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The Royal Drive To Guildhall

THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 23, 1989

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In- tercession from St. John's Cathedral.

12.30 p.m.-Compositions of Mozart.

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.-,

9.52 megacycles)

1 p.m.-Local Time Signal and Wea-6 ̧p.m.—An hour of Dance Music.

ther Report.

1.03 p.m.-Elsie Carlisle (Vocal) and Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans.

Fatal Fascination--Fox-Trot (film)

'Ship Cafe'); Some Other Time- Fox-Trot....Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy Hotel Orpheans. Everyone Must Have A Sweetheart (Noel, Hart, Grundland); Proud Of You (David). .Elsie Carlisle (Vocal) with Orchestra, Sweet As A Song-Fox-Trot (film 'Sally, Irene and Mary'); Please Be Kind-Fox-Trot

Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel. Or- pheans.

Star Gazing (Symes, Nelburg, Levin- son); Conversation For Two (My- sels, Hueston, Emmerich).....Elsie Carlisle (Vocal) with Orchestra. George Gershwin-Medley.....Carroll Gibbons & the Savoy Hotel Or- pheans.

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

1.40 p.m.-Musical Comedy 'He Wanted Adventure". Recorded on the Stage Miniature Presentation, Singers in order of appearance: Bobby Howes; Judy Gunn; Marie Burke; Raymond Newell; Wylie Watson and Theatre Chorus with Theatre. Orchestra con- ducted by Joseph Tunbridge. 2.15 p.m.-Close down.

(Tenor),

with

Whiteman & His Swing Music. Fox-Trots-Orient Nights; Strolling 7 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quotations.

In The Park....Billy Bartholemew 7,02-p.m.—Frank - Titterton and His Dance Orchestra.

Doris Vane (Soprano) and the New Fox-Trots Squeeze Me; Royal Gar- Light Symphony Orchestrá.

den Blues....Bob Crosby and His In An Old Fashioned Town (Squire); Orchestra.

My Dear Soul (Sanderson) Frank Titterton (Tenor) Piano. Monastery Bella (Wely); The Mill In The Forest (Eilenberg)........New Light Symphony Orchestra. A. Summer Night (Marzials & Thomas); My Dearest Heart (Sul- livan)......Doris Vane (Soprano) with Piano and 'Cello Obbligato. Narcissus (Nevin); Spring Song

(Mendelssohn)

New Light

Waltzes Waltz Of My Heart (from "The Dancing Years); I Can Give You The Starlight (from "The Dancing Years')....New Mayfair Orchestra.

Fox-Trots-Where

Tan-

Is Alexander?; Frankie And Johnnie.....The Six Swingers directed by George Scott Wood. Rumba-Buscando Millonaria;

go-El Adios Del Boyero......Or- questa Tipica Roberto Firpo. Fox-Trots-When My Ship Comes In (film 'Kid Millions'); An Earful Of Music (film 'Kid Millions')....Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees. Waltz-The Dawn Of Love; Tango-

Majanah!..............Dajos Bela Dance

Orchestra. Fox-Trots-I've Got A Date With A Dream (from 'My lucky star'); This May Be The Night (from 'My lucky star')....

..Henry King & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots Golden Heart; Thru' The Courtesy Of Love (film 'The Voice of Scandal')....Billy Thorburn & His Music. Fox-Trot-Mutiny In The Nursery Paul (film 'Going Places')

Minning

CONTRACT

(By the Four Aces)

David, Bruce Burnstone, Merion D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system

that has beaten every other system in existence.

CUE-BID INVITES SLAM

South, Dealer

Oswald Jacoby A Q

♡ Q J 10

OAK J3 2

♣ J 8 6 4

KJ 10 8

6 4 K-9-7-2

W

◊ 9

5 3

A 732

♡ 86543 ◊. Q.10.

minh 6 107

A 9 5

♡ A

◊ 8 7 6 6 4

SAK 9 2

Howard Schenken

The bidding:

South

West

North -

10

1A

૩૦

Bast Pass

3A

Pass

50

Pass

60

Pass

Pass

Pass

There was nothing to the play of the above hand, taken from a qualifying round of the recent Vanderbilt. Cup tournament. The bidding is interesting from the standpoint that it re- presents one of those

VISH GARS VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACÈS WYRTEN

ACE 3 KING QUEEN.1 JACK... Two

hence contracted for the Slam, which was of course a laydown.

