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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1933,

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BRIDGE NOTES

DANCING.

DANCING LESSONS

Given by

ELISSA & FLORA

of Roxy Dancing Academy, at

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TERMS ON APPLICATION. Miss CARMEN NUESTRO (Molly) Will Give Lessons in Stage Dancing.

CONTRACT BRIDGE

BY ANCHORITE

器

This series of articles is based;

on Culbertson's system of bidding).

* Biddable Trump Sults In trump plays all values of the combined hands will depend uponj the strength of the trump suit, and the protection it affords. Unless value of any trump bid is measur holding a very powerful suit the DR. & L. KWONG, Dental Surgeoned by its length in the combined

DENTISTS.

MR. HARRY FONG, DENTIST

WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THE REMOVAL OF THEIR OFFICE

From

74 Queen's Road 2nd Fi Το

5th Fl. King's Theatre Bldg. Telephonee 21265 9-1.00; 2-8.00.

LAU PAK WAI, Dentist. HONG KONG OFFICE:- GLOUCESTER BLDG., 1st Floor,

Telephone 20488. KOWLOON OFFICE:- 235, NATHAN ROAD, 2nd Floor, Telephone 38561.

ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.

W. 8. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,

Kowloon Bay. of cartoons depicting "Happening" on New Work & Repairs, Call Fing "L"

Mai officer.

the China Coast. Price $1,

B

the "China

Wyndham Street.

or atle JA,

Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors

HAIRDRESSERS.

ISLAND

TUITION GIVEN.

PRIVATE LESSONS in

English,

`HAIR-DRESSING

French, Music, Shorthand and Type- writing. Terma moderate. 4. Alrial Villas. Austin Road, Kowloon.

LADIES' &

SALOON.

GENTLEMEN'S

HAIRDRESSERS.

hands.

The minimum requirements for a biddable suit are as follows:-

At least four trumps with 1% honour tricks in the suit, or

Five cards trump length with honour trick, or

Six cards trump length with no honour strength.,

are now

In view of the strict rule, that. the supporting hand requires at Icast Queen xx or x x x x (four small) in trumpe to raise, even shaded biddable suits considered safe. For instance A, J 9 x; K Q x x, or QJ 10 x, either in major or minor; and AJ xx; Kxx, or A 10 x x in minors. A ve card suit may be shaded to Q 10 x x x ór J 10 xxx in either najors or minors.

A word of warning about shaded bids will not be amiss. With a con- servative and reliable partner a shaded bid can be made in safety. while otherwise it should be avoid- ed.

As

already mentioned above. the supporting hand must not raise the opening hands' bid "one" unless with adequate trump

of

LAMMERT BROS. Expert Barbers. Reasonable Prices support, that is:--Q xx or xxxx

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS

AND SURVEYORS.

Public Auctions -

THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public

THE

Auction

ON THURSDAY, the 14th Dec., 1933, Commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room,

4, Duddell Street,

TOYS!

TOYS !! TOYS!!!

Dressed Dolls, Furniture Sat,

Rocking Horses, Lead Soldiers, Games, Billiard Tables, Battle

Open till 9 p.m. 441, Hankow Road, Kowloon, opposite Palace Hotel

OPTICIANS.

THE HONG KONG OPTICAL COMPANY,

'Phone 22232. 53, Queen's Road Central,

SPORT NOTICES.

Should the opening hand, however, rebid the trump suit, it is obvious; that he holds more than minimum strength and subsequently requires less help from partner, Equally should opener give two rebids, it must allow A strong powerful trump suit, and requires no help from partner.

Table of Bids, Rebids and Raises Declarer's minimum length and atrength

Bidding a trump suit once shows

4 cards headed by 1

cards headed by

h.t

ht

6 cards headed by 0

h.t.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

Q x x or x x x x

Ships, Word Making Frame, Golf THE FIFTEENTH EXTRA

RACE MEETING will be held (Weather Permitting) at HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, 16th December, 1933 commencing ut 2.00 p.m.

The First Bell will be Rung at

MEMBERS ENCLOSURE Members are nollied that they and their Ladies must wear their Badger prominently displayed.

& Cricket sets, Wooden and Meclis ical Toys, Crackers, Flags, X'mas Decorations atc., etc.

On View from 13th., December, 1943.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong 11th. December 1933,

Wednesday the 1.36 .

No One without a Badge will be ad- mitted to the Members Enclosure.

