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MONDAY, 31st March, 1941 commencing at 10.30 a.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon. A Quantity of Household Furniture and Sundries. Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers, Hong Kong, 28th March, 1941.

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A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

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Teak Wardrobes, Steel and Teak Dressing Tables, Steel and Tenk Beds, Side Tables,

Chests of

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A Fine Selection of

Blackwood

Furniture and Curios.

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Two Radio Sets

One Tientsin Carpet One Tientsin Rug Two Rolls Leather Cloth On View from Wednesday, the 2nd April, 1941.

Catalogues 'will be issued, Terms: Cash on Delivery,

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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 Werks 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.

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RADIO SHE THREW BRIDGE

12.10 p.m.-Short Service of Interces-

sion.

12.30 p.m.-Film Selectiona,

The Star Maker'-An Apple for the: Teacher....Bing Crosby and Connie Boswell with Orchestra, 'Sweet- hearts-Selection....Louis Levy h.

In Arms-I'm Just Wild About Har

HIM HER

PANTIES

His Orchestra with Vocal, *Babes As the bull rolled over ry....Judy Garland (Vocal) with dead in Mexico City bull-

Orchestra. "The Flying Trapeze-

Selection.... Patricia Rossborough ring and

'Gulliver's Travels turned

(Piano).

We're All Together Now...Murga-

troyd & Winterbottom with Orches

ira.

'Sing You Sinners' Selection

Dudley Beaven (Organ). Tropic

Holiday-On A Trople Night............ Dorothy Lamour (Vocal) with Or chestra. "The Singing Marine-

Foort (Or. Selection.... Reginald

Mc Kan). "Shipyard Sally-Wish Luck.Gracie Fields with Orell. & Chorus,

Sit-

1.00 p.m.-Local Time Signal. 1,01 p.m.-Tangos and Waltzes.

Madam-Tango. Dear

Victor vester & His Ballroom Orchestra. Waltzes--Enjoy tale (Joh. Strauss); Roses of the South (Joh. Strauss)

Orchestra Mascotfr Tankos Quiere Verte Una Vez Mas: Mas

the matador

proudly to face

the crowd, a girl rose in

NOTES

Bridge Swindles——

No. 32

By The Four Aces

South executed two swindles in

Slam contract:

her seat and flung him, one hand to make her ambitious not a red rose, but-her panties!

The matador stood astonished. The crowd cheerd,

Then. combining, enthusiasm with. patriotism, the girl, an American, peeled off two more pairs and, waving them joyously aloft, tossed these also to the bullfighter. Their colours were

red, white and blue.

This, thought the police, was going too far. They tried to curb the lady's enthusiastn.

But gallant bullfight fans were her side. They immediately at

ring the way of the police, and she escaped arrest,

South, Dealer North-South vulnerable.

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7 6 2 W E

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AK J10 ♡ A 10 6

A 42

♡ K 7

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963

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The bidding: South

West

North

Banl

JA

l'ass

JA

lans

书食

I'ass

Puss

Pass

seven

felt sorry

West opened the diamonds. and South

At night all Mexico City was that she'd been 80 optimistic. toasting the unknown girl.

Alla. Orquesta Tiples Francisco Canaru Waltzes Greelings $17 Vienita

Danube + Siede).

Waves (ivanovicis Orquestra Mascotte Tangos- Vilja Amiga. Carnaval De MI Barrio Mercedes Simone & Het Tipica Trio Waltz My Lucky Day (Carste), Orchestra Mascotte 1.30 p.m.--Reuter & Rugby Press and, formed a protretive screen, bar-

Announcements, 1.45 p.m.--Variety.

Vocal-Sentimental Gentleman from

Georgia Parish-Perkius?

The Boswell Sisters with Orchestra Organ Wedding of the Painted Doll (Brown) Leslie James (Organ) Vocal Mood Indigo (Ellington) The Boswell Sisters with Orchestra Plano- Medley-Intro: So Rare: The First Time I Saw You!

That ht Feeling. Jay Wilbur with Rhythm acc. Descriptive Sketch- Anuther Day's Broadcasting- Clapham & Dwyer (with Effects). Plano-Medley-Intro: I've Got My Love to Keep me Warm. Let us be sweethearts over again: Goodnight Wilbur with all. Joy you Rhythm ace Vocal-It Makes No Difference Now (Davis & Tillman): Prairie Schooner (Hald & Others) The Billies and their own Novelty ace

to

2.15 p.m.-Close down,

8.45 p.m.-Indian Programme. 6.30 p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quote-

tions.

6,32 p.m.-A Light Spanish Programme. O Cara Mia (Brodzski: Pucha Digo (Pesenti)....A. J. Pesenti & His Orchestra Gitana, Gitana (Prado and

Meller Romero)...Raquel (Vocal) with Orchestra, Granada- Spanish Suite (Albeniz)....Orquesta | Odeon. La Pena (Machado and Collet) Raquel Meller (Vocal) with Orchestra, Cordoba (Albeniz} ....Orquesta Odeon. Bouquet of Spanish Songs--Intro: La Partida: El Relicario; Ay, Ay, Ay....Sevil- Ban Serenader's with Orchestra. Spanish Dance No, 3 (Granados).... New Light Symphony Orchestra. 7.00 p.m.-London Relay-The News. 7.15 p.m.-London Retay-Talk by Sir

Hugh Walpole. 7.30 p.m. - London

Relay Special Broadcast to the British Forces In the Far East.

8.00 p.m.--Local Time Signal and An-

nouncements,

8.02 p.m.-Schubert-Divertissement A

La Hongroise, Op. 54.

1st Mov: Andante-Un poco plu mos- so; 2nd Mov: Marcia (Andante con moto) & Trio; 3rd Mov: Allegretto

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD.