As a matter of fact, Mr. Schen- ken could have made seven if he had cared to play West for both

New

Symphony Orchestra. Oh! No John (arr. Sharp).... Frank

Titterton (Tenor) with Piano. Prelude (Haydn Wood); Parade Of The Tin Soldiers (Jessel); Police- man's Holiday (Ewing).. Light Symphony Orchestra. 7.40 p.m.-Concert Waltzes.

Souvenir Fleuri

Un (Composer known); Coeur Ardent (Composer) Unknown)....Nullo Romani & His Orchestra with Hawaiian Guitar. "The Chocolate Soldier"-My Hero (0. Strauss); "The Merry Widow" -Waltz (Lehar)....Paul White- man & His Orchestra. Farmyard

King's Speech Relayed

From Daventry

9.10 p.m.-London Relay H.M. The King's Speech from Guildball," Lou- don. Compositions of Sir Edward Elgar.

Imperial March, Op. 32...The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra cond. by Sir Adrian Boult.

Triumphal March (from 'Caracta- cus', Op. 35)....London Symphony Orchestra cond. by Lawrance Col- lingwood under the direction of the Composer.

Pomp And Circumstance March (No. 8 In C Minor); Pomp And Circumstance March (No. 4 In G)....London Symphony Orches- tra cond. by The Composer. 9.50 p.m.-Next week's programme. 9.55 p.m. --- A Light Scottish Pro-

gramme.

&

There's Nae Luck-About The Hoose (arr. Macpherson Pentland); Wee Willie Winkie (Roberton)............. Boyd Steven (Soprano) with Piano. Meg Merrilees (arr. Diack); Glasgow Highlanders (arr. Diack)....Scot- tish Country Dance Orchestra con- ducted by Michael Diack, Skye Boat Song (Trad.-arr. Mal- colm Lawson); Sound The Pibroch (Trad-arr. J. K. Lees).....Ale- xander Macgregor (Baritone) with Piano accom. by Gerald Moore. Scottish Melodies (arr. Moffat). In- tro: Introduction; Annie Laurie; Inverness Gathering Reel; Turn Ye to Me; Bagpipe Imitation.. Florence Macbride (Violin) with Piano.

Waltz (Folk Tune); Springtime Waltz (Composer Un- known)......

Harry Continental Novelty Orchestra.

8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Military Band Music.

Orpheus In The Underworld-Over- ture (Offenbach). ... The Black Dyke Mills Band cond. by Arthur Q. Pearce. Nautical Moments (arr. Winter & Duthoit). Intro: Lowland Sea; Ad- miral Fisher's Favourite; Saucy Arethusa; Duke of Gloucester; Rocked in The Cradle of The Deep; Tight Little Island; Bay of Biscay; Rule Britannia

Regimental Band of H.M. Grenadier Guards cond. by Capt. G. Miller.

Lauder-Vocal Gems (arr. Byng). Intro: Tobermory; Stop your tickling Jock; The Kilty Lads; She is my Rosie; She is my Daisy....Scottish Male Voice Sin- gers with Orchestra.

"Trout 10.25. p.m. London Relay

Fishing'. A fly fisherman in Shrop- shire. A commentary on the art of casting a fly by "Willow," a well- known local fisherman, and David Gretton. Recorded on the banks of a Shropshire stream. 10.45 p.m.-Dance Music.

Le Pere La Victoire (Ganne); Mar- che Lorraine (Ganne)....The. Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards cond. by Capt. Windram. 8.20 p.m.-London Relay-Commentary on the drive of Their Majesties the King and Queen to Guildhall, London, 8.45 p.m.-London Relay The News. (11

Quickstep-Don't You Care What Anyone Says....... 'Gerry Moore (Piano).

