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Mozart Symphony By

Halle OrchestraTM

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 16, 1938.

Today's Wireless

12-12:20 pm-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 pm-Jack Hylton and His Or chestra with Sam Browne (Baritone) 1 pm-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

1.03 pm.-Spanish Music.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugor Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

140 p.m.-Impressions D'Italia - G.

Charpentier. Played by the Orches

re Symphonique and conducted by Gustave Charpentier.

ZBW 355 M. 845 kc's :

well-known artist from the stage, or music-halis will come to the microphone to sing for you.. The Spinner of Death'-Episode 11

Sitan's Man-trap. An adven- ture serial by Franklyn Kelsey, introducing Jim Travers and his friends, Terence O'Malley and Jeremiah and the sinister charac tex, Mr. Sitani

"Yours sincerely Orchestra.

2.05 p.m-Military Band Music. Mass-7.35

ed Bands of tht Northern Command, conducted by Bandmaster R. C. Han- ney LRAM, ARGM

2.15 pm--Close down.

6 pm.-Chinese Programme. 7.05 pm-London Relay Take Your

Choice"

A weekly entertainment feature pre-

seated by William MacLarg. *Introduction"-The Singers with the

Orchestra:

Inspector Sharp takes up the Case'

by the Melluish Brothers. No. 4 The Light-headed League'. "Songs I Remember Each week als

BRIDGE NOTES

: ZEK 640 ke's...

Report and Announcement 8.03 p.m.-Studio-Ettore Pellegatti (Cello) and Lindsay A. · Läfford (Piano).

1. Une Larme (Dunkler)

2 Polonaise brillante Op. 3 (Chopin)

London Relay Of

Music Hall

GSD 1175 Mc/s (5.53 m) GSB 9.51 mc/s (31:55

G.M.T.

am-Big Ben. Symphony Concert 7:50 am---Talk: “America” Speaks"

A series of-talks broadcast from the USA. to the British Empire. 3.10 am-Take your Choice.

3. Pavane Pour Une Infante defuntes.40 a.m. Songs of the Seasons-

(Ravel)

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4. Etude-Caprice (Goltermann)

5. Orientale (D. Popper)

6. Gavotte (D. Pooper).

p.m.-London Relay Songs Of 18.30 p.m.-Mozart Symphony în D (No. The Seasons. No. 3 Autumn. Ten 35). Played by the Hale Orchestra minutes autumn-time music with conducted by Sir Hamilton Harty. Janet Lind, Bernard Gifton, The $.53 p.m.-Organ Music Three Graces and The Band Pre-

Larghetto (S. S. Wesley). sented by William MacLurg. 7.45 pm-Musical Comedy Selections. The Lilac Domino (Charles Cavil- Her)....Frank Westfield's Orches- tra, Prince of Wales' Playhouse, Lewisham

Anything Goes Selection (Cole

Porter).. ...Carroll Gibbons and; the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with vocal chorus.

pm.--Local Time Signal, Weather

BY ELT CULBERTSON

Bridge With 5 Suits

A variation of contract briâge Mr. J. has come from Vienna which allows pelaer. a player to hold five Aces or fire by Col deuces. for that matter, since there Goetz: is a whole extra suit. I watched four expert players at Bates Club, Park-lane, trying out the new game, which is as fascinating and exciting as it is difficult

The invention of a Viennese scien- tist, Dr. Marculin, it has been taken

up with some enthusiasm by the

Pavlides and Thr. Carl Re- Here is a Smail Slam bid

Mrs. Beasley and

PAVLIDES

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S-10 7 5 4 E-10 9 7-2 D.-Q J 3 C.-6 3 2

Austrian world champion team Mrs. Goetz whose captain, Dr. Paul Stern, has R-Q 9 5 written the rules. It seems likely S.—Q J 82 W to become the vogue in Vienna, H-Q 8 3 where a pairs contest of experts has D.-10 8 6 4 been organised to test the new C.-54 game.

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"The extra suit is called “Lezt” or “Green” in Austria, but at Bates Club the name "Royals" has been adopted, and Diamonds from other pack have been turned into Royals by pasting a small gilt crown j at two opposite corners. The extra suit makes a pack of 65 cards, of which each player is dealt 16. :

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G. D. Cunningham La Nuit (Elert), og Evening Song (Bairstow)....Harry Goss-Custard (Organ of Liverpool Cathedral).

9.07 Studio -- Gaston D'Aquino (Tenor) & E. O'Neil Shaw (Piano). 1. Addio Mignon-Mignon

+

- (Thomas)–

2. II Sogno Manon (Massenet).

Gaston D'Aquino

3. Piano Solo.

4. On Away Awake Beloved

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(Coleridge-Taylor),

5. O Lovely Night (Landon Ronald).

Autumn.”

|8:50 am.-The News and Announce-

ments. 9-331

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Greenwich Time Signal at

9.15 8.m-Close dow

TRANSMISSION 2

Frequencies-

GST 21.53 Mc/s (13.98 m: GSE 21.47 Me/s. (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.)

10.45 am-Big Ben Backstage

Bellahouston The British Govanne ment Pavilion... Alistair - Borthwick. reviews progress at the Empire Ex--- hibition

11.05 am-Take your Choice." [11.35 am-Songs of the Seasons-3-

Autumn.”

