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There was a record attendance at the Hong Kong Light Orchestra Grand Christmas Concert at the Hong Kong Hotel last night at which tho Governor was prosont. Every soat in the con- cort hall was taken up and programmes were sold out long before the first item of the oven- ing bogan.
Conducted by Victor Ardy 100 children choristers presenting and led by Stanley King, tho the feature of the evening's pro- Light Orchestra played a num-gramme of Christmas musle. ber of selections and Christ- man medleya.
The Orchestra nisa formed the background to a group of some
Jap labour agitation spreading
In its performance of selections and orchestral pieces, the Light Orchestra, was perhaps in its best form. The predominence of the
in its music however, tended to minimise the effect of the choir
out the carols) voices, muming sometimes, by its over-punctunted heaviness of expression. So much so that during the carols one wak left to wonder which constituted the background, the choir or the
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of children. groups marched out in slow processiori bearing lantern and annembled before the orchestral dais where they sang their carols,
the
Tokyo, December 18. More than 160 vessels were tied up in porta throughout Japan and hunger strikes were
Two other spotlights of reported to be spreading evening were the number by the labour's drive to get the Gov | Lin family (Including Richard's crument to puy year-end | excellent songs) and Bert Gillett bonuses.
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The Japan Seamen's henriquarters ordered a nation- night to wide strike on Friday back up the scumen's demands for year-end "rice coke" allowanceN The with WILH 12,400 yer as buse. strike unter specified double ber- reied tactles, refusing all overtime and preventing ships' sailings. A Government spokesman
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cluding area and Osaka. The largest num- ber, 47 vessels, were tied up al base a
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A Kyodo News Agency repurt | said the year-end hunger strikes among uilities and Government workers appeared to be spreading rapidly.
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Brass bands
strikers
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At another site, the busy down- town intersection of Sukibashi, six men from the Japan Teachers' Union were condueling another hunger strike.
The Fukushima Local of the Government railway workers, Northern Honshu, announced
round of hunger strikes second and Kyodo reported 43 National: Railway employees hunger strike in the Tokyo arch alone.
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay.
Sutherlly" or "Authoriiles"
ond sequence. When the 3-Dia- DON'T SAY IT TWICE
South, around to ONCE you have made on open-monds came
there was no need to be in a ing suit bld of two to guaran- tee game strength-or a single hurry. He could either double, if jump of one more than necessary ho wanted to temporise entirely, to proclaim the same power for or bid merely 3-Hearts. But he the pair-your partner has pre- bad the momentary idea that sumably learned that you want North might pass the 3-Hearte, have a gama con- at least a game contract. There and that to
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is no need to tell him the same tract he had better bid It
rued his unsound Later he fact twice by jumping on a later turn. Doing that has the effect hasts. The club 7 was led to the
the diamond of crowding the bidding and per-10, K and A. haps shutting out some informa- scored and the 4 was cuffed with Then sole trump In other the dummy's Live chil
from him. words, if a "game force" is on the spade 2 was led. What hop-
pened then was a caution,
Enst the pair, lake your time.
ruffet it, led the club 4 4 for to ruff, then ruffed a spade, gave West a second club ruff, then ruffed a third spade. That put South down at his 'mete game, In fact down two tricks,
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squocza cheap 3-Spades, and South then should have leaped to at least
North-South 5-Spades, maybe small slam. If he bid five, North would bid the alum, in which only the spade Q East would score defensively.
(Dealer: South. vulnerable).
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Todays Question
How much soundness is there
in the idea heid by some players
way the bidding should have gone, that a bid of "one more than nec- with a sound man in the South. ensary" in another sylt guaran---
fit with your But did it.go that way? Not by lees a
a Jugull. It went as in the secult?
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ACROSS Abaconde, B Arin,
9 Sapphire, 11 Aperture, 13 Post, Beau 5 Cope, Noise, 7 Scent, 9 Décorato 18 Treasure, 19 Start, 10 Frate, 12 Piece, 14. Leap, 21 Selected, 28 Corridor, 20 Surgo 16' Armed, 17 Eager, 19 Fall, 27 Delightë.
Lucid, 20 April, 21 Sing, 22 Loot, Down Date, 2Rime, 23 Trap, 24 Dolt.