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MUTT AND JEFF

HERE'S A NEW ONE!

THIS 16 600D!

WATCH!

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WELL! DONT STAND

(THERE, YOU `LITTLE B00B!--DO

SOMETHING!

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 26, 1940.

By BUD FISHER

Programme Of

Variety Items

Today's Wireless

6.00 p.m.-"FOR THE CHILDREN."

Barnacle Bill, The Sailor (Robison-Luther)

....Billy Costello (the Original Pop Eye) with Novelty Accomp.

Wee Willle Winkle (Roberton)....Hoyd

Steven (Soprano) with Piano,

STUDIO-Story by Aunt Susan.

fie- Humorous Monologue-Many Happy

turns (de Bear)....Stanley Holloway with Piano. Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow-Wow (Ta- brar)....The Maestros (Vocal Quintette) with Plano,

Lullaby (from the Alm) .... Beniamino

Gigl (Tenor) with Orchestra.

6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quotations. 6.32 p.m.-SEA SHANTIES.

The Sallur Likes His Bottle-0; Clear the Track, Let the Bulgine Run (arr, Terry) ....John Goss (Baritone) and Cathedral Male Voice Quartet.

We're All Bound To Go

(from *Shanty Book-Edited by Sir R. R. Terry).... Raymond Newell & Chorus with Piano. Rio Grande: Billy Boy (arr. Terry).... John Goss (Baritone) and Cathedral Male Volce Quartet.

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

6.42 p.m.-REGIMENTAL BAND OF H.M. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Re.

GRENADIER GUARDS.

Old Folks At Home and in Foreign Lands (C. J. Roberts); The Voice of the Bells The Old Frog (Luigini, arr. Miller); Pond, Characteristic (Alford); Belphegor -Qulek March (Brepsant).

SELEC.

7.00 p.m.- MUSICAL COMEDY

TIONS. "The Desert Song"-Selection (Romberg)

Savoy Orpheans Band. "The Dancing Years"-The Wings of Sleep (Novello)....Mary Ellis and Olive Gi bert with Ivor Novello at the Plano, necomp. by Drury Lane Theatre Orch. "The Song of the Drum"-Selection (Ellis & Finck)....Herman Finck & His Orch. "Music In The Air"-Vocal Gems (Ham- merstein & Kern)....Light Opera Com- pany with Orchestra.

7.30 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-NEWS SUM.

MARY.

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 existence.

THE TRUMP. SQUEEZE

A very effective play, which only | hold the Ace-Queen of diamonds. tine players seem to be acquainted South's King-ten of spades then won with, Is known as the "trump the last two tricks, so that the Spade squeeze." This play may be execut-Ace was the only trick won by the ed when dummy holds more trumps | defence. than the Declarer. In

recent *

In this case West discarded badly, Duplicate game South, using the for he actually wasn't squeezed at all. trump squeeze, achieved a top score Nevertheless the trump squeeze had by making one trick more than any produced one trick more than the one else.

Duplicate Bridga

South, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable

hand called for

*

port and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-This Week's Programmes. 8.07 p.m.REGINALD FOORT, RAIE DA

COSTA AND

ARTHUR ASKEY IN VARIETY.

Piano Would You Like To Take A Walk (Dixon & Others); The Match Parade (Wehle)....Rale Da Costa, Comedian-Ding Dong Belt (Askey); 1

Why

Pulled Myself Together! (Askey) .......... Ar- thur Askey with Piano. Cinema Organ-t Parade No. 3. Intro: Goodnight, Angel; My heaven on earth; Have you ever been in Heaven; talk about love; Serenade to the stars; So long, sweetheart....Reginald Foort. Comedian - Woot! Yop! Bow-Bow-Wow (Evans & Others)....Arthur Askey with Piano.

Cinema Organ-The Lost Chord (Sullivan); Cloister Shadow's (Hope). Reginald Foort.

Plano-Blue Again (McHugh); Parade of the Minutes (Rees & Myers)....Rale da Costa.

Cinema Organ & Violin-Song of Paradise (King); Serenade (Moussorgsky)....Re- ginald Foort and Alfredo Campoli, 8.47 p.m.- KETELBEY IN A FAIRY REALM-SUITE. Albert W. Ketelbey's

Concert Orchestra.

9.00 p.m.-SOME WELSH SONGS.

Y Delyn Aur....Rhondda Welsh Glee

LEAGUE CRICKET

ARMY DEFEAT AIR FORCE

In a second division League cricket match at Civil Service Cricket Club yesterday; Army "B" easily defeated Royal Air Force

by 80 runs.

