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"Auction on

BRIDGE NOTES

BRIDGE SWINDLES

-NO. 55

By The Four Aces

In to-day's highly instructive, as welt-as-amusing-hand,South- had a choice between guessing for

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 8, 1941.

BARE LEG BAN MADE HER QUIT

AN EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD; Surrey · girl hasaj started a new war job. - all because of a pair of stockings.

W

Joan McKay, canteen-helper in a war factory himself and making his opponents turned up for work one morning wearing no stock

do the guessing. Since he was

an expert he realised that he ings.

would be better off to let the enemy do the guessing.

South, Dealer

East West valuerablo

NORTH A112

10 9 8 6 2 J 10

0 10 X 6 3

AQJ6 2 986

WEST

A Q 266 2

EAST

K9 7 4 AQ HUG 2

SOUTH AKJ6

AK 9 8 7 4

AJ 7 3

The bidding: South

West

North

10

Pass

20

30 Рабо

P188

心

Bast

Pass Разв

L'u8s

West led a trump, and South

The supervisor complained about it and reported Joan to Miss E. M. Holland, the manageress.

Miss Holland took a serious view of Joan's "crime," and in- sisted that she went home for her stockings from work.

or stayed away

+ KILLED KITCHENER

SAYS SPY

BLAME WAR WORK

LAG IN

Engineer Leader's

Charges

Mr. Jack Tanner, Pre-- sident of the Amalgamat ed Engineering Union, at the Elandudno conference reverted to his charges that the lag in war pro- duction was due to man- agerial inefficiency and. lack of initiative.

Lo

sent out A questionnaire their members engaged on aircraft production revealed, he said, a de- Anite shortage of work in a small number of firms. In three there The man alleged to have con-

was a temporary shortage, and in

shortage of In vain Joan pleaded that fessed to causing the death of only a few was no she had already worn out two Lord Kitchener by arranging the work reported. pairs that week; that she had sinking of the cruiser Hampshire

The reasons given were short- uced up all her coupons, and in 1916 is among thirty-two pen. could not afford any more. But ple arrested as spies in New York, age of materials, tools and mach-

His name is given as Frederick incs, delays due to changed of planning Duquesne, born in South Africa signs, absence Mr. J. Edgar Hoover chief of the preparation, management lacking. The following day she returned Federal Bureau of Investigation in Initiative, and men waiting for to work still without stockings. | “German" organisation

states, authority to She asked Miss Holland by whose that he is the most important. of work. ruling she was ordered to wear those arrested. them. Mies Holland geplied: "It is my ruling, and you are to wear stuckings,"

was adamant,

the manageroes So Joan went home.

So Joan found a new job.

She told the "Daily Mirror": boss doesn't seem to "My new mind whether we wear stockings or not. I'd say he was a sensible

The Undersigned have received considered his problems. One way Instructions to sell by Public to make the contract would be to discard a spade on the Ace of Diamond lead a spade from dummy and guess whether to play 3-3 split in clubs, Ir the loss man." could be held to

one spade and the King or Jack, and play for a two clubs, the contract would be made.

The trouble with that line of

TUESDAY, 9th September, 1941, commencing at 2.30 p.m. at No. 2, Thorpe Manor, May Road A, QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. comprising:-- Hatstands, Tapestry Covered Chesterfield Couch and Armchairs, Teak Cabinet, Teak. Bookcases, Electric Clock, Barometer, Orna- ments, Pictures, Curtains, Carpets, Rugs, Books, Electric Fans, dependent on 3-3. club break to Radiators, Classical Records etc. lose only two club tricks (unless Teak Extension Dining Table, he managed to drop an honour on Sideboard, Dinner Waggon, Tea the club Ace.) The chance was Poys, Chairs, Crockery, Glass

all too flimsy, so South chose to Ware, Fitter, Cooking Utensils,

try a swindle.

etc., etc.

Fine Bed Room suite... & Gold, Woller Blankets, Bed and Sundry Linen, ele, els,

also

play was that South had to guess the right spade play--and perhaps no guess could help him (as was the case). Furthermore, he was

The managing, director of her old place. said, "I am astonished to hear of such stupidity.

