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BRIDGE" NOTES
CONTRACT BRIDGE
`BY ANCHORITE.
XXVIII
(This series of drticles is board on Culbertson's system of bidding). (Continued)
LAU PAK WAL, Dentist. HONG KONG OFFICE:-- GLOUCESTER BLDG., 1st Floor,ly
Telephone 20188. KOWLOON OFFICE:-
335, NATHAN ROAD, 2nd Floor, Telephons 58581.
WORLD OLYMPIC HANDS The following hands were actual. dealt and played at recent World Olympic Tournaments. An excellent way of improving one's own game is to lay out a pack of cards according to the hands be low, and then follow the bidding
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS. and the play with the help of the
W. 8. BAILEY &
CO., LTD. Kowloon Bay Call Flag "L" Kelvin Motors.
New Work & Repairs.
Sole Agents for
OPTICIANS.
THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,
'Phone 22232.
53, Queen's Road Central
GOVERNMENT NOTICES.
G
explanatory notes.
•
No Trumps or Suit Call? East, Dealer
East-West vulnerable North-
5-Q 8
H-K J 9 6
D-A 10 8.4
C-KJ 2.
West----
S-A 10 6.8.2. H.
D.-9 7 6
C-Q 9 7 43
East-
S.-J 9 8
H-Q 10 6 3
D-K 8 2
C-10 6 5
THE CHINA MAIL
Burial of John X. Prohibition
There goes John L. Prohibition (the X, was put in to make him more dif- fealt) into the cotin occupied by John Barleycorn who was buried in 1920 only to be roused by Repeal Miss Bunny Swanson, as "Miss Spiris of Repeal" is directing the obsequies which the N. Y. Art Students * League feature in their repeal reyal...
D.-9 8 7 3
South---
S.-K 7 4
H-A 874 2
D.-8 6
D-Q J 3
East-
C-A B
R
East
South West
⚫ North
S-K 8 3
H-Q J 2
D.-A., 0 4
C.-10 7 6 2
S-A Q J 10 4 2 H.-9 5 3
D.-10 2
PUBLIC AUCTION.
No bid 1 H1 No bid 8 H2
No bid 4 H3 No bid No bid No bid
•
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS 1 The biddable nuit should always
the by Public Auction
be preferred to a No-trump
Mass
Tele 8th day
to be held on MONDAY, the
2
A sound double raise.
of January 1934, at
9
3 p.m. at the Office of the Public Works Department,
br
SPORT NOTICES.
South might bid "Three No- trump," but holding a five card trump suit it makes his "Four Hearts" a little better.
Order of His Excellency the Gor- ernor of one Lot of Crown Land The play: at Aberdeen in the Colony of HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB Hong Kong for
ANNUAL TENNIS,
!
TOURNAMENT.
TANTRY FORMS can how be years.
Pavilion.
obtained at the
ENTRIES CLOSE on SATURDAY,
13th January, at 6 p.m.
Hong Kong, 3rd January, 1984.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
ANNUAL RACE MEETING,, 1834 (24th, 26th, 27th, 28th February and 3rd March)
DRAFT
PROGRAMMES
are
now ready and may be obtain- ed at the Secretary's Office, Glou- cester Bullding; the Club House, Happy Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables.
Entries will close at 8.00 pm, on Saturday, 20th January, 1984.
Members are reminded that no
South
C.---K 4
The bidding:
South West
North
LADIO LEE THEATRE
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMNES
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong Broadcasting Station Z.B.W on a wavelength of 355 metres (845)
12.15 European programme.. pocal Time & Weather Re-
113 DM-
„Rosorded music.
115 p relay of the Hong Kong
SPECIAL REMES ·
TO DAY ONLY
Ar 2.30, 7.00 & 9.30 p.m.
COMPLETE CHANGE
OF
PROGRAMHƑ
Hotel Orchestra from the Hong Kong THE MEI HUA CO.
Hotel Grill Boom by courtesy of the
Management (During the intervals
recorded music will be broadcast from
the
Studio by Pra News, ate
245 punonuClose Dews.
Three Studio Itml To-night. -190-1.30 DM Chise
$7.30-19.30-
7.39. D. Closing Local Stock Qùn-
|tations, "eta, Bulga
7.83-8 From the Studio. The 18th of a series of lamonnin by the Rev. IL R. Wells,
HOANNE WAY I Tima k’Weather Re- |
8
port.
