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MUTT AND JEFF

IT DON'T LOOK LIKE I'M GONNA HAVE A BIG CHRISTMAS FEED THIS YEAR!

IT SAYS' HERE ALL THE PRISONERS 1N JAIL ARE GONMA HAVE A FULL COURSE TURKEY DINHER THIS CHRISTMAS!

YOU MEAN SOUP AND TURKEY AND CRANBERRY SAUCE AND ALL THAT STUFF?

SURE! FROM SOUP [TO NUTS!

SOCK!

WHY YOU... YOU'LL GO TO

GAIL FOR THIS!

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 1, 1940

GÖÖDIE!

By BUD FISHER

ASSAULTING AN OFFICER

¡E À VERY SERIOUS OFFENSE

AND THAT CALLS FOR A

JAIL SENTENCE!

HOWEVER, I AM TOUCHED

| BY THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT - SEHTENEE SUSPENDED!

LET HIM GO, DUBAN'

Two Piano Recital By

The Ruffs

Today's Wireless

5.46 p.m.-8TUDIO-Children's Hour. 6.45 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota -

tions.

6.47 p.m.-HAWAIIAN SELECTIONS. Honolulu Sweetheart of Mine (Da- vis-Stanley); Along Miami Shore (Warren-Snodgrass)....Hilo Ha- wallan Orchestra. Waltzes-Blue Hawaii Schuster &

Others); Sparkling Waters of Wal- kiki (Davis-Williams) .... Hilo Hawallan Orchestra.

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

9.52 Megacycles

bertson of the University of H.K., Recently League of N. Medical Re.

China for Anti- presentative in

"Thanks for the Memory'); Quick- | 8.45 p.m.-STUDIO-Prof. R. C. Ro. step-Summer's End; Waltz-The First Quarrel; Quickstep-Cathe- dral In The Pines. 7.30 p.m.- LONDON RELAY —

News.

The

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

7.00 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC by Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra. Quickstep-Mine Alone (from 'Pa- prika'); Slow Fox-Trot-Magyar Melody (from 'Paprika'); Quick- | 8.23 p.m.-Compositions of Liszt. step-Sing A Song of Sunbeams (flin 'Eastside of Heaven'); Slow Fox-Trot

Can Heaven

Walt; Rumba-Green Eyes; Slow Fox- Trot-Two Sleepy People (film

8.03 p.m.-STUDIO-Two Plano Re- cital by Herbert and Bernhard Ruff (From the Gloucester Hotel).

ken

Hungarlan Rhapsody No. 2....Phi- ladelphia Symphony Orchestra. "Mefisto" Waltz, No. 1 Koussevitzky and Symphony Orchestra,

Winning

the

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

Serge Boston

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.

DON'T ALWAYS FINESSE

We trust that to-day's hand should | that East was leading from the King, prove something of an object lesson his opponent would win the trick to those players who cannot resist and then capture his Queen. On the taking every finesse that presents it- other hand, if West held the club self. Played by Michael T. Gottlieb, King,

would to cover

be equally one of our finest players, the contract fatal. Mr. Gottlieb recalled that East, was made mainly because Mr. Gottlieb who had passed originally, had al- was able to foresee that an unsuccess-ready shown up with the spade Acc ful finesse would prove fatal.

East, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

10 5

8 7 2

AQ 9 6 3 OJ 8 6

94

N

A 6 3

J 10 9 4

OQ 10 7 2 W

K 6 3

K Q5

♡ K J

◊ 9 5 4

8 7 4 *

◇ AK 3

J 10 8

7 2

♣ AQ5

Mr. Gottliek

The bidding: East South Pass INT Pass 3NT Pasi Pass

West

North

2V Pass

FISH CARE VALUES

and the King-Jack of hearts. If East also held the King-Jack-ten of clubs, reasoned Mr. Gottlieb, he would surely have opened the bidding. Mr. Gottlieb therefore played a low club, and while his Queen fell on the next round, the club suit was "effectually blocked and the defence could win no more tricks.

*

Yesterday you were Schenken's partner and held:

♡ A XXX

◊ JX X

A 10 x

The bidding: schenken

10 ANSWER:

Howard

Jacoby You Bumstone

Pass (7)

Your correct response

Since is one heart.

the One-over- One response is far preferable to no- trump, you may shade your biddable

Score 100% for one heart, 50% for one notrump.

QUESTION NO. 328

West opened the Jack of spades and East, concluding that Mr Gott-suit requirements. lieb held both the King and Queen, went right up with his Ace and shifted to the Jack of clubsRs- fusing to finesse, Gottliek played, the Ace, thong lan to dummy, again going up: with

ی ہو

K!

