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NEW
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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 16, 1940.
GALLANTRY
ADVERTISEMENTS CONTRACT OF LONDON
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
(By The Four Aces)
EFFECTIVE DEFENCE The difference between effec ive and ineffective defence is
SQUAD
How
St. Paul's
was
THE SEVENTH EXTRA RACE ften just a matter of listening to Saved from destruction by MEETING will be held (weather taken from a team-of-four match
he bidding. To-day's hand is a bomb of the biggest permitting), at HAPPY VALLEY in which it represented the en-calibre ever dropped on on SATURDAY, 21st September, tire margin of victory for the London, which fell to the 1940, commencing at 2.00 p.m. winning team.
The First Bell will be rung at South, Deller
North-South vulnerable 1.30 p.m.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members' En- closure. “: Such must be worn throughout the duration of each Meeting in such a manner as to be [readily identified..
A 7 6 3 ♡. 8
10 9 80 K 10 3
· 9 6 4 3. K Q
A 2 7 6 5 2 AKQ 2
KQ J 4
47·6 3
♡ A Q J 94
O JE
* A 4
The bidding: South Weat
Pass Pass
North..
2♡
3A Pass
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obtainable are through the SECRETARY upon the personal or written applica- 10 tion of a Member, such Membe: 4A to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for Pay- ment of all Chits, etc.
The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) will close at 11.45 a.m.,
Tiffins are obtainable Club House provided they are ordered in advance from the No.
1 Boy (Tel. 21920).
at the
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
ZA
10.8 7. J 10 9 8
5 2
East
Pass Pass Pass
Ран
The bidding was identical at both tables. 'In one room, West
Hi, GARD VALUES
opened the King of diamonds and FOUR-ACES SYSTEM continued the suitj
until South ruffèd. FACE
South then knock- QUEEN 1 trumps and easily KING 2 ed out the Ace of JACK
OF THE
TOTAL SALANI Or PHARD6--
west end of the Cathedral is told in, a statement issued in London yester- day by the Ministry of Home Security,
When a bomb disposal squad. commanded by Lieutenant R. E. Davies, began to dig they found that a six-inch gas main had been: fractured, and three men were gassed.
The Gas Company were called in to deal with the leakage which had caught fire.
When the gas was cut off, the disposal section had to dig down
*26.
[Rólasped by The Dell. Byndicate, Ina.)
An optimist is a golfer who thinks his wife will make al- lowances when he comes home late with the excuse he couldn't get past the nine- teenth hole. -
seven feet before they found the ed by the police. bomb which was a ton in weight The bomb, blown up yesterday and eight feet long, fitted with at the Hackney Marshes, caused a fuses which made it deadly dan- crater 100 feet across and shook'
windows in houses far away. Reuter. was
gerous to touch.
KNEW WHERE TO LAND
With great difficulty it drawn up with special tackle by two lorries in a tándem and then driven at high speed in a lorry by Lieutenant Davies to the Hackney Marshes, the risk Two Germans who parachuted of an explosion being Imminent out of their 'plane over London all the time.
yesterday landed most con- took the rest of dral and the Marshes were clear- 'front of a police station. Reuter: The streets between the Cathe-veniently and appropriately in
the tricks to ful-1 BULARAS HARD SEX fill his vulnerable The price of Admission to the
game contract In the other room, the West! Public Enclosure is $1.00 includ-player displayed no such unseem- ing Tax, for all Persons, including ly haste in taking his diamonds. Ladies, and is payable at the Gate, South's bidding indiented 'a-five- Soldiers and Sailors in
Uniform card heart suit, and North's raise showed at least three-card heart, support. That left only one heart jat
Jare admitted Half Price.
By Order.
6. A. SLEAP,
most for East since Wost himself had four of them. Ac- cordingly, West opened a heart. Actg. Secretary. Duminy won and led a trump, West taking, his Ace at once in lorder to return another heart.
East ruffed and got his partner inj with a diamond to. get another
Scrip Certificate No. 1358 dated Hong Kong, 16th September, 1940,
9th June, 1933 for Fifty Shares numbered 35386/35435 in the above Office, standing in the name]
OF Mr. Harry Adolph Lucker, of PUBLIC AUCTION heart ruff. Then a second dia- Tientsin, has been lost, and should the same not be produced before
mond lead gave the defenders. the second setting trick. The differ-
PROTECT
YOUR HEALTH
Anaemia
Nerve Weakness
Insomnia
Neuritis
Rheumatism
Sciatica
Premature Ageing
Loss Of Appetite
Malarla
Lefeur Bhuania. Women's Allmenta
point game in the other room (a The importance to health of maintaining the vitality of the full swing of 820 points decided blood at normal was realised many years ago by a British physician
the 24th September, 1940, a new The Undersigned have received ence between the 200-point Scrip Certificate will be issued in instructions to sell by Public penalty in this room and the G20- favour of the said Mr. Harry Auction on Adolph, Lucker, and no transac- tion taking place under the old Scrip Certificate will be recognis- ed by the Office.
JARDINE, MATHESON
̄& ̄ ̄CO., LTD. General Agents. Hong Kong, 10th Sept., 1940.
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WEDNESDAY, 18th Sept., 1940 commencing at 5.15 p.m.
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A VALUABLE COLLECTION
OF POSTAGE STAMPS. Catalogues will be issued
On View from Tuesday, the 17th.] September, 1940.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BRÖS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 13th Sept., 1940,
REACH THOSE WHO
CAN AFFORD TO BUY
THROUGH
the entire match.
Saturday you were Bruce Burnstone's partner with both side vulnerable, held:
AQ 98
♡ A 6 4
◊ K 9 5 3
J 2
You Pass BA
The bidding: Burnstone Schenken
Pass (2)
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Элеон
Pass.
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ANSWER: Bid six spades. You OFF THE RECORD
have slight extra
values, which
were not shown in your" double raise, and your hand contains two Aces →→ a great aid for a Slam contract.
J
Score 100% for six spades, 80% for six hearts, 0 for pass.
QUESTION NO. 518 - To-day you are Merwin Maler's partner and, vulnerable against opponents, you hold:
"The China Mail" non-vulnerable
THE PAPER THAT GETS
INTO THE HOME
"Earliest with the Latest"
▲ 8 7 5 2
♡ 5*3
O J 10 9 5
A Q 68
The bidding: Jacobs You
1
Pasa INT Pass. INT Poss Разв
Schenken 10.
Malor
1A
Pars
Paso
KOPLE
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What do you lead? · (Answer-
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THEFT FROM SHIP
A sum of $4,546 in Hong Kong currency was stolen from the ca- bin" of "Captain”. O. ́· Adreassen, master of a ship lying in the Taf- koo' Docks,
!
In making a report to the Police last night, the Captain stated that the money was stolen between '5] p.m. on Saturday and 7.80 yesterday. The police are inves- tigating.
COAL FIND IN NORTH 'CHINA
a.m.
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA" MAIL") The Mitsubishi Mining Com- pany has discovered a large coall (vein, at Hsin Tathsien. Mining, operations will start soon---Hovasi
2000, THE RAKHNtor
kee “i musta lost my hand cuffè, some place, Gargo”.
Here's Luck
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