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The Undersigned have received frstructions to sell by Public Auc- Tin on
FRIDAY, 7th February, 1941 conmmenting at 2.30 p.m. at their Sules Room,
N. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
mprising --
Teak wood Bedsteads, Divans, Wardrobes, Chests of Drawers,
NEW
ADVERTISEMENTS
HONG KONG Ở SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION
I
NOTICE is hereby given that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Shareholders in this Corpora- tion will be held at .the Head Office of the Corporation, No. Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong. on WEDNESDAY, the 26th Febru- ary, 1941, at Noon for the purpose the of receiving the Report of Board of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1940, The Register of Shares of the Corporation will be closed from Thursday, the 13th February to Wednesday, the 26th February,
1941 (both days inclusive) dur- ng which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of
Directors.
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 7, 1941. *
BRIDGE B.W.O.F.
NOTES
SHIPMENTS
By the courtesy of the P. & O. the Steam Navigation Co. and Blue Funnel Line twenty-four:
CRIME DOESN'T PAY! cases of Hospital Supplies, Knitted
NO. 29
By The Four Aces
Crime and criminal should be easy to spot in to-day's hand:
South, Dealer Neither side vulnerable
♡ 6
6 AK 10 VAQJ 10 5
8
A KJ 7 8 7 3
A A Q 10 4
N
A 6 4
♥K 9 8 4
IW
◊ KQ 105 1 * 4985 2
2
S
096 3
AQ J 9 7 3 O AJ 7
A 6 3
The bidding:
Hong Kong, 7th February, 1941.
South W'est
North
Fast
Pass
Pasa
1♡
Pass
1 A
L'ass
3
Pass
1
34
Pusa
14
Pasa
50
l'ass
6 A
Pass
l'ass
Pass
V. M. GRAYBURN, Chief Manager.
THE SPORTS CLUB.
Selling Lotteries.
REMINDER.
are
that
Members
reminded Selling Lotteries will be conducted at the Club on:---
FRIDAY, the 7th. TUESDAY, the 11th. THURSDAY, the 13th. commencing each day at 5.30 p.m., on the following Races: ---
The Hong Kong Derby, The Rooty Hill Derby and
Sports Club Cup, The Austral Derby.
Dressing Table, Sideboards, Din-{ Members' friends, including ing Tables, Armchairs, Chairs, Ladies, are condially invited.
Wagons,
Chesterfield
Inner Suites. Desks, Bookcases, Glass Cabinets, Folding Screens, Tables, I c. etc.
Carpets, Rugs, Cutlery, Orna- rents, Curios, E.P., Bruss, Glass and Porcelain Ware, Gramo- piones, Records, Electric Table
L: mps & Heaters. Pictures, Clucks, Cooking tensils, etc., etc.
also
A Few Pieces of Blackwood
3 Radio Sets
Furniture and
1 'Underwood" Typewriter
1 Upright Piano by "Zeltter
Winkelmann"
On View from Thursday,
Ba February, 1941.
Terms: Cash on Delivery,
LAMMERT BROS.,
&
thei
Auctioneers. Beng Kong, 4th Feb., 1941.
WARNING
are
Business Houses
horeby warned that all payments in con- nection with the 1941 edition of
LAM MING FAN,
Hon. Secretary.
HỒNG KONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED
West opened the King of dia
with the monds, South winning Ace South ruffed the low dia- dum- mond with my's spade King, to his returned hand by overtaking the spade ten, and ruffed the diamond Jack with dummy's
chan TAKO VALUSES
OF THE FUR-ACER EVETÉS
ACE KING..2 QUEEN.1 JACK..... Ace
of trumps. Next he laid down the heart Ace and continued with the
and heart Queen, East ducked, West ruffed. West then returned a club, and South lost the finesse and the slam together.
Some one committed a Bridge Crime. See if you can tell what it was and who did it before you read any more.
Comforts and garments for civilians whose homes have been bombed have been despatched by the B.O.W.F., as under:
3 cases Hospital Supplies to
the Red Cross, England.
2 cases Garments for civilians
Red Cross, England.
to
2 cases knitted Comforts
the R.A.F. Depot, England. 1 case Knitted Comforts to the
Army Depot, England. 16 cases Hospital Supplies to the Red Cross. Middle East. Supplies to the Middle East consist of the following articles, by the special request of
that Centre:
Canvas shoes Summer and winter underwear Dish cloths, medicine cloths and
dusters
Bath towels and hand towels Dressing gowns
Shaving mirrors
Dart boards and darts Ashtrays
Fans
Hot water bottles and covers Dysentery pads Handkerchiefs Roller bandages
Oddment bags
Fly swats
Metal ladles
Total cases packed to date num- ber 253, inclusive of emergency supplies stored for the use local hospitals,
John Manners
of
Co., for
The B.W.O.F. is indebted to the
Tobacco British-American and Messrs. supplying tin lined packing cases free of charge, also to Messrs. Wang Kee & Co., for transporting the goods for shipment free of charge.