82.9 p.m.--From the Studio, **Selections by the Empress of Canada" Orchestra directed by “Mr. G
Redfern
Programm
1 March~~~~The Whip (Holzmann)
Walts-Dreama of Childhood
W?Waldtaufel) book
2
8. Selection--Songs of Scotland
weet! (Lampe),
4. Entr'acte
(s) Humoresque (Dvorak) (b) _The_Grasshopper Dance
(Bucalossi)
(e) Musical Switch (Alford) 5. Fox
9-9.30
Irish Songs
Danged.
1. Mother Machren (Olcott & Ball)
12 Her Name in Mary
(Sievier & Kamuay)
SWASTIKAS NOT TO 3. When Irah Eyes 'Are Smalling
BE EATEN
Nazis Uphold Sanctity
Of Emblem.
"TIN "HITLERS" ALLOWED
Berlin.
(Ball)
9.10-10. p-m-From the Studio.
PRESENTS
BLOSSOM TIME"
IN
A CHINESE REVUE
"OF
BEAUTY & NOVELTY:
PRICES:- 80 Clay 55 Cia.
& 40 Cts,
MUSICAL
OFFICIAL
by..
A 5th Recital of Gramophone records
by Mr. C. B. R. Sargent
10-10.80 p.m.Selections by London Symphony Orchestra.
Carneral Overture (Dvorak) 2. Polovini March" ("Prinen Igor""}
5.
The Swastika, appropriated by Chancellor Hitler as national sym-0. East No bid bol of Germany, may not be eaten, No bid according to the latest paragraph No bid in the code of 87 different uses to which the Swastika may not be put.
No bidi No bid 1 C2
No bid 2 D4. S3
No bid No bid Holding only two honour trick In spite of the strong playing hand, a pass first round is the best palley, N
With a Club opening, which 181 term of 78 the most probable, South should 4 S5 rears with the option of renewal finesse the Knave in dummy. Hid at a Crown Rent to be fixed by immediate problem is the proper the Surveyor of His Majesty the play of the trump suit. He can King, for one further term of 76 afford to lose one trump trick, as
he helds only one loser in Spades 2 PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.. and one possible loser in Dia-
monds. Therefore, his whole pro blem revolves around his ability to hold his losers in trumps to one. If the Ace is played first and it turns out that East holda four to 4 the Queen, Ten, the chances are 5 that two trump tricks must be lost. The lead of the King from dummy. The 'play
Registry No
Locality.
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Boundary
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about 0
As per mis plan, | 1,188
2.16
Rimsky-Korsakor? Chanson akowsky
Bans Paroles
Cortage des Nobles”
the
RETIRES
Secretary Of London R.S.M
34 YEARS SERVICE
London. The man who has worked “behind the scenes" for 34 years to turn Bri- tain into a musical nation is saying
goodbye to the omcial world of music and retiring--to practise his fiddle.
He is Mr. Janser Muir, secretary
to the Associated Board of the Royal
("MiadaRimsky-Korsakov), School of Music, London.
Gopak ("The Fair at Sorotchinsk"
Moussorgsky).
News
At his deak in” Bedford Square
19.30 p.m.-Rugby Mid-day Pr* Mr, Muir has worked to bring music 10.35 pm-Close Down,
Should reception prove satisfactory.
the
Into the lives of boys and girls of
programme between 6 and 6. pm. England and the Empire. replaced weely from Daventry
How well those plans have ́ BUC- Chocolate swastikas,, swastika
"On Bunday, 17th December, 1988. oreded is shown by the numbers of watermarks, on "note paper, and Radio Play was given from thr
candidates." The first year he was A sound opening third hand bid playing cards with pictures of Hit- Studio, entitled "Room 29."
The authors offered a prize of $15.00 with the Board, 11,000 British can=" South might bid Three spades" ler and leading ministers in place of for the best solution of the question rather than only one. Advia the King, Queen and Knave
What would have been the verdict of didates were examined and 2.000 the able, however, to fin dout among the forbidden media for Jury 1"
from overseas; to-day the Board. Eleven serious and two humorous North has another biddable partriotic expression...
attempts were submitted to the judges, examines yearly 85,000 candidates Girls may not wear cellulold who awarded the prize to Mr. Barrs in the United Kingdom and about slides in the shape of the swastika, Ching. and money-boxes in the shape of a storm-trooper's hat are also · · for- bidden,
sult...
North's second biddable suit. South should not hesitate to bid gams,
16,000 overacas,
"Besides the United Kingdom we
There are, however, special dis LUNCH THAT COST «xamine in Australia, Canada, New
on the other hand, provided for West's proper opening lead is four trumps being held by either the King of Hearts, on which East, pensation for children. They, may opponent, and when Weat shows should play the Queen. As this play with tin soldiers representing jout, the advantage of South's stra card is never used to start an acho, Hitler and his Ministers, and
tegy becomes quite clear. The it can be read only as showing the clockwork horse mounted by, a Knave can be led the second tima Knave. At trick two, therefore, storm-trooper has been passed by and when East covers, the only West should underlead his Aco, the authorities....
