1938-05-11 — Page 22

。

Stokowski

Conducting NY Nutcracker Suite

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 11, 1938.-

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from 'St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-Gracie Fields And The

London Piano Accordeon Band.

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

ther. Report.

1.03 p.m.--Songs by Paul Robeson

(Base).

1.13 p.m.-Debroy Somers Band.

1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather Forecast and Announce-

ments.

1.40 p.m.-Latest Variety Records. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.

6 pm. Relay of the 'Dance Orchestra from the Roof. Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel.

7 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections.

"Lady Luck"-Vocal Gems (Hedley,

Strachey & Rodgers).

"The Vagabond King"-Vocal Gems (Friml)....Light Opera Company. Great Day-Selections (Rose, Eliscu & Youmans)....Jack Payne & His B.B.C. Dance Orchestra with vocal chorus by Jack Payne. "Follow A Star"-Vocal Gems (El-

lis).

Light Opera Company. "Rose Marie"-Selection (Friml)..

New Mayfair Orchestra. 7.33 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

7.35 p.m.-Gracie Fields, Clapham and

Dwyer and The Hill Billies.

You And The Night And The Music,

("Stop Press-Dietz & Schwartz). 'Erbert 'Enry "Epplethwaite (Sulli-

van & Parr-Davies).

Gracie Fields.

BRIDGE NOTES

Mr.

;

ZBW 355 M. 845 k.č.'s

Climbing Up The Golden Stairs (arr.,

Hill Billies).

"In The Moonlight's Glow (Thế Hill Billies)......The Hill Billion with their own Novelty Accompaniment. Another Day's Broadcasting.

Descriptive Sketch by Clapham and Dwyer.

My Little Buckaroo (From 'Strange

Laws').

Across The Great Divide (Box, Còx & Roberts).. The Hill Billies with their own Novelty Accompani- ment?

י

8 p.m.-Local Time · Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Tschaikowsky

Composi- tions including The "Casse Noisette" Suite.

"Casse Noisette" Suite, Op. 71A.

(Soprano) with

The Philadelphia Orchestra cond. by Leopold Stokowski. Jeanne d'Arc-Adieu, Forets.

Maria Jeritza Orchestra. Divertissement (Variations from the

Ballet The Sleeping Beauty').

Orchestre Symphonique of Paris conducted by J. E. Szyfer. Troika En Traineaux, Op. 37, No. 11.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (Piano), Cossack Dance (From "Mazeppa").

The Halle Orchestra cond. by Sir Hamilton Harty.

"Eugen Onegin"-Waltz.. .Royal Opera Orchestra, Covent Garden,

By ELY CULBERTSON ·

Bridge Examination

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.

The last questions were: Question 35: Both sides vulner- able. Opponents have 80 part-score. You are South, and hold: S. K J 9 8 6

D. K 7 5

H. Q 3

C. 8 6 2

East [your right-hand opponent] deals and bids one spade..

What call do you make?

tremendous

WEST

S.-6 5-

NORTH S.-K Q 8 H.-A 10 5 3

D.-10 8 7 5 C.-10 6

H.-Q 9 7 2 D.-K J 4 C-Q 8 7 3

EAST

S.-9.7 H.-K 8 4. D.-A Q 6 3 2 C-A 5 4

SOUTH

S.—A J 10.4 3 2

HJ 6

*

D.~9

C.-K J 9 2

The bidding:

East

South West 1 spade 2 dia. 4 spades Pass

North 2 spades Pass

guest conductor, Eugene Goossens. 8.53 p.m.-A Spanish Programme.

Pura Milonga-Tango (Jose Pecora). Mal De Ausencia-Tango (Cánaro-

Relay).....Orquesta Tipica Fran- cisco Canaro with vocal refrain. Goyescas-Intermezzo (Granados).

G.M.T.

VocalTM And Instrumental Spanish Programme

5 a.m.-Big Ben. 'Green Fields and

Pavements." A talk.

5.15 a.m.-In and Out of Rhythm.' · A

contest: 'Sweet' versus 'Swing." 5.35 a.m.--The Gang Smasher (Epi- sode 6). A radio serial adapted from the novel "The Gang Smasher' by. Hugh Clevely.

