1941-07-29 — Page 10

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PUBLIC AUCTION

The Undersigned have receivedi Instructions to sell by Public Auction on

WEDNESDAY, 30th, July, 1941 at 11 o'clock a.m. at Godown No. 47 of The Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd. Kowloon

49 Steel Drums Asphalt stored

In Godown No. 25A

39 Steel Drums Asphalt Stored

in Godown No. 47

44 Steel Drums Asphalt stored

in Godown No. 50

more or less damaged

For Inspection Order and Gate Pass apply to the Undersigned,

Terms: As Customary.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

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OF THE BELLOWS

YOU CAN ORDER

A

F.O.B. CAR BADGE

AT OUR INFORMATION

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IN CHROMIUM PLATED STEEL H.K.$5-each. MODELS ON VIEW.

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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 29, 1941.

BRIDGE A STUDY IN WARTIME

HONGKONG AND NOTES

SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that an Interim Dividend of £2.10/- per share, subject to deduction of! Income Tax, has been declared for

HALF

30th the

YEAR ending June, 1941, at rate of 1/2,7/8 per Dollur.

THE

WILL DIVIDEND

BE PAYABLE on and after MON- DAY, 11th August, at the offices of the Corporation, where Share- holders are requested to apply for Warrants.

THE REGISTER OF SHARES of the Corporation will be closedj

28th July MONDAY. from SATURDAY, 9th August (both which days inclusive) during period no transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 15th July, 1941.

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MISCELLANEOUS

A TRUMP COUP

By The Four Aces

bit

South probably overbid a in the band below, but made up for it by superlative play:

South, Dender North-South vulnerable

NORTH

A Q 6 VK 3

#AQJ10 9 4

WEST

EAST

A

A A 10 4 2

J 10 7 6 2

A 10 S 62 4857

O KQJ 7 3 * 62

SOUTH

AK 39 7 6 3

AQ 94

✪ 4 4K 7

The bidding.

South 14

West

North

Pars

2 Fe

East

20

24

Pass

30

Pass

3

Iss

45

Pass

f'ass

& A

Pass

LA

Pass

Pany

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OF THE FOUR,ACKO SYSTEM

ACE. KING:2

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NACKI

The reason for this

led

CONTRASTS

(Continued from Page 7)

table ques-

horsepower rating of his car. It is ten gallons a month for a car of the size most popular in the United States. A supplementary ration is allowed for work of national importance.

There has been a good deal of

tainly the breakfast tion is increasingly becoming illegal obtaining and transferring of gasoline which led to the re- "Was there a raid last night?"

cent tightening up of regulations and a general cut of 20 per cent. in supplementary allowances.

Civilian

been motorists have

needless these

Sports:

Fur

Continuing-but for the benefit of recreation rather than for the charging the Army with

been extravagance and some of have box office-sports

and of publicity bereft

giant charges have been proved. audiences. Yet sport is an integ-Instance the case was cited in the Army ral part of Britain's wartime re-press recently of a heavy

truck driving 40 miles to deliver solve to keep ft.

Many people are too busy, how a small key to a civilian who is ever, digging gardens or attend-herself now obliged by the petrol ing to their civilian defence dut- rationing to bicycle five miles to in the pouring ies so that golf courses are re-the shops even

When the recipient of the with rain. covered latively deserted. anti-parachute obstacles, or used key expressed surprise at

the sergeant as comps, A great many differ-personal attention

expostulated, ent types of sports clubs are in a driver charmingly

animation. "No trouble at all." state of suspended

Many private cars have been Nevertheless, it is the instinct in this country to play games and laid up for the duration but there few air raid wardens posts are have been protests also about the without dart boards to while away number of automobiles still seen at horse and dog race meetings. the time on raid free nights.

such

Village cricket, affected by the Undoubtedly there could be fur- in gas without absence of players in the fighting ther restrictions forces, nevertheless carries on any serious interference with the even though a bomb hole on the essential life of the Nation.

In the meantime many former may necessitate village shifting the location of the pitch, motorists have taken up cycling

again.

green

Theatre:

The fortunes of the theatres and the movies tend to fluctuate

the ex-

of

Law Courts:

An instance of the far-reaching changes which may occur in Brit- traditional life West opened the deuce of dia- marked contrast with the length ain's social and

before the war ends is the ques- mands, dummy winning with thei

of daylight hours and

for Ace. South then made the key tent of enemy bombings. The dark tion of the abolition of wigs FOR

"blitz" judges and lawyers in law courts neatly VISITING CARDS

play by leading winter evenings and the diamond from the and

printed, The CARD RANNES promptly

of last September virtually put now being discussed here. dummy and ruffing the London theatre world out

While there might be some loss Newspaper Enterprise Ltd., Wind- sor House, Des Voeux Road, Cen-

it in his own hand. business for a considerable while of extraneous dignity, this meas- ure would be in sympathy with tral Telephones:-20022 & 2001.

