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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

CHINA MOTOR BUS CO., LTD.

HONG KONG

TRAMWAYS

LIMITED

KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO. (1933) LTD.

MONTHLY TICKETS.

The public is hereby notified that the price of monthly tickets for August and

subsequent months will-until further notice

-be increased by $2.00.

Monthly tickets are therefore raised in price to the following:---- China Motor Bus Co., Ltd.

ordinary

special

Hong Kong

Limited

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$14.00

Tramways

$ 8.00

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Kowloon Motor Bus Co.,

(1938), Ltd,

Hong Kong, 10th July, 1941.

THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

Notice of General Meeting

PUBLIC AUCTION

PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY, the 14th day of July, 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 Cheung Sha Wan, in the Colony of Hong Kong for a tenn of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the His of Surveyor

Majesty the King, for one further term of 24 days last three years less the thereof.

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis- posal of the lot the Purchaser (if not the applicant) will be required to deposit with authorised officer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dol- This sum lars, ($200) in cash.

an

will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No. of Sale

Registry No.

Cheung Sha

Locality

New Kowloon Inland Lot No.

Junction of Un

Fat Tseung

Chau

2866

Street and

Street.

yan.

Boundary

Measuremente

N. ".

W.

黑麵

ft. f.

As per

sale plan

Contents in aq. 8.

Annual Rental

Upset Price

About 18,360

$252

511,016

The purchaser of the lot will be required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $1,102.00 (being 10% of the upset price) immedi ately after the fall of the hammer, the balance of the premium be- the ing paid in accordance with Conditions of Sale.

R.

PUBLIC AUCTION

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 10, 1941. BRITISH SOLDIERS

BRIDGE ESCAPED

NOTES

TURNABOUT

By The Four Aces

Turnabout it fair play, accord- ing to the old adage; and in to day's hand we see West using, as

ESCAPED BY 1,200 MILE HIKE

TWO BRITISH SOLDIERS, captured in North- ern France, lay in a ditch a few miles beyond an East

a defender, a weapon usually cm-Prussian prison camp and plotted by the stars a ployed by the Déclarer:

course to liberty. Then they shook hands and went stealthily into the night,

North, Dealer East-West vulnerable

WEST AK QJ 3 ♡ K J OK 8 2 AJ 952

NORTA

Weeks afterwards they shook hands again, two men who had dared all--and won through.

Their escape, revealed

4 10 5

A 10 8 6 2 ◊ Q 7 AAK 8 3

EAST

them

A 9 7 6 4 ♡ Q 4 6 4

SOUTH

AA 8 2

7 7 3

* Q7 4

O AJ 10 9 43 A 10 6

Bouth West

The bidding:

North

East

1V

Разв

20

*♡

Раяв

2NT

Pas8

3NT

Pass

Раве

Past

Pasa

South's contract was ambitious,

it must be admitted, but it would have been fulfilled if the diamond King had been located in the East hand

the if defence had made not improbable mistake.

HIGH CARD VALUTÉ

OF THE FOUR-ACKS TYPTEN

KING QUEEN JACK

TOTAL WILDE INVIER SA dvážkam mun OŽ

A

or

West opened the King of spades, East playing the

once

was

to

House

In the

from

of Commons, had taken nearly 1,200 miles, Prussia into Poland, into Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, into

into Greece, and so to safety.

All the time as they travelled southwards a great silence was round them, for the Foreign Secretary told M.P.s they could not speak one word of the lan- guage of any of the countries through which they passed.

The sun and the stars alone had any message for them, and that message kept them going.

hardships

as

Imagine their warm days and nights of autumn went and the mists and snow- storms came.

They "won" their food where they could as they went through war-torn, starving Poland:

HEM

S-14

(Referred by The Dell Bradiante, Las).

Like most ware domestic batt'es start

over very little but end in a big crash,

through Yugoslavia still held PUBLIC AUCTIONS

undecided by the

dictates of

her Regent Prince. They drank from streams; they snatched sleep, but they never

knew rest.

Every Day Harder Every day for two wearied men the journey was harder; some days they must have made only a few miles, Sometimes, no doubt, they crept under the tar- encouraging seven, paulins of goods trucks and wait- and South won at ed for the wheels to start up

with the their staccato freedom song. spade Ace, A holdup of the spade Ace, South reasoned, was point- less since the contract hinged on the diamond finesse. If it suc- ceeded, no spade holdup necessary; if the finesse failed, West would gain the lead

in spite of any run his Spades holdup by South.

Declarer next led a club to dummy's King and returned the Queen of diamonds for a finesse. at this point that West It was decided turnabout was fair play. He simply refused to win first diamond trick with his King. They have rejoined their units

The play was simple enough in the Western Desert. but the effect was devastating. De- clarer led another diamond from the dummy, finessing again (for West had refused the trick with- out telltale hesitation). West ac- cepted the trick this time--and South was unable ever again to get back to his own hand. Good management enabled him to win six tricks-but it's a pretty sad business when you have to play carefully to be set only

Mile after mile, and every one of them hard-won. At the end of 1,200 miles, they were in Athens. So two men gained freedom. Now they are again fighting on the its side,

three

"NONCONFORMISTS IN ARMY PERSECUTED"

AND PARTICULARB

CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY,

A soldier who asked, a sergeant service was the 14th day of July, 1941, at tricks!

if he might attend Note particularly that South told there were more important 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of would have made his contract if things than religion, declared at the Bir- His Excellency the Governor of West had taken the first diamond the Rev. W. Tootell,

Lot

The

take Crown

at trick. Land

defence could

mingham Methodist Synod. and the diamond Ma Tau Chung, in the Colony of three spades

The President of the Methodist South would make

said Hong Kong for a term of 75 years, King, but

Church (Dr. Henry Bett) with the option of renewal at a game with five diamonds, three there was something like persecu- Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of

the His Majesty King, for one further term of 75 years.

one

of

Intending bidders are advised that immediately after the dis- The SIXTIETH ORDINARY posal of the lot the Purchaser (if

MEETING GENERAL

of the not the applicant) will be required Company will be held at the to deposit with an authorised Offices of the General Managers, officer who will be present at the Messrs, Jardine, Matheson & Co., sale, the sum of two hundred dol- This sum Ltd. Pedder Street, Hong Kong, lars, ($200) in cash. on THURSDAY, 10th July, 1941, will be refunded on payment of at Noon, for the purpose of receiv- the Purchase price.

ing the Report of the Directors,

passing the Accounts, and electing

Directors and Auditors.

