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BRIDGE_NOTES
CONTRACT BRIDGE
BY ANCHORITE
XVII
THE CHINA
(This scries of articles is based on Culbertson's system of bidding).
SPECIMEN HANDS The following are two more of} the hands played in the recent International. Tournament;
Hand No. 1 North, Dealer, North-South vulnerable North:
Spades-7,
Hearts-K Q J. 2 Diamonds-Q 8 7 5 2 Clubs-10 8 0
West:-
Spades A Q3 8 Hearts-A 8 6 4 Diamonds—A Clubs-A Q 97
East:-
Spades K J 10 5
Hearts
Diamonds-K J 10 9 6 3
Clubs K J 2
South:-
Spades 6 4 3 2
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Diamonds 4
Clubs-543
East ID 1
South West
4 S 3
Pass Pass
2 S 2
4 No
trump 4
HAIRDRESSERS.
Pass
5 S G
Pass
5 No
Pass
7 S 7
Pass
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OPTICIANS.
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53, Queen's Road Central,
trump 6 Pass 8 LA sound opening bid holding three honour tricks and a vix card suit. 2A forcing bid. 3Although holding enough play-
+
BADIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME
1-2.15 pm.-European programme.
1 pa-Local Time and Weather? Report.
1.3 p.m.-Recorded music. 1.15. p.m.-A relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Grill Room.
1.30 p.m.-Rugby Press News, etc. 2.15 p.m. Close Down Carola from the Studio. To-nig 6-8 p.m.-Europesa programme, 6 5.38.D.M.
A relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra, from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden,
5.30-6 p.m.-Quarry Bay Children's Christmas Concerts from the Studio,
י
Vocal gramme,
Wassal! Song"
2. Band-Christmas Carols"
WISE
AND
OTHERWISE
"Actress Bathes in Perfume”
Attar baby.
ALL QUIET.
In the recent. New York munici- pal elections two people were kill ed, seventy-five were injured, and 150 were arrested. That's a nasty knock for the pessimists who thought the election would ba marked by rowdyism.
*
"Scared of Him! Ha, ha, ha!"
The Ilon-tamer's wife wanted a good laugh. So she went and look ed at the lions,
3. Vocal-(a) "Holly and the Ivy? | A
(5) Three Kings in Great Glory" 4. A Story
5. Band (a) "Robbers March"
(b) "While Shepherds Watched" (c) "Come All Ye Faithful"
6-7. p.m.-A relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden.
*
+ EXCEPTION.
I envy not the man of gold, The actor nor the airman bold, The screen star nor the matador, But, gosh! I do the bachelor.
He's Sure a Swell Guy,
•
I read that a film actor has in- 7 pm. Closing Local Stock Quota- tions, etc.
creased from 10 stone to 171⁄2 stone; 7.3-7.30 p.m.-Light Operatic. Selec-in five months in Los Angeles. tiuna.
ww
Lilac Time (Schubert, arr. Clutaam).
The New Mayfair Orchestra.
Geisha (Jones),
Belle of New York (Kerker),
#
PAH!
津
A new society of husbands has been formed "to assert the rights
Band of H. M. Coldstream Guardò, of men.” And yet people laugh at
Merrie England (German),.
New Symphony Orchestra.
7.30-8 p.m.-From the Studio.
old Canute trying to roll the tide back.
A Selection of Carols by St.. Andrew's Church Choir
Programme.
•
Way Back in the Cave Age?
Caller: What sort of an animal
1. Here we Come a-wassalling (arr.skin is that you've got for a mat
Martin Shaw)
2. While Shepherds Watched (16th at the cave mouth?
Century)
3. Bleep Holy Babe (Stainer)
Host: That! Oh, that isn't a mat.
*
#
SHAKESPEARE ON WIDOWS
4. Christmas, prithes be thou drest The rate-collector called,
in thy best (Murtin. Shaw)
5. The Grasmere Carel (Arthur)
Somervell)
6. Good King Wenceslas (Tradi-
tional)
7. Adeste Fideles (Traditional)
8 p.m.-Local Time and Weather Report.
"The evil that men do lives after them."
Dragged Up..
and About,
Then there was the modern boy who was tied to his mother's apron 8-16.30 p.m.-Chinese Studio Con-strings... and nearly died from
ing tricks to justify more than a double raise, he prefers this conservative bid as he lacks Aces. 4Showing two Aces and a 'King of cert
a suit bid or three Aces. 5Although a weak response,
10.30 p.m.-Rugby Mid-day Press jexhaustion. New cat4
bid is not a complete "sign- pft." Five diamonds would deny any additional values, GShowing all four Aces.
