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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 24, 1941.
OLD
BRIDGE LITTLE GERMAN
WOMAN-
THE HONG KONG NOTES AGED 13
JOCKEY CLUB
NOTICE TO MEMBERS
SEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING
"GOSFORD HANDICAP"
Saturday, 27th September, 1941.
In view of the number of en tries received for the above, it has been decided to divide the race into three sections.
* The third section will be race No. 11 and run at 6.50 p.m.
A cash sweep, tickets $1 each,
I will be held on this race but "A!! through" numbers will not parti- cipate, and tickets can be pur- chased only at the Race Course during the Meeting.
By Order of the Stewards,
S. A. SLEAP,
Acting Secretary.
Hong Kong, 20th Sept., 1941.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
A SLAM POINTER
By The Four Aces
Each year at this time, the
Clasping her hands in front of her, 13-year-old
ኝ - Betty stood in Swansea
summer bridge championships are Juvenile Court and list-
TERROR
METHODS
held at Asbury Parit, N. 3. For n ened to the justices dis: Evidence is reaching London of the brutality
whole week, some of the finest
bridge in the world is on display cuss a future in which
to those who care to see it. To- she is to have a new home of German methods of
day's hand, taken from last year's tournament is typical of what and "parents" who will give her love and hap piness.
can be seen there:
Bouth, Dealer North-South vulnerable
NORTH
J4
A KQ 10 8 3 ✓ 9 5
home.
occupation" in different parts of Europe.
The German news agency states
that 50 Croats have been shot In Zagreb as “intellectual perpetra- She was charged with stealing tors" of an explosion in a tele- a £1 note from a neighbour's phone exchatige In which several
German soldiers were injured..
From Belgium comes news that Betty had told a big poNceman, 25 Belgians held as hostages, at είνα I have been Tournal for the killing of "For EAST
two months keeping house for my father, bro-German policemen on September ther and two sisters. One of them 17 will be executed if the per- is paralysed.
petrators are not discovered with- in 10 days. The Germans an- nounce that in future five hos- tages will be shot for every act "I get up at 5.30 every morn-1 of violence against German sol-
diers and all Belgians now Ing to get my father food.
prison will be treated hostages.
♡ A 36 3 0874 44992
WEST
A 976 3 ✓ 8 2
◊ K 6 2 4 6 5 3
◇ J 10 9 3
A 8 7 4
SOUTH
A 2
♡ KQ 10 7 4
O AQ 5
KJ 10
The South
1♡
bidding: West
$♡
14 Pass
North
.30
L'esp
Cast Pass
In
2s. 6d. For Food
"He gives me half a crown now and again during the week to get food for the family and complains when he cannot get the food and | tobacco he needs.
t
as
in
such
the the
Gorman military headquar- ters in Lille announce the *x. ecution of three Frenchmen while four fresh death sen- tences have been passed In Paris. "I cannot get much food for
The German so-called new or- West opened the King of spades, half a crown, but I make a list to der thus has all the marks of THE SEVENTH EXTRA RACE South winning with the Ace. show him how the money is the old ruthlessness which MEETING will be held, weather South hadn't paid much attention spent."
Naz mentality imagines as overcall during permitting. on SATURDAY, 27th to West's spade
Betty, who was described by only possible treatement of nations for North's SEPTEMBER, 1941, commencing the bidding,
jump the justices' clerk as a "little old writhing under allen domination raise made it appear that West woman of 13," said her father and its failure is admitted by had just put in a "nuisance" bid, threw her out into the road one this resort to the time-honoured The First Bell will be rung at But now it looked as though North night and she was given a bed by method of brutality which is like-
had made a slight (ever-so-slight) neighbours. stretch, and that
ly to make oppressed populations West had the MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE
King of diamonds as part of the Betty was accompanied in court more determined to bring even- No One without a badge will value for his defensive bid.
by two women neighbours, who, tual retribution on the Nazis. be admitted to the Members'
The average player, we
feel kissed her when the justices ad- British Wireless. Such must Enclosure.
would worn sure,
that journed the case for a week and consider throughout the duration of each point. He would draw trumps and arranged for her to go to a shel- Meeting in auch a manner as to be rush to discard the losing spade, ter for girls.
un dummy's extra club. Then he readily identified.
would finesse the Queen of dia- monds, and would feel very much
1.30 p.m.
The Undersigned have received | at 2,00 p.m. Instructions to sell by Public Austion on FRIDAY, the 26th. September, 1941 commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35,
Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE comprising—
be
not
V
Teakwood Bestends, Wardrobes, Badges admitting Non-Members Dressing Tables, Chests of to the Members' Enclosure and Drawers, Sideboards, Dining
Club Rooms at $5.00 for Gent caused him to lose two diamond Tables, Chairs, Chesterfeld Suites, Carpets, Rugs, Pictures,
Clocks. men and $3.00 for Ladies (both tricks.
But in a championship tourna Ornaments, Cutlery, Gramophones, including tax)
obtainable
ment, better lines of play are Records, E.P., Brass, Glass and through the SECRETARY upon found. In this case, South drew
aggrieved when that line of play REST CURE
are
FOR TIRED
Porcelain Ware, Cooking Utensils, the personal or written application trumps and discarded a low dia- AIRMEN
etc. etc.
Furniture.
also
all chits, etc.
of airmen
V
WINTER CAMPAIGN
TER
DESCRIBING GERMANY'S PREPARATIONS FOR A WIN- CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA, THE BERLIN CORRESPONDENT OF THE SWISS PAPER "BAS- LER NACHRICHTEN" 'YESTER- of a Member, such Member to be mond on dummy's extra club.
