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Sherlock Holmes: Detective Drama

From London

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 12, 1938.

Today's Wireless

12-13.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- cession from St. John's Cathedral 12.30 p.m.-Songs by Elizabeth": Schu-

mann (Soprano).

12.40 p.m.- Philadelphia Symphony

Orchestra.

1 pm-Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Report

1.03 p.m.-Debroy Somers · Band

Webster Booth (Tenor).

1.30 pm-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Arnotince- ments.

1.40 p.m.-Rotary Tiffin Speech relayed from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel Speaker: Dr. Erwin Reiffer. Subject: "The Importance to Hong Kong of a Knowledge of the Chinese Language”..

2.15 pm. Close down

6-7 pan-Chinese Programme.

p.m.-Dance Music,

7.12 pm.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

7.15 p.m.-London Relay Detectives In Fiction'. The first of a series of dramatised detective stories.. Each programme in this series will deal

ZBW 355. M. 845 k.ca

"London

Vocal Selection, (Carr & Kennedy)...The London Palladium Orchestra conducted by Jack Frore "Crest Of The Wave"Selection (Ivor Novello, arr. C. Prentice). The Days Lane Theatre Orches- tra conducted by Charles Prentice, Mus. Bac.

Report and Announcements 8 pm Local Time Signal, Weather 8.13 p.m. Studio Graston D'Aquino (Tenor) and E, O'Neil Shaw (Piano). 1. Ch'ella mi creda ("Fanciulla del

West" Puccini).

2. Piano Solo Romance (Ghere)..

E O'Neil Shaw.

3. Mi Viejo Amor (Perez Freire

Request).

4 A Vicchella (Tosti).

5. Povero Pulcinella (Buzzi—Peccis).} 8.23 pm. BBC. Symphony Orchestra. Overture "Tight Cavalry (Suppe)

Orchestra conducted by Adrien Boult.

ZEK 640 kc ́s

L'Amour Sorcier (Manuel de Falls)..

Escapes Of War

risoners. First Hand Account.

GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.58 m) GSB 9.51 zxc/% (31.55 m.)" G.M.T

Danse De La Frayeur Et Recit Dul6 a.m- -Big Ben Music Hall. Pecheur; Danse Rituelle Du Few-17 mampire Exchange. Points of Ricardo - Vines (Piano Solo).

view by travellers from the Domin From Sept Chansons Populaires Es- ions and the Colonies.

pagnoles. (Manuel de Falls); Chan-7.15 a.m.-The Band of His Majesty's son Da. Fear Follet (Extraite: "De Coldstream Guards. - L'Amour Sorcier).

7.50 a.m.-5 The News

and Announce- Soneto A Cordoba (Manuel de Fal-1、 ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

la)...Maria Barrientos (Soprano)] 8 3.

with Mannel De Falla at the 8.15 am-Close down. Piano.

Aragon-Fantasia (Albeniz); Puerta Tierra-Bolero (Albeniz).... Or- questa Sevilla conducted by Joa- quin Roberti.

9.30 p.m.-London Relay--The News. 9.50 p.m.-Violin Solos.

•

"Carmen" --Fantasy (Bizes — Arr. Sarasate)... Efrem Zimbalist (Violin) with T Saïdenberg (Piano). 10 p.m.-London Relay The Micro

With S.-P. B. Mais. A visit to

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Players.

11.15 a.m.-Detectives in Fiction-1

Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of Silver Blaze. From the story by

phone to Southam, Warwickshire. A. Conan Doyle.

with a different detective in fiction 8.30 pmLondon Relay Escape-1 A programme arranged by David 11.45 am-Orchestral Music.

whose exploits have made him famous.

1-Sherlock Holmes, and the adven-9 ture of Silver Blaze from the story by A. Conan Doyle. Adapted for broadcasting by Pascoe Thornton Production by Leslie Stokes. 1.45 pm-Musical Comedy Selections.

BRIDGE NOTES

(De

Gretton,

12.30 alin.—Escape': First-hand - Ac- counts by Prisoners of War-1. J. B. Ackerley sets the scene.

1 pm-Jack Wilson and his Versatile

Five.

[130 p.m.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at 1:45 pm

First hand accounts by Prisoners of

pm-4 Spanish Programme. War. J. R. Ackerley sets the scene. 19.30 pm-Variety and Dance Music. Vocal-The-Touch Of Your Laps (R. "Three. Cornered Hat Suite

Noble); The Glory Of Love (Billy Falla)-1. The Neighbours; 2 The

„Hildegarde with Carroll Miller's Dance New Light Sym

Gibbons and His Boy Friends. phony Orchestra conducted by Dr.

Accordion Band - There's A Gold Malcolm Sargentes

Mine In The Sky (Kenny); Whis- thing Gipsy (From "Command Per-1.57 pin-Close down. formance).....Primo Scala's Ac-l cordion Band with vocal chorus. Orchestra-Cuckoo Waltz (Jonas- son); Brigitte--Waltz (Moretti). Dajos Bela Dance Orchestra. Vocal - Sing You A Thousand Love Songs (From 'Cain & Ma-

BY ELT CULBERTSON

Rate Yourself

Mr. Culbertson is

conducting,

through this column, an examina- tion of bridge players. Rate your self by subtracting from 100 - the points for each wrong answer.