JACK

lab played a

the Ace. Re-entering his hand with the dia- mond Ace, Mr. Goft

heart, which East

East now. pi placing Mr. Gottli

You are David Bruce Burnstone's partner. Both sides are vulnerable, Both have 60 on oore, and you hold:"

Syndicate.

Epidemic Work on "Some Medica! Yunnan-Burmah Problems of the Highway."

9.05 p.m.-Paul

Robeson

Plantation Bongs.

(Bass) In

My Old Kentucky Home (Foster). Poor Old Joe (Traditional). Old Folks At Home (Traditional).

....with Orchestral accomp. 9.15 p.m. LONDON RELAY

News Bummary.

The

ROYAL SCOTS' BOXING

Keen competition was seen in the finals of the Inter-Company Novices Boxing Competition of the Royal Scots Regiment last night, B. Com- pany beat C. Company 27-17, sults:

Children's Hour : " Pagliacci"

9.30 p.m.THE B.B.C. SYMPHONY

ORCHESTRA.

Overture "Fingal's Cave", Op. 26

(Mendelssohn).

"Aida"-Grand March (Verdi).

9.45 p.m.-LEONCAVALLO'S "I PA. GLIACCI". Characters and Soloists in order of appearance: Mario Ba- siola (Baritone). Tonio, a clown: Gigli (Tenor)....Canio, Leader of village comedy troupe; G. Nessi (Tenor) ...Beppe, Harlequin; Iva Pacetti (Soprano)....Nedda, Canio's wife Columbine; Paci (Baritone) .Silvio, a villager in love with Nedda; with Members of La Scala Orchestra and Chorus, Milan. 11.00 p.m.-LONDON RELAY—"Back.

ground to the News".

11.16 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

LAWN BOWLS

In a game of bowls at Government House yesterday, a team led by H. E. the Governor beat U.S.R.C. by 6 shots. Sir E. P. C. Collin, N. L. Smith, Re-Atholl MacGregor, E. Searl beat Lea- vitt, T. R. Rowell, Colson, P. Young- Bantam.-Pte. Gorman (B) lost to husband, 27-21. Pte. Couch (C),

beat (B)

Feather.-L/Cpl. Bruce (B) Pte. Cochrane (C), Pte. O'Neil beat Ple. Clelland (C).

Light.-Ple. Spooner (B) beat, Ple. Scott (C), L/Cpl. Burns (B) beat Pte. Hynes (C). Pte. Smith (B) beat Pte. Brotherton (C).

Welter.-L/Cpl. Hunter (B) beat Pte. Downs (C) by K. O. Pte. Ross

(B) beat L/Cpl. Darkins (C). Pie. Symons (B) beat Pte. Ross (C).

Middle.-Pte. Parnaby lost to Pte. Creig (C) by K. O. In the first round. Cpl. Allan (B) lost to Pte. Adams

W. Walker, I. Newton, J. Deakin, Sir Geoffry Northcote lost to J. Moffat, E. D. Mathews, B. D. Evans, H. H. Williams, 19-20.

A.

W. Cornell, R. E. Lindsell, J. Fraser, S. H. Dodwell beat Hubbar, J. T. Smalley, G. Milne, J. White, 18- 17.

YACHTING RESULTS Following was the result of a sweep- (C). Pte. Clark (B) beat Ple. Lennox stake race held by Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. yesterday over 7.4

(C) by T. K. O. in the first round.

Light Heavy-Pte. Groves (B) lost miles: to Lt. Pinkerton (C). Lt. Cuthbertson beat L/Cpl. Coombe (C).

Jean

Welter,-Pte. Dingwall (B) receiv~ ed walk over from Pte. Hossack (C). | Gull

SATURDAY'S R.E. TEAM

on

Following will represent Engineers Saturday against University at Sookunpoo. at 2 p.m.-Capt. D. C. E. Grose, Captain F. L. Freeman, M. S. M. Green, Sgt. Den- yer, L/Sgt. Shipp.. L/Cpl. Shaw, L/Cpl. Walte, Spr. Bailey, Spr. Ratcliffe, Spr. Cork, and Spr. Pelham,

Reserves.--Spr. Heath, Sgt. Carpenter, Cpl. Taylor. Umpire.-Sgt. Clarke. Scorer. -Spr. J M. Cooke.

(G. J. Tarr).

(A. O. G. Mills). Redshank

Finished Pos.

16.16.12% 1

18.17.15 2

16.17.312 3

(Mrs. M. I. Johnstone).

THE COTTAGE CLUB

Members of the Cottage Club are reminded of the Cavalcade to be held from the Club-house at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday next. Ponies will be drawn for on the field.

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