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WHY DON'T HÈ COME, ADP?

HELL BË HERË ANY MINUTE

HOW!

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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 2, 1940

I DIDN'T IMAGINE

THUMP! SCRATCH!

BANIS? — YOU I HEARD A

NOISE!

(T, HENRY! I TELL

By BUD FISHER

SAY, CAN YOU TELL ME THE WAY TO THE FIREPLACE?

I'M LOST!

"

The Tower

Orchestra From

The Studio

Today's Wireless

6.00 p.m.Compositions of Beethoven.

Fidelio-Overture (Op. 72b)....Felix Wein- gartner conducting the London Philhar- monic Orchestra.

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

Trio No. 7 In B Flat Major, Op. 91 (The 7.02 p.m.-Henry

"Arch Duke" Trio)....Cortot, Thibaud

and Casals.

With A Coloured Ribbon (Op. 83, No. 3). The Bliss of Pensive Melancholy (Op. 83. No. 1...Elisabeth Schumana (Soprano! with Plano accomp. by George Reeves. Creation Hymn....Chorus and Orchestra

of the State Opera, Berlin, 7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

Orchestra.

Slow Fox-Trot-My

Jacques

Heart

Sing Again, Waltz-The First Quarrel. Tango-Lonely Troubadour.

9.52 Megacycles

Will Never

Plano

In Kunz and His 17.21 p.m. - Charlle

Medleys. Charlie Kunz Plano Medley No. D. 12.

Intro: Bir mir bist du schon; Whistling Kipsy: Please remember; Bir mir bist du schon. Charlie Kunz Piano Medley No. D. 17.

Intro: Sunday in the Park; My heaven In the pines: Goodnight angel; Love walked in; So little time; Says my heart.

Rumba-When Bomba Plays A Rumba. Fox-Trot-Silvery Moon and Golden Sands. Can't Stop Me From Quickstep-You

Dreaming.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

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

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

TRADING ONE TRICK FOR TWO

A glance at the North and South, out the ten of hearts. West won with hands would make it that South at the Queen, but was now in a hope- his four-spade contract would have to less situation. If he played--a dia- lose two tricks each in diamonds and mond, South would discard a club clubs. However, being an extremely from dummy and trump in his hand, resourceful player, South managed to then throw dummy's last club on his Likewise, a heart lead make his contract aided by an ex-high heart.

Declarer's tenace cusable slip on

the op- in to the part of

equally fatal, and again dummy's two ponents.

clubs would be discarded. South had made a good trade for, by giving up a trick in hearts, he had saved two tricks in clubs.

South, Dealer

Notthor sido vulnerable

▲ K Q 8 7 6 ♡ # #

97 3

◊ J 10 2

6

Q J 9 7

5 2

W

O K Q 6 B

9 2 ✓ 3 OA 7 6 4 ♣ K 10 9 3

J

A AJ 10 3

♡ AK 10 8

098

♣ A 4 2

The bidding: South 14

Weet

♡ Pass

North

Bast

Pass

24 Pasa

*

*

*

would be

You were David Bruce Burnstone's partner yesterday. Both sides were vulnerable, both had 60 on score and you held:

At xxx

◊ AXXI ♣K JI

The bidding: Maler

14

You

(7)

Jacoby Burnstone

ANSWER: Your correct bid

is

to double. While this bid is fraught with some danger, you cannot sit back and let the opponents win the rubber without some effort to defend it..

West opened the Jack of clubs. South played low from dummy and won with the Ace. Next Declarer

Score 100% for double, 20% for played two rounds of trumps, landing in two hearts (with your holding you dummy, and then want to let your partner choose the made a deceptive play. | suit), 0 for pass (this is overtimorous.) He led a small dia-

QUESTION NO. 324

HIGH CARD VALUES

FOUR-ACER SYSTEM

ALE.. KING OUREN 1

you

mond from dummy, Oswald Jacoby is your partner. which West won with Both sides are vulnerable and the Queen.

hold:

It appeared to West as though South was

diamog

finesse. Hence, a shift was made to

the Queen of hearts, Winning With

rer led his remaining Jumped in with the

South trumped..

X X X

K.J 10.

bidding:

Maler You' Pass

(1) (Answer

Monday:31.

Bell

execute a

a third diamond,

sing that West held now 15 arkk Bouth Was:: now able to (Released by

play...... He simply led Inc.).

strip

7.30 p.m.- LONDON RELAY

News.

