1939-12-14 — Page 16

MUTT AND JEFF

VËS, SPIVIS! «YOU WISH

TO CONVERSE WITH JEFF?,

HOLD THE WIRE!

I WONDER WHAT HE WANTS!

CHEERIO, SPIVIS! WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND? ---- SURE I CAN SPELL IT!

IT'S STELLED H-I-P-PO~~ER- H-1-P

(IT'S H·I-P-P-O

MMM-ES JUST A SECOND NOW.

I AIN'T QUITE SURE

OF THE NEXT LETTER

H-I-P-PO--

JEFF!

OH, JEFF!

WHAT?

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 14, 1939

THE WORD IS SPELLED H-1-PP-O PO-T-A-M·B-S!

By BUD FISHER

YOU'RE GOOFY! WHO EVER HEARD:

OF SPELLING

HYPOCRITE LIKE THAT?

Rolayed From

London: "The Maginot Line"

Today's Wireless

5.45 p.m.-STUDIO-Children's Hour.

6.45 p.m.-Some Welsh Songs.

with

The Frailty of Life (Nantglyn); The Blacksmith's Song (Hiralthog).... William Edwards (Tenor) Harp accomp. by Telynores Gwyngyll.

The little thatched cottage (arr. Os- David of the borne Roberts); White Rock (arr. Osborn Roberts) ..Leila Megane (Contralto) with Piano.

an

hour of Dance

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

9.52 Megacycles

Tiger]

Waltz-When The Leaves Bid The Trees Goodbye......Len Fillis & His Hawaiian Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Bugle Call Rag;

Rag....The Ballyhooligans. Slow Fox-Trot-Star Dust Covered Bundle....Joe Loss & His Orch.

Bells Jingle Tangos-Twilight;

Bohr's Argentine Tango

....E. Orchestra. Fox-Trot-You Were There (from "To-night at 8.30')....The Phoenix Theatre Orchestra.

6.58 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions. 7.00 p.m.-Hal

Music. Fox-Trot-I'd Like To See Samoa of Samoa (film '52nd Street'); Tango -Lonely Troubadour....Manto- 17.30 vani & His Orchestra.

p.m. - LONDON RELAY News.

The

Stenka 8.03 p.m. - GLAZOUNOW

Razine. Orchestra of the Brussels Royal Conservatoire.

Bach and 8.17 p.m. — STUDIO —— A

Elgar Programme by Peter Gracey (Plano).

Talk on "An 8.45 p.m. - STUDIO

Englishman's Impressions of Chung- king".

-

9.05 p.m.-SONGS by Keith Falkner

(Baritone).

A Song Doesn't Care (film 'Mayfair

Melody').

Slow Fox-Trot-Say The Word and 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather | SOCCER

It's Yours (film 'First a Girl');

Report and Announcements.

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 heaten every other system in existence.

A RESULT PLAYER

South now pointed out, "First of all, had stopped spades and I got a favourable opening, whereas a proceeded

bidding the four

had

some

|

"Victorian Melodies:"

B.B.C. Recording

Without The Moon (film 'Mayfair

Melody').

San Diego Betty (film 'Mayfair

Melody').

.with Orchestra and Chorus. News 9.16 p.m.-LONDON RELAY

Summary. 9.30 p.m.-B.B.C. RECORDING—“Vic- torian Melodies". Musical Sequence of Old Favourites. Produced and conducted by Stanford Robinson.

"The 10.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY →

A feature pro- Maginot Line".

gramme of troops on the Western Front.

11.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY—“Back-

ground to News". 11.15 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN,

ISOBEL'S

CHINA'S TEAM SUCCESS

The following players have been se- lected to represent China in her foot- ball match against Ireland in the first game of the "Sunday Herald" Interna- tional Charity Cup to be played Caroline Hill, on Sunday:

on

Tam Kwan-hon (S.C.A.A.): Lee Tin-sang

Lau Che-cham (Eastern); Hsu King-cheng (S.C.A.A.); Lee Kwok-wai (Kwong Wah): (Eastern); Lau Chung-sang (5.C.A.A.); Yeung Shul-yick (S.C.A.A.); Fung King- cheong (S.C.A.A.); Lee Wal-tong, Captain, Chang Kum-hai (S.C.A.A.);

(Eastern). Hau Chin-to

Mak Shiu-hon, Chan

(Eastern):

The following is the result of a sweepstake race held by the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday.

