MUTT AND JEFF
CICERO, IF YOU WENT. TO WORK AND THE BOSS FOUND OUT YOU TOLD LIES DO YOU KNOW WHAT HE WOULD DO?
SURE! WHEN I GOT OLD ENOUGH HED MAKE ME
A SALESMAN!
-AND ANOTHER THING, M'BOY! IF A MAN STEALS, NO MATTER WHAT, HE WILL ALWAYS LIVE. TO REGRET IT!
You use TO STÉAL (KISSES FROM ME
BEFORE WE WERE MARRIED!
12-27
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 6, 1940
By BUD FISHER
WELL, YOU HEARD WHAT
I SAID!
WELL,
THAT'S
THAT!
An Hour
Of Popular Classics
Today's Wireless
6.00 p.m.-An hour of Popular ClassicE
compared from the Studio.
7.00 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quota-
tlons.
7.02 p.m.-A Military Band Concert.
"Swan Lake"-Ballet (Tchaikow- sky)....The Band of H.M. Cold- stream Guards cond. by Capt. R. G. Evans.
Sea Songs Medley (arr. Vaughan Williams). Intro: Princess Royal;
Benbow; Admiral
Portsmouth;
Life on the Ocean Wave.
Ship Ahoy March (arr. MacKenzie).
ken
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 Megacycles
Portsmouth Command),
Old Folks at Home and In Foreign Lands (C. J. Roberts). H. M. Grenadier Guards cond. by Capt. George Miller.
Tito Schipa (Tenor).
8.40 p.m.-London Relay "The Ear
of Britain".
March Lorraine (Ganne) Le Pere La SHANGHAI
Victoire (Ganne).... The Band of HI. M. Coldstream Guards cond. by Capt. J. Causley Windram,
Intro: The Sea is England's Glory; | 7.30 p.m.-London Relay-The News. The Lads In Navy Blue; Ship 8.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Ahoy; Sons of the Sea....Massed Report and Announcements. Bands of The Royal Marines (of 8.03 p.m.-A Spanish Programme with
Winning
CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Maler, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in cxistence.
THE RIGHT CONTRACT
.
HIGH LARS VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTEN
ACE KING QUEEN 1 JACK...
TOTAL VALANG we PAR DE
now played,
RUGGERITES
CONFIDENT
SHANGHAI, TO-DAY. SHANGHAI'S RÜGGER INTER- PORT CHANCES ON A HEAVY FIELD ARE CONSIDERED BRIGHT. MEANWHILE, LOCAL RUGGER OFFICIALS ARE BEBET BY DIF. FICULTIES CONCERNING THE VENUE FOR THE INTERPORT MATCH.
Arrangements were tentatively made for the match at the Canidrome on Thursday morning,-but- yesterday the pitch was almost completely under water.
It is hoped that the next 48 hours will see
a decided improvement, but
in any event it is understood that in the event that the Canidrome is total- Southly unfit the match will be played off discarding three in the Kiaochow Road Park..... spades. West, having
The rain has stopped for the time to make six discards, being, but it is still cloudy.-Reuter.
threw three hearts,
then two diamonds and finally had to let go of a spade. South now played the spade Ace, then threw West in with a diamond. off three diamond tricks, but then had to lead a heart away from his King. Good bidding and play by South.
We are quite proud of the bidding by South, who happens to be protege. of ours. South had in West a brilliant opponent who was not going to make things easy for him. The bidding proceeded normally until South's bid of three notrump. At this point West, who was afraid that three notrump could be made, decided on a sacrifice bid of four diamonds. When North and East passed, South had a difficult decision to make. Of course he could | West ran double; but the opponents were not vulnerable and the penalty probably would not be large. Another quite feasible bid would be five clubs, but South did not like the idea of West making the opening lead through his hand (five clubs could not have been made). However, with the help of a long solid club Bult, four notrump might be made and South decided to try it.
South, Dealer North-South vulnerable
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YACHTING RESULTS
Following are results of the ladies' race, second series, held Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club yester- day over 9.5 miles:
Yesterday you were Howard Schen-True Blue ken's partner and held:
X X X
♡ K X X X
◊ x x x
♣ Q xx
by
Finished Pos, Pts.
16.46.37 I 8 (Miss Crawhall-Wilson), Redshank
16.47.39 2 6 (Mrs. M. N. Luce).
Guri
Gull
Burnstone
16.47.55 (Miss L. A. Heiberg).
16.50.23 (Mrs. G. D. Adams).
3
4
4
2
The bidding: Schenken Jacoby Yog
3NT Pass (7)
ANSWER: Your correct bid is to pass. Even though four notrump should be safe, six is highly pro- blematical and therefore you should be content with game.
Score 100% fro pass, 0 for any other bid.
QUESTION NO. 827
You are David Bruce Burnstone's partner and hold.
A XX
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London Relays : Variety
9.15 p.m.-London Relay-News Sum-
mary.
9.30 p.m.-London Relay-"Cards on
the Table".
9.45 p.m. Variety with Gracle Fields, Ronald Gourley, John Henry and Others.
11.00 p.m.-CLOSE DOWN.
SHIPP BOWLS WELL
The cricket match between En- gineers and University on Sunday was held at Sookunpoo, not Pokfulam, as originally arranged, and resulted in a win for the Sappers by 8 runs.
Engineers 155 for 5 dec. (Denyei not out 80, Bailey 31).
University-147 (A. Bakar 77; Shipp 7--31).
FANLING GOLF
T. Low, returning a card of 102-10 =92 qualified from a field of 24 in the Captain's Cup February qualifying compétition over the Old Course at Fanling during the past week-end.
F. C. Young, with a score of 85-14 71, qualified over the New Course... A score of 83-16-67 was disquali- fled as the player had also taken card on the Old Course.
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GUERILLA ACTIVITY NEAR HANKOW
--Changsha,-To-day... Gunfire is reported to be audible in the Wuhan tri-cities as a result of the intensification of Chinese guerilla ac- tivities in the suburban areas.
Large numbers of Japanese dead and wounded have been sent back to the cities.
As a result of Japanese seizure, there is an acute shortage of rice.- Central News.
LOCAL DOLLAR
The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1/2 13/16.
Silver was quoted in London yes- terday at 21-3/4 for Spot and 21-5/8 for forward.
The London on New York rate was quoted at £-U.S.$4.025 and the New York on London rate at
£-U.S.$3.08-7/8.
THE
HONG KONG
PENINSULA HOTEL:
HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL:
OK J
♡ AJ 2
A.J 2
KIX AK XXX
The South
bidding:,
The bidding:
West
North East
20
14
BNT
10
Pass
Pass' Pass
Pan
Pass
•Barnstone
ANT
Jacoby Pass
Pau
4NT
Pass
Pass
Pase
West opened low diamond. East played the Queen and Declarer won
What do you did? (Answer
tomorrow.)
(Released By The Bell Syndicate,
with the King. Six clubs tricks were Inc.)
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