1937-12-31 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 31, 1937.

Scottish Songs By Stephen Burnes From The Studio

Today's Wireless

1200-1220 p.m.-Relay of Special Ser

vice from St. John's Cathedral.

Gilbert and Sullivan Selec-

12.20

tions.

100 p.m.-Local Time Signal » and

Weather Report

1.03 pm Light Orchestral and Vocal 130 pin-Reuter and Rugby Press; Local Weather Forecast and An- nouncements

1.40 p.m. Variety.

215 p.m.--Close down.

6.00-7.00 p.m.-Chinese Programme 7.00 p.m. Brahms

7.24 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota

tions and Hong Kong Exchange Market Report

7.30 pm. Studio Recital by Molly

BRIDGE NOTES

ZBW 355 M. 845 k ca :::: ZEK 640 kc's

Halloran (Piano) and Claire Hartger 8.40 pm-Variety (Violin).

1. Kreisler Selection.

19.15 pm London Relay Five Years 12.60

of Empire Broadcasting”.

1215

Selections From Gilbert And Sullivan Operas

2. Dornroschen (Tschaikowsky). A talk by the Director Of The Em-1 mer 4. On The Edge of the Lake pire Service, Mr. J. B. Clark

("Summer Day Suite Coates).19.30 p.m.-London Relay The News. Orchestra. 5. Three Ballads

9.50 p.m.-Songs by Muriel-Brunskill 115 pen (Contralto).-

In Your Arms To-night Parlami d'Amore.

Glamorous Nights

Where Are You?

6.

(Ivor Novello).

8 pm

Selection

Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-Studio-Stephen Burnes (Ly-10

rical Tenor) in a Scottish Programme Accompanied by A. T. Lay (Piano).] 8.30 pm Scottish Orchestral.

Foursome.

Meredith-Kay And His Orchestra.

By ELY CULBERTSON

Responses To Opening Suit Bids Of One

Responses to an opening suit biding the bidding.

Songs Of The Hebrides Kishmul's Galley

Fraser)

In Hebrid Seas.

(Kennedy

The Banks Of Allan Water (Old)

Scottish Ballad).

p.m.—Scottish Orchestral

10.12 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orches- trs from the Gril Room of the Hong Kong Hotel.

11:58 pm-Auld Lang Syne.

3ks for

| 12:30 pm-Henry Hall and his Dance

of Empire

Broadcastin

1.30 pm The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at F-145 pm.

155 pm-Close down.

|12 midnight.— Bells of the Cathedral 215

Ringing in the New Year. 12.10 Close down

BROADCAST FROM

· DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies

GSG 1779 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (1976 m) GSD 11.76 Mežs (25.53 m.

̈9.51 mcfs (31.55

GMT

one 8.15am-Big Ben Billy Mayer

(Pianoforte).

3.09 13.30

TRANSMISSION 3.

GSH 2147 Mcfx (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 ) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) GST (to 3.30 pm) 2153 Mc/s

Big Ben... A Mozart Pro-

chestra

At the Black Dog"

Jack Hardy's Little Or- 3.45 p.m.--Five Years of Empire

Broadcasting

4.00 pm The News and Annonce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

4.15 p.m.

4.25 pm Musical Interlade 4.30 p.m.

Made in Great Britain' Stourbridge Glass

$5.00 p.m.--Close down

BERLIN BROADCAST

On stations DIA 3238-m, DJB 1974 1. DJE 16.89 m, DIN 3145 m, DJQ 19.63 m. HKT

1.10 pm Music for all 3.00 pm-News and Economic

view.

of one are divided into two classes: Returning to the first hand, peo- (1) Limiting Responses, which ple often say, "Since one no-trumps include all no-trumps responses and is always a weakness response and distribu- raises of partner's suit, and which you do have a balanced immediately tell our partner the tion, why do you reply with limits of strength of our hand. spade and not one no-trumps? Our

8.25 am- BBC Ballroom 1909. (2) Exploratory Responses, or answer to this is that since we 9.05 am. At the Black Dog

have a weak hand and can make 9.35 am-The News and Announce- bids. in 2 new suit, which

ments... Greenwich Time Signal at 3.30 pm-Special Military Concert way define the maxim

strength only one bid, we would rather show

9.45 3.72

445 pm- Old Year's Eve's Broadcast. of our hand-but do define the mini-our partner where our

meagre 10.00 am-Recital of Scottish Reels 5.45 pm--Topical Talk

and Dances.