THEY'LL LEARN IN DUGOUTS
Diving into the school air raid shelter in future, won't mean a break from lessons for Lancashire school children, for bright lights and blackboards are being in- stalled.
There are 750 schools of the
Lancashire County Council in the "danger areas," and their raid shelters are to be modified classrooms.
BITTER
TASTE
COATED TONGUE
Are you one of the people who wake up in the morning with those unpleasant symptoms? They are a sign that the liver is not functioning properly and that the is out of order digestive system
too.
To put this trouble right is usually a simple matter, treated in the right way-the Pinkettes way. For Pinkettes gently yet speedily stimulate the liver, activate the intestinal tract, accelerate diges- tion, thus setting the digestive processes
motion into healthy again. If feeling constipated, bil- ous, liverish, gloomy to-day, try a little dose of Pinkoties to-night. and and see how much better brighter you will feel to-morrow morning. Of all chemists.
PINKETTES
PUT LIVER WRONG RIGHT.
CADETS BOMBED, CARRY ON
sons
Our sea cadets of rich and poor men are living up to the tra- ditions of the Service, and carrying on bravely in spite of bombs.
Several of the local headquar- terr have been destroyed or dam- aged by enemy action, states the | report of the Navy League.
"The
quarters of one were completely wrecked, the cadets did not miss a single drill," an official of the League vaid.
unit but
Several lads had their homes destroyed, too, but they turned up on parade in borrowed uni- forms. Que cadet had his arm in a sling, and was suffering from severe head injuries as
a result of the bombing.
The officer in charge of a Lon- don unit reported that in spite of almost incessant enemy action
two of the which resulted in cadets being killed, through bomb- It will not be possible to have ing, and in twenty-three having desks. The children will sit round to be evacuated owing to the des the walls on the forms, but they truction of their homes the will be snug, for draught-proof remainder were carrying on with doors are to be fitted.
training.
South was the criminal, and his crime was in ruffing his diamonds! There was no need to ruff them NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
when they could so easily be dis- that the ORDINARY YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of HONG carded on established hearts; and,
Electric lighting is to be made KONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED particularly, there was no hurry
After win-permanent, with higher-powered will be held at the offices of about ruffing them. Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., ning the first trick with the Ace bulbs, so that the children will be Ltd., Hong Kong, on TUESDAY, of diamonds, correct play is to able to read. the 25th day of February, 1941, at draw two rounds of trumps. Then 12 o'cock noon, to transact the the heart finesse is taken. Even South can still ordinary business of the Company. though it loses,
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY discard a club and a diamond on,
the ALSO GIVEN that the REGISTER dummys beart honours; and
can be ruffed OF MEMBERS of the Company last diamond will be CLOSED from MONDAY, dummy at South's leisure. the 10th to TUESDAY, the 25th February, 1941, both days inclu~. sive,
By Order of the Board,
W. F. SIMMONS,
Secretary. Hong Kong. 1st Februmy, 1041.
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When dummy has a long suit and a short suit, a good player
Blackboards are to be installed. Only two subjects will be taboo cookery and chemistry.
will almost always go after the OFF THE RECORD long suit first, using the more or less incidentally.
*
JO
were
rufts
Oswald Yesterday you Jacoby's partner and, with nei- ther side vulnerable, you held:
AQJ83 OK J94 ♣ K 6
The bidding: Jacoby -Haler The
Pass
Pasy 1♡ 14
Past
(1),
Schenken
Pass
You
ANSWER: Bid two hearts. Tele-have a good sult and can affordi to play for eight tricks at hearts even if your partner has only a singleton heart. There is no rea- „Son" to''jump, since partner's bid- ∙ding is weak; and to show the] diamonds at this point is poor policy.
Score 100% for two hearts, 70% for two diamonūs, 20% for one. no-trump, 0 for any other bid,
Question No. 633
To-day you hold the same hard, and the bidding continues: .
Pass Paas. 10 12
Рава
2♡ 2NT. Раза (7)
Bebenkom
Pais 'PASS
What do you' bid?, (Answer
To-morrow,)
(Released by The Bell Syndicate,
inc.) the
ED REED
"Know anything about, /camouflage,' Hop
Here's Luck
EWO BEER
Tel. 30311