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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940

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(By The Four Aces)

CRIME DOESN'T FAY! NO. 9. Although criminals seem to get slyer and subtler every day, we

TWO MONTHS

AN R.A.F. FLYING OFFICER recently in hos-

still have with us the primitive pital has been honoured by the King for the second

gentleman who hits his victims]

on the head with a cudgel; and time in two months. He is Flying Officer Newell ERAL MEETING will be held at to-day's, bridge "crime" is of this Orton, twenty-five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.

on primitive, order.

the above CLUB, at 8 p.m.

THURSDAY, 12th September, 1940,

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PUBLIC AUCTIONS

JARDINE, MATHESON

& CO., LTD. General Agents. Hong Kong, 10th Sept., 1940.

South, Dealer

Neither slo vulnerablæ

K 6 8.2

♡ AJ 8 8

◊ A 8 7

A Q 10 4

'N

♡ Q 10

W

OQJ 10.

Q9532

AJ 7

K975

4

S

◊ 9543

3 7

A 9 8 6 6.2 OK 6 2

AK 10 6

The South

bidding:

West

North

14 1A

Рабо

Pass

Рада

OF THE

KINGER QUEEN 1 JACK

a

Pass

Orton, of Bridge End, Warwick.

In May he was awarded the Flying Officer Fred Wace Snell, D.F.C. On June 21 his name op: Flying Officer James Edward Ver- peared in the Air Ministry, list non (since reported missing) and Ba wounded in action. By that Pilot Officer Peter William Olber. time he had shot down five Ger Mould. man 'planes.

D.F.M-Flight-Sergeant Francis He now receives a bar to his Joseph Soper, Sergeant William D.F.C.

Ralph Crich, Sergeant Lionel San- "That's grand! bed no idea derson Pilkington, Sergeant Ray- that there was anything like that mond Arthur Cecil de Courcy in the air," salti Flying Officer White. Orton, when a reporter told him One of the officers honoured shot the news of his new award. down four enemy aircraft in the.

Crash Into Wood

FOR THE 1 MAN

+

IN 7 WHO SHAVES

EVERY DAY

"I was with my squadron yes-first five days of the Germans' big terday, and they knew no more attack. about it than I did. They'll be Another took part in ten com- 9th June, 1933 for Fifty Shares

Eastbucked when they hear about it." bats against enemy aircraft in as numbered 35386/35435 in the

1♡

He is staying with his parents many days. On one occasion this above Office, standing in the name

SA Pass in-Warwick, while recovering from officer led five Hurricanes against of Mr. Harry Adolph Lucker, of

of twenty-tive Pass Pass wounds received when his 'planeja bomber escort Tientsin, has been lost, and should the same not be produced before

West opened the Queen of dia- was shot down during an air fight. Messerschmidt 110s, six of which

the He said:

were destroyed. the 24th September, 1940, a new monds, South winning - with

"I was flying one of four of our Scrip Certificate will be issued in King. Declarer cashed the top planes which met a number of! favour of the said Mr. Harry

spades and the top Messerschmidt 110s not far from HIGH CARD VALUES clubs, and then Adolph Lucker, and no transac-

club in our aerodrome. We went for them. tion taking place under the old roR-ACES SYSTEM · Tuffed

but I had the bad luck to be shot Scrip Certificate will be recognis-

dummy.

down at a height of only 500ft. I The next slep

for it with a dose of was to return to jumped

shoulder and y his own hand in shrapnel in my order to ruff out burned hand and face, the last club. He therefore cashed the heart Ace and led a low heart from the dummy.j But East ducked, allowing West! to win the trick. And West-drew FRIDAY, 13th September, 1940 BUY YOUR EASTERN STAMPS spade Queen and cashed the club dummy's last trump with the

crashed into a wood. The trees Not a Soap, Needs No Brush! commencing at 11 a.m.

from Casmer, Whiteaway Build-Queen. at their Sales Room, No. 2, Coning, 2nd Floor.

South eventually lost a

Dailyshaving leaves many men's faces Big bargains in diamond, for a one-trick set. naught Road, Central, 2nd Floor whole collections. Open till 5.30

"T had a German pistol "col-mw and sensitive. Yet, because of his Now it's up to the Bridge

a German plane business and social status, one out of A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE|p.m, daily, also Saturdays.

sleuths. You don't need a micros-lected from HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND

cope, for South's crime was pretty which had been shot down, and every 7 men must shave every day. crude. Can you detect it before some Frenchmen who CHEAP SALE OF RELIGIOUS

thought I was a Jerry. ARTICLES for one week only reading on?

South's crime was in winning] "They looked a bit fierce, and Also one banjo, one mandoline}

own hand. they managed to grab the pistol suitable for orchestra, cost 175 the first trick in his

some R.A.F. men Hong Kong, 11th September, 1940.Jrupees. The Meteor, Whiteaway He should have taken it with the Fortunately

and put things Building, 2nd Floor. Open till 5.30 diamond Ace, saving the King for then turned up

a later entry. Then after ruffing right. The Undersigned have received p.m. daily, also Saturdays.

the first club, he could have re- "After that I was sent home to instructions to sell by --Public

turned via the diamond King to recover from my wounds. I heard Auction on

ruff out the last club.

