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PUBLIC AUCTION
PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on TUESDAY, the 5th day of August, 1941, at 3 p... at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Cheung Sha Wan, in the Colony of Hong | Kong for term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898. with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the the Surveyor of His Majesty King, for one further term of 24 years less the last three duys thereof.
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Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis- posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with
authorised [offeer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dol- lars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Fuk Wing Street between Hing Wah New. Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2857
Cheung Sha Wan Street and Cheung Wah Street.
No. of Sale
Registry No
Locality
Boundary
Manurement
N. 8. E. W.
About 21.000
Contents in sq. ft.
Annual Rental
Upset Price
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 2, 1941.
BRIDGE 4 GIRLS NOTES TALK IN
MILLIONS
AN UNWISE DOUBLE
By The Four Aces Doubling solely on length the trump suit is a very unwise practice,
For example:
West, Doaler East-West vulnerable East-West part score of 60
WEST
AAK 10 9
DON
N 4
NORTH
4 Q 3 2
~ A 10 7 1
♣ AJ 8 6 4 2
in
Behind the windows of used shop in row,
а
curtained little dis- Summer- heart of
in the Birmingham, sit four girls who deal with mil- lions of money.
"32,603.182.
That's the total
we have to date, girls," saya one.
WAST
4 J 6 VJ85 4
"Now Emashing now
come
and ECC this hat bought in
3
098 G 4
K 10
New Street," says another. managed to knock them to 7. 6d. I'm day."
"I down broke till pay
The bidding:
West
North
Kust
South
1 A
24
Puss
20
2A Pass Pass
Pass
Pass
3♡
47
Dbl.
Гвоз
Ринв
Agh-
1
I WANT TO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED.
TO THE BUDGET.
6.6
finds a
practically
BANK HOLIDAY
Govern-
In accordance with ment Ordinance, the Exchange Banks will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business on MONDAY, the 4th August, 1941. (The first Monday in August).
Hong Kong, 30th July, 1941.
TO LET
MARBLE HALL, 34-36 Granville Road, double and single room with private bathroom and verandah. Also dressing room, beautiful
home terinis,
grown seaview, vegetables. Phone 59433.
TUITION GIVEN EXPERT instructresses for ladies and young girls in music, short- hand, typing, bookkeeping and English and French. Apply 24 Austin Road, Kowloon,
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The
1.
As per
sale plan
$12,600
The purchaser of the lot will be required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $1,200.00 (being 10% of the upset price) immedi- ately after the fall of the hammer, the balance of the premium be- the ing paid in accordance with Conditions of Sale.
PUBLIC AUCTIONS
Public
A 10 6 Q973
AOUTH
A 7 5
K Q 8 6 OKQJ 732
&
The four girls work in the head office of the Birmingham War Savings Committee. They. ure
for a responsible collecting machine.
vast human
The Money Roils In
Miss F. K. Price is in charge. She has been
The
man family household budget a fine thing
but
theoretically It's rarely workable.
SOLDIERS ON A HITCH-HIKE
there since the The escapade of five 19-year- office opened in January, 1940, old soldiers, on a hitch-hike from the first week's savings Devonshire to London, and ab- West opened the King of spades, when
about £130,000, a low club. were
To-day sent from their regiment without and then shifted to
at Taunton, Dummy took the second trick the team net an average of over leave, was related
when they were charged with with the Ace of £350,000 a week. clubs,
Next in seniority is Miss D. R. doing five guineas' worth of dam- and South
Village Hall, did a little think Clifford, 20; then Miss V. Robin- age at Wrantage
What did son, 18. Miss M. Hope (17) is the near Taunton. ing. West hold to justi-junior.
HƏM GARD VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTE
RACES
KING QUEEN.1 MACKUW
of the high (since with
ty
a
some curtains
was
of
the
It was stated that they enter- vulnerable They have the services of 4,020
who manage led the hall by breaking a win- opening bid and voluntary workers
groups for them dow, tore down free rebid? To be-War Savings
which they used as blankets, and gin with, he held throughout the city. the
assets represent had a free breakfast, which Ace-King of To-day their
by one of the given to them £32 15s. 3d. per head spades; at most one
villagers. honours in clubs population,
They were fined 40s. each. both the King and Queen he would hardly have led a low club at the second trick). Hence West' was marked with the Ace of diamonds to All out a hand of respectable proportions.
Then what could East have for his double? One
or both club honours, and no other high cards! East must have all the missing trumps to give him ever a bad excuse for the double.
With this analysis as his guide, South wasted no time on plans
Hence
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A more cautious policy AFTER 15 YEARS'
offenders
to establish either hand and draw is likely to be adopted by
Trumps, as he well the Prison Commissioners USE The Undersigned have received trumps.
knew, could not be drawn, so a by
releasing instructions to sell
cross-ruff was the only sensible Auction on
At the third trick he re- from Borstal institutions WEDNESDAY, the 6th Aug., 1941; plan.
commencing at 5.15 p.m.
dummy and ruffed in his
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own
turned a low club from the before the completion of hand. Next the diamond King their periods of detention.
I was
West's Ace was
Then
to
are
led, and
This change of policy is expect- ruffed in dummy.
Another club was led from dum-jed to follow the consideration now my and East discarded a low dia- being given by the Home Secre
tary, Mr. Herbert Morrison, mond, while South ruffed. South eashed the Queen and Jack complaints by judges and magis-
trates at the reappearance in thei of diamonds, discarding spades from dummy; after which he courts of youths who would nor-
mally still be in an institution. could lead his remaining spade
The detention periods usually and ruff in dummy. From there on it was easy to win ten tricks. recommended by the courts
two or three years. But the Pri- Oswald son Commissioners were empow- Yesterday you were Jacoby's partner and, with nei-ered by the Prevention of Crime Act, 1908. to grant releases on ther side vulnerable, you held:
licence after six months to youths and after three months to young women, if satisfied that there was a reasonable probability that they crime and would abstain from lead useful lives.
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A B E 4 VA 7 3 27
O
A 948
10 B
Ton
Malef
The bidding:
Selenken Jacoby
Pass 10
(7)
ANSWER: Bid one heart. You will not play the hand at hearts unless your partner has four-card support, and in that case the suit will be quite satisfactory even though your holding looks pretty weak. This one-over-one res- ponse, besides showing the hearts, gives the bidding maximum flexi-
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Score 100% for one heart, 40% for two diamonds,
Question No. 784
To-day you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues:.
Jacoby Schenken
Раби Рова
10
You
10
Moler 24
**(-2)
What do you bid? (Answer
Monday:)
(Released by The Boll. Syndi- cate, Inci)
HE NEW ERENOR REMEDY,
FION NⱭ11) APION NI2
PURE YEAST THERAPION NG3
LIVE
DA.LE OLKAO'S
BAPBO
A Defence Regulation, passed since the war, has enlarged, the powers of the Commissioners by removing the time limit.
women
After the outbreak of war 1,677 youths and 118 young were released on licence Borstal institutions.
from
Since then offenders have been! released after detention for per- iods of less than a year when they appeared to quality. This has. been due to difficulties of accom- modation and staffing.
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