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Talk On Air Raid Precautions:

A. R. P. Officer

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 13, 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.-Raie Da Costa at the.

Piano.

12.40 p.m.-Harry Roy and His Orches-

tra.

1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal and

Weather Report.

103 p.m.-Elsie

Carlisle and Jack

Hylton & His Orchestra.

1.30 pm-Reuter and Rugby Press,

Weather Forecast and Announce

ments.

1.40 p.m.-Tchaikovsky

Nutcracker

Suite; Op. 714. Played by the Phi-: ladelphia Symphony Orchestra con-

ducted by Leopold Stokowski.

2.03 p.m-Orchestral.

2.15 p.m.-Close down.

6-7 pm-Chinese Programme.

7 p.m.-Dance Music.

7.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

7:35 pm-Variety.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c's :

O'Neil Shaw (Piano).

1. Tartini Sonata in G M

ZEK 640 k.c's

Nellie Briercliffe, Bertha Lewis and Chorus at Girls. Soon As We May (Finale--Act 2) W. Lawson, N. Briercliffe, B. Lewis, D. Oldham, D. Fancourt, €. Baker and Mixed Chorus.

2. Grieg Sonata in F Major Op. 8. 19.03 p.m.-London Symphony Orchestra 66 "Crown Of India Suite, Op.

(Elgar): 1. Introduction and Dance of Nautch Girls; 2. Minuet; 3. 10.16 p.m.-Latest Fariety and Dance Warriors' Dance; March of the Records. Mogul Emperors...London Sym-11 p.m.-Close down. phony Orchestra conducted by Sir Edward Elgar, OML, KCV.0.

|

9-15 pm-London Relay The BBC.

Singers'.

9.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 9.50. pm. Chornses.

Vocal Just Once For All Time (From Congress. Dances').... Irene Eisinger (Soprano). Orchestra-Live, Laugh And Love (From "Congress Dances')... Marek Weber And His Orchestra with vocal refrain by Paul Horbiger. Orchestra-"Once Upon A Time”--

Selection (arr. R. S. Stoddon)........10 New Mayfair Orchestra with vocal refrain.

7.45 pm-Studio Wing-Commander Steele-Perkins on Air Raid Precau-

tions'.

Weather

8 pm.-Local Time Signal,

Report and Announcements. 5.03 p.m.-Studio-A Piano Recital by

Caroline Braga.

1. Sonata in A Major (Mozart):

Theme; Variations I to VI; Menuetto; Trio; Allegretto.

2. Scherzo II, in B fiat Minor, Op.

31 (Chopin). 8.23 pm Studio-A Recital by P. N.

Hydon (Violin) companied by El

BRIDGE NOTES

Down In Demerara (Traditional). Riding Down From Bangor, Solomon Raymond Levi (Traditional)

Newell and the B.B.C. Male Choras conducted by Leslie Woodgate} (Ernest. Lush at the Piano). Down Among The Dead Men (Tra-

ditional).

Funiculi, Fumienia (Denza).... Stuart

Robertson (Bass-Baritone) Piano and Male Quartet. p.m.-Excerpts from Gilbert and Sullivan. **Tolanthe**

When I Went To The Bar.

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies-

ESG. 17.79 Mc/s (16.86 m.)

→

Crown Of India Suite By London Symphony Orch.

TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies

GSJ. 21.53 Mc/s (13.93 m)

GSH 2147 Mc/s (13.97 m.)

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

10.45 am-Big Ben. Music Hall. 11.15 am The New Georgian Trio. 12.00 pm-Quarterly Technical Talk, by the Chief Engineer of the BBC. 12.15 p.m.-The Chamber Music of

Mozart.

12.45 pm-Scottish Dance Music. The

Scottish Studio Orchestra.

1.15 pm-The BBC Singers.

1.30 p.m.-The News and

Announce-

merts. Greenwich Time Signal at 1.45 p..

157 p.m.--Close Down 1

TRANSMISSION. 3

Frequencies-s

with

GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.)

~GSD 1175 Me/à (25.53 m.)

GSE 21.47 Mc/s (18.97 mL)

GSG 17.79 Me/s (16.86 m.)

GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) ·

GSJ. (to 3.30 p.) 21.53 He/s

GSB 9.51 m/s (31.55 m.)

G. Baker. G.MT. When Darkly Looms The Day

(Finale Act 1)...W. Lawson, 6.00 a.m.-Big Ben. Dancing Time.' X. Briercliffe, D. Oldham, I Rands, D. Fancourt and Male Chorus:

Oh, Shameless One, Tremble (Finale Act I). W. Lawser, L. Rands, D. Oldham, G. Baker, D. Fancourt and Male Chorus. My Lord, A Suppliant At Your

Feet

6.35 3. The Gang Smasher) (Epi- 1.57 p.m.-Opening Announcements.

sode 2): John Martinson Takes a Trick in Diamonds? A radio serial adapted by Jack Inglis from the novel The Gang Smasher by Hugh Clerely.

