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MUTT AND JEFF

A

JEFF YOU AND MUTTLÅRE ACCUSED OF DISTURBING | THE-ENTIRE-NEIGHBORHOOD LAST NIGHT. WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY FOR

YOURSELF?

IT WAS THI WAY, JUDGE- ME AND MUTT HAD AN ARGUMENT-

HE CALLED ME A WORM.

AND I SOCKED HIM WITH A BAT! UP HE 'HOPS AND SOCKS ́ME IN THE EYE-

THEN I POKES HIM ONE IN THE NOSE AND HE SOCKS ME ON THE BEAN WITH A BRICK!]

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 17, 1939

THEN I HITS HIME WITH A CHAIR AND HE RETALIATES WITH A KICK IN THE FACE -

By BUD FISHER

AND THEN JUDGE,

"THEN BOTH OF US ĮGETS MAD AND *STARTS TO FIGHT!

10-10

Another "Musical

Cocktail" by

Erich Porges

Today's Wireless

2.15 p.m.-Close down. 6.00 p.m.-Musical Comedy Selections. "Stop Press" Selection....New May- fair Orchestra with Vocal Refrain, "Music In The Air"-Vocal Gems (Hammerstein & Kern)....Light Opera Company with Orchestra. "Going Greek"--Selection....Debroy Somers Band with Vocal Trio. 6.25 p.m.An hour of Dance Music.

Tangos-El Adios; Paciencia....Or- questa Tipica Francisco Canaro.

In The Fox-Trots-Two Shadows

Moonlight; Moon At Sea....Billy Thorburn & His Music.

I'm Feelin' Fox-Trots-Caravan;

Like A Million (film 'Broadway Melody of 1938').... Nat Gonella & His Georgians.

Tangos-Fortuna; Fireflowers.... Ro-

bert Renard Dance Orchestra. Slow Fox-Trot-Once In A While;

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. 9.52 megacycles)

Waltz-Giannina Mia (film 'Fire- fly')......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra, Fox-Trots-Ten Pretty Girls; Oh, They're Touch-Mighty Touch In The West....Nat Gonella & His Georgians.

Fox-Trot-I Saw A Ship A-Sailing: Waltz-The Greatest Mistake Of My Life..... Henry Jacques with His Correct Dance Tempo Orch. Fox-Trots You're Looking For Romance; In Cherry Blossom Lane .Eddie Carroll & The Casani Club Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Don't You Care What

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- ken..

World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.

DISCARD FROM DUMMY

opens the

won with

Anyone Says; I Never Knew..... Teddy Foster & His Kings of Swing.

Waltz The Waltz Lives On (film 'Big Broadcast of 1938'); Fox-Trot -You Took The Words Right Out Of My Heart (film 'Big Broadcast of 1938')....Henry Jacques & His Correct Dance Tempo Orchestra. 7.28 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

Foort at the 7.30 p.m. - Organ.

tions.

Reginald

"Musical 7.40 p.m.--Studio-Another

Cocktal!" by Erich Porges (Piano) (From Jimmy's Kitchen). 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Cesar Franck-8ymphony in D Minor. Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski,

GOLF STARTING TIMES

FOR SUNDAY

ishar

Cesar Franck Symphony In

D Minor

8.43 p.m.-Piano

Joyce.

Recital by Eileen

9.05 p.m.-Studio-Comments on Re-

cent Events.

9.15 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 9.30 p.m-London Relay-"World Af-

fairs".

9.45 p.m. Verdi's "La Traviata" Act 11. Singers in order of appearance: Mercedes Capsir (Soprano); Ida Conti (Contralto); Baccaloni (Bari- tone); Cecil (Tenor); Caleffi (Bari- toe); with Full Chorus of La Scala, Milan Symphony Or- Milan, and chestra conducted by, Lorenzo Mo- lajoli.

10.17 p.m/Light Orchestral,

Midnight Rose (D'Erlanger).... Sym-

phony Orchestra.

St.

Chimes

Waltz

(J.

Mary's Strauss, arr. Seitberger)....Marek Weber & His Orchestra.”

10.30 p.m.-London

from the Shows". gramme.

Relay "Songs

A Variety Pro-

11.00 p.m.-London Relay-"In Eng-

land Now". 11.15 p.m.-Close down.

10.44

10.48

"

Following are the Royal Hong Kong | 10.52 Golf Club starting times for Fanling 10.56 on Sunday:

OLD COURSE 9.16 a.m. F. D. Hunter, R. Young.

