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Friday.
Sunday.
Monday, Wednesday,
March 30-Sail from Hong Kong by "Empress
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April
1---Arrive Manila in the morning, pas-' sengers may remain on board and will be provided with meals and accom- modation during stay in Manila. 2-Sail from Manila in afternoon, 4-Arrive, Hong Kong early morning.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous Contract Problem
Nover take it for granted that
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1934.
BANKS.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorpmated by Royal Chaissé 1961. BRAD OFFICE-LONDON,
Pald-op Casilat.
Reserve Faná
£3,000,000 1,000,000
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI. BANKING CORPORATION.
Autherleed Capital Isword and Tuby Tald-US....
Reserve Funder-
Sterling Sihrer
$59.000.000 29.990.000
$10,000,000
serve ability of Frogzistoru.... 3,000,000 Reserts Liability of Proprietors. 10,000,000
IPOIS
a suit is going to break for you. If you have a safer play, try that ALOR STAR ILOILO frat, always leaving the hoped-AMRITSAR BANGKOK for "good breaks" as a last resort. Batavia
DOMDAY
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES |--~-
GALOON
BENARAND
BERENBAN
ВИАНСЦАХ
BINGAPORE
Perhaps in the meantime your CALCUTTA opponents will accommodate you CANTON
CU with a satisfactory discard or with JAWNPORE
Will COLOMBO definite information that
DELIU show you another play.
HAIPHONG the two HAMBURG Some players, over hearts bid, might think the SouthANKOW
HARRIN hand strong enough to jump to HONGKONG three spades. However, I prefer the conservative response of two spades.
three
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North, with his singletan club and three spades, can go to slx
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3. Queen's Building.
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spades-to go to five is asking his partner to assume the sponsibility.
However, few players can resist the temptation, after a five bid, of going to six,
The Play West's opening lead was the jack of diamonds, which was won ace. Of in dummy with the course, if the declarer lends the queen of hearts, trying for the finesse, his contract will be de- feated immediately, as West will win with the king of hearts and then lay down the king of clubu.
The declarer can see that, if the diamond suit establishen, a losing heart can be discarded. So, before taking what may prove to by a losing finesse, the declarer should lend the three of clubs.
East will jump right in with! the ace and now, regardless of what he returns, the contract can be made.
Suppose he leads back a heart the declarer must go right in with the ace, ruff the losing nine of clubs, and then start the spade suit. West is all right on the first two discards. as he can release the ten of hearts and the king of clubs, but when South lays down the sixth spade, West is squeezed. If he discards the king of hearts. dummy's queen will
he good,
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while if he retains the king of FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI hearts and discards a diamond, the ' declarer will let go the queen of hearts in dummy, and then cash his queen of diamonds. Dummy's two diamonds then are good.
Today's Contract Problem-
How should the bidding in the following hand proceed? The play of the hand is a sim- nie problem of card roading. Routh should make three hearts.
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