The Undersigned 'have received instructions to sell by Auction on

SUNDRIES

Terms: Cash on delivery

Public

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

FRIDAY, 13th -September, 1940'

commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room,

No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE comprising:-

Drawing Room, Bed Room, Dining Room and Office Furniture; Carpets,

Rugs, Wardrobe and

FOR SALE

TO LET

··0... ✡

Yesterday you were Merwin TOLET-Big bright office suit-Maier's partner. and, with both table for import firm or. doctor sides vulnerable, you held: Fittings and furniture must bel taken over. Write Box No. 157 c/o "China Mail."

FOR SALE

Cabin Trunks, Ornaments, Curios, HONG KONG DOLLAR DIREC- Electric Fans and Lamps, E.P., TORY 1940 EDITION.-On sale at Brass, Glass and Porcelain Ware, ill Bookstalls and at the Offices off Gramophones and Records, he Publishers, Windsor House, Cameras, Cutlery, Pictures, Cook-Des Voeux Road, Central. Tele- ing Utensils, etc., etc.

hones:-20022 & 20011

also

A Few Pieces of Blackwood

Furniture and

1 Enamel Bath

1 Remington Typewriter

1 Pair Binoculars

1 Iron Safe

2 Porcelain Wash Basins

1 R.C.A, Radio-gram

On View from Thursday, the

12th September, 1940.

Terms: Cash on delivery

TUITION GIVEN

Q10·8 2 ♡ JG 3

108. 2 K 4

The bidding: Schenken

You

1

Рабо

Jacoby

1♡

INT *Pass

Pass

3NT

Pass

Maior Pass Pasa

ANSWER: The deuce of spades. The choice is between spades and' diamonds; and the opponents are

"Some of the rigging lines of

the parachute had been shot away, but I didn't have time to A Special Shave Cream-It's

feel bad about that before

broke my fall, otherwise I might have broken my neck.

came up

To meet this condition, Williams has now developed GLIDER-1 spo- / cial cream for daily shavers. With no soap base, it's a complete departure from ordinary shave creams. No brush.Nolather. Notaticky.orgreasy. A superabundance of moisture is afterwards that mine was the only contained in this rich cream. It British plane to be lost in that won't dry an your face. Applied with scrap, but we got five Germans." the fingers, it quickly softens cach--

Flying Officer Orton revealed whisker. A protective layer is formed that his hag of Nazi 'planes had over which your razor glides. Off

• totalled "thirteen at the time he comes each hair at the base without was shot down.

scraping. Like a cold cream, Glider helps keep your skin smooth all day. Glider is the result of nearly 100 years' experience in making fine shaving preparations.

10 Fights In 10 Days

-Other-awards announced -arc:--

D.F.C.-Flight-Lieutenant Alan Pitfield (since reported missing),

Sole Agents: Acting Flight-Lieutenant Reginald w. R. Loxley & Co., (China) Ltd Eric Lovett, Flying Officer James Archibald Findlay MacLachlan.

more likely to have suppressed OFF THE RECORD

a biddable minor than a biddable

EXPERT instructresses for ladies major. and young girls in music, short-

Score 100% for the spade deuce, and typing, bookkeeping and 70% for the diamonds deuce, English and French. Apply 21 for any other.

Austin Road, Kowloon.

MISCELLANEOUS

FOR VISITING CARDS neatly

ind -promptly

printed, The

LAMMERT BROS.. Newspaper Enterprise Ltd., Wind- Auctioneers.sor House, Des Voeux Road, Cen- Hong Kong, 11th September, 1940, ral Telephones-20022 & 20011.

REGIMENTAL BADGE BROOCHES.

QUESTION NO. 613

To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's partner and, with both sides vul- nerable, you hold:

Q J-9 8

♡ J

OA 9 5 3

K 8 7 4

The bidding:

Jacoby Schenken You Barnstono

1A

Pass ----(7)

What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

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CHATTERBUG AGED 74 IS GAOLED

was

A man of seventy-four, sentenced to seven days' impri sonment. in the second division for being a chatterbug.

Albert Joseph Richards, com- pasitor, of Maxse Road, Knowle, Bristol, was said to have told a neighbour that he had been in- formed by a high official in free- masonry" that within-a-month-the

HABA

By ED REED.M

ED REED

"Ten seconds flat-not bad! Not bad

Swastika would be flying from the Here's Luck

Houses of Parliament,

He pleaded guilty at Bristol to publishing by word of mouth, a report likely to cause alarm.

Richards said that nothing was further from his thoughts than to spread -malicious rumours. He had lived in his present house forty-three years, and had been in the game Job'-Nfty-three years.

EWO

BEER

Tel. 30311