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UNION WATERBOAT
CO., LTD.
Notice to Shareholders
The THIRTY SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OFF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at 1 the Oillees of Messrs. Dodwell & Co. Ltd. Hong Kong and Shang- From Bank Boking, on TUESDAY, the 15th April, 1941, at 11 am. for the purpose of reeving the Report of the General Managers fogether
with
Statement d Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1940.
The Transfer Books
the Company will be closed from 1st April to 15th April, 1941 both days inclusive.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
General Managers.
24th March, 1941.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
The THIRD EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 12th and MONDAY, 14th APRIL, 1941, commencing at 11:30 am on both days.
The First Bell will be ring at 11.00 am.
The Uffin interval will be after the fourth race on both days.
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members' closure
En-
Such must be worn throughout the duration of each Meeting in such a manner as to be readily identified.
1
Badges admitting Non-Members to the
Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $5.00 per day for Gentlemen and $3.00 per day for Ladie. bolh meluding tax) obable through the SECRE- TARY upon the personal or writ- ten application of a Member, such Member to be responsible for all visitors intinduced by tum, and for payment of all chits, ete,
The Secretary's Offer, It Floor, Exchange Building, (Tel 27794), lose at 9.45 am. 01) Wil
both days.
Tiffins AIT obtainable at the
BRIDGE NOTES
Bridge Swindles
No. 34
By The Four Aces
To-day's Bridge Swindle is as neat a bit of chicanery as we've seen in many a long day:
South, Dealer Both sides vulnerable
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The bidding South W'est
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North
Fans
East
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Wet opened the Qiteen of dus
Club House provided they are or-monds, and South indulged in a dered in advance from the No. 1 Hoy (Tel. 21920).
No children or atmals will be admitted to either Enclosin“.
HIGH CARD WALLES
OF THE
FOUR-ACKS SYSTEM
ACF... KING QUEEN.1
| JACK.......!?
moment's thought | before he played
the first card from
the dummy
Was
there any chance, he wondered. of
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 14, '1941.
RADIO
MONDAY-
..MONDAY
12.15 p.m.-Short Service of Interecs-
sion.
12.30 p.m.-Primo Scala's Plano Accor
dean Band.
EARL
TRADES IN MARKET
Market traders have. an earl in
You Needn't Have Kept It A Secret (De Murcia & Others); In The Mountains of the Moon (Roberts & their ranks. His stall can be seen
Others: Go To It! (Crom Musia
while you work): When Shall We Two Meel Aguin (Kennedy Others):
Go Again Whoops We (Harvey).
12.45 p.m.-Community Singing.
Let's All Join The Chorus With
Tommy Bandley and His Pals-in Daisy Bell: Don't dilly dally on the way; Nellie Dean; Oh, you beauti ful Doll: The Spaniard that blighted my Me: Hello. Hello, who's your lady friend: AL Trinity Church; Lily of Laguna; The Man who broke the Rank; Knees up Mother Brown Tommy Handley and His Pals with Orch.
Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing: She was One of The Early Birds; In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree. The Chestnut Tree The Audience of the Paramount Thea. tre, London, led by AI Bollington at
the Organ
1.00 p.m.-Local Tune Signal,
1.01
pm. A Victor Herbert Pro gramme. Kiss Me Again, Gypsy Love Song
Albert Sandler INT Sweethearin tfrom The Late of Victor Herbert)
Allan Jones (Vocals with Orch At Fresno intermezzo from 'It huge pened in Nordland' Fleurette 2Party Horlick & His Orchestra Abt
Mystery uf Life if
Sweet
Naughty Marietta'a
Jeanette Macdonald Soga ang wond Nelist Eddy Baritone) with Orchestra. Habanera and Vaquero's Song (from "Nalotra'i Harry Hon hek & His Orchestra Thine Alone Charles Kullman (Tenor) with Or- chentra Ar De Ballet ន៍ ៖ ] 1 Horbek & HID Orchestra When Charles Kullman
You're Away.. (Tenor) with Orchestra
getting the King 1.30 p.m.- Reuter & Rugby Press and of hearts through Announcements, without the loss of
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE The price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $1.00 per day including Tax, for all Persons, in- cluding Ladies, and is payable at the Gate, Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are admitted Half Price, tanly, it he lost a heart trick the
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 7th April, 1941.
THE HONG KONG
JOCKEY CLUB
TOTÁK, WALDE IN
a heart trick 7. Cer. |145 p.m. --Schubert-Quintet in A Major
The enemy
jig was up.
would surely shift to clubs and defeat
any Friday in Helmsley, York- shire, market place, lađen with English apples and all kinds of vegetable.
The titled market trader is the Earl of Feversham,
But the earl does not serve personally at the stall, He is abroad on active service with a Yorkshire unit.
His stall is managed by two of his gar deners who bring the produce to town' from the earl's 3,000 acre estate by pony and trap.
"All
· Owns The: / ot
"The earl is the owner of the whole market place," one of his staff told a reporter,
the stalls are his und traders coming from all over the district to sell produce, clothing and farm - plements pay tull to his agent."
