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MUTT AND JEFF

YEH, I'M

WELL,SIR, I WORK VERY HARD

FRANKIE'S ON MY BOY'S LESSONS AT NIGHT

FATHER-

WHY?

AND YOUR KID COPIES EVERY

ONE OF HIS

PROBLEMS!

WHAT?

OH, I PERSONALLY DON'T OBJECT TO

·THAT, BUT ---

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 22, 1940.

FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE, MAKE YOUR KID QUIT HITTING

MY BOY EVERY TIME MY ANSWERS ARE

WRONG!

By BUD FISHER

SO!--SEE THAT YOU 'GET 'EM RIGHT, STUPID! I ́AINT, HAVIN' MY BOY

FLUNKIN HIS WORK!

6.00

Irish

Programme

p.m.

Schumann

Today's Wireless

Overture "Manfred", Op. 115. The B.B.C. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult.

6.14 p.m.--Schumann-Trio in D Min- or, Op. 63. Cortot (Piano), Thibaud (Violin), and Casals ('Cello).

6.45 p.m.-Closing Local-Stock Quota

tions.

6.47 p.m.-Songs by Elisabeth Schu-

man (Soprano).

The Bird In The Forest (Taubert, adapted by Karl Alwin); What I Have (Bavarian Folk

Orchestral Song-Bohn).... with

accomp.

Pastorale (arr. Lane Wilson); My Lovely

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

9.52 Megacycles

Celia (arr. Lane Wilson)....with Plane accomp. by George Reeves. 7:00 pmAlbert-Sandior and His

Orchestra.

Prelude (Haydn Wood).

For Love of You (from the film). The Second Serenade (Heykens). Song of the Nightingale (Hudson & All-

bout).

The Land of Smiles-Patiently Smiling (Lehar); You are My Heart's Delight

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.

COURTING TROUBLE

While a two-suiter is a nice hand, to have, the holder should beware of bidding too strongly on one when his partner is obviously weak. For in-

stance:

North, Dealer North-South vulnerable

A 10 9 8 6 2

10 4

0 0 7 6 5 3

7

J 6 3

A AKQ7

J

AK 10 4

W

♡ Q9873 OQ J

3 2

♣ K 10 8

The bidding:

AK 6 5 3

0 8 2

AQJ95

South

1♡

Pass

West Dbl. Pass Pass

North

Bast

Pass Pass

Pass

Dbl.

Pass

5

laid down the Ace of clubs and fol- lowed with the Queen. West covered; Declarer ruffed in dummy and led a spade. East won and laid down the Queen of hearts. South won with the Ace and played the Jack of clubs. East trumped, cashed his two high trumps. and played a spade. Declarer ruffed for his fifth trick, but now lost the rest and hence was down 1,100 points.

*

✡

*

were Merwin Maier's partner yester- day and held:

(Lehar).

Trouble In Paradise. (Schwartz & Others). Yvonne (Nichölls)~~~

Maruschkh (Do Lour),

7.30 p.m.London Relay The NewB. 8.00 pm-Local Time Signal, Weather:

Report -and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.--Orchestral Selections.

Legende (Dvorak, Op. 59, No. 3).....Sit Thomas Beecham conducting the Lon don Philharmonic Orchestra. Slavonic Dance No. 14. in B Flat Major (Dvorak); Slavonic Dance No. 15 in C Major (Dvorak)....Czech Philharmonic Orchestra cond. by. Vaclav Talich, 8.14 p.m.-Studio-The Tonoff Trio playing Dumky Trio, Op. 90 (Dvo- rak).

1st Movement: Lento maestoso.

2nd Movement: Andante.

3rd Movement: Andante moderato.

4th Movement: Allegro.

5th Movement: Lento maestoso.

8.45 p.m.-Studio-"Poets"-1: Spen- ser. The first of a new series of talks by Father Ryan, S.J.

9.05 p.m. English Ballads,

Thank God for a Garden; Homing (Teresa

del Riego).

O Dry Those Tears; Happy Song (Teresa

del Riego).