DAY STRESSED THEIR EFFECT responsible for all visitors intro-Then he led the Jack of spades
ON THE ·PRODUCTION OF A Few Places of Blackwood duced by him, and for payment of from the dummy, putting West
A contented group
GOODS FOR CIVILIAN USE. into the lead. If West returned a
The correspondent stated that diamond,... South would get a sprawl on the deck of a luxurious
shops selling furs, boots, The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, "free" finesse. And if West could house-boat, watching felluca,
sail, clothing, overcoats, woollen goods Exchange Building, (Tel. 27794) return anything
with its graceful towering else, dummy
and body and bed linen lack On View from Thursday, the will close at 11.45 a.m.
could ruff while South discarded glide serenely past them on the!
placid Nite. Only two or three materials containing natural pro- 25th. September, 1941.
the the Queen of diamonds,
ducts. days ago they were with their squadrons among the choking dust and sandstorms of the desert. To-day they are unbelievably at peace, beside the green fields and still waters.
and
2 Enamelled Baths.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 23rd Sept., 1941.
Tiffins are obtainable at Club House provided they are
advance ordered in No. 1 Boy (Tel. 21920.)
No children or amabs will admitted to either Enclosure,
from
the
be
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE The price of Admission to the Public Enclosure is $1.00 includ-} ing tax, for all Persons, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gate. THERAPION 302 Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform THERAPION N3
SHO NEW PRENOM REMEDY THERAPION NO.1
So, X. Konan Discharges...
No. 2 Corum Blood:
Mengitan Sv. Sa. Chemists, or eliber Na, return / Esik JOR/IR CERERI MARCA: BuvorstockhA,MW%,LADEM DA, LE OLBRO'S PILLS for the LiveS
·GANIGzayn-Wankkidaayadbladden
E
are admitted Half Price,
By Order,
S. A. SLEAP,
Acting Secretary. Hong Kong, 22nd Sept., 1941.
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MORE AIR FORCE
Windfalls are
*
Q
you
Yesterday
were Oswald Jacoby's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you held:
A A Q 4 7
VK 9
O J 10 8 6 4 4 Q 2
The bidding: Schenken
Puss 10 Pass
You
Muier
10
Pass Pass Pass
2A Pass (?)
a
The houseboat is part of the magnificent effort which the Gezira Club in Cairo is making on behalf of British soldiers and air-
men.
Leather goods have been prac- tically unobtainable for a year- Reuter.
Gezira Moored alongside Island, it has accommodation for
560 TANKS NEED 44 SHIPS
A convoy of 44 ships is needed
Jacoby 1♡ 20
30 airmen and 30 soldiers in its to transport 580 of the powerful handsome cabins. 34
The occupants new Chrysler 32-ton tanks, the are put up for seven days, free columnists Pearson and Allen re- of charge; after a spell of Libyan ANSWER: Bid three diamonds. warfare, the change is heavenly to ing 450 of these glants each Chrysler's vill soon be produc- Your partner's bidding indicates tired men. that he has only about enough to
Рава
is a minimum and you should not try again for game.
Score 100% for three diamonds, 60% for three no-trump, 30% for three hearts.
veal.
Although the boat is called the month and light for a part score. Your hand "Puritan" there is a bar aboard; They occupy almost double the
as well as baths, reading rooms shipping space of light tanks. and practically every other amen
which Libya hasn't got. The Club, runs a pension Dárk Cairo on the same lines. It has in addition, set aside one of its polo grounds for hockey, football land cricket pitches for the troops
Question No. 829
aide
To-day you are Merwin Maler's partner and, with neither vulnerable, you hold:
AAKJ7 3
♡ KQ 9 7 4
The bidding:
Behenken · “You'
Judoby
- Måler
.(7)
PROB
What do 'you bid?: (Answer tomorrow
HOW AMY' MET DEATH
Children's Summer-Time Need.
At this time of year children may dastly fall sick, for ́›
on hot, dusty days fruit, ice cream, salads and cold drinks are temptations hard to resist, but unless careful supervision is exercised such deli- cacles may cause diarrhoea, colic, worms, and other upsets,
One of the surest ways to keep a child well is to administer a little dose of Baby's Own Tablets at the first signs of trouble. The gentle, laxative action of the tablets quickly cleanses the child's. intestines, removing any harmful substances which may have been eaten.
Miss Pauline Gower, command ing officer of the women's section of the Air Transport Auxiliary (Released by The Bell Syndi-told a literary luncheon how Amy cate, Inc.)
Johnson met her: death.
"It fell to my lat to check up on her flight," said Miss Gower, Baby's Own Tablets are an ab "We have absolutely no doubt how solutely safe medicine for the cor- she died,
MONErection of Infantile constipation, "She was flying in icy conditions indigestion, as well as diarrhoen above clouds so heavy that she and other sunmer fils. They coul could not find a 'break, to enable feverishness, ease colds and eroup, her to come down. She was run- expel worms, and at teething time ning out of petrol, and must have are almost miraculous in allaying decided to come down through the pain and helping baby to pass clouds. It was just bad luck that through this trying time with a she happened to be over the minimum of discomfort. water. She balod out, and, halt
Originated by a medical child- she been above, land, would have specialist, and relied upon by been here to-day l
welcome BRASSO
Windsqualls
are
airworthy!
See Further Announcements.
METAL POLISH
FOR A
REAL
·POLISH:
In baling out of the type of parents in many parts of the world aircraft she was flying it was to correct their children's health often necessary to jettison the upsets, you can safely place your door, which, as it came down, confidence in
might have caused the rumour Baby's Own Tablets. that there was a passenger in the
aircraft."