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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 120, 1940

By BUD FISHER

MUTT AND JEFF

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B.B.C. Recording

Today's Wireless

5.45 p.m.--Studio-Children's Hour. 6.45 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-

tions.

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

9.52 Megacycles

flung Relay....Max Kester and John de Grey; Crazy Commen- taries: Red Riding Hood v. The Wolf....Max Kester,

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

Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-Dance Music.

6.47 p.m.-A Variety Programme.

Comedian Tyrolean (Lindsay); Flaming Phil, The Fireman (Freer)...Dave Willis with Orch. Vocal-King Canute (Flotsam & Jetsam); Melodrama of the Mice (Flotsam & Jetsam)....Mr. Flot-7.30 sam and Mr. Jetsam with Piano. Vocal-A Melody from the Sky (film "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'); Where Yorkshire and Lancashire Meet (Damerell &t Others).... Kitty Masters assisted by Bert Masters with Piano accomp. Humorous-The Old School

Tie

(Kenneth & George Western); Ain't It Gorgeous (K. & G. West- ern)....The Western Brothers. A Burlesque Pantomime-Cinderella

(Raymond Wallace) Atherton, Bertha Willmott, Bob- bie Comber, Leonard Henry and Company,

Eme

Monologue Pancake Tuesday Throughout the Empire- A far-

Fox-Trot-My Little Buckaroo (film Strange Laws'); Tango Fox-Trot -Don't Play with Fire Bert Firman & His Orchestra, Fox-Trots---White Sails; It Seems Like Old Times....Ruby Newman & His Orchestra Waltz-Lovely Lady (film 'King of Burlesque'); Eox-Trot-Alone at a Table for Two The B.B.C. --Dance Orchestra. Fox-Trots Where Or When (from 'Babes in Arms'); Good Morning Jack Hylton & His Orchestra.

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.

NOT THE BEST PLAY

Here is one of those so-called "hard | have been to attack the clubs im- luck" hands that should have been mediately, without even bothering to made on proper play.

South, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable

QJ 9 6

4 2

♡ 6 4 3

◊ 5

AKJ9

♡AK 2

✪ KJ 9.4

*

8 7 6:3 2

W

K 10 8:7 ♡ 7 OQ 10.8

6 2 1954

5

A 7.9 A

The bidding:

South West.

North

10. 10

Fast 34 Pasa

B♡ -P469 Pass

The opening lead of the Queen of spades was won by dummy's Ace. Declarer now played the Ace and

-HISH) CARD VALUES FOUR ACES SYSTEM,

OF THE

ACE... 3

KING..2 QUEEN.1 JACK...

deuce of hearts, trumped his second spade is dummy, came back to his own hand with the Ace of dia monds, drew trumps and now played a low diamond toward dum- my. West showed out, the nine was played from dummy, East won with the ten and promptly led a low club. South now was forced to take that finesse, which lost also, and the hand was set one trick.

finesse. With four entries to dummy, the fifth club could have been set up provided that sult did not break worse than 4-2. And even if clubs had broken 5-1, the diamond finesse would remain as a last resort.

✡..

*

Yesterday you were David Bruce Burnstone's partner, both sides were vulnerable and you held:

X

♡ Q 10 x X.X·

10 XXX.

Bekenkam

The bidding:. Barnstonp Jacoby. You INT Pass (7) ANSWER: ⋅ Pass. Any takeout of a notrump should be constructive and show at least a fair hand. Thus if you bid two hearts, partner will re- bid and you will get into trouble.

Score 100% for pass, 0 for two hearts.

...

QUESTION NO. 441.

Both sides are vulnerable and you have 90 on score. Oswald Jacoby is your partner and you hold:

AQ XX

KJ 10 XI

The bidding: Jacoby

PLUS (1)

What do you bidt (Answer tomorrow

(Released By The Bell Syndicate

The correct play on the hand would Inc:)

Jay

Tango-Echos Du Passe; Waltz-Al- though....Jean Tapponnier's Ball- room Orchestra. Fox-Trots-Boom; I Get Along

Without You Very Well Wilbur & His Band. Fox-Trots---Goodbye Sally (from 'Shepherd's Pie')....Jack Hylton & His Orchestra; A Mother's Pray- er At Twilight....Jack Hylton & His- Orchestra. 8.45 pim. — Selections · from Light

Opera.

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

mary.

9.30 p.m.-London Relay Topical

Talk.

9,45 p.m—A Light French Programme.

Je Chante-Onestep (Trenet-Mis-' raki); Fleur Bleue Fox-Trot (Trenet)... Charles Trenet (Vo- cal) with Orchestra.

A Song Selection. Intro: Ca sent la friture; J'aime tes grands yeux;

ITALY'S POSITION IN ABYSSINIA

London, To-day.

Children's Hour And: Variety

Qui J'aime; Le bistro du port; Le chaland qui passe; Le moulin qui jase; A Paris dans chaque fau- bourg....Lys Gauty with Orch. La Serenade A Lena (Revue Parade Du Monde'); Un Violon Dans La Nult (Revue Parade Du Monde') ....Tino Rossi (Tenor) with Orch. 10.05 pim. B.B.C. Recording — “D'Ye Ken John 'Peel?" A programme in honour of the Famous Cumberland Huntsman. Written and' Produced by William Maclurg, 10.35. p.m.-Band Music.

:

Grenadier Du Caucase (Meister); Entry of the Gladiators (Fucik); Le Reve Passe (Krier & Helmer); Officer of the Day (Hall).....Mass- ed Bands of the Northern Com- mand.

Fanfares (Composed for the Musi- cians' Benevolent Fund by Arthur Bliss, Granville Bantock, Roger Quilter and Arnold Bax)....Knel- ler Hall Musicians cond. by Cap- tain H, E. Adkins, Aldershot Tattoo, 1939 .... Massed Bands of the Aldershot and East- ern Commands..

11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.

QUALIFICATIONS CHALLENGED

LONDON, TO-DAY.

MR. RR, STOKES (LABOUR) Asked about Britain's recognition of | ASKED IN THE HOUSE OF COM- Italian sovereignty in Abyssinia, Mr.MONS YESTERDAY WHETHER THE R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for GOVERNMENT WOULD STATE THE Foreign Affairs, said in the House of QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PRE- Commons yesterday that in view of SENT CHAIRMAN OF THE MALA- the unprovoked entry into the war by YAN DELEGATION ON THE IN- Italy, the British Government feelsTERNATIONAL TIN: CONTROL AND entitled to reserve full liberty of WHETHER HE HAS HAD ANY action over any undertakings given to PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF THE Italy in connection with the Mediter- TIN INDUSTRY. ranean, North and East Africa, and the Middle Eastern area-Reuter.

Hypothetical Question

London, To-day.

The Under-Secretary of the Colonies said the senior member of the Malayan delegation on the com- mittee, Sir John Campbell, had a very long experience of administra- tion in India and international affairs.

Mr. Geoffrey Mander (Liberal) ask-

In the opinion of the Secretary for ed in the House of Commons yester Colonies his knowledge and experi- day whether the British Government ence of working the very similar in- any longer felt itself bound to recog-ternational rubber regulation scheme, nisé Italian rights in connection with.

admirably suited to this Ethiopia and if the Government held itself free to consider any proposals that might be laid before them in this for Foreign Affairs, said Mr. Mander connection by Haile Selassie or by could rest assured that his represen- the Ethiopian people.

tations were being borne in mind.

made him post-Reuter.

Mr. RA Butler, Under-Secretary | Reuter.

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