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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 29, 1940.

By BUD FISHER

OK, DOCI

DO YOUR STUFF!

BLOODHOUNDS

Variety

Programme

6.00 p.m. Excerpts

Sullivan.

from Gilbert

SHI

Today's Wireless

6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quotations. 6.32 p.m.-Variety with Harry Roy's Tiger- Ragamuffine, Michael Moore, Florenco Desmond, Fred Stein, Max Bacon and Others.

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

port and Announcementa. 8.03 p.m.-Vocal.

by Winnie Melville, Essie Ackland, Raymond Nowell and the Light Opera Company.

Programme

The Meaning of a Rose (Besly): Whisper

In Your Dreams (Levinge) .... Winnle Melville (Soprano) with Orchestra, Songs of the Past....Light Opera Com-

pany with Orchestra.

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

9.52 Megacycles

Whatever Is, Is Best (Lohr); Here In The Ackland Quiet Hills (Carne).... Essie (Contralto) with Organ. Farmer Jarge-A Song of Moral Re- Armament (George Fraser); Youth Awakel (from 'Songs of the Rising Tide' -Will Reed)....Raymond. Newell and Chorus with Orchestra.

A Midsummer Night's Dream Nocturne (Mendelssohn); Wedding March (Men- delssohn)....Sir Thomas, Beecham con- ducting the London Philharmonic Orch. "Ruins of Athens”—Turkish March (Bee- thoven): Turkish March (Mozart).... Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conduct- ed by Karl Alwin.

8.30 p.m.-Mendelssohn-Trio in D Minor, | 9.15 p.m.-London,Rṣlay-News Summary.

Op. 49. Cortot (Piano), Thibaud (Violin) | 9.30 p.m.-Magazine Feature Programme and Casals ('Cello). 9.00 p.m.-Orchestral Music.

Winning

CONTRACT

(By The Four Aces)

David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- Icen

World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.

INCAUTIOUS PLAY

In to-day's hand a swing of exactly doubled contract. When he played a 1,600 points was involved. The bid-club to dummy and East's ten dropped. ding was highly competitive, with Declarer should have realized that it North and South finally reaching the

was a singleton. Furthermore, since contract of five spades, which West West had doubled the contract, the doubled and North promptly redou-probabilities were that he held the bled. One highly significant play should King of trumps. This being the case, have given Declarer a clew to the fate South, simply to hold down his losses, that eventually befell him.

should have gone up with the spade Ace, intending to exhaust trumps as quickly as possible. Playing the hand safely to hold the penalty down to as little as possible, South would have caught West's blank King and made his contract.

North, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

K

♡ A J. 10

7 5

O AJ 2

A J 10 8 4 ♡ 3

◇ K. 10 9 6 5

A Q 2

7 6 3

V K Q 9 8

W

E

6 4 2

S

◊ Q 8

9 6 4 3

10

A Q 9 6 2

07 4:3

♣ KJ.8.75

The bidding;

North East

South

West

Pasa

1A

P♡

3A

44 Pass

Б♡

Dbl.

Равя

Pass 4♡ БА

Pass Redbl. Pass Poss

West opened the which South trumped.

No. 4. Recorded talks on London's Secret Fire Control Room, on a Wireless Opera- tor's view of the War at Sea, and a des-

EASTERN DEFEAT

CHINESE XI

(SPECIAL TO "CHINA_MAIL") Manila, To-day. Eastern won their fourth game here when they defeated the All Chinese At the interval team by 7 goals to 1. Eastern were leading by four clear goals through Chau Man-chi, (2); Chang Kam-hoi and Lee Tak-kee and

in the second half Chan Kam-hoi add-

hat trick. Lee Tak-kee scored the ed two further goals to register his

other goal,

Chang

Eastern were represented by the follow-" ing-Toul-hang, Ng Kee-cheong, and Lo Wal-kuen; Tse Kam-hung. N. Z. Lee and Hsu King-sing; Chung Yung-sum, Kam-hol, Lee Tak-kec, Chau Man-cht and Tsao. Chou-ting. -Our Own Corres- pondent.

in

This was Eastern's last game Manila as they are leaving for Singa- pore to-morrow.

