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PUBLIC AUCTIONS
The Undersigned have receiv- ed instructions to sell by Public Auction on
TUESDAY, the 22nd, April, 1941 commencing at 5.15 p.m.
at their Sales Room, No. 2, Con- Taught Houd, C'entrai, 2nd. Flour
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE
COLLECTION OF POSTAGE
STAMPS.
Team Cash on Delivmy.
LAMMERT BROS..
Atelomeras, Hong Kong, 16th April, 1941.
HELP FOR GASTRITIS
VICTIMS
The great problem: an sgastralas oral othe dage by disturbances I bow to test the sick forach and She notash the exhausted borly,
Selit tork out of the quest t Even many liquid bond, at a fiale
THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 22, `1941
BRIDGE LABOUR
NOTES IN
SCARCITY
DECIDEDLY GERMANY
IMPERFECT BIDDING
By The Four Aces
To-day's hand was sent in by our old friend Bill Ler, of Chicago
South, Danler Neither side vulnerable
AK KG 2
6
7 4 2
J 6 QJ 10
# #
O AKQ9 B
66 2
A Q10 4
N
J 10 9 8
IW
E
7 4
S
* 3
AAT
3
AK Q6
い
10 6 3
AK 9
INT
Went
L'AN 1152425 Pass
North
Enst
2 A 1'as
Pass Pass Pasu
The bidding:
South
a
North wat n'l even close [ex bad of two diamonds, of course, but South's bidding was quarte Togirad If North had a real jump- bad, the combined bands will sure ly
OF THE
MISH CARD VALUES
FOURLACES BYTTES
ACE... KING..2 QUEEN 1 JACKI.
TETNA MALINE KO PACE DA
EVENAGE M
dummy came
contai abort fifteen frackest
West opened the Jash of hearts, and well, we'll let Ma
tell hos own story. “When down I Sacallowed
torch hang ated catre pas my fotils, but recovered and took
sorriding They a 31 fond, | #Ventory. Towever, which actually soodles a the land sunach 1 Bor
De fore recommend it
of severe digestive fronta – beeathe at E to easily As- cumulatori and so highly nutritious.
El dicks is a complate fond in ...... I soon rebunids the wasted)
flores the lost appetite. patrength, and vitally ilo tar
1,
Appis Bop, bould be sent to ampor er ribed blooddiem. reach the Buector of Pulitre Worksetal tote sells Horlicks.
not fea thos hoon on Monday. PHP Ape 1 191
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
apply today.
1
Germany is making enorinots efforts in industry to maintain its huge war machine. Before hosti- lities began German production was already on a war footing. The war, of course, took a large num- ber of men out of industry and
agriculture Severe meastires have so drawn on reserve
TC- Inbour
sources that German man-power is fully engaged Ruthless compul- sium has put every man at the dis- posal of the Government to order him where it will, and when, and to work the hours prescribed though even the German Govern- ment had to yield on its refusal of pay for overtime work.
caller! Women have also been back into industry to the undoing that of the Hiferian declaration the sphere of woman
Was to be the home and cradleside and s- gle women and others with few
andy responsibilities, are subject to compulsion
or
nonst
alelored by The lisi kyndicate, futi
Br
2-24
No matter how much effort there's you put into trying always room for improvement.
DUKE'S ORCHIDS
Settlement of
a libel
How many men Germany calted | action in which the plain- it of industry for service with tiff was the Duke of West- the forces is not known with Ry
exactness The way in which the minster and the defen- loss to industry has been made upl
is.
to far, approximately as fol- Jows Drawn from reserves mani-power (men retired or form
dants "Daily
Mirror
ofi Newspapers, Ltd., was an- erly in other occupation), 1,000,nounced to Mr. Justice
000 women in addition to the large number taken to the auNI- hary military organisations), 300, 000; additional foreign labour 600,000: prisoners of war who can; be used for civil work, 1,000,000.
Evidence Of Fatigue
Wrottesley in the King's Bench Division.
Mr. Valentine Holmes, for the
Duke of Westminster, said that a hort time ago the "Daily Mirror" under the heading **Cassinidra'! and the title "Fragrant Frag- ments" published this:
There are still some reserves al wornen who, by a tightening of the Sax handed and for-three screw of compulsion,
be children under sixteen were kill- might drawn into industry, and married id in air raids during the month women are being brought in on a of October, half-time system to work 30 hours
Westminster's orchids has
a week Little, if any, more can! The Duke of be done by longer hours of work famous collection of
Indeed, the efficiency aived in Florida in Jifteen pack- limit her probably been passed ing-cases and will be cared for and there is evidence of fabgue until the end of the War by all which is detrimental to output.
expert florist.
+
Two rounds of hearts, with East playing device then four. indicated a five-cord
Count on my left Two rounds of diamonds. dropped East's Jack, showing the distribution of that suit.
