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CONTRACT ROTARY CLUB
BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Perhaps the most difficult play to
MEETING
TALK ON HAINAN ABORIGINALS
discover in a championship tourna- LIFE AND CUSTOMS ment is the triple squeeze. Üç-
easionally after looking the hands A most interesting lecture was over at completion of play, the given at the Rotary Club tiilin yea- triple squeeze might be found, butterday by the Rev. John F. Steiner, seldom is it really executed in ne- of Holbow. The address was en- tual play. However, at the recent titled "The Aboriginal Tribes of All-American championship tour-Hainan," and dealt fully with the nument in the contract team-of-lives and customs of the native four section, the following hand | “Lois” of that district. came up. Only one pair made In the absence of the President, the grand slam, and it was really the Hon. Mr. S. W. Tao, Mr. D. M. a poor opening on the part of an Maynard occupied the chair, and opponent that gave them the op-extended a welcome to the follow portunity.
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The Rev. Mr. Steiner in opening his address said that it gave him much piensure to speak at the Rotary tifin. Continuing, he said; I have not met many of you fellow Rotarians personally, al though
many of your names are fomilar. In Hollow we' have the Hongkong papers and many names that have noted on the Hongkong rall may be frequently seen in the papers.
In limiting my remarks to-day to the aboriginals of Hainan 1 shall not refer to the Hainanese. There South at every table opened with is a great deal that could be said one no trump. North usually put about Hainan, which until recently in a forcing bid of three clubs, and was little known. It is not so very' at the table where the grand slam tong ago since a certain man went was made. South responded with to the office of a local shipping con four no trump. North bid five cern and asked for a steamship diamonds and South went to six ticket to Hofhow. The clerk said no trump. Most of the tables that their bonts did not call at Hoi- played the hand at six clubs and.how, and then it came to the of enurse, six clubs can be made,
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traveller that possibly the man did not know Ioihow. So he asked for a ticket to Hainan, which was im- mediately issued. Very few people knew that while Hainan is the island, Hoihow is the port.
Aboriginal Tribes,
At the table where six no trump was bid, West unfortunately opened his fourth best diamond-the deuce --which I believe to be a bad open- ing. The only chance that have of making a trick is in the Even less is known about the in- diamond salt-therefore, why leadterior of Hainan, which is occupied into the opponent's tenaces? Aby the aboriginals. They formerly spade opening would be much bet-occupied the plains, but like the ter, and in this particular hand American Indians, gradually fell would hold the contract to six odd.hack into the mountainous regions But with a diamond opening, Jayas new people came from other the cards out and see if you can places. make seven odd. The play was as follows the first diamond was won with dummy's jack. A club was led and won by declarer with the ace. Another diamond finess was taken, East discarding a spade. The ace of diamonds was cushed in dummy.
The declarer now started to run his clubs-first a small club was won in his own hand with the king. Then the nine of clubs was return- ed, West dropped a heart and dum- my wan the trick with the queen.
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The origin of the inboriginals--- or "Loi", ns they are called, seems clouded in obscurity. and this matter is the subject even now of a great deal of dispute. The con- census of opinion however, is that they came from Malaya. Their dialects are slavilar to those spoken by the Malayans of North Burma. and they are very different in type to the Hainanese, and have, very few things in common.
The Arst impression when one meets them is that they are very
On the jack of clubs all three dis-Simple and unsophistleated. They carded hearts.
nave not come in contnet with other On the ten of clubs, East be- civilisations-er with other peoples. gan to feel the squeeze. He had They are a most interesting people, to protect his heart suit, so drop- It is usual to divide the Loi ped his nine of spades. Declarer tribes into two different classes. discarded the seven of diamonds Firstly, there are the wild Lois- and West the four of spades. Athe untamed Lois who live in the small heart was led to declarer's region of the Five Finger Moun- king and when the heart was re-tains. They occupy the whole of turned, West was squeezed. He this beautiful country. The Hainan- could not drop a diamond or dum- ese themselves have a great my's six would be good and as population, but they occupy only Soon as he dropped a spade, de the seaboard. As soon as you get clarer's three spades became good. back ten or fifteen miles-even less While a spade opening would from the const you are in Loi have held the contract to six odd, country, where dwells nobody but it will go on record as a hand play-these wild Loi tribes. The word ed remarkably well by the declarer. "wild" just about describes the con- dition of these tribes in the region of the Five Finger Mountain, and I know of no more apt expression.
"Tame Lois"
SIMPLE IMPRISONMENT
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The other division we call the tame Lois. It has always been held by people who visit the island that they have been brought in con- Bombay, Aug. 23.
tact with the Chinese for many Miss Slade, Gandhi's disciple, generations, until they are who was arrested lust week for more or less assimiliated by the contravening All order made Chinese, Away from Hoihow the against her not to enter Bombay, Lois. speak entirely different has been sentenced to simple im-languages, and as we get back into prisonment for a year-Router. the interior we meet still different
SALESMAN SAM
Fribes with other dialects, Visitors to the island maintain that the tame Lols were originally wild Lois, but because of their contact with the vanuse they have become more like Chinese. They have changed in not only their dialect but in their dress and habits. A great deal of information on this subject that could be depended upon came only recently from neveral people who visited these islands— cientific people who have authority to speak-mid we have had com- pletely to change many of the opinions we have held for years on the subject of wild and tame Lois.
It seems that the Lois from the higher mountainous regions usually have a higher pitch in their voice than the lower Lois. They speak a longunge similar to the Malayana of Northern Siam, and # Kreat many Malnyan root Words are used by the lower tribus. We recently had as a visitor missionary who had spent some time with a tribe of American Indians. He found that a great many of the root words of the Lois in Hainan were identical with those used by the Indians. Although this opens out fascinating possibilities we have not had time yet to stuly it, but we hope to get into the subject to see if there is any connexion.
Illiterate Class.
I think three things can be said of the Lois of Hainan. Firstly, they are literate a very illiterate class and they know very little. Very few can write their names, and it is only through their contact with the Chinese that any of them are able to read or write. They know nothing about their fore- fathers, nor do they know where they came from.
The various American Bible Societies that have been interested in trying to get the Loi langunges reduce to writing have encounter- ed a great many difficulties. Our chief interest in their dialects ins been to eliminate them as rapidly as possible, that is, teach in Hainan- ese. Later, we hope to utilise broadcasting to spread our teach- ings. There are a great many difficulties in the way of trying to reduce the Loi language to writing. The dialects of tribes even five or en miles apart are not understood. Under the circumstances our chief work is to eliminate these dialects and concentrate on the use of Hainanese, which is, after all, the language of the country.
Believe in Witchcraft. They are very superstitious, and strong believers in witchcraft. Only a few days ago I saw a man on the street who had quite evident- ly lost, his mind. Upon making en- quiries I was told that he had just returned from the Loi country, where he had seen an old Loi woman who had the power of weild- ing an influence for good or bad, and in his case had wielded her in- fluence for the bad. The Loi poi twomnu) had died suddenly and the spell she had cast over the man still remained. The Chinese are
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