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MASSAGE
BRIDGE NOTES
UNUSUAL PLAY
By Ely Culbertson
Judging from the Bridge situa- tion in the New York clubs, the depression must be over, for a large proportion of partsccre
EXPERT MASSAGE are being optimistically FOR SPRAINS & STIFFNESS MRS. Y. AMANO
No. 26 Wyndham Street;- Zad Floor
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GENERAL NOTICES
NOTICE
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION
IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that
on
Friday, the 24th July, 1936, commencing, at 2.30 p.m.
at their Sales Room,
4 Duddell Street
A Quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
comprising
FURNITURE
ote
bid to game and not a few hands which should be played at game are being bid to slam contracts. Perhaps, with the rapid growth of the science of play, prospective declarers are becoming ¡confident and forgetting that the defending players are learning a few tricks too. On to-day's hand, though the declarer hit upon the best play to make his optimistic slam contract, the West player saw exactly what he was about and, in defiance of conven- tion, made the only play which would defeat the bid
South, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
S. 10 9 S
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S. 7 6
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D. 98 65 4 C. A 6 5 2 $43
The bidding:
West
Pass 2C
Pass Pass
4C 50
East Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
North
Madeleine Carroll, Godfrey Tearle and Robert Donat are in "The 39 Steps," which will be shown at the King's Theatre on Sunday.
LIBEL APPEAL TO LORDS
Sequel To Servant Enticement Suit.
DEFENCE OF VILLAGE
POST OFFICE
£10,000 AIR RACE
Handicap Details Published
Further details were announced flast month of the air race
from
for
ed-
HIGHER DUTY URGED
Japanese Dumping Of Silk
IMPORTS LARGELY INCREASED
SCHOOL PLAYERS UNIFIED
New Ruling Ordered In Hungary
Budapest
Uniform prayer has been intro-
duced into Hungarian schools, by Dumping of huge quantities of order of Balint Homan, Minister Japanese silk cloth in England at of Public Education: Until now prices-less than the cost of raw the prayers at the beginning and isik to the English manufacturer the end of school days were dif- «
is causing the trade to press for aferent in the various state and the revision of the duty on importedįdenominational schools. silk goods.`
From now on, the girl and the
The Silk Association of Great boy scholars, in the day nurseries Britain and Ireland has applied to up to secondary and teacher-train- the Import Duties Advisory Com-ing-schools, will say the mittee to hold an enquiry.
prayers. The only difference be tween the Roman Catholics sid
gathe
In 1933 Britain imported 10,697,- 993 sq. yds. of silk goods from the pupils of other denominations Japan; in 1934 16,339,524, and last will be the permission given to the year 20,083,060, out of a total of first to make the sign of the cross at the beginning and the end of |31,588,773 sq- yds, imported.
the prayer.
In 1935 sales of Japanese silk
Before going home, the scholars goods in this county were double-
[have to stand up, as they have in those of our home manufacturers the morning, and pray. Then they
Chief Complaint
say the few words of the Hon- garian Creed and sälute stiffly. "Our chief complaint concerna The purpose of uniform prayers is cloth imported "in the loom state to help erase differences between that is, cloth to be dyed and the scholars of various religions. printed in England,” said Mr. G. Ball, secretary of the Silk Asso- ciation.
The duty on this class of cloth "BLUE" FINED £5 was reduced in 1954 to 23. 34. per weight, plus 25 per cent.
ad valorem duty. The result was
a flood of cloth of this kind from Japan.
Public Telephone Damaged
An appeal in connection with England to Johannesburg, the Cookham Dean servant girl which Mr. L W. Schlesinger has lenticement case came before Lord offered £10,000 prize-mones,
There will be two divisions, one Atkin, Lord Russell of Killowen! and Lord Macmillan in the House in which the greatest speed will win, the other in which perform of Lords last month.
After arguments by counsel the ance will be judged on a handicap based on a formula taking into hearing was adjourned.