But despite the fact that many play will soon be-famous theatres have been des- the popular mood toward eradi- cating the artificial side of Brit- come apparent.

the troyed, such as Drury Lane,

ish ritualism. South next

Palace, and the Shaftesbury, the a low trump, dum-theatrical business has made re-

The law profession bravely car- my. playing the

markable recovery lately, helped ries on its work despite the ser-

in East Queen,

staffs due to and

by two extra hours of daylight fous shortage winning with the Ace.

military service and despite the East

under the wartime scheme. returned a heart, and South won

To-day 16 theatres are open in blows of the Nazi bombers which with the Ace. The lead of the London. A notable event was the have severely damaged the fami- to King of spades then showed the launching last week of a wartime ous Old Bailey and reduced sad truth: East had the rest of Gilbert and Sullivan season

rubble many of the beautiful: re- sidential quarters occupied by and would win a the Savoy Theatre, home of the trumps trump trick unless South found famous Savoyards, at which they lawyers off Fleet Street.

It is contrast everywhere one some way to take a trump finesse have not played since 1933. without the aid of a trump lead

Open air concerts and plays Bocs. My own wartime hermit- Ilke social home life was trans- from the dummy.

are being given for the next two formed for a week lately into a months in London and other! But it was precisely for that

whirl of unprecedented gaiety. "blitzed" towns for the benefit of

was The excuse

the local war reason that South had ruffed a diamond at the second trick. And those who spend their nights in

weapons week. Now we are back now he led a low club to dummy's air raid shelters. nine and ruffed dummy's remain- Stratford-on-Avon is staging its on our own small holding, mak-

Shakespeare fes-ing up that lost week. ing diamond. At this point Southsual summer

A brisk business had reduced his trump holdingival this year.

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BAN ĐẠI RESERVED MEN

to the Jack and nine, while East is reported, but a notable differ- had the ten and four of trumps the much regretted absence of the ence compared with peacetime is The stage was set for the coup.

usual large and enthusiastic gath- Declarer led the club

Shakespeare King, ering of American overtaking with dummy's Acc. admirers.

by the Then the clubs were led

The setbacks suffered one

have enhanced after another.

to London theatre. If East chose ruff, South could over-ruff, draw the importance of the provincial, Productions in general; the last trump, and get back to theatre. dummy with the heart King to are on a more economical scale. continue with the clubs.

And if South

+

East chose not to ruff, 208 would simply discard hearts un- til finally East and South had nothing but trumps left to play. And then dummy could lend any card to act as a means of finess- ing trumps.

Cinema:

New classes of protected estab- lishments are:-

Reserved workers cannot now join the Regular Army. Changes in reserved occupations and pro- tected work include a provision that volunteers for service on a The movie business in London normal engagement in the regular has armed forces, public police forces and some provincial towns

the evacuation of or public fire brigades will not be been hit by inhabitants. Many cinemas also accepted if they are reserved. have been destroyed. On the The existing provision is can- other hand the movies in areas to celled. which the population has gravit- ated have packed houses now that it is daylight until 11 p.m. and Stone, slate and chalk mining audiences are home before the and quarrying including lime black-out and raids.

and whiting production; slag dis- British film production fell to a posal from blast furnaces. low ebb but now is accelerating. New Reservations: Boller fit- American production here is in-ter's or mounter's labourer and reserved creasing, partly because it is a coppersmith's labourer way of utilising American credits at 35; at stage B they will remain frozen in Britain.

reserved at 35 if they are employ- The most striking contrast in ed on protected work, but will not the book world is to

be reserved if they are employed wander

of on unprotected work. charred ruins Maler through the Barnstone

These entries do not involve INT Pass Paternoster Row,, the fountain of

men now in the Britain's book trade in the heart the release of

received who have of the City of London,

and to Forces ANSWER: Bid two hearts. You compare the desolate scene with enlistment notices. .. have more than minimum the busy libraries and bookshops, opening bid so game is not en- especially

Yesterday you were David Bruce Burnstone's partner, with both sides vulnerable, you held:

A AQ 10%

0 7

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A 10 5 The bidding:

Schenken

Pass

(7)

а

or

secondhand books DOG BITES tirely out of the question. Fur- stores, encountered all over Brit- thermore, your distribution unsuited to no-trump.

1

Are Dangerous,

is ain.

The Paternoster Row.conflagra- tion, in which countless new and

Ta physician should therefore be Score 100% for two hearts, priceless old volumes and many 30% for two spades..

unpublished manuscripts were de-consulted without delay it you stroyed was a tragedy for the book have the misfortune to be bitten trade which the reading public by a dog.

For the many minor injuries has not yet fully felt. In the mean-which occur daily, cuts, scratches. time the popularity of reading has abrasions, burns, scalds, She-Ko greatly increased... MAR 1 provides a soothing, rapidly cura-

Question No. 780

· To-day you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues:

8 oz $3.00

1 lb-$5.80

20 (7)

You Schenken 1 Pass Pits

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Fasaa shortage, Buses, private cars, ...motor, coaches, and faxis throng the streets. But out the the high-

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