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BRIDGE GETS SIX NOTES KILLING
Bridge Swindles
No. 25
By The Four Acès South was a little disconsolate about the impossible contract, he had reached through perfectly
normal and logical bidding: but be achieved the impossible by way of a swindle:
South, Dealer
Neither sido vulnerablo
A J7 43 V KJ 10 OK Q J 6
Q 10
should be
4 К
N
A Q 8
66 4
V9 8 3 2
W
E
086 32
0 A 74
984 3
47 6 5 2
AA 10 9
6 5 2
A Q
109
AK J
The bidding
South
I A
West
North
East
Pans
3A
Pass
Puss
LA
Pass
6A
Рани
Puss
Puss
Wei
of
HUMPHREYS ESTATE &
FINANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
opened 10
MIN LAND VALUE)
OF THE FOUR-ACEJ BYTTEN
one
d-
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 10, 1941. -
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When Girls In Thair
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Evidence of blows by aufled first-aid people advertised tall and weedy. When young peo-
ex-pugilist corporal was
given at Sussex, Assizes at
That is the view of an A.R.P. worker after weathering 1 two Lewes by a soldier senten-months" "Blitz." ced to six years' penal ser- He said: "If every person train- vitude for his man-ed by the British Red Cross or the St. John Ambulance Brigade were slaughter.
to paint a first-aid sign outside his who are 'walking house, people
there fot casualties' could stop treatment instead of going 500 or 1,000 yards to the nearest first-aid post.
Summing up the Judge said that no amount of provocation, cruelty or bad conduct justified a man killing another man in this coun- try. He could see no sign of self-defence.
was
"But if a man killed because the provocation he had received
human more than
nature could be expected to bear, the law made allowances for human weaknesses."
"In many districts first-aid posts are widely scattered, and though you may be hit by shell splinters right outside a hospital, you may not go there for treatment unles you are a serious cast.
"And a fairly slight injury, can Private Arthur Barrows, thirty-be made serious by a walk of 500 six of the Pioneer
Corps, was yards find not guilty of murdering Provost Corporal George Thomas Brown, at Burgess Hil on Octo- Ler 1. It was alleged that Bur- rows shot Brewn with a rifle,
PUBLIC AUCTION
In evidence, Burrows said that! The Undersigned have received during the time he was under instructions 10 sel! by Public eletention Corporal Brown treated¦ Auction on
the prisoners roughly.
Burrows said Brown punched him hard in the solar plexus. He also used filthy language to him.
Burrows said he had a hazy idea that he might be able to frighten Brown by firing off a round, not at him, and show him the other rounds.
hearts. and South looked to way to make his contraet besture.
he ploved the first card iron the duinmy. He could discord
He thought Brown was coming dummy's inond on
for him. He picked up the rifle extra heart, but with the intention of warding him that would stiff, but not of firing it. The rifle leave him with a
went off. diamond loser. And! certainly there was
ACA KING. QUEEN. JACKWA
CRVAN MAME OF PREN ZE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of Share- holders will be HELD at the Hong Kong Hotel, Heng Kong, un TUESDAY, the 11th. February, with three 1991, at 1130 A.MI. for the
against him. cut purpose of receiving the Report that trump loser wasn't so of the Directors together with a tain! statement of accounts fur the
a sure trump loser to the King-Queen perhaps
But
your ended 31st. December, 1940. With that thought in
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the South
to
of
won
cer-
mind,
the first trick in
duminy.
Company will be CLOSED from dummy by putting up the king of hearts. Then he led the Jack
the froni spades "Cover an honour, said East, amiably, as he put up the Queen of spades On second thought.
SATURDAY, 1st. February TUESDAY, 11th. February, both days inclusive,
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
JA
General Managers. Hong Kong, 21st January, 1941.
HONG KONG G SHANGHAI BANKING
we won't repeat what West said as he saw his own King and his partner's Queen fall South's Ace!
under
loser
If the players in your group are automatic honour-coverers, remember this type of situation. Few swindles are so soul-satisfy- ing as making no trump blossom where a sure loser once flourished. And make a mental note for your own guidance that covering honours 111 the trump
almost suit
invariably the Head Declarer more good than
1 defenders.
CORPORATION
NOTICE is hereby given that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Shareholders in this Corpora- tion will be held at Office of the Corporation, No. Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th Febru- ary, 1941, at Noon for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Board of Directors together with
+
a Statement of Accounts for the
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Saturday you were
does
the
Oswald
year ending 31st December, 1940. Jacoby's partrier and, with neither
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- ing which period no transfer of shares can be registered.
side vulnerable, you held:
4 7
AQJ 8 6 3 OKJ 9.4
♬ K B
The bidding:
By Order of the Board of
Directors.
Заспру
Mastur
Paas
Pass
14
Разв
Кон
1♡ 2♡
8chonken
2NT 3NT
Pass 30 Pass (7)
Разя Разв Pass
V. M. GRAYBURN, Chier Manager.
Hong Kong, 7th February, 1911.
| PUBLIC AUCTION
ANSWER: Pass. You have told your full story and must trust your partner to have interpreted it correctly. Since he knows you have six hearts and four dia-
The Undersigned have received monds, and still wants to play Instructions to sell by Public Auc-|for three no-trump, you must as-
tion on
TUESDAY, 11th February, 1941
bommencing at 11.00 a.m.
at their Sules Room, No. 2,
Connaught Road, Central (2nd, Floor)
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52 Pairs Khaki Shorts,
519 Khaki Jackets,
336 Pairs Khaki Trousers,
152 Caps.
62 Pairs Canvas Rubber Shoes,
58 Pairs Drab Hosetops.
40 Pairs Puttees.
20 Pairs Khali Breeches,
29 Khaki Helmets.-
27 White Khaki Overalls.'
24 Khaki Overalls.
also
(QUANTITY OF HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE.
Terms: Cash on Delivery:
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers,
Hong Kong, 10th Feb., 1941.
sume that he has some reason for his bidding.
Score 100% for pass, 20% for four hearts or four diamonds.
Question No. 635
To-day you are Merwin Mater's partner and, with neither side vulnerable, you hold:
KJO #
105
A 10 7
♣ Q J 10 6
The bidding: Yos
Jacoby Mstar Pass 'Pass 10 (7)
What do you bid?. To-morrow.)
Schenken
Pass
(Answer.
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