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Station Wagon 1947 model, mileage 25,000, First class mechanical condition. Apply Box 595 "China Mall"
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THE MACAO ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMPANY,
LIMITED
NOTICE is hereby given tha! the Thirty-Fifth Ordinary An- nual General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company will be held at the Boardroom of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham Matthews, Mercantile Bank Building, Second Floor, Hong Kong, on Friday, the 28th day of April, 1950, at 11 a.m.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
JOHNSON, STOKES &
MASTER Secretaries
THE MACAO ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMPANY,
LIMITED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Registers of Transfer and Members of the Company FOLLOW the Lead of the United Will be closed from Friday, 21st to Friday, 20th States Armed Forces by uting, April, 1950,
TOP Grade Grass Seed Mixture the finest 18 mm Sound Projec. April, 1950; both dates inclu- and White Clover Seeds for tors yet available on the inter-sive. Juxurlant green
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Trading safe at the Asia Photo Supply ♣ Agents Anglo-Chinese
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DRESSES and Blousen (all kinds
RARE ancient Chinese paintings, Buddhist pictures, Jade, Kwan- yin. Owner leaving, Fixed low prices. Call 58921, Star Hotel, back Peninsula Hotel.
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MAY DE BOOKED AT THE BWINDON BOOK STORE, 26 NATHAN ROAD, TEL. 56327,
By Order of the Board,
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
Secretaries.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
Draft Programmes and En- try Forms for the 5th Race Meeting to be held on Satur- day 20th April, 1950, (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Sceretary's Office, Tele- phone House; the Club House, Happy Valley; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.
SHORTWAVE enthusiasts receive worldwide stations to their hearts content with the amazing Pilot modal 866481 Bandspreading Im- sortant wavebands. 6 valves in. Entries close at 12 o'clock
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Handsome NOON on Thursday, 20th Apr. valnut cabinet; gold metal grille: 1950.
rge coloured dial. Démonstra lon without obligationi Colonial Apenples, Sxchoi Bldg., 14 Queen's Toad, Phone 28310.
-ONG KONG FILM AND THEATRE NEWB nt $1.00 per copy. Obtainable st Leading Book Stores, Newspaper Beiters, Cinemas-and "China Mall" Oman.
CHINA MAIL PICTORIAL (R=-{ <ixed adition) at $3.00 per copy.
By Order
5. A. SLEAP,
Secretary,
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1950.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Chu taken after their wedding at St. Andrew's Church on Baturday. The bride was formerly Miss Fung Bul-wha, ("Ghing Mall' Photo.)
German pact with Yugoslavia
Bonn, April 15. A $127,000,000 trade agree- ment between Western Ger- many and Yugoslavia will be! signed on Monday, the Econo- mic Minister, Ludwig Erhard, sald today.
The agreement provides for $65.700.000 of German Import and $01,300,000 of German ex- ports.
Germany will send Yugoslav chemicals, textiles, paper, glasi and ceramics, iron and steel, finished metal goods, electrical and other machinery and equlp-
SALE OF CROWN LAND | ment, vehicles and colle
An auction sale of Crown 10000004001 | Obtainable at all Leading. Book Land will be held at P.W.D. Stores and "China Mall" Omog. Headquarters on Monday, the 17th day of April, 1950 at 3 p.m.
PEKING ART RUG CO., 221A Nathan Ad., Kowloon, eli ex- clusively carpets and rugs. Please drop in and have a look.
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THE CHINA COABT
NAVIGATING AND ENGINEER
OFFICERS GUILD
WHY LIMP about with a painful corn or ingrowing tonnell when a vial to Beten's export chiropodist can put you right? Consult Beten's Beauty Salon, 1st Floor, Exchange
A meeting of the Management Buliding,
Committee of the above Guild CARPETS, Ruge, Upholstery will be held at the office. King's eleaned in your own home by Building (4th floor), 9, Connaught madern, conveniant DURACLEAN Road C, Hongkong, at 4 p.m., on SERVICE DURACLEAN COM Monday, April 17, 1950. PANY, DEERFIELD, ILL, U.B.A. Agent: George Lin & Co. 202 Bank of East Asia Buliding, Toli 24408.
CARPETS A RUGS.-Genuine Paking and Tientsin, lovely de- signs and colourings, various elxoni come and inspect at The China Rug Co., Keysmally Building, 4th Floor (Or poulte Hong Копр Hotel) Queen's Road, Central.
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GEORGE T. LLOYD,
General Secretary.
Hongkong, April 15th 105V.
The area which comprises 344,300 square feet is situated adjoining Tsun Wan Marine Lot No. 1 and is suitable for Industrial purposes.
Further particulars are avali- able from the Government Gazette of 6. 4, 1950 or from the Crown Lands & Survey Office
E. A. BOYCE, Director of Public Works.
March 28, 1950.
ANNOUNCEMENT
WE TAKE PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE RESUMED WORK AT OUR FACTORY AT NO. 4, KWEICHOW STREET, TOKWAWAN, KOW- LOON, AS FROM 8th APRIL, 1950:
WE THANK ALL OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOM- ERS FOR THEIR PAST VALUABLE SUPPORT AND FORBEARANCE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUED. PATRONAGE.
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THE SHANGHAI & HONGKEW WHARF CO., LTD.
(Incorporated under the panies Ordinances, Hong Kong). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Ordinary-General- Meeting of Shareholders will be held at No. 27, Chung Shan Road. E... Shanghal, on Mon- day, 22nd May, 1950 at 4 p.m., for the following purposes:—
To receive and sider the Directors' Repart and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1940, to elect Directors and Auditors and to transact any ather ordinary business of the Company.
con-
Froxies in order to be valid must be deposited; not less than forty-eight hours before the time for holding the Meet. ing.