Issue of 600,000 new, ordinary shares of $10 each.

Intending bidders are advised. that immediately after the.disposal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the 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, that the Register of Members of ($200) in cash, This sum will be the Company will be closed from refunded on payment of the Pur1st to 5th April, 1941, both days chase price.

inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Shares can be regis-

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No. of Bale

Rural Building Lot No. 442.

Registry No.

Island Road, Tytam Bay.

Locality

Boundary

Measurements

N. 8.E. W.

In the

As per

saic plan

Contents in sq. ft.

Annual Rent.

Upset Price

About 30,000

$7,500

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

tered.

By Order of the Board

of Directors, GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., LTD

Agents,

Hong Kong, 21st March, 1941.

Artur Schnabel and Kam Ulrich Schnabel (Two Platios).

in

8.35 p.m.-Beniamino Gigli (Tenor) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

Cuckoo On Hearing the First

Spring (Dellus) Sir Thomas Bec cham conducting the Royal Phil harmonic Orchestra. Anna Mia Furno-Melichar) Beniaming GI gll (Tenor) with Orchestra Prince Igor March (Bording Sir Thomas

Unless dummy's diamonds afford- ed two discards, she would have Lo lose a club and a heart: and the opening

in- lead dicated that th:: diamonds would not break miracul- ously. There was # remote chance

OF THE FOUR-ACED SVETEN

ACT KING....2 QUEEN 1 JACK...2

for # squeeze if the long diamonds were held together

with all the but South

Beecham cand the Royal Philhar-missing high hearts.

monic Orchestra La Serenala

the Hour'.

that a swindle

(Tosti). Beniamino Gigli (Tenor) properly decided with Orchestra, The Music of the was more likely to succeed. Spheres (Josef Strauss, Op. 2351... She therefore won the first Felix Weingartner conducting the trick with dummy's Queen and re- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,

turned the Jack of clubs. East 9.00 p.m.-London Relay The News. ducked, expecting South to take a fluesse, and South won with the 18.15 p.m.-London Relay Questions of

club Queen, The next step was 19.30 p.m.-Local Sports Results

to lay down both red Aces, ail 9.33 p.m.--Atbert. Sandler (Violip) and

hands following with low cards. His Orchestra. Around the Danube (Paraphrase on

The failure of a diamond honour 'Waves of the Danube'): Roumenian to drop told South that no normal Gipsy Dance (de Maurizi Albert play would work, but her swindle Sundier & His Orchestra Song of was well under way. Paradise (King) Always (from

dummy was A trump to the 'Puritan Lullaby). Albert Sandler followed by a ruff of the diamond (Violin) assisted by J. Samehtin! (Cello). J, Byfeld (Piano) and S.

nine in the South hand. Another

the Torch (Organ). Serenade (Toselli): trump to

dummy drew the Softly Awakes My Heart (from

last adverse trump; and the dia- 'Samson & Delilah'-Saint-Saens) mond King allowed South to Albert Sandier & His Orchestra, get rid of the club King. Dummy's L'Heure Exquise (ahn)... Albert remaining club was led for South Sandler (Violin) assisted by J. By-

to rutt, and South then led a fleld (Piano) and J Samehtint

heart. East was obliged to win (Cello). Bien. Almes, Valse (Wald- teufel)....Albert Sandler & His with his lone King, and his forced Orchestra.

club return allowed South to dis- 9.45 p.m.Naws in French (on Short card the losing heart while

Wave only).

10.00 p.m.-London, Relay Music Hall", 11.00 p.m.-Dance Music.

Fox-Trot-I Hear a Dream (Alm 'Gulliver's Travels'); Quickstep-

dummy ruffed.

East could have foiled South's plot by stepping up with the club trick or by Ace at the second

Bluebirds in the Moonlight (film dropping the heart King under

10

*

the

'Gulliver's Travels)....Jack White South's Ace; but both were dif- & His Collegians, Rumba-Siboney |ficult plays.

Alfredo Brilo & His Orchestra. Fox-Trot The Breeze & 1; Waltz- When Shall We Two Meet Again.... Sydney. Lipton & His Grosvenor House Dance, Drchestra. Fox-Trots-Stephane's Tune; After You're one...Stephane Grappel ly & His Musicians. Fox-Trot-The Wind, and the Rain in Your Hair;! Waltz-The. Creaking Old Mill on the Creek..........Vinbent Lopez & His Orchestra, Tangos-Tango Illusion; Tango Espanol....Robert Renard Dance Orchestra, Slow Fox-Trot Mist on the River; Fox-Trot-Tiny Old Town....Jay Wilbur &c Band. Pasodoble-Alfonso: Rumba | -Caramba....Tejada & His Orch Fox-Trots Mary Lou; Tony's Wife ....Van Alexander & His Orch. Fox-Trot-Where the Blue Begins (i'm On Top of the World'): Wallz By the Sleepy Lagoon.... New Mayfair Dance Orchestra. 12.00 midnight-Close down.

Yesterday you were Howard Swing Schenken's partner and, with nei-

ther side vulnerable, you held:

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K J 9 7 ✓ 10 4 OK I G ♣ A 10 6 3 The bidding:

Schenken

1♡ 20

Mater I'ass

Foss

You Jacody 14 (7)

Pass

ANSWER: Bid two no-trump. A good partner will not pass ex- absolute minimumn cept with an opening bid; and in that case you have no reason to be any higher. A garne contract at no-truinp

most desirable

If your partner has slight additional strength.

seems

Score 100% for two no-trump, 70% for three, no-trump, 60% for three clubs, 0 for pass,

Question No. 677

To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's partner and, with nei- ther side vulnerable, you hold:

AKJET BL

♡ K 4

AK 3.3

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Pars

The bidding: Jacoby 1♡

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