REFEREES

ABANDON

CLUBHOUSE PROJECT

At the meeting of the Hong

Tonoff

Trio

I Still Love Mary (Slevler & Ramsay).

....The Hon. W. Brownlow (Baritone)

with Orchestra.

9.16 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-

mary.

9.30 p.m.men Magazine. Feature Pro- gramme No. 3. Recording of talks by a South African-doctor-with-a balloon barrage, by a skipper who fought off Nazi bombers, and by a trawler expert, who discusses war on the British economic front. -9.45-p.m.—An Irish Programme.

Rose of Tralec (Spencer & Glover); Ma- cushla (Rowe & Macmurrough)....John McHugh (Tenor) with Orchestra, The Ould Plaid Shawl" (Fahy & Haynes); Green Isle of Erin (Bingham & Roeckel) ....Michael O'Higgins (Baritone) with Orchestra.

Ned O' The Hill: Limerick Is Beautiful Seamus O'Doherty (Tenor) with Orchestra.

The Maid of the Sweet Brown Knowe (arr, Josephine. Smith)....Seamus O'Doherty (Tenor) with Orchestra. ;*~

Let Erin Remember the Days of Old (arr. Clifford Page)....George O'Brien (Ten- or) with Orchestra.

The Star of the County Down (arr. Hughes)...John McCormack (Tenor) with Plano accomp. by Gerald Moore. 10.13 p.m.--Dance Music. 11.00. p.m.-London Relay

of Moment",

11.15 p.m-CLOSE DOWN.

"Matters

connection with the recommendations regarding fees and appointments.

The referees will ask that the Foot- ball Association agree to an appoint- ment secretary. Mr. M. Minnihan was appointed the Referees' nominee in the event of this request being granted.

SCALE OF FEES

The scale for referees' fees for next season will be submitted as follows:- early For First division games and ea Shield ties $10 per match; for semi- With both sides vulnerable, you Kong Football Referees' As-finals, finals and representative char- sociation last night it was de-ity and Interport games, $15; For Junior cided to abandon the drive semi-finals and finals of the

Shield $10; for Second and Third Di- for funds for the new Club-vision and Junior Shield, early rounds, house for the time being and that $500 of such money be donated to the B.W.O.F.

♡ K.QxI I

K.I II

The bidding: Burstone You

1

(?).

Schenker Malor

$5.

Linesmen are to be paid $5 per game 'for First Division and important games and $3. for Second Division

It was also decided that all future matches. whist, drives and social functions would be for the B.W.O.F.

HOME FOOTBALL

London, To-day.

ANSWER: Your correct bid is one Although you have a heart.

fine

The meeting accepted with regret hand, there is little chance that you the resignation of Mr. D. M. Mitchell, can make game. unless partner can chairman, from the Association. The In a North-Western League match make some voluntary bid. Further-Hon. secretary was instructed to write yesterday Burnley, at home, beat Most players would open the bid-more, if you double, the chances are to Hong Kong Football Association in Barrow by 2 goals to nil-Reuter. ding with the East hand, but he got that you will get an unsatisfactory better results by his pass. South's spade response.

opening one-heart was quite sound. Score 100% for. one heart, 40% for West's double was double, 30% for pass (this is a poor

HIGH CARD VALUES.

OF THE

- FOUR-ACER SYSTEM.

ACE... 3 KING..2 QUEEN 1 JACK....

shaded, but East's bid trap pass)....

of two spades was

Justified. At this point

South should have

QUESTION NO. 416

You are Howard Schenken's part-

kept still and given ner, both sides are vulnerable and

up any hope of plays ing the hand as De- clarer. If he had kept still, the opponents în all likelihood would have played the hand at four spades- a contract which could have been beaten on double-dummy defence and might well have been defeated any way. In any event, the best East and West could have done was to score a non-vulnerable game:

again you hold:

The bidding? Barnatona You, Jacokr 13. 10. Pass

Bass

(7)

What do you bidt (Answer tomorrow.

મ

(Released by The Bell Syndicate,

As it was, West opened the Jack of Hearts. Declarer won with the King, Inc.)

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