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THURSDAY, AUGUST
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Bolution to Previous.
Contract Problem
BANKS.
1934,
THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
· Incorporated by Rays Charter 1811.
'HEAD OFFICE LONDON.
Paid-up Capital ......................... £3,000,000 Reserva Lindlilty of Proprietora .. 3,000,000 Berve. Fund. ............
3,000,000
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES : ALON ETAR ILOILO
BAIGON
BEMARANG
SEREMBAN
When you are fortunate to re- colve a favourable opening, why try for a play later in the games roя Just to see if you are lucky? InANGKOK Lo-day's game, declarer can hope to BATAVIA find the ace of diamonds, or the BOMBAY king of hearts, in the East hand.
CALOUTTA CANTON But he must still play the hand to CANTORE KUCHING provide for both being wrong... CEDU
MADRAS COLOMBO MANILA
KARACHI KLANG
KOBE KUALA LUMPER
SHANGHAI
`RINGAPORE
BITTAWAN BOURABAYA
BANKING CORPORATION,
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Reserve Fundat-
• Sterilor
$60,000,000
.30,000,000
44,500,000 Biler $10,000.000
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BEAD OFFICE:~HONGKONG
·BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
Họa. Mr. Khi Ô. 'B Met
Chairman.
8. II. Dodwell, Esq.,
Deputy Chairman,
Hon. Mr. W. IL Bell G. Mukin JG,
A. I. Campton Ed E. B. Morros 24. W. J. Kwwick Esq. T. E Pearce E..
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TAIPING
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PENANG HONGKONG RANGOON
AMOY
DANGKOK BATAVIA
DONDAY
In other words, if West holds DELI both the ace of diamonds and the HAIPHONG king of hearts, the doclarer should HAMBURG play the hand so that he can still HANKOW
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W. . E. TROWAB.
Acting ManRÜTT, Hongkong. Reih February, 1914.
STRIKERS RAIDED.
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ACT IN MINNEAPOLIS
Minneapolla, Aug. 1. Governor Olsen took drastic. action against the striking lorry drivers here to-day.
make his contract. That isn't dim- Acting on his instructions cult, but it proves that it paya tollarge force of National Guards- establish that side sult before men, supported by machine guns, monkeying around with a suit inland carrying fixed bayonets, raided which the opponents are strong. the lorrymen's headquarters short After South opened the bidding Bled to receive their illegal ins
ly before the pickets were assem- with one heart, and West bid two tructions. clubs, North's bid of two spades ia There was fighting and a num- much stronger than If the bidding ber of arrests were made, but the. had gone heart, pass, one spade.jaltuation was never dangerous. The bid of one spade over one Router. heart would, of course, be forcing.
The Play
eight of spades,
ruffed with the
If Eust had opened the jack of giving the declarer åve odd. diamonds, the contract of four spades could have been defeated. However, in response to his part- ner's club bid, East opened the six of
clubs, the eight was played from dummy, West played the ten, and declarer won with the ace.
He then cashed the king and queen of spades, which picked up the outstanding trump. His next play was the ten of hearts and the was finessed from dummy. queen West winning with the king.
West could cash his king of clubs, but then he was helpless. Of course, he could cash the ace of diamonds and hold the contract to four. But if West led anything but-the-nce of diamonde, North would make the rest of the tricks.)
For example, if a heart were re turned, East's nine apot
would force dummy to win with the ace. Then a small heart would be re-! turned and ruffed by the declarer with the three of spades. This! would establish two good hearts in dummy.
Now all declarer had to do was to lend a small club, ruff with the ten of spades In dummy, lead the two good hearts, and discard the two losing diamonds.
Now a diamond was ruffed with the five of spades, the last club was ruffed with the ace of spades, and the king of diamonds was
Today's Contract Problem
West is the declarer at two- hearts doubted, Yen, it does look like an odd contract; but It's the result of a psychic bid. Now can you prevent West from making even a cart
trick?
UALOUTTA
COLOMBO
DAIREN FOCONOW HAIPHONG HAMBURG
| JANKOW
HARDIN
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Hongkong, 24th May, 1934.
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