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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, AUGUST 15. 1933.
CONTRACT
BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
I
PIRATE VICTIMS.
'YU SHUN PASSENGERS
RESCUED BY NAVY
found three persons
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE..
THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.
COPENHAGEN,
The Motor Vessel, When patrolling near Slu Mo, n unit of the Naval Patrol stationed at having arrived from Copenhagen,
"CIILE" Walchow discovered Hanover, N. II., where I attended Gazette. On hearing of the approach of cargo are hereby informed that a pirate Janis Gothenburg, Oslo, Dunkirk, Antwerp, have just returned from lying there, according to the Canton Hamburg and Rotterdam consignees the 43rd, annual congress of the of the gunboat the pirates in the all goods are being landed and placed American Whist League, and junk made good their escape. There at their risk into the hazardous while it was a beautiful pince the gunboat in which to play bridge, I believe who declared themselves to be victims and/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf those mountains had some mystle piracy on 5.a. Ya Shun on July 31. and Godown Co, Ltd., where delivery near Swatow. The three persons TO SEATTLE, VICTORIA 17 DAYS.] effect on the cards, as many un- were taken to the headquarters for can be obtained as soon as the goods
usual hands appeared.
Examination. There captives have
No claims will be admitted after The following hand was bid in given a vivid description of the piracy a grant variety of ways at the dif- outrage through which they fell into the goods have left the godowns and [all goods remaining undelivered after ferent tables, but top score on the the hands of the pirate gang.
Names of two of the kidnapped the 18th August 1933 4 pan., will be board was made at the table passengers are given as Shum Chen./ubject to rent. where the hand was played by sun and Mok Kwok-sui, who were goods are to be left in the Godown, All broken, chafed and damaged Waldemar von Zedtwitz and How- taken as hostages together with an where they will be examined by ard Schenken.
employee of the Shanghai office of Messrs. Anderson and Ashe on the the China Merchants, which owns the 17th August 1933 at 10 a.m. 5. Yu Shun.
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The Bidding
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South, who believed in emptive bidding, opened the tracting with three hearts,
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con-six odd. All that West has to lose
Mr. is the ace of clubs.
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Von Zedtwitz in the West was now confronted with a perplexing problem.
If he were to double, his part- ner might take if for business. There was no question but that ho had a good piny for game, there-; fore he made what I consider an unusually clever bid-he over- called with four spades.
Mr. Schenken in the East real. ized that his partner was un- doubtedly void of hearts and that the hand contained some reserve side strength, therefore he jumped the contract to six spades, which South doubled. West and North passed and East redoubled.
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After the hand South, who held three aces and a king. askel, "Well, just what must you hold in order to double at contract to day?"
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Now goods arrived. from:20 als, to $5,000 ‚avary article marked def plate figuras,
HINKING
THAT PART
- OF FARBARS
GANG
19 AFTER
HIM, IN THE SEAPLANE,
FRECKLES KEEPS PUSH-
ING THE
SPEED BOAT
AT TOP
SPEED
NOT IF
DON'T LET THEM BLUFF
WE. KNOW
US OUT!
ONCE WE GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COCOS ISLAND, WELL. BE SAFE!
THE ONLY WAY
·WELL GET HIM TO. STOP, IS TO
( SETTLE DOWN ON THE WATER
AND HEAD
HIM OFF!
ALL RIGHT- WE'LL LAND
GIVE HIM ENOUGH ROOM RIGHT ACROSS? SOS HE WON'T
HIS PATH
RUM INTO US
AN' HURT
SUDDENLY, FROM OUT OF THE GREEN WATER, EMERGES A PERISCOPE..
HIMSELF- AYE-AYE!
LOOK!