G. C. Worrall, N. D. Lloyd. | 11.20 H. E. the Governor, S. H. Dodwell.

"

11.00

19

11.04

11.08

9.20

1

I. M. Rowland, E. J. Fag- giano.

29

11.12

11

9.24

"

A. N. and Q. A. A. Mac- fadyen.

11.16

"

9.28

"

9.32

11.24

the

"

9.36

**

J. W. Clague, B. O, Bald- win.

11.28

11

9.40

9.44 9.48

71

"

9.52

9.56

10.00

10.04

10.08

37

J. B. Harrison, Walker,

Let us suppose that you are South,, the heart Ace. playing this hand at a three-notrump On this reasoning East returned a

Jack of heart. His partner West contract. clubs. What is your discard from the Ace and played his remaining heart North hand? Your play is of vital through dummy's King-Jack. The importance for in this very unusual defence was then able to win three hand the dummy was squeezed on heart tricks and the two Aces to set However, if the De- the contract. the opening lead.

clarer (and you) had discarded either a diamond or a spade on the opening lead, the game could not have been beaten.

South, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable ★ K Q 6 3 ♡ K J 94

A974

VA 6

◊ 10 7 3

31096

2

J 985 2

A 10 8 5

♡ Q 8 7 2

W

◊ A. G

A 6 4 8

AJ 2

10 6 3

OK Q 4

**

*

*

Yesterday, with neither side vul- | 10.12 nerable, you were David Bruce Burn- stone's partner and held:

:::

P. Morrison, L. M. S. Lloyd. A. E. Lissaman, A. N. Other.

D. J. Gilmore, A. Sommer- felt.

R. J. Shrigley, F. C. Young. S. S. Church, M. D. Cooper.

R. H. Gregory, M. Pollock. W. A. Stewart, T. Low.

S. C. Feltham, D. G. G. AI-

Thomson.

C. C. Willson, W. Cruick-' shank.

B. D. Evans, D. D. Forbes. H. C. Watson, P. C. Jackson. G. A. Lieper, W. Park.

A. B. Purves, W. J. S. Key. Major Hogg, Major Heane. Col. Smith, Capt. MacPher-

son.

Col. Shackleton, Capt. Hel- by.

Major Rudolf, Capt. Tracey. Capt. Reidy, R. S. M. Ed- dleston.

R. G. Gray, Licut. Carter. Capt. Bowen, Major Tem- ple.

NEW COURSE

9.24 a.m. Mrs. Mackenzie, Miss Cul-

bertson.

W. N. A. and Mrs. Smalley. D. M. MacDougall, T. Me- garry.

Major Johnstone, Major Meek.

Mrs. Stewart, Mrs. Low.

E. G. Price, R. R. de L. Liesching.

H. B... Williamson, Pritchard..

E. A.

9.32

9.40

"

9.48

17

R. J. K.

9.56

"

10.04

len.

10.08

"

10.16

D. S. Edward,

W. W. C.

*

Shewan.

:10.16:

"

10.20

T. E. Pearce, H. G. Sheldon.

10.20

"

*

10.24

AKI I

J. M. Pearson, P. E. Annis.

10.28

◊ x x x x

Q.10 x I

"

H. C. Margrett, Wing Cdr. 10.28 Steele Perkins.

"

son.

10.32

The bidding: Barnstone

L, Goldman, G. R. Riddell | 10.36 Carre.

#

10.44

E

You

Jacoby

P3

10.36 H. Overy, W. J. E. Mac-

kenzie. 10.40

N. K. Littlejohn, G. B. S.

Mrs. Margrett, Mrs. Steele Perkins.

i

10.52

R. C. Stewart, W. J. Fulker. A. A. M. Elliott, R. G. Ste- wart.

Mrs. Edward, Miss Robin-

Mrs. Goldman, Mrs. Selby,

The bidding:

South

AK Q 8 7

West

North East

1

INT 30

Pass Pass ZA

10

3NT

Pass Pass

30

Pass Pass Pass

Pass

Pass

As actually played (after West's opening of the club Jack), South discarded a heart from dummy and East won the trick with the club Ace. East came to the con- clusion that the open- ing lead had marked South with both the King and Queen of clubs, and thus there

HIGH CÁNO VALUES -

OF THE FBOR-ACKS SYSTEM

ACE.

KING

QUEEN 1

|

was no point: in re- turning the suit. Since 蘸 heart had

Maler 14

24 (7) ANSWER: Your correct bid is to. double. There is an excellent chance of inflicting a substantial penalty, but comparatively little charice for you to make a game.

Score 100% for

hearts, 20%

two

double, 40% for for two notrump,

I

for and other bid.

QUESTION NO 260 You are Oswald Jacoby's partner to-day and hold:

.

{

A AKI XXX ♡ Q.x x

◊ Ax

The bidding:

Hebenken

TO.

been

discarded, it appeared that Declarer,

was planning to win his tricks

other suits and therefore the

good chance that West would

Jacoby

Maior

You

1Pass (7) What do you bid? (Answer tomośrow.)

The Bell Syndicate,

Mrs. Overy, Mrs. Macken- zie.

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