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On
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Tuesday, the 29th December. 1936
commencing at 10.30 alle
at Godown No. 12, The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd, Kowloon
A Large Quantity of Miscellane dus Goods
comprising:
For Prospectus, for boarders and [day-boys, apply. Fung Man Sai. Esq., Chan Pak Luk. Esq. Messrs. H Wicking. Prince's Bldg. (Tel 30241) or to St. Stephen's College, Stanley.
Siamese Beer, Teak Wood, Rubber Goods, Carbide, Iron Pipes, Manila Rope. Dyes, Barbed Wire, Scrap Rubber, Porcelain Ware, Iron Bars, Galvanized Wire, Nails, Electric Lamps, Steel Bars, Plate Iron, Iron Sheets, Disinfec- tant. Dates, Wire Ropes, Fish- maws, Ground Rosin, Flour,
Matrix Cardboard. "Camel Hair
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Lighters, Meat Juice, Window! Glass. Marble Table Tops, Per- fumery. Nail Polishing Sets.) Glassware, Chlorate of Potash, Candy, Cotton Trimminga, Piece 'Goods, Diesel Oil, Gasoline En-
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BLE REPÉZA. 193846:
Fredric March and Steffi Dunna in a tense scene from Warner Bros. production of “Anthony Adrecse” which brings to the screen all the globe-girdling glamour, romance, colour and thrills' packed into the 1,224 pages of Hervey Allen's gigantic best-selling novel. The supporting cast is headed by Olivia de Havilland, Anita Louise, Claude Rains, Donald Wooda, Edmund Gwens, Louis Hayward..... and many others. This production will be screened at the King's Theatre on New Year's Day.
BRIDGE NOTES
By ELY CULBERTSON
Forcing The Dummy
The ways in which the Declarer hearts, he could win an extra can use his trump suit to the heart trick and defeat the contract greatest advantage are many and if Dummy's trumps could be ex-i varied. He uses it to lead out his bausted before the club suit could opponents trumps and destroy be established and raz.
their ruffing power; as stoppers to South must hold the club King Iprevent the run of an established to justify his bid of four spades, suit which is held against him; as in which case one lead would clear ļa means of disposing of his own that suit. The only hope was that losing tricks by ruffing them with if Dummy's trumps were suff. (Dummy's short trump length. At ciently shortened, South would be Įtimes the trump suit füläls still unable to get back to
his own (more complex duties, when Dum-hand to draw trumps, and West's bmy's short trumps are used to last trump would prevent his run-
serve as entries to an established ning the cimb suit.
long suit. In order to defend suc- East's plan of defence caused cessfully agaiast the Declarer, his him to win the first heart with the adversaries must understand all Ace and return the heart nine. of these methods and many more. This was a deceptive measure, in so that they may plan a counter-case South held the heart Jack, to attack to prevent the Declarer give the inference that West held from using his trumps to the best the heart King and it would do South no good to play his Jack.
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On View on Day of Sale. Terms: Cash on Delivery.
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THE
Now On Sale
CHINA YEAR BOOK (18th edition) 1936
on the Far
The China Year Book is an indispensable referencs book on China; it azma ita vender with nă material necessary for forming correct judgments Eastern situation "and embodies all · Importent doenments” and statistics of the year.
Among the subjects dealt with by foreign and Chinese-experts in the eighteeth edition are "the following: Smuggling, Tangku Trace Agreement, *New Life Weekly Incident, Hirote Three Point Programme, Soviet-Outer: Mongolia Protocol, Mongol Te ritory in Manchakua, Bous Maxton, Currency Position,
THE COMING OF CHRIST
Nativity Play At St. John's
A large number of people were
In occasional cases the principal As the cards were placed, it was power of the trump suit is to unnecessary.
furnish entry back to Declarer's The heart nine was ruffed in hand. At such times the proper Dummy and a club led to South's Įdefence technique is to reverse the King. Exist ducking. Another usual procedure of trying to pre-club lead by South forced out vent Declarer from raffing with East's Ace, and the heart ten for- Dummy's short trump suit. In-ced Dummy to ruff with the spade, stead of preventing ruffs, the de-King. Now, since the club suit fence must force Dummy to ruff, was established, South could barel so that eventually there will be no made his contract if he could have trumps left in Dummy for the De-drawn trumps; but after leading clarer to use in transferring the the spade Ace he could not get lead. In most cases, when such a back to his hand without giving condition exists it must be re-East the lead in diamonds and al-) cognised immediately so that the lowing East to cash his heart King process of forcing the Dummy can for the setting trick be started at once. The very first lead is usually none too soon.
North, dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
West
¡S-10 4 2
North
S-AK3
E-Q D-K 96 CQJ9842
- 852 DJ 874 C-10 6
East
$7 6
H-A K 10 9
D-A Q 10 53 C-A.3
South S-Q J 9 ́8 5
-E—7 6 4 3
D-2
C-K 75
It would have done South o good to lead a diamond from Dum- my“ immediately and thus prepare to rızîf himself into the lead later This would merely have given East one more chance to lead hearts, and Dummy-would have! been forced to ruff the fourth heart with the spade. Ace, estab lishing West's spade ten as the setting trick. Neither would it have done any good, as the cards: lay, to ruff both hearts with hon- ours and then lead the spade three, as this course÷giso would have lost] a trick to West's spade ten:
A spade lead by Bast after the first trick would have allowed the contract to be made, however:
¿present at St. John's Cathedral The bidding: (Figures after South would have established his last evening, when Masefield's play, bids refer to numbered explana-clubs and then ruffed the heart "The Coming of Christ," was per- tory paragraphs.)- |-| formed. The players who take North
1C
part in this play are by their own request anonymous.
128
with the spade Ace, retaining the Bast South West spade trey to lead to his own long} Dbl ·15 (1)
trump suit and draw trumpa. PASS Dbl (2) Pass
3H 45 (3) Pass Pass Pasa...
433
Dbl
The story opens with the Four 35 Angels of the Power attempting to Pass dissuade Anima Christi from en-Pass tering Human Life, but the Savi-1-South makes his normal "one our goes, asking them to grant over ane” respogise just Him comfort in His going. Peter though the double had not oc and Panl sxe next seen describing || curred
as
their weaknesses, and are followThis is still a takeout double-t
ed by the three Kings who depart
to find the Saviour-King.
The shepherds, are shown grum- bling at their lot in having to tend other men's sheep on, such a cold
| winter's night, and decide to go to the Inn of Bethlehem, for wine and warmth. The angel appear to these lowly men, and the Kings are | seen offering their gifts before a liber, which bears the Child Christi
Price $18,. The incidental music, by Gustav
"Obtainable at Kelly & Walck, Ltd.
Spades and clubs having been
PARTY FOR THE CHILDREN
Christmas Treat At
Kowloon Docks
bid against him, East is szTE Dozens of Fordon Dock kid-1 that West must hold a fourther were entertained at the card""suit-in ither hearts or gam diamonds.
Christmas tea-party given by the Kowloor Dock Re 8-Both adversaries having shown creation Club in Chhi Chúb rooms
length in hearts, South is sure yesterday afternoon E that North must hold a single- Mr. E. Cock, manager of the ton or perhaps none at all. Li Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock the club suit is solid, it seems Comparý,
ra Cock grere that our spedes,can be made. I tresent We opened the heart dence, and
armusing burlesque pan- producti
hour int
sexived in his ~tradi-
Holst, which is of rare beauty, is Fast And That South must have fom
thly sung by a hidden choke, jÄPSE
and a "festure of the acting was
West's-dence
Mich was probably his
the clear enunciation of all the fourth highest, showed, at most.
or from the publishers: NORTH CHINA' DAILY NEWS players.
P. O. Exx 27, Shangha£..
Lfour cards in the suit. – East could Parks)
play will be repented again therefore men that In addition to tional scarlet robes and handed}
This Aces of clubs, diamonds and presents to the little guests.
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