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DR. HSU'S ADVERTISEMENTS DEATH
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R.
GOVERNMENT OF
HONG KONG
ASSISTANT, IMMIGRATION
OFFICER
TO LET
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 27, 1940
WINNING CONTRACT
(By The Four Aces)
TRUMP MANAGEMENT
To Avoid Summer Colds.
Summer colds are usually of the lingering variety and! difficult to {get rid of so why not avoid them?
China's foremost judi- cial authority, Dr. George Chien Hsu, for many years The one type of hand on which An occasional dose of Pinkettes Minister of Justice and you can invariably tell a good is a rellable preventative. By:
player from a bad one is the sort their gentle yet thorough laxative President of the Supreme which Has trump trouble." The action these pills prevent the at Court of the Chinese technique of managing a skimpy cumulation of waste matter in the...
trump suit is shown in this hand: develop, they tone up the diges- intestines wherein cold-germs Nationalist Government,
North, Dealer died froin a heart attack
uve organs, dispel constipation, ||Neither side vulnerable
banish billousness;, sweeten the yesterday at his home in
breath; clear, the skin, relieve Kowloon Tong at the age
piles. Obtalhable at all chemists: of. 69,...
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The blading:
East
Pass
South 14
West 2♡
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THE
KING 2 QUEEN:1 JACK
ATA WILDS OF PREDA
AVERAM HAND & PE
PINKETTES
Help keep you free from colds.
WHAT EXPECTANT
NURSING MOTHERS SHOULD EAT
In connection with the proposed establishment of an Immigration Department in Hong Kong, ap- Dr. Hsu was a veteran Kuomin- A6 2. plications are invited for posts of tung leader, having been a mein- | ♡ A·1: 98 temporary Assistant Immigration ber of the Party's Central Execut- tive Committez until poor health Officer.
The approximate salary of the from heart trouble forced his re- posts will be $150 per mensem tirement from active political life (inclusive), and appointments will in 1937. He came to Hong Kong be terminable at orie month's in 1938 to recuperate, and has since been a resident in the Crown notice.. subjects of pure European descent!
Applicants should be British Colony.
Following upon the National] between the ages of 21 and 28 Government's decision to resist North and should have passed the Lon-Japanese aggression in 1934, Dr. 14
Child bearing calls for certain don matriculation examination or Hsu, despite his poor health, pro- 24
Равв Pass special precautions. One of a recognised equivalent examina-ceeded to Nanking to participate,
West took the King and Ace of the
these. in the Kuomintang rally. He re-
most important of tion.
then shifted to the precautions- concerns. diet. The .. Applications should be address-mained in the capital until its fall, hearts, and
digestion must not not for publication purposes ed to Mr. J. H. B. Lee, c/o Secre-proceeding thence to Hankow King of clubs. Dummy took the mother's unless desired, but as a sign oftarist for Chinese Affairs.
where he continued to serve the
club Ace, and the be overtaxed with heavy un- good faith. The publishers do
plays which fol-balanced and constipating foods BARA YA AWAY
country until the latter city also HIM CARD VALUES
be very....... not accept responsibility for
fell into Japanese hands. His FOUR ACKS BYEN lowed showed that but her food must the return of manuscript, draw.
South knew his nourishing and easily assimilated. ings or pictures unless a stamp-
health then was impaired to such
way
а around an extent that it was impossible
Doctors and nurses everywhere ed addressed- envelope is sent
for him to go to Chungking. He
bridge table.
have found Horlicks the right together with the contribution. FURNISHED or unfurnished two returned to Hong Kong to do what
The average food for maternity cases. It is rooms, with large front verandah. he could for his country and peo-
player would bang particularly valuable for mothers Private kitchen. Fifty dollars:ple. Here he found the Industrial
down the three top who wish to nurse their babies. Nathan Road. Corner Hillwood Home For Refugee Children
enriches trumps and would] It increases and
the PUBLIC AUCTIONS Road. Bus two minutes. Nice Fanling.
eventually score a supply of milk because it pro view. Top floor. Apply Box No. Dr. Hsu was a member of the two-trick set. A slightly cagier vides all the essential elements 158 c/o "The China Mail."