5.55 n,m.-The Music of Cesar Frank. Pablo Casals ('Cello) accomp.6.30 a.m:-'Cards on the Table.' A by Na Mednikoff (Piano). Eres Tu (Bolero).. (Miguel Sando-

val).

Quisiera Olvidar Tus Ojos-Tango

(Sandoval-Albeniz).

Beniamino Gigli (Tenor). Carino Gaucho-Tango (Ganaro-

Demare-Paiva).

Pat

—

Milonguita

Lin- Tango (Delfino ing)....Orquesta Tipica Francisco Ganaro with vocal refrain. Bouquet Of Spanish Songs,

Sevillian Serenaders. Triana ("Iberia”—Albeniz),

Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano), 9.30 p.m.-London Relay--The News. 9.50 p.m.-Vocal & Humorous Variety.

Humorous-Peter At The Pictures (J. J. Bell); The Young Laird's Toast Of Robert Burns (Author Unknown)......William McCulloch

(humorous nionologue). Vocal-Taught Me How To Play The Second Fiddle (Lyndhart, Moder & Dahl); I'm A Specialist (Charles "Chic" Sale).. .Frank Grumit

-(Tenor).

series for New Zealand listeners. A New Zealandor (Jack Lovélock) and an Englishman (John Maude) dis- cuss the news from London. 6.50 a.m.-The News and Announce- .ments. Greenwich Time Signal at

7 a.m.

7.15 a.m.-Close down.

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies-

GSJ 21.53 Mc/s (13.98 m.) GSE 21.47 Mc/s (13.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s. (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) 10.45 a.m-Big Ben. Music Hall. 11.45 a.m.-Programme of Russiar

Music.

12.10 p.m.-County Cricket: Middlesex v. Gloucester, and Lancashire v. Der- byshire. Commentaries during the first day's play, by P. G. H. Fender from Lord's Cricket Ground, London, and Howard Marshall from Aigburth Cricket Ground. Liverpool. 12.30 p.m.-The Chamber Music of Mo-

Scottish Or-

zart.

chestra.

ments. 1.45 p.m. 1.57 p.m.-Close down.

Vocal-You're Here, You're There 12.55 p.m.-The' B.B.C.

(Loeb-Kahal); A Little Co-opera-

Announce tion from

You (From "Going 1.30 p.m.-The News and

·Greek')

Greenwich Time Signal at Judy Shirley with Or, chestra. Humorous Whoops We Go Again (Al & Bob Harvey); We Like Eliza (Al & Bob Harvey)............Al and Bob Harvey (Comedians) with Orches- tra.

10.15 p.m.-Dance Music. 11 p.m.-Close down.

BROADCAST FROM

DAVENTRY

TRANSMISSION 1

Frequencies-

GBG 17.79 Mc/w (16.86 m.) GSO 15.18 Mc/s (19.76 m.) GSD 11.75 Mc/s (25.53 m.) GSB 9:51 me/e (81.554 mi),

TRANSMISSION 3

· GSF 21.47 Mc/≈ (18.97 m.) GSG 17.79 Mc/s (16.88 m.) GSF 15.14 Mc/s (19.82 m.) GSJ (to 3.30 p.m.) 21.53 Mc/s Frequencies-

1.57 p.m. Opening Announcements. 2 p.m.-Big Ben, Segovia (Guitar)."' 2.15 p.m.-The B.B.C. Empire. Orches-

tra.

3.15 p.m.-Take your Choice,' A week-

ly entertainment feature,

4 p.m.-The News and Announcements.. Greenwich Time Signal at 4.15 p.m. 4.20 p.m.Dance Music. Harry Saville

and his Band.