Badger admitting Non-Members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms nt $5,00 for Gentlemen and $9.00 for Ladies

(Both

the

THE Undersigned have received cluding Tax) are obtainable through Tinstructions to sell by Pubile including Ter, or personal

Auction

ON

FRIDAY, the 15th December, 1933,

commencing at 5.15 p.m.

at their Bales Room,

4. Buddell Street

japplication of a Member, auch Mem- ber to be responsible for all visitors introduced by him, and for Payment

All Chile. etc. Tho

lof

Secretary's office, 3rd Floor, Glonenster Building. (Tol. 27794), will close at 12 o'clock Noon.

Bodges admitting to Members' En- Race Course.

A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF closure will NOT be on sale at the

POSTAGE STAMPS

comprising:

Fine British Colonial,

Great Britain, Hong Kong,

China,

Old;

On Ne Pretext will Children be per mitted in either Enclosure during the

are obtainable at the Club Japan, Macau, Shanghal, Siam, House provided they are ordered from the No. 1 Boy in advance. Telephone | 21920.

Strait, etc.

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, December 12, 1983,

Undersigned have received

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE. The Price of Admission to the Pablle Enclosure is $2.00 including Tax, for all Parsons, including Ladies, and is payable at the Gate. Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform are admitted HEI Price.

Tic Tac &e, will Precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club during the Race Meeting.

By Order,

C. D. BROWN,

Becretary Hong Kong, 11th December, 1938.

Tinstructions to sell by Puble Bookmakers, The The Men, det vil

Auction

ON

MONDAY, the 18th. Dec., 1925, commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room,

4 Duddell Street.

Fine and Valuable Consignment

of Jewellery

Comprising:

Platinum and gold watches

diamonds, Diamond rings and ear-FURNITURE

rings, Brooches with diamonds} { pearls, Emerald etc., Pearl and diamond necklaces and pendants, diamond cuff links, gold cigarette #craaa etc, etc.

On view from Saturday, the 16th. Decembar 1958. *.

„Tarmet Cash on Delivery.

ALAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 9th Dec, 1988.

DIAL 27761

REMOVALS

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAM",

Partner's minimum requiremente

Declarer's minimum length and strength

With support being bid twice

requires

4 trump tricks

A K 10 x x; AQ J xx Partner's minimum requirements

May raise the rebid with

Q x; 3 10 or X X X

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OR STOMACH NOR LEAVE ANY INJURIOUS AFTER EFFECTS.

Should opener rebid the suit, 5 MINUTES

the inference is at least five cards in length, and subsequent. ly less support in trump is need- ed by partner.

As opening lead of trump is only advisable in special caser, and depends on the cards held and the distribution.

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to publish this hand with the correct way it should be bid, it would be greatly ap preciated by us.

Neither side vulnerable, North dealt. North:-

Spades--A Q J 10 8 7 4

Hearts-A'9...

Diamonds-2

Clubs 9 G

West:

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Spades-3 2

Hearts 6 6 8 2

Diamonds-7 6 5 4 3

Clubs-8 2

South:

Spadea-9

Hearts-K Q7

Diamonds-A 10 9 8

and

Declarer's minimum length and strength Without support being bid three times (either gradually or at once) requires 5 trump tricks A K Q 10: AK 10 x x AK x x x x x etc.

Clubs-A K 8 7 5 "Anchorite" anys:- Pariner's minimum requirements North East,

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No bid C*. 14 St

No bid help in trump from partner

No bid 4 No-strump t 5.No-trump

No bid No. bid 6'8 No bid bid No bid

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RADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong

throughout the ions of women/any other medicine' should hot be

Dow

PORTUGAL PAYS BRITAIN.

Instalments On New Naval Vessels.

The

Lisbon.

DODWELL & Co., Ltd., Distributors. Three Packings: 5's, 105, 27's.

TAXI "WAR" "WITH TOURISTS

Britishers Blockaded In Tangiers.

The Portuguese Government has] MOROCCIAN TRIP CANCELLED Kong Broadcasting Station Z.R.W-paid £52,100 to Messrs. Hawthorn on wavelength of 355 metres (845 and Leslie, the British shipbuilders, K.C.

1-2.16 p.m.-European programme.

