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MUTT AND JEFF

Wow!

HEY, POP-

SHUSH-SH,

GERALD!

NO, NO.. QUIET!

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 28, 1939

By BUD FISHER

IT'S ALL RIGHT, POP!

I'M NOT GONNA SAY

ANYTHING! I'm JUST LOOKIN'

AT IT!

Dvorak's

"New World”

Symphony

Today's Wireless

5.45 p.m.--STUDIO-Children's Hour. 6.45 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.47 p.m.-The Hill Billles.

Ther's Gold In Dem Thar Hills

(Connor & Lisbona).

Headin' Home (film 'Here Comes

the Band').

Take Ma Boots Off When Ah Dies

(Carr).

Ole Faithful (Carr).

Pro-

7.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY - "The Butterfly that Stamped". One of Kipling's "Just-So" Stories. duced by Maurice Brown. 7.30 p.m. LONDON RELAY

News.

-The

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

9.52 Megacycles

7.45 p.m.-STUDIO-Talk by Dr. P. S. Selwyn-Clarke, Director of Medica! Services, "Campaign against Tuber- culosis".

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m. MOSZKOWSKI -From Foreign Lands--Suite. Berlin State Opera Orchestra conducted by Cle- mens Schmalstich.

8.15 p.m.-STUDIO Recital by Gas- ton D'Aquino (Tenor) with E. O'Nell

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.

A POOR TAKEOUT

Shaw at the Plano,

1. (a) II Sogno ("Manon"-Mas- senet); (b) Addio Mignon ("Mignon"Thomas); (c) Che Gelida Manina ("La Boheme"-- Puccini).

2. (a) Ammore Canta (Tagliaferri); (b) I Pescatore Canto (Tosti); (c) Lunn d'estate (Tosti). 8.45 p.m.-STUDIO --- "News Notes

from Home"-A talk. 9.05 p.m. - Reginald Foort at the

Organ. Palace Theatre Medley. Intro: She didn't say "yes" (Cat and the Fid- dle); Night and Day (A Gay Di- vorce); You're the cream in my coffee (Hold everything); Any- thing Goes (from same); Blue Room (The Girl Friend); Tea for Two (No, No, Nanette).... Regin- ald Fourt (Organ).

Seville (Cities of Romance'-Haydn Wood); Lulworth Cove (Shad- well).... Reginald Foort (Organ) and B.B.C. Variety Orchestra. 9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY News

Summary.

9.25 p.m.-DVORAK — Symphony No. 5 In E Minor, Op. 95 ("The New World"). The Royal Albert Hall Orchestra conducted by Sir Landon Donald.

10.04 p.m.-SONGS by Nan Maryska

There are only two reasons why a King of diamonds and gave his part-WIN FOR MISS player should ever take out ner a ruff. West then led the second his partner's business double. spade. East ruffed, then played a

The Arst is fear that the opponent may made his contract. The second reason is that the penalty obtained will be insufficient reward as compared with the game that he

fourth diamond, which West trumped. In addition to the two tricks he was set, South had passed up the nice penalty he would have received if he had left his partner in the double. expects to make. When

the latter But, worst of all, South have made reason is the case, the player should his own contract. After winning the be absolutely sure that he will first trick, he should have played the be able to make his own contract. For Ace and King of hearts and discard- example:

ed the King of spades. This would have limited the defence to two dia- monds and two trump tricks.

North, Dealer

North-South vulnerable North-South 40 on scoro

6

5 3

✓ 7 3

▲ AJ 10 4

*

t

*

Yesterday you were the dealer and

AK 9 6 2

held:

◇ J 10.5

04

A 10 7 6

K 8

7

QJ 10 8

5

O AK86a 442

0 9 8 7 8

♣ K Q J 986

The bidding:

North East

South

West

IV

Pass

2

Dbl.

Para

3

24 Pass

Pass

Pass

While South knew

his opponent could not make two spades, he thought he would be able to make three clubs, which would give him game and rubber.

