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Scottsboro Judge
BRIDGE: NOTES.
CONTRACT, BRIDGE
BY ANCHORITE
XVII
Culbertson's system of bidding). This series of articles is based
A TOURNAMENT BLUNDER Bidding Out of Turn Thirty-six Bridge masters engag- ed in a free-for-all struggle to de- cide Who was really Who, in the Individual Masters' Event in New
York. on September 15,
MR. HARRY FONG, DENTIST, DR. & L. KWONG, Dental Surgeon
WISHES TO ANNOUNCE THE Perhaps the most amusing hand REMOVAL OF THEIR OFFICES the big battle produced was one in
From
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Judge W. W. Callahan Interest in the celebrated Scotts. boro case, now coming up for the third time at Decatur, Ala......- hay... been intensified by the appeal of defees, attorney Samuel Leibowitz to President Roosevelt to send troops to protect his seven negre clients. Judge W. W. Callahan it presiding at the trial.
SEA-SERPENT OFF VICTORIA
80-Foot Monster In Canadian Waters.
A
SEEN BY THREE PEOPLE
Victoria, British Columbia. The sea serpent has appeared again. This time it has been seen by no less than three people- Victoria lawyer, his wife and a {yachtsman.
The three wore fishing in Cab- boro Bay, Vancouver Island when
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8 pm Local Time' and Weather
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La Clochette (Faganini),
The Dance of the Goblins (Bazzini), Alfredo Roda
Song
Zigeuner ("Bitter Sweet"
Coward),
If Love Were All ("Bitter Sweet”—|
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Still an the Night✅ (Bohm), Homing (Del Riool,
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10.15-10.38
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Eugby Mid-day Press Nows, 10.35 p.m. Close Down.
The South player, as soon as he they saw a huge monster, 80 feet Bradenburg Concerto No. 5 in D picked up his hand, immediately long, 20 feet thick and with the became excited by the array of profile of a camel rear out of the high cards, and bid one spade, water and scratch its neck on the when, much to his chagrin, he was harnacles of the rocks. Judging told that he was not the Dealer. by what appeared to be a amils on The Duplicate penalty for a bid the long underslung jaw. It appear out of turn when it is one's left-led to enjoy itself immensely. The hand opponent's turn to bid is that serpent then made off in, the direc: Should reception prove satisfactory the partner of the offender meyition of Chatham Island, while the the programme between 5 and 6 p.m. not bid for the rest of the hand.
observers went to examine the will be replaced by a relay from West, trying to make the most of abrasion on the rocks.
¡Daventry. the situation, and trying to make Following the announcement it hard for South, opened the bid- that the sea-serpent had been seen, ding with one club, and East Im a member of the Archives start of mediately bid two clube. South, the British Columbia Legislature having no way of ascertaining has now come forward and declar what his partner held, knew thated that he, his wife and his son
LIONS TERRORISE DARWIN DISTRICT
Recently,
he must gamble and contract for saw the same or a similar creature Three Natives Attacked
by himself. Accordingly, at the very place over a year ago, he bid four spades. West, not bo- but had said nothing about it we ing vulnerable, immediately went they did not expect their story to to five clubs.
be believed. Reuter. When it came round to South
CHRISTMAS & NEW again, he decided that would go by
YEAR HOLIDAYS
December 23rd, 24th & 26th.
Kowloon
on the
the one reading bo had
DUMMY PROBLEM No. 2: hand, and that was that West had
The following is the solution to: ino defence, He decided to play the Dummy Problem which appear- Three Express trains daily will this one bit of information he had od yesterday. Irun between Kowloon and Canton to the hilt, and came out with the South, Dealer (and vice versa, as follows:--- junusual call of six spades. In Neither side vulnerable
jother words, on a hand containing Six Hearts bid and made
about five potential losing tricks North:- a.m. p.m. p.m. 'he bid a Slam all by himself.
3.-A den. 8.15 12.43 435] A club was opened, South wit arr. 11.25 3.56 7.45 ning with the Ace, and then the |Ace of spades disclosed the trump am. p.m. p.m. 'situation, Acordingly Dummy's dep. 8.00 12.55 5.10 two cards of reentry had to be arr. 11.08 4.07 8.19 used to finesse against East's:
Queen and Ten of trumps, leaving no further card of reentry to lead
Canton
¡Canton ¡Kowloon
1
H.---K J 8 8 D.-K.Q 54 C.-10 9.7 8 West:--
S-10 9 8 7
D.-9.7 2 C-AK Q4 2
December 30th, 31st, January 1st up to Déclarer's heart Queen. East:—
and 2nd.
| Kewloon (Canton
However, on the Ace of hearts East dropped the Ten-spot, and
H-10′ 5,2; dep. 8.15 12.15 Declarer knew that if East had
DJ 65 either the Enave-Ten alone or the -BIT. 11.25 · 8.56 7.45
C65 King-Ten alnoe the contract could South-S be made, provided he guessed "the am. pim. p.m.
~ 8 −K Q JA dep. 8.00 12.55 5.10 situation. From the bidding he
H-AK748. MFT. 11:08 4.07 8.19 finally decided that East probably
DA 10
8 had the King of Hearts and, there C-8. fore, his only hope was it was now The bidding;— blank and would drop on the lead South West (of a low card. Obviously, the ER low heart lead worked, and De 8 8. THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB clarer was able to fulfil his con- NT
Canton Kowloon
SPORT NOTICES.
NOTICE
MEE entries for the ANNUAL
MEETING, 195
close at 3.00 p.m. on SATURDAY, 20th January, 1984;).
Members are reminded that no, horse le eligible to enter for any { race mosting of this Club until an Oncial Racing Certificats shall have been obtained in respect of the 'horne, ka
All Kember intending Griffins at the Annual requested : to
CAFE de LUXE Racing Certis
snah Grifins
who
|tract",of six-odi.
North East
2 C8H No bid No bid 4 H Nokid No hid GH No bid,
No ́bid - No, bid':
POP-When He Got Out To Fix Her
GOAT KRAAL RAIDED
Bulawayo.
Lions have been particularly Jactive and daring in the Darwin
district recently.
4
At Busambo one got into goat kraal and gorged to such an extent that he was unable to to force his way out; and 'was killed by the native owner of the kraal with an assegni, za pom
At the Wild Dot Mine Kons have been heard every night one wad wounded by a trap gun after killing a donkey, and its apaor was followed by a party of na [tives. The lion' suddenly sprang from the bushes, and attacked them, one of the natives being badly, mauled, we tes
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RUSSIA'S FOREIGN TRADE DECLINES.
Rags To Germany Only Increase.
Helsingfors, Germany, is earning the title
poles when a lion pounced on ish President, has saved 50,000 of the "rag merchant" of the him, and inflicted injuries. from pesetas (£1,850) out of his service U. S S. R
which he died shortly after budget..
ARAKAT K Exports from the Sow The money is being returned to during the Arst half While a native was out walk the Treascry ing with two dogs on a farm near
only goods which
The President, has 'a mary_of
Trelawney the dogs put up a 1,000 pesetan a year ($27,000) and abroad in incr
being rags eXPOR
leopard. The animal showed
allowances totalling 1,250,000 fight, and, in order to save the (38,000) mostly for the up keep into the, WA SE
The value of dogs, the native attacked the leopard armed only with a knob of the palace,
by over 50 per cen kerrie,' and after a desperate Senor Zamora does not live at half of 1933, com struggle succeeded in kiling it, the palace, but retires daily to his correspo ling period
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