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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MAY 16, 1932.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
Secretary, American Bridge
League.
MURDER VERDICT
ALL ACCUSED GUILTY IN VICTORIA GAP CRIME
en- in
ac-
SINCERE COMPANY
BIG PROFIT SHOWN AT ANNUAL MEETING
Ing Director, particularly for the able manner in which he had conducted the affairs of your Company, and I need hardly say that his services deserve our highest appreciation.
I now propose that the report of the Directors and statement of accounta The annual general meeting of the for the year ending the 20th February, One of the most tensely dramatic
Co., Ltd., was held at the 1932, be adopted, and when this has Company's roof garden, 178 Des boen seconded, I shall bo pleased to By W. E. McKenney.. scenes in the history of local Sheere
criminal court procedure was
Voeux Road Contral, last Saturday, answer to the best of my ability any acted on Saturday morning the Supreme Court, when the jury and was well attended, over 200 questions you may desire to nak.
whareholders being present.
Mr. Kwong Ming-kok Recorded. found guilty tho three men
Mr. Choy Hing, the Chairman of There were no questions, and the mo was put to the meeting and cused in the Victoria Gap murder.
Cheung Man, one of the defend-the Board of Directors, presided. The tion ants, who was sentenced to death Secretary baving read the notice carried unanimously. by Mr. Justice J. R. Wood, collapsed convening the meeting, the Chairman after hearing the sentence. The other two men, Cheung Tze-san and Cheung Sau-fu, were committed to gnol pending the decision point reserved by his Lordship, submitted by Mr. Somerset Fitzroy, that there was no case to go before the jury.
For the past weeks. our articles have been devoted to the Mcken ney system of contract bidding. A general summary of this system la given below,
Original Bids of One. Original bids of one no trump shows two and one-half tricks or a count of 12, 13, 14 or 16 for first, second, third or fourth hand respectively, distributed in three sults. It generally denies a biddd- ble four-card sult.
Original sult bid of one shows at least two and one-half quick tricks."
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When Mr. E. J. Ainslie, foreman of the jury, pronounced the verdict on each defendant separately, his volce faltered under the emotion of the occasion. They jury spent an hour deliberating, after a very careful summing up by the judge, who also recalled them after thoy had retired to emphasise a legal point.
Kaid:
Founder's Address. Mr. Ma Ying-piu, the founder and Gentlemen, the report of the Diret- tors and statement of account for the managing director of the organization, financial year ending the 29th Fe-next addressed the shareholders. Ho bruary, 1992, have been in your hands traced the Company back to its in- for the prescribed period, and, with fancy 32 years ago, starting with the your permission, I will follow the small capital of $25,000, and gave the Kress until it reached its present usual procedure and take them as shareholders an outline of its pro-
rend.
The net profit for the year, after position not only in. Hongkong, but Mr. Ma Ying-plu described Chion. providing for depreciation, amounts to Canton and Shanghai, being known $2,489,738.46 ns compared with $2,- throughout the length and breadth of 144,190.72 for the preceding year, pression and uncertainty of exchange the Sincere Company was piloted to and in view of the serious trade de- the successive stages through which throughout the period, I think share-its prenent position by the coopera- holders will naturally agree that the tion of his close associates who mat Mr. Choy Hing, due acknowledgment Origina! Bids of Two.
results may be considered as very around him, including the chairman. being given to the staff from its in- Original bids of two no trung
entisfactory.
Obviously, were it not for the fact ception, as he said, which helped to show all four suits stopped and
that the business of our Shanghai make the success attained possible. invite partner to go to three no
Jury Recalled.
The Shanghal branch was represent- They do trump with one trick.
The court was crowded for the branch had been suspended for the
of the
Ma Ping-yip, managing unprecedented situation created ed at the meeting by Messrs. Wong not deny a biddable four-card suit.
