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NOTICE
Tenders are invited for the re- surfacing of four hard Tennis Courts at the United Services Re- creation Club, Gasgoigne Road, Kowloon.
Specifications may be obtainedj from the Hon. Secretary's Office at the above address.
Tenders should be forwarded to the Hon. Secretary's Office not later than 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday, 20th August 1940.
WANTED KNOWN
THE FOLLOWING FIRMS, hav- ing been closed owing to illness, have now
NEW
WINNING
ADVERTISEMENTS CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 15, 1940.·.
SHE GETS LETTER STARS' £15,000 FOR
DAY FROM HER 5 SOLDIER SONS
WAR AID
Famous film stars, including Charles Laughton, Paul Muni, Shirley Temple and James Cagney, took part in a "greatest ever" stage-radio. show on the mammoth CRIME DOESN'T PAY! NO, G When the postman makes his Hollywood platform in aid of the
· Once again we call on the way
down Woodburn Drive. Red Cross European Relief Fund. Bridge hound to become a blood- Dalkeith, Midlothian, Mrs. Gibson A sum of £15,000 was raised. hound. A Bridge murder is is usually waiting for him at the Charles Laughton read Abraham in the hand below, door. And she nearly always Lincoln's famous Gettysburg, PUBLIC AUCTION committed
and it's up to you to detect the gets a letter.
speech and Paul Muni and Shirley
⚫ the hardships For Mrs. Gibson has five sons dramatised
of crime and name the murderer.
on active service. Three, David, evacuated children, separated from Robert and John, are in the B. their parents. E F., George is in China and James in the R.A.F. in the West
CON-
West, Dealer East-West vulnerable
PARTICULARS AND DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY, the 10th day of August, 1940, at 3 p.m. at the Offices of the. Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Wong Nel Chong, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years♡ with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the
His Majesty Surveyor of
the King, for one further term of 75 years.
Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis- posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dol- lars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
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Inland Lot No. 6055 Sing Woo Road, between Mui Hing Street and Hawthorn Road, Wong Nei
Chong.
Registry No.
No. of Sale
Locality
Boundary
Moraurements
N. 8.
E. W.
As per
sule plan
11.
Contents in sq. ft.
Annual Rental
Upset Price
About 37,000.
$680
$18,500
A 10 6 2 10 4
984 3
♡ 7 6
K10 9 8 1 A 7
AQJ8
N
5 2
W
KQ.J. 10 6
S
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49854
2
◊ 62
The bidding: West North
Pass
AKQJ 76.
Country.
Mr. Gibson is doing his bit, too, in the local defence volunteers.
BARE-LEG GIRLS ECONOMY PLAN
TOWN TO AID. AIR
VICTIMS
The Mayor of Cambridge and several councillors have opened a relief fund for the victims of the recent air-raid in. Cambridge- shire,
"The tragedy which has fallen ..
Cam- upon several families in Authorities of Wimbledon bridgeshire is of such a nature County School for Girls, with an that Government compensation eye to economy, instructed their for material loss will be insuf- personal hard- pupils to attend school in future ficient to cover without stockings.
'ship" states the appeal.
K9 3
◊ A 7 3
* 3
Fast
Pass
South
Dbl.
2.4
20
3
4A
5
Dbl.
PASS
Pass
Робо Pass
BA
OFF THE RECORD
1♡
West opened the King of clubs, dummy winning with the Ace.
Three rounds of .
trumps and three
rounds of diamonds followed, East
CARD VALUES
OF THE
-CÉS EVITEN
gaining the lead AC
with the diamond K Queen. East re-QU turned heart, and JACK West collected twoVING, DE TUTACA DE heart tricks to de-NCRANE VARY 63% feat the contract:
Now it's time for Scotland Yard to take over. Was the crime in bidding or play? And who was the criminal? Decide for your- self before reading on.
The crime was in the play, and South was the murderer. Hel should have refused the first trick! | Then he could have discarded a diamond on the club Ace, thus making it possible to set up the diamonds without giving the lead to East. (He would ruff the third diamond.) Dummy's extra dia- monds-would-then-furnish two heart discards, and South would lose, one heart and one club in- stead of two hearts and 'one dia-
resumed business: PUBLIC AUCTIONS mond.
Public
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Casmer-stamps. The Universal Language School. The Interna- tional Translation Office--the Me-| The Undersigned have received teor, Whiteaway's Building. Also instructions to sell by
Yesterday you were Merwin open on Saturdays.
Auction on
Maier's partner and, with neither FRIDAY, the 16th. AUGUST, 1940 side vulnerable, held:
commencing at 2.30 p.m.
