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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous. Contract Problem
THURSDAY, APRIL
BANKS.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1080.
KBAD GYFICR-LONDON,
Fald-up Ospital
Baservo Fond ................
.40,000,000 8,000,000
The greatest thrill in contract is ve Liability of Propriate... 8,000,000 bidding and making a grand slum.
of both partners to arrive at the ALON STAR ILOILO contrnet; and then usually it re- quires good play to make the band,
was played by BOMBAY To-day's hand Miss Florence J. Stratford, one of the outstanding women players of CANTON Cleveland, at a recent tournament GAWINFORE In Buffalo, N. Y.
1934.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorized Dagital man $50.000.000 Insud and Fully Fald-Up .... 29,000,000
Reserve Fund-
£6,500,000 Berlina BUT...... $10,000,000. Bamerve Liability of Proprietors ..
P & O BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES.
(COMPANIES incorporated in ENGLAND) Taking Cargo un through Bills of Lading for Straits, Java and Burma, Ceylon, India, Persian Gulf, Mauritius, E. & S. Africa, Australasia, including, New Zealand & Queensland Ports Red Sea, Egypt, Constantinople, Grecce, Levantine Poris, Europe Etc.
PENINSULAR
& ORIENTAL FORTNIGHTLY DIRECT ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS. (UNDER CONTRACT WITH HM. GOVERNMENT.)
From Hong-
$20,040,900
9. 8.
Tous
HEAD-OFFICE:—HONGKONG BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Nom. Mr. C. G. B. Maskin
J. F. Warren Mü
Devly Chairman.
It takes expert bidding on the part
ACKNOTES AND BRANCHEN) 2 --
SAICON
AMRITSAR DANGKOX BATAVIA
IPON
SEMARANG
KARACHTI KLANG KODE
BERMUDAN
CALCUTTA
KUALA
SHANGRAI SINGAPORE SITIAWAN
W. XI. Hall, BET:
LUMPUR
KUOTING
TAIPINO
MADRAB
MANILA
TJENTBIN ТОNОКАП (nbaket)
Miss
South Stratford, sitting in the
using the Sims system
ono no
GERU COLOMBO DEAK
of bidding, preferred to open the HAIPHONG
HAMBURG contracting with
trump HANIOW even though she had a five-card
HARBIN spade suit, due to the tenace poal-wONGKONG tlons in her hand. North's bid of
MEDAN
BOURABAYA
NEW YORK TSINDTAO FEIPING YOKOHAMA'
(Pekin) LANDOANGA PENANG + KANGOON
fog boslaam (runnarted.
1. B. Morrison, Eq..
A. H. Compton, Esq.lian Mr J.J. Paterson, C. C. Knight, Esq., “T. E. Petro, Eng.
0. Hakia, Be
AMOY
V. M. GRAYBURN, D-4..
BANGKOK
NOMBAY BATAVIA
GALAUTTA
CHZPOD
two clubs showed a five-card sult) Foreign Exchange and General and Bank- GANTON and demanded that South rebid,
Corrs Logoti opened and FILE COLOMBO. South made a constructive bid of needed for one year or shorter two apades, which also guaranteed periods at radon which will be quod DAZREN
POOCHOW a five-card sult. North's bid of application.
W. I THOMAS, HAIPHONG three diamonds was a constructive l
Aeling ManagW. Í HAMBURG Hongkong, 10th Februa37, · 1994.
HANKOW JARDIN HONGKEW ILOILO
446 53
A 1075 4A9875
4 10 9 8 G
..April 12th.
ORG
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THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE
IPON ZOWORE
ORTER MANAGERL
DRANCHES —–—–—
LONDON
- LYONG
§ RANCHI *KIDDERPORE
$CARTHAGE
4 "BOMALI
$NALDERA Conru
kong (about)
6,800 14th Apr.
15,000 21st Apr. 6,800 28th Apr.
DESTINATION
17,000 7th Apr. ↑ Marneilles & London
S'pore, Penang, Colombo, Bombay & Karachi Marseilles & Londen B'bay, M'los, Harve, L'don H'burg, B'dam, A'worp & Hull Bombay, M'los & L'don Bombay, M'les & L'don B'bay, M'los, Havró, L'don, H'burg, R'dam, A'werp & Hul} Bombay, M'les & L'don Calla Tangiers.
