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HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB

for

The Annual General Meeting of the Hong Kong Cricket Club will held in the Pavilion. an MONDAY, 28th October, 1940, at 5.30 pm.

A. K. MACKENZIE,

Hon: Secretary.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE

The Inland

Revenue Depart- ment will be removed to Windsor House, 5th floor, on Saturday, the 26th October.

The Estate Duty and Stamp Omces will be closed for business on the 20th, and will re-open at the new address on Monday, the 28th October.

W. ANEURIN JONES, Superintendent of Inland

Revenue,

NOTICE

We hereby notify the Trade that we are the only Agents for China and Hong Kong for

MAY & BAKER (SPECIALTIES) LTD.,

Dagenham, London (Great Britain),

for Specialties, (Palent Medicines) excluding

and Drugs.

raw

Pharmaceuticals

OLIVIER.CHINE, S.A. Agents for South China: HONG KONG CANTON EXPORT CO., LTD.,

French Bank Building, HONG KONG.

NOTICE

The Trade is hereby notified that there are no other agents, sub-agents or distributors in the whole of China, including Hong Kong, besides ourselves for

MAY & BAKER, LTD., Dagenham, London (Great Britain).

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public for the sale of Pharmaceuticals Auction on

and Drugs, with the exclusion of

FRIDAY, the 25th October, 1940 Specialities (Patent Medicines).

commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, No. 35,

Harkow Road, Kowlcon.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

comprising:-

P. J. KLINK, LTD., HOLLAND HOUSE, HONG KONG.

WARNING

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 24, 1940

BRIDGE OFFICIAL FROWN ON

NOTES

(By The Four Aces)

CAREFUL TIMING,

SPITFIRE FUND

Do the Government want the people to buy Spitfires? This is the question asked by many of the

There's no remarkable play in 4,000 inhabitants of Woodbridge, near Ipswich, fol-

to-day's hand --- just careful tim-

[ing of each play:

Teakwood Drawing Room, Bed Room; Bed Room and Omee Business Houses are hereby Furniture, Cutlery, Carpets, Rugs, warned that all payments in con. Pictures, Curios, Ornaments, nection with the 1941 edition of Clocks, Gramophones & Records, The Hong Kong Dollar Directory E. P., Brass, Procelain, Glass and should be made at the Offices of Aluminium Ware, Tea Sets, the publishers, - through the post | Electric Lamps, Fans, Cooking or by chit book. Utensils, etc., etc.

also

A Quantity of Blackwood and Rattan Furniture

and

One 5 Sir, "Durant" Motor Car On View from Thursday, 24th. October, 1940

the

Terms: Cash on Delivery. LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 21st. October, 1940.

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public

Auction on TUESDAY, the 29th. October, 1940 commencing at 5.15 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 2, Connaught Road, Central, (Room No. 205, 2nd Floor)

A COLLECTION OF VALUABLE POSTAGE STAMPS On View from Saturday, 26th October, 1940.

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

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

WANTED

North, Dealer

Both sides vulnerable

AK 8 4

A 10 G

8'64 2

◊ 8 6 2

AK 10 4

♡ K. Q-G ◊ J 10 9

7 4 +7 3

W E

A 7 G 2 ♡ J 9 . KQ 61

QJ95

A A Q J 9 3

A 10 7 3

◊ A

* 8 6 2

The bidding:

North East

South

Pass

Pass

1A

West Pass

2**

Pass

20

PR98

3♡

Pass 4♡

Pass

Pass

+

Pass

OF THE

HIGH CARD VALUE FOUR-ACLU EVSTER

KINCH Z QUEEN 1 JACK

TOTIN TRALIE BY FACT DE

Ace

lowing a report of the clerk of the local Urban Dis- trict Council, Mr. A. R. G. Curjel.

Woodbridge' folt · declare that theirs is the smallest town in the country to launch a Spitfire fund.

But their enthusiasm has been somewhat damped by the'r clerk's declaration that he has received an official communication saying that:

"The Government do not real- ly smile upon such schemes and it le better for the public to buy Savings Certificates and Defence Bonds."

Mr. Curjel told a reporter: "De- spite it we are hold ng a meeting next week to consider launching the Spitfire fund. The official view seems to be that the Government lent their. would rather people money so that it could be applied in to any purpose and not one particular."

+4

Colossed Dy„Tag tên Gruastate, foc.)'.

An

who optimist is he thinks to-morrow will be his day of day.

