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Manchukuo's Trade Potentialities
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POLICEMEN IN PARIS
A party of students from the Metropolitan Police College have just returned to London, from a holiday on the Continent
They visited the Police Labora tory in Paris and the famous Lyons Laboratory of Dr. Locard, the nearest approach to Sherlock Holmes in real life.
There they were shown such wonders as the technique by which the analysis of dust in suspects' pockets and trouser-ends has led to the conviction of more than one murderer.
IS A BRIDGE STORM
BREWING?
CONTRACT LOSING ITS POPULARITY
LOOKED ON
PEOPLE
AS "BUSINESS”
(By Lt. Col. H. M. Beasley)
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London, feard, by a particular bid, I might OPLE are saying that soon be inclined to agree; but this form there is going to be a new of code bidding is rarely, if ever, employed. If, on the other hand, bridge controversy.
Why?
by "cede bidding" is meant Because, apparently, various ex-scientific system of bidding, then ponents of the game have put these critics would do well to be forward the opinion that Contract guided by the laws of progress. Is fast losing its popularity, since Partnership Essentiał it is now mainly looked on as a The modern rules which apply to business rather than as a game. other sports where team work is Mr. Raymond McGrath, the These experts assert that Con-essential apply cogently to Contract, young architect who designed and tract Bridge is no longer a plea- for it ever a game was essentially decorate the vaudeville studio and sant pastime but a fierce battle one of partnership It is this, in individualism must play the restaurant at Broadcasting giving rise to heated discussion and which House, has written a book, 85,000 even acrimony, the reason for all second at ing to co-operation.
How can this co-operation pos- words long, entirely in Basic Eng-of which is, according to them, the lish.
modern system of "conventional or sibly be produced without the in-..
troduction of some basic principles That means that he has used code bidding.". only 850 words.
100 TO 1
..
As a matter of fact, the game of on which partners can act?
By the simple process of elabora- Mr. McGrath states that he Contract Bridge has never been su wrote the book "Twentieth Cen- popular as it is to-day. It is play-tion from these basic principles
numerous so-called systems have.. tury Houses"-in Basic Englished all over the world. because its appeal is
I have been a good deal abroad been produced; hence the confusion interna tional containing as it does ex-lately and have visited many differ- to which certain sections of Con- amples of domestic architecture ent countries, but rarely did I see tract players very naturally take A multiplleation of from half the countries of Europe, any other card game but Contract exception.
In the book there are camera played or discussed and the numer-systems naturally, leads to discus- pictures and plans in connection ons bidding systems which have zion among players.
However, so far as I know, the with examples of the work of been evolved during the past few
complications of modern Contract architects from all parts of the years were invariably used. earth. The examples are listed Since I came back I have taken Bridge have given rise to no more under separate countries. their the trouble to consult many of acrimony than has always existed clear that in the long run there position in this order being de-those who are directly and indirect-in the game. Bad manners, if must be settlement by good will pendent on the time of building. of the acute problems of compe tition which are retarding the recovery of world trade.
Your Daily-Smile!
Dissention Refuted
ly connected with the Contract they exist at all, do not result from game, and I have asked them frank- the game itself, but from the per- ly whether It is their experience sons playing it, and if a person is that its popularity is on the wane. naturally bad-mannered the sim I have put the question to book-plicity of any given game will not Warden Lawes, of Sing Sing says The Royal Wedding Day that college men make good prisoners, sellers, publishers, and those who make him any better-mannered, for
There is another clinching argument supply the numerous accessories to rules do not make manners. for higher education.
the card-playing public; their re- November 29 will be a great
plies all go to prove that the exact day for London. A Royal wed-
Hoity: Have you heard the joke The work of the special mis-ding always gives the citizens of about the guide who showed the tour contrary is the case. sion of the Federation of British London the welcome chance of its two skulls of Tutankhamen, ons demonstrating their affectionate when he was a boy and the other when Industries now on the spot loyalty to the Royal House, but he was a mant
Toity, No; tell me. studying the possibilities of trade this wedding has elements of
Patiente development in the Far East may romance which lend it a special
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sailors are!" she exclaimed "The
Tournament Appeal
Before the advent of code bid- ding, there were only two-ways-of becoming a good Contract player--- The largely increasing number of either by the happy possession of entrants for the various tourna a natural card sense, or by years of ments organised in different parts experience, so that in those days of the country are corroborative Bridge players were roughly
...
