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THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB
DRAFT PROGRAMMES and ENTRY FORMS for the Tenth. Extra Race Meeting to be held on SATURDAY, 2nd November,
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BRIDGE NOTES
(By The Four Aces) BRIDGE SWINDLES NO. 10
Most Bridge swindles are miss- ed simply because the average player doesn't think of looking for most. thom. But we think that. players would miss the swindle hand even if told in to-day's who has to make the play and when it must be made:
North, Dealer
East-West vulnerable
A 9 5
AQ. J G
N A 9 5 2
A 10 5 3 TO K Q.2 K 6 3
S
AAK 6
♡ K Q J
▲ 7 3
29 8 7
10 8 6 4 10 8 7 4
W. E
A Q.J 10 8 4
♡ 6 4 2
O J 1 3
9 2
The bidding: agents.
North 2NT 46
East
South
West
Pass Pass
Pass Pass
The Trude is hereby notified that there are no other sub-agents or distributors in the whole of China, including Hong Kong, besides ourselves for
MAY & BAKER, LTD., Dagenham, London (Great Britain). for the sale of Pharmaceuticals and Drugs, with the exclusion of Specialities (Patent Medicines).
P. J. KLINK, LTD., HOLLAND HOUSE, HONG KONG.
NOTICE
We hereby notify the Trade 1940 (weather permitting) may be that we are the only Agents for
LTD.,
3A Pass
West opened the nine of hearts.
and East won with the Ace. At
HION CARD VALUKS OF THE
THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 23; 1940;
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The gay young blade says the one thing he's sure hé. will escape is social bank- ruptcy.
PLAGUE RAVAGING HSINKING
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
VOLUNTEERS LEAVE SHANGHAI
The number of volunteers to leave Shanghai to join His. Ma- jesty's fighting forces continued to increase as another batch of six Britons left the city recently.
relatives Some forty persons, and friends, gathered at the jetty on the French Fund to see the men off. The volunteers were S.. J. Wyatt; E. A. Cooke, A. G. Clarke, G. Skidelsky, W. C. Yates and W. A. Welch.
contingent
next
This is the fourth of Britons to leave the city in the past two months and another batch is expsoted to depart some week. time during the
the Among those who were at jetty to wish the volunteers good luck, were Assistant Commission- ers B. C. Baker and A. H. Sam- son of the Shanghai Municipal
C. E Police, and Lieutenants Ollerdessen and E.. Powell of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.
The departure of the six re- side, too, as cruits had a funny
volunteer friends of brought him a bottle of whisky friends came Unfortunately, the too late and the steamer was al- they tried to throw the bottle to
out. ready pulling
Undaunted,
some
a
THE ENTIRE POPULATION this point East must execute the OF HSINKING IS NOW WEAR
one of the stewards on the boat, swindle. Can you ING THE NOSE
but were stopped from doing so AND MOUTH
The see it before read-
by a Russian watchman. MASKS ISSUED BY THE ing on?
volunteer left without his whisky, AUTHORITIES AS A FORM OF while the men PROTECTION
kept waving to BUBONIC PLAGUE WHICH IS
AGAINST THE him with the bottle. RAVAGING THE CITY.
FOUR-ACER SYSTEM FACE
KINCE 2 QUEEN. JACK
TERMINAM Watche
ZVERADE MAND 67%
Before we give you the play, let's do a little analys- ing. East can see that the defence is limited. to one heart, orie club,
and one diamona trick. The contract will be defeat-
Tea-rooms, hotels, business firms and Government offices pro- vidē. facilities for disinfection to people entering the premises.
1ne Yamato Hotel is refusing entrance to anyone without a cer-
FRETFULNESS
ed, therefore, only if two diamondstinate of inoculation against the IS BABY'S CALL
can be taken from South. Fur-
obtained at the Secretary's Office, China and Hong Kong for Exchange Building; the Club! MAY & BAKER (SPECIALTIES)thermore, a diamond must be led House. Happy Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON for Specialties, (Patent Medicines) King or Queen of diamonds he
Dagenham, London (Great Britain),
excluding raw Pharmaceuticals
on_THURSDAY, 24th October, and Drugs.
1940.
By Order,
C. B, BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong 21st. October, 1940.
WARNING
Business Houses are hereby warned. that all payments in con-
nection with the 1941 edition of The Hong Kong Dollar Directory should be made at the Offices of the publishers, through the post or by chit book.
No one is authorised to visit offices and collect money on be. half of this publication.
THE PUBLISHERS,
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WANTED.
OLIVIER-CHINE, S.A. Agents for South China: HONG KONG CANTON EXPORT CO., LTD.,
French Bank Building, HONG KONG.
PUBLIC AUCTION
to
The Undersigned have received instructions sell by Public Auction on FRIDAY; the 25th October, 1940 commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE comprising:
at once to prevent South from getting discards on dummy's clubs. But East must not. lead the
must lead the diamond deuce! And here is the reason. No dia- mond, will succeed if South, has both the Jack and ten of diamonds. No diamond will lose if West has the Jack of diamonds. fatal to lead the King of diamonds if South has the Jack, and West, the ten of the suit. For to lead the King of diamonds allows South to win in the dummy and use the Jack to win the third round of the suit.
But it is
disease.
Cinemas, dance halls and other Places of entertainment still re- main closed. Havas.
CUT IN ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"
The supply of electric power in Japan will be curtailed 10 or 15 per cent, according to the "Nichi- Nichi".
re-
The present shortage of coal is acute. The Japan electric power But note what happens when company uses 14,000 tons of coal a East loads the diamond deuce, day and receives only 12,000 and South naturally expects to find is therefore obliged 'to use either the King or Queen in the serve stocks. West hand, and therefore plays a
Restrictions are to be imposed low diamond instead of putting early in November. Havas. up his Jack. West's ten forces out dummy's Ace, and East (SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL"
of Lectures on the Chinese langu- cashes his King and Queen diamonds whenever he gets
inage and literature, interrupted by the fighting in France, will be with the club King..
resumed shortly at the University of Lyons. - Havas,
**
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you were
then
Yesterday
David Bruce Burnstones partner. and, with neither side, vulnerable, you
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THENEW FRENCH REMEDY. Į
also
A Quantity of Blackwood and Rattan Purriture
and:
On View from Thursday,
the
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Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS. -
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 21st, October, 1940.
AA. J. 5.3
7.8 4
K64
Q7:43
The bidding!.. Haler
Schenken You
Pasa
ANSWER: Bid one. spade. The hand is not quite strong enough: for a jump response of two spades.
Score, 100% for one spade; 20% for two spades.
QUESTION NO. 545'
To-day, you are Oswald Jaco- by's partner; and, with neither side vulnerable, you hold:
A: AQJ3
OK J 4
QJ4.3
OFF THE RECORD
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It
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The bidding: Maler
1♡
Durnstone You Pass (7) (Answer
Jacoby
Dbl. What do you bid? tomorrow.)
BRASSO
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