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NOTICE
11 the 20th
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BRIDGE NOTES
READING THE
BIDDING
By The Four Aces
CHINA FIRE MEETING
THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 21, 1941.
HAZARDOUS TO MAKE ANY PREDICTIONS ON FUTURE
THAT THE SCARS left by the collapse of the China dollar had not yet been obliterated, nor could be anticipated for some years to come, was the view expressed by the Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson at the An- deration of the bidding has a big nual General Meeting of Shareholders of the Hong opening lead is more or less auto-Kong Fire Insurance Company, Limited, this morn-
ing.
The player who selects his opening lead after careful consi-
advantage over the player whose
matie. For example:
West, Doaler
Both sides vulnorablo
NORTH
▲ AK 10 7
Q 6 5 2 ОБ ✔K 10 6 5
WENT 84
EAST
A 53
♡ AJ 10 7 3
W 92
A Q J
6 KJ 108 63 *438 43
SOUTH
▲ QJ95%
The Future
Those present included: the be hoped that such a condition of Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, (Chair-affairs will continue, though there man); the Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo, the are some signs of wilting in the Hon. Mr. T. E. Pearce, Messrs. Cprices of our local securities. Bernard Brown, P. H. Suckling and S T. Williamson (Directors): į Messin
V Steavenson. D). 1 M M Turner, J Fleming. I S. H Ross, H. B. Wilmer. 1. Tex tet, and MH Lo, (Shareholders, and FC Hall (Secretary).
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POLICE MANHUNT IN N.T.
SENTENCE OF 10 MONTHS' HARD LABOUR WAS PASSED ON MOK MAN AND HO LAM, BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR ATHOLL MACGREGOR, AT THE CRIMINAL SESSIONS THIS MORNING. WHEN FOUND GUILTY OF POSSESSION OF A "I trust you will approve it 1| RIFLE AND 32 ROUNDS OF don't talk about the future, these | AMMUNITION AT TAI SHEK being times wherem it is unwise | KOK, NEW TERRITORIES. to hazard a picon on any sub-
Mr M J Abbott. Assistant The Chairman, at the outset, deet for more than m bew
The Crown Counsel, prosecuted. splined that the day in hori! ..head At the moment all look inry was composed of Mes rs 1. ing the meeting was entrely due well with the Company and in Gardner (foreman), H. A. Wales. the lathes arrival of reluraying that I tell you het ༢,༥ 1. F Xavier. Yao Tien-nung:
Balinng Comand! - without which it would have be
Leung Wang, Leung Sik-hong and Jimpossible to
te know themselves complete the
J H. Lao. counts at anything like the
the tret you will approve
M Abbott said that on April arwal p
from to Merc
26 a farly of police went from bers of the Stal of 15 pel CE
Castle Peak to Laing Mu Tan and a quarter of a mile from Tap on their Salaries, men on service
Shek Kok.
of They have work
near a collection to be mehatred ed well duurt the
your buttkders, disembarked. The party ander endtimits of considerabil split into two sections, one under
1 consider
Cheory: On. The Police pressure and Pentiate has been well earned
to
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The bidding:
tomary for
West
North East
South
"Fun then."
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FERRY CO., LTD
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
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RAFT PROGRAMMES FRY FORMS to the NEXTH! EXTRA RACE MEETING 6 be
(weather permatting)
SATURDAY. 31-0 May. and MONDAY, 2nd June, 1941, may be oblated from the Secretary office. Exchange Building: the Club House. Happy Valley: the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Clubs, and the Stables, Shan Kwong It d
intries close at 12 allock, NORIN or THURSDAY. 22nd May, 1911 By Order,
!
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary,
. Kont. 1911 May, 1911,
PUBLIC AUCTION
The Undersuged have received instructions
Auction on
to
sell by Public
Friday, the 23rd. May. 1941.
Vommenesng at 2.30 p.m.
the Sales
Room. No. 35.
