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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 16, 1941.

TO A

BRIDGE Son Of Peer SURRENDER NOTES Charged Gun

BRIDGE SWINDLES-

NO. 43

To-day's elegant swindle had to be executed swiftly, like most de- ceptive plays:

South, Dealer

North-South vulnerable North-South part score 40

NORTH

Q 10 7 10

Q10 5 4 2

EAST

A 12

♡ 6 6 3

C 10 9 8 3 KJ 8 7

OA 6 5 4

WEST

AAK 9 6 5

orders should be

♡ AQ4 2 0 7

96 3

SOUTH

AJ 8 3

KJ 9 8 7 OK Q J 2 ♣ A

The bidding:

West South

IV

14 20 l'ass

Puss Pass

North

INT 30

East .Pass Pass

6 months

12 monthe

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West opened the King of spades,

but then shifted tot

HIGH CARD VALUES

FOURLACES WYWft

ACE KING. QUEEN.1

JACK..

TOTAL VALUE OF FUCK DE

despite East's sig- ..nal 10

with the club Ace and led the

CAMERA

took

The story of an R.A.F. HEROISM OF THE Hon. Christopher Furness, fighter pilot who of Burrough Court, Mélton Mowbray, Leicester-sixty armed Italian pri- shire, against the Germans in France was revealed soners with no other wear concealed pon than a in the Probate Court.

camera was one of the After letters from brother officers had described many exciting experien- the "hell" in which he was last seen, Mr. Justice ces related after the fall Hodson granted leave to presume his death.

of Tobruk.

Saved Whole 'Column

Mr. Victor Russell, for the nearby. Instantly Dick went off to executor, Mr. W. J. Wilson, said, reconnoltre with a view to attack. that in a letter to Lord Furness, his commanding officer wrote; "Dick was covering the with- drawal of

"Suddenly fire was opened on some transport when men of another regiment sald Ger-him by a concealed Gerihan anti- Several carriers were man infantry were close in a wood tank gun.

destroyed, including Dick's. I am told he charged straight at the gunner and shot him before he tell himself.

GERMANY LOSING HER LEAD

"There is some slight hope that he may have

severely been wounded and taken by the Ger- mans, but I fear not a great one.

The fighter pilot had a day off, so he thought he would go into Tobruk and see how the land forces were faring. He arrived there rather early in fact, just as our advanced troops were mov- ing in.

Hundreds of Italians were in Our the caves below the town, pilot wandered in, got lost in The dark,

found and suddenly himself in a cavern dimly lit by hurricane lamps; sixty Italians were crowded there.

He thought quickly-he had no weapon and was by no means certain that the Italians in the

"His action was the most gallant cave knew that the garrison had possible."

An eye-witness wrote that he

across the top of a tank with at of him, and

known then the very Blender

the nine of clubs The interest of friendly saw Mr. Furness spread-eagled

continue neutrals in the Royal Air Bren gun in front spades. South won Force appears to be large-added: "Mr. Furness must have

ly low

concerned with the chances of his returning from such diamond to dum- speed at which Britisha hell."

my's Ace in order

to return the ten of total strength in the air hearts from the is overhauling that of dummy. When East played a low heart, Germany; how soon Brit- THE SIXTIETH ORDINARY South felt sure that West held the ish striking power is like- MEETING of Shareholders will be| Ace; for East, a sound but art-

surrendered. He shoved his hand into his tunic pocked, clutched at his miniature camera and point- edit through the cloth in true gangster fashion.

As he expressed it afterwards: I put on a fierce expression and remembering something I had heard an Italian Colonel use when he ordered his men to surrender, I tried it. I snarled Veni tutti and, well-they vent tutti-ed'.

"Later

that it I discovered meant 'Come on, all of you'.

"Anyhow, they followed out into the light like lambs, but I bet they were no more frighten- ed than I. I propose to stick to Counsel said Mr. Furness was a

It's safer."

Another officer who saw Mr. Furneza'a Bren carrier go into action single-handed Baid that it was "an extremely gallan

action" which saved an entire column from destruction.

held at the Offices of the under- less player, would surely have ly to surpass that of the signed on WEDNESDAY, the 25th gobbled up the singleton heart if enemy and what will be June, 1941, at Noon, for the pur-he had held the

Ace South the nature of the British bachelor, and if he died before his my aerial activities in future pose of receiving the Report of the therefore played a low heart, and,

father on October 6, 1940, then General Agents, together with West calmly won the trick with offensive which will then his father's estate would be solely a Statement of Accounts for the the heart Ace! year ended the 31st December,

West then took the spade Ace develop. Will it be direct- entitled on an intestacy. 1940.

and let his partner ruff the third ed, for instances, to in- round of spades. East then re- juring the enemy's turned a trump, South with the Jack.

eral economic life South was convinced that East morale as well as to held the Queen of hearts, so he tried to drop the Queen by ruffing troying particular low hearts in the dummy. Much ary targets?

The Share Register and Trans- fer Books will be closed from the 11th June to the 25th June, 1941. both days inclusive,

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD..

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PUBLIC AUCTIONS

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by

Public Auction on

Tuesday, the 17th. June, 1941 commencing at 11 a.m. at the Sul Heong Yuen Godown,

Mongkok

for account of concerned 41 packages Machinery

33 bags Ore

10 packages Cassia

200 packages Seagrass Cord,

Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 16th June, 1941.

