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IN SHELTER-HER WEDDING NIGHT

(By A Special Correspondent)

Bombed out of her home twice in a fortnight, a twenty-year-old bride spent the first night of her wedding with her soldier husband in an underground. air-raid shelter at Heston (Middlesex). The parents of both the bride and the bridegroom sat at their side.

The girl was Irene Bavin, of Southwell Road, A few hours after the wedding Camberwell, S.E. she and her bridesmaids took off their silk dresses, put on day frocks, and went to the shelter.

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The young husband, Lance-

at the end of the [Corporal Herbert Kitcher Knight few days."

West-way, ley, twenty-four,

"I lost a little Said his mother: Heston, blushed when the 200 men, | daughter in the air-raids on Lon- women and children in the shelter i don during the last war. I did not called out good wishes as the bri- | dream that my son and his wife dal party walked down the steps would have to spend their wedding Then, while

air-raid A.A. guns bombed | night in an

shelter In outside, relatives drank their another war." health as they sat on benches along the walls.

"It is not a bit like I imagined my wedding might would be a few weeks ago, the bride said before she and her husband settled down for the night, with travelling rugs around their shoulders.

"We're Lucky"

"But I suppose we were lucky to have a wedding at all. My family and ! were bombed out

of our home at Brixton. Then we moved to a relation nearby, and were bombed out of their home, too. So we came to live with Herbert's mother."

She turned to her husband. "But we are happy dear, aren't we?"

"Yes", replied Lance-Corpora)' Hồng Kong, 22nd January, 1941.Knightley, "and still keeping our

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"I'm not particular on going to the shelter," Lance Corporal Knightley said, "but it is better

THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 25, 1941.

BRIDGE NOTES

BRIDGE SWINDLES

NO. 23

By The Four Aces

One of the most useful weapons In the armoury of the accomplish- ed Bridge Swindler is the "fake finesse." South used it in to-day's hand to get away with an other- wise impossible game.

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HIGH CARD VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACES BYSTEN

South dropped the five. West couldn't

An aircraft fitter who deliber-monds, East played the seven, and ately did bad work because he wished to be discharged was fined £100 with the alternative of three months' gaol if the fine is not paid in a month.

He is Harry Dyson, thirty-six, of Lytham Road, Blackpool, who pleaded guilty to trying to impair the efficiency of an aircraft in- tended to be used in his Majesty's service.

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These orders supplement those not his part- already issued prohibiting the ap- ner's seven of propriation of any article (how- diamonds was a ever worthless it may appear) and signal to continue, the acceptance of gifts or money but couldn't think | gratuities. of anything bet- ter than a dia- mand continua- tion: and South won with the Ace

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Mr. E. Rowton, for the de-of diamonds. fence, said that Dyson had ob. tained an offer of work which he preferred to his present work, but was unable to get his dia. charge. He became very care lose in his work in the hope of being sacked.

The Bench said they were of the opinion that the offence had not been committed with the intent of assisting the enemy,

but they "I-expect most of our honey- thought Dyson had been guilty of moon nights will be spent here. a crine far worse than careless- but she is coming away with ma.' ness.

for Irene.

At this point South led the ten of clubs, as though intending to let it ride for a finesse. If West had taken even a second to think about it, he'd have stepped up at once with the Ace of clubs; for that would assure him two tricks in the side sults in addition to the two trump tricks he was bound to get eventually. But West dropped as quickly as he his lbw club could "to let South make a mis- take."

Unluckily for West, however, South wasn't out to make mis- takes. Dummy's Queen of clubs wen the trick, and South cashed the King of hearts, ruffed the los- ing diamond to enter the dummy again, and hastily discarded his

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The bidding: Schenken 10

ANSWER: Bid one spade. The hand is a weak one, but your bid doesn't increase the bidding level and points to what is probably a better trump suit. One no-trump would be a terrible response (even a pass would be better) because it completely misstates the nature- of the meagre strength held.

Score 100 % for the spade, 40% - for pass, 0 for one no-trump.

Question No. 623

To-day you hold the same hand,

THE BEST DOLLAR'S WORTH remaining two clubs on dummy's and the bidding continues:

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high hearts. West, of course, could take only two trump tricks whe- ther he ruffed or discarded. "fake finesse" had allowed South to avoid the loss of a club trick.

* Yesterday you

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

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What do you bid?

(Answer

Tuesday.)

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