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BRIDGE NOTES
THE CHINA MAIL.
SLAM BIDDING AT CONTRACT BRIDGE BEST AID IS THE 4/5 NO TRUMP CONVENTION
(By ELY CULBERTSON) With the present high bonuses for slums, accuracy in slam bid- ding has become essential to sue cess in either Duplicate or rubber play.
WISE AND
OTHERWISE
BOW-WOW.
Clubs, North now knows for ec
Starting off to take the dog for a inin that the Ace of Spades is with slow walk often ends in a couple the opponents and the small slam of quick ones. only is possible..
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Remained to be Seen.
Another advantage of the con> vention is to prevent partner with
They took their seats in the car- The 2250 awarded for grand a very strong hand jumped to grand siam vulnerable is equivalent tor small slam after an opening bidrage. Mac took out his pipe and about 21⁄2 ordinary rubbers, and slightly below strength in honour lit it, and Sandy produced a cigar. 'H'allo, mon," said Mac, "where failure to bid grand
in tricks. It enables the weak hand
slam
Duplicate match may well mean to put a check on before the limit did ye get that cigar?" the loss of it. Similarly bidding has been exceeded, and as
there
"A body gave it to me," replied (Sandy, preparing to light it. my “A fr-r-iend?” asked Mac.
"I don's' know, ye ken," replied
a grand slam when only a email alam are many hands which, in Is there may be fatal.
opinion, must be opened slightly I am convinced that the 4-5 No below the standard honour trick the other. "I haven't smoked it Trump convention is the best ald strength, the Four No Trump con yet."
It! vention is particularly valuable. to alam bidding yet devised.
not only precise but economical here.
Another actual hand: and it does not crowd the bidding like other feature-showing bids By North:-- its aid four aces and sometimes two or three kings can be located in two rounds of the bidding.
It is well worth close study by all aspiring Contract players, and it is not at all difficult to master. After an exchange of bids between partners, if either bids Four No Trumpa it is regarded as a definite slam attempt and a forcing bid to which partner must respond.
Needless to say, the slam at tempt is rarely made except after in forcing bid to game by one part- ner, and in a major suit rarely be fore a game bid has been reached. In minor ruit, of course, this is nut possible.
S.-J
H-AX Q J x x
C.-) x x x South:----
S-A KQ xx 11.-10 x
D-AK Q x C.-K X
Aunt Agatha's Corner.
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"Girl baridit holds up train,” states a headline. This is believed to indicate a return to longer skirts.
More Advanced.
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"How old is your little brother, Eric?" Johnny asked his young neighbour.
"Nearly two," said Eric readily. "Coo,” said Johnny, “nearly two. Why, my dog isn't one yet, and he incan walk better'n your brother."
of
North. as dealer, here must, my opinion, open with a bid One Heart, despite the missing half honour trick.
If the convention is used there is! ne risk of overstepping the mark to a grand slam, which is a templ
"I know that" said Eric, not in least put out. "He's got twice es many legs, he ought to."
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REFLECTION
It's great to marry a girl in a ing proposition from South's point million. But, oh: how much great-
of view.
The bidding would then go:--
NO
North:-----
One Heart
The partner bidding Four Trumps must be satisfied from his bie.. own hand and the previous ding that a five contract in a cer
because
he necessarti tainty. pushes his partner into one, and MONDAY, the 30th. October, 1933, that a small slam is a distinct pro
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A Quantity of
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On View from 28th October, 1983, Terms: Cash on Delivery.
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THE
THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
Auction
ON
MONDAY, the 30th October, 1993, commenring s1 2.45 p.m.
at No. 11A. Carnarvon Road, Kowloon.
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE.
No bid of Four lability. The Trumps shows either three acen or we aces and a king of a suit pr viously bid by either partner.
The responses to the Four No Trumps are as follows:
(1) If holding two aces, partner most bid Five No Trumps whatever the strength of his hand.
Four Hearts (2) Five Hearts (4)
South:-
Two Spades (1) Four No Trumps (3) Six No Trumps (8)
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er to marry a girl with a million.
Must Have Been.
Williams was showing his neigh- bour over his little bungalow.
In the drawing-room he pointed to a picture on the wall.
"That's my equestrian portrait," he said proudly.
J. A. Andrew and Miss Ursula Preston, ballroom dancers, who will make their appearance in the Rose Room on Saturday.
THE FUTURE-
QUEEN OF
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RADIO"
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The following programine will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station ZB.W. on a wavelength of 955 metres (845 K.G.'B)-
port.
p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re-
1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press News, etc. 2 p.m.-Close Down
Chinese Studio Concert To-night.
6-8 p.m.-European programme.
6-5.50 p.m.-A Concert.
Violin Solos"
Caprice (Ogarew)
Violin Solos
(a) The Bee (Schubert) (b) Waltz in D Flat (Chopin)
Alexander Sehmldt 20614.
