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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1932.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Many players make the mistake of using up the only entry in dummy to take what proves to be a losing finesse. The proper play In many cases is to conserve that entry as the declarer did in the following hand.
48-5-3
❤8-6-4
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NORTH
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SOUTH &Q-8-2
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A-K-10
The Bidding.
22018
South opened with one spade, West bid two hearts. North and East passed and South went to three spades. West passed and North went to four spades.
The Play.
OBITUARY
NEW FILM
DESIGNER OF NILE DAM AT ASSUAN
COMPANY
FIRST CHINA NATIONAL PRODUCTIONS
The First China National. Pró- ductions, Ltd., now in process of organization, is another import to Shanghai's already long lat. ant commercial enterprise added
Cairo, July 28. The death
occurred to-day of Sir William Willcocks, celebrated irrigation engineer, Reuter,
Sir William Willcocks was born in India in 1852 and was educated 1872 to 1883 he was engaged in have subscribed stock to the value at Roorkee College there. From The promoters and organisers the Indian Public Works Depart-of $1,250,000, ment, in which he obtained varied 000 shares, and 125,000 shares of representing 125,- experience in civil engineering. $10, each are now issued at par In 1883 he transferred to the for public subscription in Hong- Egyptian Public Works Depart-kong and Shanghai. ment. His most notable achieve- ment there was the designing and construction of the Nile dam at Assuan for the irrigation of the adjacent regions. For this he was awarded the C.M.G, in 1898 and was knighted (K.C.M.G.) in 1902.
The management consists of a number of well-known Shanghai public men, whose influence and importance constitute a guarantee for the stability and success of the enterprise.
Promoters of Company.
His most important undertaking, however, was the irrigation of Mesopotamia which was begun in is Mr. T. Y. Wen, a former Minis- The president of the company 1911. The area dealt with waster for Foreign Affairs, while the 3,600,000 acres and the catimated vice-presidents are Mr. N. F. WI- cost £26,195,000.
His long sojourn in the East tures Corporation, Hollywood; Mr. son, a director of Monarch Pic- had led him to prefer life there Tho Chea-yao, Director General of to braving the climate of England the National Conservancy Board: and after his retirement he lived and Mr. Y. at Cairo. In 1921. he was tried president of the United Chinese C. Jeffrey Huang, before the Supreme Consular Court of Egypt on a charge of sedi- adviser to the company is Mr. Artists Corporation. The technical tion and criminal libet in respect of Joseph G. Smith, who has been as- statements which he had made im-sociated with Fox, Universal, D. pugning the trustworthiness of the w. Griffith and other data concerning the Nile irriga-producers and the Secretary and American tion published by Sir Murdoch treasurer, Mr. K. S. Liu, ex-Vice MacDonald, adviser of the Egyp Minister of Railway.
Recently there has been added to the officers of the company as At Cairo he visited the hospital vice-president and managing every day and gave a Cone treatment to the patients. managing director for the Orient course of director, Mr. R. E. MacIntyre, He also spent much time in trans-of America's largest film produc- lating the Bible and other booksing and distributing company. He into colloquial Egyptian-Arabic. has had 16 years motion picture thousands of his translations and and is known in the United States Fluring recent years he gave away executive experience in the Orient. ublished books elementary as the most prominent release
man in the Far East.
The opening lead by West wasting Ministry of Public Works. He the king of hearts, followed by the ace. West continued with a small
was bound over to be of good be beart, East played the queen and
haviour for a year. the declarer trumped with the four of spades. Many players would now make the mistake of leading the four of diamonds ta dummy's are in order to take a space finesse, but that entry must he conserved. The better play is to hope to find the king and one spade in the West hand in which case you can force West to make a disastrous lead.
The declarer's proper play is the ace of spades, West plays the jack and the declarer then leads a small spade which West is fore- ed to win with the king. West cannot lead another heart or the declarer will discard a diamond from dummy and trump in his own hand. This would allow the declarer to later ruff a diamond with the eight of trump in dummy. The best play is for West to lend the seven of diamondis through dummy's ace hoping to knock out dummy's only entry, but dummy plays small forcing East's queen which the declarer won with the king. The queen of spades was then led by declarer, picking up the nine of spades in the East hand. Declarer now led a small diamond, winning in the dummy with the are, and led the jack of clubs from dummy, taking the Guesse and thereby winning all of the rest of the tricks. This gives
him four odd.
