1938-03-14 — Page 22

Eric Coates Four Ways Suite

And March

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 14-1938.

Today's Wireless

12.00-12:20 p.m.-Relay of Service of

Intercession from -St. John's Cathe dral

12.30 p.m.---Terence Casey at the Or-

gan

12.40 pa-Hawaiian Music. 1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and

ther Report

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

Orquesta. Tipica Francisco Can-jon a Frequency of 640 Kilocycles.

270.

12.15 p.m.-Close Down

15.00-8.03 p.m.-European Programme Wes-8.03-11.00 p.m.- Chinese Programme.

5.00 pm Relay of Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel

1.03 p.m.-Marek Weber (Orchestra)

and Herbert Groh (Tenor). 1.30 pm-Renter and Rugby Press,

Weather Forecast and Announce ments.

1.40 p.m. New Variety Programme

Dance Orch.--

Once In A While Slow Fox-Trot

(Green-Edwards). Giannina Mia-Waltz (From Fire

#)

#

Victor Silvester and His

roqm Orchestra:

Humorous

A Lot Of Nonsense.

6.30 pm-For The Children 6.45 p.m.-London Relay Fact Or

Fiction". "Unicorns."

An enquiry into their existence, sup- ported by past beliefs and supersti- tions, and supplemented by such data (as human ingenuity and scientific re- search have from time to time provid Ball-jed Written by Rayner Heppenstall,

produced by John Pudney.

Mary and Mooney with Piano. Dance Orch.—-

Nice Work If You Can Get It-

Fox-Trot

A Foggy Day-Fox Trot (From)

'Damsel in Distress')...

Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Orphears with Vocal Cho-

TES.

Dance Music—

7.15 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

120 pt-Brahms Songs.

Wiegenled (Lullaby)

No. 4.

Op 49.

Immer Leiser Wird Mein Schlum-

mer Op. 105, No. 2. Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano). Erinnerung, Op. 63, No. 2. Von Ewiger Liebe, Op. 43, No. 1.

Alexander Kipnis (Bass) Gerald

Moore (Piano).

Don't Forget The Old Folks At 7.30 p.m.-Cesar Franch-Violin and

Home Waltz (Noel-Pelosi). Piano Sonata.

So Many Memories Fox-Trot

(Woods).

3

Billy Thorburn and His Music

with Vocal Refrain.

Sonata. In A Major.

Alfred Cortot (Piano). -Jacques Thibaud (Violin). 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Forecast and Announcements. Milonguita Tango (Delfino-Lin- 8.03 pm-Chinese Programme

ing).

from the Po Hing Theatre.

Tango Orch.-

Carino Gancho-Tango (Canaro-11.00 p.m.-Close Down”

Demare-Paita).

BRIDGE NOTES

Relay

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZEK

By ELY CULBERTSON

Safeguarding The Contract

Generally speaking, safety plays Nor did the alternate line of play, are much more valuable in rubber, ruffing a diamond with dumany's bridge than they are at duplicate. six of trumps, work out, as they In the latter game it often is worth found. to their sorrow. West non- while To take small risksinchalantly ruffed in with the seven the quest for an extra trick Even of clubs, for the setting trick. at duplicate. however, there are Only two declarers gauged the many hands to which safety mea-problem correctly. West's spade sures should be applied. This is over-call made it better than an particularly true when the declarer even chance that he held the club can see that he has reached the king. His opening lead of the dia- best of all conceivable contracts. mond ace and diamond continuation Consider the safe and the unsafe strongly implied a doubleton dia- way of play the following handmond. If that were so, a simple which occurred in a recent dupli-safety measure probably would be cate match:

North, dealer. Both sides vulnerable.

WEST

NORTH

S—A K 6

H.-A 10 9 7 43′′ D.-K. 8 C-8 5

S.-Q 10 9 832

K-K 3 5

C-

EAST

S.-J 5 4

E-Q 6 2

D-Q 97.4 3

C.-8 3

SOUTH

S.-7-

I-3

DJ 10 6 5

C-A Q J 10 94.2

The bidding: North East South 1 heart Pass 2 clubs

3 hearts Pass. 4 clubs

5 clubs Pass Pass

West

Pass

Pass

effective.

Empire Variety And Other Relays From London

Bill includes: Worden and West, "TWO Old Women'; Walsh and Barker, American duettists, A Surprise Item

(8.05 pm-Eric Coates-Four Ways and Van Straten And His Band.

Suite and March.

10.30 pm--New Dance Music.

Played by New Light Symphony Or11.00 pm-Close Down- chestra conducted by Joseph Lewis.

**London Bridge: March.

New Light Symphony Orchestra cond. by Joseph Lewis. 8.23 p.m.-Variety-Light Orchestral

and Vocal Organ Solo-

Jan Kiepure Film Melodies (My Song for you, My Heart is Calling? T. love them all,' "Tell me to-night' Marcel Palotti.

Piano Solo-

Please Remember (Denby-Wat-

son).

(From

My Gypsy Dream Girl

*Command Performance”). Leslie Hutchinson, Piano and Drum Music

Midnight in Mayfair (Newell

Chase).

BROADCAST FROM

DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies-

GSG 1779 Mc/s (16,88 GSO 1518 Mc/s (19.76 GSD 1175 Mc/s (25.53 m. GSB 9.51 me/s (31.55 m.). GMT...

Tam-Big Ben In Town Tonight! 7.30 am- The Way of Peace The Ba- lance of Power. Speaker. The Hon- Harold Nicolson.

