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MUTT AND JEFF

SIR SIDNEY SAID IF YOU WANT TO READ

A GOOD BOOK GET

"BIRD OF PARADISE!"

I THINK I'LL BUY IT

TOMORROW!

GOOD MORNING, M'LOVE! DO YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF THAT BOOK I MENTIONED LAST NIGHT? I CAN'T THINK OF IT!

BEAUTIFUL

* MORNING SCENE DENOTING THE FOLLOWING DAY

1-10

WHAT

A POOR MEMORY!

LOOK AT ME DEAR!

THINK HARD..

REMEMBER?

BIRD -- BIRD-

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 21, 1940

By BUD FISHER

OH, YEH!

THE UGLY DUCKLING!

机

Recital By

Nura Kanis

From The Studio

Today's Wireless

7.00 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

7.02 p.m.-Variety with Sophie Tuck- or, Oliver Wakefield and Flanagan and Allen.

(Brooks).

of these Days

Vocal-Some

Moanin' Low (Dietz and Rainger).

Sophie Tucker with Orchestra. Comedians-Ye B,B.C. (Bud Flan-

ugan). Flanagan and Allen with Orch. Vocal-Is He The Boy

Friend?

Heaven

(Yellen and Ager). Away Down South In

(Green and Warren). Sophie Tucker assisted by Ted Shapiro and Orchestra.

Humorous Monologue-Keeping A

Stiff Upper (Wakefleld). Play Up and Pay the Dame

(Wakefield).

Oliver Wakefield.

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

Comedians--Flanagan and Allon

Memories.

With Orchestral

ment.

Intro: Wanderer; Dreaming; Where 8.13 p.m.-Elgar-Enigma

the Arches Used to be.

Op. 30. Flanagan and Allen with Orch.

7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Wea-

ther Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Songs by Heddle Nash

(Tenor),'

The Shepherd's Song (from 'He- len'--Offenbach, arr. Korn-

gold.

If I Am

Dubarry'

Dreaming (from Millocker,

"The

orr.

Mackchen).

Serenade (form "The Fair Mald

of Perth'-Bizet).

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 cristence.

"Dear

HIGH CARD VALUES OF THE

FOUR-ACER BYSTEN

PERFECT DEFENCE

accompani-

Variations,

The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. 8.40 p.m.-Studio-Plano Recital

Mura Kanis.

by

1. Compositions of Brahms.

(a) Intermezzo in A Minor. (b) Intermezzo in A Major, (e) Intermezzo in B Flat Minor. (d) Capriccio In B Minor. 2. Liebesleid (Kreisler, trans. Rach-

maninoff).

9.05 p.m.-Songs by Amelita Gall-

Curci (Soprano).

The Gypsy and the Bird (Bene-

dict).

With Flute Obbligato by Cle-

ment Barone.

Parlal-Valse (Arditi).

With Orchestral accomp. Russian Nightingale Song (Ala-

bieff).

With Flute obbligato by Cle-

ment Barone. 0.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-

mary.

9.30

Rachmaninoff's

Second

Symphony

p.m-Rachmaninoff-Symphony

No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27.

Eugene Ormandy and the Minnea-

polls Symphony Orchestra, 10.17 p.m.-Violin Soloa by

Kreisler.

Feltz

Gavotte (from Partita No. 3 in E

- major--Bach-Kreisler). Rondino On A Theme By Beeth-

oven (Kreisler).

Caprice Viennois (Kreisler). Londonderry Air (arr. Krelsler).

With Plano accomp. by Franz

Rupp.

10.30 p.m.-Selections from "The Gol.

sha".

"The Three Waltzes," "Pagani- ni" and "Floradora."

"The Geisha"

- Vocal

Gems

(Jones). Light Opera Company with Or-

chestra (O. Stradus). "The Three. Waltzes"--Selection.

Orchestra Georges Tzipine with Organ of the Gaumont Pa- lace, Paris.

Gems

"Paganini"-Vocal

bert-Lehar).

(Her-

Light Opera Company with Or-

chestra. "Florodora"-Vocal Gems (Stuart). Light Opera Company with Or-

chestra.

11.00 p.m.-Close Down.

