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THE HONG KONG FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION.
The Annual General Meeting of the Hong Kong Football As- sociation will be held in the As- sociation's office, Bank of Canton Building, Fourth Floor, on FRIDAY, July 12 at 5.30 p.m.
C. A. GOLDENBERG.
Hon. Secretary.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction, on
THURSDAY, the 11th JULY, 1940 commencing at.11 a.m.
at No. 5 Peak Mansions, The Peak A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
including
One Oak Dining Room Suite One Maple and Cherrywood Bed
Room Suite
One Upright Piano
and
One Frigidaire (in good condition) On view from noon on Wednes- day, the 10th July.
Terms: Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
...Auctioneers.
The Undersigned have received. instructions to sell by Public Auc- Ition on
THURSDAY, the 11th. July, 1940 commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at No. 3, King's Apartment, First!
Floor, Austin Road
A Quantity of Valuable House- hold Furniture Particulars from Catalogue On View from Wednesday, the 10th. July, 1940.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioners. Hong Kong, 8th July, 1940.
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on,
FRIDAY, the 12th JÚLY, 1940 commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:-
OFF THE RECORD
EDRE
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HERE'S LUCK
EWO BEER
WINNING CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces) WHAT'S IN A DISCARDI
Tel. 30311
RUMANIAN DECREE
The Rumanian Cabinet, at al special meeting in Bucharest last night, approved a decreed prohi biting the sale of shares in Ru-
Rumanian citizens,
hard as-I did and I do more! Royal's New No. 1 la capler, Easter..
BETTER TYPING
"It's grand to have your boss-piralne 1, mean actually rave over your typluiz. That's tactly What's happened...
LOWER COSTS
"I've noticed...already letters seem to come through tight, faster ince we took do the New Royals.”
رحمها بوقتاد
FINEST... MOST
EFFICIENT TYPEWRITER EVER PRODUCEDI
There's no doubt about it, the manian oil companies except to The Office Appliance Co...
average player would lose. to- day's hand. It was dealt in a twelve-table duplicate game, and the was misplayed by nine of twelve declarers.
South, Dealer East-West vulnerable
*904
4
37 2
5'
A KJ 10 9 V. K 9 8 3
A 4. 6:32
2
098 5:3
J1098
AQJ 10 7 10.6 A Q 4
The bidding:
West
North
East
Pass
14
Puss
Pass
Pass
ផុន. Pass
Pass
Pass
Teakwood Dining Room, Bed Room, Drawing Room and Office Furniture, Tientsin Carpets and South Rugs, Pictures, Gramophones and
10 Records, Electric Oven, Ceiling ald Table Fans, Filters, Glass, 6 Porcelain, EP,, and Brass Ware, Cutlery, Curios, Ornaments, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.
also
A Quantity of Blackwood and Rattan Furniture and
LIMITED
This is interpreted as a move to 11, Chater Rd., Ground Fl., York Bldg. prevent the transfer of such shares abroad..
There have been insistent ru- mours in Bucharest that British interests have been endeavouring to dispose of their share in Rus- sia: Reuter...
BANGKOK BOY AWARDED THE D.F.C.
Acting Wing-Commander. John Jonas Arthur Sutton, Born in Bangkok in 1912, whose father lives in Leeds, was yesterday
Telephone 34177
ROYAL
MORE THAN EVER WORLD'S NO. 1 TYPEWRITER
EINER FRENCH AEMEDY. JERAPION NO.1 HERARION NIZ
awarded the Distinguished Flying TERAPION N3
Cross for gallantry and devotion to Cre to duty in air operations, says Reuter.
the major suits. Score 100% for one spade, 40% for pass, 0 for any other bid,...
QUESTION NO. 458
At each table, the opening lead was, the King of diamonds. Nine
You are Howard Schenken's declares drew trumps and then partner, neither side is vulnerable,
116M CARD VALUES
FOUR-ACKS BYNTEN
33993 2 Electric Refrigerators "Trigi- FAC
daire"
200222 Gas Stoves.
2 Upright Pianos
2 Radio-grams
2 Radio Sets
1 "Royal" Typewriter
1 Teakwood Bed Room Suite
IKING
QUEEN 1 JACKLIN
RYLANDE HAPI 67%
hastily discarded and again you hold: the ten of dia- dum- monds on my's extra spade. And with that dis- cárd went the slam contract!
It was now im- possible to avoid the
two loss of nine declarers
club tricks; and Austin 1 Teakwood Dining Room Suite
A A 3.10 5:3
Q 10 5 2
3
AJ 9
The bidding:
You Burnstone Schenken Jacoby
Dbl. 14