1

RépoLocal Time and

Tangier. in settlement of the third Instal- ment for the frat-class sloopa' being have had to cancel their projected A large party of British touriste Weather built by, that firm.

trip into Spanish Morocco owing to {p.m.—Recorded" music, "hawa

They have, also paid Messrs.a "blockade by local taxi-drivera. 1.15 pm relay of the Hong Yarrow and Co. of Glasgow £75,880,As soon as the British visitors Kong

Hotel Orchestra from the Hong the eighth instalment due on the had boarded the exabralon buses Kong Hotel Grill Room.

torpedo-boat, destroyers: "Lima" drawn up on the quay, a fleet of

J

three other follows of your in- A forcing bid, showing at 275 Lugby Press News, etc.Tejo," and "Douro," and the taxicabs dashed up and surrounded

teresting column will you kind-

ly let us know whether or not the lead of a singleton is con- aldared "good bridge."

“Anchorite" says!~~~

Sincerely,

H. B. B.

In a suit on a No-trump bid a worthless singleton may be led when partner has made no bið.

A lead of a singleton of part- ner's bid, against opponent suit bids' is a good: lead.

A doubleton or a singleton in

a sult, bid by one opponent (on)

least 8 honour tricks.

+ Showing an

almost solid

$139

A

Relay lose Down..

from Bombay.

A B.B.C, recorded programme.

Belections by the Cheera: Band from the Studio, * dan makan dal

trump suit. As game has been reached South shows two Aces and a

pert! King

fourth instalment on the destroyer them. The buses could not move. To make their immobility inevit- The sum of £52,800 has been paidable, the taxi-drivers removed parts to Hessrs. Vickers-Armstrong for of their cabs so that they could not

4.30-7.30 p.m.-Chinese programme. 6.5.15 P. Chlidren' Stadio Con- materials as well as £57,000 as the be moved out of the way.

third instalment on 7.30-10.30 p.m. European pro-marines now under construction-eicar a way as far as the centre of Police eventually managed to

An obligatory bid holding the gramma. remaining two Aces.

FOR SALE

1934

left), but denied by the other. POSTAGE STAMF 'CATALOGUES

should be led in preference to

leads from own tenaced aufte Stanley Gibbons Ltd. (any combination of cards not ip

| Part. L. Bells. Empire 2,

sequence in a sult), ieri Part II Foreign Coustries Dear Anchorite:

Comhla The

Must one hold the same num ber, of, trumps to support par mer's opening "Two",bid

zalss him after his declara of "One?"

Would you also tell us wh

7.30-8 pmA Studio_Concert..

1. SongThe Empire Link

Lottie Gordon) Carl Henricks.

2. Pianoforte Solos

(4) Rachmaninofa Prelude is

O Minor U19

(b) Australian Minuet (

Mme. Lottle Gordon Bongaign LA Ros

Dark Henricks

Song-Baleam Elvio Yuen

6. Piano Boldings Car

(a) Bank Lova

Story

b) Hong Kong Sketch.

Chinese Weddings

Reuter.

gramme, k

three sub

Mr. A. J. Allan will talk on

"My Adventure in Chislehurai“ 9.30-10.30 pmFrom the Studio. Selections by The Cheero

asiano, Proffame and Rhapsodie Hate (conducted by

Prot. N

N. A. Tonoff) 2. Blus Proinde of 3. Sentimental

Sportia

Gentleman

Hata

Piss

the town. But here the bases were [again overtaken and encircled by

the taxis,

11

Once again police came to the rescue. Once again the taxis Inter-

cepted the buses, this time at the

passport station, outaide the town.

Two of the leading busss man aged to diab throught but the re- from minder returned to the jetty and

unloaded, their passengers, castrat

Apparently, the taxi-driving wore

6. Fountainstta (conducted by Prof, annoyed because none of the tour.

Night

ist

who were passengers in the Canadian Pacific Railway's Uner

Sultempress of Australia or ware: from hire thair cabe---Reuter,

$11.25 $7.75

stralian Bush Lettle Gordon. Bong-Can't You Hear Me Calling:8, Caroline P

Carl-Henricka. 19.

Local Time a

& CO

The fovernor, with) 0 (5)!)

to Mayfair

Country, (Bustic". Dance)

NAL Tonot)

Na

London Symphony Orchestran con

Should recaption prove sad

Arday

| Carnival Busta, Op, # (Schufakst) - (are) Tor' Russian, Balist):

the programme bokwaan .55 and

dacted by Bie Landon Royald," will be replaced 443 TEMA B.3.0, Recorded Pro-Day