GOOD KNOCK TO-DAY'S

BY REMEDIOS BADMINTON

Club fielded a weak bowling side Three matches will be played ́ ́ ́in'

of the Badminton against Recreio-they soon found that Junior Division Four Aces," writes Jerome | 1 trumped. Being certain that Larry

this evening. Fixture be- Scheuer of Boston, "you have pub-had the club ten, as he would not have out! Practically all the Recreio bats-League

men gave the flelders the buslest tween St. Andrew's and King's College lished many interest-opened low excepting from an honour day's leather-hunting they have had has been postponed. ing deals- from last I underled my club Jack and Larry

Following is the programme:~~ for many a long day. summer's Asbury won the trick with the ten. He re- M. A. Remedios was outstanding with 72K.C.C.

V Recrelo Park tournament, but] turned his last spade, which I trump-and

while it was a bright innings this 6t. Terena's V St. John's not the one that ed for the setting trick which gave us batsman requires to put a great deal more

Ko loon Tong V V.R.C. a near-top on the board.

crispness into his forward strokes-quite a "Do you think this defence might number of spooned shots dropped just over Interest your readers, notwithstanding | mid-off. Later on J. E. Noronha you were the friendly victim?" brightly and the formidable total of 205 for We hope always to be appreciative was reached in 2 hours. Club fielding was enough to publish well-played defen-again poor, several catches being dropped sive hands, even when we "get the, and the ground work below standard.

ACE KING.. QUEEN 1 JACK..

you recall it?"

Mr. Weind 4К 972 ♡ 4

Larry Welss and I defended against Mer- win Maier and Sher-

man

Stearns the Men's Pairs.

|

in

Do

axe."

13

*

2

ly.

St. Teresa'a:-Peter Lo and J. Tsang: John Chen and F. Chong; J. Lum, and Aus- hittin Ho

K.C.C.-B. C. Kevan and P. Wynter- Blyth; J. L. Andersen and A. L. Fisher: J. R. Turner and HI. S. Jones.

Recreio:-A. E. Xavier and II. A. Barros; R. A. Marques and H. Gonsalves; N, Bel- trao and V. H. Olviere.

Recreio bowling had Club in difculties from the beginning. Paterson and Bishop, the opening pair, seem to have complete- -V.R.C.:—A. K. Rumjahn and 9. A. Rum- Yesterday you were Merwin Maler's by lost their confidence and both went ear-jahn: A. A. Guterres and J. Sousa: D. M. partner and held:

The former was e and b from a half Xavier and F. Castro. volley and Bishop, after being missed three times, was finally held at mid wicket.

Mitchell and Booker held on for a little, Smith bit brightly and although time was called with the last pair at the wicket, it was agreed to play to a finish. The last tory. The ground flelding was excellent man was c and b in attempting a big, hit |and Gozano bowled very well indeed to fin- and Recreio secured a well-deserved vic- ish with 5 for 17.

South, Denler

Mr. HisernİS Q 10 6

♡ Q J

OK 10 8 3 2 4994

x x

Mr. Bobaner

6 3

♡ Q xx

◊ xxx

O AS 7 6 6

♡ A 10 7 0 3 4

Q x x x x

10 7 3

♣ KJIG

Maler 2NT

The bidding:

Bernstone.

Pass

♡ K9 865 8

♣ AI

Mr. Mater

The bidding:

South West North

Bast

10

20

Pass 20 Pass

Paas

Pass

Pasa

J

Schenken YOM.... (1)

correct bid is three notrump: The hand should offer a good play for game.

ANSWER:-Your

Score 100% for three notrump, 20% for three clubs (bad); 0 for pass (in- excusable).

QUESTION NO. 339

You are Howard Schenken's part- ner and hold:

"Two hearts was the usual final contract, and most pairs made three. odd. Larry found the killing opening of his lowest club; dummy played the Quesa, covered by the King” and won by your Ace. A trump lead was won by my Ace and I led the six of spades, which coasted to Larry's King. He returned a spade, which dummy won with the ten, and dummy's remaining heart was led, showing the bad split. You next led a lów diamond to your Queen, which was taken by Larry's Ace, and he-led a third spade, which-†Ine.)-

The bidding:

10. Pass Pass

20

(1)

Pass

(Antwor

mat do you bid?

morrow:)

(Released by The Bell Syndicate,

Kowloon Tong:-R. E. Lee and F. S. Ko: [A. E. H. Castro and A. Chan; B. P. C.

Fletcher and J. L. Stephens.

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