1941-06-20 — Page 10

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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS BRIDGE

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PUBLIC AUCTION

one Lot of

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SOCIETY OF CANTON,

LIMITED

Notice To Shareholders

the

PARTICULARS AND

CON- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN DITIONS of the Sale by Public that the ORDINARY YEARLY Auction to be held on MONDAY, | MEETING of the Society will be the 23rd day of June, 1941, at held at the HEAD OFFICE, 60 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Hunter Street, Sydney, Australia, Works Department, by Order of on FRIDAY, 20th JUNE, 1941, for His Excellency the Governor of the purpose of receiving the Re-

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HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY,

LIMITED

Interim Dividend.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Locality

Lots

Kowloon Inland Lot No 4310.

Ha Heung Road, To Kwa Wan between Kowloon Inland Nos. 4047 and 1834.

No. of Sale

Registry No

Boundary

Measuremente

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As per

sale plan

Annual Rental

Contents in aq.

Upset Price

About 3,720

99$

$2,790

The purchaser of the lot will be required to pay to the auctioneer

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an INTERIM DIVIDEND of FOUR per cent. (4%) for the six months ending 30th June, 1941. amounting to FORTY cents per share on the Fully Paid Up Shares and TEN cents per share on the Partly Paid Up Shares of the Company will be paid on MON- DAY, the 14th July. 1941. on which date Dividend Warrants in cash the sum of $279.00 (being may be obtained on application at 10% of the upset price) immedi- the Registered Office of the Com-ately after he fall of the hammer, pany, Exchange Building, 4th floor. the balance of the premium

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By Order of the Board of

Directors, J. P. SHERRY.

Managing Director. Hong Kong. 13th June, 1941.

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PUBLIC AUCTIONS

The Undersigned have received- instructions to sell by Public Auction on

MONDAY, the 23rd, June, 1941

commencing at 10.30 a.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon, A Quantity Household Furniture, Ceiling & Table Fans and Sundries. also

One Out Board Motor. Terms: Cash on delivery. LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 20th June," 1941.

The Undersigned have received" instructions to sell by „Public Auction on

Tuesday, the 24th June, 1941-

commencing at 6.15 p.m. at their Sales Room, No, 2 Connaught Road Central, Room 205, 2nd Floor

A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF POSTAGE STAMPS

On view from Saturday the 21st June, 1941.

Catalogue will be issued. Terms: Cash on Delivery,

LAMMERT, AROB.

Auctioneers. Kong, 20th June, 1941.

NOTICE

be-

IN THE MATTER of the ALIEN ENEMIES (WINDING UP) ORDINANCE NO. 28 OF 1914 And

In the Matter of *SIEMENS CHINA COMPANY

(Hong Kong Branch) (In Liquidation)

NOTICE is hereby given that! it is intended to pay a first and! Anal

A. H. K. COBB, Manager for the Far East, Hong Kong, 7th June, 1941.

THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE

LIMITED

CRIME DOESN'T PAY! NO. 48

By The Four Aces

To-day's crime doesn't require the services of a detective but is submitted in the spirit of good clean fun by Robert Lustberg, of Washington, D. C.

Bouth, Dealer North-South vulnerable

NORTH

have passed four spades, and North would have had no trouble.

b

Yesterday you were Oswald Jacoby's partner, and with neither side vulnerable, you held:

A 10 8 6

♡ 94.

OK 843 37 4

The bRiding:

Засову 10 20

Schenken

Toa

1A (7)

Muler

Pass.

"

to

Page Pasa ANSWER: You must pass. Your partner had the opportunity make a jump rebid of some kind, but chose to make only a non- committal bid in a new suit. His bld is not forcing, and you lack the strength to make a construc- tive bid.

Score 100% for pass, 10% for three diamonds.

Question No. 747

To-day

hold you

the same

hand, but the bidding is differ-

Schenken

Pass

Pass

Tou

Maler

14

Pass

(7)

What do you bid? (Answer tomorrow.)

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

KQ J 10 8 7 6 4 Q 10 6

be

6 4

ent:

WEST

EAST

92

AK 984

A 9 8 3 3

AA 5 ♡ J # 2 ◊ J 7 6 4

Jacoby 10

30°

J 9 8 2

SOUTH

A 3

♡ 7 3

OK Q 10 6

♣ AKQ 10 6 3

The

Booth

bidding:

West

RISKED LIFE FOR

North

Bast

14

1♡

34

Разб

40

Pass

4A

Раза

5

Pass

Раза

Pass

of hearts,

Notice To Shareholders

THE SIXTIETH ORDINARY MEETING of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the under- signed on WEDNESDAY, the 25th June, 1941, at Noon, for the pur- pose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with

a Statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December, 1940.

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., General Agents. Hong Kong, 4th June, 1941.

NOTICE

This will serve

to inform all concerned that information has been received from our Principals: that the steamers

President Taft

v-85 President Cleveland v-87 President Coolidge v-58 President Plerce President Jackson

v-79

v-3

v.2 v-1

DOG

Police-Constable Walter Wilde, twenty-three, of Dudley, Worces- tershire, was lowered 100ft. down

cavern at а

the Wren's Nest, continued with the Ace, and then Dudley, to rescue a mongrel dog Jed મ third heart! Dummy's

West led the King

1981 GARD VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACES BYorks

ACE... 3 KING....2 QUEEN 1 JACK...12

that had been lying there for won the twenty-four hours.

Queen trick and Mr. Lustberg joyfully discarded his singleton spade.

The

next step was to lead the spade King from the dummy. East put up the Ace, and South ruffed, Then South led the King of dia-

TOTAL VALUE GYMNETİ

monds through West. West put up the diamond Ace, and dummy ruffed.

With all this fuck, South still wasn't "home." A top spade from the dummy allowed South to discard a low diamond, and then another top spade was led from dummy.

At this point East made the error of ruffing. South fatal over-ruffed, ruffed his last losing diamond in the dummy and easily won the rest.

Of course if East had refrained from ruffing, his partner could have ruffed; thirteen spades were

And even if in sight.

South ruffed high, East would eventually make a trump trick. But the hidden crime, as Mr. Lustberg

took cheerfully admits,

place will be delivered to the United during the bidding. South should States Maritime Commission on completion of their present voyages.

President Hayca President Adams

of the above-named

dividend in the above This advertisement will suffice OFF THE RECORD liquidation and creditors are to serve notice that all subsequent requested to lodge detailed state- voyages ments of their claims with the steamers are cancelled on termín-. undersigned not later than 15th ation of their current voyages. All July, 1941, failing which they passages and cargo booked for will be excluded from the distri- such subsequent voyages are here. by cancelled. All passengers and shippers are invited to apply at this office for further information 'relative to space.

bution.

LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,

Liquidators. Mercantile Bank Building, Hong Kong, 18th June, 1941.

AYE AYE

SNIPPER

...(Afis-sed by The Bolt Byndicate, Ine

When her beau Baye „the calling was smooth all day the mentally sketőhy girl-friend thinks he's been", "enjoying a day on the water.

From the foregoing it will be realized that, of the above-men- tioned steamers, the s.s. "President Pierce" v-79 will be the last all- ing under the old schedule. A new schedule covering the routes' and sailing dates of our remaining steamers will be available to the public in a few days.

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