Dolls representing storm troopers trump which he can now make is putting East in with the Kravé.
the Ten-apot. If declarer makes East should now cash his Ace, of are now allowed up to a size of one an error at the second trick and Diamonds Immediately and then foot-Beuter. plays the Ace of Hearts, the band lead his last heart in the hope that
R
can still be made by a trump end- South holds three cards in that|
PUBLIC AUCTION.
play on East, At trick three, be auit, and that dummy will be for THE LORD PLUMER can finesse the Diamonds and sub-ed to trump. Since this is actual-
borse is eligible to enter for anyARTICULARS & CONDITIONS/sequently give up a Spade trick. ly what happens, the declarer - is}
After this be can eliminate the able to take only one finesse in
FUND.
Acknowledged.
of the Sale by Public Auction hand and finally lead the good Spades, thereby enabling East to Canadian Contributions race meeting of this Club until an to be held on MONDAY, the Diamond from dummy. East will make his trump trick. East's play Official Racing Certificate shall have 8th day of January, 1984, at be forced to trump and lead from of the Ace of Diamonds to trick been obtained in respect of the 3 p.m. at the Offices of the his Queen, small to the King, three is absolutely essential bo- horse.
Public Works - Department, ✨ by Kanye In dummy.
All Members intending to enter Order of His Excellency the Gov- Griffins at the Annual Meeting are ernor of one Lot of Crown Land Game in Spades
South Dealer requested to apply for Oficial Racing near Kowloon City In the Colony of | Certificates in respect of such Grif Hong Kong, for a term of 15 years. Both sides vulnerable
{oriti fins without delay. Also, Members commencing from 1st July, 1898 B 9.7 who have not yet registered racing with the option of renewal at a names or colours will oblige by do- Crown Rent to be fixed by the Sur- ing so at their earliest convenience. įvayor of His Majesty the King, for
By Order,
one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
C. B. BROWN,
Becretary. Hong Kong, 2dd January, 1984.
FOR SALE
1954
POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUES
Stanley, Gibbons de
'Part 1. British Empire
Part II Foreign Com Combine The Tvert and T Scolt Stamp
GRACA
4.90
No. of Sale,
Lomity.
H-8 6 P-KQJ5
-A:K-10 7:4
Montreal
crase rufing down the dummy. In: Sir Arthur - Currie, -War-time {mediately will fail if declarer Commander of the Canadian Corps, holds the King of Clubs, and 10] has received from Lady Piumar's more than four cards in Clubs and letter acknowledging the contribu Diamonds. As it happens, if the tions of Canadians to the Lord Heart is returned at trick three, Plumer fand,
£2,000.
Bill Paid With Winning Lottery Ticket.
Vienna.
Zealand, India, Malta, Ceylon and other places," Mr. Muir told a Hew-
Ya correspondent.
A very difficult to say what
the effect of broadessling and other developments has been on music in General,” he continued, Teachers The saddest man in Lwow is a say it effects the number of popila bookseller's assistant who recently adversely and schools seem to agree that fewer children are learning bought a lottery ticket.
He gave it to a restaurant keeper music. A in payment for a model of goulasch On the other hand just recently (stew), finding that he had forgot--in the last six months tew teachers have assured me that Iten his money.WE
getting better and that He has now beard that the ticket things are
to do things for themselves Instead of relying on gramophones, and the wireless
on 80,000 zloty (about 42,000 st people are agatu anions to learn par.)Router.
CARL“ BRISSON FOR HOLLYWOOD
Paramount Studios announce contract has been given to Carl declarer will trumpin dummy, lead The letter stabes that, as, the Brisson, native of De the Spades and finesse, and then semo to Lord Plumer, has been has acted and sung fils way toʻsan. lgy down the Ace of Spades. Easi completed, the money will be devot- |sational" "suoDERS on the will now hava to follow on foured to the ? establish ent of the stage, and
Club tricks and declarer will get Plumer scholarship at Eton-Reu-] He will come to Hollywo hia necesary discard in Diamonde. ter.
POP — A Matter Of Simple Arithmetic.
The piano is overwhelmingly the pular, instrument and last
ughly, 50.000 candi- umined 40,000 were for the
oximately the proportion,
came next with, only 2,398,"
about, 8 per cent, af antranta am girls but that does not mean that they are more mual- cal than bors, but simply that girls' schools go in more for mu
By J. MILL
WATT
BERKELEY SQUARE?