18 am The BBC Empire Orchestra.

8:50 am-The News and Announce--

ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

9 am

Four Hands on a Piano (Moreton-19.15

Kave).

Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye on wo pianos with drums. Dance Orch. -

Pancho's Widow : (From "Dodge

City Trail).

Even A Crooner Must Eat” (Somin-

O'Connor-Philips).

Max Bacon with Orchestra. Vocal-

Got To Dance My Way To Heaven (From "it's love again"). Shipping Through My Fingers (From It's love again").

am-Close down

TRANSMISSION Z

Frequencies*****

GSJ 21.53 Mc/s (13.93 m): GSE 21.47 Mc/s (1397 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 ZZZ) GSO 15.18. Mc/s (19.776) 10.45 am.—Big Ben. Fact or Fiction?*

Unicorns."

11.15 am-Recital by Eunice Gardiner

(Australian Pizzist). 11:30 a.m.-Music Itall

12.30 p.m.-The Philip Whiteway Ene-

semble.***

Jessie Matthews with Orchestral1 p.m.-Empire Exchange?

1115 pm-Regimental Marches.

accomp.

Piano Solo-————

Damsel In Distress-Selection Medley.

~Patricia Rossborough. 19.00 p.m.-London Relay

change.

Empire Ex-

Points of view by travellers from the Dominions and Colonies.

9.15 pm The Band of H. ML Greza-

dier Guards.m

8.50

9.30

The Voice Of The Bells (Luigini,

art Miller). Tarantelle De Concert (Green-

wood, arr. Godfrey). Sousa Marches On.

Cond by Major George Miller p.m.-Gracie Fields. p.m.-London Relay The News.

Why Did I Have To Meet You?

(From 'Queen of Hearts').

1.30 p.m.-The News and Announce

ments. Greenwich Time Signal at.. 1.45 PM

155 p.m.-Close dowi

TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies-

GSH-2147 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Me/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.)

155 p.m. Opening Amouncements.

GSJ (to 3.30 pm) 2153 He/s

12 pm Big Ben Empire Variety

Theatre'

|230 pm-Light Orchestral Music.

245 All Kinds of People A

New Zealander's Experiences in Can-- vassing for Newspaper in Lanca-- shire.'

3 pim- Arthur Salisbury and his Or--

chestra.

330 p.m.-In Town To-night'

Do You Remember My First Love

Song (From 'Queen of 4 p.m.The News and Announcements. Hearts).

Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 pm 4.20 p.m.-Horace Finch, at the Organ *Empire (430 pm Friends to Tes.

pocket randeville.

Look Up And Laugh-Medley. 10.00 pm-London Relay

Variety Theatre”.

Produced by F. E. C. Piffard The 5 pm. Close down.--

Test-

These two declarers, after win What's On At the Cinemas

ning the diamond king, played a trump from dummy and went right

AT THE QUEEN'S AND ALHAM-

"Elephant

up with the ace, disdaining the BRAFitting a New High with Boy. Produced by Alexander Korda

AT THE MAJESTIC finesse. Only then did they lead a Lily Pons, John Howard, Jack Oakie, this film is based on "Toomai of the diamond, with the intention of ruff. Eric Blore and Edward Everett Horton. Elephants" by Pudyard Kipling. ing. Now West's fangs had been The plot deals with the romance be- tween Miss Pons and Howard, and with drawn. He could, if he wished, ruff the ingenious scheme through which musical picture of the present year, AT THE KING'S-The foremost Lin which the king of clubs. but Oakie seeks to have her "discovered The Firefly" starring Jeannette Mac- never could win another trick by his publicity-seeking employer, Hor-Donald and Allan Jones and Warren in with the king of clubs, but woven with the story in a hilarious a personal triumph as the colourful

ton. These two themes aré inter-william

Jeannette MacDonald scores- never could win another trick. fashion, and they lead to surprising dancing girl of Madrid. There was no way to prevent de-results. clarer from discarding his remain- ing diamond on dummy's spade king.

AT THE STARThe Singing Mar-

AT THE ORIENTAL—Ali Baba Line"-Dick Powell, Lee Dixon, Doris Goes To Town", with Eddie Cantor, Weston, Hugh Herbert, Doc Rockwell,

It is true that if the cards had Toy Martin Roland Young, June Lang Jane Darwell and Allen Jenkins in 2 and Louise Hovick The long awaited rollicking musical romance, built round musical comedy with several song hits. America's most famous fighting corps.

lain miraculously, with West | holding three or four diamonds and East holding precisely the king and 2 spades tone club, six odd could have been made by finessing the club king, ruffing a diamond, and later pick- more or ing up the club king without the of the necessity for another finesse. But, West since this would have involved ut- lected as the opening lead ter perfection of breaks, the reward the diamond ace, followed by the of the two declarers who chose the low dismond. The various declarers other plan was no more than just; took divergent views of the pro- TO-DAY'S QUESTION

This bidding was

less general at.. all tables. Also, every

6e-

blem. Several of them, upon win- Question: The bidding has been ning with the diamond king, took North East South

West the trump finesse. This, of course,1 spade Pass 1 no trump Pass lost to West's king, and a spade was What is North's correct second bid returned. These declarers then with

found themselves in a hopeless posi- S.—A K74, HA K 65, D—I Q tion. They could not set up the C-541

heart suit by ruffing, because they Answer: Morth should make a were short one entry in the dummy. forcing rebid of three hearts.

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