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GENERAL NOTICES

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BRIDGE NOTES

Syncopating A "Flat" Hand

By Ely Culbertson

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1935

When the hands in a duplicate tournament are “"fat" most ex- perts go to extraordinar Pengths to earn a top-score. In the deal a pair of well- featured below known experts arrived at a ter- rible spot by dint of dark and devious bidding, but aided by the fact that the bidding had been so silly that declarer could not 'read the cards with

any sort of.. ae- curacy, they contrived to pull the band out of the fire by, brilliant play.

North, Dealer

North and South vulnerable North-

S9 6

HQ 37 6 5 4 D.- 754

C-3

West:-

THE DIVIDEND will be pay able on and after MONDAY, 12th AUGUST. 1995; at the oficus of・-

S-K 10 7 2 K-AK D-AK 6 C-KJTS.

the Corporation, where Share-East- holders are requested to apply for. Warrants.

THE REGISTER OF SHARES

SJ 8543 H.-9

D.-8 3 2 C-11932

of the Corporation will be closed from MONDAY, 29th July to South- good SATURDAY: 10th AUGUST (both

during No-days inclusive)

which

HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY 1935-On sale at all Book-stalls and at the Offices of the Publishers, 3A, Wyndham Street

period ng transfer of shares can be registered.

"COASTWISE" Aa -interesting į w book of cartoons depicting "Exppen- ings" on the China Coast. Price $1, on sale at the "China Mail" ofces.) 3A. Wyndham Street

MISCELLANEOUS

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LAMMERT BROS.

AUCTIONEERS. APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.

Public Auctions

HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public

....

Auction

Monday, the 12th. August, 1935 commencing at 2:30 pm. at their Sales Room, Daddell Street

A Quantity of

VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

comprising:-

Chesterfield Suites, Bed Room and Dining Room Furniture, Of- Ace Furniture, Carpets and Rugs, Cushions, Eider-Down, Blankets, Curtains. Linen, Ornaments, Pic- Aures, Glass and Porcelain Ware, Brass and Alaminium Ware. Ice Chests, Clocks, Gramaphotes and Records, Electric F1!

and Lamps, Radio Sets, Typewriters. Sewing Machines, etc., etc

also

A Selection of Elack Wood Furniture and

Que Piano By "Youtrie"

Two "G. E" Electric Befriger ators.

Da View from Saturday, the 10th. Angust, 1995.

Terms: Cash on Delivery

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers- Hong Kong, 7th August, 1935.

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:-

ISLAND

Victoria Peak

Fest 1,823

Signal Station

1,774

Mt. Parker

1,734

Mountain Lodge

1,225

The Eyrie

Peak Hotel

1,725 1,305

Taikoo Sanatorium 1,000

Mt. Davis

877

"MAINLAND:

Taimoshan

Kowloon Peak

2724 193

Bowen Road (filterbeds)- 297

By Order of The Board of

Director

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong. 10th July, 1935

This is the way to open the new Kiwi tin---

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A

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JUST RECEIVED.

FIRST SUPPLY --

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE

SEEDS.

GRACA & CO. Dealers in Garden Seeds, Postage Stamps, Beligious Goods,

Toys, Etc.NE

No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, P.O. Box No. 620. HONG KONG

Agents for

Sutton & Sons, Ltd., Bending. Toogood & Sons, Ltd., Southampton. Arthur Yates & Co. Sydney⠀

S-A Q

H-10 8 32

D. Q 10 9

C-AQ 54

West South

The bidding: (Figures, after bids refer to numbered explana tory paragraphs.) North East Pass Pass 3 H (2) Pass Redbl

much better.

INT (1) DEL

Pass(8) Dbl

Bibl. (6) Pass

Rosemary Ames and Ramell Sardie me screen sweethearts

in Fox Film's "Under Tropic Sk ies,” which will soon be shovu at the Alhambra Theatre.

