1941-03-27 — Page 10

THE

CHINA MAİL

Established 1845

Registered Offices Windsor House, 12, Des Vœux Road, Central, Hong Kong.

Telephones:

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NOTICE

sent

A. from to-day the prices of H.B. Beer (Pints and Quarts) will be increased by $3.00 per case. THE HONG KONG BREWERY & DISTILLERY, LTD.

27th March, 1941.

PUBLIC AUCTION

The Undersigned have received Instructions

Auction on

to sell by

Public

W

FRIDAY. 28th March, 1941. commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hunkow Road, Kowloon.

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

comprising:

Teakwood Dining Room, Bed Room. Drawing Room and Office Furniture, Chesterfield Suites, Tientsin Carpets & Rugs, Carpet Runners, Wardrobe & Cabin Trunks, Table Cloths, Napkins, Curtains, Electric Table Fans, Heaters and Lamps, Wall & Table Clocks, Curios, Ornaments, Gramophones & Records, Pictures, Cutlery. Perambulators, E.P., Brass, Porcelain and Glass Ware, Cooking Utensils, etc., etc.

also

A Few Pleces of Blackwood Furniture

and

11 Volumes of Encyclopaedia

Britannica (Tenth Edition).

1 "Westinghouse" Refrigerator.

1 "Kelvinator" Refrigerator.

"1 "Frigidaire" Refrigerator.

2 Hand Sewing Machines.

2 Cooking Stoves.

1 "Zenith" Radio.

1 Albion Wringer.

1 Looking Glass.

On View from Thursday,

27th March, 1941.

Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 25th March, 1941.

WARNING

aro

the

Business Houses hereby warned that all payments in con." nection with the 1941 edition of The Hong Kong Dollar Directory should be made at the Offices of the publishers, through the post or by chit book.

No one la authorised

to visit

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

G

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PUBLIC AUCTION

PARTICULARS AND CONDI- TIONS of the Sale by Public Auc- tion to be held on MONDAY, the 31st day of March. 1941, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor of one Lot of Crown Land at Island Road, Tytam Bay, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, with a option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 75 years,

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the disposal

DOLLAR ACADEMY

Dollar, Scotland.

Preparation for Universities. Army, Public Services, Commerce; On list of Schools nominating for Sandhurst, Contingent of Junior Division O.T.C.

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 27, 1941.

BRIDGE GANG TRICK

NOTES

'Crime Doesn't Pay! No. 36

Mild climate and healthful sur- By The Four Aces roundings. Specially suitable for

Expert sleuths will detect two colonial boys and boys from Ur- ban arcas. Preparatory School crimes in to-day's hand: adjacent,

Prospectus and full particulars may be obtained on application to the School Secretary.

Headmaster, HARRY BELL, B.A. (Cantab.)

HONG KONG

North, Dealer Both sides vulnerable

AK 8

of the lot the Purchaser (if not the TELEPHONE COMPANY, 4 A1076

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

LIMITED

applicant) will be required to de posit with an authorised officer who will be present at the sale,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the sum of two hundred dollars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be that the SIXTEENTH ORDINARY HONG refunded on payment of the Pur-YEARLY MEETING of chase price.

KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED, will be held on FRI- DAY, the 28th day of March, 1941, at noon, in the BOARD ROOM of the Company, SECOND FLOOR, EXCHANGE BUILDING, HONG KONG, for the purpose of receiv- ing a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Board of Direc tors, for the financial year ended 31st December. 1940, and re- electing twg Directors and Audi-

Rural Building Lot No. 442.

Island Road, Tytam Bay.

No. of Sale

Registry No.

Locality

Boundary

Measurements

N.8.

E.

W

As per

sale plan

ZA.

Cor.ants in sq-

Annual Rent.

Upset Price

About 30,000

$344

$7,500

The purchaser of the loi will be required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $750 (being 10% of the upset price) immedi- ately after the fall of the hammer, be- the balance of the premium ing paid in accordance with the Conditions of Sale,

HONG KONG ROTARY Glub

FLAG DAY March 29th, 1941

Object

To obtain funds to pur- chase Motor Ambulances and Mobile Canteens for China and Britain.

CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD.

Notice To Consumers

Notice is hereby given that the Company's standard charges will be increased as from 17th March, 1941, by adding a 10 per cent. surcharge to the amounts charged for electricity consumed for light- ing and power as per meters read on and after 24th April, 1941.

The existing scale of discounts will remain in force.

By Order of the Board of

Directors,

D. W. MUNTON,

Manager. Hong Kong, 8th March, 1941.

THE HONGKONG

tors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be closed from the 14th March to the 28th March, 1941, both days inclusive.

Dated this 1st day of March,

-1941.

By Order of the Board, J. P. SHERRY,

Managing Director.

14, Des Voeux Road, Central,

Hong Kong.

HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY,

LIMITED

N.