The Transfer Boolts

of the

Company will be closed from the 3rd July to the 24th July Inclusive, By Order of the Board,

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

General Managers.

Hong Kong, 14th May, 1941.

TO LET

MARBLE HALL, 34-30. Granville Road, double and single room with private bathroom and verandah. Also dressing room, beautiful seaview, tennis,.. home grown. vegetable, Phone 59433.

TUITION GIVEN

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

No. of Sale

Kowloon Inland Lot No.- 4311.

Registry No.

Junction of Ma Tau Chung Road &

Mok Cheong Street, Ma

Tau

Locality

The

Boundary

N. 8. E. | W.

26. 26. 2.

As per

salo plan

Contents in sq. ft.

Annual Rental

Upset

Price

About $14,880

OLIĆ

$11,160

*

**

side Aces, and the club King.

Yesterday you

were Howard Schenken's partner and with nei- ther side vulnerable, you held:

AAJ 8

K 10 4 O K 5

J 9 8 7

Binler

The bidding: Bchenken Jacoby Του

1♡

Pass

(?) ANSWER: Bid one spade. The hearts are not strong enough for a double raise, the hand is hot quite strong enough for a jump to two no-trump, and there is no good reason to suppress the spades in any event.

Score 100% for one spade, 30% for two no-trump, 20% for either two or three hearts.

Question No. To-day you hold hand, and the bidding.

·Schenkra Jacoby

Paky

10 20

764

J(2) What do you bid? tomorrow.)

They

tion

were

on Nonconformists. were put on fatigue while Angl

to allowed

ga

to

cans church.

Thought it was a DUODENAL ULCER

Near the base of the stomach, is the part which doctors call the duodenum. It is the seat of the ulcer which every duodenal stomach sufferer naturally dreads because it so often means a serious and painful operation,

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

FRIDAY, the 11th. July, 1941 commencing at 11 a.m.

anchored off "T" on a lighter Wharf of the Hong Kong & Kow- loon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon.

About 150 tons Asphalt. (all more or less damaged) Terms: Cash on Delivery. For inspection order and gate pass apply to:---

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, 10th July, 1941. .

The Undersigned have received Instructions to sell by Public Auction on

FRIDAY, the 11th. July, 1941. commencing at 2.30 p.m. at their Sales Room, No. 35, Hankow Road, Kowloon. A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE comprising:

Teakwood Drawing Room, Dining Room, Bed Room and Office Furniture, Ornaments, Curios, Pictures, Clocks, Cutlery, Electric Fans & Lamps, Gramo- phones & Records, E.P., Brass, Glass and Porcelain Ware, Cook- ing Utensils, etc., etc.

also A Few Pieces of Furniture.

and

Blackwood

2 Chromium Plated Figures 2 Cooking Stoves

1 Electric Stove

1 Refrigerator

1 Pair Binoculars In Case 1 Enamel Bath

1 Perambulator.

1 Outboard Motor with Battery

Chant cleer"

1

Radio A.C./D.C.

"All

Emerson" Portable AC/DC. (1941 model)

́also,

2 Tientsin Carpets

2 Carpet Ruuners

Many people who get pain in the pit of the stomach have fear-j ed they were in for a duodenal ulcer only to find, after taking a few doses of Maclean Brand Stomach Powder at home, that their fears were completely un- founded and that this wonderful same powder had effected a remedy. It ntinues: Is a truly joyful experience, a

If you are suffering from 10th July, 1941. Mater stomach pain try a course of Maclean Brand Stomach Powder. Pass

.You will be surprised at the rellef that will come to you, perhaps after only a few dosed.

Be sure to ask for MACLEAN'

(Released by The Bell Syndi-BRAND Stomach Powder which

cate, Ings

On View from Thursday,

Wave

adio

Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROB,,

Auctioneers,

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

Is only genuine if the signature "ALEX C MACLEAN appears on bottle and carton. Maclean TUESDAY, the 15th July, 1941. Brand Stomach Pawder in never commencing at 5.15 p.m. sold loose, but only in bottles. at their Sales Room, No, 2 Con The tablets are available in bottles naught Road, Central; 2nd. Floor. or flat tins..

CRASH KILLS purchaser of the lot will be

R.A.F. MEN required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $1,116,00 (being) Flying-OMeer Holph Scott, born

difficulty in 10% of the upset price) Immediat Doncaster, and Leading Air- If you have any EXPERT instructressen for ladies ately after the fall of the hammer, craftman John Regers Talbot Cox, obtaining it from your local and young girls in music, short- the balance of the premium bea Middlesex, man, were killed chemist or store writo to: hand, typing, bookkeeping and ing paid in accordance with the when a Harvard training plane Banker & Co., P.O. Box 755, Hong English and French. Apply 24 Conditions of Sale.

crashed near Moose Jaw, Saalcat- | Kong, chewan." Austin Road, Kowloon,

2APBO

A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF

PDA POSTAGE.

STAMPS

Terms: Cash on delivery,

LAMMERT BROB.,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, 8th July, 1940.