Isobel Gull Jean La Linda Eve

Finished Pos.

1 17.11.19

17.17.01

2

17.17.38

3

17.24.20

4

D. N. F.

INTER-CLUB TENNIS

players will represent the K.C.C..

Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Millard, Mrs. Goodwin, Mrs. Stokes, Mrs. Madar, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Wexham.

Reserves.-Lau The Kowloon Bowling Green Club After at

(Eastern), to club would immediately have put me in-hon, Lau Wal-kuen, Tsang Chung-wan will entertain a mixed, doubles tennis Tak-fai team from the neighbouring Kowloon South

Tze Kam-hung Cricket Club on Sunday. Matches make seven, North was very indign-in difficulties. Second, the trumps all (S.C.A.A.), Chau Man-chi,

Cheuk Shek-kam (Kwong Wah), Manager will start at 2 p.m., and the following ant and said to his partner: "Inasmuch dropped, although I figured to lose one as you had a line hand and I gave trump trick and possibly two. Finally, Mr. W. H. Chen. you very strong bidding, don't you the diamond suit was so favourably distributed that I was able to finesse think you might have made effort to get to a Small Slam at least?" successfully first for the King and then South replied with some heat, "You for the ten." certainly are a 'result' player. True, I did have a fair hand, but my spade suit was weak. If you will just cool- ly judge the hand on its merits, you will find that we had far less than an 'even chance for even a Small Slam."

North, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

AKJES

AK 3

♡ A Q 2 OA 9865

North

Navy's Non-Appearance The First Division League football Middlesex Regiment admitted somewhat match between now sheepishly, "I guess It wouldn't have and Royal Navy, scheduled for next been a very good Slam contract after Saturday at Sookunpoo, but brought forward to yesterday afternoon on the all."

same ground at 4 p.m., was not held, the Navy failing to make an appear-

✡

*

容

Yesterday you were Howard Schen- ken's partner and held;

K JO

I'

10 9 4

J 10 9 8

Q 5 876

X

◊ K T

W

10 4 2 Q 10 #

3:8.

---The bidding:

Hurn-tane Pass

♡ K

A 9

The bidding:

North

Bast

10

PRAS

3

Pass

Равд

HIGH GARD VALUES

South West

Pais PAKS

Jacoby

(7) ·

Mchenken

Par

ANSWER: Your correct bid is to pass. There is a good chance that this hand is one of those where no- body can make anything, and if you very. keep still, the opponents are likely to get to a contract which you -can double and penalize, severaly.

Score 100% for pass, 0 for any other

Pass West had opened a heart and South | bid.

three rounds of had then drawn trumps, following which he led the

diamond Queen. West' had covered with its King and the diamond ten in East's hand had then been captured by a second finesse, Final- ly, Declarex MAJORING club had been discard- red on- dummy's dia”

ACE.

KING QUEEN 1 JACK. I

dhe ka tu mupt th

QUESTION NO. 288

shold:

ance,

The preliminary matches in the R.A. Cup polo competition which were scheduled to have taken place yesterday at Boundary Street, were postponed and will take place next Monday.

In, assoolation wi

Syndicate,

Messrs. H. W. Crabb (Captain), P. Wynter-Blyth, A. C. Perry, F. Ken- gelbacker, H. Wexham, G. E. Taylor, D. Curtis, and G. M. Gillard.

H.K.H.C. HELD

Hong Kong Hockey Club and Club de Recreio played a "goalless draw in a friendly game on Club ground, King's Park, yesterday.

Club, except for their goalkeeper, Re- Aelded a regular 1st XI team, creio, on the other hand, played ser veral reserved.

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