Original suit hids of two are closing scenes on Saturday morn-whole month of February on account forcing bids and require partnering, when Mr. Justice Wood sum-by the Japanese invasion, our proft Chee and to keep the bidding open until med-up. At 11.40 he sent the jury would have been much larger than the director and sub-manager respective amount just mentioned. Now I am ly, and the Canton branch by MCBATS, same la arrived at even though ho away to deliberate, but five minutes am
They later recalled them, and said he pleased to state that our Shanghai Cheuk Shot-wo and a Lack-pun, branch reaumed its business on the 1st mannger and sub-manager respective band. halla a trickless
during the last few days especially to was a con- March, and has since been carryingly, all of whom arrived in Hongkong should not be made on a hand that wished them to realise that if they
were satisfied there
alten the meeling. has more than three losing cards.
spiracy to detain the youth, but not to murder him, and they were satis- Original Suit Bids of Three. Original suit bids of three showfied that any of the accused were hand that will probably go gan with one incard in, partner's hana. trump They do not need normal support and inform partner that there is no desire to play the basi at u trump.
Original Suit Bids of Four Original suit bida of four are pre-emptive bids denying defen- sive strength and show a hand that will take eight tricks with the suit named as trump.
Overcalling Opponent's Bid.
opponent's bid To double an shows three and one-half quick tricks.
not present at the scene of the crime when it was committed, they must give a verdiet of not guilty of both murder and manalaughter.
At 12.45 p.m. the jury returned. and announced that they found all three defendants guilty of murder. Mr. Somerset Fitzry, on behalf and Cheung of Cheung Tze-ann Sau-fu, reminded his Lordship that he had reserved a point on law that there was no cane to go before the jury concerning these two men.
lis Lordship agreed, and post- poned sentence on them until a deci sion on the point had been reached.
Sentenced Man Collapses.
unl.
Turning to the statement of se counts, you will note that the amount available for appropriation, including $585,244.26 brought forward from the previous, year, is $3,074.077.72, which your Directors have appropriated as follows,
Transferred to fuilding
Reserve Tansferred to Exchange
Reservo Transferred to Reserve for Rad &. Doubtful Debts Dividend of 100% Bonus of 3% Bonus to Staf
Carried forward to next
account
Mr. Wong Chee referred at length to the trials under which Shanghat business had passed during the Yang- the flood period last year followed by the anxieties experienced through the Japanse invasion of Manchuria last September and the Shanghal climax on the 28th January, when the Japanese troops poured Into that past, and the Tact that notwithstanding these dif- 100,000.00 ct periods the Directors were able
$200,000,00
to present shareholders with such satisfactory balance sheet was pleas. 10,000.00 Ing indeed. Provided no further un- 1,000,000.00 toward incidents take place, share-
200,000.00 holders can confidently look forward! 297,916.69 to a very satisfactory year in 1982.
Mr. Ma Ping-yip also spoke on be $2,047.946,43
half of the Shanghat branch, followed Sho-wo and Ma 1,027,031.03 by Messrs. Chouk
Luck-pun from the Conlon branch. $3,074,977.72 giving a gratifying account of the
branch atores.
Mr. D. Chen You will notice that our Building
The local manager, Reserve now atands
at $700,000.00e, received at some length the and Exchange Reserve at $400,000.00 position at langkong; and Mr. Ma and with the substantial balance to be
netivities through its subalduaries carried forward in the Profit and Los Man-fal, sub-manager, described the Account, it can be safely said that wide ramifications of the Company's your Company is in n very strong such as banking, fire insurance, life position.
Mr. Hin-shing Lo, counsel for To overcail an opponent's suit bi of one with one no trump does Cheung Man, the other accused, not necessarily show the oppoa addressed the judge, and said that hly nent's suit stopped. but requires although he had hot asked
Lordship to reserve the point that two and one-half quick tricks.
Overcalling opponent's bid there was no case against his client with suit bid shows a biddablyet he had never intended to put The suit with one and one-half to two the mun into the witness box.
accused had himself elected to give
quoting the huge figures of quick tricks.
evidence, but he would remind his Lordship that ho (counsel) had em.
The appropriation of $150,000.00 to tries, tad manufacturing indus phasised that there was no case to Reserva for Dad and Doubtful Debts direct and indirect employment made g before the jury, and he now has been made in pursuance of a conpossible by the efforts of the pioneers theservative policy of the Directors, and of the Company with the shareholders' appealed to him to
trust ahareholders will concur in capital, and the future progressivo point.
their decision and approve the all-plans in view, ration of the profit as shown in the accounts under review.
