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HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB
for
The Annual General Meeting of the Hong Kong Cricket Club will held in the Pavilion. an MONDAY, 28th October, 1940, at 5.30 pm.
A. K. MACKENZIE,
Hon: Secretary.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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The Inland
Revenue Depart- ment will be removed to Windsor House, 5th floor, on Saturday, the 26th October.
The Estate Duty and Stamp Omces will be closed for business on the 20th, and will re-open at the new address on Monday, the 28th October.
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NOTICE
We hereby notify the Trade that we are the only Agents for China and Hong Kong for
MAY & BAKER (SPECIALTIES) LTD.,
Dagenham, London (Great Britain),
for Specialties, (Palent Medicines) excluding
and Drugs.
raw
Pharmaceuticals
OLIVIER.CHINE, S.A. Agents for South China: HONG KONG CANTON EXPORT CO., LTD.,
French Bank Building, HONG KONG.
NOTICE
The Trade is hereby notified that there are no other agents, sub-agents or distributors in the whole of China, including Hong Kong, besides ourselves for
MAY & BAKER, LTD., Dagenham, London (Great Britain).
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public for the sale of Pharmaceuticals Auction on
and Drugs, with the exclusion of
FRIDAY, the 25th October, 1940 Specialities (Patent Medicines).
commencing at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room, No. 35,
Harkow Road, Kowlcon.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:-
P. J. KLINK, LTD., HOLLAND HOUSE, HONG KONG.
WARNING
THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 24, 1940
BRIDGE OFFICIAL FROWN ON
NOTES
(By The Four Aces)
CAREFUL TIMING,
SPITFIRE FUND
Do the Government want the people to buy Spitfires? This is the question asked by many of the
There's no remarkable play in 4,000 inhabitants of Woodbridge, near Ipswich, fol-
to-day's hand --- just careful tim-
[ing of each play:
Teakwood Drawing Room, Bed Room; Bed Room and Omee Business Houses are hereby Furniture, Cutlery, Carpets, Rugs, warned that all payments in con. Pictures, Curios, Ornaments, nection with the 1941 edition of Clocks, Gramophones & Records, The Hong Kong Dollar Directory E. P., Brass, Procelain, Glass and should be made at the Offices of Aluminium Ware, Tea Sets, the publishers, - through the post | Electric Lamps, Fans, Cooking or by chit book. Utensils, etc., etc.
also
A Quantity of Blackwood and Rattan Furniture
and
One 5 Sir, "Durant" Motor Car On View from Thursday, 24th. October, 1940
the
Terms: Cash on Delivery. LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 21st. October, 1940.
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
Auction on TUESDAY, the 29th. October, 1940 commencing at 5.15 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 2, Connaught Road, Central, (Room No. 205, 2nd Floor)
A COLLECTION OF VALUABLE POSTAGE STAMPS On View from Saturday, 26th October, 1940.
No one is authorised to visit offices and collect money on be. half of this publication.
THE PUBLISHERS, The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd. Windsor House.
WANTED
North, Dealer
Both sides vulnerable
AK 8 4
A 10 G
8'64 2
◊ 8 6 2
AK 10 4
♡ K. Q-G ◊ J 10 9
7 4 +7 3
W E
A 7 G 2 ♡ J 9 . KQ 61
QJ95
A A Q J 9 3
A 10 7 3
◊ A
* 8 6 2
The bidding:
North East
South
Pass
Pass
1A
West Pass
2**
Pass
20
PR98
3♡
Pass 4♡
Pass
Pass
+
Pass
OF THE
HIGH CARD VALUE FOUR-ACLU EVSTER
KINCH Z QUEEN 1 JACK
TOTIN TRALIE BY FACT DE
Ace
lowing a report of the clerk of the local Urban Dis- trict Council, Mr. A. R. G. Curjel.
Woodbridge' folt · declare that theirs is the smallest town in the country to launch a Spitfire fund.
But their enthusiasm has been somewhat damped by the'r clerk's declaration that he has received an official communication saying that:
"The Government do not real- ly smile upon such schemes and it le better for the public to buy Savings Certificates and Defence Bonds."
Mr. Curjel told a reporter: "De- spite it we are hold ng a meeting next week to consider launching the Spitfire fund. The official view seems to be that the Government lent their. would rather people money so that it could be applied in to any purpose and not one particular."
+4
Colossed Dy„Tag tên Gruastate, foc.)'.
An
who optimist is he thinks to-morrow will be his day of day.
