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Talk On The Bridge Olympic From The Studio

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 14, 1938.

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral 12.30 p.m.--Cicely Courtneidge, Jack

Buchanan and Musical Comedy Selec tions.

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wes-

ther Report.

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.c ́s

Fantasia On Norwegian Folk Songs

(Azz. Haland).Norwegian Light|

phony Orchestra.

1.03 p.m.-Rachmaninoff Suite No. 24#. 28

For Two Pianos, Op. 17.

1.30 pm-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- Jedents.

1.40 p.m.-Variety Programme.

2.15 p.m.-Close down

5-8.03 p.m.- European Programme. 6.03-11 p.m.-Chinese Programine.

5: p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.

6 p.m.-Studio The Children's Hour 7 pm-Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) and Light Symphony Orchestras." "Princess Ida-Selection (Sulli- New Light Symphony

Orchestra Watchman, What Of The Night (Sarjeant).Peter Dawson sing- ing a duet with himself. "Cavaleria- Rusticana” - Intermezzo (Mascagni), Barcaroile ("Tales Of Hoffmann Offenbach)

Light Symphony Orchestra.

BRIDGE NOTES

New

Closing Local Stock Quots-

Relay At The Mr Wilkes, at home in rlour Presented by ten and S. E. Reynolds.9 Time Signal, Weather

knnouncements.

nese Programme-Studio

lose down.

Mendelssohn's Compositions. Fingal's Cave Overture...St. Louis Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rudolph Ganz.

Song Without Words-Sadness. Of Soul Major, Op. 53, No. 4); Lost Ilusion (F sharp Minor, Op. 67, No. 2)

Ignaz Friedman

ZEK 640 k.c❜&

Clankam And Dwyer In Music Hall From London

-The BBC. Empire Orchestra. Tam-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

8-

Song: Without Words-Venetian Gon-8.15

dola Song No. 2 (F sharp Minor, Op. 30, No. 6); Lost Happiness (C. Minor, Op. 39, No. 2). Ignaz Friedman (Piano Solo).

8.50 p.m.Studio - His Honour Mr. Justice Lindsell-Talk on the Bridge Olympic.

pm-Dance Music. Fax-Trots

Please Remember (Denby & Wat

son); On Linger Longer Island (Kennedy-Car). Jack Har ris And His Orchestra with vocal refrain- by Sam Browne.

am-Close down.

·TRANSMISSION ▼

Frequencies

GŠT 2153 Mc/s (13.33 m.) GSH 2047 Mc/s (13.97 m. GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18-Mc/a (19.76 m.)

10.45 -Big Ben The Gang Smasher (Episode 2): John-Martin- son Takes a Trick in Diamonds." radio señal from the novel Gang Smasher by Hugh Clevely. 11.05 am. The B.B.C. Variety Orches

tra

The

11.30 am.-At the Black Dog? True Confession (From the Film)12 noon-New Dance Music.

....Carroll Gibbons and the Sa-12.10 pm.-The Band of His Majesty's roy Hotel Orphesins with vocal- Goldstream Guards.

chorus. Once In A While (Green & Ed- wards); Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (Secunda Cahn-Chaplin) Jack Harris And His Orchestra with vocal refrain by Sam Browne. p.m. London Relay World Af fairs. A talk by The EL Hon. Sir Malcolm Robertson, G.G.MG, KBE. 19.30 p.m. London Relay The News.

9.50 RM-Concert Waltzes.

(Piano Solo). Symphony No. 4 (Italian) In A

Major Sir Hamilton Harty con-9.15 ducting The Halle Orchestra. Spring Song (Song without words No. 30).. The Angelas Octet

By ELY CULBERTSON

Rate Yourself

Mr. Culbertson is conducting,] through this coloum, an examina- tion of bridge players. Rate your- self by subtracting from 100 the points for each wrong answer.

Questions 14 and 15 of the Self- Rating Bridge Examination appear- ed on Tuesday. They were:

South, dealer. Neither side vulnerable,

Question 14: Both sides valer- WEST able. You are South. Your partner S-9 8 dealt and bid one spade. Second HJ 9 4 hand passed. Your holding is:

S.—6. F.—Q.5 4, D—A 10753,

C-J-84 2 ́

NORTH

S.-J E-K 107 D.-J & 3 C-QJ984

D.-A 2 C.—3 6 5 3·2

EAST

S-AKZ

D. 8.7-5

None

SOUTH S.-Q 10.6 EL-A Q 5 D.-K Q: 10 4 C-K 10 7

The biding: South

West Pass Pass Double

:

Waltz Nanette (Arr. Schwartz). Spring Waltz (Arr. Schwartz)

Bussian Novelty Orchestra. ¡

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12.45 pm-Reginald Foort, at the

B.B.C. Theatre Organ. 1.15 pim-World Affairs. A talk by the Rt. Hon. Sir Malcolm Robertson. 1.30 pm.-The News and Announce- ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

145 pm 1.57 p.m. Close down

TRANSMISSION 3

Frequencies

GŠE 2147 Me/a (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Me/s (16.86`1.) GSF 1514 Ma/s (19.32 m.) GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.): 21:53 .

Wolga, Wolga! (Russian Waltz Pot: 11-57 pan-Opening Aznouncements...

pourri-Walter Noack).

Vienna Boheme Orchestra 10 p.m.-London Relay-Music-Hall- Including Clapham and Dwyer. In a spot of bother

The B.B.C. Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell 11 p.m.-Close down.