TUITION GIVEN
LEARN FRENCH at the Univer- sal Language School. Private les- sons by lady teacher daily, also Saturdays. Special fees for Ser- vice Men. Whiteaway's Building, 2nd floor..
1
at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon.
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE comprising:
EXPERT instructresses for ladies Dressing
A 6 3
Q98
A Q 10 7 4
K 6 2
The bidding:
'Muler
Schenken Pass Pa69
You
Jacoby
20
Pass
(?)
Chesterfield Suites, Sideboards, 14 Dinner Waggons, Dining Tables, 2♡ Chairs, Bedsteads, Wardrobes,
Tables, Chests of ANSWER: Raise to three and young girls in music, short- Drawers, Ice Chests, Hatstands, hearts. You are strong enough hand, typing, bookkeeping and Cabinets, Bookcases, Desks, Card to invite a game, but cannot quite English and French. Apply 24 Tables, Screens, Blackwood & bid it by yourself.
Austin Road, Kowloon.
FOR SALE
Rettan Furniture, etc., etc.
Score 100% for three hearts, Ornaments, Curios, • Electric 60% for two no-trump, 20% for Lamps, Ceiling and Table Fans, three no-trump or four hearts, 01 Cutlery, E. P., Brass, Porcelain for pass. and Glass Ware, Gramophones & Wardrobe & Cabin
HONG KONG DOLLAR DIREC-Records.
TORY 1940 EDITION.On sale at Trunks, Typewriters, Perambula
all Bookstalls and at the Offices of tors, Sewing
the Publishers, Windsor House,
QUESTION NO, 489
To-day you are David Bruce, Machines, Wash Burnstone's
partner, and
GOOD
GROCERIES CHEAP: FOR CASH
ED REEDS
COON
HOLLOW
GROCERY
“Are you sure you need bacon, too?
Here's Luck
The Peter Mad
610 Traune Byndacale
By ED REED.
It's way over in that.corner.
EWO BEER
Tel. 30311
ACT NOW
Des Voeux Road, Central. Tele- Basins, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc. neither side vulnerable, hold:
with In response to numerous requests The South
phones:-20022 & 2001L
MISCELLANEOUS
promptly
-
The
FOR VISITING CARDs neatly and
printed, Newspaper Enterprise Ltd., Wind- sor House, Des Voeux Road; Cen- tral. Telephones:-20022 & 20011
PIPPERMINT
GET
always
delicious
with+
crushed ice
or
Liced water
GET FRERKS- Revel (HGaronne) France
also
2 Electric Refrigerators
1 Gas Range
1 Steel Filing Cabinet
1 "RCA" Radio-gram
1 Adding Machine
1 Cash Register
1 Silver Tray
A AJ 10 7 4 KJ 10 6 8 086
A
The bidding:
Bebenken
Phas
You
14 2♡ Pass '(?)
Burnsions 20 3♡
Jacoby
Pass:
Poos
C
One 18 H.P. "Austin" Motor What do you bid?
1 Silver Bowl
and
[Car.
also
1 Keystone 16 mm Projector
(new)
On View from Thursday, the 15th. August, 1940.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 14th August, 1040.
The Undersigned have received} instructions to sell by Public Auction on
Tuesday, the 20th. August, 1940 commencing at 10.30 a.m.
(Abswer
tomorrow.)
(Released by The Bell Syndi- cate, Inc.)
China Morning Post, Limited, invites sub- scription to
ASSIST A FUND TO BRITAIN'S WAR EFFORT
The whole of the money subscribed will be handed to The Government of Hong Kong for transmission to
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.
SURVIVED DUNKIRK, For the Purchase of Aeroplanes or such
DIED OF HEART DISEASE
other Armaments as the British Government
may decide.
A twenty-one-year-old B.E.F. Donations will be received by The South,
soldier, who survived the perils of
at No. 4. Hart Avenue, Kowloon. Dunkirk, died from heart disease China Morning Post. Cheques should be
A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
On View from Monday, the 19th August, 1940:
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers."
while bathing in a park lake,
This was told at a Halifax in- made payable to "War Fund-South China quest on Private Arthur Stephens,
of High Street, Brierley Hill, Staffs. An officer said that Step-
Morning Post, Limited."
hens had made forced marches up All donations will be acknowledged in the
to Afteen miles a day in France.
The verdict was that he died from heart disease accelerated by Hong Kong, 14th. August, 1940, shock while bathing,
columns of The S. C. M. Post.
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