Question 13 in the National Self- Rating Bridge Examination äppear- ed yesterday. It was:

NORTH

SA 10 9 3. H-10

D-A 8 7 3 2 CJ 64

WEST

-7 2

EAST

S-8 5

Q J 9 8

HK 7 6 32

Question 13: You are West, de- clarer at a three no trump contract

-K Q

D-9 5 4

C

8 5 2

C-10 9 3

in rubber bridge.

Your hand and dummy are 23

follows:

WEST

SAQ 4

HA75 DAJ 6 3 2 C 9-3-

EAST (Dummy]

S6 32.

432

D 5

SOUTH SK Q J 64

B-54

DJ 10 6 C-AKT

The bidding:

South West · North

1 spade 2 hearts 3 spades 4 spades Pass Pass

#

East Pass Pass

CA K-Q 10 5 4 North opened the seven of spades, South played the king. How do you

North's double raise was a shade play the hand?

light, considering that it was made Answer: Win the first trick. Lead over an intervening bid. But, since a single raise would have been an the club nine and PASS IT. ΤΟΥ do not need all six club tricks to ful-underbid, North chose the lesser of

two evils.

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bel'); Serenade In The Night 157 p.m. Opening nouncements. (Kennedy) Marc Henri (The 2 pm-Big Ben The Microphone at Roaming Troubadour). Orchestra--Serenade from

Large,' with S. P. B. Mais: A visit to

"Fras- Southam, Warwickshire.

quite" (Lebar); Jalousie-Tango 2.30 pm The Templars. (Gade). Emil Roosz And His Orchestra.

11 p.m.-Close down.

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3 p.m.-Stampede. A play by Bernard

Cronin

...

3.15 p.m.-Eungarian Gipsy Party, from the Hungaria Restaurant, Lon- dom

14 p.m.-The News and Announcements.

Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15. p.m. 4.20 p.m.-Recital by William Murdoch

(Australian Pianist).

4.40 p.m.-Waltzing Matilda' — L

"Some. Reflections on Travel in the British Empire."..

5 p.m.-Close down. •

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE ORIENTAL-“Way Out ly alters one of her boss's less hind re- West"-Sad faced Laurel and prom- views and automatically lets herself out. pous, jolly Hardy are a riot of fun of a job and into a triangle, the other from the time they enter the picture two principals of which are the actor across a desert stream with their trick she has aided and his intensely jealous donkey until their fade-out crossing the wife... stream on the way back. It is their first Western and the boys whoop it up as a pair of "tenderbeels" In the supporting cast are Sharon Lynne, James Finlayson and Rosina Lawrence

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AT THE KING'S "The Awful Trath"-A brilliant high comedy star- fill your contract. Five will be en-1 West opened the diamond king

ring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. The ough. By passing one club you

story deals with Miss Dunne's hilar maintain communication with the Dummy's ace won, and two rounds

ious tactics of winning her ex-hus- dummy and virtually assure your of trumps were led Declarer then

band Cary Grant. The supporting cast self of five club tricks. If you put led a diamond, and West was back AT THE ALHAMBRA & QUEEN'S includes-Ralph Bellamy, Alexandra Buccaneer", with Fredric D'Arcy. Cecil Cunningham and Joyce up one of dummy's high-honours on on lead. On the theory that 21-The

March, Franciska Gealand Akiza Compton. your first club lead you will make heart lead might establish a possi Tammoff. Based on history, this film only three club tricks if one of the ble king in declarer's hand, West depicts the tuthalent period of the defenders originally held J x x x decided that the only hope of de-early Colonial days of the Uniteddon," with Tyronne: Power, Sir Gay

[Two points demerit for any other feating the line of play].

States.

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"AT THE STAR “Lloyds Of Lon-

Standing, C. Aubrey Smith and yir- ginia Bield. The remarkable historical.

contract lay in es- tablishing club tricks. Accordingly; he led his fourth best club. This "AT THE "MAJESTIC "Men Are romance of an insurance clerks who created a finessing position for de-Gertrude Lawrence

Not Gods*** with Miriam Hopkins, carves for himself a distinguished

TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS

and. Sebestian career. The romance is ill-starred at Question 14: Both sides vulner-clater where actually none had ex- Shaw. Miriam is seen as Ann Williams, the start and it is only after. N able. You are South Your partner isted. The jack was put up from the impetuous secretary of London's thribing victory at Trafalgar dealt and bid one spade.

Second during and held the back. - lading dramatic critic, who impulsive couple find happiness. hand passed. Your holding is:

THE

S6

-Q 5 4

D—A 10 7 5 3

C-J842

clarer then drew Fast's time of dia- monds, crossed to dummy with trump, -and-discarded his two losing;

In hearts on the long diamonds.. fall, the opponents took only one What call do you make, and why?trick and, consequently, a zero Question 15: Both sides vulner.the board. able. Your partner dealt and bid one.

HONG KONG

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West had been entirely too optim-

apade. Next hand overcalled with istic in attempting to defeat the one no trump. Your holding is:

ST

2

A 10 6 D_QJ 10:8 5 C--Q974

What can do you make

„TO-DAY'S HAND Match point duplicate. South, dealer.

Both sides vulnerable.

contract. In order to establish two club tricks for his side he would have had to find East with both the king and ten Deelazer was, of course, marked with at least the 200- In a rubber bridge-game, even this remote chance would be worthwhile, but in match point duplicate West would have been better adrised; te

asked his heart ace, thus

re he would not lose it.

& SHANGHAI

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