Nearly everything in Helmsley belongs to the Earl of Peversham, Generations of dalesmen's families. have worked for generat.ong of
| the Fevershams
Some of the residents. in the town have been buying frant from the earl's own stall
as long as they can remember,
FLYER DIVORCES PILOT WIFE
A pilot officer of the R.A.F., Mr, {"Trou!"), Op. 114.
Sidney Guy Rodd, of Cottesmore, Wilhelm Backhaus (Piano), Mangeot Rutland, was awarded £1,000 (Violini, Howard (Viola). Withers damages against the co-respondent, (Cello) and Hobday (Double-Bass).in the Divorce Court when Mr.
the contract before he could get 2.15 p.m.--( "Jose clow it discards on dummy's hearts. How 5.45 could he talk them out of it?
pm.Indian
Programme.
0.30 p.m.-Dance Music.
Swing Fox-Trots --Smoke
Gets
Justice Henn Collins granted him
a decree nisi fur divorce from his wife, Eulalia Mary
Olga (nee Bullivant) on the ground of her | adultery with Mr. Reynalt Bernard In Cupes.
Toys.
Your Eyes. Night and Day my Dorsey & His Orchestra Fox- Trots Angels with dirty faces; Be- tween a kiss and a sigh Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra Quickstep Light Up Your Face With A Smile Wally Bishop B His Band Walizes Lover. Your Smiles. Your
Later she confessed that she was Tears Harry Hurlock & His Or in love with Mr. Capes, and he chestra Fox-Trut When June learnt that they had stayed to- L'onies. Slowe Fox-Trot Rainbow gether at an hotel in Woburn-
place, London, W.C.
The marriage took place on August 1, 1936, at Hornchurch, Essex, and the husband's case was that he and his wife were entirely happy until they met the co-res- pondent.
In much less time than it takes to report, the solution dawned upon him. He played a low dia- mond from the dummy, and then casually played
a low diamond Draft Programmes and Entry from his own hand! West natural- Forms for the Fourth Extra Race y assumed that his partner had Meeting to be held (weather per-
the Ace of diamonds, so continued with the Jack of diamonds; and initting) on Saturday. 26th April,
much to everyone's amazement, 1941, may be obtained from the South turned up with the dia-
Offee, Exchange mond Ace,
Joe Loss & His Band.
7.00 p.m.-London Relay The News. Declarer next rushed the spade 17.15 p.m.--London Relay Talk: 'Work.
led a small trump 10 ing Together".
Valley
The Undersigned have received | Secretary's instructions from the liquidators Building; the Club House, Happy
Ira sell by Public
Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the Ace and Sports Club; and the Stables, dummy's ten, thus exhausting 7.30 p.m.-Hill Billy Music. Shan Kwong Road.
others Auction on
TUESDAY, the 15th April, 1941 commencing at 10.30 a.m. at their Godown,
No 2. Wood Road, Wanchai. A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:
Dining Tables, Dining Chairs, Sideboards, Teak and Iron Bed- steads, Dressing Tables, Chest of Drawers. Wardrobes, Tables, Chairs. Gas and Coal Stoves, Radio Set, Blackwood Ware, Rat- tan Furniture, etc., etc.
On View on Day of Sale. Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers, Hong Kong, 12th April, 1941.
The Undersigned have received instructions from the Liquidators and Others to sell by Public auc- tion on WEDNESDAY, 16th. April, 1941.
commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 2, Connaught Road, Central. (2nd. Floor)
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:-
Entries close at 12 NOON
THURSDAY, April, 1941.
on
By Order,
17th
of the
trumps. The King of diamonds o'clock was then led from duminy, and
South discarded the King hearts! The next lead from dummy was the Queen of hearts, and East was helpless. Whether he covered with his Ace or play- ed a low heart, South was sure to get two club discards. South therefore lost only one diamond and two clubs instead of heart and three clubs.
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, 14th April, 1941.
:
NOTICE
It is hereby notißed that WƠNG KIT YAN is the Chief Manager of the Kwong Ngal Studio of No, 244, Queen's Road, Central and that he alone can sign all Foreign antees and Chinese contracts and guar- in his Chinese Signature with the principal chop of the firm. All contracts and guaran- tees otherwise signed and chopped shall be null and void
and firm shall not be held responsible.
* KWONG” NGAF STUDIO. Hong Kong, 12th April, 1941.
TO LET
the
Teakwood Bed Room, Dining MARBLE HALL-34-30, Gran- Room, Drawing Room, Office, and ville Road, Kowloon. Beautiful Rattan Furniture. Porcelain, rooms, suites with verandah, Pri- Glass, Brass and E. P. Ware, Rugs, vate bathrooms, garden, tennis Gramophone & Records, Electric court. Special rate for Military Lumps & Heaters, Curios, Orna and Navy. Apply proprietress. ments, Tennis & Badminton Rac Phohe 59433. Kets, Wall Mirrors, Furniture Covers, etc., etc.
also
A Quantity of Blackwood
Furniture
and
One Frigidaire". Refrigerator
Two Radio, Seta
One Dinner Services
One Tea & Coffee Set
On View from Tuesday, the 15th. April 1041.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 10th April, 1941.
