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MUTT AND JEFF

DARLING, I LOVE

You! I'D GIVE

MY VERY LIFE

FOR YOU.

OH, SOMEONE'S

AT THE DOOR!

L. KNOCK KHOCK

KNOCK

IT MUST BE-

BIG BOY, MY FIANCEE! OH, YOU MUST LEAVE

AT ONCE!

BUT HOW? I CAN'T GO OUT THE DOOR HE'LL SEE

ME!

"QUICK! JUMP OUT THE WINDOW!:

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 2, 1940.

HEY, WE'RE

UP ON THE. THIRTEENTH FLOOR!

By BUD FISHERTM

HOW DON'T TELL

*ME YOU'RE SUPERSTITIOUS!

3-20

Fisher

A

Navy

Band

Today's Wireless

5.45 p.m.-Studio-Children's Hour. 6.46 p.m.--Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

6.47 p.m.-Variety with George Scott Wood, Rudy Starlta, Ray Kinney and Others.

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

Report and Announcements.

Concert by the 8.08 p.m.-Studio

of His Majesty's Band Cruisers.

of

one

1. "Lilac Time" - Selection (Schu-

bert).

Interlude

2. Tesoro Mio-Waltz (Becucci).

3. "The Fleet's Lit Up"-Selection

(Ellis & Cole-Porter):

4. Dance

Interlude

Music: (a)

Fox-Trot-

Crash Bang; (b) Waltz-Love

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

Fox-Trot-I Poured My Heart Into A Song; (d) Fox-Trot-My

Lady is a Tramp. Interlude

mary. 930 p.m.-London Relay "Vive la

France".

9.46 p.m. Variety with The Rooky.

Questal Mountaineers, Mac ! Others.

I.R.C. LAWN

and

5. Dance Music: (a) Novelty Waltz- Bella Bambina; (b) Fox-Trot- Little Boy Bubbles; (c) Waltz 10.18 p.m.--Compositions of Ketelbey. 'Cinderella Sweetheart; (d) Run

Rabbit. Run. ·

Reginald Dixon at 9.05 p.m.- Organ. Mississippi-Film Selection (Rod- gers); Naughty Marietta Film Selection (Herbert); Curly Top- Film Selection.

the

Never Grows Old; (c) Slow 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-

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 heaten every other system in cxistence.

BAD DEFENCE

To-day we have another hand illus- trative of how not to defend. In this case West was at fault.

West, Dealer North-South vulnerable

.10 8

♡ Q 9 7 5 4 ◊ K.8 6 3

BOWLS TEAMS"

The following will represent I.R.C. in First Division of the Lawn Bowls League against C.S.C.C. at Happy Valley on Saturday, at 3.30 p.m.-A. H. Rumjahn, M. A. Wabab, D. M. Khan, A. R. Dallah (Skip); A. K. Sufflad, A. M. Rumfahn, A. Bakar, A, K. Minu (Skip); J. Hoosen, S. O. Bux, A. Q. Madar, A. R, Minu (Skip).

THIRD TEAM

Following will represent I.R.C. in Third- -Division of the Lawn Bowls League against Kowloon Football Club at Chatham Road, on Saturday, at 3.30 p.m.-A. R. M. Samy, S. Yusuf, A. H. Madar, A. M. Wahab (Skip); M. Hassan, S. A, R. Bux, U. A. Rumjahn, S. M. Rumjahn (Skip); A. S. Sumad, R. Nazarin, A. G. Sumad, M. Y. Adal (Skip).

POLICE SELECTIONS

The following teams have been selected to represent Police Recreation Club in matches on Saturday :---

First Division against Kowloon Docks:- W. J. Cameron, J. Harrop, J. Shepherd and E. G. Post (Skip); W. McLeod, J. Headridge, W. S. Dall and J. C. S. Fender (Skip); F. Channing. J. W. Macdonald, G. Perkins and J. Orem (Skip).

Second Division v. Kowloon Football Club:-W. Harris, G. Davis, A. Soutar and W. Glendinning (Skip); A. Kinnear, G. WII- lerton, J. R. McWalter and W. E. Hollands (skip): R. Fitches, C. Willcox, N. B. Fra- ser and J. Riddell (Skip).

