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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1932.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney.
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Many games are lost because a player admits defeat too quickly, While squeeze plays are sometimes hard to recognize, they always bring a thrill when successful. The following hand gives an un- usually interesting squeezo play.
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CORRESPONDENCE.
Kowloon's Reclamations
(To the Editor. Hongkong Telegraph.]
Sir, Those who latened in last evening and others who read their morning newspapers to-day must have been delighted with Hong- kong's "Grand Old Man's" inter- esting recital of the improvements in Hongkong and at Kowloon, the cumulative effect of which suma up the Colony's amazing growth and development during the past- 44 years.
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Nanking, May 25.
Owing to the recont impeach- ment against him for not referring the Shanghal peace pact to the Legislative Yuan for approval, Mr. Wang Ching-wet Intimated his de- ciaion to resign, but finally agreed to remain in office in order to save the Government from facing an other crisis.
Mr. Yu Yu-jen, president of the Central Yuan, a member of which. It is true that the Hon. Sir made an impeachment against Mr. Henry Pollock, K., in his list of Wang Ching-wel, expressed his in the reclamations carried out dur- tention to roalgn. Efforts atn ing the period under review, con-being made to persunde him to tented himself with mentioning | reconsider, but he is adamant.- only "the most important onos" during his time.
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Ever jealous of Kowloon's Im- portance and the ever-increnaing part it has taken and will continue to take in the growth of the Colony, Sir Henry will probably pardon me if I suggest an addition or two to his list of reclamation works. On the Kowloon side, far the most important is the reclaiming from the sea of Tsimshatsui Bay. Thin reclamation gave the Colony the immense area enabling the locat-morrow. Yesterday, on Lake Garda Ing of the Railway Station at Kow-in Miss England 111, ho exceeded loon Point, the construction of the that figure in an unofficial The hand was played in a rub imposing block of warehouses reaching a speed of 180 kilometres ber contract game. Neither side known as Holt's Godowns, and the 1121⁄2 miles, without driving was vulnerable. The contract bid-palatial Poninaula Hotel, leaving out. ding under the writer's system aufficient ground space for a new Office which, when ballt, would be as follows: South one din- mond, West overcalled with two should add to the Architectural em clubs, North passed and Enst went bellishments of Kowloon's water- to four clubs. South then showed front. It was due to the large his five-card spade suit by bidding vision and unbounded confidence four spades. West hid five clubs in the future of the Colony that and North went to five spades led my old and respected friend, Mr. Robert Gordon Shewan, to which was doubled by West.
make the first move that led to Tsimshatsul Bay being put up tʊ public auction for sale,
The Play.
When holding nee king, the king in led to show the ace, therefore West opened with the king of clubs and followed with the ace which Suuth trumped with the six of spades. South, the declarer, led the king of spades which West won with the ace, and when he received another club dlacard from his partner in the East position, West decided to try the heart suit as his partner has shown some outside strength. He led the deuce of hearts, dummy played the eight, Enst the ten and South the declarer won the trick with the ace,
Post
The Yaumati. reclamation set back for a couple hundred feet, If not more, the police station on Temple Street and the Water pumping station. The Hunghom Bay reclamation permitted of the Road, construction of Chatham named after a former Director of Public Works, and the laying down of the railroad. Socony's private enterprise at Laichikok added the extensive area of land for the oil installation and contingent works. The Cheungshawan reclamation is still in progress and another in contemplation at Taun Wan will build up new township in the New Territories In the near fu- ture. The Sham. Tseng Bay re- clamation on Castle Peak Rond has made room for new industries in the New Territories,
South led the jack of spades, picking up West's four and East dicarded the jack of clubs. Do clarer then led the seven of apides, West descarding a club and the trick is won in the dummy with the eight of spades, East dis- carding another club. A small dia. On Hongkong side there are the mond was led from dummy and the following reclamations of much jack finesse taken which held the importance: (1) Causeway Bay trick. The nine of spades was re-affording much room for recrea turned by declarer and won in the tops like polo, cricket, football, dummy with the ten spot, East dis-tennis, etc.; (E) North Point for carding the eight of diamonds. the erection of the A. C. lurge oil installation; and (3) further eastward the Sugar King's re- clamation which promises to become an important industrial district.
Will Sir Henry please pardon me if I suggest the inclusion in his
very
The declarer recognizes that if Eust holds the king and queen of hearts, which he probably does, due to the fact that he played the ten spot on his partner's heart lead, then he holds three diamonds to the king and the squeeze is possible. Homuntin building scheme which interesting review of the Therefore, the declarer leads the queen of spades from dummy, East owed its initiation to Mr. F. F. is forced to discard the queen of de V. Soares, and the Kowloon hearts, South the declarer discard- Tong Garden City Scheme which has added to the Colony's housing ing a heart and West the ten of facilities in the suburban clubs.
about 300 houses with prettily laid-out lawns and gardens that are such a delight to the residents.
Now the five of spades is led from dummy and East is squeezed, queen of spades from dummy, East
area
I recognise the limitations as
Sir
If he discards the king of hearts, to time when speaking into the the nine and jack will be good in microphone. Perhaps another oc- dummy. If he discards the ninecasion will be found when of diamonds, the declaror will dis- Henry Pollock will oblige his card the five of hearts and then friends and other admiring rusi- deuce of diamonds, and when East dents of Ilongkong with a longer plays the ten, declarer will cover narrative of the progress with the queen. He will then lead the | Colony has made since he first nce of diamonds, picking up the landed here on 2nd April, 1888. king of diamonds from the East
J. P. BRAGA, hand and the three of diamonds will be good in the declarer's hand.
the
P. S. There is a slight error in the initials of the donor of the By properly applying the squeezo,
free use of the Peak Hospital. Was the declarer makes his contract of not Mr. J. E. Joseph the public five spades doubled, scoring 300 for benefactor? Mr. J. F. Joseph is tricks, 50 for making his contract, an elder brother of Mr. Felix A. as he was not vulnerable, and North Joseph now in Hongkong while and South now became vulnerable. the former is on leave in England,
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