The Transfer Books and Shore Register will be closed from 2nd May, 1950, to 22nd May, 1950, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board'
of Directors,
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Agents.
Hong Kong, April 15, 1950,
NOTICE. UNION WATERBOAT:
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Notice is hereby given that the forty-first Ordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held, al the Offices of Messrs Dodwell & Co., Lid, 3rd floor, Hong- kong Bank Bullding. on Tues- day, the 9th May 1980, at 11 am. for the purpose of receiv- ing the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year end- ed 31st December 1949, "
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB
NOTICE TO MEMBERS FIFTH RACE MEETING Saturday, 29th April, 1950
There are ten races, the First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m. and the First Race will be run at 2.00 pim.
Through Ticketà (10 Races-$20) may be obtained at the Office of the Trassurers, 1st Floor, Telophone House, also tickets for the Cash Sweep on the last race as well as the Special Cash Bweep for the "Kwangtung Handloap' scheduled to bo run on 7th October, 1950. Cash Sweep tickets on the last race and those for the "Kwang--
Clubs Branch tung Handicap" may be purchased also at the Office, No. 382 Nathan Road, Kowloon.
-- MEMBERS' BADGES AND ENCLOSURE... Members and quests are reminded that they and their fadion MUST wear their badges PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED through- out, the Meeting.
THE
NO ONE WITHOUT A BADGE WILL BE ADMITTED TO MEMBERS, ENCLOSURE.
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Badges admitting Ladies not in possession of Braoches or Sesion tickets and gentlemen, non members of the Club, to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $10 including tax, for Ladies- or Gentlemen. "are obtainable through the Becretary on the written or personal introduction of a. Member, such Member to be responsible гевропат
for all visitors - Introduced by him, and for payiş ment all chits, etc.
Badges admitting to Members' Enclosure will NOT be on sale at the Race Co
Course.
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The Treasurers' Compradore Office will close at 11.00 am." and, the Becretary's Office at: 11,45 am. Both Offices at 1st Floor, Tele- phone House. "
A limited number of tiffing will be obtalpablo at the Club House,; provided they are ordered in advance from the No. 1 Boy (Tel. 27A18).
NO CHILDREN WILL BE ADMITTED TO THE CLUB'S PREMISES DURING THE MEETING.
PUBLIC ENCLOSURE.
The price of admission to the Public Enclosure is $1 in.. cluding tax for all persons including ladies, and is payable at the Gate. A BETT
BOOKMAKERS, TIC TAC MEN, ETC, WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE PRECINCTS OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB DURING THE RAGE,
OBTAINABLE
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Notico Transfer Books of the Com-Bervants" phases will be sued to private box holders only, who pany will be closed from the are requested to "distribute them with discrimina
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tepermitted in the Hamber Khotogstry-except for pass both days: Inclusiya,
ing through on their duties and must remain in their employers
DODWELL &ICO, LUTD
General Managers.
AMALGAMATED SHEET AND TUBE STEEL CORP.
"In recognition of his level-headed calmness during our recent industrial crisis, I move that wo yote old J. B. here a cano of honorary ulcers!"
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
Shepard Barclay
Authority on Authorities!
POINT COUNT EXTENSION
holds.
IN LINE with the policy if The basis of this valuation this department-to keep its read-method is the truism observed for ers posted on all important de years by many Bound players that velopments in bidding or playing an opening bid facing an opening methods it seems especially au- bid will usually produce a game, to start the year with and so justifies reaching a game propriate Information on the latest innova contract. Translated into Agures, total partner- this means that tion to attain authoritative recog- Lion ta
the nition. That innovation is exten- ship holding of 20 points, by sion of the 4-3-2-1 point-coun 4-3-2-1 count, will normally pro- valuation method to include sult- duce a game, for the normal mini- bid hands in addition to those bid mum opening bid of one in a suit 13 at No Trumpa.
contains about half of that, or
blading
From long before the days of police at No Trump the great old-timer Milton C. Work, and even before his rated only high card values are con predecessor in
sponsoring the sidered, is important to con- method, Bryant McCampbell, in sider distributional advantages In Mr. the days when auction bridge was addition for sult bidding. the big game instead of contract, Goren has worked out an ingen- host of careful players have lous yet simple formula for that, valued
their
hands by the count which avolds the necessity of as- when considering No Trump calls. signing varied amounts of points Ho In measuring a hand for such af for extra cards in long suits. purpose an ace is rated at 4, king gets their value included indirect-
stifte in y by rating the short 3, queen 2 and jack, 1.
with that foundation' hand. To value it for opening Beginning many students have offered sug- the auellon with a suit bid, he ways whereby the advises that a player add to his gestions of count could be used also for use high card point count these
Most of with sult bids.
them amounts, 8 for a void sult, 2 for were pretty complex. Now a sim-
Bim-cach singleton plified version has been put tor-doubleton.
ward by one of the greatest
atest II your hand contains 12-points,
champions of the game, Chorics a good rebid and two defensive
Goren, of Philadelphia, and tricks, he rays you may open
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has been made available to other if it contains 13 points you may in a dollar. book, "Point Count "If you feel like it," and if it con- Bidding."
through
Simon & tains 14 points, it must be open- Schuster.
ed." Here are three samples with Mr. Goren makes no claim to those amounta
B- bidding Introduction of a new
--A--- system. He calls his contribution, SA 10 x x 4 S A10xx which is backed up by years of HAxk painstaking research. "u simpli- DAxx fed method for valuing one's C'xxx' hand," and says lightly that in adopting it you need sacrifice none of your convictions, com- promise with none of your loyal-S A 10xx ties, nor change your way of life." HAXXX
In other words, It is a system Dx
of valuation, whereby a player CAxxx
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himself holds, as contrasted with
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