♡ KJ6 2 ◊ 5

A 10 9 6 2 O Q J 8 7 2

✰ K

A QJ 54

47 3

♡

6 7

W

Ε

6 3

S

2

AJ 985

4 3

A 10 9 6 2 ◊ 9 4 OAK 10 9 4

The bidding:

North

Enst

South

Pass 20

ΣΑΒΒ

14

West

Puss

L'ass

30

Pass

50

Pass

60

Pass

Pass

Pago

FAILS

ATTRACTED BY POLICE WHISTLES IN JORDON ROAD YESTERDAY, DET.-SGT. COCH- RANE SAW A CHINESE YOUTH PICK UP A PURSE FROM THE GROUND AND START TO RUN,

The Sergeant caught the youth, recovering the purse.

Lau

Before Mr. .H. C. Macnamara at Kowloon this morning, Shiu, 17, was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour.

It was stated that accused, with six others, approached a woman from behind. One of the gang struck her hand and her purse fell to the ground to be picked up by accused.

Ace, followed by a high ruff in the dummy of a third spade. Then a trump would give South entry for another high spade ruff. Dum- my's fourth trump would return the lead to South, and the rest would be easy. The vital point was to save the trump leads as entries to the South hand.

*

»

Yesterday you were Merwin West opened the eight of hearts, Maier's partner and, with neither dummy winning with the Ace.side vulnerable, you held: Two round of trumps were fol- lowed by the two top spades and a spade rull.

HINGED CARE VILLNKY OF THE FOOR-ACES BYTOS

ACE ....... 5 KING ..2 QUEEN I JACK...

TOTAL VALIK ME FOR SA

KJ 9 7 8 10 4

◊ Q 6 2

♣A 6 3

2

The bidding:

Maier

10 24

8cbenken You

Jacoby

Pasa Pasa

14 (7)

Pasa

Bid three spades,

With a 3-3 spade break, South could have returned to his hand with trump to discard dummy's club on a long spade; but the 4-2 break barred the waste of any of dummy's trumps. You are not quite strong enough He therefore re- to bid game

at once, but feel confident of making game unless your partner has a minimum opening bid. You should there- fore leave the choice to your partner.

turned а

low heart from dummy, but East put up the heart King and hastily returned a club, Down one!

Two Bridge crimes have been committed in front of your eyes. See if you can detect them be-

fore you read on.

Further-

South committed both crimes. The first was in bidding six dia- monds. North's original NOTICE IS

pass HEREBY GIVEN

made it extremely unlikely that that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Hong Kong Tele- he held enough top-card strength phone Co., Ltd., will be held in to warrant a Slam bid. the Board Room of the Company. the full strength of his hand in more, South had already shown 2nd Flour, Exchange Building, Des Voeux Road Central, Victoria, making the "skip-level" rebid of

three diamonds. Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, the 28th day of March 1941, at 12,15 o'clock The second crime consisted in in the afternoon or so soon there- muffing the Slam when West's after

as the Annual General unfortunate opening lead had Meeting convened for noon on given him a chance to make the that day shall have terminated, contract. The Slam could be when the subjoined resolution will made only if a spade could be es- be proposed as a special resolu- tablished for the discard of dum- my's losing club. Correct play

tion:

ANSWER:

Score 100% for three spades, 60% for four spades, 45% for two no-trump, 0 for puss.

Question No. 675

To-day you are David Bruce Burnstone's partner and, with neither side vulnerable, you hold:

A KJ9 7 3

K 10 4 ◊ Q 5 4K 6 3

The bidding: Burname

1♡

24

Schenken Pass

Pass

You

Jacoby

14 Pass (?)

What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

(Released by The Bell Syndi-

That the Articles of Association was to cash the spade King at of the Company be altered in the the second trick, then the spade cate, Inc.) manner following:-

F

(a) By the deletion of

Number of Directors,

the existing Articlė 95 and the substitu- tion in lieu thereof of the following Ar- ticle:-

"95. The Directors of the Com- pany shall not be less than

"six and

not

more than ten in number.”

(b) In Article 101 the word "six" shall be substituted for the word "four" where 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.

تم

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

offices and collect money on be- ELECTRIC CO., LTD. ARY YEARLY MEETING of the

half of this publication.

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

TUITION GIVEN ·

EXPERT instructresses for ladies and young girls. in music, short- hand, typing, bookkeeping and English and French. Apply 24 Austin: Road, Kowloon; ...

Tasue of 800,000 new ordinary

sharea of 310 cách

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY-SIXTH ORDIN-

Company (since registration) will be held at the Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong, on THURSDAY, the 3rd APRIL, 1941, at 11.30 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Report of the General Managers that the Register of Members of together with a Statement of Ac- the Company will be closed from counts for the year ended 31st | 1st to 5th April, 1941, both days | OCTOBER, 1940. - · Inclusive, during which period no. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Transfer of Shares can be regis- Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 24th MARCH, 1941, to THURSDAY, the 3rd APRIL, 1941, both days inclusive,. JOHN D, HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers,

tered.

By Order of the Board

of Directors, GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD, Agents

Hong Kong, 21st Murch, 1941

Pong 12, 18th March, 1941,

OFF THE RECORD

1-25 243 revelar İpresenta

"Do you mind?

By ED REED

My wife isn't home and I know she

wouldn't want to miss this for the world,"

Here's Luck

EWO BEER

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