West led the Jack of diamonds, the Ace,

"The Wonder" South winning with South then led a club to dummy's

Councillor R. C. J. Lewis de- in order to

clared "Townsfolk have already. finesse the ten of

offered to contribute to the fund. spades, West took

Surely it is better to give money the King of spades and led: another to the country than to lend it?";

And Mrs. H. A. Ramsden, a forcing diamond, South to ruff. housewife, said: "We are deter- now seemed that mined by buy a Spitore for our South would lose Air Force. When I see a Spitfire ધ્ર space,

pass overhead. I say 'there goes their spare time and are appeal- 110 trumps, and a club; my aluminium saucepan.'"

ing for anything saleable in aid When the Spitfire has been pur-aid of the Wembley Spitfire Fund. but there was still a chance to

chased it is to be called "The Croydon has received the loan avoid defeat.

of a German bomber, one of the Declarer led the seven of hearts Woodbridge Wonder,"

Undaunted by any the key play.

official many which have crashed practi- from his hand

are taking cally intact in the recent air war. East won and plugged back an-rowns, other towns

It has been placed in a pro- other diamond, South ruffing with up the idea with enthusiasm.

Lewisham has started a Bomber minent position in the town and the ten of hearts: And now South cashed the Ace of trumps, leav-Fund, and has challenged Willes- a charge of ed. is made for the

has already trump out against den, which

raised privilege of inspecting it. £3,000 ing only one

towards the £20,000 The proceeds will go him.

local Fighter Fund, which has now The next step was to run the necessary.

The Lewisham fund was start-reached £1,400. spades. On the third spade, dum-

Southon with iny discarded the four of clubs. ed by Mr. Leslie

the day was West ruffed the fourth spade, but £500 and before

ten discarded the dummy

of out the sum of £1,285 had been clubs anyway. And now there subscr-bed. was no longer a club loser!

--

Family Gift

to the

A prominent' London business man, his wife, son and daughter, Local Rivalry

have each given £5,000 to the Minister of Aircraft production Suggestion for a London bomb- for the purchase of, four Spitfires. to remain The family desires rounder fund league and a second lea-

for "fighter funds" were anonymous.

Note that South had to draw two rounds of trumps to make his contract, for otherwise East

the fourth would trump

M

of the or- The man, in enclosing a che-

of spades; and West would still gue make separate trump tricks. But made by a member it would have been fatal to cash ganising committee of the Horn- que for £15,000 and his wife's the Ace of trumps first, for that sey Spitfire Fund. "Almost every cheque for £5,000, says in a let- a fund for ter to Lord Beaverbrook, "The would allow West to draw three district has opened

two rounds of one or other, and there is a good country's need transcends private instead of only

deal of-friendly-rivalry-between--comfort and requirements. trumps.......

them," he said.

"My slogan is 1,000 Spitfires Hornsey members of the Wo- for London."" Oswald

Within

in- 24 hours of the men's Volunteer Services are to Have a stall outside the Town | auguration of the Borough of Is- Hall on Tuesdays and Fridays, tington Spitfire Club, soldier pati- from which they will sell surplus ents at the London Fever Hospi- fruit and vegetables from local tal collected £6 as a preliminary gardens and allotments for the qualification for membership. Spitfire Fund.

Pay day is "bomber day" for At Wembley, air raid wardens workers of Lever Brothers and have become "old' junk men" in Unilever Limited.

you were Yesterday Jacoby's partner and, with nei- their side vulnerable, you held:

A A Q'J 3

♡ 8 4

◊ K J 4

A Q J 4 3

The bidding: • Maler 1♡

Burnstone Jacoby

Dbl. Pass

two

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ANSWER: Bid

spades. OFF THE RECORD Your hand is so strong that game | is assured and Slam is by no means unlikely. An immediate jump will lead to a more natural' development of the bidding than a simple response coupled with a jump later on.

Score 100% för two spades, 60%

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

FOR SALE

HONG KONG DOLLAR DIREC. TORY 1940, EDITION—On sale at all Bookstalls and at the Offices of the Publishers, Windsor House; Des Voeux Road, 'Central.” Tele- phones:-20022 & 20011

TUITION GIVEN'

Terms: Cash on delivery. EXPERT Instructresses for ladies LAMMERT BROS., and young, girls in music, short- Auctioneers: hand, typing, bookkeeping and. Hong Kong, 24th: October, 1940, Austin Roa Kowloon

English and French. Apply 21

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"EARLIEST WITH THE LATEST

QUESTION NO: 840 To-day you are Howard Schon- Ken's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you hold:

A QJ 10 G' T ✓ 8'5

OK 74

$ KQ 7

The bidding: Jacoby 1♡

Bahenken Dbl.

What do you bld?

To-morrow.)

Afalet You

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LOST AND FOUND NINE CHILDREN

A Guernsey family of mother; father and ning children, scatter- ed in the cvacuation of the Chan- nel Islands, has been reuntied affer weeks of separation.

At first the father, Mr. Harry Hault, thought that some of his family were on the way to Canada and others toʻ-Australia?.

Later he found they were all in various parts of Lancashire:

Now an anonymous: bencfactór has provided them with unrent ffoe bungalow In Makin Street) Bradford.

The Women's - Voluntářý, Sarmi vices have equippati : -- the house. Furniture has been provided by:] the neighbours.

ED REED-025 wall that beganistis

DOCTOR

!LEWIS

OFFICE

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By ED REED.

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Here's Luck

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