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By ED REED

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 20, 1940

BRIDGE PUBLIC AUCTIONS

NOTES

CRACKING DOWN

By The Four Aces

The Undersigned have received: Instructions from the Liquidators and Others to sell by Públic

Aliction on

MONDAY, 23rd December, 1940 commencing at 10 a.m.

at their Sales Room, No. 2, Con- naught Road, Central, Room No.

205, Second Floor..

A Baleation of Household Electric

When you play against optimis-Apparatus, Dakin (Patent Medicine. tic opponents, it's a good idea to And Sundries.

wait patiently until they get them-

selves out on a limb; then, crack comprising:

down on them. In the accompany-1B & L (Micro Photographic) ing hand, East felt sure that his Apparatus over-aggressive opponents were. 1 Switchboard

over their heads because otherwise 1 Impringer Machine 'hey'd have bid game instead of 1 Heating Apparatus stopping short at three hearts. His 1 Stand for Theodolite

dc- Samsons loubie, coupled with a fine. ence, netted 11 very handsome Sandwich

gum:

North, Dealer North-South vulnerable

Electric Combination Toasters and Waffle Makers, Electric Coffee Makers, Electric 'Cookers, Electric

Hot Pads, Dakins Cod Liver Oil. Chemical Food. Carlsbad Salt, Halibut Oil, Tooth Brushes, Ty- phoon Lamps, etc., etc.

also

A Quantity of Glass Dressing Syringes, Urethral Syringes, Bye Baths, Beakers, Drop Bottles and Empty Ampoules

and

1 Rheinmetall Portable Type- writer (almost new).

1 Diathermy Machine

On View from Saturday, 21st December, 1940.

The

K 9 8 4 ♡Б OK 9 8 7

♣ AKQ 5

AQJ 10

N

♡ J 6 2

★ A 7 5 3

A 7 3

W

◊ Q 4 2

49 863

◊ A 10 6 3

J 10

62

VK Q 10 9 8 4 OJ 6 47 42

The bidding:

North East

South

10

Pass

1♡

Tel. 30311.

14

Рова

20

West

Pass Pass

2NT

Pass

3♡

Pass

Pass

DMI.

Pass

Pass

Pass

◊ K 10 8 0

West opened

Queen

of

The bidding:

Schenken South ruffed

1♡ Declarer led

20 dummy's club to Queen and returned

Jacoby You

a

Pase PERS

Kater INT Past (7)

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 18th Dec., 1940.

Q 8 6

♡ J 7

EDREED

"I'm not buying anything to-day-I'm just training for next week's sale!"

Here's Luck

EWO BEER

Road, Victoria, Hong Kong, un EVACUATION Saturday, 21st December, 1940, at

12 o'clock (Nom), for the purpose REPRESENTATION

of receiving a Statement of AC COMMITTEE counts and the Report of the Directors for the financial year ended 30th September, 1940, and electing Directors and Auditors.

PUBLIC MEETING

THE TRANSFER BOOKS AND A public meeting of those inter REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS ested in the Evacuation Reposon- will be closed from Monday, 28th tation Committee will be held at November, 1940, to Saturday, Bist the Peninsula Hotel on FRIDAY, December, 1940, both days December 27, at 6.p.m., to receive clusive.

By Order of the Board of

in

a statement from the Committee

Directors,

NOEL BRAGA,

Secretary.

WANTED

the

spades, holding the trick. The suit

the third round.

WOULD ANY ENGLISH or Eng-was continued, and lish speaking lady care to accom- pany middle-aged serviceman to dinner dance on New Year's eve. Apply Box No. 171 c/o "The China Mail”.

TUITION GIVEN

in connection with the reply to EXPERT instructresses for ladies the Petition submitted on Novem-and young girls in music, short- ber 22,

F. C. CLEMO,

Hon. Secretary.

AN CARD VALUES

OF THE KOR-ACERETNEŠTIN

ACE. KING..2 ÏQUEEN.1 BACKLIK

hand, typing, bookkeeping and English and French. Apply 24 the third

Austin Road, Kowloon.

44 9 8 7

ANSWER: Bid two -trump.

a trump. East Your partner's "reverse" bidding ducked, and South indicates a hand substantially won with the heart stronger than a minimum opening King. For lack of bid; and with your supporting anything better, strength a game is not too much to South then led two hope for.

more rounds of

clubs, East ruffing Score 100% for two no-trump, round with his low 20% for three hoaris, 10% for

pass.

Question No. 594

sides

trump.

East then laid down the Ace' of spades, and 'South decided to dis- card a diamond rather than ruff, West also discarded a diamond, To-day you are Merwin Maler's

with both where-upon East promptly cashed partner and, the Ace of diamonds and led an- vulnerable, you hold. olher diamond for Declarer returned # low trump, allowing East to win with the trump Ace; and then another diamond lead made it impossible for South to shut out West's Jack of hearts. In all, South won only six tricks, for an 800-point set.

South to ruff.

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

49744

J 7

K 10 8 6 K 97

The bidding:

Schisaken Maler

You

*Book

12

Pass

-INT

Pass

BA

Pasa

(7)

What do you bid?

(Answer

To-morrow.)

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