1940-10-21 — Page 10

THE

CHINA MAIL

Established 1945

Registered Offices Windsor House, 12, Des Vœux Road, Central, Hong Kong. Telephones:

20022-Advertising Dept. 20011-Business Dept. 20022--Editorial Dept. 33963—The Editor. 33993-Sub-Editor.

Cable Add: "Mail, Hongkong" Codes: Bentley and A.B.C.. SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

LOCAL

3 months

6 month

12 months

H.K.$ 9.00 H.K.$18.00 H.K.$36.00

OVERSEAS (including postage)

3 months

6 months

*2 months

All subscriptions

and

H.K.$17.00 H.K.$34.00 H.K.$68.00

aro strictly prepaid, and all cheques, postal money orders should be made payable to The News. paper Enterprise Limited.

CONTRIBUTIONS:

ог

Al contributions must bear tha. writer's artist's signature, not for publication purposes unless desired, but as a sign of good faith. The publishers do not accept responsibility for the return of manuscript, draw- ings or pictures unless a stamp. ed addressed envelope is sent together with the contribution.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

and

DRAFT PROGRAMMES ENTRY FORMS for the Tenth Extra Race Meeting to be held on SATURDAY, 2nd November, 1940 (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, Exchange Building; the Club House. Happy Valley; the Hong Kong Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.

Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON on THURSDAY, 24th October, 1940.

By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

Hong Kong 21st: October, 1940.

WARNING

Business Houses, are hereby warned that all payments-in-con-- nection with the 1941 edition of The Hong Kong Dollar Directory abould be made, at the. Offices of the publishers, through the post or by chit book.

No one is authorised to visit offices and collect money on ba half of this publication.

THE PUBLISHERS, The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd. Windsor House.

WANTED

BOOK MANUSCRIPTS WANTED, New York book publisher seek- ing for unusual and outstanding 'book manuscripts for publication on either royalty or co-operative basis. The Falcon Press, 274 Ma- dison Avenue, New York City.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

Monday, the 21st. October, 1940 commending at 10.30a.m..

at their Sales Room, No. 35,

Hankow Road, Kowloon.

A Quantity of Household Furniture and Sundries"

Terms: Cash on Delivery, LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 19th October, 1940,

The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auction on

WEDNESDAY, 23rd, October, 1940 commencing at 10.30 a.m.

at No. 37, Nathan Road, Kowloon (Top Floor)

A QUANTITY OR VALUABLE

Many Men Are BRIDGE

Like This Now!

This hot, humid weather saps your energy, makes you feel weak and tired. Drowsiness overcomes you during the day-time and, try as you will, you are unable

to

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 21, 1940.'

DIAMOND EXPERTS

NOTES ARE BUSY

(By The Four Açes)

concentrate on the work in hand. CRIME DOESN'T PAYI NO. 14

Lots of men are like this just now, but there is no reason why

you should be. In most. cases impoverished blood is the cause of the trouble and to replenish the reserves of energy and to build up your strength, your urgent need is a blood tonic. Dr. Williams'

Pink Pills are the world's most famous blood tonie.

In a south-western Lon-

MILLION WANT

MORE MORE PAY

Applications for wage don suburb I found a co- increases for more than a lony of modern Huguenots million workers in the en- Monday seems to be a good day Dutch and Belgian re- gineering industry are to 10x Bridge crimes, although over fugee diamond - cutters be made. player we know has committer- crimes, on Mondays, Wednesdays, who are going to teach The Amalgamated Engineering Fridays, and Sundays, as well as British

Union is putting forward a claiin Tuesday's, Thursdays, Saturdays,

craftsmen the for an all-round increase of 3d. and legal holidays. In other words secrets of the trade, writes an hour on basic rates. a correspondent..

.veryone makes mistakes:", the good player notices the boners and Can you learns to avoid them. see the mistake or crime: in to-

South, Dealer

If you are feeling the effects of the hot weather or are suffering from indigestion, nervous disor-day's hand? ders, insonnia, persistent head- aches, rheumatism.. the after- effects of fever, dizziness, prema- ture ageing. or other ailments arising from an impoverished de- pleted blood-stream, take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. You will surely be delighted with the carly improvement in your condition.

This old, reliable, iron temie s obtainable from chemists ever where,

The blend that's in demand

TO THE

PRINCE OF WALE U

This whisky, of marita dinative flavour la to year lips quality and

be found on the tibia of the discriminating the world over... For reliquarobar

sotar, however, VAT80- consyoq only the sama # ordinary whiskies,

VAT 69

SCOTCH WHISK

AT

69

LETIH

quality Fell's

Sandersons

LUXURY BLEND SCOTCH WHISKY

Imported by

WR, LOXLEY & CO.L

(CHINA) LTD.,

York. Building, Hong Kong, Distilled and bottled In Scotland by.. Wm. Sanderson & Son, Lid', LEITH.

ESTABLISHED, 1863-

FOR SALE

Neither side vulnerable AK QS3 R +

A975 VAJ 109.

08

O Q 5 9 SAQI 5.3

7.4

4.4.

. KQ B

AK 96 3 J 10 3

The bidding:

South West

North

10

22

Pass

Pass.

SA Fass

East Pass Pass Pass

10 2NT 3NT

HIGH CARD VALUES

OF THE

FOUR-ACES SYSTEM FACE 3 KING Z QUEEN 1 JACK

They came over, some in Bri- ish warships, others in small fish- ng boats, and with only the tools of the trade with them, when Germany occupied the Low Coun- tries.

