1938-02-17 — Page 22

Schubert Symphony

By

B.B.C. Orchestra

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 17, 1938.

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.--Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-Songs by Paul Robeson

(Bass).

Swing Along (Cook) Blue Prelude (Bishop). Lazin' (film 'Big Fella').

12.40 p.m.-Marek Weber and His Or-

chestra.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's

2.15.p.m-Close down...

5-8.05 p.m.--European Programme. 8.05-11. p.m.-Chinese Programme. 15 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hoteltas

6 p.m.-Studio Children's Hour.

p.m.-Sea Shanties.

The Rosary (Nevin, arr, Altendorf). Mighty Lak A Rose (Nevin). Along The Banks Of The Volga [7 (Fantasia Of Russian Waltzes- Borchert).

'La Belle Helene'-Selection.

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal & Weather

Report.

1.03 p.m. ****.

Organ.

· Reginald

Foort at the

An Autumn Serenade (Becce). Poem (Fibich).

Reminiscences Of Friml.

1.15 p.m.-Soprano Solos.

My Lovely Celia (Monro, arr. Wil- son).....Nan Maryska (Soprano) with Piano accomp. by Ivor New

ton. Lo, Here The Gentle Lark (Bishop).

Mavis Bennett (Soprano). Sleep On ('Helen'—Offenbach, arr.

Korngold),

Blow The Man Down Tom's Gone

To Hilo (arr. Terry)--

A Dollar And A Half A Day; The

Hog's Eye Man (arr. Terry). One More Day;' On The Banks of Sacramento (arr. Harris)........John Goss (Baritone) and Cathedral Male Voice Quartet.

7.10 p.m.-New Mayfair Orchestra.

Selection Of Bing Crosby Numbers. Polka Medley.

Excuse Me Dance.

"Tulip Time Selection (Sievier &

Wark).

"Please Teacher-Selection (Waller

& Tunbridge).

7.35 p.m. Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

My Man (Adams)...Winnie Melville

(Sopran). 1.30 p.m. Reuter and Rugby Press;8

Weather Forecast and Announce ments.

1.40 p.m.-Compositions of Rachmani-

noff & Arensky-

7.40 p.m.-Studio-Brahms Recital by Mrs. Sanger (Soprano) accompanied by Gerald Sydney (Piano). p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements. 8.05- p.m.-Chinese Programme-Studio

Concert. 11 p.m.-Close down.

Suite No. 2 For Two Pianos (Rach-RADIO PROGRAMME BROADCAST |

maninoff).

Waltz From Suite For Two Pianos,

Op. 15 (Arensky).

Vronsky & Babin.

BRIDGE NOTES

BY ZEK ON A FREQUENCY OF 640 KILOCYCLES 8.05 p.m.-Light Variety.

Orchestra w. Harp

By ELY CULBERTSON

A Brain Twister

think

.

I was beginning to

that thought, led the five of hearts from "my pair" would come out with the dummy. most enormous match-point score With all the cards exposed there

East sim that I had ever seen, when a hand is no problem, of course. came up which proved a temporary ply ducks and declarer must ruff, club Waterloo. Strangely enough, it was later having to concede two

But, dear spade. through no fault of either player tricks and one that this board resulted in a zero reader, put yourself in East's posi score for them. Playing on defence, tion. From his point of view de- East was confronted with a situa- clarer might well be leading to- tion that is the bane of every ex-ward a blank jack. In that case it pert's bridge life. I was sitting would probably be fatal to hold up hand directly behind East and my suffer the ace. Suppose declarer's ing, though vicarious, probably had been: matched his. Frankly, I do not know what I would have done in his spot. This was the twister:

NORTH

S.-A J H.-K Q 10 8 5 D.-K 3 2

C.-J 10 7

WEST

S.-10 9 8 3 2

H.-J 9 6 4

D

C.-K 8 2

SOUTH

S.-7.6.4

brain

EAST S.-K Q 5 HA 7 3.2

-8 4 C-A 6 4 3

H.-None D—A Q J 10 9 6 5 C.—Q 9 5.

The bidding (East-West

able) :

North

1 heart

East Pass

2 hearts Pass

7

S-7 6 4, HJ, DA Q J

10.9 6.5, C.-K 5.

ZEK 640 k.c'a-

Cocktail.

Waltz Medley.

Harry Chapman (Harp) & His Music Lovers.

On The River

(from

Vocal

Rainbow

film). Flower Song (ülm 'Rainbow on the

River')

Bobby Breen, |

Orchestra➡

Espana-Waltz (Waldteufel). Castanet Waltz (Richartz).

Barnabas Von Geczy & His Or- chestra. Vocal-Elsie Carlisle Medley,

Elsie Carlisle. 8.30 p.m.--London Relay "At. The

Black Dog'..

!!

9 p.m.-The Band of H.M. Coldstream

Guards.

Zampa Overture (Herold, arr.

Godfrey).

G.M.T.

Brahms Recital By Mrs. Sanger

8.15 8.m.-Big Ben, 'The Private Sol-

dier A talk by Ian Hay.

•

8.30 a.m.-The Violin Sonatas of Co-

relli.

Some

|8,55 a.m.-'Empire Mail-bag.”

extracts from your letters to us. 9.25 a.m.-Quentin Maclean, at the Organ of the Trocadero Cinema, Elephant and Castle, London. 9.45 a.m.-—'World Affairs,. A talk by the Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Robert- son, G.C.M.G., K.B.E.

10:00 a.m.—The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

10.15 am.

10.25 a.m.-Close Down. -

--TRANSMISSION 2

Frequencies

GSJ 21.63. Mc/s (18.88 m) GSH 21.47 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 16.18'Mc/s (19.76 m.) 10.45 8.m.-Big Ben. The BBC Welsh

Orchestra.

