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THE DUFFLE TWINS

Hong Kong

Wed

Dear Aunts

We have acquired & Transport business here and it is

estmely well

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by Beachcomber

JAGANA pulwola bu bal necessary for you to append your signature to the deleted word

W pados antil, says the proverb of the

Gulghat limen. "He

Jong who lingers too

at the banquet gels the cheapest over- cout in the cloakroom."

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A guest in a West End restaurant recently complained that, on leav- Ing. he was handed ค overcept from which someone had cut the sleeves, and he said agrity, "One doesn't expect that sort of thing in place like ilus. Jolly-tolty. sirrah! Does he think that just because, a thimbleful of dubious sherry casta 125, 8. the customers are above suspicion? How does be think they make their money?

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Hurrah for the Mayor! · NEXT to the stockbrokers, finan

ciers, and dub-dub people, who Krow pale at the mere rumour of an easier International situation, i plty newly-elected mayors, More

and more towns are refusing them free motor-enre, und no injuring

You cannot their dignity,

run after a bus while wearing the chain of Office vt tout le bataclan du trial. One, mayor Jind hell

h15 pushed to the town

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wheelbarrow, as a pretext. But this made so popular with the young villreas that be defeated bus own "aim.

More complications DEAR MISS SLOPCORNER.

In the absence of Mr Suet. ↑ write to inform you that it will be

ZUITORS PALSY SERVICE, ING, - MULYA 14HK

usesis, and also to each deletion futebol meble horgau

"bird-cave."

We note that you completed the forma in pencli, and that your grandmother's maiden PRING WOR not in block lettery. We are there~ jure sending (a) the all forms for Initialling where indicated, (b) new rot of forms for completion in mk, (e) a form bị cancellation of the previous erroneous application for permit for licence, (d) a leafet giving directions for the system to be followed in applying for the cence when the permit has been granted,

Your faithfulty. Thelina Bodies, SECTEINTY. Under the sycamore THE le

CEA tean has gone into the beehive.

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name

Bop, and

cheese,

is made of Ho in To small that he can walk under

his uncla's dog.

His unete'w dog's

name in Prowler.

And every time

Prowler barks

wis little rubber

hools with chalk,

Tomorrow

Bop is going to meet an ironmonger who wit give him a toy trumpet stuffed with charcoal. Won't that be fun?

qur

"I think I can help you lose weight. I got fired todny."

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1953

by DODD

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

WOMANSENSE

Don't Permit School Absence Without A Good Reason

By GARRY: C. MYERS, Ph.D.

1.

Gw.child who misses not the school assignment: bo THE

many days of school will miss and should make up. In some cases, teachers are may fall back in his studies a-operative and even lentent and grow discouraged. Be- in such matters. If the school sidea this, his absence law states that no absences aro causes his teacher extra excusable except for Illness or death ..In the family, both work in trying to help him parents and teacher may con- catch up on his arrears, spire in violating it. Yet such a and to this extent, robe the law seems to have more weight

services to them.

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Here's A Sound Tip other children of her best in its favour than against it,

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Whatever we, do to con- Great moral harm can come tributo to the child's health to the child, when his parents makes possible his regularity make no arrangements with at school. Bui many a child is the teselier before keeping him allowed to remain home from out of school, but sign an school, becasionally and

excuse stating that he quently, for no good reason. sick. The child knows this to be easy home one day and play with for

him

to

preks visiting cousin, or to go with into perjuring another "sick his

parents on a brief trip. excuse after playing hookey,"

if we grant that either. From this, it could be an easy experience might be as valuable step for the child to write and from un edlicational point of agn for himself a false excuse view .as being in school,

his for an

absence about which such purposes could his parents had not known. absence for suggest to him that being in school

These regularly is not

abuses often become very Important. If a number of worte in junior

and senior parents were to follow such a high school. Many a youth will school with his they could seriously silp off from

with the

for school's friends

afternoon an escapade, knowing he can forge an.excuse next day himself or get his parents to write for him.