West led the Jack of diamonds, the Ace,
"The Wonder" South winning with South then led a club to dummy's
Councillor R. C. J. Lewis de- in order to
clared "Townsfolk have already. finesse the ten of
offered to contribute to the fund. spades, West took
Surely it is better to give money the King of spades and led: another to the country than to lend it?";
And Mrs. H. A. Ramsden, a forcing diamond, South to ruff. housewife, said: "We are deter- now seemed that mined by buy a Spitore for our South would lose Air Force. When I see a Spitfire ધ્ર space,
pass overhead. I say 'there goes their spare time and are appeal- 110 trumps, and a club; my aluminium saucepan.'"
ing for anything saleable in aid When the Spitfire has been pur-aid of the Wembley Spitfire Fund. but there was still a chance to
chased it is to be called "The Croydon has received the loan avoid defeat.
of a German bomber, one of the Declarer led the seven of hearts Woodbridge Wonder,"
Undaunted by any the key play.
official many which have crashed practi- from his hand
are taking cally intact in the recent air war. East won and plugged back an-rowns, other towns
It has been placed in a pro- other diamond, South ruffing with up the idea with enthusiasm.
Lewisham has started a Bomber minent position in the town and the ten of hearts: And now South cashed the Ace of trumps, leav-Fund, and has challenged Willes- a charge of ed. is made for the
has already trump out against den, which
raised privilege of inspecting it. £3,000 ing only one
towards the £20,000 The proceeds will go him.
local Fighter Fund, which has now The next step was to run the necessary.
The Lewisham fund was start-reached £1,400. spades. On the third spade, dum-
Southon with iny discarded the four of clubs. ed by Mr. Leslie
the day was West ruffed the fourth spade, but £500 and before
ten discarded the dummy
of out the sum of £1,285 had been clubs anyway. And now there subscr-bed. was no longer a club loser!
--
Family Gift
to the
A prominent' London business man, his wife, son and daughter, Local Rivalry
have each given £5,000 to the Minister of Aircraft production Suggestion for a London bomb- for the purchase of, four Spitfires. to remain The family desires rounder fund league and a second lea-
for "fighter funds" were anonymous.
Note that South had to draw two rounds of trumps to make his contract, for otherwise East
the fourth would trump
M
of the or- The man, in enclosing a che-
of spades; and West would still gue make separate trump tricks. But made by a member it would have been fatal to cash ganising committee of the Horn- que for £15,000 and his wife's the Ace of trumps first, for that sey Spitfire Fund. "Almost every cheque for £5,000, says in a let- a fund for ter to Lord Beaverbrook, "The would allow West to draw three district has opened
two rounds of one or other, and there is a good country's need transcends private instead of only
deal of-friendly-rivalry-between--comfort and requirements. trumps.......
them," he said.
"My slogan is 1,000 Spitfires Hornsey members of the Wo- for London."" Oswald
Within
in- 24 hours of the men's Volunteer Services are to Have a stall outside the Town | auguration of the Borough of Is- Hall on Tuesdays and Fridays, tington Spitfire Club, soldier pati- from which they will sell surplus ents at the London Fever Hospi- fruit and vegetables from local tal collected £6 as a preliminary gardens and allotments for the qualification for membership. Spitfire Fund.
Pay day is "bomber day" for At Wembley, air raid wardens workers of Lever Brothers and have become "old' junk men" in Unilever Limited.
you were Yesterday Jacoby's partner and, with nei- their side vulnerable, you held:
A A Q'J 3
♡ 8 4
◊ K J 4
A Q J 4 3
The bidding: • Maler 1♡
Burnstone Jacoby
Dbl. Pass
two
Του (?)
ANSWER: Bid
spades. OFF THE RECORD Your hand is so strong that game | is assured and Slam is by no means unlikely. An immediate jump will lead to a more natural' development of the bidding than a simple response coupled with a jump later on.
Score 100% för two spades, 60%
BOOK MANUSCRIPTS WANTED, -New York book publisher seek ing for unusual and outstanding book manuscripts for publication on either royalty or co-operative for one spade. basis. The Falcon Press; 274 Ma- | dison Avenue, New York City.
FOR SALE
HONG KONG DOLLAR DIREC. TORY 1940, EDITION—On sale at all Bookstalls and at the Offices of the Publishers, Windsor House; Des Voeux Road, 'Central.” Tele- phones:-20022 & 20011
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QUESTION NO: 840 To-day you are Howard Schon- Ken's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you hold:
A QJ 10 G' T ✓ 8'5
OK 74
$ KQ 7
The bidding: Jacoby 1♡
Bahenken Dbl.
What do you bld?
To-morrow.)
Afalet You
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LOST AND FOUND NINE CHILDREN
A Guernsey family of mother; father and ning children, scatter- ed in the cvacuation of the Chan- nel Islands, has been reuntied affer weeks of separation.
At first the father, Mr. Harry Hault, thought that some of his family were on the way to Canada and others toʻ-Australia?.
Later he found they were all in various parts of Lancashire:
Now an anonymous: bencfactór has provided them with unrent ffoe bungalow In Makin Street) Bradford.
The Women's - Voluntářý, Sarmi vices have equippati : -- the house. Furniture has been provided by:] the neighbours.
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