ARMY

7 Capt. J. F. Lawrence, run out S/Sgt. Gardner, c Cook, b Gillespie ... 20

Swyer, c Nancarrow, b

Gillespie

Major J. E. Cpl. Blount, b Hawkins cpl. Boocock, run not

L/Bdr. Ward, e Goodwin, b Abbas Lt. A. W. F. Peal, c Corser, b Abbas Ple. Hatfield, e Corser, b Abbas

Saturday you were Merwin Maier's Sigmn. Lithauer, b Gillespie

Gar. Martin, b Gillespie partner and held:

Manley, not out

Dance Music: B.B.C. Recording "London Traffic"

Singers with Piano. Tilwm, Tairwm-Welsh Folk Song: Sleep thou, my pretty child-Welsh Folk Song: Where are you going to?-Welsh Folk Song: The Bittern from the Banna- Welsh Folk Song....Mable Parry (50- prano) with Plano.

All Through the Night; March of the Men of Harlech....Royal Mountain Ash Male Choir with Piano.

9.15 p.m.-LONDON RELAY-NEWS SUM.

MARY.

OF ERIC

9.30 p.m.-B.B.C. RECORDING-LONDON TRAFFIC". A Mossale of Actuality and Letters compiled and produced by Felix Felton. 10.02 p.m. --- COMPOSITIONS

COATES. Cinderella-A Phantasy; By The Sleepy Lagoon....Eric Coales & Symphony Orch. Stars and a Crescent Moon; A House Love made for You and Me....Hubert Eisdell (Tenor) with 'Cello, Oboe and Plano. Suminer Afternoon-Idyll; London Bridge-

March... Eric Contes & Symphony Orch. 10.30 p.m.-DANCE MUSIC.

Fox-Trot-If It's Good Then I Want It:

Blues-West End Blues.... Loyls Arm- strong & His Orchestra. Fox-Trots-It Seems Like Old Times; White Sails....Ruby Newman & His Orch. Tangos-When A Gipsy Played; Tango

Marina....Emil Roosz & His Orch. Fox-Trots-Royal Garden Blues: Squeeze

Me... Bob Crosby & His Orchestra. Waltzes-Roses are Blooming in loveland; You Made Me Care....The Organ, The Dance Band and Me.

11.00 .m.-CLOSE DOWN.

ROYAL AIR FORCE

A. R. Paling. Ibw.. Hatfield

C. E. Abbas, e and b Blount

1. Cook, e and b Blount

FI/O. J. Nancarrow, c Hatfeld, b Boo--

cock

5. Mansfield, e Hatfield, b Blount J. Corser, played on, b Hatfield

L. Goodwin, e Gardner, b Hatfield W: Gillespie, st. Gardner, b Prat F. Homsley, not out

W. L. Bloomfield; † © „Gardner,

feld

T. Hawkins, b Hatfield

Total

33

3

Bowling Analysin

12 Hatfield

14 Blount

2 Boocock

10 Peal

4

7

8

Extras

17

1.R.C.

K.C.C.

Total

137

Racrelo

Bowling Analysis

C.C.C.

O. M. R. W. Police

8.2 0 40 4 Army

7

1

26 1 C.5.C.C.

5 1 40 0

R.A.F.

3. 0 14 3

▲ 3

K 9 8 6 2

▲ 62

AK 6 4 3 4

10 9 8 5 4764

O A

A 5 4 3 2

QJ97 2

AA 8 8 5

The bidding:

♡ J 74

You

Burnstene

Malor Behenkom

◊ AQ #4

108 8

W

KJ 3 2

1♡

Pass

INT

S

♣ 95

2♡

Pass

2NT

Pass Pass

▲ K 10 4

(?)

Gillanple Hawkina Nancarrow Abbas

A Q 10 3

◊ 7

2

6

b Hat-

5

57

O. M. R. W.

8.4 3 16 5

4 0

15 3

3 0 20

2

I 11

LEAGUE TABLE

P. W. L. D. Pu.

8

4

1 0 12

6

4 2 0 12

43 10.

431 09.

4 2 1 1 7

5 2 2 1 7 4 1 2 1 4 40311 60 600

♣ AKQJ 2

Bouth Wost North

The bidding:

1

14

3♡

Pass Pass 4♡

East 24 Pass

Раяз

Pass

HIGH CARD VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACKS SYSTER

West opened the Queen of spades and East, after winning with the Ace, shifted to a club. South won and then proceeded to run off five tricks in trumps. On dummy's last trump Declarer discarded his only diamond. Now the club suit was run. Thinking he was squeezed, West even- tually discarded all

ACE.. KING QUEEN 1 JACK

ANSWER: Your correct bid is to sign off at three hearts.

Score 100% for three hearts, 40% for four hearts (an overbid), 20% for pass, 0 for three notrump.

QUESTION NO. 843

Howard Schenken is your partner and you hold:

10 XXX

AKI

The bidding: Schukom Pass

You Barnatone

(1) Pass What do you bid? (Answer *tomorrow.)

(Released by The Bell Syndicate,

his spades in order to ' Inc.)

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