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PALACE HOTEL.
Telephono 57003
Tolegraphic Address "Palace."
A First Class Residential & Tourist Hotel Under Entirely European Mazagement High Class Wines & Spirits Steel Coulson's Bear On Draught, Four Fall Sized Billard Tables Billarde, Bnooker, or Skittles.
A
first class
Hotel
MRS. J. EL OXBERRY,
Penang
The Scenic Gem of Maloya
Proprietress.
Modern throughout and beautifully Situated
Runnymede Hotel
Malaya's Premier Hotel
Food and Wines especially good.
AFTER-DINNER DANCE
Every Wednesday & Saturday-Orchestra Daily.
CABLES "RUNNYMEDE"
RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD.
George Goldsack, Manager.
THE EUROPE HOTEL SINGAPORE.
Terms-Inclusive or a la Carte
Unsurpassed Grill
Finest Home Food Excellent Cuisine and Service.
Special Dinner and Dance Every Saturday Night. No Extra Charge for After Dinner Dancing.
The "Europe" Orchestra Renders Light Music on the
Verandah and During Meals Every Day. Orchestral Concert Every Sunday.
Telephone. 5341 (4 Lines)
Cables - "Europa Singapore"
The Europe Hotel Ltd. Singapore.
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INSURANCE
For Particulars and Rates Apply:-
CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LTD.
Phone 28121.
Hongkong Bank Building.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY 2, 1932.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney.
Secretary, American Bridge Loaguo.
no
OBITUARY
A POPULAR ENGINEER DROWNED AT SWATOW
Advice has been received from Swatow, stating that Mr. David McCormack, the Chief Engineer on the 8.8. Liangchow, of the B. & S. fleet, was accidentally drowned on Wednesday evening whilst return- ing to his ship from the shore. De talls of the accident are moagre, but our correspondent at Swatow states that Mr. McCormack was re- turning to the ship, which was moored at one of the B. & 3. pon- toons, about 7.30 min. on Wednos day evening, and, it is believed, missed his footing and fell into the sea between the ship and the pon- toon.
two An original bid of trump shows a strong hand having all four suits stopped, and while the hand may contain a biddable four-card suit, the hand as a whole is not strong enough to make an original forcing two-bid with.
Original Blds of Two of a Suit.
An original bid of two of a suit
The Second Officer want to his ia an absolute demand bid, and is assistance, and managed to bold perhaps the most abused bid in him up until assistance arrived, contract bridge. Under the Mcbut, although vigorous attempts at Kenney system of contract bid-resuscitation were made after the ding, an original two of a auit rescue, Mr. McCormack bid should not be made with a yond ald. hand containing over three losing
The funeral took place on Thurs- cards. It requiries partner to
day afternoon at Kak-Chio, the keep
the bidding open until "Rev. J. O. Staith conducting the or- game-going declaration is arrived vice. An inquest is being held into at even though he holds a trickless the fatalit
hand.
It is
Original Three Bids'. An original bid of three no trump is rarely ever made. a hand very goldom held as it re- quires all four suits doubly stopped, and invites a slam. In practically every case it is far better to open hands this strong with an original forcing two of a suit bld.
-
was be.
Deceased was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. William McCormack of Dumbarton and was 12 years old. He served his ap- with prenticeship in Dumbarton Messrs. Denny & Co., and came out here eighteen years ago to join the China Navigation Company, with whom he has been connected ever since Mr. McCormack was a freemason, and was very popular with his wide circle of friends. Much sympathy will be felt for his relatives at their sudden bereave-
defensivement.
An original bid of three of a sult shows a hand long in trump and with outside strength, but not quite strong enough to make an original two- bid with. It informs partner that with a possible in-card in his hand you can undoubtedly go game. It further informa partner that you have no desire to play the hand at no trump and that he need not have normal trump support to take you to game.
Original Four Bids,
It
Any original bid of four of a suit is a pre-emptive bid and shows great length in trump and little or no defensive strength. advises partner that you will take about eight tricks if the sult you name is trump. They are mude
Young Rating's Death. Frank William Lauls Becking- on H.M.S. ham, ordinary seaman Cornwall, passed away yesterday on his 18th birthday, after A short Illness.
Regarded by his officers as a very promising young seaman and held in great affection by his colleagues, Beckingham had been in the China Station since May last year.
The funeral took place yesterday afternoon at Happy Valley and was accorded full naval honours.
Mr. Kwan Yik-Chau
His many friends in Hongkong
primarily. for the purpose of shut-will learn with profound regret ting out an opponent's bid.
uf the sudden death of Mr. Kwan
While all original bids of four Yik-chau; the compradore of the are pre-emptive bids, generally .a. Sui Tal, who was also a commercial the only ones that accomplish pop figure in
The deceased is their real purpose are major pre-circles hore. emptive bids. To successfully aurvived by his wife, two sons, pre-empt in a minor suit, the one of whom is Mr. C. Y. Kwan,
local
and the
Rolicitor,
two original bid should be five.
53 years of Contract players should not daughters. He was confuse pre-emptive bids with age. original bids of three. The pat-
The late Mr. Kwan was in per- terns of the two hands are some feet health until recently, and his what similar except that original demise, which occurred yesterday three bids have side defensive strength, while pre-emptive four morning, must have come bids contain nothing more than shock to his family and friends. a long suit and possibly a side nce or slde king.
A GALA NIGHT.
EVENING'S ENJOYMENT AT PENINSULA HOTEL
as a
The remains will be removed to Macao from the Tung Wah How- pital this afternoon at 6 o'clock for the B.B. Sui Tal, which will leave at 8 n.m.
Mr. Angus Buchanan.
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The death occurred at Ayr, WEMHANGESAL Scotland, on March 19, of Mr. Angus C. M. Buchanan, formerly Chief engineor in the China
A crowd of well over 200 gather-Navigation Company. ed on Saturday evening to attend the gala night in the Rose Room of the Poninsula Hotel.
Mr. Buchanan joined the China Navigation Company in 1899 as third engineer, afterwards serving Mr. A. G. Plovanelli, Manager as second engineer then as chief,
which position he
for held of the Peninsula Hotel, who is always very keen in giving his many years. He retired in May, 1930, and went home to Scotland. new something
and putrons
He was of a kindly disposition and well be something better, may satisfied with the success obtain-was held in high esteem by his ed by the new band which he was employers and colleagues.
Mr. Buchanan is survived by his introducing to Hongkong. Capitolians, under the leadership wife, son and daughter and two brothers, one of whom is Mr. George Buchanan, the well-known local engineer.
The
of Mr. Dick Leuterio, have a style and a rhythm which are entirely new and exceedingly "snappy.'
Many encores were insistently requested by the public who were unanimous in affirming that the
Peninsula new band of the certainly the very beat one in the Colony.
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As usual, an excellent dinner was was served, and dancing carried on with enthusiasm until 1 a.m.
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