And the Aer-King of chubs caused East to make a crack about bedding three-card smets That for men.
gave me a ecount un ali four suits!
"I cashed the third high heart. Yous į decading dummy's low club, and There is an insufficient number "The obvisas suggestion," said ram the rest of the diamonds. At of skilled inen, and strenuous Mr. Holmes, "that the Duke is sending or- the end, duminy had three spaces. Tasures are being taken to train spending money in
men in the works and in Govertr Chids 10 (2) and a diamond; while 1 had two
thent traming establishments! them cared for were whale por spades, a heart, and a club. East, which some tue age were keyed children whose parents cannot-
send them aeros. the with three spate, and the light to the tattung of 2,000,000 men afford to club, had te lee
21 year. Skilled metal spade;
workers) water are being killed whereupon I pin test with the cub., are most wanted, and there is also fensive and damaging as it is un- Now H WIR West's turn
an unsatisfied demand for miners To be
true. How widely such unloμ? - The movement of workers squeezed!
from ed statements can be spread and one employment to another IN how damaging they can be is per- prohibited except with the consent haps best shown by the fact that of the fabour exchanges. Pages of the announcer
Bremen newspaper advertisements attest Radio, who is usually known as the insuflierney of different Lord Haw Haw, repeated them All We
can say is that Northelasses of workinen.
for German propaganda purposes. was lucky to have a partner who cnult play well enough to make up for his overbidding.
DOLLAR ACADEMY Dollar, Scotland.
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VISITING
"Said my partner. I guess that What was perfect bidding, eh?" coud! I say!"
Yesterday you were Merwin Mares's partner, and with neither side vulnerable, you held;
AK J
KJ 9 4 085
AJ 9 3 2
Tho bidding: Maler
IA
Jacoby INT
Páss
Pass
217 3
You Dbl. Dbl.
Belenken
Pass Pasa
(2)
ANSWER: Double. This
is
CARDS neatly this is the one suit you are best and promptly printed, -The prepared to defend against, If Newspaper Enterprise Ltd., Wind- this contract is allowed to stand, sor House, Des Voeux Road, Cen-
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C. B. BROWN,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 21st April, 1941.
INTO THE HOME“
"Earliest with the Latust"
Question No. 696
To-day you hold the same hund, and the bidding continues.
Schenken
Pass Puss Pass
Misier
14
Jacoby INT
11
Dbl.
Poss
2♡
Dbl.
Pes
Puss 30
Dbl. (7) What do you bid?
(Answer
To-morrow.)
Counsel
on the
I g
as of-
Failure Of Transport
"Not only is this statement un- true, but it is the exact reverse How Germany will proceed with of the truth. Since the outbreak further measures to meet her in-
of war the Duke has been at very dustrial demands can only be il
great pains to cut down his ex- matter of speculation. An effort is penditure on his hothouses and
flower
absolute gardens to an being made to recruit Swedes, vu- luntarily of course,
minimum and to use them only in Sterner men-
of merase the flow a way which will assist the na- sures may men iron the occupied territories. tional effort to produce food." Not much has been done in this way in France and the Germans
added that the Duke have many thousands of French had sold orchid plants of great prisoner of war in France. There value and a number had been re- is also the possibility of bringing sold to the United States, which into use the factories of the oc- produced American currency for
country. This action cupied territories or, transferring this their machinery to Germany, al- not brought to put any money in ways provided that raw materials his own pocket and as soon as the and transport
true facts were brought to their are available
notice the defendants indicated their willingness to do everything. In the opinion of some authori- in their power to avert the con- ties who are studying conditions in sequences of the mistake into Germany, the failure of transport which they had unwittingly fallen, may be more decisive than the insufficiency of labour or mater- The Duke had therefore agreed ials. Transport is one of the most to a settlement on terms which important governing factors in involved the payment of a sum
which he of molicy
would- Germany's industrial war effort.
hand, over to a charity concern-" ing itself with the interests of children who suffered in air raids.
sufficient amount.
in
DON'T TELL AUNTIE'
The "Careless talk may give away vital secrets" placards used widely in Britain now have their counterparts in the United States war department_
was
Mr. G. O. Slade, for the défert dants, said, they desired to express their sincere regret to the Duke for having been. misled into publishing a statement about him which they now knew to be en- tirely without foundation. The statemerit which appeared in the "Daily Mirror" and other news- New posters adorn the army's papers emanated from a source central offices in Washington. De- which had hitherto been found corated with cartoons, they bear rellable.
the words "Don't tell nutilie or|
uncle or Cousin Jane and cor- Mr. Justice Wrotiesicy allowed (Released by The Bell Syndl-tainly not your girl," -Associated the record In the case to be with- ente, Inc.)
: Press.
drawn,