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42,500 GROSS TONS 63,750 DISPLACEMENT TONS
From HONGKONG 15th February
YOKOHAMA 9th March Sightscoing arrangements at Ports of Call included in fares
37 DAYS TO SAN FRANCISCO
55 DAYS TO NEW YORK
62 DAYS TO CHERBOURG & SOUTHAMPTON
ITINERARY
Shanghai, Chinwangtao (Peiping) (Great Wall Beppu, Inland Sea, Kobe (Kyoto Nara) Yokohama (Tokyo) (Kamakura) Honolulu (Waikiki Beach) Hito, (Kilauca Volcano) San Francisco an Pedro (Los Angeles) Balboa, Ancon Panama City, Old Panama, Colon, Cristobal, Havana, Cherbourg, Southampton.
For further particulars please apply to:
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San Francisco via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
Taiyo Maru..
Chichibu Mara
Tatsuta Maru
Seattle & Vancouver,
Sat., 21st Jan. Wed., 8th Feb. .Wed., 22nd Feb.
Heian Maru (starts from Kobe) Sat, 21st Jan. Hikawa Maru (starts from Kebo) Wed., 1st Feb. London, Marseilles, Antwerp & Rotterdam via
Singapore, Penang, Colombo & Suez.
Yasukuni Maru
Hakone Maru
Suwa Maru
Fri., 20th Jan. Sat., 4th Feb. Sat., 18th Feb.
Sydney & Melbourne via Manila & Ports.
Kamo Maru
.Sat., 21st Jan. .Sat., 25th Feb.
Sua., 15th Jan. .Sun., 29th Jan.
Bombay via Singapore. Penang & Colombo.
Kitano Maru
"Hakodate Maru
*Tokiwa Maru
South America (West Coast) via Japan, Honolulu,
Los Angeles, Mexico & Panama.
Heiyo Maru
.Fri., 10th March.
Liverpool via Port Said, Beyrouth, Istanbul, Piraeus,
Genoa & Valencia.
Durban Maru (calls Aden) ..Sat., 14th Jan.
Calcutta via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
*Morioka Maru
"Calcutta Maru
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
*Malacca Maru
...Sun, 15th Jan.
..Sun., 29th Jan.
Kitano Maru (Nagasaki direct) Fushimi Maru *Cargo only.
Thurs., 19th Jan, Fri., 20th Jan. Sat.. 21st Jan.
For further information apply to:-
Tel. 30291.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (private exchanges to all Depts.)
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13,
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
"Do you ever bid a hand con- taining less than throe high-card tricks in the one over ane system?" is a question often asked. This is. occasionaly done. For example, take the following band:
Spades-K-Q-J-4-2 Hearts-K-Q-J-3-2 Diamonds-5
Clubs 4.3
The hand contains two strong five-card major suita, but only two high-card tricks.
If you open with one spade and partner responds with a no trump, clubs or diamonde, you will be able to bid two hearts. Now, I ho makes a re-bid, you can sign the hand off, with a bid of three spades. For example, supposing The bidding were one. spade by you, two diamonds. by partner, you bid two hearts, three clubs from partner. You should now bid three spades and sign the hand off.
Supposing, however, that the diamonds and hearts wore ro- versed in this hand, as follows:
Spades K-Q-J-4-2 Hearts-5
Diamonds-K-Q-J-3-2
Clubs-4-3
The hand should now be passed. While it contains identically the same cards, two strong suits and two high-card tricks, hero le your problem.
If you open with one apade, partner will vary probably re- spond with two hearts because you hold a singleton heart and the odds are greatly in favour of his holding hearts if he has any bid at all.
Holding a singleton heart, youl would be forced to show your acc- and sult with a bid of three dia- monds, and undoubedly partner's next response would be either three no trump or four clubs and you would be away up in the up- per heavens with this hand with out any high-card tricks.
It is all right to bid two suit hands even though you do not have a great number of high-card tricks, if you will realize what may happen, and if you are in a position to handle all of the situ ations so that the bidding does not get out of reach.
I give you the above example not to impress upon you the fact that in the one over one system of contract.bidding we may open with two high-card tricks, but rather to show you the flexibility of the system that it is based upon absolute common sense and sound reasoning.
What I wish my rendors to re- alize in making a first or second- hand bid in the one over one sys- tem, is that it is not only high- card tricks and biddable sulla that count, but that, most important of all, your hand must be flexible so as to make it possible to han- die intelligently any bid that part- ner may make without carrying the bidding into a danger zone.
To-morrow we will take up the original no trump bids.
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(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND) Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading for Stralis, Java and Burma, Ceylon, india, Pärsian Gulf, Mauritius, E. & S. Africa, Austrasia, including, Now Zealand &. Queensland Ports, Red Sea Egypt, Constantinople, Greece, Levantine Ports, Europe Etc. PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL FORTHNIGHTY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS, (UNDER CONTRACT WITH H.M. GOVERNMENT.)
From Houg kong (about)
Destination
17,000 | 14 Jan, noon. | Bombay, M'ler & L'oon 14,000 28th Jan. Bombay, M'ios & L'don
6,500 4th Feb,
8. 8.