The Government is to build a Tactory which will employ more than 100 of them. Eight factories, employing iba men. are already in eperetion under the Govern ment scheme to develop, this im- pertant expert industry,

West opened the Jack of hearts, South winning with the Queen, Declarer then cashed the Ace and queen of almonds, feeling very dis. appointed when West aned to 101- low suit

on. the second round Scuth took the top spade: three and returned to his hand with the dia-. mond King to tak the club finesse. Unfortunately, however, East took the club King. cashed his two established Jacks, and led a heart; and then, course, West took the rest of th. tricks.

TWYAL WALDE ON total's İNERALE MAJD A 16

01

As you can see, South won only seven tricks, so something must have slipped somewhere. Shyuo ne hanu nave been played at five of a minor? And, if so, who com- mitted the bidding crime? Or should South have made three no trump?

It is also asking for a restora- tion of pre-1931. conditions in the industry. During the crisis in that year the men yielded a number of important concessions covering overtime and night shifts.

They

that consider should now be restored. Mr. Jack Tanner, president of the A.E.U., will state the Union's ease to the Enginering Employ-. ers' Federation.

thoy.

He is expected to draw atten- tion to the high profits now be- ing, announced by firms engaged.

The disappearance of Amster-in war .production. dara and other Continental dia- The Conicderation of Engineering mond-cutting centres from the and Shipbuilding Unions, repre- mpolitive market, gives, British senting more than 30 Unions en- export trade an opportunity to gaged in war-works, is putting cater for the increased daniand in forward a,.similar claim. America for finished precious stones. In Britain too; the demand has been stimulated:

It is probable that agreement will be reached within the indus- A Hatte trial machinery of the industry. den diamond merchant said ' If, however, deadlock is reach- that many wealthy people are ed, the dispute can be referred to buying diamonds because they the National Arbitration Tribunal. are regarded as a safe form of Completion of the registration security.

of skilled engineers not wholly "Our trade is an international employed on war production work one," I was told by the one of has resulted in 61,282 men being them, "and that makes us very, listed in the north-western area, cosmopolitan in outlook. Some of of which Manchester is the centre. us speak three or four European, The number registered in Man¬ languages.”

chester is 4,146 and in

The refugees are all special-ub ists in their trade and are all very cager to give tho, benefit of their unrivalled: knowledge to British workers. I found that the majority of them speak. English quite well and feet at home already."

POLISH SOLDIER SHOT

SAILOR HERO KILLED

Salford.

When Able Seaman Ernest Richard Collyer, -- of Woolmead Avenue, Hendon, a gunner on a minesweeper, came home on leave recently he learned that he had been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for his part in bringing down a German bomber which attacked his ship in Febru- two ary.

When a number of soldiers, in the charge of a military escort in a Scottish town were being taken as prisoners, two escaped. After an exciting chase, one was captured.

shots, and a member of the Polish

One of the escort fired

Army who was in the street was injured in the thigh and removed to hospital

,↑

He visited his father, Mr. Thomas William Collyer, at the Archway Hospital, Highgate, but could not tell him of the award. A few hours after returning to sea his ship was bombed and sank, and on the day after he had been buried in the South of England. the father died, unaware of his son's death.

made his South should have contract of three no-trump. Cor- rect play is to win the first "dia- --The two prisoners struggled with mond trick in the dummy, and their escorts before escaping, and then to finesse the diamond nine on the one who made good his geta- the second round of diamonds. As way did so by mingling with pas- the cards lie, that gives South tensers-by-One of the shots fired tricks, but it would assure nine struck the pavement before tricks even if West could win the wounding the Pole in the thigh. Collyer, who was 37, was a mur- trick. The important thing was Five other prisoners were even-ried man with three young chil-

dren. to develop the ninth trick without tually lodged in prison. giving the lead to East.

焱

*

Saturday you were Howard: Schenken's partner and, with nei- ther side vulnerable, you held:

.7 6 ·3

9.73 KQJ·

The bidding:

Schenken Jacoby 10

Dui.

Maler

You

Pass (7).

ANSWER: Bid, one spade. Des- pite the greater strength of the. clubs, you should bid the major suit. Your partner's double in- dicates game prospects' much brighter at a major than at'i minor suit.

Score 100% for one spade, 20% for two clubs:

QUESTION NO. 643

a

To-day you are Merwin Maker's partner and, with the both sides vulnerable, you hold:

KQB 2. 8:4

8 3

cá 04 744

The bidding: Jacoby Baler

Schenken 1♡

Dbl.

Pass What do you bid? (Answor tomorrow.)

You

(Released by The Boll Syndi cale, Inc:)

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE HONG KONG DOLLAR DIREC- TUITION GIVEN

On view from Tuesday, the TORY 1940 EDITION -On sale at 22nd.October, 1940--

Terms: Cash on Dollvers

all Bookstalls and at the Offices of EXPERT instructresses for ladies the Publishers, Windsor House, Quu" young girls in music, short LAMMERT BROS.,

hand typing, bookkeening and Auctioneers. Des Voeux Road, Central Tele- English and French.

Apply 214 Hong Kong 21st: October, 1940. phones: 20022 & 20011

Austin Roar Kowloon

OFF THE RECORD

ON VACATION.

and Trudy Hypänste

By ED REED.

"Maybe he'll give me a vacation, with pay next year

can go domewhere?”

Here's Luck

EWO

BEER

Tel. 30311

·