National Defence Council, and at player would finesse one way or of nutrition. the time of his death was a mem- the other for the spade Jack, and Horlicks is very easy to
revives the similate and quickly ber of the People's Political Coun- the result would depend on cil of which Generalissimo Chiang way he happened to guess. flagging' energy and tired nerves. Kai-shek is chairman. Outside of The actual South player made It is so palatable, that it restores HONG KONG DOLLAR DIREC the political sphere Dr. Hsu was no trump play at all. Instead he the most sluggish appetite with all Bookstalls and at the Offices of a noted scholar, being the last calmly cashed the top diamonds the first cupful. Get Horlicks to~.
His and continued with another dia-ay from your usual store. the Publishers, Windsor House, Hanlin in the Kuomintang. Des Voeux Road; Central Telecalligraphy was famed throughout mond. East won and had to re- Lurn a diamond for lack of any- >hones:-20022 & 20011-
the country...
The noted jurist is survived by thing better. his wife: Mrs: Y. P. Shen Hsu,
ANSWER: Bid two spades. That and by two sons and three daugh restrict the diamond loss; the next] ters. His eldest son, Konrad, is step was to avoid a trump, loss, shows the five-card length in the well-He therefore exited from the dum-spades and the six card length in Ornaments, Cutlery, E.P., Brass, EXPERT instructresses for ladies general-manager of Glass and Porcelain Ware, Electric and young girls in music, short-known Chan Hwa & Company of my with a club. West could take clubs, For the rebid must b
two club tricks but then any fur-based on a five-card sult; and the Fans and Lamps, Gramophones hand, typing, bookkeeping and Hong Kong.
ther play gave South a free trump clubs, having been bid first; must and Records, Books, Magazines, English and French-Apply 24]
be an even longer suit... Perambulators, Cooking Utensils; Austin Road, Kowloor
WEATHER REPORT finesse...
The moral is: Whenever possi for three clubs, 0 for pass.
Store 100% for two spades, 40% etc., etc.
The Royal Observatory reports ble let the
opponents do your that a weak anticyclonic area guessing for you. covers North China and depres FOR VISITING CARDS neatly sions are situated over Tongking und promptly printed, The and to the north-east of Hokkaido. Newspaper Enterprise Ltd., Wind-The typoon is probably station sor House, Des Voeux Road, Cen-"ary about 700 miles east of north
ral: Telephones-20022 & 20011; Luzon.
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on
FRIDAY, 27th 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, Din- ing Room and Office Furniture; Carpets, Rugs, Pictures, Curios,
also
A Quantity of Blackwood and Rattan Furniture
and
2 Bed Room Suites
2 Dining Room Suites
1 Upright Piano by "Challen"
1 Carved Blackwood Curio Stand
1 Harmonium
1 Radio Set
and
By order of
The Custodian of Enemy Property
One "Peugeot" Motor Car.
also
One Pair Binoculars in Case
"E. Kraus"
On View from Thursday, the
26th September 1940.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, 25th September, 1940.
The Undersigned have received instructions from The Liquidators to sell by Public Auction^on: SATURDAY, 28th September, 1940
commenting at 10.30 am: 1"] at the Office of Messrs, F, Feld & Co.. (in liquidation) Bank of Anton Building, Des Voeux Road
Central: S
QUANTITY OF OFFICE
FURNITURE
comprising:
Desks, Chairs, Fans, Lights, Counter, Gabinets, Clock, "Egget" Iron Safe, Underwood Standard Typewriter, etc. etc.
On View on Day of Sale.. Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,.
Auctioneers, Hong Kong, 20th September, 1940.
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THROUGH
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Thus for South had managed. to
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Yesterday you were Oswald Jacoby's partner and, with neither side vulnerable, you held:
KQ 10 5 8 8 07..
AQJ98 3
as-
(12)
QUESTION NO. 526 To-day you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues:
You Maler
ascoby
14
Pass
10
Schenken P&BS
1.
Pass
♡
Pass
ZA Pash
3
Pass
:(?)
The bidding:
You
1
14
Majer Jacoby Pass Разз
1♡ 20
Bebanken
Равв Paas
OFF THE RECORD
What do you' bid?”. (Answer tomorrow.)
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"The Three Bares"
By ED REED.
ate her piece of Nursa's wedding cake
aleep with it under her pillow
Here's Luck
EWO BEER
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