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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 29, 1941.
BRIDGE WEININGER BOMBED JUDAS QUIZ OF
IN MENTAL TREE BLOOMS
NOTES HOME
BRIDGE SWINDLES
NO. 58 :
By The Four Aces The summer championships now being held at Asbury Park, N., J.,
always produce a bumper crop of bridge swindles. Here's one from last year's tournament.
West, Dealer East-West vulnerable
NORTH
3 94
♡ Q 6 6
J 10 8 8
A KJ 10 3
WEST AAKJ 8
RAST
A 10 9 7 6.
♡ 10 3
9 73 .6 5
SOUTH
4004
A6 2 8742
South
4 A
The bidding:
West
North East
Pass
Paes
Pass
20 Pass
Pass Paga Paso Paro
10 42
WP. Wants Review
Of Case
CAR USERS
Police in Britain have
In a famous square in Central started to keep a stricter London where bombs fell among
ancient trees last autumn is a eye on motorists. spring-time wonder.
14
Richard Weininger,
Slace, the publication of the last A small Judas tree, which had | rond accident figures, which - who gave evidence before been a 'bower of rose-pink bloom, showed a still-mounting death-and- the committee investi-
was caught by blast.'
accident tatal, despite the decrease Although its crown was.shatin road travel, chief constables all gating the affair of the
tered its trunk scarred and only over the country have been re- Czech assets, in which
a few pathetic branches re-leasing as many men as possible mained. It'
for road patrols. still Mr: Robert Boothby,
Not in the usual way, though. M.P. for East Aberdeen, Stripped of its twigs, it has some- was involved, is now in a through the thick bark; along the how managed to push its buds mental home, having trunk and stumps of its amputat- been detained under the ed limbs are clusters of perfect Aliens Order since Sept- Mr. G. C. Taylor, the tree ember, and is "almost a specialist, thinks it is the Judas
tree's dying effort. broken man.”
flowers.
(Legend says the Judas tree la
This statement of his case was so called because Judas Iscariot made by Mr.: Vyvyan · Adams Banged himself on one). (Cons.) in the House of Commons, when he urged that' Weininger should be released or at least triad]
under fair conditions.
"All I am asking," he said. "BIG LONDON HOTEL
that Richard Weininger should be given a chance of answering what
the Home Ofte have against HAS NEW CHIEF
him."
Mr. Hugh
addition to watching for: speeding and dangerous drly- Ing, police are notructed to
all motorists as to whe~; ther they know how to immo- bilise thoir cars and what they invasion. jare: Rupposed to do in event of
Results Are Good
"The immobilisation patrol was started so that we could satisfy ourselves as to the motoring pub-- lic's knowledge of its responsi bilities," Major Geoffrey Nichol- son, Chief Constable of Surrey, explained.
"As far as we have taken it, the results have been surpris- ingly good. About 80 per cent. He told the House that since he wontner, who, in 1988, undertook duties precisely, 10 to 15 per cent.-
Walter Kingwell of motorists stopped know their was transferred to an internment! camp in January Weininger had the inspection of 80,000 rooms for are hizy, and only about 5 per West opened the King of spades, had to take drugs to case the pain overseas visitors to the Corona cent. know nothing, and requite then shifted to a trump, hoping from an internal complaint, and tion, has been appointed managing instruction." to reduce dummy's rufting power. that when he appeared before the director of the Savoy Hotel, La. South won the trump and return-tribunal, questions were put
following the death of Sir George ed a spade, West winning with the him which he could not under
Reeves-Smith, spade Ace: West returned another stand. There were a number of
Mr. Wontner, elder son of Mr. trump, upon which South won witnesses who were willing to Arthur Wontner, the actor, be- and ruffed his last spade in the come forward and speak about his came secretary of the Hotels and dummy. The stage
was set for loyalty and his redentials.
Restaurants Association in 1839,
the swindle.