K.F.C. TEAMS Following teams have been selected to re- present Kowloon Football Club:-

If West had defended correctly, he would have continued diamonds after the opening lead. East would have won the second diamond and shifted to a club. Then, if Declarer misguessed the

Second Division (v. P.R.C. at Happy Val heart, he might actually have beenley C. Pile, W. Groves, W. Simpson and set on the hand. Instead, he made five-C. Dowman (Skip); J. Gibson, A. Eastman, odd.

Yesterday you were David Bruce Burnstone's partner and held:

AKQXIX

♡ A XXX

KI

A÷6

6 4

A 8 3

9 7 3 2. J 2

◊ J 10 4 KJ 10

3 2

W

S

AQ 9 2

8.54

I

A K QJ5

K 106

◊ 7:5

The bidding: Jacoby You

Dbl. 10. Разв (?)

Winter Pass

Burnstone

2

The bidding:

West

North East

South

l'afu

Равн 10*

2

Равв

Pass Pass

Pasa

Pass

A paychic lend-directing .bid.

West opened the Jack of diamonds. Declarer ducked in dummy and now East played the deuge, since he could not afford to let go the nine. West mistakenly read this as a signal to shift and played a HIGH LAKO VALUES spade. Declarer won POUR ACER SYSTEM\" with the ten in dum", my, led a low heart and: played the King, West winning with the Ace. Now West "brilliantly led the King of clubs. Declarer won with the Ace in dummy and now drew trumps, two discards,

ACE KING QUFEN 1 JACK.

NAME

West, who had to

promptly let

hearts; whereu

His small

h only

simply

ANSWER: Your correct bid is two spades. There is a good chance that your partner's hand will be worthless for your purposes. Hence, you can af- ford no stronger bid.

Score 100% for two spades, 60% to three spades or two-notrump (an ir- regular bid but not a bad one), 40% for four spadese

"QUESTION NO.-999. You are. Oswald Jacoby's and again hold:

partner

The bidd

Fass Pass

What do yon=bid? tomorr

swer

Syndicate,

|

Variety

Items

The Clock and The Dresden China

Ferdy

Figures (Ketelbey) Kauffman & His Orchestra. Wedgewood Blue; In The Moonlight

....The London Paladium Orch.

The

Phantom Melody; Algerian Scene....Albert Sandler (Violin) with The Composer at the Piano. 10.38 p.m. Liszt-Concerto No. 2 in A Major. Egon Petri (Piano) and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leslie Howard: 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN,

*3-14

(Released by The Bell Syndicats, Inc.3

The honeymoon is over when the groom finds his wife gets more enjoyment out of her afternoon at bridge than she does cooking dinner.

and S. Eccleshall (skip); C.-J. Walker, H. A. Lord, H. F. Harper and. C. Strange (skip).

R. Hall and P. Younghusband (Skip); Lapsley, R. Hughes, W. Atienza and V, Chit- tenden (Skip).

Third Division (v. L.R.C. at K.F.C.) — C. Woodcock, S. Wong, C. Fuller and B. Evans (Skip); B. Thomson, B. Williams, Y. Abbas' and J. Smalley (Skip); J. Boyd, J. Dobson, G. Frost and P. Morgan (Skip)..

C.S.C.C. TEAMS

COTTAGE CLUB CAVALCADE

+

on

The Cottage Club Cavalcade Saturday, will start from Sheung Shul Following teams have been selected to cross-roads at 4 p.m. Transportation represent Civil Service Cricket Club:

will be provided from the Club House First Division:-E. Kirman, J. W. Deakin. at 3.50 p.m.

the L. A. Collyer and F. J. Jones (skip); M. E.

Marking the departure from Purvis, W. J. Burling, M. N. Rakusen and Colony of a popular Dutch rider, “The H. E. Strange (skip); J. Gellatley, R. R. Wood, J. F. (skip). ·

McGowan

and J. Hollidge Flying Dutchman Cup" will be com- peted for in a paper-hunt to be held Second Divisiont-A. F. Shepherd, P. D. in the late afternoon of Saturday; May Crawley, J. M. Purvis and A..B. Allen 11th. Detalls will be announced in the (skip); J. R. Carr. F. 6. Austin, A. Steven press of next week,

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