgar Morgan and The BBC Midland Orchestra led by Ernest Element conducted by Re- ginald Burston.

1125 pm-London Relay A Festival

of Nine Lessons And Carols in King's College Chapel, Cambridge, upon Christmas Eve, 1937. 12 midnight Close down.

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION -1

Frequencies

GSG 17.79-Mc/s (16.36-1.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) GSD 11:75 Mc/s (25.53 mL)

GSB 9.51. mc/s (31.55 m.)

GMT.

8.15 am-Big Ben. Welcome Yule.'

ments.

Greenwich Time Signal at

Black Dog.

Frequencies

the

GSE 2147. Mc/s... (13.97 m.) GSG 14.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSR 1514 Mc/s (1922 m. GS) (to 3:30 pm) 21:53 Mc/s 2.15 pm-Big Ben. Variety. 2.45 pm-1 Remember

3.25 pm-A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, in King's College Chapel, Cambridge. Upon Christmas Eve, 1937.

4.00 p.m.—The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 435 pm

420 pmOver Twist (Part II). 5.00 p.m.-Close down.

BERLIN BROADCAST-

On stations DJA, 31.38 m, DJB 19.7& m, DJE 16.89 m, DIN 31.45 m, DJQ 19.63 m.

HET

2.15 pm-Light Music.

3.00 pm-News and Economic Review. 3.30 pm The Happy Family Cele 8.00 p.m.-News,

brates.

bole

{10.00 pm-News and Economic Re-

view.

"A spade, club or diamond lead 9.00 am As I See It-8. A talk by from dummy at trick nine assures HG Wells South of twelve tricks, and his dou-2.15 a.m-Recital by Daisy Kennedy. bled contract of six hearts is made! 9:35 am The News and Announce 9.15 pm Peeping through the key. South ruffs and leads a heart to the 945 king, dropping West's ten en route. 9.55 am

$10.25- If East wins, he must return a heart from the 9-5-3 into declarer's tenace of Q J & If East overruns, he must play a trump at the next trick, and declarer has only to top whatever trump he plays.

10.25 pm-To-day in Gern

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE STAR Morocco. Revi- to Town, with the added attraction val of three-star picture, featu four big song-hits by the star. Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich and Adolphe Menjou.

"It will be noted that the con- tract is quite simple if, at trick one, dummy plays a small spade

-AT THE ORIENTAL and West obliges by playing the

Courageons,” with. Freddie Bartholo spade jack Hearts then can be led AT THE KING'S “Ali Baba Goes mew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore

and Melvyn Douglas Rudyard Kip To Town”?, with Eddie Cantor, Tony ling's tale of the ses made into an ex. Martin, Poland Young, June Lang and cellent film There are thrills and Louise Hovick. The long awaited mu-heart-throbs mixed in the right com- sical comedy with several song hits.

at trick two, declarer's trump suit shortened to East's length by ruff ing. But without the second spade entry to dummy I believe the con- tract can be made only as I have described. Trumps cannot be led until trick ten.

“Yours very truly,

"G.HA, Seattle, Wash."

game

is evidence that trumps probably I agree with my correspondent are divided adversely 4-1. If all that the hand is a pretty one. If five hearts are in one hand, the is, of course, a member of the contract cannot be made.

grand coup family, the exceptional "After winning the first trick point of interest being that trumps with the spade king, South leads a are not touched until declarer has diamond, winning with dummy's shortened himself to the ace. A small diamond- then is length as the right hand defender. ruffed. The club nime then is led The analysis is so clear that there and won with dummy's jack. A¦is nothing that I need add except small diamond is ruffed and the to congratulate declarer for faw play, to date. indicates a possible less card reading. 43-3-3 distribution in East's hand. The club king is led and dummy overtakes with ace. The club queen then is led, South disesed ing his losing spade.

TO-DAY'S QUESTION

East

Question: The bidding (neither spade side vulnerable) has been:

West North 1 no trump Double Pass What should Fast do with S.-10 HK 855D- 76C-A8627

ace wins the next trick and we find South this ending:

NORTH

Answer: Pass.

With one and

half honour tricks it is prop

make a poualty.

ner makes a take-out double

no trump.

*

bination

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AT THE MAJESTIC "Suzy, with AT THE ALHAMBRA Man Who Cary Grant, Franchot Tone, Lewis Cried Wolf new mystery drama Stone and Benita Hume. VA, drama of

revolving about an unusual plot situa- spies and flying aces.

tion. The story concerns a famous at- tor who commits "the perfect crime, AT THE QUEEN'S “Mr. Dodd only to discover that his own son is Takes the AirAmerica's sensational charged with the murder and later singing favourite, Kenry Baker, sup convicted. Lewis Stone plays the ported by Alice Brady, Frank McHugh, leading dramatic role as the actor who Gertrude Michael, Jane Wyman, Lins devises a scheme so clever that it en- Alberni, John Eldredge and Henry dangers those he loves most. His son O'Neill in Frank Buddington Kelland's is portrayed by Tom Brown, who shares hilarious successor to "Mr. Deeds Goes a tender romance with Barbara: Read.

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