The

8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-STUDIO — Concert by the "Tower" Orchestra conducted by

Robert Moncur.

--

1. (a) March-The Children of the Regi ment (Fucik); (b) Valse Luna (Lincke): (c) Bitter Sweet-Selection (Coward).

Interlude: My Dear Soul (Sanderson);

In An Old Fashioned Town (Squire) ....Titterton (Tenor) with Plano.

2. (a) Fantasia-Gypsy Life (Le Theire); |

(b) Ballad Valse-Dora (Weller). Interlude: Fil A Glass With Golden Wine (Henley & Quilter); Good Night (Shelley & Davis) Hubert Elsdell (Tenor) witth Piano and 'Cello Obbligato.

3. (a) Selection-The Bing Boys are Here

(Ayer); (b) Signing-off Tune-Lady of the Tower.

Programme of

Beethoven

ble & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-In A Little French Casino; Smile When You Say Goodbye (from 'The Show Goes On')....Jay Wilbur and His Band.

Quickstep-My Gal Mezzanine. Slow Fox-Trot-Just Remember....Gerry

Moore (Piano).

Tangos-San Fernando; Punto Arenas........

Heinz Huppertz & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-I Wasn't Lying When I Said I Love You: Midnight Blue.. Roy Smeck & in Hawallan Serenaders. Waltz-Close To Me.

Fox-Trot-Front Page News Sydney Lipton & Us Grosvenor House Band. Fox-Trot-Here's Love In Your Eye....

Ted Flo Rito & His Orchestra. 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

ARMY CRICKET XI

Following will represent Army agains Hong Kong Cricket Club at Sookunpoo to morrow: Capt, D. C. E. Grose (Captain), Major W. G. Harvey, Capt. D. A. Duke) Capt. J. F. Lawrence, Capt. P. J. T. Skip with, Sgt. Denyer, Cpl. Webb, Cpl. Murphy L/Cpl. Shaw, L/Cpl. Young and Pte. Hat field.

The second eleyen League Axture with Club Recreio has been postponed at Re crelo's request.

TEAMS AT H.K.C.C.

The following will play for H.K.C.C 2nd XI against Police on the Club

9.05 p.m.-Three Songs from Gilbert | ground to-morrow:—

and Bullivan's "The Mikado".

The Criminal Cried...A. Davies. H. A.

Lytton, L. Sheffield and Chorus. See How The Fates ... D. Fancourt, B. Lewis, A. Davies, H. A. Lytton, L. "Shef- field.

The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring.... Derek Oldham and Henry A. Lytton. 9.15 pm-LONDON RELAY-News

Summary.

9.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY_"World

Affairs".

9.45 p.m. Harold Ramsay at the

Organ.

Six Great Melodies.

Intro: Londonderry Air: Cherry Ripe: Annie Lauric: Black Eyes: Lorelel; O Sole Mio.

Rodeo March (Ramsay). Famous Tauber Melodies.

Intro: You are my heart's delight; In your arms to-night; Serenade; Villa; Impatience; O Sanctissima.

10.00 p.m.-An Hour of Dance Music. Guards: Fox-Trots-The Darling of the

The Army Fell For Little Isabel....The

Casant Club Orchestra. Tango-Black Orchids. Merch-A Ball In Madeira....Oskar Joost

Tango Orchestra,

Fox-Trots The Boston Tea Party; It Ain't Right...Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra. Comedy Waltzes-I'm One of the Lads of Valencia: The Village Band....Ray No

H. J. Armstrong, K. J. Attwell, C W. E. Bishop, G. P. Charlton, R. D Gillespie, J. Hackney, R. S. W. Pater- son, J. E. Potter, W. G. Pryde, D. S Robb, and A. N. Other.

Police: Pope, Hunter, Kirby, Carey Loughlin, Forrest, Estall, Danbrowsky Lewis and Brooks.

The friendly cricket match between Hong Kong University and Royal En- gineers will take place on Sunday a 2 p.m. and not to-morrow.

BILLIARDS, SNOOKER

A billiards and snooker match in the-Steel-Coulson League was played between Prison's Officers' Club and

at the Craigengower

Valley las evening, P.O. Club winning 4-2.

Billiards-Craigengower: → Kitchel 68, Sling 150, Solina 84. P.Q Club.- Pile 150, Gooding 38, Gowland 150.

Snooker. Craigengower-Ladd 38 Sling 45, Solina 52. P.O. Club.--- Drewery 48, Grindley 48, Marvin 89

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