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HONG KONG POLICE EMPIRE PREMIERS CARNIVAL
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2.
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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
"EVENING INSTITUTE
The 1948/9 Session will com-
game
CONFERENCE
London, September 1.
The Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers will open in London in the second wook of October-if possible on Monday, October 11. their Heences for 1948/49 The Conference, regarded in political quarters here
licences wishing to renew
as one of the most significant events of its kind ever held, will meet in private.
should forward the number of their 1947/48 game licence together with 2 re- cent passport size photo- graphs by letter to the The Prime Ministers and Officer-in-charge Armsfother leaders attending will re- Office, Central Police Sta-port the proceedings to their tion. No money or cheques respective Cabinets and, as may should be enclosed..
be deemed necessary, to the Parliaments of the Common- On receipt of an official wealth countries concerned. ncknowledgement from the
Commonwealth lenders expect- Officer-in-charge Arms to inke part include Mr. Mac- Office. the holder should Kenzte King, of Canada. Mr. take this together with his Jawaharlal Nehru. Prime Minis expired 1947/48 gameter of India, Mr. Liaquat All licence to the Treasury, Khan, Prime Minister of Paku- Prince's Building, Ice House ton,
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VATICAN PURCHASE OF FLOUR
New York, September.1. The business news service Dow Jones reported today that the Vatican is understood to have purchased two and three- quarter million barrels of 200 pounds each of Canadian flour, about three
of per cent. Canada's 1948 crop, for £8,- 250,000.
Describing the transaction as Canada's largest since before the war except those made to Bri- tain, the news service added:
"There is no explanation why. the Vatican would be interested in such a large amount of flour, but there is speculation that it would be distributed in Europe as a relict measure,"
of the renewal fee of $56 Herbert Evatt, Foreign Minister (Fifty dollars), a new foine licence for 1943/49 will be Joseph B. Chifley, the
ister of Australia, who was issued.
cently in England: a representa- Daniel Malan, the tive of Dr.
of game Prime Minister. the South
• licences who do not wish African Union who, it report- to renew are requested to ed, is unable to attend: possibly Senanayake, Prime inform the Officer-in-charge Dr.
Ceylon; and, it is Arms Office eccordingly in Minister of writing before 30th Septem- hoped, representatives of South- ber, 1948. After this date, in Rhodesia and Eire.
British political leaders who persons found shooting will take part in the discussions
Dow Jones sold the Vatican game with a 1947/48 licence on a wide range of subjects in- will be presecuted and their clude the Prime Minister.
hove purchased United Mr. Could
States flour at about US$1 per the gun and ammunition Htable Clement Attlec,
of Secretary
cheaper.
Associated to confiscation.
for Commonwealth Rela-barrel cla Press. tions, Mr. Philip Noel-Baker, the Errest Foreign Secretary, Mr. Bevin, the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, Sir Stafford Crippa, the Minister of Defence, Mr. A. V. Alexander, and the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Harold Wilson.
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Cyrenaica Should Go To Britain
Cape Town, September 1. As the Prime Minister,' Me. The South African Prime Attles, has already indicated in Minister, Dr. D. Malan, said in Parliament, the proceedings Parliament today that the
The ComUnion will be informal.
Government's attitude monwealth countries have been consulted in advance on sub-
towards Cyrenaica was that it jects they desire to discuss and should be given to Britain.
Dr. Malan was talking on the exchanges are still proceeding.
future of
former the
Tailan The Conference is expected to colonies in Africa and said that last from 10 days to a fortnight, South Africo WTR entitled to It will be the first gathering of give advice as her troops had the kind in which the new and fought there. free independent Dominions
Unton Government's the For East-India, Pakistan, titude was based on the report and Ceylon-havo - been repro- of the commission which sented.
visited the Italian colonies. No ngenda
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“The Authority "no Authorities",
the diamond J-10-9, tossed one NEXT SEASON AT HAND
of the latter and thus held the TOP-DRAWER championship contract to exactly the number of bridge for the senson of 1948-tricks bid. 1949 was played in the recent individual title conlysts in New York.
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Mr. Solomon got on extra trick by building a sound format för o squeeze. Following the diamond A trick he scored the club A and K used the heart A and. K for spade discords, ruffed a heart and then ran his clubs. As he played the fast, West had his spade A and two diamonds, with the dum- my holding the spade K and dia- mond K-8, while South still re- thined the diamond 2. Whatever West discarded on that eleventh trick would be fatal to him. A- diamond, so tually he selected a the spade K was discarded. The
(Dealer: North, Both sides diamond K and 2 then took he vulnerable.)
last two tricks, poor West "going to bed with his spade A,
1 S 3 H 4 C
North East South
Pass 2 C
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West 2 D Pass
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HK 7 6
Charles J. Solomon, of Phila-| delphia, winner of last year's 1 world's Individual, was South at one table of this tournament deal,.
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by bidding not reported. That HAQJA W EH853 kiven above was at another table. DAR 5 2
But there is a clear record of his o play, which made the contract following the same lead as at the other club.slam table the diamond
The other declarer upon win-
sing the opener with the diamond
DQ J 10 0 4 CAKJ 8
(Dealer: North. Neither nido
A ran his eight club tricks hop-vulnerable.)
1g to squeeze somebody with the
If South bids 1-Club, West 2-
it of the sult. West, however, Clubs and Nortfi 3-Clubs, what who then retained two spudes and show East do?
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