6.55 a.m.The Pianoforte Trios

Beethoven.

of

200 pan-Big Ben Backstage at Bel- lahouston The Colonies." Alistair Borthwick reviews progress at the Empire Exhibition.

215 pm The BBC Empire Orchestra. 3.15 pm. Take your Choice. A week-

ly entertainment feature. 44.00 p.m.The News and AnnorTICE-

ments. Greenwich Time Signal ai

4.15 0.

Nellie Briefchie.7.30 am-Cards on the Table.” It May Not Be.....George Baker, series for New Zealand listeners. A New Zealander (Jack Lovelock) and an Englishman (John Mande) dis-4.20 p.m.-Dance Music. Billy Cotton cass the news from London... 7.50 am-The News and Announce-4.40 pm-World Affairs. A talk by www.ents. Greenwich Time Signal at the P. Hon. Sir Malcolm Robert- 8.00 2.m.

SOL.

Greed

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مربع

By ELY CULBERTSON -

8.15 am-Close Down

and his Band

5.00 p.m.-Close Down

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S—“Madame X”, AT THE STAR-“Midnight_Taxi”, with Gladys George, John Beal and with Brian Don Levy and Frances Warren William. One of the most Drake. The picture deals with the celebrated and heart-stabbing dramas clever methods used by Federal secret- the world has ever known. The story service men on the trail of a baffling follows the dramatic career of a ring of counterfeiters. The romance taste of wealth and descends the scale gang member, injects unexpectedly into beautiful governess who is given a which lovely Frances Drake, also

of life until as an old withered harri- their plans creates an unusual dan she is defended by her own son in pense. la murder charge.

2.

I wonder how many calamities at South's two no trump was not the bridge table must be laid at the good. True, he had a double-heart

whole i door of greed? Time and again I stopper, but his hand as a have seen players refuse a trick was none too robust, and a single- for no other reason than that they ton of partner's suit, even though were dissatisfied with the rank of the king should have been a deter the card offered to them. In other ring factor. Perhaps South knew words, they refused to waste their that he could count on the aid of lordly ace on a lowly nine spot, the enemy. quite overlooking the fact that such refusal might eventually put

West opened the seven of hearts.

* * * them in a deep, black hole. Con-East covered the ten with the jack,

AT THE ALHAMBRA—“Back - In versely, when a king is dangled and declarer won with the queen. Baby", with Katherine Hepburn, and tale of mystery and murder as viewed AT THE QUEEN'S Bringing Up Circulation."-A fortnight, vigorous before their acquisitive eyes, they Declarer, properly analysing that it Cary Grant starred rollicking from the editorial room of a paper that cannot resist falling upon such a was hardly possible for spades 2nd comedy in which many farcical situa-prints all the news no matter whom it juicy morsel.

Consider West's diamonds to break so beautifully fed throughout the performance.

tions keep the audience well entertam-hurts. With Pat O'Brien, Joan Blon- greed in the following hand:

dell, Margaret Lindsay (in the best role she has ever enacted), Johm Lifell, AT THE MAJESTIC "Mes Are Byron and Regis Toomey.

Eddie Acuff, Craig Reynolds, Walter Not Gods," with Miriam Hopkins, Gertrude Lawrence and Sebestian} Shaw, Mimam is seen as Am Williams, AT-STHE ORIENTAL--“Mountain the impetuous secretary of London's Justice." A gripping drama of fans- leading dramatic critic, who impulsive tical mountain folk who combine an y alters one of her boss's less kind re-intensive study of the Bible with child views and automatically lets herself out marriages and an occasional murder. of a job and into a triangle, the other features Josephine - Hutchinson, two principals of which are the actor George Brent, Gay Kabbee, Mons Bar-

e has aided and his intensely jealousre, George Barret and Robert Mc-

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that club tricks would not be need- ed; laid down the club king. West jumped on this as though he had won a prize, returning his remain ing heart. South allowed East to hold the trick, but took the heart continuation.

At this point declarer realised that his chances were exceedingly slira.- In order to establish nine tricks he would have to bring home the club suit and this would quire a miraculous lay of cards. Still, there was no other hope, so declarer led a diamond and finess- ed the queen. Even though itī held, he was by no meáns home. The position of the club queen-still was in doubt. The club jack lost to West, however, and then it was Fall over but the shouting

could not put East on lead; - four-odd became a laydowEIL.

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