BROADCAST FROM DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies—****

GSG. 17.99 Mc/s (16.86.m.) GS0 15.18 Mc/s (19.76. m.) GSD 11,75 Me/s° (25.53_m) GSB -9,31 me/s (31.55) m) B G.M.T

6 am.Big Ben. Take your Choice."

A weekly entertainment feature. 645 am-World Affairs." A talk by the B Hon. Sir Malcolm Robertson

2 p.m-Big Ben Music Hall. 3 p.m.Boxing: The Services Tourma

intent A commentary by Thomas. Woodroofe on the final stages of the Imperial Services Boxing Asso- ciation Tournament From the Em- press Hall, Earl's Court, London. 3.20 p.m.-The Dansant."

3.40 pmThe Gang Smasher' (Epi- sode 2): John Martinson Takes * Trick in Diamonds. A radio serial from the novel "The Gang Smasher by High Clevely.

4 pim-The News and Announcements.

Greenwich Time Signal at 415 prz 420 pm--Matters of Moment.” A talk by the Hon. Malik Siz Firozkhan Noon, K.CIE: (High Commissioner for India in the United Kingdom), in a series for listeners in India. 4.35 p.m.-Walford Hyden and his:

Magyar Orchestra.

5 pm-Close down.

North East What's On At the Cinemas

2 clubs 2 spades 3 no trip Pass

Pass. Pass

What call do you make, and why? Answer: You should bid one no trump. Your hand is decidedly too good to pass but not good enough to justify the response of two dia- monds. The singleton spade is, ad- mittedly, a bad feature of the no 1 no trip

AT: THE KING'S- “Madame X, AT THE MAJESTIC "She" Married" trump response, but you would be 2 no trp

with Gladys George, John Beal and Her Boss-Claudette Colbert in one. misleading partner and increasing Pass

Warren William: One of the most of her most amusing roles since “It the contract by any other call. As Pass

celebrated and heart-stabbing, dramas Happened One Night," plays the part South's free rebid was hardly a the world has ever known. The story of the perfect secretary who finds it between two evils, choose the lesser.

His opening nofollows the dramatic career of a difficult to be a perfect wife Melvyn .(One point demerit for any call timing of beauty.

a Douglass, Edith Fellows, Jean Dixon. other than one no trump.)

trump had been based on absolute beautiful governess who is giren

taste of wealth and descends the scale Question 15: Both sides vulner-minimum values, three and one-half of life until as an old withered harri-

AT THE ALHAMBRA “Back In able. You partner dealt and bid honour tricks with eight honour dan she is defended by her own son in

Circulation."A fortnight, vigorous one spade. Next hand overcalled cards. That was all right.. Butļa murder charge.

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tale of mystery and murder as viewed: from the editorial room of a paper that." with one no trump. Your holding when North came in with a weak-

AT THE QUEEN'S -- "Bringing Up prints all the news no matter whom it ness response and East overcalled

with Katherine Hepburn, and hurts. With Pat O'Brien, Joan Blon- SHA 10 6, D.-J.10.85, with two spades it is hard to Cary Grant starred a rollicking dell, Margaret Lindsay (in the best

C~Q 9 7 4.

agine why South should have felt comedy in which many farcical situa- role she has ever enacted), John Litell, that his hand deserved a free rebid:tions keep the audience well entertain-Eddie Acuff, Craig Reynolds, Walter There can be no criticism of North's ed throughout the performance. Byron and Regis Toomey. bidding. His holding almost war-

is:

What call do you make?,

Answer: You should double,

2

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penalty double, of course. You have

AT THE STAZ-“Midnight Taxi”, no reason to feel that your side can ranted a raise of the no trump on with Brian Don Levy and Frances AT THE ORIENTAL “Mountain- make a game in any suit, but your the first round. Instead of stretch- Drake. The picture deals with the Justice."A gripping drama of fana- self probably will be able to take ing, he had properly taken the more clever methods used by Federal secret tical mountain folk who combine an at least live tricks against an adverse conservative course of merely bid-service men on the trail of a baffling intensive study of the Bible with child ring of counterfeiters. The romance marriages and an occasional murder no trump, especially in view of the ding two clubs. When South adver which lovely Frances Drake, also a It features: Josephine Hatchinson, fact that you are on lead and can tised substantially better than a gang member, injects unexpectedly into George Brent, Guy Kibee, Mona Bar-

an unusual. sus-Irie, George Bagrat and Robert MO open the diamond queen. To make minimum no tramp by his free rebid their plans creates

Wade.. any call other than a double is to North was quite justified in go- jeopardise a beautiful opportunity. ing to game. The result was a (Two points demerit for any call "bottom" for North-South. other than a double.)

TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS

West open 1 his top spade. East, waving no entry outside of the spade Question 16: Opponents are vul- suit itself, played correctly in re- nerable: You are not. Your part-fusing to part with one of his hon- mer dealt and bid one club. Next ours, contenting himself with play hand passed. Your holding is: ing the seven spot

S-5; HK Q J.97 5:3 2,

D. 6.2, C-53

What call do you make?

signal. Dummy's jack clarer led a low. West grabbed the trick

Question 17: Both sides are vul-jed the eight of spades.

nerable and you have a part score no point in East's holding aff

of 40 ponts. Your partner dealsler. If declarer held and

and bids one heart Next, hand stopper that would simply passes. Your holding is:

West was "out".

SKJ 10, E-J 86, D—A J 3; five spade - tricks,-

€ 0 1 8 4-

What call do you make?

TODAY'S HAND Match-point duplicate:

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