Mr. Alexander Churchill Sim, account payload, all-up weight of
"In 1933 we fmported about. Black Wood 13
A famous Weisir Bugby interna- per share, subject to deduction of Office Furniture,
of Old Barton, Cookham Dean, the aircraft, horse-power of Income Tax, has been declared for Carpets, Rugs, Upright Pianos,
Berkshire, appealed from a deci-gines, area of wing surfaces, and 100,000 sq. yds. of cloth in the
loom state from Japan; in 1935)tional three-quarters and double the HALF YEAR ending 30th June Typewriters, Gramaphones and 48
sion of the Court of Appeal af- estimated air speed.
Entry forms are obtainable from the quantity was 7,500,000 square Blue for Rugby and cricket, Wi
fred Wooller, an undergraduate 1935 at rate of 1/3.5/16 per Dollar. Records, Cash Register, Refrigera-6
The fault in reaching 'this slam firming a verdict of £250 damagesj
the Secretary of the Royal Aero yards." oa THE DIVIDEND will be pay-tors, Sewing Machines, Clocks..
Club.
-The obstacle to a revision of the of Christ College, Cambridge, was able on and after 10th August Electric Table Fans and Lamps,jef course was almost entirely that on a libel issue in the case
Over two which Mr. Justice Talbot had
import duties is the British trade last month fined £5 at Cambridge for having been concerned with 1936 at the offices of the Corpora- Porcelain and Glass Ware, Brass of the South player. tion, where Shareholders are re-and E.P. Ware, Cutlery, Mirrors, clubs South should not have forc-given judgment for the plaintiff,
terminated at three graduate of Christ Coffege, in wil- Pictures, Linen, Curtains, Ice/ed with three hearts but should Mr. Herbert Mercer Stretch, of fell within the definition of Ebei agreement with France, whica Percy Brewer, another
jaccepted by the courts as the cor- could be quested to apply for Warrants.
THE REGISTER OF SHARES Chests, Filters,, Ornaments, etc, have bid four spades, at which Applewood, Cookham Dean.
point the bidding would probably Mr. Stretch was also awarded rect one that it was without months' notice. Both the Board of
Andrews-street. Cambridge. of the Corporation will be closed etc.
have died. South's optimistic 26 on the ground that Mr. Sim justification or lawful excuse, and Trade and the French authorities fully damaging a public telephone from 27th JULY to 8th AUGUST
a house-maid named was calculated to injure the repu- are believed to be unwilling to dis-They pleaded guilty. bidding, particularly in view
P.C. Lewis said he heard a lond (both days inclusive)
the void in his partner's suit, is Edith Saville from his employ. Notation of another by exposing him turb this arrangement,
It is, however, pointed out that noise in the PO. telephone kiosk. which period no transfer of
hard to account for.
appeal was made on the entice-to hatred, contempt or ridicule.
Whether the publication was of the present Japanese inroads into The microphone had been wren- At any rate, South found him-¡ment issue.
that character was for the jury to the British market are spoiling itched off and was missing. He Questions Involved self at a six-spade contract andį.
upor as a question of for the French exporter as well as followed the accused men and ar- Mr.-G. O. Slade, for Mr. Sim, pronounce West made the best possible open-
'for British manufacturers.
rested Brewer. Wooller ran away. ing. the spade ten. South saw said questions involved in the ap-fact. that his contract could be ful-peal were whether words contain filled if the diamond finesse work-jed in a telegram, dictated overi ed, as with two entries to dummy the telephone, sent by Mr. Sim to Mr. Stretch were capable of a de-! the clubs could be set up
Ace. Thus famatory meaning; whether Me matter who had the
Shares can be registered.
during
By Order of the Board of
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Directors,
V. M. GRAYBURN. Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 7th July, 1936.
NOTICE.
and
One Steel Desk,
On View from Thursday, the 23rd. July, 1936.
Terms: Cash on Delivery
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 20th July 1936.
THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public
T
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & Auction.
MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
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Monday, the 27th July, 1936, commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, Duddell Street
of Bronze A Fine Collection
Marble Statuettes and
IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that MR. D. L. KING will relin- quish, at his own request, his ap pointment as Secretary of this Company on July 21st 1936; and and that MR. J. C. GUTERRES as Figures. beer appointed to be Acting-Se- cretary of the, Company with ef fect from that date.
