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NO. 32 (T) OF 1949.
HONG KONG WATERS. VICTORIA HARBOUR.
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1949,
Clerk pleads guilty to rice theft
Ho. Tin-sing, tally clerk of In consequence of salvage and lifting craft being moored the Rice Section of the Depart- in the area enclosed by Harment of Supplies and Distribu bour Mooring Buoys A-15, tion, pleaded guilty before Mr. B-20 and B-21 this area will F. X. d'Almada at Kowloon be closed to all shipping as yesterday to the charge of from 0900 hours, December 21, stealing 130 bags of Govern- 1940 and until further notice.ment rice.
Buoy A-15 is marked by a Wreck Marking light buoy, paltated green light with
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NOTICE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
Medical Department
REMINDER
Defendant changed his plea of not guilty to guilty through his counsel. Mr. A.B.C. Comber, at- ter nine hearings, had been held and just before the prosecution closed its case yesterday. Fro- secution began, its case on No- vember 14.
Defendant's father, Ho Wal- niias William Ho, cargo lam. supervisor of the Department of Supplies and Distribution, is also held on the same charge. 'They were alleged to have stolen more than $24,000 worth of rice from Kotown 28 of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Company In Jordan Rond on September 23.
Mr. M. A. da Silva is repre- senting Ho Wal-lam, while Mr. A. A. Shaw, Assistant Superin- tendent of Police attached to the“ Anti-Corruption Branch assisted by inspector Hul Hung-cheung. are for the prosecution.
Two other men, Cheung Lun. conk of the Hip Ylek Rice Depot. and Cheung Kwang, coolie at the Depot, are charged with ahling anal abetting in the theft of the rice They are not legally repre- sented
Ho Tin-lug. together with his father, is facing another charge of Farceny of 140 bags of Govern- ment rice from godown 38C of the Hong Kong and Kowloon, Wharf and Godown Company ot Aucun 20.
After several witnesses were cross-examined by defence coun sel and evidener given by
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Annual Race Meeting 1950
Special Cash Sweep
Pearce Memorial Cup
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Tickets for the sweep at $2. ...each may be purchased at the Office of the Treasurers, House, Floor Telephone 1st and also at the Club's Branch Office. No. 382 Nalban Rosa. Kowloon.
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I. NEWTON, Director.
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December 19, 1949,
NOTICE
PORTUGUESE INSTITUTE OF HONG KONG
Rey Father E. Gherzi, Direc- Tor of the Zikawey Observatory
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BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
HEGUThaathority on, Authorities
THINK BEFORE COVERING 0 of apades were dumuny re-en- tries. He used the J then to lead YOU MAY be doing nothing the heart 2 and Bresse the 10. but helping simplify the declarer's The heart I killed the Q estob- job if you cover an honour led lahing the J. To reach it South
Before doing led the spade 5 to the from the dummy.
and used that. It
it Ís always advisable to the heart J Lo discard the dlu- stop nod think a bit. Calculating mon
mond 2. That limited his dia- the consequences of your play is mond losers to one, so he was especially important if the dum-glad to give up two club tricks
And have his game.
to have none too
case
my appearn many
In such entries.
A smarter Enst would
Q lead the cover may build some second- ducked the spade
have
and
nry card as a re-entry to the elther covered the J or not play- dummy and speed your opponen' ed his K until the third.round, blithely on his otherwise rocky either or which would have road.
hamstrung South. he
S 7 3 H'D B 7
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S QJ 8 HAJ 4 2
D 8 7 5
C 10 0 2
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8
S K @ 2 #Q B WEDA K
CK Q 8 5 3
SA 10 9 5 4
4 3
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4
H K 10 3
DQ 2
CA 78
(Dealer:
nerable).
Eart
East. Eust-West vul-
South West North
S
Pass Pass
S
Pass Para
2 H 3 S
4 S
COVCT-
ed the J, that would have left South only one re-entry to dum- my. South could use that chance to Ancere the heart 10, then could
K. Thi fell the heart Q with the would establish the J.But how In the world could South get in- With to
to use the J? dummy na entry for 11, he would have been unable to get a discard on It, so would have had to lose two tricks in each minot suit,
Tomorrow's Problem
S #BBB4 As this hand developed, South H J 6 3 2 needed the help of Eust to make D R 2 his contract. After the club JC 10 5 lead, which South took with the
A, two losers aplace were in sigh' in the minors plus a possible one In trumps. Yet these had shrunk en to just three by the time the play was over.
¿Dealer:
South used the heart A on the vulnerable). second trick as entry to incasse
trumps.
$ 7 HA'987
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South, North-South
L South Casaly 8 n" double-
make his
7-No
East "covered an honour squeeze to with an honour-when the spade Trumps, with the last club as the Q was led, the A winning. South satreezing lead, how can the de- noticed now that both the J and tenders öcat him?
19
12
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12
18
December 24th
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SPECIAL DINNER DANCE
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XMAS EVE- December 24th- SPECIAL DINNER DANCE
All 2 am,
NEW YEAR'S EVE —
December 31 SPECIAL DINNER DANCE.
till 2 am.
ment. 20 No odds
offarod.
pearl. 22 No Sasso-
nach!" 0 Cavalryman.
10. Wear away. Swell. 11 Dit
23 Play idly. 20 Rope.
10 Had a break. 20 Cut Into
1 Practise. 2: Defor .3 Dificulty. 4-Loltered. B'Hormit.
Calm 7.Tree.
3--14- Trains,
Down
15 Racked. 10 Recom
mence.
17, Disregårdsi 10 Make cer-
21 Tare.
24 Blacken.
"Elope, : 25, "Ordain,, 26 Tæro, 27
Taste, 28 Tennis.
2 Roar, Yesterday's Crossword Area, 4 Ransom, 5 Menider
DOWN-1 Toby
ACROSS 1 Tartar, 6. Mured, Strange, 7 Discard, 10 Toold, 13° 0 Rate, Beaten, 11 Arras, 12 Fervant, 14 Furious: 15 oplate, Reason,. 14 Firm, 16 Eager, 18 17 Asked 19 Extort, 21 Tree, 22 Eludo, 10 Erie, 20 Lifter, 24 Rain, 23 Onusia.
12 Reptiles.
13 Lifeless.
27 Hiros..
10
Sharp sov. grips.
ing Instru-20 Bolt