The Undersigned have received instructions from The Marshal in Prize, Supreme Court, to sell by Public Auction on Wednesday, the 18th, June, 1941

commencing at 11 a.m. at their Sales Room, No. 2, Connaught Road Central, Second Floor.

12 cases Prato Goods (Melton), Terms: Cash on Delivery. LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 13th. June, 1941.

Just Received FRESH SUPPLY

of the 'best

varieties of

-RELIABLE & TESTED

FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SEEDS #tram Button & Bons Ltd., Reading,

GRACA CO. Dealers in Garden Seeds, Philatelic

Goods, Picture Books etc. No. 10 Wyndham Street takliuhau“ 1898) - Hong Kong

winning

eventually

If he died after his father he a minor at present, in California with his and mother, Thelma Lady Furness, des- who would be entitled to his estate milit- which was not a large one,

gen-had a half-brother,

to his disgust, East over-ruffed the dummy-defeat- Recently it has been possible ing the contract.

Note that South would have made his bid if West had won the first heart trick with the Queen. The next few tricks would be the same, but South would have drawn one more trump and led the King of hearts through West's marked Ace. Whenever West cov ered, dummy would ruff; and then the South hand would take rest of the tricks.

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to assure such inquirers that our aircraft production is expanding at a greater rate than Germany's, and, with the assistance of America, is well on the way to overtaking and surpassing it. This expansion is being achieved without any falling off in the quality of the new machines or the men who fy them.

CENSORED LETTER GOT FOOD OFFENDER FINED

British mails

of Efficiency of the Superiority in the quality aircraft and their crews is as im- censorship led to £9 fines on a Saturday you were Merwin portant as numerical strength, as woman at Southampton recently, Maier's partner and, with neither, has been shown recently in the for food offences. side vulnerable, you held:

AJ 98

♡ J 7 4

A 6 3

AJ 94

The bidding:

Jacoby You Schenken

Pass (7)

Moler 10

me

Compare...

and be convinced

BY APPOINTMENT TO

H.M., KING GEORGE VI,

of

Middle

relatively East, where

Mabel Eleanor British and Dominion

Simmons, small forces destroyed an Italiah Air Chamberlain Road, Southampton, Force enormously larger but less wrote to her son Leonard in the well equipped and with less skil- U.S.: ful crews.

"About grocers, don't run

a risk as we get plenty, only it is dear, Of course I draw your British training organisation is rations, sugar, tea and butter, so now getting into its stride both it helps." at home and in the Dominions

A photostat copy of the letter under the Empire Air Training | have a good hand, but

ANSWER: Bid one spade. You Scheme. Trained men will short- was sent to the Ministry of Food are not ly be coming forward at a rate Investigation Department. It was

which Germany with

will be found that Mrs. Simmons had quite strong enough for two no- trump. In any case there is no unable to compete.

applied for a ration book for her point in suppressing the major

'son and had drawn his rations. sult.

40% 30%

Thus in both aircraft and fly- Score 100% for one spade, ing personnel the numerical lead for two no-trump, is passing from the enemy to for three diamonds.

ourselves. We have always held the lead in quality in both res- pects.

Question No. 743 To-day you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues:

Mofer Jacoby You Schroken

Pads 14 10.

Pose Pass INT

(1) What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

(Released by The Bell Syndi- cate, Inc.)

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES-

Notice is hereby given that, due to present unsettled conditions, effective July 15, 1941, delivery| of inward cargo will only be made against surrender of original signed Bill of Lading, duly endorsed. So called "Letters of Guarantee will no longer be accepted. AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD.

Hong Kong, June 13. 1941.

A Mother's Trials

After The Birth Of Hor Baby. The Germans have at present

After the birth of her baby larger reserves than ourselves,

al- raany a mother is left in a weak- particularly in bombers,

This was esti- éned state of health. though many published

of Mrs. M. mates of their total strength the experience 'have been much exaggerated. Armanasco, 108, Alma Street, Western Australia, It is considered likely that they Fremantle, will make one more attempt to who tells how she recovered health break down our defences while and strength. they still hold the lead in num-

"I was left very weak after the bers. When this attack, like the birth of my child and was always one delivered last autumn, falls, suffering from pains and head- the initiative will pass to us. aches. After taking a short course of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, I am The nature of the objectives at my old self again and have to tacked by our bombers varies with thank these pils for my recovery.

Both before as well as the general war situation. present our targets are mainly baby's birth, Dr. Williams' Pink industrial centres, the air and Pills are equally beneficial to the naval bases used for the German mother, as they contain in the

blockade and invasion ports.

At

The purpose of attacks on in dustrial centres is not to take re- prisals, but to paralyse the whole German economic machine. The weight of these attacks will in- crease, and it is inevitable that German alvian life and property. In these areas, should be endan gered.

after

formula-vitamin B1, Which is so necessary during pregnancy. They increase vitality, strengthen the digestive organs; build up the nerve prevent insomnia and headaches, and that worn out feeling which is often a distress- ing feature at this time.

Chemists everywhere sell Dr. Williams Pink Pile, hey aro equally good for men.

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