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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 23, 1941

BRIDGE TRIBUTE NOTES TO LATE

BRIDGE SWINDLES MR. JACK'S

By The Four Aces: Members of both; bran-

Swindles

COAL MAY HAVE TO BE RATIONED

Stating that immediate

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a few years ago:

South, Degler,

Both sides vulnerable.

NORTH

WEST

A K ♡ A QJ 9

6 2 OA.Q7 3. A Q.3

A. J 9 8:6·2· ♡ 8 6 3

OKAS 4 9 5

BAST

A,7 6

♡ K

O 10 0 4.2

AJ 10 8 7 6.2

SOUTH

A. A Q 10 4 3

♡ 10 7 4

AAK 4

◊ J 6

Mr. Sheinwold

>

The bidding:

good.

South

West

North

1A.

Dal

Pass

Разв

2♡

24.

L'ago

3♡

30.

Pass

Pass

East

2A PaЯs. Рана Pass

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ing when tribute was paid of the Select Committee to the late Mr. Philip on National Expenditure, Jacks, former Puisne appointed by the Com- Judge, who died last mons to examine war ex- Wednesday at Weymouth.penditure, says:

"It has become evident

that The Chief Justice said:-Last the steadily increasing home de- Saturday morning, I received the mand for industrial. coal supplies if the news of the death of Philip Jacks, can only be met, first, who six years ago retired. after a thousands of experienced miners long and honourable carrer

various in now in the Army and the public service of this Colony. industries are released to

to the pits.

return

Jacks wag a solicitor of the Second, if by hearty coopera- and Supreme Court of Judicature in tion between mine owners England when he came to Hong workers, output can be steadily Kong in 1805 as Assistant Land increased and sustained by re- Officer, and in the early years of ducing idle time and absenteeism his service his activities were to a minimum, and confined to work in the Land Office with the exception of nine: months which he spent as Act- Ing Crown Solleitor, As Land Officer he compiled a Digest re- garding the disposal and tenure of land in Hong Kong which is still of immense value to those engaged in land dealings and in conveyancing in the Colony.

with the first King. The hand looked pretty hopeless, but anything can hap- pen in a Bridge game, so South led the Jack of diamonds in the spirit of scientific inquiry.

Third, if users of coal, coke, gas and electricity for domes- tic purposes exercise economy to an extent few have yet attempted to achieve." Commenting on the third point the Report says: "It is far bet- ter that the public should exer-- cise economy voluntarily than have to face the only other alt- ernative, namely restriction

which rationing of supplies, for

machinery costly administrative would have to be set up.

"The public, so frequently cri- ก Government deport- tical of ment, can here set an example in practice of much needed

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North's bidding was outrage- ously unsound, but it paved the way for South's magnificent hoax.

In January, 1922, he was called West opened the to the Bar and in 1927, he first

of Queen

clubs, sat on the Bench as Acting Puisne ACE

East signalled with Judge. From then until he retired the discouraging on pension a |KING-

great part of his QUEEN

douce, and South time was spent on judicial work. JACK didn't even bother

to false-card, but; When I arrived in this colony economy."-British Wireless.

in February, 1934, Jacks was my Pulsne Judge and there then began a friendship which I valued highly. I think that the qualities that most distinguished Jacks were his unfailing courtesy and his great humanity. It seems only the other day that I re-

Sir, We refer you to your ceived from him a long letter tell- news item regarding our two pic- tures "Dictator" and "Pastor ing in detail how happy he was

in Weymouth | Hall." In his retirement

Your Chungking corres- where his chief preoccupations pondent tells us that these two were getting rid of obstinate pictures have been censored and tree-stumps and making a garden banned but to the best of our knowledge no prints have been as yet shipped to Free China. true that we have been negotiat ing the sale of these two pictures for the past to Free China but three months and for some time to come these two pictures will be playing to crowded houses in that Consequently, there territory. could have been no prints avail- able for censorship. United Artists Corporation,

[The assumption is that the The Hon. Mr. C. G. Alabaster,

behalf of films have been banned without Attorney General, on the Bar, solictors and officers of being seen.]

Court. associated himself the with the Chief Justice's tribute and expression of condolences to the widow and family.

West hopped up with the dia- mond Ace and returned the three The Undersigned have received of clubs. And when that card ap- peared, Mr. Sheinwold instantly Public read the exact holdings of each opponent and hit upon the win- ning line of play. The key point was that he knew West had a singleton King of spades and that East had a singleton King hearts!

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of his dreams.

He had the gift of making and keeping friends and his passing will be sincerely regretted by the very many of all classes in Hong Kong.

To his widow, his son and his daughter our sincere sympathy go out in their bereavement,

Lovable Disposition

signal. Evidently, West wanted to over-ruff dummy. Only the spade King could over-ruff dum- my, and that would be useful only if the King were alone. Hence West had ten red cards ---obylously

had 6-4 since he never bid diamonds. East's single- ton heart was the King, Since otherwise, West would have held a leadable sequence in hearts.

With this reading, South took the club Ace, banged down the spade Ace and Queen, ruffed a club in dummy, cashed the dia- mond King, and ruffed a diamond in his own hand. The final step he had been in daily contact with was to lead a low heart

27 years off his

Mr. Alabaster said that it was his privilege to have known the for late Mr. Jacks intimately,

from him for

30

It is

SNATCHER CAUGHT IN A.R.P. SHELTER:

For snatching a handbag from Mrs. M. R. Reid, of No. 8. Broad-

UFL

his own hand. West, not un-years' service here. He was aptly wood Road, Lo Hung, 23, naturally. played the nine and named Philip because of his most employed, was sentenced to four East had to win with the single- | lovable disposition. He

never months' hard labour by Mr. H. G. ton King and give Declarer a made an enemy and never lost a Sheldon, K.C., at the Central ruff-and-sluff.

friend. The

both members of branches of the Profession, feel Saturday you were Oswald his loss deeply. Jacoby's partner neither held:

✡

✡

✡

and.

side vulnerable,

A A 10 6.5

♡ 9 4

with you

OK: 8:42 4J74

The bidding:

Jacoby 10 3♡

Schonkon

Pass

Pass

You. 14. (7)

Maler

Paso

ANSWERS Bid three no-trump. You have a stopper in one of the unbid suits, and help towards a stopper in clubs. Your hand is strong enough to accept partner's strong invitation to game, and

no-trump seems best-from your side of the table. If partner must play the hand at hearts, he will probably go on to four hearts.

Question No. 749 To-lay, you hold the game hand, but the bidding is different:

Jacoby Schenken

10.

34

Pass

Pads

You

Mater Pasa

(7)

Magistracy this morning.

Sgt. W. J. Wall said that com- plainant was walking in Broad wood Road at about 12.50 pm. yesterday, when accused snatched the handbag.

Accused ran down Link Road into Leighton Hill Road, where he was arrested in an A.R.P. Shelter.

SEN. HARRISON

DEAD

[SPECIAL TO “CHINA MAIL"] Senator Pat Harrison aged: 51; and the Mississippi democrat, chairman of the Senate. Finace

What do you bid? (Answer: Committee, died in Washington

tomorrow.):

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