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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1932. ›
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
A misfit hand in one of the most disconcerting hands that can come up at a bridge table. Each partner may have a fairly good suit of his own, but finds no support across the table.
Too often the partners keep bid- ding against each other until they are forced into a high contract and the losses are apt to bo heavy. hand The best procedure with of this type la to stop bidding immediately the situation is dis- covered. Such a hand hardly ever results in a game, and the best one can hope to do is to minimize lossen.
AK-Q-J-4-2 VA ♦Q-9-6 *Q-7-5-3
AA-10-5 NORTH
❤6-54-
2
• A-K-3-
2
Dealer SOUTH
49-8-3 9-8-7 38-7
K-10- 9-8-6
4A-4
47.6
VK-Q-J-10-3
♦J-10-5-4
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The Bidding.
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Both sides were vulnerable.
KOWLOON DOCKS
RESIGNATION OF MR. R. M. DYER.
It was officially announced yester- day that Mr. R. M. Dyer, Chief Manager of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company Ltd., bad resigned his position, and that ho will be aucceeded by Mr. E. Cock.
:
DUTCH EAST INDIES.
LANTERN LECTURE GIVEN AT HELENA MAY INSTITUTE
A lantorn lecture on the "Dutch tourist contro" East Indies as a was given at the ligiena liny in- stitute Inst evening by Mr. P. J. van Baarda, of the Travellers' Ofi- clal Information, Bureau of Nother
lands India,
Prior to showing numerous slides Mr. Dyer's Carcer.
depicting the life of the peoples of the Islands, the lecturer stated that Mr. Robert Morton Dyer, C.B.E., the area of the Islands was 2,000,- B.Sc., M.IN.A., is one of the 000 square kilometres or 830,00 Colony's best-known realdents, square miles. This area, was 72 times the size of Holland the and has been associated with the mother country, and equal in size business and social life of the to the whole of Europe, excluding community' for A good many Russia. The population was over years. He has been Chief Man- 62 millions, the same as the popula- afer of the Hongkong and ton of Germany at the present Whompno Dack Co., Ltd., for time. During the last ten years twenty-two years, and in Scottish there had been an increase in circles especially is one of our population of about 20 per cent,
and this
the was attributed to most highly esteemed residente.
Mr. Dyer is a native of Glas conditions and not so much to the excellence of the modern sanitary gow, and a son of the late Pro- aurplus of births over deaths. feanor Dyer, who many years When the sanitary conditions were back visited tho Far East when bad
the infant mortality was engaged on a mission to Japan. enormous but now it had reached a As a member of Saint Andrew's normal proportion. That increased Society, of which ho has been population would be a
great ad- Chieftain on more than one vantage to the country in helping occasion, Mr. Dyer has parti-production in these times of depres cularly taken an interest in the slon. The climate of the country Scottish Company of the Volun- was also very agreeable.
If North felt justified in bid-operator. ding two spades, the ball was started rolling and every bid thereafter coat extra points. Some paira were down as many as four tricks on that deal,
£
benefactor
and co-
the number
of
in
over
teers also in the Hongkong Rifte.The_Islands were easily reached Club and in the troops of Scottish from Hongkong, the journey taking regiments that have been station-only seven or eight days, if there ed here from time to time. His was no stop at intermediate ports. active participation in work for The inter-insular traffic was very the welfare of members of the intensive. The Royal Navigation Shaforce who were quartered in Company owned 166 steamers with South passed and Went opened Hongkong during the troublousn total tonnage of approx. 202,000 with one diamond. North over-times of 1927 will be recalled. It tons They called at 350 ports in called with ane spade and South sulted in the formation of a kilt miles covered by the steamers
was largely his influenco that re-the islands, and bid two hearts. West did not have a re-bid in spite of his foured section of the local Boy Scouts, 1930 was over 5,000,000. In the high card tricks, therefore he in which body he has also been Netherland Indies there were over
largely
5,000 miles of railroad and раввед.
