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WATER
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FLAG DAY. March 29th, 1941
Object
NOTES
TWO CHANCES
MISSED
By The Four Aces
We missed a game in this
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT DIVIDEND
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Board will recommend at the
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CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD.
Notice To Consumers
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THE HONG KONG
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The SECOND EXTRA “RACE MEETING will be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 29th March, 1941, commencing at 2.00
P..
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THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Issue of 600,000 new ordinary shares of $10 each.
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WARNING
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2 Queen's Building, Hong Kong, on MONDAY, 31st March, 1941, al
çonsideration noon for
of the Directors' Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1940.
Surely someone must' have underbid, or is this one of Meeting of the Company, be ap- propriated as follows-To-pay-a those rate hands in which a mak-dividend of $1.00
per share on uble game is unbiddable?"
105,494 shares-$195,494; To pay a bonus of $1.00 per share on 195,494 shares: $195,404; To transfer to credit of Stocks Re- serve $250,000: To distribute Bonus to Staff: $17,164.50; Carry Forward to next account: $183,327.50.
South, Denler North-South vulnerable
4 Q 9 5
♡ A J
◇ 977 6 2
A 10 5 4 AAJST 2
← Q 94 3
A 76
A J 4
VK 8 7 4 KJ 8 3 + K 105
6 3
W
E
AK 10 8 3 2 ✓ Q 10 9 5 2
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* 6
The bidding:
West
Pays
North
INT
East Pass
20
Pass
2A
Pass
Pa38
Pass
Pass
The Share Register and Trans- South
from fer Books will be closed
1 A to 31st the 18th
March, 1941, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board of
Directors,
E. COCK, Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 10th March, 1941.
UNION WATERBOAT
CO.
LTD..
Notice to Shareholders
3 To
ate raise. would have enabled South to reach a game. But hav- ing bid only one no-trump, North should have gone to three spades over South's bid of two hearts. That would indicate maximum strength for the no-trump re- sponse and a good spade i.
Q
*
Yesterday you were Oswald Jacoby's partner and, with nei-
"I was South and made eleventher side vulnerable, you held: tricks because the King of hearts was held by West. But even if it had been held by East, there would still have been ten cold tricks. North says my distribu- Jacoby tion was good 1♡
HOME CARD VALUES. OF THE FOUR-ACES TYSTEN
ACC KINO.2 QUELNÍ
JACK...
K J 9 7 3
♡ 10 4
OKE 2
76 3
The
bidding:
Schenken Pans Pass
Fou 1 (7)
Major
Рада
24
enough for one more try; and that he'd have gone to ANSWER: Pass. You have a four spades if I'd pretty weak hand and your par- gone to three. But ner's bidding indicates not much more than a minimum opening bid. Game is extremely unlikely, and two spades is as good a spot as any at which to play the hand. Score 100% for pass, 20% for three spades.
The THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF North's bidding sounded so weak SHAREHOLDERS will be held at to me that I wasn't even sure we the Offices of Messrs. Dodwell & could make two spades, let alone Co., Ltd., Hong Kong and Shang- four. Where did we go astray?” hai Bank Building, on TUESDAY,
We have to agree with the 15th April, 1941, at 11 a.m.
South for the purpose of receiving the that North's bidding was too weak Report of the General Managers to encourage him to make a third together with A Statement of bid. While a defeat at two spades Accounts for the year ended 31st seems a little remote, there is no December, 1940.
assurance of being able to make three spades if North's weak bld ding is really representative of his hand.
"The Transfer Books of
the Company will be closed from 1st April to 15th April, 1941 both days inclusive.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
General Managers. 24th March, 1941.
PUBLIC AUCTION
The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auction on
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FRIDAY. 28th March, 1941. commencing at 2.30 p.m.
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11 Volumes of
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-THE NEW KRENOH REMEDY.
ION NO PION NO
At
Question No. 674
To-day you are, Merwin Maier's partner, and, with neither side vulnerable, you hold:
KJ 9 7 8 10 4
Q 5 2
A 6 3
You
1.4
Jacoby
Pass'
(?)
The bidding:
Schookes Pase
North had two chances to assist his partner reach the game. his first opportunity, two spades would be a better choice than one no-trump.
Such a bíd does not Malor promise any greater high-card 1♡ 24 strength, but it does promise A positive it for spades rather than the more or less neutral fit which tomorrow.) North actually indicated by his bidding. That promise of trump (Released by The Bell Syndi- support, indicated by the immedi- cate, Inc.)
OFF THE RECORD
APT.
Pass
What do you bid? (Auswer
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