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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER
1940.
Decrease In HK KING'S CARNIVAL Shipping Noted
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS The decline in Hong Kong shipping activity was
NOTICE is hereby given that' the ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY FIFTH ORDINARY MEETING of Shareholders in
accentuated last month when 569 ships ̧(956,639 NR tons) arrived and 547 ships
(929,438 NR tons) cleared porta, total. decrease of 393 vossols compared with Sep- tambor and 140 with Octobor..
the Company will be held at in November, 16,584 fewer people disembarked
the Office of the Company, Queen's Building. Victoria, Hong Kong, on Monday, 12th December, 1940, nt 11.30 a.m. for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Directors, to- gether with Statement of Accounts, and Re-electing
Directors and Auditors.
The Share Register of the Company will be closed for the transfer of shares from the 5th to the 12th December, 1949, both days inclusive.
Loodings. In-
and 9,877 fewer embarked, and 28,954 less tons of cargo were discharged. creased by 1,128 tons.
Philippine The most marked individual
four (7,527 NR
tons) decrease was in Chinese ships, tons)/ three (6,388 NR which dropped from 275 at- ships, four/one passengers, 8317 rivals in October to 194 last 410 tons cargo. month and 230 departures to 101.
British ships did not show a marked decline, losing only by 17 arrivata and four departures.
There were
still more
plx Portuguese:
(2,624 NR tons) six (1,424 NR tons) ships. 2,810/308 tons cargo, 14/nii pas- sengers, 20 drums fuel.
Swedish: four (9,015 NR tons)/ three (6,230 NR tons) ships, 12/ British Ove passengers, 3,662/862 tons
cargo, 00 drams fuel.
By Order of the Board of thips entering and leaving than
any other nationality.
Directors.
H. DA LUZ,
Secretary,
Hong Kong, Nov. 28, 1949.
NOTICE
"DIE HARDS" CLUB THE MIDDLESEX REGIMENT (D.C.O.) OLD COMRADES ASSOCIATION MEETING, HONG KONG BRANCHI DECEMBER, 1949
7. 1949.
The Brst meeting of this branch will take place on Wed- nesday, December Tra will be provided at the Sergeants Mess at 4.30 p.m., followed by a social evening in the Corporals' Club. It is hoped that all past members of the Regiment in Hong Kong will attend and make this meeting a success The finals Inter Unit Boxing Tournament of the
27 Infantry Brigade
will nisu be taking place dur- ing the afternoon.
NOTICE
TO: CHINA NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION
EMPLOYEES
U.S.S.R.: ivo (6,830 NR tons)/ four (4,197 NR tons) ships, 9,- Details
arrival 045/nil tons cargo, 570 tona coal, covering the
Total: 560 (058,830 NR tons)/ and departure of ships during November, issued by the Marine 547 (829,038 NR tons) ships, 46,- 204,253/ passengers, to Meek-805/43,810 Department
155,652 tona cargo, 8,003 tons and:-
coal/19,034 drums fuel.
over
British: 233 (374,349 NR tons) /250 (365,709 NR tons) ships, 30,533/27,380 passengers, 121,542/ 47,460
3,713 tons pargo, coal/8,736 drums tuel,
Luns
Americon: 31 (100,304 NR tons) /31 (171,188 NR tone) ships 809/ 1,702 passengers, 10,013/9,431 tons enrgo, 1,045 drums fuel.
Chinese: 104 (136,243 NR tons) toms) ships, /1161 (137,802 NR 12,949/11,000 passengers, 20,032/ 28,720 tons cargo, 2,030 tons conl/ 4.511 drums fuel.
Danish: 11 (48,192 NH tons)/ nine (37,601 NR tons) ships 22/ 100 passengers, 0.235/4.240 cargo, 101 drums fue},
tons
Dutch: 16 (73.401 NR tons)/ 13 (56.948 NR tons) ships, 1,018/ 250 passengers, 10.807/3,181 tone cargo. 100 drums fuel,
Li's Statement On U.S. Military Aid
(Continued From Pape 11
In a statement to the United Press Gonorel
that Li said Communist success in China would touch off uprisings in the. whole of Bouth East Asia ún.: less the United States plays a "paramount pari" in the anti- Red fight.
"President Li said his colleague, General Pai Chung-hsi, will "hit back at the Communists at the
opportune moment, but he was not in a position to give details,
French: Ove (22,512 NR tons)
282 Ave (23.938 NR tons) ships, 330/ tooя passengers, 733/1,350 cargo. 27 tons coal/250 drums the fuel.
Greek: ane (2,932 NH tons)/
tors cargo. all shop, 3,000
Honduran: one (1,863 NR Lons)
ship.
He added: "I firmly believe in Importance of self-help. I have no doubt foreign assistance Will be forthcoming i we prove our worth."
can
Generalissimo Asked whether Italian: one (4,380 NR tons)/ Chiang Kai-shek will seek to re- two (8,740 NR tons) ships, 2,800/ sume office, President Li replied
succinctly "Ask 400 was cargo, 720 drums fuel.
the Generalis-
Norwegian: 29 (00,028 NRI almo." toms), 23 (89,840 NR tons) ships, 1,108/1,803 passengers, 31,472/13,- 10 tons eargo, 745 tuna cool/431
druma fue).
Panamanian: aine (28,359 NR tons) 17 (42.523 NR tons) ships, ight/48 passengers, 23,207/25,004 920 tons coal/2,000
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Signed:
SHEN TEH-HSIEH, Managing Director, China National Aviation Corporation.
December 3, 1949.
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
hepardıl
"The Authorityling Author
BEVER COMMUNICATIONS might be plenty of trouble to ret Д vulnerable game, especially There is no sense in footing with all these low clubs. So
decided around you know you are sure West
to
It double to bid game eventually in your would have taken quite a player xtremely long suit and also that to bid 6-Hearts now in the East reasonable hope of seat, to give West a choice of ma- there is no slam.
since
your partner had al-jor sult; as far as East could tell. ready passed. The thing to do in the side might have three losing Fuch
case is to leap
leap straight trick
tricks. So East passed: South into the game at your first op- was set only two tricks, losing portunity.
Making
two in any lower one in each major and bld may enable your opponents trumps, so was down exactly 300 to and a fitting sult and success; Į polata fully, outbid you. But a high bid
S A 6·5 H? 5 4
will sover their communications At every other table South bid and compel them to guess as to more or less as in séquence 2 whether they should bid some above. But, whether his bid was more or merely double you. 2-Diamonds, 3-Diamonds or 4-
Diamonds,
West bid against it, due to the value of a vulnerable game and when South then went to 5-Diamonds, East put the con- CJ10 7 4 3 2
tract into ave of one of the SKQ932 majors, which one being depen- N
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North
East
South West
1. Pass
1 5
5 D
Dal
2. Pass
1 S
2.D
2 H
Pass
4 H.
the spades or bid his hearts. Thus all East-West pairs scored a vulnerable game and an extra trick, worth 150 for tricks, in the major plus 500 game bonus or a total of 850, except where South shut out his opponents with his instant leap to 5-Diamonds,
Your Weekend Question
What is the simple plaý to take 6.D
5 Hthree tricks in a suit if you have the ace, king and two low cards Notice how effectively. South in the dummy opposite the jack shut out his opponents at Table and one low card in your own- 1 of the tournament, West puz- hand-or vice versa? Can you zled and puzzled, trying to decido recall using the play, or seeing whether his side could make 5- it? If not, can you construct a odd at either major. If East had hypothetical case in which it only a
moderate hand, there' should be used?
A BRITISH CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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3 Heavenly
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22 Level space.
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20 Watchful
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