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Opening lead-de 12

By OSWALD JACOBY ·

N opening bld of four in

suit is usually made hand of great offensive strength

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but wiih little defensive

strength. Your purpose in

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hope to have play for the contract if you are

are allowed

to

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become declarer: you want make the bidding difficult, for your opponents by forcing them to guess at their best contract at a high level; and you want to warn your partner that a slam is unlikely even though your hand is quite powerful for offensive

purposes.

In today's hand, South held just about the strongest hand fisat ever bid in this way. It is very difficult for the op- ponents to compete, but they can actually make a slam at spades. Instead, "they allowed South to play. the hand and make u low club In hearts.

South played a low club from dummy on the opening end and ruled in his own hand. He then proceeded to

lead out six rounds of trumps, discarding a diamond and - four clubs from the dummy.

YOUR BİRTHDAY...... By STELLA hands

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9

It is always difficult for the defenders to discard properly in of this sort. If they attempt to inform each other, they

give information at the same time to declarce; and if they make no such attempt, they run into the danger of saving the wrong cards,

In this case West-discarded-

PORN today, you nay love a direct. straightforward and honest brillant career, provided that in your intentions, You Just - plan early in life you learn to curb your. 12, get what you want with as little. impulsive recklesėmess, You are friction sa pambiel You have the first of all, a perman of action and like it of knowing how to work with all his clubs, and East dis- to see things moving all the time. people. Your sharp sense of humour carded some Dubs and some

Give piktie inpre

ramme,

Felps you over any a rugged road spaces. thought to a

and i maken people like to work beforehand, and your are more likely to materinjise with and for you. as you want liem to, the first time you try!

You are tactful and diplomatic, vet forcefully energetle. You know what you want but figure out the most politie way to go about get- ting 11. Stult, withal. you are

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- (King Lear), (3, 31.

& This and cabbages are Corent

Garden specialtion, (8)

10. Musea without manuscript.

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A Jesloway that somestine savours nobly (Twelfth Night).

23. Householder in a small way, (6)

14. Burn's timʻraus begatie was, (3)

25. a beer to che cast, sailor #141 15. Pour around. (4)

a. Mean drop for an excuse.

(0.21

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21. A cripplin proposition for

college head). (0)

93. The Itiver one for a plny, 141

24. A river in the house.

(4)

(3)

15. Hindu doctrine. (4)

26, Sedan mountaina.

Bow

1. Headgear for the crowd 1 (8)

2. This home for the now shanty

(4)

now the speaker'a saded, ($1 4.Amm in the lock, for a SKY-

Jark, (3)

of the

4. Exposiva joved one, (4)

0. Mr. Logan was the " *

7. My dent love * mom, men ginka

01 me" in the tavern. [5] ...

ụ. Loop, bask, (4)

11. Play refrain from sleep. (4)

17. Thi·sauce. KOOS

mutton, BROKE

with Tronať

AW, Ondre without the century, (4)

20. Baer a lot of drinka. (4)

21. Thin Wood has many uno, (31

South correctly decided that You find languages easy and West had begun with fewer would probably enjoy travelling a diamonds than East. He there that you could make use of this Alli. Yet you will want to have fore tried for a diamond trick low diamond from your own home to which you can by leading a

always return. You are attractive his own hand. West properly to member of the opposite Bex and will have several romances played low, and dummy's queen before you inally Betile down. forced out East's acc. East But once you do, it is for life shifted to spades, and South

and strictly for love. Wed young. ruffed the recond round. South for you will want a large family!

one

amazing how many for a special trip or other ex- parents are ready to write a

for a child. In perience get in touch with the false excuse teacher beforehand, have the doing So, they really аге matter understood by her, and Also, a large number of youths

Household Hints

It is easier to put up screens of the "spring" type if you rub | soap along the edges of the screens and the tracks on which the ni

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