TUITION GIVEN
EXPERT listruċtresses For Tattics and young girls in music, short- hand typing, bookkeeping and English French. Apply 24 "Austin-Road, Kowloon,
MISCELLANEOUS
one
Saturday you Schenken's partner and, with nei- were Howard ther side vulnerable, you held:
You JA (7)
Q 10 5 3
V 7 2 ◊ Q 10 4 ♣AQ 9 The bidding:
Jacoby Pass
Bebenken 27
Vinta Pa8
ANSWER: Bid two spades. You have very little more than a mini- ford-to make the strong rebid of mum opening bid and cannot af-
strong rebid for that matter. two 'no-trump, or any other partner cannot keep going, there should be no game in the hand,
Score 100% for two spades, 40% for two no-trump.
Question No. 689
If
and the bidding continues:
To-day you hold the same hand,
You 14
edby Pass
Pass
1 (7)
* Briltaken * Mujer
2♡
Pase 30
Рава
What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)
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(Released by The Bell-Syndi-
The Strawberry Roan (Fletcher & Others: The Lonesome Trail Ain't Lonesome Any More (Traffordi
Mrs. Rodd had interests in common with her husband, and was herself a pilot. They used to fly together before he became a flying officer.
Mr. Justice Benn Collin. sard The gathered that the co-respondent Big Bill Campbell and His HUI was in a better financial position.
Billy Band with Vocal Chorus. Hill Billy Songs-Medley.. Intro: Open up dem Pearly Gates; Will the An- gels Play Their Harps; Casey Jones: Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie: Hallelujah. I'm a Bum; Barnacle Bill: Why Did I Get Mar- rled; Naw, F don't Wärma bg Rich: Cowgirl's Prayer: Hand Me Down My Walking Cane....Carson Hobi- son & His Pioneers,
All Set and Saddles; The
Oregon Trail Tex Morton. (The Yodelling Boundary Rider) with His Gultar. 7.50 p,m,Al Bollington at the Organ.
Lionel Monckton Meladtes-Intro: Moonstruck; Arcady is ever young: It's the Drum: Come to the Ball. A Country Girl-Finale Act, 1. Speak to Me of Love-Intro: Love's
inst word is spoken. Escapada A Mexleau Elopement). 6.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal apd An-
nouncements.
3.02 p.m. This Week's Programmes. 8.05 p.m.The Eight Piano Ensemble.
Dinah (Akst).
Lazy Bones (Mercar & Carmichael). Rollin' Home (De Rose).
8.15 p.m.-London Relay "Hi, Gang!* 9.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 9.15 p.m.-London Relay-'Questions of
the 14ow'.
9.30 p.m. Selectiona
Opera.
from Grand
than Mr. Rodd.
HOW ARE YOUR NERVES
In these days of strain and worry many, women, und men too, are living under the shadow of nerves. They are fearful of the future, unsettled, easily exhausted, 'self-conscious, suffer from sleep- lossness and frequent headaches; "Tannhauser'-Overture (Wagner)....
their condition may be summed Symphony Orchestra cond. by Ab up in the one word "Nerves". bert Coates. Lohengrin's Farewe}} (from 'Lohengrin-Wagner).... Al,
If you are suffering from fred Piccaver (Tenor) with Orch. "Nerves," take a course of Dr. Elizabell's Prayer (from Thou- | Williams' Pink Pills, the famous bauser') (Wagner)... Marta Jeritza tonic remedy which has restored (Soprano) with Orchestra. Your radiant health to countless thou- iny d 15 frozen from La Bosands of men and women. 'heme' Puccini); AJI hail, thou dwelling pure-and-lowly ('Fans!'-- Dr. Williams' Pink Pills create Gounod)....Beniamino Gigli (Ten-the or) with Orchestra. 9.45pm.Newa in Franeh (on Short
Wave only).
rich; red " blood which nourishes the whole nervous sys- tem. They are equally beneficial 10.00 p.m.--Landon Relay News fromageing, rheumalle troubles and in ́cuses of indigestion, premature
Home! by Howard Marshall.
10.16 p.m.--Tollalkowsky — „Trio in A the special ailments of women.
Minor, Op. 60.
Ist Mov: Pezza elegiaco (Moderato Do not delay 'but start yourself. assal-Allegro glusto); 2nd Moy: A. on the road to health to-day With tema con Variazioni-Finale e Coda❘ this world-famous
(Allegro risoluto e con fudeep-An- į nerve tonic. ·
dante con moto-Lugubre)....Heph-
blood and
kibah and Yehudi Menuhin (Plano Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
** & **Violin) "nha Maurice Eisenberg
("Cello),
11.00 p.m.-Close down.
: Strongthen the nerves.