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DRAFT PROGRAMMES and ENTRY FORMS for the Thirteenth Extra Race Meeting to be held on SATURDAY, 14th December, 1940 (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Segretary's Office, Exchange Building: the Club House. Happy Valley; the Hong Kong-Club; the Sports Club; and the Stables, Shan Kwong Road.

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BRIDGE NAZI SPY MISLAID NOTES SECRET, WE GOT IT

Choosing A Finesse

By The Four Aces Some players thick Acc-Queen combinations were made for fines- ses; it takes a good player to know

when to refuse a finesse:

East, Dealer North-South vulnerable

A Q J

♡ A Q 7 ◇ 9 8 & 2

* A Q J.10

A 6 5 9 2

N

74

♡ 9 6 5 3

IW

♡ K 848

◊ AK J 19

4K 8 5 3

S

4

94

AAK 10 9.8

J· 10

0 Q 7 3

7 G2

The bidding:

East

South

Weat

Pocs Pass

1A 4A

Pass

Pass

3.A Pass

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among

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North

North's jumo raise may appear little unusual, since he had only two spades, but he could

an cand ven

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be sure these two trumps

would be ample

worth a

matter of fact, o raise

to

CAPTAIN EBERHARD SPILLER, Assistant German Air Attache up to the outbreak of war, has been killed in air fighting, over Britain. It is now possible to disclose that Spiller, really a spy in Bri- tain before the war, committed one of those blun- ders which are occasionally characteristic of Ger- man agents.

He had a house in Hampstead, 1 In it he had hidden certain pa- perз conceaing a device at that .m cons acced to be Germany's | scret weapon.

Thus Britain

to was able -obtain '-first-hand knowledge of Germany's advanced-plans for this weapon.

Spiller fed to The Hague, in When war was imminent Spil-Holland, and was engaged in es- ler hurriedly cleared out hispionage there until the invasion. house, but in his haste could not He was a close associate of Baron And these papers,

which were von Rheinbaben, a very notorious later found. They had fallen member of the German Secret

down the back of a drawer in a Service. large chest.

'PLANE ABLAZE BUT GOT HOME

He was among the members of the German Embassy staff who failed to pay their debts before returning to Germany. His Ums included many West End restuur. tradesmen, hotels and ants.

vic-

He even persuaded an attache of a neutral Embassy to cash dud cheque the day before departure.

Clubmen

a his

suspected him of cardsharping, and he was there- fore avoided by the majority

of the Corps Diplomatique,

Happy Mrs. Smith!

means

support for a suit In an attack on German vulner-nvasion bases, one of our able overcall. As aombers, which flew In most parts of the world there gane through a terrific A.A. are women who, once weak and would have been barrage, was badly hit ailing have found the

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wherewith to regain health and and caught fire..

happiness. A tvnical case is that For a brief period the captain of Mrs, E., Smith, of 38, Leucha thought his aircraft was doomed ('Road, London, England, and that it would be necessary to states:

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.who

beyond criticism.

West opened his single ton diamond, and East took the top

diamonds and led a third round for his partner to ruff West then led a heart and South re-abandon it. The greater part of "I always felt weak and ill and sisted the impulse to fincase. the damage was in the centre of could not climb the stairs without Regardless of the fate of a heart the aircraft, close to the rear gun-feeling exhausted. I had no ap- finesse, South would still need the ner's position. finesse to make his contract. But!

if the club finesse succeeded, South could. obtain a heart discard on dummy's, fourth club. Therefore

Ready To Jump

petite and wag miserable and de- pressed. Thâd severe palpitation and my face was gallow

"Despite all treatment I got no better until I started taking Dr "The fire broke out amidships Williams" Pink Pills. In a short he game depended on the club immediately after or during the while the pallor left my face. I inesse; and the heart finesse was attack," said the captain. "I warnfelt brighter and began to want absolutely unnecessary and irreed my crew-to prepare to jump. my meals. I continued with the levant.

This would not have been easy for pills and the change that has Declarer therefore put up dum- them because not only were the come over me has astonished my my's Ace of hearts and led the flames beginning to spread but family and friends. 1 am like a Jack of spades to his own Ace. He thousands of rounds of ammuni- new woman happy in my new then successfully finessed the ten tion were exploding. of clubs. The Queen of spades was overtaken by South's King, and the spade ten drew the last trump. Then South Bnessed the club Jack. He returned to his hand by ruffing dummy's last diamond, to take a third club finesse; and then the club Ace furnished a heart dis- card.

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found health." aj urged my crew to make Dr. Williams" Pink Pills have fire, and ten minutes later my weak, ailing, nervy women, and every effort to extinguish the proved a boon to thousands of

wireless operator reported 'fire men too, because they actually out":"

create new, rich, red blood to feed The damage was so severe that and strengthen the nerves and to it was extraordinary the aircraft bring new vitality to the whole reached its base. Huge holes were system. Thus they dispel nervous torn in the wings, three petrol | disorders, indigestion, neuritis, tanits were destroyed, while the rheumatic troubles, and other interior of the fuselage and the consequences of anaemia: Dr. Wil- air gunner's cockpit were almost liams' Pink Pills are obtainable at

all chemists.

Saturday you played a Small Slam contract with no losers in destroyed.

the side suits, but with the follow- ing trump suit:

6.5 3 Huminty

You A.KJ4 2

How did you play the trump sult?

ANSWER: Play the Ace of King fast. If only small cards drop, get over to the dummy and finesse the Jack. To finesse on the first out will result in the loss of two trump tricks if the blank Queen is held on your left.

--Semre 100% for the recommend- ed play, 0 for any other.

“Question No. 578

To-day you are playing another Small Slam Contract. Once prain you have entries to each hand, no losers in the side suits, and the following trump suit!

8 7 6 5 Kummy

Yon

ASK 189

How do you play the trump suit?

(Answer To-morrow).

(Released by "The Bell Syndi- cate, Inc.).

SHE FOUND BLISS.

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bliss, of Wellingborough, Northants, Ilve un to, their name..

"They have completed sixty-nine years of married life and claim Lihat they have never quarrelled

Mr. Bliss's recipe for bliss fo When you don't know what to say, say nothing."

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