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MUTT AND JEFF

MUTT, YOU'RE NOT || YOU'RE NOT

·SO GALLANT AS

WHEN I WAS

A GIRLI

SO BUOYANT AS WHEN I

WAS A BOY!!

HER HEADS] [COME, COME,

GOOD HEAVENS! THIS HORSE HAS NO HEAD!

IN BACK

OF YOU!

FOOL HORSE!

FURN AROUND!

UF-F

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 15, 1940.

By BUD FISHER

I DON'T THINK WHAT'S I'M GONNA

THE

LIKE THE IDEA MATTER?

OF REDUCING NO KICK ON HORSEBACK!IN IT?

TOO MUCH!

·Variety

Programme

6.00 p.m.-A Programme

Dance Music.

Today's Wireless

of Latest

7.02 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

7.05 p.m.-London Relay "No Man's

Time". Variety.

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

Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-Songs by Kirsten Flagstad

(Soprano).

8.15 p.m.-Dvorak-Symphony No. 5 ("The New In E Minor, Op. 95

Hall World"). The Royal Albert Orchestra conducted by Sir Landon Ronald.

8.53 p.m.-Two Songs by Luigi Fort

(Tenor).

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

9.52 Megacycles

"Faust"-All Hail, Thou Dwelling (Gou-) nod); "The Pearl Fishers"-I Still Seem

Hear

with (Bizet) ....

Orchestral

to

accomp.

9.01 p.m. The Regimental Band of

H.M.. Coldstream Guards. Marche Aux Flambeaux (Meyerbeer). "Tannhauser" March (Wagner)..

The Changing of the Guard (Flotsam and

Jetsam)..

[9.16. p.m.-London Relay-News Bum-

mary: 9.30

p.m.

Magazine

Feature Pro-

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 existence.

MENTAL LAZINESS

Including recorded gramme No. 2. talks by an Australian journalist on a British Fighter squadron, by an

HOME CRICKET

27

TALL SCORING AT CAMBRIDGE

London, To-day.-In a three-day cricket match played at Cambridge University, the: University beat a Bri- tish Empire eleven by an innings and 108 runs in a high-scoring match.

Dvorak

Symphony

Indian officer in the Indian Army, and by a Welsh trawler skipper whose ship was shelled and sunk by a U-boat.

9.45 p.m.-Dance Music by Harry Roy

and His Orchestra.

10.00 p.m.--Grand Variety Programme. 11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

NEW CLUB OPENED

+

The Shell Sports Club was officially opened yesterday afternoon at 5.30 p.m. by Mrs. Bousfield, wife of the General Manager of the Asiatic Petro- leum Company Ltd. The ceremony was attended by a large crowd of visitors and members of the staff of the A.P.C.

This new Club, formed mainly by the employees of the Asiatic Petroleum Company Ltd., is situated on the roof of Shell House, Queen's Road Central.

There are two spacious rooms as re- creation rooms, where the usual in- door games, such as cards, mahjong, table tennis and darts can be indulged in. The club is open to all members

SIRDAR TO LEAD

TENNIS TEAM"

British Empire batted first and were dismissed by J. Webster (5' for 35) for 159. Cambridge replied strongly and were able to declare at the huge score of 518 for 5. J. R. Thompson made 100, Bridger 145 not out and Conradi 164.

Thanks to a fine century by Norman of the staff. Yardley, Cambridge, Yorkshire and England, the visitors fared somewhat venture, to- better in their second

It was understood that Mr. S. A. first, that the

talling 251. Bashford bowled with ex-Rumjahn, new tennis Champion of the One of the simplest, and yet one would have shown,

was from a four-card of the most important features of opening lead

for the new Club. dummy play is the matter of counting suit, and secondly, that the needed traordinary accuracy to take 6. for 36. Colony, is going to lead a tennis team A badminton match has been ar- tricks and planning your play so that extra trick could be won in diamonds and 231 (N. W. D. Yardley 138; Bashford the requisite number will be obtained. if the suit were divided or an honour 6 for 30),

Declarer therefore should Cambridge:-518 for 5 dec. (J. R. Thomp-ranged to be played to-night at Club Yet it has been our observation that dropped.

immediately played three son 100, Bridger 145 not out, Conradi 164). de Recreio against members of the staff

of Hong Hong & Shanghai Bank, very few players. will make the slight have

Dummy's club-Reuter.