11.45 am-The BBC Northem Orche

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6. Povera Pulcinella (Buzzi Peccia). 1245 p.m.-Voices from the Past

Gaston D'Aquino.1 pm The Chamber Music of Grieg.

130 p.m.-The News and Announce

ments Greenwich Time Signal at 1.45 p.m

9.30 p.m.-London Relay The News 9.50 p.m.-Dance Records.

Orchestra-Ain't Misbehavin' (Wal-

ler-Brooks); Way Down Yonder 155 pmClose dow In New Orleans (Creamer Lay- ton)....Max Abrams and His Rhythm Makers.

Orchestra-Bine

Swing]

Dambe Felix

(Arr. Sid. Phillips) .......... Eddie. Car- roll & His Swingphonic Orchestra 10 p.m.-London Relay Music Hall. With The BBC. Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. 11 p.m.--Close down.

Beasley R-AK 107

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H.-J6 D-AK5· C-AK C 10 8

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REPELAER

BROADCAST FROM

DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies-

GSG 17.79. Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.)

TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies-

GSF 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSF 15.14 Mels (19.82 mi)

GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.53 Hic/s

1.55 p.m.-Opening Announcements. 2 p.m.-Big Ben Music Hall

3 pm Ireland Dances.

3.40 p.m.-The Glasgow Corporation

Transport. Department Pipe Band.

4 pm The News and Announcements... Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 pm. 4.20 p.m.-Recital by Eileen

(Australian Pianist).

4.40 p.m.-World Affairs. 5 pm-Close down.

Ralph-

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE ALHAMBRA

"Adventure of the French Army during the

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ture's End" with John Wayne, Diana Great War. Gibson. A thrilling sea story framed against a Southern Seas background and tells of the adventures of one who Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy,

AT THE MAJESTIC—“Maytime" East: 20 3 C 40 6-C

comes aboard a whaling vessel after among other favourites, sing the West: 2 D3 N 4 NT Ño

he has obtained a fortime in pearls American folksong "Carry Me Back to from natives in spite of their efforts Old Virginny" with touching appeal This leaves one card over,

Col. Beasley and Mrs. Goetz were to kill him. and

John Barrymore plays the jealous im the declarer has the valuable pri-playing the Two-Club convention.

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pressario convincingly, while such not- vilege of exchanging that card for Jhr. Repelaer led the King of Hearts,

AT THE KING'S-"Bad Guy", with ed actors as Tom Brown, Lynne Car any in his own hand or in dummy, and when dummy was exposed Col. Bruce Cabot, Virginia Grey, Edward ver, Rafaela Ottiano and Herman Bing- Game is 120 points. Diamonds and Beasley exchanged the Club Knave Norris, Jean Chatburn and Cliff Ed-lend support. Clubs are 20 a trick, Hearts and lying in the middle of the table for wanis. The story of two brothers and a girl A romance that is filled with Spades 25 a trick, Royals 30 a trick, his Six of Hearts, thus giving him thrills and suspense.

self six Clubs with five honours and and No-Trumps 40 a trick

reducing his Hearts to a singleton.

WAT THE STAR Thirty Day Pro Everett Horton The plot deals with

Sidney

cess", with Gary Grant and

AT

HOW SCORES ARE MADE

FREQUENT FREAK HANDS The "book" is eight tricks, so

After taking the first trick South that it is only with his ninth trickled a Club, and the contract was Gle that the declarer starts scoring to-made, Col Beasley losing only to wards his contract. Six must be the Aces of Hearts and Spades, as bida Small Slam to score game he got two discards on dummy's in Clubs or Diamonds, five to score Spades for his lesing Diamond and a game in Hearts or Spades, four to Royal, and then successfully finessed score game in Royals, and three to zgainst South's Knave of Royals. score game in No-Trumps.

As both sides were vulnerable, he The Small Slam is all tricks but won game and rubber, with 150 for two, and gains a bonus of 500 non-honours and a 750 bonus for the vulnerable and 750 vulnerable. The Small Bam

Grand Slam is all but one trick Col Beasley told me that he finds with bonuses of 1,000 and 1,500. the new game much more varied The Super Slam is all 16 tricks, and interesting than ordinary con scoring bonuses of 1,500 and 2,000.tract. Although reports from Vien- Four Aces in one hand at Nona say that freak hands are more

Trumps score 150 and five Aces 300. frequent in the new game, that ≥ Penalties are as in ordinary con-not been the experience at

Club in the limited time tried there. It is the play

The four players in the game

atched were Lt Col. H. M. Beasley, cards in ordinary distributions

is fathering the experiment in Iseems to have so much wider pos- new game, Mrs. Felix Goetz, sibilities.

AT THE QUEEN'S "Hitting a New High", with Lily Pons, John Howard, Jack Oakie, Eric Blore and Edward

the romance between Miss Pons and Howard, and with the ingenious scheme through which Oakie seeks to have her "discovered" by his publicity seeking THE ORIENTAL Road To employer, Horton. These two themes- starring June Lang, Lionel are interwoven with the story in a more and Frederic March in a hilarious fashion, and they lead to sur

drama depicting a vivid pic

results.

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