Hankow Road, Kowloom
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
corrprising:
Teakwood
Chests
beris,
1
AINS
past
H
he sand, "I wish ¡gspres the regget of the Gene
Manager
Consulting Com mullee at the vagitation of Mr J H Tangat
1 Fa retireman' fem te amatornato" del won'd
Colony Dw.ng to !!]
1 boat with our then heat health have been a diament
Mr Tappet served on and South
"I feel as amped of your approval, by Twn of them dashed away. Weath have won,
The Commiter from July 1933 drawn trump and his valued support and advic
of the donations at $25 000 to the while two stayed behind. and lost a club and were constanty at o dispost. I
-South 4'imma Morning Post wo hed li The
Bomber Pand winch was made automatte
sam sure you will all jogh with me at det ha bees debited Tead in wedunt him a speedy recovery they etor, would to health.
4 the 1940 Acerunt With your have
am piensed given South form you that Mr P. It Suckling Agreement, we propose to donate the water end sule
has agrepted our vitation to fili ber
The Vacancy on the Committee
HIGH CARD VALUE1
OF THE
FOUR.ACES ŠVITER
ACE KING-2 QUEEN.1 JACKIN
TETRA VALAKE HO TYCH CLO AVSBARE HA♬
But West though betere leading
thes
1 Loey had "run" from the double al
¡
I
to in-
Satisfactory Outturn
One of the two men who ma21 awny" was een to w carrying what appeared to be a de Both di appeared in the undergrow, thi Sergeant Cheong On went after the a similar com our of the marten
Two that 1:1
In a HWHY year's unds to help the Bomber Freevice, he found a le and 32 Fund reund yo
rounds of ammunition which fit- Messrs { Bernard Brown f the l After searching for
M H Comaston, the Ho Me
Ne T. E Pearer were re-elected as DispelorS
A
"The outturn of the Company's K Lay the Hon
S T Willeson
me
one heat and had read dumonds inter olt. That sounded like long chatonds and very short hearts the key to the hex delenet,
On this reasoning Wet opened for firth best accouist by a the Ace of hearts and followed, head with the three
or about $500. of heats, East shows a drop of two takb. ruffed, as expected, and correctly comparison of ratios with 1938 read the clice of West's lowest is as follows: Losses 40 14 41% beart as indicating an entry
against 45 94%, Charges 42449 The lowest suut. East therefore and 40.156 leaving a balance of returned a club to West's Ace and 17 420
as against 139412
working for the year 1939, which we now place before you, is quite salesfactory and aust diate predeck or from the place, short:
ank!
the contract
in
No
god another heart ruff to deleat, change took place in th rate for
ed at 1/27d Sterling Exchange which read
Note that if Weet had held the Are of diamonds extend of the Ace of elufs he would have led the ten or Jack of hearts at the econd trick And the high heart would undrente
an entry in the hugher of the two sale stuts,
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Yesterday ya
were (wald Jacoby's partner and, with neither;
ade vulnerable, you held:
QJ 10 8 4 %
V J 10 6
C
A 4
#75
The bidding:
Belenken
1′398
Pass
Pass
Jacoby
Mulor
You
10
PHE
1 A
2NT
L'ASS
4 A
5
Pass
(?)
ANSWER: Bid six spudes. The Slam should binge on a finesse at Wardrobes, the worst, since partner's bidding drawers, Dressing must be based on or Tables, Chesterfield Suites, Side- strong hand, well
an unusually boards, Dining Tables,
forfined with Chairs, Aces,
Score 100% for six spades, 50%
Desks, Filing Cabinets, Bookcase,
Cabinets, Wardrobe Trunks, Rat- for pass.
tan
Furniture,
Perambulators,
Electric Lamps & Irons, Carpets, Rugs, Cutlery. Porcelain, Glass Ware, Ice Chests,
and Metal
Örnaments, etc., etc.
also
A Quantity of Valuable
Furniture.
and
1 "Ward" Ice Chest
1 "Kodak" Camera F-4.5 Lens
in Case
1 Pair Binoculars
"Pilot" All Wave Itadio (8) Tubes)
1 Large Carpet 12' x 14'
2 Cooking Stoves
1 "Remington" Portable Noise-,
Jess Typewriter
On View from 22nd, Thursday
May, 1941.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS,,
Auctioneers, Hong Kong, 20th May, 1941.
THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.
Question No. 721
To-day you are Howard Schen- ken's partner and, non-vulnerable against vulnerable opponents, you hold:
AK J 9 7 ♡ AJ 4 OK 10 5 3
A 10
The bidding: Malor
You
14 (7)
Jacoby
What do you bid? tomorrow.)
MODERATE STOCK MARKET TURNOVER
I SUPS.
20 minutes, olie of the pulire Barly shouted that he seen a mart biting in the boulders. The man was arresteri. He was first de- fendant.
When charged, both defendants adminted knowledge of the fle and ammunition,
MARINE COURT
Li Shing, steersmall, was this days' morning ned $30, or 30 imprisonment by Commander T. Exchange yesterday was moderate, anchoring in the Tathong Channel Turnover on the London Stock C. Stiff, at the Marine Court, for Industrials encountered selective Minefield.
For towing buying for investment with fur-
three junks, each, "Exchange between Shangthin 'ther enquiry for textile preference carrying a cargo of over 1,500
Hong Kong continued
Shipping shares canbnu-picul. Lee Shing, coxswain of the downward trend
frem 310 oned the upward trend, chief 121- stream launch "Chang Wo" was December 31, 1939 to 415 which¦terest being centand
10 days' imprison, Indo- tined $10, or was the rate current at the end of Chini Deferred, which advanced ment, last year. To-day it is hardly neres from 95/- to 10276. Galt-edged sary for me to reiterate how ad- securities showed tractional losses versely our figures have suffered | Foreign issues were mainly firm: as the readt of the disastrous Japanese bond; attructed more! vagaries of China's currency. Fattention1 as did certam Argens
The balance at eredit of 1940 tine issues. Katties were Working Account after twelve Wall Street WILS lethargie. months is $741.199 92 an increase | Reuter. of $87,603.10 on that for the year 1939 at the same stage. Although this makes an excellent showing. 1 would caution you against tak- ing too roseate a view about the final outcome.
Losses are heavy as is taxa. tion, which latter must neces. carily be expected to increase during the present state of world affairs. By this time next year we shall have under- gone a very material plucking and, for my part, I shall be well catlefied if we are left with as substantial 2 final balance as that for 1939, which the Ac- counts before you now disclose.
Interest Income
"You will probably have notic ed the serious shrinkage in income from Interest and were it not for the general excellence of the Ac- count for 1939 and the carry for- ward for Account 1940, your Com- mittee would have been doubtful Schenken of the wisdom of recommending a distribution on the same scale as last year. The reasons for this fall in Interest are not hard to seek, the rates at which we were
(Auswer
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THERAPION No.1 THERAPION No.2 THERAPION NG3)
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METAL
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funds being now almost halved,
"The surplus to be dealt with is $609,935.45-the balance of 1939 Account--and We recom- mend the payment of $11. per share, absorbing $440,000 and the appropriation of the residue of $229,935.45 to Reinsurance Fund. "A review of the Balance Sheet will show that while all Reserves are in healthy condition, the scars left by the collapse of the China dollar are not yet obli- terated, nor can this be anticipat ed for some years, to come, You will notice an increase in ..the amount at credit of Investment and Exchange Fluctuation Ao- count, this being due to the uplift in values of our Investments
RICE SITUATION
IN SHANGHAI
Birin
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Shanghai's rice situation is no longer a problem, with hoarders un'oading stocks at prices below the Counell's limit.
The
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