10.35 p.m.-Clue Down. Should reception prove satisfactory, the programme better and 5.30 p.m. will be replaced by a relay from Daventry
All relays from the Hong Kong 7Knows the grand slam is almost Hotel are by courtesy of the Manage
'a certainty.
8Preferring a suit contract.
ment and during the intervals record- ed music will be broadcast from-the| Studio,
The play: North's probable opening is, the King of Hearts North {which should be ruffed in dummy Pass
GENERAL NOTICES. immediately. Declarer's play should Pass
An Impossibility.
He who runs may read and learn, but he cannot inwardly digest. Schoolboy's Lament
While there's life there's soap » Modern Proverb
A man who is worth his salt hath tasted both mustard and pepper.
D.-K 3 G-Q 2
East Радя
South West
2 D 3
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be to ruff all three of his losing Pass Hearts in dummy in case the Dia Pass mond suit cannot be established 1Being vulnerable and holding At the second trick he returns to his own hand with
4 H 6-
Pass 1. 2. PINK Pass
2H 4 Pasá
West:
5,
·B-Q 3 5 4
D.-Q J8762 C-AK J
East:
NOTICE..
3.-10 8 6 5
four he returns to his hand with
D.-10 9 5
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SHORTS
COMING SHORTLY !
ON THE STAGE,
bare 2% honour tricks.
a trump and 2A sound fourth hand bid.
ruffs a second Heurt. At trick 3A jump bid is not advisable” as
lacking it in spades.
·
.
THE FIFTEENTH ORDINARY the Ace of Diamonds and trumps 4The support in diamonds aug THE YEARLY
MEETING OF his last losing Heart with the |SHAREHOLDERS will be held in}trump in dummy. After this he the Board Room of Messrs. Lowe, leads a Club to the Queen and Bingham & Matthewa, Mercantile plays three rounds of Spades. King Bank Building. Victoria, Hong of Diamonds affords a diacard of Kong, on SATURDAY, the 30th day the last Club.
of December, 1933, at 12 o'clock
Hand No. 2
(Noon), for the purpose of receiving| East-West vulnerable
South, Dealer North:-
a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the financial year ended 30th September, i 1933, and electing Directors and Auditors.
Spades Q 9.3 2 Hearts-5 Diamonds-4 3 Clubs-QJ832
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from West:- SATURDAY, 23rd December, 1938, until SATURDAY, 18th January, 1934, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
·NOEL BRAGA,
·Secretary. Hong Kong, 16th December, 1985,
Spades-8 Hearts-Q.9 7. Diamonds A 86 52 Clubs-A 10 5
East:-TEW
Spades AX 10 74 Hearts-K 10 8 6 Diamonds-K 8 Clubs-7.4
SPORT NOTICES. * South:*****
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
NOTICE.
HE entries for the ANNUAL
TRACE MEETING, 1934, will
close at 8.00. p.m. on SATURDAY, 20th January, 1934 CUTAN B
Members are reminded that no home is eligible to enter for any race meeting of this Club until an
Micial Racing Certificate shall have||
In respect of the
Spaden 6,5
geats game at some bid. Therefore advisable to explore every possibility and the sub- Bequent sub-shaded bid In hearts.
BAs the it has now been discover- ed, West should not hesitate to jump to game The play-Even should South open the lead with trump Ace fol- lowed by a small trump it will not
C-10 8 7 4 S
South:
S.-K. Q 39 H.-97,2 D.-A 4. C.-9.65
East.
The bidding
South West North Spade: 2 Dlands 3 Spades No bid 4 Spades No bid No bid
Dummy Problem No. 2
defeat the contract. Declarer can South, Dealer win the second Heart lead from Neither side vulnerable, either hand, and immediately win Six Hearts bid and made. two tricks in spades, two in Dis- South monds, and one Club.
Four more S.-K Q J4 tricks can be made by cross-ruffing
•HZ-A Q 7 4 3: DA 108 apades and diamonds.
In case a
third round is led, declarer will
not be able to make his contract. The bidding:
and neither spades nor diamonds Bouth West North East
can then be established..
10) Dummy Problem No. 1
1.Heart 2 Clubs 8 Hearts No bid
13 Spades No bid 4 Hearts No bid
The following is the solution to 4.N.T. No bid 6 Hearts No hid the Dummy Problem which ap-No bid peared in last Sunday's Issue;" North
Hearts -A 4 3 2
Diamonds-Q. J 10.7 Clubs-K 9 6
HA 108 6 3
POP
One Fellows The Other
POP
QUICK!
What
No-bid cards are in dummy's
hand
The answer to this problem will be given in the next instalment.
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