1940-09-30 — Page 10

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NEW WINNING ADVERTISEMENTS CONTRACT

THE HONG KONG (By The Four Aces)

JOCKEY CLUB⠀⠀

THE EIGHTH -EXTRA RACE

Á BOOMERANG

West probably had an idea when he made his tricky two diamond

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 30, 1940.

BIRTH WAS A FAKE

WOMAN WHO

WOMAN WHO was alleged to have posed as the widow of a peer and to have faked the "birth of an heir appeared on perjury, forgery and double bigamy charges.

She was Lizzie Ireland, aged sixty-one alias Lady Haldon and Lady Clive, who was charged with MEETING will be held (weather response, but it turned out to be a Isabella Bläckett, at Knutsford (Cheshire) Police

perimitting) at HAPPY VALLEY Doomerang:

on SATURDAY, 5th and THURS- DAY, 10th October, 1940, com- mencing at 2:00 p.m. an both days.

The First Belt will be rung at 1.30 pm. on each day.

MEMBERS ENCLOSURE

No One without a badge will

West, Dealer

Neither side vulnérable

Court.

Their address was given a9 Yukon Road, Balham, London,

S.W: They were charged with con- The Need Of Every

spiracy, two offences under the Perjury Act and one under the AK Q.8 Forgery Act-all concerning the]

registration of a birth,'

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OVERSEAS (including postage) be admitted to the Members' En-06

3 months H.K.$17.00 6 months** H.K.$34.00

closure. Such must be worn 7 5 throughout the duration of each Meeting in such a manner as to be readily identified.

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Anaemic Girl.

The girl who is anaemic begins to lose colour and soon - becomes

In addition Ireland was anguid, breathless, nervous; she charged with bigamously marrysaften feels faint suffers from ing Joseph Allan Richards and headaches, backaches, palpitation. Frederick George Hugh Clive and lacks the Linwood.

energy to par- ticipate in Mr. Bertram Reece, prosecuting, health-giving said that Ireland left home when recreation... she was eighteen and in July, 1917, The urgent married Arthur John Ireland.

Ineed of every

12 months'·.

**** H.K.$68.00 All subscriptions are strictly

Ó A Q 10 prepaid, and all cheques, postal

# AKQJ 10 3 and money orders should bo

Badges admitting Non-Mem- The bidding: made payable to

The News-bers to the Members' Enclosure.

West North East paper Enterprise Limited.

and Club Rooms at $5.00

per Pass

Pass 14 CONTRIBUTIONS:

day for Gentlemen and $3.00 per 20 Pass

3.0

In April, 1035, she went through enaemic girl is Pass

Рабо All contributions must bear the day for Ladies (both including 14

Pass Рава

a form of marriage with Joseph a reliable tonic writer's or artist's signature,ax) are obtainable through the

Allan Rickards, Rickards obtain-to build up the blood, in qual- not for publication purposes SECRETARY upon the personal West opened the King of hearts, ed a decree nisi in August, 1936. ity and quan- unless desired, but as a sign of

winning with the Ace. or written application of a Mem-dummy

the good faith,

In April, 1937, Ireland met Mr.tity, for Faced The publishers do

per, such Member to be respon- not accept responsibility for

prospective loss of Linwood and they were "mar-whole system depends upon a the return of manuscript, draw. sible for all visitors introduced

a heart and two ried" that month,

plentiful supply of rich, red blood ings or pictures unless a stamp-

by him, and for Payment of all-ACES BYTTEN

in. order to perform its functions spades, Edward ed addressed envelope is sent

Chits, etc.

She lived with Linwood until properly, FA༦LiT;

Hymes, Jr., whoj together with the contribution.

KING 21 sat South, looked September, 1937, when they part- Dr. Williams. Pink Pills impart ed. In March, 1938, Ireland new energy and strength by QUEEN1

around for a way brought nullity proceedings again rapidly increasing the haemoglo JACK

WARNING

The Secretary's Office, 1st floor Exchange Building, (Tel. 27784) will close at 11.45 am. on both days.

Timns are obtainable at Business Houses are hereby Club House provided they warned that all payments: in conrdered in advance from the nection with the 1947. edition of Boy' (Tel: 21920).

PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

HIGH CARE VALUES

OF THE

with the

to eliminate loser.

If nobody had the

bid diamonds, the are chances are that Mr. Hymes would No. have tried for a favourable break in the suit. But the bidding in- dicated quite clearly that what- The Hong Kong Dollar Directory should be made at the Offices ofl: The price of admission to the ever else might be the case, the the publishers; through the posting Tax, for all Persons, includ-abandoned.

