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PUBLIC AUCTION

PARTICULARS AND CON- DITIONS of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on TUESDAY, the 5th day of August, 1941, at 3 p... 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 term of 75 years, commencing from 1st July, 1898. with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the the Surveyor of His Majesty King, for one further term of 24 years less the last three duys thereof.

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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 [offeer who will be present at the sale, the sum of two hundred dol- lars, ($200) in cash. This sum will be refunded on payment of the Purchase price.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Fuk Wing Street between Hing Wah New. Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2857

Cheung Sha Wan Street and Cheung Wah Street.

No. of Sale

Registry No

Locality

Boundary

Manurement

N. 8. E. W.

About 21.000

Contents in sq. ft.

Annual Rental

Upset Price

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 2, 1941.

BRIDGE 4 GIRLS NOTES TALK IN

MILLIONS

AN UNWISE DOUBLE

By The Four Aces Doubling solely on length the trump suit is a very unwise practice,

For example:

West, Doaler East-West vulnerable East-West part score of 60

WEST

AAK 10 9

DON

N 4

NORTH

4 Q 3 2

~ A 10 7 1

♣ AJ 8 6 4 2

in

Behind the windows of used shop in row,

а

curtained little dis- Summer- heart of

in the Birmingham, sit four girls who deal with mil- lions of money.

"32,603.182.

That's the total

we have to date, girls," saya one.

WAST

4 J 6 VJ85 4

"Now Emashing now

come

and ECC this hat bought in

3

098 G 4

K 10

New Street," says another. managed to knock them to 7. 6d. I'm day."

"I down broke till pay

The bidding:

West

North

Kust

South

1 A

24

Puss

20

2A Pass Pass

Pass

Pass

3♡

47

Dbl.

Гвоз

Ринв

Agh-

1

I WANT TO KNOW

WHAT HAPPENED.

TO THE BUDGET.

6.6

finds a

practically

BANK HOLIDAY

Govern-

In accordance with ment Ordinance, the Exchange Banks will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business on MONDAY, the 4th August, 1941. (The first Monday in August).

Hong Kong, 30th July, 1941.

TO LET

MARBLE HALL, 34-36 Granville Road, double and single room with private bathroom and verandah. Also dressing room, beautiful

home terinis,

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TUITION GIVEN EXPERT instructresses for ladies and young girls in music, short- hand, typing, bookkeeping and English and French. Apply 24 Austin Road, Kowloon,

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The

1.

As per

sale plan

$12,600

The purchaser of the lot will be required to pay to the auctioneer in cash the sum of $1,200.00 (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.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS

Public

A 10 6 Q973

AOUTH

A 7 5

K Q 8 6 OKQJ 732

&

The four girls work in the head office of the Birmingham War Savings Committee. They. ure

for a responsible collecting machine.

vast human

The Money Roils In

Miss F. K. Price is in charge. She has been

The

man family household budget a fine thing

but

theoretically It's rarely workable.

SOLDIERS ON A HITCH-HIKE

there since the The escapade of five 19-year- office opened in January, 1940, old soldiers, on a hitch-hike from the first week's savings Devonshire to London, and ab- West opened the King of spades, when

about £130,000, a low club. were

To-day sent from their regiment without and then shifted to

at Taunton, Dummy took the second trick the team net an average of over leave, was related

when they were charged with with the Ace of £350,000 a week. clubs,

Next in seniority is Miss D. R. doing five guineas' worth of dam- and South

Village Hall, did a little think Clifford, 20; then Miss V. Robin- age at Wrantage

What did son, 18. Miss M. Hope (17) is the near Taunton. ing. West hold to justi-junior.

HƏM GARD VALUES OF THE FOUR-ACES SYSTE

RACES

KING QUEEN.1 MACKUW

of the high (since with

ty

a

some curtains

was

of

the

It was stated that they enter- vulnerable They have the services of 4,020

who manage led the hall by breaking a win- opening bid and voluntary workers

groups for them dow, tore down free rebid? To be-War Savings

which they used as blankets, and gin with, he held throughout the city. the

assets represent had a free breakfast, which Ace-King of To-day their

by one of the given to them £32 15s. 3d. per head spades; at most one

villagers. honours in clubs population,

They were fined 40s. each. both the King and Queen he would hardly have led a low club at the second trick). Hence West' was marked with the Ace of diamonds to All out a hand of respectable proportions.

Then what could East have for his double? One

or both club honours, and no other high cards! East must have all the missing trumps to give him ever a bad excuse for the double.

With this analysis as his guide, South wasted no time on plans

Hence

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A more cautious policy AFTER 15 YEARS'

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knew, could not be drawn, so a by

releasing instructions to sell

cross-ruff was the only sensible Auction on

At the third trick he re- from Borstal institutions WEDNESDAY, the 6th Aug., 1941; plan.

commencing at 5.15 p.m.

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own

turned a low club from the before the completion of hand. Next the diamond King their periods of detention.

I was

West's Ace was

Then

to

are

led, and

This change of policy is expect- ruffed in dummy.

Another club was led from dum-jed to follow the consideration now my and East discarded a low dia- being given by the Home Secre

tary, Mr. Herbert Morrison, mond, while South ruffed. South eashed the Queen and Jack complaints by judges and magis-

trates at the reappearance in thei of diamonds, discarding spades from dummy; after which he courts of youths who would nor-

mally still be in an institution. could lead his remaining spade

The detention periods usually and ruff in dummy. From there on it was easy to win ten tricks. recommended by the courts

two or three years. But the Pri- Oswald son Commissioners were empow- Yesterday you were Jacoby's partner and, with nei-ered by the Prevention of Crime Act, 1908. to grant releases on ther side vulnerable, you held:

licence after six months to youths and after three months to young women, if satisfied that there was a reasonable probability that they crime and would abstain from lead useful lives.

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C

A B E 4 VA 7 3 27

O

A 948

10 B

Ton

Malef

The bidding:

Selenken Jacoby

Pass 10

(7)

ANSWER: Bid one heart. You will not play the hand at hearts unless your partner has four-card support, and in that case the suit will be quite satisfactory even though your holding looks pretty weak. This one-over-one res- ponse, besides showing the hearts, gives the bidding maximum flexi-

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Question No. 784

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

Jacoby Schenken

Раби Рова

10

You

10

Moler 24

**(-2)

What do you bid? (Answer

Monday:)

(Released by The Boll. Syndi- cate, Inci)

HE NEW ERENOR REMEDY,

FION NⱭ11) APION NI2

PURE YEAST THERAPION NG3

LIVE

DA.LE OLKAO'S

BAPBO

A Defence Regulation, passed since the war, has enlarged, the powers of the Commissioners by removing the time limit.

women

After the outbreak of war 1,677 youths and 118 young were released on licence Borstal institutions.

from

Since then offenders have been! released after detention for per- iods of less than a year when they appeared to quality. This has. been due to difficulties of accom- modation and staffing.

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