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More Voices Of

The Past: BY

C. B. R. Sargent

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 18, 1935.

Today's Wireless

12-1220 pm-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 pm-Billy Mayer (Piano).

Limehouse Blues (Braham-trans.

Mayer!).

Orange Blossom (A syncopated Im-

pression).

Three Dances In Syncopation:

1. English Dance.

2. Gricket Dance.

3. Faraonica Dance.

12.42 p30* Fox & His Orchestra. The Wanderers-Fox-Trot (Bernard

& Webster).

You Do The Darndest Things, Baby

(From "Harmony Parade'). My First Love Song Waltz (From

"Queen of Hearts").

Would You Waltz (From San

Francisco').

Harbour Lights Fox-Trot (Williams

& Kennedy).

The Changing Of The Guard-Fox-

Trot (Scholl & Jerome).

1 pm-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report.

ZBW 855 M. 845 kes

1.10 p.m.-Songs by Richard Tauber}

(Tenor).

Still As The Night (Carl Bohm). Calming Of The Tempest (Darner

Nobody Could Love You More (From

Operetta Pagarinikų).

18

ZEK 640 kca

“Sabrina......... p.m.-Local Time Signal Weather 7.00 Report and Announcements.

Beethoven Symphony No. 2

In D Major

GSB 951 me/s (31.55 m.) G.MT.

Ben. At the Back Ing 7.30 8.m.- Swin Serenade. The Swift

Serenade Corbert Orchestra.

Recital by Dale" Smith

stone). 8.20 a.m.—Cards on the Table."

8.05 pm- London Relay Fed for.00

Thought'. Three short talks on mat- ters of topical interest, 8.25 p.m.-Natan Milstein (Violin).

La Campanella (Bendo from

certo No. 2 in B Minor Paganini -0% IATA Kreisler).

8.40 8.m. Next Week's Programinės. 8.50 The News and Annace- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

9.00 $2

Romance (Second Movement from 9.15 am. Close DowIL

"Concerto No. 2—Wezziawski, Op. 22).

Pelonaise Brilliante in D Major

(Wieniawski-Op. 4).

150 p.m.-Light Orchestral.

From Foreign Lands (Moszkowski). Berlin State Opera. Orchestra cond.. by GlemEm Schmmäistich Homage March. (Haydn wood); Con- cert Waltz "Joyaosness" (Haydn Wood) Light Symphony Or- chestra cond. by The Composer. 2.15 pan-Close doz 6-7 pm-Chinese Programme. 7 p.m.-Dance Records.

Orchestra-Old Pal Of Mine-Slow Fox-Trot (Box, Cox & Roberts: Dance The Moonlight Waltz With Me Waltz (Green & Grandland)-9.30 p.m. Lamion Relay The News

Mantovani and His Orchestra. 9.50 p.m.-Beethoven Symphony No. Orchestra Lonely Trombadour

2 in D Major, Op. 36. Played by the Tango (Miller & Bory):

Vienus Philharmonic Orchestra. con-

~ ducted by Clemens, Krauss.

8.37 p.m.----Orchestral Organ Prologue. 18.45 pm-Studio--Rev. C. B. R. Sar- gent 30th series of opera. “More Voices of the Past". HMY DA 1229, D 1990, DE 1421, D 2002, D 2000. Polyden B 22418.`

Maxtovani and His Orchestra. pm Closing local Stock Quota-10.23 pn-Songs by Gerhard Husch

(Baritone).

tions.

103 p.m. Haydn-Symphony No. 45

("Farewell") In F Sharp Minor.7.10 Played by The London Symphony Or- chestra and conducted by Sir Henry 7.15 pm. — London Relay 'Hughie J. Wood.

Green and His Gang With his lat- est juvente successes and hand. 7.45 pm-Studio-4 talk on "What

do we want for our Daughters by 10.30 p.m.-Vladimir Horowitz (Piano) Trauneswirren, Op. 12, No. 7 (Schu-

**args)**

1,30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,

Weather Forecast and Announce

ments.

BRIDGE NOTES

By ELY CULBERTSON

A New Type Of Complaint

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(GS) 2153 Mc/s (13.93 m)

· GSH 2147. Mc/s (1197 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 in. GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m) 10.45 sim-Big Ben Felton Espley, at the Organ of the Gaumont Pa- lace, Birmingham.

1135 am-Baghie Green and his Gang. With his latest juvenile suc- cesses and baud.

11.45 The Glasgow Corporation. Transport Department Pipe Band. 1250 p-Food for Thought.” (12.25 p.m.-Dance Music

Orchestra.

Die Beiden Grenadiere (Heine 100 pm-Julius Kantrovitch and his

Schumann-Op. 59, No. 1). Die Ehre Göttes Aus Der Natur

(Beethoven Op. 48, No. 3).

Mazurka In E Minor, Op. 41, No. 21

(Chopin).

Valse Oubliee (Liszt).

Capriccio In F Minor (Dohmanyï). 10.43 p.m.-Marek Waber & His Or-

chestra.

1.20pm-Next Week's Programmes {1.30 pm.—The News and Announce. ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 1.45 pa

1.55 pm.-Close Down

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GSH 2147 Mc/s (13.97 m.)- GSG 17.79 Mc/s-(16.86 m.) GST 15.14 Mc/n (19.82 mL) GSJ (to 3.30 pm) 2153 Kc/s Leo Fall-Potpourri (Arr. Dostal). L55 pm Opening Announcements. Potpourri of Waltzes (Robrecht). 200 pa-Big Ben. The BBC Empire 11 p.m.--Landon Relay America} Orchestra.

Speaks. A series of talks broad-3.00 pm Talk: America Speaks-4. cast from the U.S.A to the British Empire.