Public Enclosure is $1.00 includ-suit would surely not break 3-3; so the normal plan had to be or by chit babk,

ing Ladies, and is payable at the The big question was: Who had No one is authorised to visit Gate: Soldiers and Sailors in the diamonds-West, who had big offices and collect money on beUniform are admitted Half Price. them, or East, who had raised half of this publication.

THE PUBLISHERS,

The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd.

Windsor House.

TO LET

TWO BIG

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary. Hong Kong, 30th September, 1940

TUITION GIVEN

Linwood and obtained a decree.'

On June 13, 1938, Ireland slated, she married-Lord Halden by declaration at an hotel in Edinburgh.

bin and red corpuscle content of the blood bringing fresh supplies of oxygen and iron to revitalize the whole system,

Equally good for alling men and women at all stages of life chem- Ists everywhere sell the tonic There was no record of any which has helped many thousands such marriage and the prosecuto recover radiant health, and tion alleged that it never took strength, place.

Sent For Vicar

The vicar

Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.

SAID WHEN HE'D DIE WAS RIGHT

Mr. Reece described how, he them? Obviously there wasn't said, Ireland offered to adopt a enough length, and strength in the baby son of a Mrs. Basford at missing six diamonds for both the Middlewich, near Toft, and took bid and the raise to be correct..

the child on March 13, last year. After some thought, Mr. Hymes properly decided that West might. Then Ireland said she was ill very well "psych" a diamond bid in bed, sent for the vicar of Toft, so long as he had support for his the Rov. Oscar Little, told him she

that East was Lady Haldon, and had just For twenty-five years Carson partner's spades; but would not "psych" a dlátnond given birth to a son. bathroom attached, storeroom, use of and young girls in music, short-of West's spade support. On this ward Broomfield, and the surname he expected to die this year.

UNFURNISHED ROOMS, EXPERT instructresses for ladies raise since he did not yet know christened the child Lawrence Ed Surles, of Dunn, North Carolina;: has been telling his friends that kitchen and light: Overlooking King's hand, typing, bookkeeping and reasoning, South änessed the ten was given as Palk-Palk, the fami Park. Ideal for small family. Rent English and French. Apply 21 of diamonds at the second trick!y hame of the Haldon peerage. A year ago he made his funeral

Apply 130; Austin Road, Austin Road Kowloon

Ireland, said Mr. Reece, go in arrangements, and recently Since the trumps broke, the rest touch with the Heldon family gan calling on all his friends to solicitor Mr. Swayne, at the time say good-bye. He was apparently af Lord Haldon's death in August, in perfect health, and they laugh- 1938, and told him she had mared. ried Lord Haldon in Scotland. A few days later he told His In her interview with Mr. employer that he wanted to go Swayne she protested from start home because that was the day' to finish that intimacy between he expected to die. Without ap- her and Lord Haldon had never parent cause he died late that" taken place.

afternoon.

moderate. First Floor.

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FOR SALE-

MISCELLANEOUS

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ACT NOW

was easy.

Saturday you were Howard Schenken's partner and, with both sides-vulnerable, you held:

Bornstone

7: 3 A64 2 A 10 8 4 K 2 The bidding: Schenken ·Jacoby · You

125 Pass (?)

ANSWER: Bid one diamond. That gives your partner a chance. to make an easy rebid at a low level. The hearts are too shabby to bid, when there is any other [choice, and there is no hurry in

bidding no-trump..

Score 100% for one diamond,

In response to numerous requests The South 0% for one heart, 30% for two China Morning Post, Limited, invites sub-no-trump scription to

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- QUESTION NO. 528 To-day you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues:

Schenker. Jákóby. You Burnsione

Рабо 10 Pass Разз (2)

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What do you bid?: (Answer To-morrow).

(Released by The Bell Syndi-

cate, Inc.)

BRIDE SINGS AT FACTORY CONCERT

Crooner Winifred Dalton, aged nineteen wing coverer at a northern aircraft factory, sang

"Wish Me. Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye" to colleagues in their dinner hour, obeying Mr. Bevin's instructions to entertain our "Goj

to workers.

Her colleagues joined in the! chorus with special enthusiasm

because they knew that to-day yon-old Jim Clark, one of the

Winifred marries twenty-two- |

Cheshire Regiment, who was wounded during the Dunkirk, evacuation:

“But I'm not saying good-bye

All donations will be acknowledged in the mitrad told a reporter.

columns of The S. C. M. Post.

"I am keeping on my job at the factory, and Jim is returning to his Fregiment.

OFF THE RECORD

ESTEED

be-

By ED REED.

hopes to put the Tigers out of com

Here's Luck

EWO

lesion.

BEER

Tel. 30311