16,000 5th May. 16,000 19th May:
6,000 26th May.
**BANGALOR
MANTUA
[11,000 2nd June.
INVE†Calls Casa Binnen. Cargo only.
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S'pore, Penang & Calcutta
B. L. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for las and Did class passengers."
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VAK 10
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4X10
Duplicate bridge.
Opening load—§ 7.
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bid, trying to give further infor mation on the hand, and with this information Miss Stratford made a nice bid of four no trump.
North, with two aces, was justl. fled in jumping to six no trump, and Miss Stratford, realizing that her partner must have two aces. went to roven,
The Play
Misa Stratford received the most difficult opening the seven of spades--which she won with the Jack. She immediately 'realized that she would have to guess the diamond finesse and decided that, as West had opened a short spade suit, he might hold the queen of diamonds,
Therefore, her next play was the king of diamonds, followed by the Jack of diamonds. West refused tu cover the jack and Miss Stratford let it ride. She then played the aine of diamonds, and overtook in dummy with the ton. East dropped a heart.
Hongkong
Paria Felping
Boursbars Shanghai Singapore
Internt allowed on Current Accounta Depola received for Exad periode as zuban to be obtained on appletion.
Y. ADE Acting *Macagır.
Hongkong, 12th March. 1934.
DISASTROUS FIRE IN
HOKKAIDO
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED HOUSES GUTTED
Tokyo, Apr. 4. Another disastrous fire has oc curred in the Hokkaido Province Only meagre details have so far been recolved, but heavy loss of life is probable.
The fire broke out in Nakayu- botu
in the Kitami Prefecture, and from reports so far to hand.
KUALA LUMPUR
ΤΟΣΤΟ
THINGTAO
ΤΟΚΟΣΑΜΑ
Current Accotrats opened in Loos! Car
NELLORE
reper and Fixed Deposita received for one year or shorter periods in Local Curveser | TANDA and Btarling on terms which will be quoted on application.
Hongkong, 19th March, 1934,
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Bole of the above Bank is co77- ducted by the Hongkong and Thanghai Bak» Ing Corporation. Ituloy may be obtained on application.
FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI DANKING CORPORATION,
V. M. GRATHUEN,
CHSET MANAGER. -Hongkonx. 20th February, 1996,
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
ESTABLISHED 1918.'
NANKIN
7,000 7,000
4th May.
2nd June.
7,000
30th June.
Manila, Rabau,
Brisbane, Sydney
and Melbourne
Regular Monthly Sallings from Hongkong to Shanghai and Japan and Hongkong to Australia.
Hong-Kong to Sydney-10 days. Froquent connections from Australia with the following:- The Union 8.8. Co.'s Steamers to the United Kingdom via Now Zealand, Vancouver, San Francisco, etc.
The P. & D. Royal Mail Steamers to London and
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MANTUA €11,000,000 5,610,000 1.350.000 TILAWA
TANDA
6,000 18th Apr. 16,000 10th. Apr. 10,000 20th Apr. 11,000 Urd May. 10,000 th May. 7,000 0th May.
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LOOK POONG BILAN,
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The Post Office and Telegraph Olee were gatted, and for this
The
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~~~The ace of diamonds was cashed club, leaving him with -the-queen-
and East was squeezed-if he let and four.
go à club, Miss Stratford would Miss Stratford now led the king play a club, the king would drop of clubs and then played the ten, the singleton juck, and, she then West had to cover with the queen, would have finessing position the ace won in dummy, and East's over West's queen. Eust could not jack dropped, making dummy's let go a spade or Miss Stratford nine good; and, of course, the last would make five spade tricks. trick was won with the ace of
hearts.
The only play for Eust was to drop the four of hearts. Miss Stratford then let go the deuce of spades. The queen of spades in dummy, was cashed next, West let- ting go a heart. Miss Stratford returned to her hand by leading n heart, going right up with the king.
BCC,
She next cashed her ace and king!
the of spades. On
West dropped a club, but on the second He spade West was squeezed. could not release a heart or de- clarer's ace-ten would be good, so he was forced to discard another
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Today's Contract Problem
Here is a hand containing Cortainly al primary tricks.
However,
a lot of high cards.
If you hold, this hand and were the dealer, what would bo your original bid?
AAK742
JLJ
AK1
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Solution in next issue.
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