Tous
RANOHI CARTHAGE +*BUNDWAN
M'leй, Havre, L'don, H'burg,
NÅLDERA
16,000 11th Feb.
RAJPUTANA
17,000 25th Feb.
'Cargo only. toalla Cans Blanca.
Rotterdam Antwerp & Hull Bembay, M'los & Lidon Bombay, M'los &L'dor Calle Karachi.
Frequent connections from Port Sald for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pircana, Smyrna and other Levant Ports by Steamers of the Khedivial Bali B.9. Co.
SANTHIA TAKADA
- BRITISH INDIA-APCAR BAILINGS.
8,000 22nd Jan.
7,000 4th Feb.
S'pore, Penang & Caloust
!A'poro, Penang & Calcuts
B. L. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for t and 2nd class passengers.
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN SAILINGS (South),
NELLORE
TANDA NANKIN
7,000 1st Feb. 1939,
7,000
3rd Mar.
7,000
1st Apr.
(Manila, Rabaul,
Brisbane, Sydney
and Melbourno.
Regular Monthly Sallings fram Hongkong to Shanghai and Japan and Ilongkong to Australia.
Hong-Kong to Sydne; 19 days.
Frequent connections from Australia with the following:
The Union 8.9. Co.'s Steamers to the United Kingdom vin Now
Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.,
The P. & O. loyal Mail Steamers to London and
The.P. & O. Branch Service of Steamers to London via Suet.
The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s Steamers for Southampton and London via Panama Canal.
NALDERA TAKADA 18OMALI
RAJPUTANA CORFU 1BANGALORE COMORIN
Oorgo only.
SAILING TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
16.000 | 13 Jan, noen, | S'bai, Moji, Koba & Yor 17,000 | 14 Jan. 5 p.m. | Amoy, Moji, Kobe & Yoko f 6,800 25th Jan. S'hai, Moji, Kobe & Yoka
17,000 27th Jan. 8'hal, Kobe & Yoko
Í 15,000 10th Feb. I
S'hai, Robe & Yoko
1 6,100 23rd Fob,
| 15,000 | 24th Feb.
S'hai, Kobe & Yoko,
Bhai, Moji, Kobo & Yok.
All date are approximate and subject to attention without noites. Parcels Messuring not more than 6 c.ft. will be received at the Co.'s Office up to noon on the day previous to sailing For Passage Rates, Handbooke, Freights, etc., apply to
MACKINNONS, MACKENZIE & CO..
Agents. P. & O. Bldg., Connaught Rd., Co.,
TRAVEL A.-O. LINE
To AUSTRALIA. Calling at Manila (P.Is.), Thursday 1s., Cairns: Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne.
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...Hong Kong, Sydney--19.Days. FIRST CLASS FARE TO SYDNEY, £76 RETURN
LONDON (via Australia) from, £128.15.0. (Australian Newspapers on file).
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vin Singapore, Colombo, Bombay, Aden, Suez, & Port Sald Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading to Fiumae, Genom, All Itellan, Adriatic, Levant, Black Sex and Danube Porta Passengers to LONDON (Overland)
NEXT SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG
For Shanghal
For Singapore
& Japan & Italy
1st Feb.
S.S. "MARIN SANUDO" (Cargo Vessel)
2nd Feb. 12th Feb. *9.8. "GANGE" (Faas, Vesnol)
M.S. "CAL DE LANA" Cargo Vessel) 3rd Fob.
3rd Mar.
* Passenger Boats outward to Shanghai only.
enlled to
and N.B. Gango Attention is
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JANUARY 17th.
All Vessels have Excellent Accommodation for 12 Passengers.
Time in Transit.
Hongkong to San Francisco
Hongkong to Los Angeles
Hongkong to New York
25 days 26.. 42
14
Fares, G$190.00 G$195.00 G$310.00
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MESSAGERIES
MARITIMES
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. Sailings from Hongkong.
TO SHANGHAI.
Andre Lebon Follx Roussel G. Metzinger Porthos Aramis Chenonceaux Athos Il D'Artagnan
18th Jan. 1st Feb. 14th Feb. 28th Feb.
14th Mar, 28th Mar.
11th Apr.
25th Apr.
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To MARSEILLES vis Salgon, Singapore, Penang, Colomba, Dijboutri, (Adon), Sues. Port-Said.
D'Artagnan Andre Lebon Felix Roussel G. Metzinger Porthos 'Aramis
17th Jan 31st Jan
14th Feb.
28th Feb. 14th Mar
28th Mar,
25th Apr..
Chenonceaux.. 11th Apr. Athos II
We can issue through, tickets to Egypt, Syrlan ports,. East Africa, Madagascar by transhipment on our mall steamersTM at Port-Sald or Djiboutri.
COMMERCIAL LINE
For DUNKIRK via Haiphong. Saigon-Oran-Le Havre
s.s. "Yangtso"-on or about 13th January, 1933.
For full Particulars, apply to:-
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Telephones: 26651.