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sions are coming over as thick as starlings at dusk. pigeons, agenta - provocateurs, The other day magistrates informers, and other. officials ruled that a loaf of bread were provided with motor-cars sold in slices is not a loaf. while the Commission was sit-
Meanwhile ting.
nos-
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and is a great luxury at native banquets.
Whatever it is, says jolly Government chemist, who could Jack Hopkins with a light not be muzzled in time, said laugh, it is not brend. But in an interview that there was if a baker sells a loaf cut into no such thing as tolderol, but two thick slices, is it two there was a fungoid growth half-loaves or one sileed loaf? called folderol, which adheres in MadagasCHE, And if the whole doat is sold to holm-ooks as one slice of bread, how can it be a alleed loaf? Moreover, If a number of unsold allees are stuck together and sold as unaliced loaf a loaf, is it an until it is re-sliced, and then a load again when it is
reloafed and more de-aliced before a final re-de-loafing? When is a cake not a
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ON BRIDGE
HOUSE Game Thrown Away Not Once, But Twice
MA'M
THANKS TO
5136 mm LEDER SYNDICATE SM
YOUR BIRTHDAY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
DY OSWALD JACOBY
IT'S unusual to throw away
the
same contract twice, but it can be done with a little effort. Curiously enough, how- ever, South didn't realise when he played this band that he had made a doubtful play any point!
Dummy played low at the Arst trick (not a bad idea), but East put up the king any- way. East then returned a low
By STELLA club.
It
If South had been a cautious player, he would have discard- ed a heart on the second round of clubs. The rest would then There would bavo been easy. bewo spades to runt in und
extra
་
IF you are born today, you have if you wished-or, if you trica, cake? given many raportant You
to and my, and South would have
to THEN, becoming bolder, I ask talents and if they are properly pecially fond of dancing T
your be careful in geting back if a sausage sold in bits developed there are few mits might even make
his hand to draw tru
trumps, but success. Al career. Others of you born un- for to your potential is a sausage, presuming,
difficult. have a flair for I wouldn't be really the sake of making an acade-ways show initiative. Don't walt der this sign,
However, South was not for others to start something and dramatics and might do well on mic point, that it over was
He expected then follow. If you do this, you the screen, stage or in radio. In cautious player. Impossible to sausage? It forget, in this connection, the will never get beyond mediocrity, fact, some kind of life connected both red suits to break 3-2, in An trick-worth You will have many excellent with the arts will bring you the which case he could make
Just 20 stir caused by the famous case of Alderman Tillyard and Ideas. Use them. You have a- Kreatest happiness.
points. Hence he ruffed the Smoother
Ltd. good mind. Use it more. But Lamp-Wicks
with the jack of In marriage, be sure that you second club Connie don't go to the other extrane select someone who is the same diamonds versus Lady Cleaver,
South continued by ruffing a Bapchild, and Rhoda Melhuish, and
colouring as yourself. If blonde,
He re- don't get time Here it was ruled that a cake, things that you partially sliced, that is to say to finish any one of them. Most wed a blonde. Otherwise there low spade in dummy.
may be temperamental difficui- turned to his hand with a trump marked by the knife all round people have to be worned
na ties to
and ruffed the other low spade overcome which can
He Dagainst
with dummy's last trump. one-track getting a for future slicing, was not
blight your happiness.
got back with a heart to the dis-mind. You have to be encour- cake. It was therefore qualified from the cake-weight-aged to develop one. Concentra-
To and what the stars have guessing competition at the tion will be the secret to your
select in store for tomorrow, Jam-success. Caterham Public Baths
your birthday star and read the borec. Need I say more? Nay,
Let You are fond of music and corresponding paragraph. need I have sald so much?
will have some talent in this your birthday star be your daily field. You might compose well guide.
Was it folderol?
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
and then led a high
South was disappointed, but East discouraged, when failed to follow on the second of trumps. Having GEMINI (May 22-Juna 21)—
how the other round
one chance (at the muffed Make the most of today's work- 22)-Look into ing hours and you will be able half of the world lives. You may
South proceeded to mult theatre per- well be thankful for your own second trick) to make his con
tract, to relax at the haps this evening.
good.
another chance by laying down the queen of hearts from hand.
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Signals Refer To Bible
This time there was no
મ
his
re
covery. West ruffed the queen of hearts, and East eventually got a heart with his jack.
tip South could have made
he had for his early error
of not tried to cash the queen hearts. Correct play was to trick his trump give West without further ado. Since West
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in a recent exchange of signale return lead.
by
between Malayan Scouts on If West returned a spade (us Bio writes1 baro intitations for you from pals of mine in active operations against bandits good as anything), South would no fewer than five states
in the jungle and a RAF Dakota win with the ace of spades and INDYMARA
This 130AMORA;
the last trump. dropped Icad INGASCAIL:
Squadron which had INGOLDAR :
leave South with three INVORARLI have es usual,
would supplies to them. the letteratoi rearranged
The Malayan Scouts signalled: hearts to the queen in his own these dive names—each is an
while
would eight-lettered
dummy Ford but I
Troops very impressed by way hand, wh won't take you, long to sort.
hearts and in which drop was carried out keep ace-small in them 23"
this By miration and gratitude to crew and dropping and 28. Again cards would he keep?
Soc Psalm mashed to a pulp. Which three crew.
If he hearts, dummy's
11
Can you name the live states which I have invited to viile
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78
thank you Verses 27 and 28 kept three
of Psalm *70* "He ruined club would be good. If East
Dreads
hearts, South's them as dust kept only two
Teth also up like as the last heart would be good
and feathered fo
sand of the sea And he let it
fall in the midst of their camp,
ка
round about their habitations."
To this signal the RAF Dakota CHESS PROBLEM
Squadron, which is based at Kuain
replied:
ed: "Your Lumpur, rep signal greatly appreciated. Sco Psalm vorde 10." The verse referred to is "For the needy shall not always be for- gotten: the expectation of the poor, shall not perish for ever."
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