The chairman of the Club is Mr. G. mental effort required to plan at the rounds of diamonds. beginning of a hand just how and suit could then have been utilised as

N. Park, chief engineer of the. Com- for the thirteenth

pany, while the Hon. Secretary is Mr. where they are going to win the num-the re-entry ber of tricks necessary to fulfill their diamond, and meanwhile all the op-

C. M. Xavier, with Lam Wing-kee as Hon. Treasurer. contract. Here is a typical example ponents could take would be two spade

of the committee of average..dummy play:

tricks, one diamond and the club Ace.

Other members are Messrs. N Spence, H. Winglee, A.

South, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable..

♡ 10 7 4

.8 63

*Ó·10. 9 7 4

♣ KQ 9 5 2

Q-J 9 5

A K 10.3 2

J 9 7 4

N

J 6 5

W

E

"

A 10 8

S

Q 8. 2 0.3

A 8 6 5

MAK 2

OAK 8 374

The bidding: ̧-

South

North Weat

2

Bast Pass Pass

*

*

British Empire:-159 (Webster 5 for '55)

KOLATCHOFF WINS FIRST MATCH

Following matches in the Colony Chess Championships were played last week:

Yesterday you were Oswald Jacoby's Sir. H. Pollock beat V. V. Kolatchoff; A. R. Kitchell and F. Ozorio. partner and held::

Birlukoff beat L. Blair; V. V. Kolatchoff beat. L. Blair.

The positions of the players follow:-

K. M. A. Barnett

E. Zimmern

P. W. D.-L. Pts.

Football Referees

will

The Football Referees' Association .14 11 12 1115 held their Monthly Whist Drive at the Hotel

.12 10 1 1 1011⁄2 Cecil on Friday, at 8.30 p.in.

AK 2

A Q 10 4

AQ 10 9.7 3

The bidding: You

D. E. de Carvalho,

.14

1

Ð 4 935

K. Wetss

Nebenkon Jacoby 12. Pass

1A

Maler

Sir H, Pollock

Pass

B. S. Litvin

(3) -

A. Kurrik

Mr. Ford, assisted by the Committee, will .13 8 1 4 81% carry out the duties of M. C. and Mrs. Dove .15 7 3 3 8% has very kindly consented to present the

prizes at the conclusion of the Drive,

.14 0 0 0 8

.12 4 2 0 5

.15 4 2.9 5

is V. V. Kolatchoff

15

Tickets at $1 each (including |ments) may be obtained from Mr.

refresh:-

Dove

1 1 13 134 (Treasurer), Hotel Cecil, 'any Football Re- ..14 1.0 131feree, or at the door,

INT 3NT

Разв

Разя Pass West opened the spade deuce and South was fortunate in that dummy's singleton Queen won the first trick. Declarer FOUR ACNEL BYSTER - promptly played

ACL KING QUEEN 1 Joto JACKLIN

a

ANSWER:-Your correct bid is two] A. Biriukoff diamonds. Although your hand

close to an opening two-bid in L. Blair... strength, the fact that your partner. has responded in a suit in which you are vold is a possible warning. Hence, this bid, which he is very, unlikely to pass, is probably your best.

Score 100% for two diamonds, 90% for three clubs, 60% for three dia- monds, 0 for all bids in notrump.

QUESTION NO. 410 ̧

club to his Jack, You are Merwin Maier's partner which West allowed and again' you hold:

hold. A second

club was played and

West again, held off. Now the contract was hopelessly lost.

South's: Une of play could have been sssful only if (a) one of his op- F held the club Ace exactly

ond

htt

10 10:47.

"The Bidding 199 You' Schankai „MALOT:

Pass

· Burnutom s

Pass

(Answer

What do you bid? tomorrow.)

· if one of them was kind alther the first or sec-. nots possibility, How-

amount of thought Inc.)

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