HIGH CARE VALUES

OF THE FOUR-ACES SVITEM

ALE ....... KING QUFEN 1 JACK

East now

West opened a spade. Declarer played the ten from dummy and promptly led trump. Then the started! West, after winning with the

AK Q

♡ A Q 10

OAK 8

AK 76

ANSWER: Your correct opening bid is two clubs. While your hand is of balanced type and you have no five-card suit, it is. so strong in high cards that you can make a Slam if your partner has any long suit.

Score 100% for two clubs, 40% for three notrump (an underbid,) 20% for four notrump (crowds the bidding and may actually go down a trick.)

QUESTION NO. 294

partner and you hold:

To-day Howard Schenken is your

♡ I

10 X X

ÓA X X X X

♣ Kxxx

The bidding:

Bebenken fireworks

14

trump Ace, played

Jacoby

Burastoga You

Pass (1) What do you bid? (Answer Monday.) "

his singleton diamond. (Released by The Bell Syndicate,

cashed his Ace, Inc.)

CRAWHALL WILSON The following were the results of a sweepstake race Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday over held by the Royal

a distance of 3.15 miles: True Blue

Jean

Finished Pts.

16.21.57 I

16.22.25.5 2

Gull

(Miss H. Crawhall Wilson).

(Col. G. C. Gowlland).. La Linda

(Mrs. M. J. Johnstone).

(A. O. G. Mills). Kittiwake

16.24.55 3

12.25.09 4

16.29.08 5

(E. G. M. Bremner).

ISMAIL WINS

(Soprano).

Light Orchestral

Concert

Standchen (Serenade) (R. Strauss). Morgen (To-morrow) (R. Strauss). .with piano accomp. by Gerald Moore.

10.14 p.m.-VIOLIN SOLOS by Yehudi

Menuhin.

Caprice In G Minor, Op. 1, No. 6

(Paganini-Enesco).

Mother

Songs My

(Dvorak-Persinger).

Taught

Me

La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin (De-

bussy-Hartmann).

Allegro (Fiocco).

La Capricciosa (Ries).

with Plano accompaniment. 10.30 p.m.-Lawrence Tibbett (Bari. tone) in a Light Orchestral Concert. Tango Habanera (Payan, arr. Hart- ley); Obstination (Fontenailles, arr. Cook)....Alfredo Campoli & His Orchestra.

Without A Song (film "The Prodi- gal'); Life Is A Dream (film 'The Prodigal') Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone) with Orchestra. The Juggler (Groitzsch); March Of The Caucasian Chief (from 'Cau- casian Sketches'-Ippolitov-Ivan- ov)....Joseph,, Muscant & His Concert Orchestra,

Wanting You (film 'New Moon'); Lover, Come Back To Me (film 'New Moon')....Lawrence. Tibbett (Baritone) with Plano. . Valse Blue (Margis): Tesoro Mio-

Waltz (Becucci),

Orchestra Mascotte.

11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

UNITED SERVICES SOCCER TEAM

The following have been selected to re-

against the rest of the Colony at p.m. on present United Services in a soccer match

Monday, at the Navy ground, in ald of the B.W.O.F.

Robinson (Navy), Hill (Service Corps), Sheehan (Middlesex); Freshwater (Middle- sex), Lay! (Navy), Wilkinson (Middlesex); Phippens (Navy), Thorburn (Navy), Hos- sack (Royal Scots), Saw (Middlesex), Duf- fleld (R.A.O.C.).

Reserves: Moxham (Navy), (Middlesex).

(R.E.). Handy Rides (R.A.O.C.), and Pearson

TSANG CONVALESCING

Sammy Tsang, St. Joseph's goal-

S. A. Ismall (plus 25) beat A. Odell (plus keeper, who sustained a gash on the 11) by 83 points, 506-423, in the

second

Found of the Singles Handicap Competition

head when he collided

with an at the Hong Kong Bowling Alleys yesterday. upright in the game against South The winner received 42 points in addi- | China. "A" on Saturday, has left tion to his score of 157, 134 and 173. Odell | hospital but will be out of football for scored 123, 150 and 150.

another fortnight.

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