Song-
Ever.of Thee I'm Fondly Dreaming
Dreaming (Linley-Hall)
The Bells of St. Mary's
(Furber-Adams)
Frances Alda (Soprano) 1170.
Piano Solo-
Invitation to the Waltz Weber)
Chorus-
Alfred Cartot 1201.
Where'er You Walk (Bandel-Sprons) Bedouin Song (Foote)
Associated Glee Clubs of America
Violin Solo
Caprice Antique
(Balogh-Kreisler)
30043.
Legend of the Canyon (Cadman)
Frita Kreisler 1093.
HOLLAND The Narrative (Grey-Stothart)
Engagement To Be Announced.
PRINCESS JULIANA
London,
Like the Prince of Wales and
The Rogue Song (Grey-Sothart)
Lawrence Tibbett (Baritone) 1440.
'Celle Solo-
Intermezzo (Vivaldi)
Serenata Napoletana
(Sgambati, arr. Bouman)
Pablo Casals 1542. 4 Bard
6.50-7.20 p.m.-Orchestral Music.
7 p.m.-(Closing Local Stock Quota- Lions, etc.). Masked Ball-Selection
(Verdi, arr. Creatore)
Prince George Princess Juliana of Holland belongs to that unmarried: royal set whose engagement is Hansel and Gretel Overture
be announced."
8
Creatore's Band 36006,
(Humperdinck) Philharmonie Symphony Orchestra
directed by Willem Mengelberg 7436.
Country Dance No. 1 (German)
Pastoral Dance No. 2 (German)
The Merrymaker's Dance No. 3
(German)
Her choice of a husband is all
Important because, the more Prince Regent, he will sit with her on the throne of the Netherlands No wonder, then, that England was
when the
WOR report "A very good snapshot," said his stirred
published in the Dutch press "A snapshot," put in Williams, cently that Princess Juliana was IL WOR "What makes to marry an Englishman. (2) A jump rebid in own suit, slightly puzzled. which nosures a suit of six with at you think that?”
said that her mother, Queen Wil-[Organ Solo-
thei most one loser.
belmina, would betrothal over the radio.
1) A forcing bid guaranteeing friend.
game.
"Well, you're still on the horse, (3) Shows two Всев and the old chap" replied the other, with King of Spades and slam posatbi-ja brief amile. lity.
(2) If holding one ace only and
A LUMP OF LIFE. dia- added values not previously
(4) A definite sign-off by North. «losed, he may bið a small slam in
(5) Six No Trumps is a certainty.
Before they were married he noted It should be
that Six spent all his money on her. After suit previously bid. (3) If holding no ace and no Hearts would fail with an opening they were married she spent additional values, he must sign off Club lead and A, Q sitting over the jhis money on her. with five in the lowest suit
pre- King. viously bid.
I will give further examples of The Four No Trump bidder after the convention in a later article.
TO-DAY'S BRIDGE TIP partner's response thus gets exnet picture of his partner's hand, and is not only helped to reach slam for certain, but avoids gucs ing at grand slams, so many of which fail because
partner East :~~~-~~ does not know for certain whether
one
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North:--
6.-7, 2
West:-
5.--K
On View from Sunday, the 29th the other holds ace, or king, quoez October, 1983.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 24th October, 1938.
THE Undersigned have received
Tinstructions to sell by Public
COMPANY MEETINGS Auction
THE HONG KƠNG & CANTON ICE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NOTICE
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWELFTH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Shareholders in the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, 2, Lower Albert! Road, on WEDNESDAY, the 8th November, 1933, at 11.45 am. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directora together with Statement of Accounts, and re- electing Directors and Auditors.
ON TUESDAY, the 31st October, 1933, commencing at 10.30 a.m. at No. 55, The Peak
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
and
One Kelvinator
(catalogues will be issued)
On View from Monday, the 30th October. 1939.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS..
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 24th October, 1988.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the POSTAGE-STAMPS Company will be CLOBED from the
For 2.000 used stansņu, properly mixed, from 26th October, to the 8th November, our own country, 'send, by registered Post
freeof changes, a eliramed wotch, automelledial 1933, both days inclusive.
without glass nor hands, ar bosh a fountain-pen Parker system with gold polot and an elegant For 200 Hampa, and the catalogue will gift everslurji peneli,
of value, Atuuga jaluose. G. RESTEN IS DÍS, Fius de Maussoja. - PARIS.
By Order of the Board of Directors
J. D. THOMSON,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 28rd October, 1988.
when my radio is out of order
I always ring
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Radu Services
20513
AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY
by
A. H. CROOK, OBE, MA. W. KAY, MA,
W. L. HANDYSIDE, MA, 8.84.
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China Half Offces.
of a particular suit.
Here is an actual example from play which induced me to embark on this subject: North:-
$-x
H-A Kxxa D.-A k
C-K x x x x South:-
S.-K Q
H.--Q J x
D.-Q J x
·CA QJ xx
North-South vulnerable. Nortpi One Heart. South Three!
bid Clubs.