Obtainable from all dispensaries well be of the highest impor-appeal. There was, something. The dear lady stood on the cliff evidence of this.The reason, I divided into two camps, the good.
tance. Manchukuo is the main very charming about the Prince's watching the revolving beacon on the suggest, is that the modern scien- and the bad.
fourney across half Europe to hthouse. "How very patient those tific system of bidding and playing By the simple expedient of rend- objective, but the mission are meet once more the Princess to wind has blown out that light a dozen has proved to be of such absorbing ing or being taught by some com- also to make contact with repre-whom his heart was already times at least, and they still keep on interest among Bridge players of petent player, one can learn in
The sort of lighting it again.” sentative industrial organisations drawing him.
episode which belongs to the
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sive experience to acquire. Contract Bridge has emerged king of all card games."
From this it will be seen that from its former purely family the two camps of good and bad status to occupy a position of inter-players have come much closer to- national importance.
gether; hence, it is obvious that When some few years ago Con- the popularity of Contract has tract Bridge came to displace, the been immeasurably increased and old game of Auction Bridge there an inexperienced player has now were those diehards who decried sufficient confidense and knowledge its advent. Some said it would to oppose the experienced player, never survive; the fact remains and the younger generation of that Contract Bridge is played re- Contract Bridge players is ousting gularly all over the world, whereas the older hands. Auction Bridge is confined to a few The plain facts of the case are clubs, to the more remote suburbs, these: There will always be cer- and to the family circle.
tain players who find themselves The threat of this new. Contract unable to keep up with the modern Bridge controversy is held over our intricacies of any game, heads by critics who look to the But no one can hope to impede palmy days of Auction Bridge. progress, and as long as the pro- They are bold enough to say that gress which we are witnessing to
in Japan. At present Manchu Princes and Princesses of fairy- kuo is in a primitive stage and tales was for once sober fact my poems and do it under the name "I am going to publish a volume of has been of no great value to the Thus the news of the engage of John-Smith."
"Well, that wouldn't be quite fair" Japanese or any other nation as ment gave the public a sense of
pleasure which was enhanced by "Why not?"
"Just think of the thousands for manufactured the simplicity of the Princess's market
innocent men who will be suspected." goods.
It has, however, enor-jarrival in England. No pro- mous potentialities. Its vast tocols, no ceremonial; just a visit area of 460,000 square miles is of a bride-to-be to her future with cheers as yet but little developed, but parents-in-law,
greeting her all the way from is fertile and rich in minerals. Folkestone to Balmoral. Since Japan established peace Princess Marina will be happy jand order, Chinese settlers have in her new-home. The welcome been flocking in to reclaim and given her makes that certain. But we may doubt whether even exploit the soil. There is now a the Royal couple themselves can the population of 34,000,000, making yet appreciate how deeply
The a total purchasing power which nation wishes them well. is already worth the attention of King and Queen and their chil
dren have such a strong sense The "Alice In Wonderland Fetc." our industries and which is cer of public duty, and have labour which will be opened on Saturday Contract can never again come into day in the game of Contract Bridge tain to expand rapidly as the ed so earnestly these last few afternoon, under the distinguished its own, unless what they are continues to be as popular and as resources of the country are difficult years to ease the lot of patronage of HE. Sir William pleased to call "code bidding" is conducive to general interest as it
sufferers from unemployment, Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E should developed.
undoubtedly is, then I have no fear finally obliterated. ·
the ability to indicate a particular in the Bridge world.