4.40 p.m.-World Affairs. A talk by

H. V. Hodson.,

5 p.m.-Close down.`

What's On At

the Cinemas

AT THE KING'S "Farewell Again",ƒ AT THE STAR-“Damsel In Dis- with-Leslie Banks-and-Flora-Robson.-tress."-Dealing-with-a-shy-American- A true story based on newspaper ac-dancer's efforts to rescue" a British counts. A picture rich in human in- girl from her matrimonial troubles. terest and woven round a home-coming|Fred `Astaire's new starring picture battalion who are ordered abroad with Burns and. Allen and Joan Fon- again a short while after their arrival. taine.

**

*

*

Answer: You must pass. Part- score or no part-score, you dare not "stick your neck out" with any bid or double. A no trump over 1 dia. call, for instance, would risk & Pass

[Two set.

points Pass. demerit for any call other than a

West opened the diamond king pass].

Question 36: Both sides vulner-and, when he saw the dummy and able. You are South. The bidding particularly the doubleton club, and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney's

rightly concluded that the best line full length feature, Heralde wherever AT THE proceeds:

of attack was to destroy 'dummy's try. Children and adults

shown as the masterpiece of the indus- West

alike will ruffling power. Hence, he shifted enjoy the picture... to a trump. Dummy's queen won and a low club was led toward the closed hand;

1 heart

North East South Double Pass

You hold:

S. K 10 9-75 H. 2

?...

AT THE QUEEN'S—"Snow White

لي عدد

?

**

*

a.

ORIENTAL"Breakfast for Two", with Herbert Marshall, Bar- bara Stanwyck, Glenda Farrell and Eric Blore. The picture deals in merry fashion with the determined ef- forts of a wealthy Texas girl to make AT THE ALHAMBRA—“I Cover the man out of the playboy with whom D. A 10 8.6° C.-Q.

War."-Starring John Wayne and hav-she has fallen in love. What call do you make?

It should be noted that since de- Arab tribes against British rule in ing as its background, ithe, revolt of Answer: You should respond to clarer had determined to play East Mesopotamia, the picture, tells.... oft a the takeout double with two spades, for the club ace he did not make little known episode in history. Wayne AT THE MAJESTIC “Dancing Pir- Were you to bid only one spade the mistake of killing dummy's portrays a daredevil American camera-ate", with Charles Collins, Steffi Duna, your partner could not credit you club ten on the same trick with his dan who is assigned to the dangerous Frank Morgan, Luis Alberni, Victor with anything like the honour and own king. East naturally ducked and sinister native chieftain. The cast punctuated with musical surprises. The task of photographing a mysterious Varconi and Jack La Rue. Gay comedy, playing strength that you actual- and the club king held. The low includes Gwen Gaze; Don Barclay, Pat first dancing romance filmed wholly in ly hold, and might not even risk club was returned, West (correctly Somerset and Major Sam Harris, technicolour, raising. You must inform partner, ducking, and East won. (Obviously, that yours is not merely a forced had West put up the queen, East's response. [Three points demerit ace would have been ruffed out on for any response other than two the next round.) East returned a spades.]

spade, but there still was one pre- TO-DAY'S QUESTION cious trump left in dummy.

De- Question 87: You are West, de- clarer now had equals in' clubs, clarer, at a four spade contract in namely, the jack-9. He led the rubber bridge. Opponents made no jack, and, although West tried to bid. Your hand and dummy are as conceal the queen by hastily duc-

follows:

WEST: S.-A Q 8 5 4

H.-A 8 6 2

D.-7 3

C.-A 5

king, declarer properly let the jack

EAST. [Dummy] | ride. Declarer knew that if-East

8.—7 16 3 2:

H.-K 75% D-AK 4 C-682 North opens the diamond frueen. How do you play the hand?

“TO-DAY'S HAND

East, dealer.

Neither side vulnerable.

had originally held both the ace and queen of clubs he would have played the ace on the first club' lead. There would have been no point, in any other player finesse holding, declarer now runs! out the nine spot and” finally' conceded wa...heart...; trick, having fulfilled his contract.

THE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL";

HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL;

& SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL,

HOTELS

AL QUALEROYS 3.

oldądany trodd (9-194 LIMITED

nobriži utusauH 2 2 juta

Hotel de

SEQULAQUÍ

si mət “a Wagoma" Litu,. Pélping