At this early stage North knows
that a small, slam in Clubs in al-
S.-10. 8, 5, 9 South:-
South is playing No Trumps. West leads the King of Hearts. What card should East play?
ANSWER
The 5. The normal card to play would be the 8, the top but one, but this might induce West to continue and lose trick if leading from A K J x or K Q 9 x
А
FARMERS FINED IN SPAIN.
Employed Forbidden Workers For Harvest.
Madrid. Fines totalling 300,000 pesetas
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rumour.
announce
St. Louis Symphony Orch. 900D. 7.20-8 p.m.Variety. re- Vocal Tri
San
Sweet Georgia Brown
The Pickens Sisters 24026.
Why Can't You? Little Pal
Jesso Crawford 21051.
Salty Dog Bam M12508,
Lonesome Road Blues.
Hallelujah
The Revelers
But the radio announcement) Song- aver came. It was just another:
Moreover, Baron Band, Chorus Princess Juliana's chamberlain, declares that he is informed that "her Royal Highness is still heart- whole."
The Princess-whose full title 18
Juliana Princess
of Orange-
Vocal
Duet- Sometimes I'm Happy
Louise Groody & Charles King 20609. Orchestral-
At the Baby Parade
Did You Mean What You Said Last
Night +
Song--
Joe Furst & His Orch. M12880,
He's So Unusual
Helen Kane (Comedienne) 22080 Chorus
Gems from "Blackbirds of 1928" St. Louis Blues
Warren Mills & His Blue Serenaders
35002.
8 p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re-
SHORT STORY, Derek thought the suspense Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, would never end. All around him was born in 1909, the year before the tension was almost unbearable. King George came to the throne. His tongue seemed swollen, his And at 24 her role of heiress ap- throat felt dry. Could he held parent disturbs her very little. out? With stified breathing be Not only has she her mother's waited, und suddenly-alddenly large, sturdy build, but she has the silence was broken.
many of her mother's tastes. They "What's yours?" said the other are both found of sitting quietly in chap. Derek had won!
the Royal Palace, doing handwork. | port.
Queen Wilhelmina must weaVC many memories into her
10.30 p.m.-Close Down. broidery, looking back as she does All records in the above European over her 35 years reign. For she programmen are kindly supplied by was on the throne of the Nether-Messrs. Trang Fook Plano Co. lands when Victoria was ruling
REVENGE AFTER 400 Great Britain. She governed her
YEARS. country throughout King Edward's reign and was still very young--
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Love Song of the Far Flung Suburbs
"I By-passed Your Windew,"
J
BLACK AND WHITE.
A woman asked a Negro porter the time of the next train to Chi- cago. She then went to a white man and asked him.
The porter approached the white
Įman and asked him.
The porter approached the white man afterwards and said, with a
smile: "Perhaps she will believe it, now she has got it in black and white."
INSOMNIA HINT.
6.3-10.30 p.m-Chinese Studio Con- cert
em.
only 80-when King George as
cended the throne.
Now she is the only queen in her own right in the world, the only
Spain Has Indigestion,
Madrid.
About 400 years ago the Moors other woman ruler, belag Grand were driven from Spain. Accord Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourging to legend, as the last boats left The 35th anniversary of her the shore near Valencia, the Moors accession to the throne was re-shouted: "We leave, having sown cently celebrated throughout Hol- the seeds of revenge."
most a certainty and a grand slam (47,500) were imposed on farmers Sleep on the edge of the bed. You land, 45,000 people taking part in In due course watermelons shot if South bolds the Ace of Spades in the province of Madrid because may drop off then, It is tempting to chance the grand they employed farm hands from
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a mammoth procession at Amster up all over the country. dam. Like Queen Victoris, sho
Now in 1998 a glut of melons is slam, and this was actually bid, Galicia in the north during the re- Caledonian Cameo
came to the throne at the age of 18 keeping Madrid doctors busy with with the result that A valuable cent harvest.
"Mither, can I hae sixpence to on September 9, 1898. Actually
cases of indigestion In the poorer. score was missed.
They thus broke the Municipal gang to the plctures?
ahe succeeded her father, King districts. The streets
are fined If, instead of guessing, North Boundaries Law Passed under the "No, ye canna; ye can hac a bit William III, in 1890, but being with stalls offering huge melons by, bids Four No Trumps, having two Republic, which forbids workers to gorgonzola cheese for supper, un'¦ only ten years of age, her mothör
the hundredsie aces and both kings of the suits take employinent outside their own that'll gie ye the nightmare, which acted as regent for eight years,— bid, and South responds with Five town or Urban, district.-Reuter. is juiat as excitin' as ony picture.” † Reuter,
POP - Ma Passes Up The Colonel And Pop Spills The Beans.
I
KNOW,
SHE
I SAW YOUR.......
WIFE
IN TOWN
MORNING, POP, BUT SHE DIDN'T SEE
TOLD
ME!
Some of them weigh nearly 8: hundredweight --Reuter,
By J. MILLAR WATT.
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