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MUTT AND JEFF

WHAT A CRAZY WAR! LOOK AT THIS! FIGHTING A WAR WITH WORDS, THEY HAVE LOUD SPEAKERS AND SHOUT ACROSS THE FRONT-

LINE TRENCHES!

THEY CALL EACH OTHER NAMES,

I S'POSE!

AND THE RUSSIANS AND THE FINNS FIGHTIN' ON SKIB;

CAN YOU BEAT THAT!

IT'S NOTHIN' LIKE THE DAYS WHEN WE WERE

·AT WAR! REMEMBER?

VEH, WE FOUGHT

LIKE MEN!

BOOM! BOOM!

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 18, 1940

SAY, WHEN YOU COME TO THINK OF IT I'LL BET THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN AT THAT!. I WOULDNT MIND GOIN' OVER

THERE TO FIGHT!

By BUD FISHE

SPORTING GOODS

I'M READY!

2-5

Liszt's First

Concerto

Today's Wireless

6.00 p.m.-"For The Children".

"Now We Are Six" (Fraser-Simson

-Poems by A. A. Milne):—(a) Down by the Pond; (b) Twice Times.... Mimi Crawford (So- prano) with Piano. John Peel (Trad.)....Harold Wil- liams & The B.B.C. Male Chorus. Dance of the Raindrops (Evans).

Rudy Starita (Xylophone) with Piano & Saxophone.

Studio-Story by Aunt Pat Beer Barrel Polka. The Plehal

Brothers (Harmonica Duet, with Guitar & Bass accomp.) Studio-News of Chlidren at Home and in the Empire Songs of the Sandman....Wilfred Thomas (Baritone) with Piano. 6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.32 p.m.-Excerpta from Wagner's

Operas.

"Tannhauser"-Elisabeth's Prayer. "Lohengrin"-Elsa's Dream.. .Maria Jeritza (Soprano) with Orchestra. "The Flying Dutchman"-Overture .Bruno Walter conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

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

9.52 Megacycles

"The Mastersingers"-Yes, Tis You Love....Germaine Martinelli and Georges Thill with Orchestra; The Prize Song....Georges Thill (Ten- 7.00 p.m.-Studio Third Talk on Bal-

or) with Orchestra.

let Illustrated by records. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-This week's programmes. 8.07 p.m. Ivor Novello-The Miracle of Nichaow-Temple Ballet Music from "Careless Rapture". Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra conducted by Charles Prentice.

8.20 p.m.- Violin Solda by Albert

Sandler.

The Phantom Melody (Ketelbey); Algerian Scene (Ketelbey)....with Paino accomp. by The Composer," Extase-Reverie (Ganne)....assist- ed by Samehtini ('Cello) and By- field (Piano).

8.33 p.m.-Dance Music,

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 cxistence.

TRIPLE FINESSE

In the play of the hand it pays to take nothing for granted, and the wise Declarer is always looking for some play to ensure the safety of his con- tract. There are any number of safety plays, but the technique employed is almost always the same. It consists of taking a deep finesse so as to guard against a bad break. Here is an in- teresting example:

South, Dealer Both sides vulnerable

AKJ 8 6 5

♡ 10 7 4 2

O. AD 3

♡ QJ 8 3 O Q10 75. $62

5

7 8

N

W

A KQ 10 7

4.8

10 2 8 #

K 4

The bidding:

South ·West North Bast 14

Pass Pass Pass

2

Pase

3

Рава

the Queen-Jack-nine in the West hand. Even if West's singleton heart had been a high card, it would not have mattered, for he would then have had to return einer a club or a domozó, enabling. South to trump in one hand and discard a losing heart in the other

*

*

✡

Saturday you were Oswald Jacoby's, partner and held:

▲ Q 10 9 x ♡ K JI I

A 10 x X

L

Maler

You

Pass (1) “

The bidding: Schenken Jacoby

Poss

Pass ANSWER: Your correct bid is one club. Your hand offers some game- possibilities if partner can respond in a major suit. Or you may make a partial score. It is very unlikely that the op- ponents, who have both passed, can Inake a game.

Score 100% for one club, 60% for one spade, 40% for one heart, 20% for pass.

QUESTION NO. 861

Both sides are vulnérable. You are

Against six spades West opened the Merwin Maler's partner and hold:

King of clubs. After winning, South

MIBIE GARD VELUKS”

SYSTEM

ALE. KING....2 QUEEN 1 JACK...

