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BOSH, THIS IS AWFUL!! MUTT HAD A BLOOD TRANSFUSION FROM A BLOODHOUND AND NOW HES ACTING JUST

LIKE A DOG!

I CAN'T LET

HIM SLEEP IN THE HOUSE

ALL NIGHT!

WOOF!

NO TELLIN'

OK, MUTT! YOU GO IN THERE AND SLEEP WITH BUTCH LIKE A NICE DOG!

THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 31, 1940.

THE NEXT MORNING

By BUD FISHER

DOG

WHAT HE

MIGHT DO!

PA PF

Luba

Shaftain

Today's Wireless

6.00 p.m.-An hour of Dance Music. 8.58 p.m.-Closing local Stock Quota-

tions.

7.00 p.m.--Relay from Saigon.

A little dialogue between an Eng- lish couple living in Saigon, and light French songs presented in English.

7.15 p.m.-A

Programme of Welsh

Bongs. 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 8.00 p.m.- ocal Time Signal, Wea-

of

ther Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Studio-Piano Recita!

Grieg's Compositions by Luba Shaf- tain.

1. Norwegian Bridal Procession. 2. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen.

3. Ballad in the form of Variations

on a Norwegian Melody.

8.30 p.m.-88chumann-Bymphony No.

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

9.52 Megacycles

1 in 8 Flat Major, Op. 38. Chicago Symphony Orchestra con-

ducted by Frederick Stock.

9.02 p.m.-Violin Solos.

Le Deluge-Prelude (Saint-Saens, Op. 45) Chanson Arabe (Rimsky- Korsakov, arr. by Kreisler) Toscha Seidel (Violin) with Emanuel Bay at the Piano. Serenade

(Pierne); Serenade (Toselli) Renee Chemet (Vio- lin) with Piano accomp. by Anca Seidlova.

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

mary.

9.30 p.m.-London Relay-"World Af... faire."

9.45 p.m.--A Variety Programme with Elale & Doris Waters, The Western Brothers, Elisabeth Welch & Others. Comediennes-That's The Worst of Having People Upstairs; (K. & C. Western); Gert and Daisy "Spring Cleaning (Waters)

Elsie & Doris Waters.

Piano-Don't Worry 'Bout Me (In- tro. 'What Goes up must come Down' both from 'Cotton Club 'Parade'); Wishing (Intro. 'Sing My Heart' both from film 'Love Affair') Arthur Sandford.

MIXED

Winning

CONTRACT TENNIS

(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.

RIGHT PLAY-WRONG TIME.

DOUBLES

PAIRINGS

The following are the Mixed League tennis pairings:---

Paul Kong and Miss Young

Wai-bun (C.R.C.)

L, Goldman and Misa A. Tylor

(H.K.C.C.)

T. A. Pearce and Miss J.

Armstrong (H.K.C.C.)-

Timing is one of the most import- | and West won with the Ace. ant essentials of all games. As it per-

West should now have led another tains to Bridge, it means simply mak-club, in which event South, having to ing the right play at the right time. lead from his own hand, would have T. C. Monaghan and Mrs. L. To-day's hand is a perfect illustration lost all three of his diamonds. But R. Andrews (H.K.C.C.).... of this, for if West at either his first West now made a belated shift to dia-Lee Wal-tong and Mrs. C. C. or second opportunity had led a dia- [monds-the right play at the wrong

Chiu (C.R.C.) mond, the contract would have been

M. Pagh, and Mrs. Churchili defeated. As it was.

South, Dealer Both sides vulnerable

973:

♡K Q J 85 074

♣ J 6 8

♡ A 9 7 2 0 8 3

W

10 8 5 10 6:4 AKJ9

6 2 43

♣ Q 10 9

7. 5

AKJ 6.1

3

Q 10 5 ♣AK: 4

Saigon

Relay

Humorous We're Frightfully B.B.C. (K. & G. Western); Keeping Up The Old Traditions (K. & G. Wes- tern) The Western Brothers, Comedienne-One Kiss (film 'Big, Fella'). Elisabeth Welch (with. Orchestra).

Vocal & Piano-Love Makes The World Go, Round (from "These Foolish Things!); When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby (Yoell- Brown).... Leslie Hutchinson. Crgan-Ninette (Maud); A Japan- ese Sunset (Deppen) R. E. McPherson with Violin. Comediennes

Hiccups (Waters);

The Tale of a Hat (Waters) Elsie & Doris Waters with Piano.. 10.30 p.m.-Excerpts from Gilbert &

Sullivan.