The trip was not the financial suc- cess it was on Eastern's first visit.

The first two games realised gross

Yesterday you were Howard Schen-gate receipts of Pesos 2,300. The first ken's partner and held:

AQIX

◇ KQXX ♣K 10 xxX

The bidding:

Schenken

Barnstone

You

19

Posa (7)

match was played in rain and netted Pesos 800,

only

The departure of the Manila football team for Tokyo after the second game resulted in a large falling-off of gates at the remaining games.

The following were the results of the tour:-

beat P.A.A.F. Selection beat P.A.A.F. Selection......

(return game),

Hour Of

Dance Music

cription of the House of Commons in War- time. 9.46 p.m.-Cicely Courtneldge and Jack

Hulbert.

Our Greatest Successes. Intro: There's something about a soldier: My hat's on the side of my head; We'll all go riding on a rainbow; The files crawled up the window; Sweep; All for a shilling a day; But not to-day; Gentlemen, The King. ....Cicely Courtneldge and Jack Hulbert with Orchestra.

Where There's You There's Mc (Alm 'Jack of all Trades'); You're Sweeter than I thought You were (flim Jack of all Trades')....Jack Hulbert with Orch, 10.00 p.m.An hour of Dance Musia. 11.00 p.m.-London Relay -- "Matters

'Moment".

11.15 p.m.--CLOSE DOWN.

PONY ROUP

BLUE DIAMOND AND MUSKETEER SOLD FOR $1,500

of

A number of ponies, were auctioned at the Public Pony Roup yesterday, and Blue Diamond" and Musketeer both fetched. $1,500 each. Blue Field was sold for $1,000.-

"

Many Thanks, winner and placed many times, was withdrawn as reserved price had not been reached. $1,000 was the bid last received. Other ponies Pride, Rose Perfect, Care Free withdrawn were Golden Cow, National and Morning Glory."

The ponies sold were: Zodiac, Mr. V. V. Needa, $45; Loquacious, Capt. E. Holmes, $15; Sports Gesture, Mr. V. V. River, Mr. F. F. Li,

Needa. $55; Snowy $100: Lucky Eleven, Mr. C. L. Gregory,

$180; Blue Diamond, Mr. S. W. Lee. $1,500; Blue Field, Mrs. S. W. Lee, $1,000; King's Envoy, Mr. H. F. Shields, $200; National Dignity, Mr. V. V. Needa, $78; Commence ment Bay, Mr. Yeung Wing sing, $125; Musketeer, Mr. Li Chi-choh, $1,500; Catter- ick Bridge, Mr. C. L. Gregory, $250; Sold- Murray River, Mr. V. V. Needa, $120; and fer of China, Mr. C. H. R. Oxlade.

$70; National Honour, Sports II, $150.

The following were the goal-scor- ers:-

Chan Kam-hoi

Hau Ching-to

Lee Tak-kee

4-8 Hsu Man-ful- 5-2 Hsu King-sing

9

3

3

4

1

Chat Man chi

2

Ba 2 7-1

22

In the

ANSWER: Your correct response is two clubs. With a hand of this type beat Combined Manila team ... it is most important that you show beat Combined Chinese Ace of hearts, your distribution which can be done Having at least only by bidding your five-card suit.

Furthermore, with none

of your

two diamond losers, Declarer decided partner's suit, a jump-bid is inadvis-

to place all his eggs able.

HIGH BARD VALLES

·OF THE FOUR-ACKS SYSTEM

ACE ....... KING QUEEN JACK.

in one basket and

Score two clubs, 100%, one spade

gamble on the trump 40%, three clubs 40%.

finesse.

He therefore.

led a club to dummy, then

took the spade finesse, whereupon the fireworks started. West won with his blank King and returned a club, which East trumped. A diamond return was won by West's Ace and East then obtained another ruff. East then played the alamond Queen and South had to lose 'another diamond trick.

QUESTION-NO 422..

ner and you hold.

David Bruce Burnstone is your part-

X I

K 10 xxx The bidding: Burnston

10

Jacoby You Pass ·(7)

-What do you bld?" tomorrow.):

South was down three tricks for a 1000 point penalty, whereas a Uttle caution would have given him his re- Inc.)

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