An expert friend of mine has a East discarding a spade. A low brand new type of complaint. Ac-diamond was then raffed, and the cording to him, for the last six fack of hearts was led East let months he has held only a small part go his last spade. The ten of hearts1120m-Close dona of his legitimate quota of aces and followed, dummy discarding a club, kings. (This. I hasten to add, is and East now made the first not the new complaint of which I of his brilliant discards. He could spoke. It is the oldest and most see quite clearly what was coming, hackneyed one I know.)

and made up his mind that the

After holding ampty-ump busts in contract might be made in spite of a row," my friend wails, "I finally him, but certainly not with his aid. was dealt a couple of tricks, pro-He let go the club king. Declarer bably by mistake, and-you know next led the king of spades to dum- what? I had to throw them both my's ace and on this trick East away in order to beat a slam con-nonchalantly threw the club ace! tract!"

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

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GSC 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.) GSO 16.18 Me/x (19.75 m.) GSD 1175.Mc/s (25.53 TL)

series of talks broadcast from the USA to the British Empire. $3.20 p.m.-Dancing Time.” 14.00 p.m.-The News and Annoviace-- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at.

4.15 p.m.

14.20 pm-Next Week's Programmes

1.30 p.m.-Will You Be Mine ya

With extracts from the novels and plays of Charlotte Bronte, Willians Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, and St. John Ervine. 5:00 pm

-Close Down.

Declarer saw that there was just What's On At the Cinemas

He spoke the literal truth. This one chance left and that was that was the band:

North, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

S.-A Q

H.-K. 9 5 3: D-A 10 7.4 2 0-8 6

WEST S.-10 9 8 6 3 2

I-7

D.-6

CQ 10 5.4.2

SOUTH S-E 7

EAST S.-J 5.4 -86 D. J 9 8 5 3

C-AKT

·H—A Q J 10 4 2

D.-K Q

C-J 93

East South

The bidding:

North

1 diamond Pass 1 heart 8 hearts Pass 6 hearts Pass

Pass

The fact that South was not any slam conventions that

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East still held the club queen. Hel AT THE ALHAMBRA --- "Bulldog AT THE KING'S—"Bad Guy", with therefore led dummy's singleton, Drummond's Revenge, with John Ho Bruce Cabot, Virginis Grey, Edward praying that East would be locked ward, Louise Campbell, Reginald Den Norris, Jean Chathur and Cliff Ed- [ny and E. E. Clive. Dealing with the wards. The story of two-brothers and on lead and have to return a dia- further adventures of Bulldog Drum- a girl. A romance that is filled with mond up to dummy's tenace But mond, this time with a murder of a thrills and suspense. East's bold unblock had been effec scientist, who has discovered an ex- tive. He now could avoid winning capitals of Europe, and which has fal plosive strong enough to destroy the

AT THE MAJESTIC—“London By a trick that would have been an ler into the hands of a continental spy-Johnson and Virginia Field. The story Night", with George Murphy. Ritz intolerable burden. West gobbled up

AT THE ORIENTAI—“Banjo. On to outward appearances in its viel af reveals the London of tradition, gloomy the queen and ten of clubs and cash- ed a spade, for the second setting Joel McCrea, Helen Westley, Buddy and night clubs and deals with a mys- My Knee-With Barbara Stanwyck, fog, but gay and dramatic in its lights Ebsen, Walter Catlett, Katherine detery niot and of a reporter out to solve and Mille and Anthony Martin. A thrill the murder but encounters the daugh- East's discards of the ace king of clubs may appear sensa-that is the life story of the river-boat ly involved in the murder.

musicale, depicting the tragicomedy ter of a wealthy man to find her deep- tional, but they were, in sober truth, people on the Mississippi based on the simplest logic. Declar-

trick

* * *

er had shown six hearts, two spades, AT THE STAR-"Fire Over Eng- AT-THE QUEEN'S "Daughter of and three diamond tricks. If he land. Narrating the breathless ad- Shanghar with Ama May Wong. had the club queen in his own hand ventures in the days of "Good Queen Charles Bickford, Larry Crabbe and Bess." That it is presented by Alex-Cecil Cunningham A vivid and dra- West there was nothing to be done about ander Korda the picture needs no other matic insight into the workings of the Pass it, because East had to guard the introduction The imposing cast is billion-dollar flesh racket, the high Pass diamond suit and therefore could headed by Flora Robson who plays game of sneaking aliens into the Unit

Queen Elizabeth, Raymond Massey, led States past the immigration author- keep only one club. If that one Leslie Banks, Laurence Olivier andities, is one of the highlights of the using meant winning the trick, it also Vivien Leigh.

picture.

have located control cards wad would mean being end-played."

re- Thus, East's one hope was to play sponsible for his landing in a slam, West for the club guards and to contract with two immediate club keep out of the way of a throw-in fosera. It was just luck that West's play.

holding was such that he did not In this particular hand, it is to get of to a club lead. This gave be suspected that East's wailing déclarer a splendid play for the bad that he had to throw away tricks contract, but justice triumphed in was done with his tongue- his the end, nevertheless.

The spade ten was the lead, and the trick was won with the queen.

che

TO-DAYS QUESTION

my

After two rounds of hearts declarer Question: Dealer opened the bid laid down the king and queen of ding with one club. What diamonds, and had the gall to be correct bid, second hand, shocked when the bad diamond break following:

was disclosed. It must be admitted, however, that he then proceeded to put up a terrific battle for his con- tract.

S—A I 8 6,3, H- AK 974

D.—7, C8 21 Answer: Two spades. four honour tricks and

He led a trump to dummy's king, biddable suits.

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