If he had incorrectly led to his ace of diamonds and taken the spade finesse, contract would have been defeated several tricks.
YAUMATI TRAGEDY.
on
Coue-jsm.
Among his works are "Egyptian Irrigation" (1880), "The Irrigation of Mesopotamia" (1905) und "From the Garden of Eden to the Crossing of the Jordan" (1918).
Mr. A. A. Xavier
chase 30 mow of land at Yangtsze The company expects to pur
pon. opposite to the Shanghai. College, on which it has a firm option, and where it will shortly start to build studio. It has The death necurred sit the already taken over as u going Canossa Hospital, Peak Road at concern the Chinese United S. 15 yesterday morning of Mr. Albert Antonio Xavier, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. P. Xavier, of 26 Granville Road, Kowloon, at a comparatively young age.
He was on the staff of the China Light and Fower Company (1918) Ltd., and also a popular member of The Portuguese Company of the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps, holding the Sergeant, in No. 12 platoon.
The deceased died from septicaemia with lung abscesses.
The Funeral.
Artists, with all equipment and contracts with artists, among whom are the screen celebrities Anna May Wang, Lily Yuen and Chow Min-chu.
Chinn, A Virgin Field.
The promoters of the new en- terprise regard China as a virgin field for their operations, and rank of there is every reason to believe that very handsome returns should be obtained by a well-managed and financially sound company in this particular line of business.
The funeral, took place yester The production plans embrace day afternoon at the Roman the producing of news reels, tended by a large number of subjects, Chinese Catholic Cemetery, and was attravellogues, special interest short dramas and friends and relatives. A con- comedies and Chinese feature tingent of the Hongkong Volun- films in sound. All the dialogue Lecra was present in charge of will be made in two dialects, Capt. Goater (Adjutant), and Cantonese and Mandarin. Sub- Lieutenants Jarvis, Edmonds, jects, stories and artists will re- Remedios, Lawrence, and Rod- main strictly Chinese, with the in- rigues.
tention of catering to the amuse- | ment and instruction of the thousands and tens of thousands of people In China, who up to now
Others present were Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton, Messrs, James Young, R. H. Charles, A. V. Gosano, L. A. Guterres,
M. A have received no consideration SCHOOLBOY DROWNED NEAR Noronha, L. C. R. Souza, C. A. ducers.
Figuerido, E. B. da Roza, A. Ffrom the large motion picture pro-
TYPHOON SHELTER
Silva, C. A. Figuerido, E. M. R. Souza, J. II. Figuerido, Sr., A. V. Barros and A. R. M. Samy.
Leung Kan, a schoolboy, was drowried yesterday while swim- The popularity of the deceased ming with a party of Chinese boys was further evidence by the near the Yaurati Typhoon Shel- large number of floral tributes ter at the end of Saigon Street. sent to the graveside. He went to swim with a party of
his school mates shortly before
noon and for some time they were SIR ROBERT HO TUNG. swimming near the shore.
Suddenly Leung got into dili-
Cehnol
culties but none of his mates was a strong enough swim- mer to go to his rescue.
The boy's parents reside at No. 165 Reclamation Street, Yaumati Leung was student at a Chinese school in Youmati, and was 11 years of age.
SALESMAN SAM
PRESENTED IN PARIS WITH
FRENCH DECORATION,
Paris, July 28.
GERMAN ELECTIONS.
NAZIS EXPECTED TO HOLD BALANCE OF POWER
Berlin, July 28. Germany is in a fever of poll- tical excitement over one of the most momentous elections in her history which will take place on the 31st inst.
It is regarded a a foregone cenclusion that the Nazis will be- Sir Robert Ho Tung who is now come the strongest party in the on a tour of Europe; has been pre-Reich, but whether they will have sented with the rosette of an of an absolute majority in the Reich- fleer of the Legion of Honour.-Jatag Reiter.
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