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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, – 1934.
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WEST AND BRANCH.
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............ .050,000,000 ·
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..........1.6 0,500,000
Berling
Bliver ............ 10,000,000 Reserve Linity of Proprietor $20,000,000
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BOARD OF DIRECTOR. T. E. Pearse. Eng.. Chairman.
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Shanghel,
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Arrive
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Taiyo Maru
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.Wed., 24th Jan. at 1 a.m.
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CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous Contract Problem
I had another interesting visitor to-day in the person of that popular Cleveland contract authority, John H. Law, noted for his daring plays and his catlike quickness in taking advantage of his opponents' errora, Ho is quick to recognize the unusual in a hand.
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IPOR FONORE
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Hongkong. 30th October, 1935.
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A. PREARLET,
Manager
Honghong, 17th November, 1982. -
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
ESTADIJSHED 1912.
Autborleed Capital
Feld-co Capital Reserve Fund
$11,000,000 B.055,000
Tone
10,000 18th Jan. 16,000 27th Jan. 0,800 frd Feb,
17,000 10th Feb.
8,000 17th Feb.
17,000 24th Feb.
0,800 8nd Mar.
15,000 10th Mar.
Calls Casa Blanca, ́ ́ *Cargo only.
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8,000
10th Jan.
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3rd Feb.
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BHIRALA
8,000 18th Feb.
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be tained on application.
During the conversation, I HAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may called the following, hand which ho played a few years ago in one
of the national tournaments,
The Play
East opened the ace of clubs and, as long as the damage was
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V. M. GRATDURN, EM-
Chief HanarIT. Hongkong, 25th April, 1938.
Foreign Exchange and Banking business of Bafe Depoalt Boxen (vario plzen) ut a yearly rental from $5 to $40.
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7,000
3rd Mar.
7,000}
80th Mar,
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*BOUDAN RAWALPINDI TANDA COMORIN
SAILING TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
6,500 10th Jan.] 8'hai, Moji, Kobo &"Yoko 7,000 12th Jan. Amoy, S'hai, Moji, Kobe
& Ösaka 8'hai, Kebo. & Yoko
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
Capital foils paid up)... 100,000,000
..Y 121,250,000 RANPURA Reserve Fund-
*BERAR TAKADA
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HEAD OFFICE:--YOKOHAMA. Branch and Agencies at
Honolulu Karachi
Rangoon
Alo de
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of
..... 5,595,000.00 Calcutta Reserve and Undivided Prolita # 2,312,000.00 Caston
-London
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Dainy)
Manila Maji
17,000 12th Jan.
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Palping
done and the king set up in dum- THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, my, he continued with the jack. Dummy won the trick with the king. West unblocked, dropping Authorised Capital $10,000,000.00 lombay the queen, and Mr. Law in the Pald-up Capital North discarded the three hearts.
He next led the ace and king
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of spades from dummy, which set up West'e jack and nine.
It now looked as though the de- clarer must let West make his jack and nine of spades. However, Mr. Law refused to give up and led the deuce of hearts from dum- my. West went right in and won the trick with the ace.
West could see that the declarer
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7,000 4th Mar. | S'hai, Moji, Kobo & Yoko
:
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For Passage Rates, Handbooks, Freight, etc., apply to
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Hongkong, ist January, 1934.
II. MORI,
Hanager.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LIMITED.
Head Omesi-15, Gracechurch Street, London, EC.-8.
Authorised-Capital-.
Bubscribed Capital
Pald-up Capital
Reserve Fund and Rest
DANKERS.
.£3,000,000
1,800,000
1,050,000
1.248,795
The Bank of England & Midland Bank. Ltd.
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Dell
Every description of Banking and e
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Current Accounts opened in Local Currency Colombo and Fixed Deposits received for une fear of
periods In Local and Foreign | Catie shorter Currencies on terms which will be quoted on Hongkong pplication.
Howrah TOÀN TÙNG FO,
Chlef Manager.
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was going to endeavour to get ruff, and regardless of which trump
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Sailing about 4th Feb. .3rd. March.
SHANGHAI & JAPAN PORTS,
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coup on him, but there was nothing he played, the declarer was bound Internt allowed in Corrent Accounts and that he could do about it. So he to make his ten of spades, thereby Fixed Deposits & Rates that may be weer Passenger Rates: returned a club and North trumped losing only one spade trick and tained an application.
with the six of spades.
North led the king of diamonds making his contract. and then played the queen of dia- Tonds, overtaking in dummy with the ace. The king of hearts was played next 'from dummy, followed by a third heart, which North ruffed with the saven of spades.
Mr. Law now had managed to get rid of his two excess spades— one when he trumped the club and one when he trumped the heart. Ho now returned the eight of dia- monds and won in dummy with tho jack.
This left West with nothing but the jack and nino of spades, while North held the ton and eight. The
Today's Contract Problem
What would your opening Tond be against a small slam contract by South? It you were the declarer and Wost did not open the ace of hearts, could you make a grand slam?
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