PHYSICAL FITNESS, SHOPLIFTER WIVES

IN BRITAIN

Problem Of Creating An "A1" Nation

B.M. A. REPORT

rate

Bench's Sympathy With Husbands

BRITAINS SAFE RAILWAYS

Only One Passenge 96,000,000 Killed

SEVENTEEN DEATHS FROMFE TRAIS ACCIDENTS

Only one railway (passe

în every 96,000,000 carted was

“besin accidents. killed in Great Britain last year, and omej in 3,000,000 injured.

The incidence of all casualty (omitting cases of trespass and suicide) in train and movement accidents amounted in 1939 to as killed and 17 injured per $1,000,000 traîn miles. -

These figures are given in the annual report to the Minister of Transport, riade by the Chif Inspecting Officer of Railways. ĮR

Two Accents

The number of passengers killed in traîn accidents in 1964 was 17 The deaths onmeed in two accidents, and although

RADIO

Kong Bes

the highest since 1928, they ↑ "Map and Cinem compare with an average of 13

for the five-year period 195

1929

The number of passen

injured was 554, which is appen ciably less than the

year and below the average

the five years.

Lac

THE REAL SUFFERERS

In accidents other than besim 4: K Mr. Geoffrey Rose, the magis-accidents caused by or connect-

at West Landon Police-ed with the movement of zză

vehicles. 68 passeng The necessity of raising the court expressed sympathy new way national standard of physical cently for the husbands of two were killed and 4.319 injured-j

who pleaded guilty to These casualties. It is stated. fitness is stressed and sugges-pomeni

dresses and other were as usual mainly dae to tions are made for the training, stealing

Old Problem -.

of teachers and appointment of articles, valued at £6 13s, from a misadventure or carelesszeŃS the part of passengers the (4) qualified organisers by local Kensington stores.

education authorities in a pre- When he told the two women, selves.

In 210 accidents at leveli (5)-3 S

liminary report, of the Physical both of whom wept bitterly, that Education Committee which they would be fined 40%, with crossings 31 persons were kik- Pass (7) Pass

been was set up by the British Medi-2 2s costs. they looked rounded and 68 injured., including 25 1-One club would have

cal Association in January. The the court for their husbands pedestrians, of whom 19 weej Thel 2-Attempting to hoodwink East Committee hopes to issue a fall!" "It is all very well looking for killed and six injured.

and West out of a game. and comprehensive review of its your husbands," said Mr. Rose-averages for the five-year period! 3-South realises that. North far-reaching inquiries early I am extremely sorry for them 1925-1929 were 51 killed and

would have redoubled with a next year.

The worst feature of these cases injured. is that the fine so very often has very good hand and that this bid shows ether very good Inquiries by this Committeelt come out of the husband's poc- distribution or, since be bas have already covered machiket. and it is he and the children already passed, is an attems: ground towards the eventual who suffer. I hope you will see HORATIAN SOCIETY

solation of a problem which has that pay the fine yourselves.”

The women, Mildred Lovell, 34, confronted the authorities con- cerned for many years,

of Eastcote, Middlesex, and Hilds The Committee's full report Smith, 28, of Acton, stated that will discuss the part which may they came up to Londen that little appropriately be played by the morning to visit the sales and plan will not work unless he medical profession in the pro-were overcome by a sudden temp can inject some more doubt motion of physical efficiency as tation into the proceedings. His re-distinct from the prevention and double is designed to West pass East's next bid, in the expectation that North will also of the place which games! should occupy in a comprehen- take some action.

and de sive scheme of physical educa 6-South gets the idea

cides to do a little monkestion business on his own account that He hopes and prays

ing the third. Accordingly he North will not be able to stand started off by discarding a dia-

to fool the adversaries 4-West does not now care whe ther his partner. interprets this as a Penalty or Takeout Double.

5-North fears that his

have treatment of diseases-

A special study is being made

£3000 FOR GOBLET

Jacobite Anthem On

a

Amen Glass

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RARE SPECIMEN

DINNER

Odes Chanted

The Horatian Society held a dinner, mader the chairmanship of Viscount Hereford, on July 19, at the hall of the Car wainers* Company.