Tangos-Desconfiale; Novia ... Or- questa Tipica Francisco Canaro. Quickstep Why Isn't It You? ('Crest of the Wave'-Novello): Waltz-If You Only Knew ('Crest of the Wave'-Novello)......Henry Jacques & His Correct Dance Tem- po Orchestra. p.m.—Clöse down.

the Queen and ten of clubs. How What's On At the Cinemas

ever, since

....

the match was total

A

points, he used a safety play to

AT THE MAJESTIC -- “Blackwell'si --AT THE ORIENTAL—“Zaza”. guard against any possibility of Island". A swiftly-paced drama des- classic of stage and screen is reborn losing two club tricks, first play-pite the fact that it is a glaring revela- in sumptuous style. The powerful and ing the Ace of clubs and then aspects of life at a city prison on one stronger than life itself, set against a tion of some of the more unpleasant dramatic tale of an illicit love that is leading a small one toward dummy of America's islands in the East River. glittering background of Parisian With John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, vaudeville. Supporting Claudette Col- Dick Purcell, Victor Jory, Stanley bert, the splendid cast includes Herbert Fields and Morgan Conway.

Marshall, Bert Lehr, Helen Westley, * *

Constance Collier, Genevieve Tobin and Walter Catlett.

*

**

*

You were David Bruce Burn- stone's partner

yesterday, both sides were vulnerable and you held:

int 14

A KIXI

I x

The bidding:

Jacoby

Dbl.

Barnstone Redbl.

(?)

Maler 2♡

*

AT THE STAR-“Listen Darling", with Freddie Bartholomew, Judy Gar land, Mary Astor, Walter Pidgeon, Alan Hale and Scotty Beckett.

*

*

*

AT THE CATHAY "We're Going to be Rich", with Gracie Fields, Victor

Brian McLaglen,

Donlevy, Coral AT THE KING'S "Submarine Pa-Browne, Ted Smith and Gus McNaugh- trol". An assortment of civilian odds

ton England's famous comedienne and ends, bent on dodging war service, teamed with Vic and Brian in a swift, are ordered to sea in a flimsy wooden hard-hitting drama of gold-rush days shell and find themselves in a raging in Johnnesburg; with Gracie singing hell of spiked mines and enemy sub- her latest hits and a couple of old fa- ANSWER: Your. correct bid is marines to emerge finally as first class vourites as well.

fighting men. A stirring tale with a Slams which usually to pass. Your partner's redouble great cast headed by Richard Greene, are difficult to bid has shown strength and also in-Nancy Kelly, Preston Foster, Slim AT THE ALHAMBRA-The Lady due to the fact that dicated that he will take some Summerville, George Bancroft, John Fights Back", with Kent Taylor, and the opening bidder action if you pass the two-heart Carradine, Joan Valerie, Henry Armet Irene Hervey.

ta and Warren Hyner. is so weak in trumps. bid around to him. He will either However, in spite of double two hearts or make some this weakness, Mr. other bid.

Schenken's opening Score 100% for. pass, 60% for diamond bid was very sound, and two spades, 50% for three spades, after Mr. Jacoby's jump raise, he 0 for any other bid.

felt strong enough to invite the Slam, which he did by means of

QUESTION NO. 133 Oswald Jacoby is your partner.

the control-showing. bid in You are the dealer and hold: spades the suit bid by his opponent.

Mr. Jacoby's second jump to Ave diamonds confirmed the fact that he was very strong in that suit, and furthermore indicated that he wanted his partner to bid six if possible. If Mr. Jacoby had wanted to sign off, he would mere- ly have bid four diamonds. Ac cordingly, Mr, Schenken now real- ised that there was little likelihood of losing a diamond trick, and Inc.)

A J V.K.Q XX

The bidding?:

Yon Schenken Jacpby Maler

Paes 1V

2♡

Pasa (7)

What do you bid? (Angwer tomorrow:)

(Released, By The Bell Syndicate

dern Arcadia.

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