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By Order of the Board of Directors,
M. CHAN HARR,
General Manager. China Emporium, Ltd
Deveraber, 1940.
PUBLIC AUCTION
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Aue- tic on
FRIDAY, 3rd January, 1941 commene.ug at 2.30 p.m. at their Sale: Room,
N. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon LA QUANTITY OF VALUABLE
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE comprising:-
Teakwood Drawing Room, Bed Room, Dining Room and Office
THOSE EXEMPTED ABOVE, MUST REGISTER EIT- HER AS BRITISH SUBJECTS OR AS ALIENS. PERSONS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY REGIS- TERED AS BRITISH SUBJECTS OR AS ALIENS ARE REQUEST- ED TO DO SO WITHOUT DELAY.
Sd C. G. PERDUE, Commissioner of Police,
31: December, 1910
By Order of the Liquidator of Heinrich Arfas
Particulars and Conditions of Sale of the
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD
PROPERTY
Situate at
North Point, Victoria. In the Colony of Hong Kong being
Inland Lot No. 2320 together with
"SEVEN SISTERS”
Furniture. Chesterfield Suites the premises thereon known as Cutlery, Electric Heaters & Lamps Ornaments, Curios, Gramophones & Records, Pictures, Clocks, Croc- kery, E P., Brass, Porcelain and Glass Ware, Cabin Trunks, Tea Sets, Rugs, Wash Basins, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.
also
A Few Pieces of Blackwood Furniture
and
2 Bed Room Suites
1 Dining Room Suite
1 Carpet
2 Typewriters
On View from Thursday, the 2nd January, 1941.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers, Hong Kong, 31st Dec., 1940,
FOR SALE
To be sold by Public Auction
on
WEDNESDAY, the 8th day of January, 1941, at 3 o'clock p.m., at their Auction Room, No. 2 Con- naught Road, Central, 2nd Floor, Victoria, Hong Kong.
by
Messrs. Lammert Brothers, Auctioneers,
The property consists of:-
All that piece or parcel of ground situate at North Point aforesaid and known and register- ed in the Land Office as Inland Lot No. 2320 together with the messuage erections and buildings thereon known as "SEVEN SİS- TERS" held for the residue of the term of 75 years with a right of renewal for a further term of 75 Crown Lease thereof. years created therein by the
Annual Crown Rent $96.00. Aren 21,000 square feet. or thereabouts.
RESTAURANT with ex- JAVA perienced cooks, license, telc- phone, furniture, gas, electric Axtures, new Westinghouse Re- frigerator, ceiling fans, etc. for sale.
Business goes well, good For further particulars apply to:-- profit.
44, Lockhart Road, Tele-Messrs. Johnson, Stokes & Master, phone 32494.
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THE PUBLISHERS, Newspaper Enterpriss, Ltd.
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or to Messrs. Lammert Brothers,
The Auctioneers..
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THE CHINA MAIŁ, JANUARY 2, 1941
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NOTES
CRIME DOESN'T PAY! NO. 24
By The Four Aces
of
See if you can spot crime and criminal in this continuation our regular Crime series:
South, Dealer Nelber site vulnerable
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The mentally sketchy girl- friend
expects her beau to hand hor a piece of string whon he exclaims "Can you tie that."
همه گیان
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may enjoy finding out for them- selves.
Tuesday you were Howard Schenken's partner and, with ne.- ther side vulnerable, you held
AJ 9 6 4 ✓ 8 5
A Q 10 4
The bidding: South West
Pase
North East 20
Раза
Pass
Ad
Pass
Разн
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F'ass
l'ass
l'ass
l'ass
clubs,
Ace.
HON CARD VALDES OF THE FOUR-ACKS BYSTEN
West opened the ten of dummy winning with the South then overtook dumy's ten of spaces in order 10 draw three rounds of trumps. The next step was to lead the ten of hearts. West cover- ed with the Queen, and dummy work
ACE... 3 KING..2 QUEEN 1 JACK.....
FETIL BALKI w Pacu.be ARTEIDAR MANI 615.
with the King. The Ace of hearts was cashed, and then
the Jack of hearts. South discard- ing a diamond. Since the hearts had not broken, it was up to South to lose only one diamond trick; but West's holding made it impos- sible for South to make his con- tract from this point.
◊ K Q 9 3
Q 10 6
The bidding:
Schenkerz Burmstabe Too Jocaby
Pass 10
(7) ANSWER: Bid one no-trump. The spades are a little too shabby to bid, and the hard is not strong enough to raise the bidding level by bidding the diamonds.
Score 100% for one no-trump. 50% for one spade, 30% for two diamonds, 20% for pass.
Question No. 603
To-day you hold the same han, but the opening bid is different.
Schenken Burnstone You
Pass 1A
(7) What do you bid?
Jacoby
(Answer
Syndi-
| To-morrow.)
The evidence is all in, brother sleuths. Who was the criminal Decide and what was his crime? for yourself before reading on.
South was the criminal, since he should have made the contract. His play was correct up to the time that West covered the ten of hearts with the Queen, But at that point. South should not have won with dummy's King! With no side entry to dummy's hearts. South should allow West to hold the Queen of hearts as a
Herr Simon, German Governor precaution against a 4-2 break in hearts. After making that play, of Luxembourg, wants only those Ger- no officials willing to South could regain the head matter what West returned and many's ends. run the rest of dummy's hearts and discard all the low diamonds from his hand.
(Released by The Bell slam
cate, Inc.)
SERVE GERMANY OR GO
serve
"All cffcials and civil servants in Luxembourg who are unwilling to serve Germany's interests, Besides this method, there are have now the possibility to leave the south of at least two "fancy" ways of mak-the country for ing the slam, which readers who France," says a new decrEE like "double-dummy" problems has published.
OFF THE RECORD
he
By ED REED
WANTED
DEADOR ALIVE
REWARD
$1000.00
"Owing to the condition he's In-t can only give you $750.00!".
Here's Luck
EWO BEER
Tel. 30311.
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