32,000 miles of good motor roads, For the past four years there had Many Activities.
been an efficient air-service there and this included a line to Holland Mr. Dyer's activities in public from Batavia, the journey taking affairs in the Colony have been between eight and eleven days. numerous, Ho has served on a Many of the nobility of the land number of local committees, In- took part in the dances in the towns cluding, that on the Economie Re-which were a feature of their lives. sources of the Colony. His other The native dances were on a much Interests have seen him a mem-lower scale and were not per- ber of the Court of the University formed in the beautiful dresses of of Hongkong. President of the the better classes. Hongkong Rifle League, Steward Nearly 100 slides wero shown by of the Jockey Club. Chairman of the lecturer of the country, the the Boxing Association, Chairman | peoples and the dances, of the Hongkong Club, President of the Hongkong Football Asso- clation a member of the Harbour Advisory Board, and an unofficial Justice of the ace since 1913
However, if North reasoned carefully he should have reached the proper
conclusion. Sauth's hand could not contain more than moderate strength, for he had passed originally. He should have at least five hearts to justify his two-heart overcall, and that bid was probably a danger signal to warn that he did not have spade support. Therefore, North's best course was to pass in spite of his singleton heart.
The Play.
LOCAL WEDDING.
CEREMONY AT PEAK CHURCH YESTERDAY
A well-deserved tribute to Mr. West opened the king of dia- Dyer's many good deeds on the monds, and upon receiving the en- Colony's behalf was the conley- couraging eight from East, he led neesi on him of the C.LE. In the the ace and then another dia-King's Birthday honours in 1930. The Peak Church was the scene mond. East ruffed the third one A glowing reference to his work of a pretty wedding of consider and returned a small club. West was made by H. E. the Governorable local interest, yesterday winning with the ace.
at the investiture at Government afternoon, when Mr. John He returned his last diamond House in September that your, and declarer was obliged to trump when His Excellency added that with the ace of hearts in dummy. both the Admiral on the China He returned the king of spaden Station and the General Officer and Went won with the ace, lead- Commanding wero fully apprecia- ing his laat club in return. East took the club and returned an- other, and whether declarer trumped High or low, or not at all, he could not prevent West from taking a heart trick.
Thus the opponents took two diamonds and a diamond ruff, two apades, one club, and ono heart.
tivo of the services rendered by Mr. Dyer on behalf of the soldiers and sailors out here.
In much of his public and charitable work, Mr. Dyer has had the ablo and aympathetic sistance of his wifo.
IIH-
Mr. and Mrs, Dyer are at present
at the end, defeating the contract on home leave. two tricks.
Allowing South credit for his
ENGINE TROUBLE.
|
Mr. Dyer'a Successor.
Reginald Hinton, of Canton, eldest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Hiiton, was married to Miss Kathleen Elsie Keogh, second daughter of Lt.-Col. Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Keogh. The ceremony was performed by the Very Rev, Dean A. Swann.
The bride, who was given away by Mr. F. Syme Thomson, wore a dress of white charmeuse, and the charming effect was enhanced by her bouquet of white Ilonolulu creeper and double cosmos. The bridesmaid was Miss. Maureen Greig, whose dress was of white satin, and who carried n bouquet of mixed gladioli. Mr. A. C. 1. Bowker, the Interport cricketer, was best-man,
A reception was afterwarda held at 167, the Peak, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. F. Syme Thomson, the happy couple leaving later for Fanling for their honeymoon. The bride's going-away dress was a striking one of oral crepe-de-
100 honours, the not penalty was Mr. Dyer is succeeded In 200 points, and that was top score the post of Chief Manager at the for North and South. North would Kowloon Docks by Mr. Edward also have been down at a two- Cock, M.B.E,, M.ÏC.E., MIN.A, apade contract, but without the Mr. Cock who is a Cornishman by compensating honours."
birth has been associated with the Colony for a number of years, and has also taken an active part in public affaire. One of his eniet uterents has been the Kow- loon Residents' Association, of chine. which he is a past President and committee member. He has also served on the committee of the Saint George's Society and is past President, and among other posts has been President of the Kowloon Golf Club, and a mem- ter of the committee of the Navy League branch, Diocesan Boys' School. He has the Docks,
OLYMPIC'S PASSENGERS TO BE TRANSFERRED
London, Oct. 19. Three hundred and fifty passengers sailing for New York are held up in Southampton owing, to engine trou- ble in the B.a. Olympic. They will be transferred to the new motor ship Georgie, which is railing on Satur- day.Our Own Correspondent.
SALESMAN SAM
and of
the
been an unofficial Justice of the Peace since 1928.
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work. He has for years been Assistant Manager at
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