The Mikado' Selection (Sullivan). 9.15 p.m.-London Relay World Af-11.45 a.m.-"The Count of Monte Cris

faira': A talk by the Right Hon. Sir to. Malcolm Robertson, G.C.M.G., K.B.E. 12.15 p.m.-Alfred Van Dam and his

State Orchestra. 9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News. 9.50 p.m.—Piano Sólos by Benno Moi-12.30 p.m. At the Black Dog.?

seivitch.

i

Rondo (Hummel).

Impromptu In A Flat (Chopin), Flirtations In A Chinese Garden; Rush Hour In Hong Kong (Cha- gins).

10.05 p.m.-Schubert's Songs.

Hedge Rose (Op. 3, No. 3); 'Impa- tience ('Die Schone Mullerin'-Op. 25, No. 7).

The Erl King (Op. 1)....Alexander Kipnis (Bass) accomp. by Gerald Moore (Piano).

10.15 p.m.-Schubert Symphony No. 7 In C Major. Played by The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra cond. by Sir Adrian Boult.

11 p.m.-Close down."

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

TRANSMÍSSION 1

Frequencies-

GŠG 17.79 Me/s (16.86 m.) GSO 16.18 Me/a (19.76 m.) GSD 11,75-Mc/a · (25.53 m.) ́ GSB 9.51 mc/s (81,55. m.)

1.00 p.m.---Ernest Leggett and The

Continental Players.

1.15. p.m.--'World Affairs.'

1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 1.45 p.m

[1,55 p.m.-Close Down,

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TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies

GSH 21.47 Mc/s (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Me/s (18.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/a (19.82 m.) GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.58 Hc/# 1.55 p.m.--Opening Announcements. 2,00 p.m.-Big Ben. Jack Wilson and

his Versatile Five.⠀

2.30 p.m.-The BBC Military Band. 3.00 p.m.-W. H. Berry as 'Mr. Mi-- cawber, in some episodes from his. life,

3.15 p.m.-Symphony No. 4 in E min-

or. Op. 98.10.

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

A

4.15 p.m.

4.20 p.m.---Matters of Moment.”"

talk by the Rt. Hon. Margaret Bond-- field.

4.35 p.m.-Tunes from Tyneside.' 5.00 p.m.-/Close Down.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE QUEEN'S...“Slim”, with AT THE KING'S—“Racketeers In: Pat O'Brien, Henry Fonds, and Mar-f Exile, "George Bankcroft, in a role garet Lindsay and Stuart Erwin." Areminiscent of his memorable portray- story of the colourful, perilous, lives als in "Underworld" and "Dragnet" In that case East could win the of high-tension linesmen, those sturdy and heads the large cast consisting of heart ace and cash a spade and alade who put up steel towers across Wynne Gibson, Evelyn Venable, Marc John Cal- club trick. Failure to put up the the land and string the wires that car-Lawrence, George McKay.

ry electrical power over the mountains laudet, Helen Lowell, Gary Owen and ace would result in its loss

and and deserts.

Jonathan Hale. hold the defenders to two tricks.

As mentioned above, this is a situation that has had a great deal to do with the fact that all experts are a little mad.

*

We

*

"Draeger-

AT THE MAJESTIC—“Shall Dance,' with Ginger Rogers and Fred AT THE ORIENTAL: Astaire. The famous dancing team in man Courage", with Jean Muir, Bar a big show, with six new song, hits. ton MacLane, Helen MacKellar, and

Gordon Oliver.⠀⠀⠀ A melodrama of hu- man daring which takes place in the

and.

When East finally put up the ace AT THE ALHAMBRA "Night depths of a mine where a number of and saw it ruffed, he was mad in Club Scandal”, with John Barrymore men are enthomed. It reveals the

Lynne Overman and Charles Bickford. hates and loves, their successes colloquial both a puristic and a

A mystery that mixes a touch of failures in the lives of miners. sense. After ruffing, declarer drew mirth in its murder. This fun is trumps, discarded two clubs on the chiefly supplied by the semi-friendly king and queen of hearts, and finally rivalry between Overman as the chief

detective and Bickford, a reporter, who -- AT THE STAR-“Rose Marie”, with: conceded two tricks...

fight constantly in smooth sailing and Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Ed- work shoulder to shoulder when a dy. The world's most popular singing- crisis-threatens, Barrymore is cast as stars in a great love story with en- doctor who attempts to commit the chanting: melody and dazzling spec- "perfect crime.

tacle.

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It should be noted that declarer's vulner-play on this hand was eminently cor- rect. After the spade ace is knock- South West ed out, dummy has only one quick 2 diamonds Pass entry the diamond king. To lead 3 diamonds Pass the heart king through in the hope 3 no trump Double 5 diamonds Pass that the ace can be e ruffed away, or Pass Double Pass

Pass finessed, is futile; one diccard will Pass

avail declarer exactly nothing. I He East's double of three no trump urgently requires two discards on the was largely on suspicion; the bid-hearts, and the only method of ob- ding sounded as though North and taining them is a hoax play. East- South were pressing. Incidentally, West were simply "out of luck on- it should be noted that three

this hand. no trump would have been defeated by good defence. East and West could have cleared their spade sult before declarer could build a heart or, a club trick. Five diamonds also could have been licked, but oh, what a guesa East had to make!

The opening lead was the spade ten, dummy winning with the ace. Then declarer, after a moment's

TO-DAY'S QUESTION Question: The bidding has been: South

West North East 4 hearta Pass Pase

East holds:

SAQ 8, H-7 6, D.-A Q 9

6-3, CK 9 4.

What is his proper bid? Answer: East should double.

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