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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
The SIXTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be concluded, weather permitting. TO-DAY, 2nd June. 1941, commetteling 11.30 am.
at
BRIDGE NOTES
BRIDGE SWINDLES
NO. 41 ·
By The Four Aces
The arlistic bit of horus-pocus in to-day's hand was exceuted The First Bell will be rung at by Miss Marie Wolfe, of New 11.00 a.m.
The tiffin interval will be after the fourth race
MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
No One without a badge will be admitted to the Members
Enclosure
Such must be worn throughout the duration of the Meeting in such manner as to be readily identified.
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No children of angs will be Cadmitted to either Enelostne
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE
TICE ES HEREBY GIVEN th. the ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of Shure hulders will be held at the HONG: The price of Admission to the KONG HOTFL, Hong Kong, and Puble Enelostre is $100 per day
The 11th JUNK, Including Tax. for
WEDNESDAY,
!!
Petsons,
aeluding Ladies, and is payable at the Gale Soldiers and Sudors
Umform
admitted Half!
194, at 1100 A M. for the pur-
才 of farming the Report of
State-
(1)
Price.
Dacelet together with a
11:4 of Accounts for the year ened 30th April, 1941
TRANSFER BOOKS of the (2. pany will be CLOSED Rom WEDNESDAY, 4th day of June, to WEDNESDAY, The 11th June, 1911, both day: ancliegve
JHN D HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Manager He, Korg. 2001 May. 1911
PUBLIC AUCTIONS
The Undergheni have received instruction.
sell by
Puble Auction en
THURSDAY, the 5th June. 1911
ommet (Pig al 2.30 p.m.
her Sales Room, No 2. enought Road. Central,
2nd Floo
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE
OUSEHOLD FURNITURE
comprising:
iron and Teakwood Bedsteads, Wardrobes.
Suites, Chesterfield Dressing Tables, Sideboards, Dm- ing Tables, Chairs, Rugs, Carpets, Bookcases, Desks, Electric Table Fat, Porcelain, Glass, and Metal Wise, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.
also
A QUANTITY OF BLACKWOOD AND RATTAN FURNITURE
* Enlargers.
1 Gas Stove,
and
1 Cooking Stove.
Canvas Canoes (new).
1 Current Rectifier.
1 Signal Oscilator.
Bre
By Order,
CB. BROWN,
Secretary, Hong Kong. 2nd June, 1941.
EMPIRE-WIDE FLAG DAY JUNE 5th, 1941
IN AID OF DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S FUND
In comeckom with the above Flag Day, those ladies who have kindly volunteered sell flags fare advisti of the following
rangement:
West apened the King of clubs.
ering th lust stopped shurt eit
*Ten duny shifted to 31 low trump.
HIGH CAMO VALUES
OF THE FOUR-ACKY WYSTEM
3
ACE ... KING.. QUEEN.1 JACK
TOTAL, Pd ar PACK 26
Miss Wolfe won nine 11:
with the
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 2, 1941.
WOTTA
LIFE
aftepenseal by The Hell Bendran fer
The gay young blade says just the way he has to drudge ever his deck these spring dayo is prool there's по justice.
HEROINE A
HUMAN
BOAT
Running through a vil-
lage and across two fields,
a girl who cannot swim
her own hand and dived to rescue a two-! could count only
by year-old boy in a stream
Dither tricks
ordinary play. She which was in full spate.
therefore led a low diamond from her
hand own
and finessed dummy's nine, hop- ing to bring 1/1 dummy's lang MALT.
East won with the diamond Queen and
页 returned
trump, South
playing the Juck
and
dummy winning with the King.
used her body as
"boat" to save
was herself
drowning when
the child, and
the
point of
her finance-
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who also cannot swim-plunged Into the stream and dragged
her and the child to safety.
It took
forty-five minutes of
The diamond Ace was then laid artificial respiration to bring the
down, followed by a low diamond, girl round. When Bast played the King of diamonds, South ruffed with the three of spades
She Is twenty-nine-year-old
Eva Eyre, of Eades Fold, Castle-
West pounced on the trick withi ton, Derbyshire,
s
Lett
of spades. churtling
with glee! But smile Taded! She was having tea with her when he suddenly noticed that fiance, Mr. Marshill Oakes, when dummy's last trump was now 38, nve-yeur-vid
Leslie Robinson, 1 entry to the whole diamond suit!! tin in saying that his baby And he telt even worse when he brother. Tony, had fallen sealed that the continet could the water not have been made it he hadn't
uffed.
Note that Mus Wolte had to Sellers resident in Hong Kong:
Flags. baskets and tins will quander the dack of trunges arul be sued at Mr. F. M. Ray save the three so as to give West; mond's office, Holland House is chance for over-tuff * (1st floor) from 3 p.m. to 6ị pan. on Tuesday, June 3rd.i and from 10 am to 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 4th.
Saturday Schenken's
Howard
42011-
inlo
Immediately Miss Eyre dashed to the streami, dived in.
For 500 yards she was swept with the torrent, her own body beneath the water. but her hands clutching the little boy close to the surface.
were you
She
consciousness and.
was losing partner
vulnerable when rescued with the child.
against
On Flag Day when selling has vulnerable been completed all the above opponents, you held: equipment should be return-
ed direct to the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor-) poration.
KJ97
♡ AJ 4
OK 10 5 8
♣ A 10
The bidding:
Maior - You 14
Раяв Pass (7)
Jacoby Pass
Babrakes
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ANSWER: Pass. Your partner's
Sellers resident in Kowloon: Flags, baskets and tins will be issued at the European Y.M.C.A. Salisbury Road on Wednes- day, June 4th, between the hours of 4 pm, and 6 p.m. On Flag Day when selling has been completed the above bid is, technically, il Takeout equipment should be return- Double but you are converting it ed to the European Y.M.C.A. into Sellers are requested to kindly partner must have a moderately double, so Declarer is headed for strong hand for his reopening
real "ride" on
He this hand, will be lucky to take more than two tricks!
View from Wednesday, the call to collect their selling equip
4th June, 1941.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers, Hong Kong. 2nd June, 1941.
The Undersigned have received instructions 10 sell by
Public Auction on
THURSDAY, the 5th. June, 1941
commencing at 5.15 p.m.
at their Sales Room, No. 2, Connaught Road, Central," 2nd. "Floor.
A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF
POSTAGE STAMPS
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers,
Hong Kong, 31st May, 1941.
TUITION GIVEN
ment accordingly.
E. F. Hyde-LAY,
General Secretary,
St John Ambulance Association
and Brigade.
Help your Friend and his Hobby by giving POSTAGE STAMPS
for
his collection
and Seeds For His Garden
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Score 100% for pass, 0 for any. other bid.
Question No. 731
To-day, you
hold the same hund, but the building is different:
Maler
You
Juraliy Schenken Pass INT
Rags
(Answer
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What do yqu, bidr
tomogrow.)
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For keeping homing pigeonis without a licence," Harry, Allen, labourer, of Canal Road, Strood, Kent, was fined 10s, at Rochester, Under the Defence Regulations. keeping or liberating any racing or, homing pigeon is forbidden without a written permit from the police.
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