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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

NOTICE

It is hereby notified that the fol- lowing increases in the Company's standard charges will be made for current consumed in respect of ac- counts issued for meters read on and after 21st March 1941: -

1. For Lighting from 15 cents to

18 cents per unit. 2. For Power and Heating from

5 cents to 531⁄2 cents per unit. 3. The discount of 10% on Pow- er accounts in excess of 1,000 units per month will be dis- continued.

By order of the Board of

Directors, GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD.

Agents.

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THE BANK OF EAST

ASIA, LIMITED:

the

NOTICE is hereby given that the TWENTY SECOND ORDIN- ARY YEARLY MEETING of this Company will be held at Registered Omeo of the Company No. 10, Des Voeux Road Ceritral, on SATURDAY, the 8th March, 1941, at 2.00 p.m, for the purpose

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receiving the Report of the Directors together with a State- ment of Accounts for the year ended 31st December, 1940

The Register of Shares of the Company will be closed froth Saturday, 1st March, 1941 Saturday, 8th March, 1941 (both days Inclusive) claring which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of

Directors.

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 8, 1941.

BRIDGE NOTES

A

Bridge Swindles—— No. 29

By The Four Aces

very neal swindle helped South make his ambitious stam ! contract, shown to-day:

South, Dealer Both aides vulnerable

10 9 5 3

Jacoby

KJ 9:7· VQ3

0 84.22 ⇓ Q J G 5

The bidding:

Schenken

Yon

Maler

Раза

Pass

1A (?)

l'ass

10 2NT

ANSWER: Bid three no-trump. You have quite enough strength for the acceptance of your part- ner's strong invitation to game: and,

well since your hand is balanced, there is no reason to bid the hand like a two-suiter.

Score 100% for three no-trump, 30% for three clubs,

Question No. 659

To-day you are Merwin Maier's partner and, with both sides vul- herable, you hold:

AKQJ 8 3 2 ♡ W 0842 J65

K10 7 3

5

K 10 7 4

N

A 7642

Q 8 652

14

W

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A Q 97

6 J 10 8 2

64

S

44.462

63

The bidding:

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager

AK Q3 8

Maler

AJ 9

Jucalty

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You

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Pasa

IA

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Heliers dec

Pass

♣ A J 9

The hidding:

West South

IA:

6A

20 Pass

North 24

East

30

Pase

Pass

prepaid, and all cheques, postal

orders should be The News- made payable to paper Enterprise Limited. CONTRIBUTIONS:

All contributions must bear the writer's or Artist'a signature, not for publication purposes unicas 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 HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.

Notice To Shareholders

The

THE FIFTY-FOURTH ORÐIN- ARY ANNUAL MEETING SHAREHOLDERS will be held at Messrs Jardine. Matheson & Co. Lad, en WED)- NESDAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941. at NOON, for the purpose of re- cering the Report of the Directors Accounts and the Statement of for the year ended 31st DECEM - BER, 1940.

The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 15th MARCIL 1941, to WEDNESDAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941. bolti days 10- clusive

By Order of the Board of

Directory

CM. MANNERS.

Secretary & Manager 1'ng Kong, 7th March, 1991.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

The Undersigned have received instructions

sell by to

Public Auction on SATURDAY, the 8th March, 1941 commencing at 10.30 a.m.

at No. 2 Wood Road (Basement), Wanchai.

299 Packages Miscellaneous Goods comprising:

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY,

E

LIMITED

Hong Kong, 20th February, 1941.

HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY,

LIMITED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

Extraordinary an

General Meeting of the Hong Kong Tele- phone Co., Ltd., will be held in the Board Room of the Company, 2nd Floor, Exchange Building. Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, the 28th day of March 1941, at 12.15 o'clock

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN · that

Extraordinary Getieral Meeting of the Company will be

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Bunding. Vretona, 101 the Colony of Hong Kong at 11 15 o'clock in the fures Bon THURSDAY, the 20th day of March, 1941, or as sou thereafter as the Ordinary General Meeting of the Company shall have

in the afternoon or so soon there- terminated for the purpuse of con-

after

as the Annual General sidering and, if thought fit, passtig; Meeting convened for noon 011 the following resolutions

that day shall have terminated. } That the Directors be and, when the subjoined resolution win they are hereby authorised to be proposed as a special resolu- capitalise the sum of $3,000,500 | tion: Hong Kong currency, part of the undivided profits of the Com- pany standing to the credit of the Company's Reserve Fund,

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to allot to the members holding shares of the Company as on the first day of April One thousand nine hundred and forty-one in respect of the net amount capi- falted fully paid shares of the Company of equivalent nominal value in the proportion of one share for every three shares of the Company held by them res- pectively and that such shares so allotted shall rank for divid- ends as from the 1st day of July, 1941.