By Order of the Board
D. L. KING,
Secretary. Hong Kong, July 21st., 1936.
PUBLIC AUCTION
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ARTICULARS & CONDI
PONS of the Sale by Public
Auction to be held on MONDAY. the 27th day of July, 1936, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Sham- shuipo in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, commenc ing from 1st July, 1898 with the option of renewal at a Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 24 years less the last three days thereof.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis- posal of the lot the purchaser wil be required to deposit with an au- thorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hun dred dollars, $200.00 in cash. This sum will be refunded on pay- iment of the purchase price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT
1. No, of Bals
Registry No.
Locality.
New Kowloon Jaland
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Boundary
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FOR SALE
FIRST THROUGH FLIGHT COVERS
via Imperial Airways
from Hong Kong
of had enticed
no
a heart finesse and break did not Justice Talbot misdirected the This line jury; and whether the damages. seem to be necessary.
of play would have worked had awarded were excessive.
not the West player risen magni- fcently to the occasion.
The telegram said: "Edith has resumed her service with us to day. Please send her possessions,
the
con-
On the low diamond lead at Trick 4 West stopped to review and the money you borrowed, also the situation. He knew from her wages, to Old Barton-Sim"
The innuendo alleged in South's diamond play that the South hand must be void of clubs, statement of claim, counsel for otherwise that suit would have tinued, was that the words meant that Mr. Stretch was in pecuniary been tackled immediately. It was
difficulties; had been compelled to borrow from the housemaid; and; had failed to pay her wages.
obvious to West, therefore, that South was going to try to set
..
"publics-
the club suit and to do so he need-
Submitting that the words were ed to find two diamond entries to
not defamatory, counsel said the daxumy. Consequently West, on the low diamond lead, contrary to only allegation of publication was all elementary rules of defensive that the telegram was published play, jumped up with his diamond to employees of the Post Office He did not dispute that, in the le King
gal sense, there was This was a play that could not|tion.” Jose If East held the Queen it (would always make, as from the bidding it was. clear that East could
possibly have singleton diamond.
the Од
Mr. Slade: Yes, one of the other hand, if South's original]
was misdirection of the jury was! diamond holding was the Queen-rounds on which I submit there small and not three or more dia-that Mr. Justice Talbot, in his monds, the play of the King would summing-up, said the Post Office definitely shut out South's second servants might communicate the eatry to dummy.
substance of the telegram to other
not To Calcutta, Mapilà, Paris, Swiss, Toronto, Boston, New York, Melbourne, etc.
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Repetition Of Libel? Lord Atkin: Is there not a duty Jon Post Office servants not to dis-!
clase anything?
When West jumped up with his persons. That might amount to a diamond King, South was stymied repetition of the libel.
He had to change his campaign Mr. Stade said the Post Office immediately, so after winning with was in a grocer's shop at Cookham the diamond Ace he went after Village." No evidence was called the heart suit. But, though the to show that the telegram had ac- hearts were divided 2-2, the tually been published to any per-{ King was not correctly located; son: and as a result South had to lose. Mr. Slade recalled that the
em-
two heart tricks and went down Court of Appeal's decision was by Jone Of course, had West play-la majority. He contended that it ed a low diamond, the Jack in was improper to suggest, as Mr. dummy would have won the trick Justice Talbot did, that an The King of clubs could then ployee in a village post office. was have been led through East and more likely to pass on information now the Ace of diamonds would conveyed in a telegram than any have provided re-entry to run the other postal employee. dummy's set up clubs, and seven
Misdemeanou would have been made.
FOUR DAYS IN BUSHES
Any post office employee dis {closing such information would be) committing a misdemeanour and. be liable to 12 months' imprison iment 13
An elderly man giving his namne Mr. J. P. Eddy, KC, for Me as Frank Robinson, found Stretch, pointed out that the post wounded and ill by children in office to which the telegram W25] bushes at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, sent was a grocer's shop at which
Safety Razor last month. He had lain there Mr. and Mrs. Stretch dealt. Both
four days after, t is alleged, cut-were well known to the persons ting his wrist in a suicide attempt jemployed in that shop. The publication, he
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