If partner has bid and then the opponent puts in a sult bid and you now bid the opponent's sulf- this would show no losers in that suit and normal support in part- ner's suit, with slam possiblities. When opponent opens with a suit bid of one and you make a jump shift bid of one more than necessary-e. g. opponent bids one heart and you bid two spades- this shows a hand as strong as a original forcing two bid.
Additional Features.
five-card suits.
reserve
Mr. Justice Wood refused, and said that he quite concurred with the verdict of the jury. He then passed sentence.
Banking Department.
to 38,015,105.14
und
Mr. Wong Huu-sang, manager of the Commercial Press Ltd. who was present, congratulated the Directors and management on their successful
The loan and depasit item of the achievements, and on behalf of the After hearing it, Cheung Man
from to the Chairman which was unani- pleaded that he might address the Banking and Savings Department shareholders moved a vote of thanks Court, and upon being refused. mounting
Mesars. Choy Hing, Ma Man-chung, clutched the rails of the dock, and shareholders and depositors further mousty carried amidst acclamation. in which the Company is held during such a period as that we have arr Choong-Jowe, Ma Cho-yung, Ma $9,417,800.71 Wing-chan, Jan Con-song. Wong Kin- Four-card suits are bid ahead then collapset, prison warders as proves the great extent of confidence
sisting him out of the dock.
experienced, of five or six-card suita.
Addressing the jury, Mr. Justies recently
re-elected: abd Six-card suits are bid ahead of i Wood said that he considered they as cash in hand and at banks, show fcho, Hong Siing, Kwan Hong-key, that your Directus have left na stene James O'Chow, Tam Woo, Ma Wal-
were Directors, had performed a public duty in a
elected With two suits of equid length, I most competent manner. He would unturned in order to ensure the con.ut, and Cheng Man-yiu, retiring |
and Tong Wing-ylu were the higher ranking suit is bid first, like to be able to discharge them duct of your business under the most Messrs. Choy Tin-yat, Ma Hoon-bew
The one aver one is used as from service, but could not do so
Before 1 conclude my speech, Directors.
Messrs. Porey Smith, Seth & Fiem- forcing bid: e. g. you bid one until the present Sessions had con heart, partner bids one spade.cluded. He would then recommend, wish to Lake this opportunity of re
all that the staff have done to achieve ensuing year. This is a forcing bid and requires he said, their exemption from jury cording the Directors' appreciation of ing were re-elected Auditors for the the bidding to be kept open, bui service for five years.
such splendid results as placed be-. with this I am sure fore you, and makes no promise for game.
All jump shift bids are forcing bids and require the bidding to be kept open until game is arrived at; e.g. partner bids one heart and You bid three diamonds. This now shows at least five to five and one half quick tricks in the two hands and both partners are obligated to keep the bidding open until game is arrived at. There is one excep tion to this rule, and that is a Jump shift bid where the one over ne may be employed; e. g. partner bids one heart and you bid two spades. The two spade hid simply shows a six or seven-card spade soft and while it requires partner to bid again, it makes no promise for game. It is aned exactly the same as the one over one.
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Our following articles will in devoted to interesting hands auction and contract bridge.
SALESMAN SAM
YESSIR MR.CLUDO!
I WANNA GET Ma A Pock&T COMB, GUZ2-
Commendations.
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Before terminating the meeting, the dividend and that the Announced, bonus totalling 13% would be paid the Company's Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg, Crown shareholders would like to associate Chairman thanked shareholders and
Application ut Solicitor, who with Mr. R. E. Lind-themselves,
It must be noted that great credit sell (Public Prosecutor) had con-
and he is due to Mr. Ma Ying-plu, the Maung-officers on or after to-day, саве, ducted the Crown would like his Lordship to commend the action of Tsang Koon-ching, a solicitor's clerk and uncle of the murdered youth, who from the time of the youth's disappearance to the conclusion of the trial, kad per- formed a valuable public service.
Mr. Hazlerigg also mentioned the efficient work of Chief Detective Inspector Reynolds in connexion with the case,
Mr. Justice Wood said he had these two intended to mention names and to commend them for what they had done on behalf of the community.
The Seasions were adjourned until Wednesday next, at 10.30 am.
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