That if on such distribu- tion as aforesaid any person would be entitled to a fractionat share the Directors shall, in feu of issuing fractional certificates,; cause the whole share to be al- lotted to a person or persons to be named by the Directors and such share shall, at such time as the Directors think it, be soldd and the proceeds distributed amongst the persons entitled to such: the fractions making up share.

By Order of the Board

of Directors,

Cotton Shirtings, Poplin, Nan-GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD., keen, Blue, Black and Grey Drills,

Agents.

Cotton Prints, Crepe, Cotton Sa- Hong Kong, 21st February, 1941. rong, Colton Jean, Cotton Singlets, Towels, Hats, Rubber and Canvas

NOT -Under the powers conferred

Shoes, Hair Clips, Padlocks, Steel| upon em by Article 12 of the Articles Wood Screws, Aluminium Ware, of Association of the Company. the Wire Net, Chromium Plated Oil Directors have decided to offer ta Lamps, Radio Parts, Charcoal Shareholders on the Register on the ist Flat Iron, Electric Lamp Bulbs, day of April 1941, one share at par for Flexible Cords, Wall Sockets and every complete three shares held by Plugs, Electric Three Way Soe- them (excluding the Bonus Shares to kets, Lamp Shades, Cardboard Photo Backs, Stationery, etc.

(all more or less damaged) Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS..

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 6th March, 1941.

be offered to them under the preced. ing resolution) upon the terms that payment for such shares shall be made to the Company's Bankers. The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong on or before the 30th Sup- tember 1941 and that Shareholders be given power to renounce their rights under such offer and that no rights at tach to any fractions. The shares tak- en up under the above offer: shall rank for dividends as from 1st day of July 1941. Formal letters of offer, accop- tance and renunciation will be sent to STATISTICAL EXPERT, seven Shareholders as soon as possible* after years' research and office ex-April 1st next.

POSITION WANTED

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West opened the Ace of dia- monds. and South nonchalantly

JE TIME

UK CARD VALLEY FOURAGES EYSTEM

ACE KING.. 2 QUEEN.1 JACK...

dropped his King! West naturally as- sumed South had no more diamonds, and

therefore wis: quite sure that an- other diamond lead would be unwise. He therefore shift- ed to clubs, thus giving South a free inesse, East wisely refused to play his club Queen, but the jig was up anyway.

TUVALU UN PADI SA

SVENNAS Vests & 3⁄41⁄2

South ruled his low diamond in the dummy and drew four rounds; of trumps. When the Ace and King That the Articles of Association | of clubs failed to drop East's to locate the of the Company be altered in the Quern, South had

full his con- manner following:

heart Queen to tract. That was easy enough, for East had shown up with trumps and four clubs and hud raised diamonds. Since the raise must have been based on at least East must have four diamonds.

(a) By the deletion of the existing Article 95 and the substitu- tion in lieu thereof of the following Ar- ticle:

Nunder of Directors

"95 The

of

Tour

started the hand with at most a

Directors singleton heart, South therefore the Com- took the Are of hearts and finessed fulfill his con- pany shall not through West to

than tract

not

be less "six and

more than ten

in number."

Note that South lost nothing by dropping the diamond King, since it would have done him no parti- (b) In Article 101 thecular good to be able to discard a word "six" shall be club or a heart from the dummy. substituted for the Nute also that if word "four" where been so such word occurs in the third and fifth line respectively of such Article.

By Order of the Board,

J. P. SHERRY, Managing Director. Hong Kong, 5th March, 1941.

West had not away violently steered from a diamond continuation, he might have led a second round of the suit. Then South would have hud to

at

guess the location of least ore Queen and perhaps both.

*

*

you were

Oswald

Yesterday Jacoby's partner and, with both sides vulierable you held --

2NT

What do you bid? (Answer

Monday, 1

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