"No one in the factory working on such grounds. authority to ban a girl

V.

has

from

INVESTITURE IN WAR FACTORY

White He won the first trick with the Queen of hearts and returned a low heart from the dummy--thus Matthew Bradley, leaving the dummy without any way of getting back to the dia- machine-setter in mond Ace! South then ran four

armament works, more tumps, and West was a very¦ unhappy bridge player. He didn't called from his work

A Quantity of Blackwood Ware Fine Carved Red Lacquer

Gold Furniture

Automatic Geyser Gas Stove

Cooking Stove

1 Large Frigidaire condition

and

Carpenter's Tools

&

in good

Work Tuble with

Vices and

Catalogues will be issued

dream that South had exited from

dummy without a diamond in his decorated

hund, so he had to hold. all his

a

A man

known.

as Captain Fritz Joubert Duquesne,.former- ty aɛnotorious German.apy, was named in a book published in 1932 as the man responsible for the sinking of the Hampshire. Wanted For Murder Duquesne, it was

slated was smuggled on board- and signalled to a U-boat, which torpedoed the Hampshire.

de.. and

proceed on certain

Asked For Facts

He had received a letter. from the clerk of the supply sub-com- mittee which dealt with national expenditure, asking him to fur- information of the places nish

where the war efforts was being

hindered

efficiency and where was diminished and the cost of as. the re- production increased sult of mismanagement,

He,proposed to furnish to thia subcommittee all the informa: tion he could, and, he, would be-

the assistance of the glad of delegates so that he could supply chapter and verse.

The British Government and. Scotland Yard were also, after Duquesne.. He was alleged to be guilty of murder on the high seas. Among those, arrested in the big New York round-up, of spy, sus-

The conference carried by 29 to pects are Lily Barbara Stein, 21 a resolution from the Glasgow Viennese artists model, and Her branches drawing attention to the man Lang. and Everett Roeder, tasks that were being allocated to technicians described as closely Labour Ministers in the Govern- associated with the manufacture ment, chiefly the Ministers of Lab- of secret army bombsights.

V

DOGS HIS CAREER

At 17

Jour and Home Security, and de-.

claring that the policy being car ried out was that of big business, which had. nothing in with the interests of the working.. people.

common

on

The resolution also. called a big Rory Bernard Smyth, 17. of the National Council of Labour, to a. pro- Kildare-terrace, W.2, was stated go to the people with

which was at Marylebone to have been earn- 'gramme

included deep ing, his living by dog-racing and bomb-proof shelters, friendship to be to have been diving with a woman with Russia, a people's Govern- by the King for five months, He was, put on ment and a people's peace

cause of:

probation on charges of detaining would get rid of the of the R.A.F. proverty.

diamonds; his spades were also with the medal tog valuable to discard, so he had] Order of the British Em- QNT HARTUKLJAST

to part with two low clubs.

Thereupon South banged downpire. His workmates, who the Ace and another club, setting paused to watch the brief the rest of his suit. East had to

On View from Monday, the 8th. | return a spade, and West had to "investiture,” heard him September, 1941.

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give South the tenth means of a diamond lead,

trick by

Saturday you: were

Merwini Maier's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you held:

+

AK,9 7 ♡ 3:

AJ 10 4

Q 6 5 3. 2)

The bidding: . Jaculty You Schenkan

1022 Eass

20 10

l'ass S♡ (7)

3

Maier 2A

Pass

say to the King:

"I want to say "Thank you' for the honour on behalf of all the skilled workers, here, your Majesty. It is their honour just as much as mine, and I am de- lighted to receive it as their re- presentative."

Bradley is the local convener of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, and was awarded, the medal in the birthday honours as a mark of appreciation of the increased; production in the factory

“The Good Cause”

This incident was one of many demonstrations of the loyalty of war, workers-which impressed the ANSWER: Pass You have told King and Queen during the second your story and should not con- day of their tour of shipyards and tinue with spades partly because armament works on Tyneside and you can't be sure you can make in Durham. flye Spades and partly because your partner may have a very fine penalty double of five hearts. You cannot quite double your- self but should leave the decision to your partner, we FOR VISITING CARDS neatly Score 100% and promptly printed, The double, 20% Newspaper Enterprise. Ltd:, Wind-o sor House, Des Voeux Road, Cen- tral. Telephones-20022. & 20011.

MISCELLANEOUS:

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At one shipyard the Queen was surtounded by cheering workmen pass, 60% for When she asked if they were; all.

spad

very busy, Frank McGlynn, a blacksmith, repiled: Yes, we are doing our bit in the good cause.”

of shipwrights held up a, blackboard on which was chalked:

Question No. 815

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

Jacoby Fou Bclienken

19

Another group

his

"We will whack them, nothing. Malet surer Fatty Goering

Fuehrer.

Гава 20

30"

4A

Pass

Pa98

Pass

Pass

Dbl.

Pasy (3)

the end of the day's tour, which lasted more than seven

What do you bid? (Answer hours, the King told directors of

tomorrow.)

(Released by The Bell cate, Inc.)

one big shipyard that, he and the Queen had been greatly impressed by the number of ships being turned out the yards,"

war.

FELLOWSHIP

OF THE

BELLOWS

JULY SCORE

435

that