Street in honour of the limit. La

lenary of Horace's birth.

as Deinng Wal

Sir John Simon and Amery delivered tributes to the }memory of the poet, "and sumelty Sena at the odes were chanted to Reader) Iselected melodies Offers be

sides members of the sucinta, canda Bar Five Is

the double and will rebid his mond on the Ace of hearts, led. What is an Amen Glass to be were present as guests. hearts The opponents will the King of diamonds and noted worth £300? The answer was pro- probably then not bid four that South played the ten-spot; vided at Christie's recently when spades, which South fears is laid down the Ace of diamonds, a goblet with a drawn trumpet BROADCASTING IN *ice cold."

and felt decidedly unhappy when bowl, inscribed with the complete North has been so Machiavel South played the Queen (that Jacobite Anthem of 28 lines, end-

HONG KONG lian that he does not realise astute gentleman, of course, sawing with a pious "Amen," caused that South is doing the same the plot).

a bout of bidding before Figures For July thing. With his singleton The declarer now turned a fishy Cecil Davis could win is at the club he hopes to contribute

ege upon the dummy and de-price mentioned.

The actual hours of trang S some tricks to the cause of

Three of the typical lines run:sion of programades by sperately led the ten of spades. "setting the vulnerable

"God. blits the Prince of Wales oppe-South felt quite a bit happier at

The true born Prince of Wales Hong Kong. Brondeusting Cen nents.

this turn in the proceedings, be

Sent us by Thee."

[mittee during the soufla Oppressed with a sense of grim cause it now seemed that at least "Bliss" for "bless" indeed, is July totalled 27225, of whi foreboding at the conclusion of declarer would

meteoric bidding, South

overtricks A brief calculation in each of the four verses, and 173.50 were devoted to Eure-

in the last lines are fulminatimus{pean programmes and 964- opened the deuce of hearts The

conviured him that the contrzet

against Heresie" and "Whigs Chinese, the percentages effect on the other three player could be held to three, with

Hypocrisie when the dummy went down was

North rather remarkable

and South almost collapsed, and East looked like a man whose death

this

not make

troj

pass bility--and here South beld contract his breath-that the might even be defeated

Since declarer had not overcall-

sentence has just been reprieved.ed three hearts it was improbable

Other inscriptions on this rare glass (made rarer by the figure ruming through the cipher and not in the lower

The King of hearts won the first that he had a six-card spade suit. roll) are "To His Royal High- trick, and East decided to get in-

to his hand by discarding a dis- Therefore North probably had ones the Duke" and "To the In mond or the Ace of hearts, cash-more trump. ing the high diamonds, and

A Philosopher On

"Life"

East was marked trease of the Royal Family ** ruf-as having had orig sally only one

heart and his attempt to get into RUNAWAY RAILWAY

his hand marked him with only three diamonds. He should there- fore have four clubs and North. thus, a singletma

COACHES

Siding Mystery

All of this fashed through “Life," said Josh Billings, is one South's brain in the space of time

Eight milway darned thing after another Which occupied in picking up the spade coaches which had been left in explains just why, when you miss

Without a second's besi- the daily habit even for twenty Queen,

began to Leith, mysteriously four hours, you feel off-colour, tation, be slapped down the Ace siding near Newhaven Junction, headachy, Tiverish, biljons, crochets of clubs and followed with move and ran down the LXS. depressed

other club Of course, declarer

line to a goods yard in Portland- And it also is the reason why a

place recently. Little dose of Pinketter, taken when should have realised that South

After gathering guing to bed, quickly sets things would not have bid notramp with right Pinkettes work while you two short suits, but by this time sleep in no pleasent

sense of declarer was thoroughly confused nearly 40 miles

jumped the pa but easily and naturally, and was afraid that South had batters and tore thro good time to enable you only two, clubs, and that to take begin the new day feeling quite and would permit North fence at the goods

Course,

your cheery, normal self.

King

For the correction of intestinal to win the Queen anacisness, digestive disorders, partner a ruff. and the troubles which folleri

clube was therefore play their train, there is nothing to mur

Norther pass Pinkettes:

Sold by chemisi

with his last trump, and evergikere.

of nothing could repre

from winning the Queen of non and the Ace of sped Dow contrac

6555 20 34

ADAMSIES SOUS THE SER