6.00 pm Scenes from The Winter's mum strength in accordance with strength is. If we respond with one

Tale" by William Shakespeare. the level at which the Exploratory no-trumps and our partner has

8.00 pm Response is made. These Explora- minimum or near-minimum opening tory Responses are all temporarily he will pass, and it may be found forcing bids, and the opening bid-that we have missed an opportunity. der is required to bid again.

to play the hand at a much more

no

a10.10 am-Five Years of Earpire

Broadcasting. 10.25 Close down

a

TRANSMISSION® ́ 2

Frequencies-

GŠJ 21:58 Mes (13.93 m) GSH 2147 Mc/s (13.97m.) · GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.)

· GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m) 10.45 am-Big Ben, A Grand Christ-

9.15 p.

945

thoven

10.00

view.

News

The Old Year.

Sonate in F-Minor by Bee-

ews and Economic Re-

When our Exploratory Response satisfactory spade contract. If he is made at the level of one (the has a good hand, he will bid again, one-over-one), it allows our part-but our chance to show our spades ner to make his rebid af the one at the level of one has passed. level also. Hence, the minimum However, when we respond with strength necessary for a one-over-one spade, if our partner has one is no more than that necessary minimum balanced hand, he bids for a one no-treps response. When one no-trumps, getting us into the

AT THE MAJESTIC "Dr. Jekyll AT THE ORIENT one and Mr. Hyde", with Fredck March [Back with the Exploratory Response is made same final contract that our at the level of

(such no-trumps response would have. If and Miriam Hopkins The outstanding Richar wo

performance of Fredric March's career and Lionel At clubs over an opening he has a minimum hand with good the parts are well acted and true in powerfully dramatic as two one heart bid), we are taking the spade support he bids two spades, all details with the original story. blending of comedy, bidding past the one-level, and hence and we play the hand at spades Worth seeing again. must have certain definite values, in our hand

10.15 pm-To-day in Germany. 10.30 pm Old and New Brass Cham-

ber Music. 11.45 pm Topical Talk.

What's On At the Cinemas

The delicacy involved in the one- over-öne, which may be made with a very weak hand, is one aspect of scientific bidding that puzzles many players at first. For instance, we will be asked. “What is the correct response to partner's opening one heart bid, holding-

S.-K Jx I

HX I

D-x x x x C-Qx x

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ath

Road

pense the story vividly Germany following the instead of at no-trumps; while, if

concerns the efforts of a he has a good hand, he makes a

AT THE KING'S “Way Out West? to adjust themselves to com strong rebid. In this case he does-Sad faced Laurel and pompous, jolly they find them after four years not know how good our hand is, Hardy are a riot of fun from the time absence in the trenches The sequel to but he has received the valuable they enter the picture across a desert "All-quiet on the Western Front and stream with their trick donkey unwritten in the same outspoken manner information that we have something their fade-out crossing the stream on in spades.

the way back. It is their first West- AT THE QUEEN'S 45 Fathers", Another great advantage of the pair of tenderheels." In the support-Lousie Henry. A hilarious comedy in ern and the boys whoop it up as a with Jane Withers, Thomas Beck, and lies in the ling cast are Sharon Lynne, James Fin-which forty five millionarie bachelors neutral one-over-one difficulties it places in the path of layson and Rosina Lawrence. one's opponents. If you respond one no-trumps, you immediately disclose

sign up as Jane's guardians in a hope to make a lady out of her, but she al- most makes a wreck of them all

of her time.

the

AT THE ALHAMBRA-Born Reck- your weakness and give your op- less." Smashing cars to bust a new AT THE STAR "Cleopatra", with ponents a chance to get into the racket, action, romance, excitement, Claudette Colbert and Henry Wilcoxon. We reply, "One spade." We are bidding, knowing that they are incomedy in a punch-packed thriller that All the splendour of Ancient Rome. will hold one on sext-edge. The highly The love story of the most alluring now asked, "What is the

correct no great danger from your hand. competent cast includes Brian Donlevy, woman in history, which caused response to partner's opening one When you respond with the one-over- Rochelle Hudson, Barton MacLane, Ro- downfall of the two greatest statesmen heart bid, holding:

one, however, they have no idea of bert Kent and Harry Carey. (your holding at all, and, accordingly, until you show weakness by a sub- sequent pass, they are going to be afraid of you. The longer they are forced to wait the harder it is for them to take satisfactory action.

Some people still use the

S-A K x X 1

H-XX

D.-AX X.

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Again our reply is "One spade. Now our questioner says, "How

the original bidder possibly tell which of these two hands you have?" trumps respouse merely to to which the answer is as foll

partner that they do not hold

He should assume we baye the much as an ace and a king. first hand of one of equal strength means that they must make this

until we show him otherwise,

instance, suppose he has a

or near-minimum bid with

ed-hand Over our

simply rebids to one no

with the first has

and the know

sponse with all sorts of distributio mum they may hold a singleton or five-card suits. But it is

strength, with the second hand

show our gr

important to show

distribution then that trick and a half. “And the

le the high card

strength by jump-

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