WATER ACCOUNTS
South knew that East had the Ace of diamonds, for if West had Consumers are hereby notified held that card together with the that all accounts issued on
top spades, he would have made either an opening bid or an over- after 1st day of October, 1941, call of the opening heart bid. will surcharged if not paid South also knew that two dia- within 14 days from date of issue, monds on dummy's long clubs instead of 21 days as at present all three diamonds.
would not allow him to get rid The only chance to avoid the loss of a diu- A. B. PURVES, mond trick was to hoodwink East into ducking the Arst round of diamonds.
allowed.
Water Authority. Public Works Department, Hong Kong. 24th September. 1941.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY, CLUB
DRAFT PROGRAMMES and
to
Mr. Osbert Peake, Under- a director of the Savoy two or Secretary, Home Office, painted three year ago, and since then has out that because of security con- been to a great extent Sir George's siderations, he could not deal tight-hand man, otherwise than in the broadest outlines with the case.
that Weininger was arrested at Mr. Boothby's flat.
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"It is quite clear," he said, "that enemy agents are much more likely to be found in the ranks of his hotel, and when they
In fact, the police found him at the so-called neutrols, or aliens
were than either among enemy aliens about to arrest him for detention or British subjects, It is common engegement of importance with he pleaded thất he had a pressing knowledge that the most suitable Mr. Boothby, and the police theter, persons for employment as spies fore accompanied him to the flat. are persons of neutral nationality: After he had said, what he wanted and therefore it is pretty certain that among this small group of 200 to say to Mr. Boothby, he
taken away for detention. 300 aliens detained under this procedure we have, in fact, gut nothing whatever to do with the IN CHROMIUM PLATED
Weininger's internment had
enemies of this country, some of the most dangerous affair of the Czech assets, but the by the committee consists of more
"Mr. Weininger's examinationvileges made it clear that his findings of the Committee of Pri- than 23 pages of closely-typed promise to pay Mr. Boothby a considerable sum of money was foolscap. "It It
shows that Mr given on the understanding that Weininger fully understood the
Mr. Boothby would render service
Declarer therefore returned the the Jack of diamonds from the dummy after ruffing his spade East ducked, hoping South planned finesse to West's Queen, But South, as we have seen, had al- ready located the diamond. Ace; and he therefore went right up with the King of diamonds. was then a cinch to draw the last discard the remaining diamonds.
ENTRY FORMS for the Eighth trump and run the clubs, so as to/purport of the case put to him. in return by speeches and pressure
2
Secret Document
STEEL H.K.$5-each. MODELS ON VIEW.
AUGUST SCORE
198
shows also that he was not in any Extra Race Meeting to be held
way muzzy or incapable of deal-on Ministers. An alien wlio could (weather permitting) on FRIDAY, Making an extra trick would ing with the questions."
spend his money in that way was 10th and SATURDAY, 11th not have been important at rub-
not one who could command him- October, 1941, may be obtained
bèr bridge, but it gave South
self to the House.
..from
Any further discussion was pre- BEND IN YOUR REMITTANCE. the Secretary's
good score in tournament play. Office, Note that the swindle would not Exchange
vented by the adjournment of the Building; the Club have worked If South had taken ment from which Mr. Adams ap-
Mr. Peake referred to a docu-House. House, Happy Valley; the Hong is discards before Kong Club: the Sports Club; and Jack of diamonds.
leading the peared to have quoted and said: South's dis-The names and details mentioned the Stables, Shan Kwong Road," cards would have warned East in that paper, if shown to an agent.
Entries close at 12 o'clock NOON that he had better take his dia of the enemy, would convey
THURSDAY, 2nd October, mond Ace while the taking was
1841.
By Order
SLA. SLEAP,
Acting Secreta
PUBLIC AUCTION
The Undersigned have received instructions to sell
Auction on
good.
great deal more to him, than it conveys to Mr. Adams.” He hoped. that anyone who came into pos session of a copy of it would trea Fit with great care, because it con- Saturday, you were
Merwintained the names of a number of Maier's partner and, with neither individuals who were very well side vulnerable, you hold.
A K
9 7 4
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Question No.
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but the
Puny
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What do
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