11.0 p.m. Close down.

ADEN PREPARES

Aden, To-day. Aden is taking care not to be caught unprepared. Volunteer services-in- cluding police volunteer reserve and the voluntary labour corps are being rapidly expanded and all sections of the populace of whatever race creed--are eagerly co-operating. Reuter,

ΟΙ

́POLICE DINNER ·

Police Recreation Club, winners of Junior Division of the Hong Kong... Cricket League for the first, time in their history, are holding a celebra- tion dinner at the Club commencing at 8 p.m., to-day.

HOME FOOTBALL

London, To-day.

In a Midland League Football match yesterday Leicester, playing at home, lost to Coventry by 3- goals to 1.- Reuter.

Doubles

P.

L. W.

0 6

0

6

-1/2 4/2

3

ก

3

3 0

3

Q

3

6

3

3

3

1⁄2 22

liams (K.C.C. "A"').

1

2

E. Zulauf and Mrs. Sturgeon

(K.C.C. "B"). ....

3

1 2

E. F. Fincher and Mrs. Kevan

(K.C.C. "A").

3

1/2 1/2

B. C. Fay and Mrs. L. R. An. --drows. (H.K.C.C.)

3 2 7

W. C. Hung and Mrs. Choy

(C.R.C.)

i

Eardley (U.S.R.C.) Col. N. A. Newnham and Miss

Reave (U.S.R.C.).

2

1

22 Va:

3 2. 1

(C.R.C.)

G. C. Burnett and Miss B.

Harker (K.c.p.."A")

3

D.

-3

2

1.

E. Zulauf and Mrs., A. Zim.

mern (K.C.C. "B")

N. A, E, Mackay and Mrs.

Sturgeon (K.C.C, “B”) \\***

3

02

3

2.

1

Capt. Hyde and Mrs. Smedley

(L.R.C.)

G. C. Burnett and Miss B.

Harker (K.C.o.. "B")

3

01

1

Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ferguson

Dr. C. C. Ma and Miss J.

Hung (H.K.U.T.C.) .....

$

S.. Wong and Miss Patuskinaky

(H.K.U.T.C.);

· ទ

T. T. Lim, and Mias R. Smal..

time. East was now helpless, for if he (L.R.C.) cashed his other top diamond, De-S. A. Gray and Mrs. Sweeney clarer's Queen would be good. As a Taul Yan-pul and Mrs. C. C.

(K.C.C. "B") last resort East led a small spade, and Chiu (C.R.C.) when South, taking full advantage,E. C. Fincher and Mrs. Wil played low, dummy's nine won the trick. Dummy's high heart was now played and South was able to run off enough tricks in clubs and spades to fulfill his contract.

*

**

Yesterday you were Oswald Jacoby's W. C. Hung and Mrs. La partner and held:

Q J x K I

6

◊ A J-9 x x

10: x

The bidding: Bouth West TAS Pass

North

ENT 3NT

Pass

2 3♡

East Pass

The bi-lding: Jacoby

Pass

Maler You Pass (?)

Pass

Рава

Pass

ANSWER: Your correct response is

West opened his fourth-best club two diamonds. Your future bidding (his natural lead). Dummy's Jack won depends on what your partner's sec- and Declarer then took

& spade fond bid is. finesse, which was Score, two diamonds 100%, two no captured by West's trump or three spades, 60%, other Queen. If at this point bids 0.

HIGH CARD VALUES OF THE

FOORACKS SVETOS.

ACE. KING QUEEN 1 JACK..

West had shifted to

a diamond, East would

QUESTION NO. 424 Merwin Maier is your partner and

have ducked, allow-you"hold:

Ing Declarer to win

The bidding:

the first diamond trick. West could then obtain the lead with, the heart Ace, play his other diamond and East could then run off the rest of the sult.

However, as the hand was played, West led the club Queen. East dis- carded the nine of diamonds South tomorrow won - South; played as which few copert West ducked. The King of hearts was played. South discarded a small club i Inc.)

(L.R.C.)

i

R. R. Todd and Miss M. Grif

fiths (U.S.R.C;)

Lieut. Theobald and Miss D.

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7

Jacoby Раба

MTZE

Schenken Pass Pass What do you bidf) (Answer

(Released by The Bell Syndicate,

In the

fay (H.K.U.T.C.)

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