NOVEL FAIR AT ST. ANDREW'S
"Alice In Wonderland
Fete On Saturday
FUND FEATURES FUNCTION
It will be observed that the that the nation owes them a debt prove one of the most popular of If by "code bidding" is meant whatever of any serious dissensions
COOLIE FOUND WITH KETTLE
Plea Of Kind Act
way.
At 2.80 o'clock on Saturday after- noon, "Alice" will perform the lopening ceremony, and the Hon. Mr. R. E. Lindsell will preside.
Fun galore will feature the funes tion. For the children and those who seek amusement there is the
SHING MUN DAM TRAGEDY
Mr. S. Brown Falls 70 Feet Into Gorge
MYSTERY OF ACCIDENT-
THEY HAD 640 LBS.
OF RICE
Sweepings Plea Fails
To Stop $25 Fine Art
Yau Yung and Lau Kau, two Chinese males, were fined. $25 each by Mr. E. I. Wynne Jones
of gratitude almost impossible the Colony's entertainments. mission of the Federation of to pay. But the feelings of their The entire ground of the St. British Industries includes, subjects can express themselves Andrew's Church, Nathan Road, besides two delegates of the in delight in their private hapwill be utilised for the function, piness and the wedding day will and for the past few weeks elabor Federation itself, a representa show the warmth and affectionate preparations have been under- tive of finance and a representa of the people. tive of a capital goods Industry, iron and steel. Much of British prosperity in the past has been the fruit of financing the neces- sary services in new countries and supplying them with capital goods. There seems to be no rea-
A fine of $10, in default two Rabbit Warren, the Aerial Runway, A fatal accident occurred at the at the Kowloon Magistracy this son why Briton should not per weeks in gaol, was imposed on Coconut Shies, Darts and Hoopla, Shing Mun Valley Dam construction morning for being found with when 640-poinds of rice in their pos- form some of these functions. In Cheung Fat a coolie who was Goldfish Bowls, the Skee Board, works yesterday afternoon,
charged before Mr. QA. A Mac Lawn Bowls, Bagatelle, Garden Mr. S. Brown, a foreman mason, gesalón Mr. Hin-shing Loap- Manchukuo to the advantage of fayden at the Central Magistracy Co, Weight-guessing, the Oyster fell 70 feet to his death peared for the defence and plead- Japan as well as herself. The this morning, with the unlawful Bed, the Mock Turtle, the Museum How the accident occured, it is ed that the rice was only sweep- swift and efficient development possession of a brass kettle in and numerous other attractions. not yet known but Mr. Brown was ings. of the country is a common 10-Des Voeux Road, Central. terest. If an agreement could Defendant stated that he whist drive and dancing, and tea Gorge at 2.30 p.m., supervising the ed, but the men admitted that
For the grown-ups there will be a seen working at the rocaill in the Three women were also charg be reached allotting functions and
bought the kettle for 10 cents at the Mad Hatter Tea Garden, shifting of Iron skips by two electhey had hired the women to trade in Manchukuo it might be from a small boy who was in need Stalling and booths displaying trie derricks. He was seen standing carry it for them, and they were gradually extended into some- thing of larger scope. As Sir of money to purchase a ticket to goods of avery description will be on a level between the two derricks, discharged.
Harry McGowan has argued for- cibly, British industrialists, and Japanese industrialists should conte to an understanding over *ffield' possible, and as wide
Cantor. W
HOPELESSLY DRUNK
Chfi
was
offered for sale at prices that fit when he over-balanced and fell jevery purse
beadlong into the Gorge, fracturing One case of typhoid On the stage, sketches from the his skull and received internal in reported in the Colony 24 hours ended Novem play,Alice In Wonderland," will Jurles
rendered by talented
land two
ars of age
young In spite of arst aid Mr Brown
16 passed away, shortly, ber $40 The late Mr Br for bachelor, was about 82 He came to Hong
pass the Mont