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£12 £ 8
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trips ashore,
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...Wed. 23th Jan.
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BANKS.
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or
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for use only on board 150, and B.I. -lome in steamer, and at Ports of talk British Income Tax Ilecovered,
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CONTRACT
BRIDGE
Solution to Previous Contract Problem
By W. E. McKenney.
Do you remember, when you first Estarted to play bridge, someone telling you "Always cover an honour with an honour," and "Always re- turn your partner's suit?" Well, the word "always" only has one place in bridge.
· MEDAN
NEW YORK
PEITING. (Peking)
HAMBURG
BANKOW
HARRIN
HONGKONG
PENAND RANGOON
Foreign Exchange and General and Bank Inst business transacted.
Current Arenunts opened and Fixed De | posita recebred for one year or shorter perioda. fis rates whelvi will be quoted on application,
W. I. E. THOMAR,
Acting Maunger. Hongkong, 20th February, 1986,
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
ESTANLIKRED 1913.
Itend mees Nongkong.
Autherland Captini
Palup Capital
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BRANCHER...
$11,000,000 8,086.000 $2,120,4
Canton, Tolahan, Shanghal, Rankom, Bangkok and fan Franclaess, Landen tankera: Lfoyda Bank, 19. Foreign Exchange and Banking bistren of every desetipálim trebaxcted.
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LOOK POONG BHAN,
Chief Managet.
Bengkong, Znd June, 1984.
Always be considerate of your opponents. They may not be in- terested in what you have to any CONSIGNEES' NOTICES. to your partner and, if you want
to play profitable bridge, always be¦ COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES considerate of your partner. Now,
in regard to covering an honour
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Sat., 5th Jan.
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an honour unless you hold at least three of the auit, and the inter- mediate card must be at least the nine spot.
in recent dupileate match at the Terrace Club,
one of New York's largest bridge clubs,
one player, believing it paid to cover an honour with an honour. let the Piraeus,sible-make a grand alam with the declarer do the seemingly impos-
king, queen and a small trump against him.
.Sat, 15th Dec.
Sat., 16th Dec.
Sat., 29th Dec.
Monday, 10th Dec.
Kamio Maru (Nagasaki direct) Fri., 21st Dec.
Sat., 22nd Dec.
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Tel. 30291.
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MESSAGERIES
MARITIMES
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. Sailings from Hongkong.
To SHANGHAI-KØBE.
Andre Lebon 16th Dec. Felix Roussel ...28th Dec., Jean Laborde 13th Jan. '35, Chenonceaux 27th Jan., '35. D'Artagnan .....9th Fab. Athos II .....23rd Feb.
TO MARSEILLES via Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Djiboutri (Adon), Suez, Port-Said.
Aramis
18th Dec. Andre Lebon 1st Jan., 35, Felix Rousse! 15th Jan.
Feb..
. Jean Laborde 29th Jan.
Chenonceaux 12th
D'Artagnan ....26th Feb.
We can issue through tickets to Egypt, Syrion ports East Africa, Madagascar by transhipment on our mail steamers
at Port-Said or Djibouti.
For full Particulars, apply to:
Telephone. 26651.
Cio das MESSAGERIES MARITIMES:
Of course North's one-over-one
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Arrived Hongkong on Thursday, the 6th Decembur, 1934. From LONDON, ANTWERY, ROTTERDAM, &c.
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From Ilong-
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The Business of the above Bank in eine ducted by the Hamekong and Shanghai Bank- ing Corporation, Rules may be obtained on *polleation.
FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
CHIEP MANAGER, Blockung. 26th February, 1934.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE
'BANK, LIMITED.
Capital (fully, paliept ...... Y. 100,000,000 [Leserve
...... 124,260,000 BRAD OFFICE —YOKOHAMA, Deanche and` Agencies st Alexandria Bulklor Etio da
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| Dalten (Daisy) Moti
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Sydney
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Consignees of Chrge by the above named steamer are hereby informed Ramburg that their goods with the ext klonkuw of Opium. Treasure and Valuablesarnas are being landed and pineed at their lulu risk in the Godowns of the Hongkong Hongkong Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Interest allowed on Currant Accounts. Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery can be obtained na the goods are landed,
Goods not cleares within 7 days fuctuding date of arrival, will be subject to`reat.
All claims must be sent to the undersigned before Monday, 17th December, 1934, or they will not be recognized,
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the consignees, and the Company's Sur veyor Messra:Goddard and Douglas
10 am. on Wednesday the 12th December, 1934. Consignees must have a Revenue Officer in attendance when damaged dutinble goods are examined by the Company's Sur veyors.
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns,
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any caso whatever.
Rangoon
Manesti.
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↑ Calle Casa Binovo. *Cargo only.
Frequent connections from Port Said for Passengers and Cargo to Constantinople, Pireaus, Smyrna and other Levant Porta by Steamers of the Khollvini Máli S.B. Co.
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21st Dec. 4th Jan.
| Calls Port Swettenham
S'pore, Penang & Caloutta 'pore, Penang & Calcutt
18 poro, Pennng & Calenti
B. I. Apear Line steamers have excellent accommodation for 1st and 2nd class passengers.
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7,000 7,000
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1st Feb.
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Deposits reestred for hard period at its SANTHIA Lo be attained on application.
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*SOMALI TALMA THE BANK OF EAST ASIA LIMITED.
Authorised Capital ..... $10,000,000.00
Capital
L.5V6.GOO.CO
I' Serv
Tranza
and. Vrilled
3,404,000.00
-HEAD-OFFICE-HONGKONO,
12. Des Voeux Road Central.
DOARD OF DIRECTORS — Sir Shoumen Chow, Chairman.
Koon Chun Eng. 1. Tan Sang Bag
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R. OHI,
Agent. Hongkong, 6th December, 184.
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might be just a distributional bid queen will establish all the trump but when South bids three, spades tricks for the declarer, he is demanding a game, king.
his partner to bid either three no This play gave the declarer a trump or four spades. Any other grand slam. Out of 13 tables, 12 bid in construed as highly construc-, pairs were successful in arriving at tive, even to the point of its being the slam contract, Eleven pairs Manila a mild alam try, therefore North's refused to cover the jack with the bid of four diamonds was treated queen and so held the declarer to as a alam invitation by South!
six odd.
nce.
East's opening lead of the queen of clubs was won in the dummy with the ace: A small diamond was led and won with the Declarer now laid the jack of apades down. Immediately Enst should be warned that the declarer does not hold the king of spades and, if he does not, there is no point in covering the jack with the queen.
The only reason you cover an honour with an honour is because you are trying to establish the nine or ten spot for yourself or your partner. Now if you will analyze the bidding you will realise that North, in all probablity, has six trumps, there are four in dummy and your partner no doubt has a singleton.
the
Your covering the jack with the Suppose it's the singleton king.
Today's Contact Froblem East is playing the contract at four hearts, doubled, Kanth opens the king of clubs, North refuses to cover the ten of hearts, when declarer leads It from the dummy. Can the kand still be made?
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Current Accounts opened in Local Gur- renex am Fixed Dermalis received for one year or shorter periods to Local and Foreign Curroneles en terma which will be quoted on application.
Safe Depot Ho To Let.
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Hongkong, Jet March, 1934.
Chief ManagST.
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