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MONDAY, DECEMBER TELEGRAPH.
3,
1934.
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CONTRACT BRIDGE
Solution to Previous Contract Problem
By W. E. McKenney
1 recently was asked, Doen slam bidding play an important part in bridge tournaments? After care-
fully thinking the question over, my answer is, Yes, it does.
In the first place, the mujority
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BOARD OF DIRECTORA.
lon. Mr. C. 'O. B. Mackie, Chairman.
Tion Mr. B. II. Dodwell, Deputy Chairman.
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of hands we hid are for game only, Heron and the bid for game in a famillar procedure to most players; but slam
the exception. In bands Are sesalen of 30 boards, there may not by
one sihm hand. more than Seldom will you find more there.
Does it require finer piny to make a slam than a game? Yes, decided- ly so, because the declarer at a
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....Sat., 8th Dec.
..Fri., 21st Dec. Sat., 5th Jnu.
Sydney & Melbourne via-Manila & Ports...
Atnuto Maru
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Bombay via Singapore, Penang, & Colombo.
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...Tues., 11th Dec.
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*Dakar Maru
Calcutta vio Singapore, Penang & Rangoon,
*Calcutta Maru
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"Tokushima Maru
Shanghai, Kobe & Yokohama.
Buwa Maru
..Sat., 15th Dec.
..Sat., 8th Dec.
Sat., 15th Dec.
Sat., 29th Dec.
Sat., 8th Dec.
Kamo Maru (Nagasaki direct) Fri, 22nd Dee.
Sat., 22nd Dee.
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Poss IN. T. Pass 6 N. T.
Opening Lead-✯ J.
game contract can lay his plans so that, if one line of play fails, he can fall back on another. But at a slam contract, he can lose only one trick.
Usually this is lost in the early stages of the play and he cannot try anything else. His line of play then has to be accurate.
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Mrs. James Ralston, wife of the headmaster of the Central British School, opened the bazaar and garden fete in aid of Dr. Barnado's Homes, which
held in the Kowloon on school grounds at Saturday afternoon.
WILM
The function proved a great success, the total collection during the afternoon amounting to $971.
does not include the 1 This sum rate tickets, which were sold nutside.
The articles which were left over after the prizes bad been distributed were auctioned by Mr. L. E, Lammert, of Lammert Bros.
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*Calls Rangcon. Calle Port Swettenham.
B. I. Apcar Line steamers have excellent accommodation for lat and 2nd class passengers.
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SAILING TO SHANGHAI & JAPAN.
18th Dre. Amoy, S'bai, Moji, Kobe 8,000
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& Banka
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BANCKI *BOMALL TALMA
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"Cargo unly.
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A farce, entitled "Archibald," was presented by the girls af form in IV. and they were loudly ap- Hamby plailed. Anmong those who took Cantan part in the play were, Mavis Haiphone To-day's hand helped Mrs. 11. I. Peterson and Capt. Fred G. French Borner, Ruth Stephenson, Mar-Hankow of Philadelphia to win the Eastern ret Bell, Marjorie Lammert, tanoluku Pennsylvania mixed pair champion Jean Gray, Marjorie Godwin, Joyce Kobe ship. This the second time Mrs. Humphrey and Phillip Exan. Peterson has held the title, having won it fast year with the Inte! Milton C. Work,
The Play.
East's opening lead was the jack of clubs. Captain French, in the North, was the declarer. Before playing to the first trick, he took inventory: five spade tricks, pos
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Semang
Every description of 'Banking' and Ex change" business transacted. Lomos granted on approved securities,
Current Accounia opened in Local Cur rebey kn Fixed Deposite prozived fur unn rear or shorter periods in Local and Forelan Currencies on terms which will be quoti an applicatlun.
Si Deposit Boxes To Let.
KAN TONG PO.
onukon. et tarch, 1904.
Chlef Manager.
PERCOLATING
sibly four heart tricks, one dia-will learn with regret of the death mond, and one club.
of Mr. William Jack, which Where was he going to get the eurred at the Government Civil on Saturday. twelfth trick? Of course, if West Hospital at 1 p.m. held the king of diamonds, the Mr. Jack had been suffering from slowly down the throat and into the diamond finesse would give him dysentery, and although hopes nasal passages and lungs the curative the extra trick, but If it failed, the were held out for contract would be defeated.
his recovery,
he grew worse, and passed away vapours and essences which comprise Captain French decided to play peacefully
the hand without the diamond
RESPIROIDS
finesse. He went up with the Mr. Jack, who was 76 years of N queen of clubs in dummy to killuge, was a native of Inverness and
had to start to plan his end play 30 years. on the rat trick.
✨ BRONCHIALATABLETS
West's king. In other words, he had been in the Far East for about quickly soothe and Beni sore throat, For a number of years break up phlegm, relieve and cure he was chief engineer in the em- ploy of Messrs. Butterfield and Coughs and Colds, Swiro, retiring to Singapore in
Today's Contract Problem North and South are using the weak. third hand club bid. Bouth and Went page. East North bids one club. doubles, Bouth bide two clubs. What should North do?
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Now he ran off five spade and four heart tricks, being careful to
1918.
Respiroids are obtainable from all After a visit to his native land; chemists, and post free, 75 cents per he returned to Hongkong about a bottle, from the Dr. Williams Medicine year ago. Mr. Jack was a bache-Co., 451 Kianges Road, Shanghai: lor and it is not sure whether any relatives survive him.
The funeral is to take place this morning.
keep in his own hand a small club. This left him with the.ace-jack of diamonda and the five of clubs.
Of course, Eant had to bear down to the king-six of diamonda and (the ten spot of clubs. Coptala French then led a club, which East was forced to win with the ten, and he then had to load, from his king-six of diamonds into declarer's ace-jack. This play gave the de clarer his contract.
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