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Sentence of six months' hard labour was passed on Chau Kam-to, aged 41, coolie em- ployed at the Government Sand Depot at Hung Hom. when he pleaded guilty before Mr. W. A. Blair-Kerr at Kow- toon yesterday, to the counts of attempted larceny of a cuble yard of sand, and offering a $80 bribe.
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Riated by Detective- Inspector C. Dowmen that on February 4 lorry 5300 was stop- ped by one of the Sand Depart-· ment's men and found to con- tain a cubic yard of sand more than that slated on the permit..
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Quellaned, defendant admit- ted having put the sand on to given that
an Extraordinary the lorry on the instructions of General Meeting of the Com-unother man He was told that pany will be held at the sumy" he would to reported place, on the same day at 12.30 W.J. Anderson, Controller of p.m. or so soon afterwards as the Ordinary General Meeting shall be concluded, when the subjoined Resolution will be submitted:
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THAT the Authorised capit-putting, at the same time, $80 on! al of the Company be in- Creased from its present Capital of $3,000,000 divided into 300,000 Shares of $10 each (of which the whole have been issued) to $10,- 000,000 by the creation of 700,000 additional shares of the nomina? value of $10 each and that such addition- al shares as aforesaid shall be issued at such time or times and upon terms and conditions as the Company's Board of Directors in their absolute discretion
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the latter,
latter, it would produce 150 for
Mr. Von Zedtwitz then calcu letting the opponents play for intod that 4-Spades would be sure,
choice.
sice. In possibly with an extra. If the contract of their
ha, alust compare case,
650Then prontal alicate on-tricks plus 600 game bonus given ables him later to note how ether in tournaments, or people made out on the same hand, careful study and estimating told then recall his findings for applien him it should be possible to set the tion to similar situations in rub-5-Diamonds four tricks, worth 700
points doubled, so chose that. ber bridge, T
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He proved right, as after his singleton club lead the contract
tricks.
THE four exactly was act club A won, diamond 6 sebroda ruff, spade J won when the A was underled, diamond Asored a second club raff, and there was 110 way for South to avoid losing ince he had no early entry loft to the diamond Q and heart A, to dummy.
Tomorrow's Problem
0J87
(Dealer: West Badt-West vul-
notable.)
Wast
North East
South
13
Pans
G D
3 S Pass
4 D Pass
984 14
Dbl.
DJ542 CAQ10
765
This was a fine example of ex- pert competing in the World Mus ler Pair Championship recently in Waldemar. Von Zedt- Chicago. with, head of the American Con- tract Bridge League, was in the
West, opposite Charice J. Solo- mon, another top-ranker who is chairman of the League's tour-
nament committee.
$702. HJB3
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HAKQ10 962 DK 3 C2
(Dealer: South. Both sides vil- nerable)
What play should South build for his 6-Hearts aflor the club & After South butted in with him is followed by the diamond 4-Diamonds as preparation for a Icnd?
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