Rgainst

drew trumps, then stripped his own hand and dummy of clubs and diamonds. Now * small heart was play- edfrom dummy and when East played the Hirses – South-finessed-

eight, thereby en- suring his contract distribution except four to

Q 10 x x KJ 10 xx

> xx. KI

The bidding:

Pass

matome. Mater

Pass

What do you bid?2 tomorrow.) (Releas

Bebroken

Pass

į

In

Swing Fox-Trot Lullaby

Rhythm.....Harry James & His

Orchestra. Fox-Trot-How'dja Like to Love Me? (film 'Swing Teacher Swing') ....Jack White & His Collegians. Quickstep-Somebody's Thinking of. You To-night; Waltz-Am I The First One?....Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra. Fox-Trots Sunday In The Park: Meet Me Down In Sunset Valley:

Mantovani & His Orchestra. Tangos-Olvidame; Callecita De Mi Novia....Orquesta Tipica Fran- cisco Canaro.

NAVY'S

RUGBY RECORD

Following is the record of Royal Navy during the Rugby season 1939-1940: :

Points

F. A.

Dance Music: Light Orchestras

Fox-Trot--Procession of the Sirdar (from 'Caucasian Sketches'); Sym- phonic Fox-Trot-Samum....Syd- ney Kyte & His Band.

Slow Fox-Trots-I Won't Tell A Soul; Two Shadows (from the film)....

.Roy Fox & His Orch. Fox-Trots-A-Tisket A-Tasket; I Can't Remember Her Name..... Billy Cotton & His Band. 9.15 p.mLondon Relay-News Sum.

mary.

9.30 p.m.-London Relay—"This Free-

dom".

9.45, p.m.-Compositions of Liszt, 10.16 p.m.--A Light Orchestral Concert by Marek Weber & His Orchestra with Martha Eggerth (Soprano) and Derek Oldham (Tenor). 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

YACHT · RACING

The following were the results of the first split cruiser sories race held by Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yesterday over 23 miles:

+4

DIVISION I STARTED 10.00

: Finished Carrd. Pos. Pts.

15.14.53 15.04.23 -T 10

Donna

(E. Cock). Yehonala

15.32.39 15.10.20 2 8 (Capt. M. T. L. Wilkinson). Azuma

La Cigale I...... 15:27.37 $16.27.37

(N. V. A. Croucher).

4

•

B 3

..... 15.46.15 15.17.27 3 6 (E. B. Lambert).

Red Rover ....... 16.15.43 15.44.30 have been six

P. W. L. D. 30 15 14 8 307 295 In addition there representative matches in which Naval players have taken part, and several inter-ship matches.

It is not possible to divide matches into "A" and 1st teams as each team was picked from those available.

·Somė 80-players have represent- ed Navy, of whom about 50. have played 5 or more matches, though records are not quite complete.

The Triangular Tournament re- sults were:-

Navy lost to Armv-0-20 and 3-5., Navy lost to Club-13-19 and won 14-3.

(Capt. ̃R."W. Bateman).-

Oresund

Tern

15.58.38 - 15.48.42 6 2.

(K. Neckelman).·

DIVISION II STARTED 10.10

18.31:58 16.06.32 1 15

(J. L. Anderson).

Treenlaur ...... 16.52.03 16.11.81 2 13

(Major C. R. Temblor), Tyrone

16.52.20 16.12:08

11

(B. Herschend). Highwayman

16.55.54 10.15.44 (Capt. T. D. K. Macrae). Mistral

4 9

16.55.17 16.15.47 5 8 (Capt. R. L. Berridge). Evolene .................... 18.32.07 18.10.24 8 7

(Col. G., C. Gowlland). Curlew

16.49.48. 10.19.50 7 6

18.58.06 16.27.308 (D. Campbell). Monsoon

17.19.42 10.47.29 0 4 (Mafor A. P. Trever). Sea Lark V. .... 17.09,50 17.02.50 10

(N. H. Cuthbertson),

Following played 12 .or more matches:-L. S. A. Palmer (24): Ldg. (P. Clarke); Wtr. Barlow (20); Telegraphist Bow-Typhoon den (21); Telegraphist Paul (19); Lieutenant Commander' Clark (19); Chief Writer King (19); Ldg. Wtr. Ferris (18); Sub Lieutenant. Ken- nedy (16); Flight Lieutenant Taylor (15); Lleutenant Carter (15); Lieu- tenant (E). Brown (15); Lde. Sig. Inglis (15): Paymaster Lieutenant Stevens (12): Midshipman O'Rior- đan (14): and Paymaster Lieuten- ant Charles -(12).

On the whole, Navy put up

an

U and I

4

(J. B. Colla).

17.46.29 · 17.48.29 11

excellent show under difficult condi- tions, and tribute must be paid to Lt.-Comdr. Clark, for the hard work he has put in throughout the season,

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