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BIDDING AT BRIDGE.

A COMPENDIUM.

BY SIR WILLIAM WILKINSON. 1

Préface.

12.

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MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1938

CANADIAN PACIFIO

RAILWAY

ANNUAL REPORT.

THE LINCHENG OUTRAGE-

MR. MUSSO'S NARROW ESCAPE

FROM EXECUTION

front

Ir. Rodney Gilbert writing Peking to the N. Haily News says

Mr. Henley, the released aptive, has

CAPTURE OF WAICHOW.

A MATTER OF HOURS.

LEHEN CHUNG MING'S STRONGHOLD IN CLUTCH OF SUX'S FORCES,

Late last night we received the folow-

sital in the present compaign, and deal- ing General Chon Chang Mag a decisive bloss in his Waichowe stronghold. Bo riglaly - decided to disregard sentimental considerations and to advance against Whichas, which is "now in the clutch of this energing forces under his osu command and these personally command. ed by the Getteralissimo Sun Yat Seu.

The capire of Walchow has once or Iwice been prematurely rep sted, but it is now a matter of hours,

Mr. Henley ervilits 31r. Ray Analerson and Wen Shih-chin with all the successi of the out-ide negotiations, but adds that the Chinese captives, who gained the confidence of the Imandit leaders, advise mueslerato terms and helped the release,

He says that many bandit from within are after host uly, but the riptives are minerd, after pumping individual. brigands, that the enterprise was polition My and partienfarly anti-Tsao Kn Henley say the indications were that th chiefs intended to ask for tayours for the North River front, telegraphs Cat the Chang Chin-yno ex-Tuchun of Hunard, engmy, realising our enveloping larties. 3 Formal, have begun to retreat, and the eynenation but this the chiefs denimb

of Shinkwan by the enemy is imminent.

General Yang Isi Min, Commander of the Yunnanese pud Cantonese fare.s un

The Montreal, Chupite, says: That alter ego of the Dominion, the Coundian Said "Yarborough" the Bridge Editor of Paetic Railway, not only maintained its trasportation among the the "Sunddy "Ties, last December. "The supremacy. curso of Babel is heavy to stay upon Auction systems of the Continent during the year, been interviewed here. He is exhausted: ing telegraphie message from Mr. Engine

CANTON, June 10th, 122, ut sightly improved its position in alte gelaxation from the strain. He says Chen, secretory to Dr. Sun Yat Sen Bridge. If you sit down to play with the face of slacked trade by land and that the hamlics will short's rasis four

By one of his bold' strategie movese partner' for the first tinns, you can nevel kerner campetition by sou. Giross darnings, moje prisoners and then held the remain. smounted in $186,67,2001. and not earnings make suns of what he means by his ide: 430,301,000, at decrease in the case of ing four, anmely on British," one French, General Hst: Chung Chi has enddenly We are all talking different langlages," Yet | the former of $6.316.800, and an erase (ens Amorienu and me Italina until their į nerived off Walchow with Aftovai thon-

TIN 1114 Bally 3. Despite Mr.saur seasoned troops. you cannot delay the chal until you use in net of $2,100,000. To have maile more entechiz? that partner and ascertained his pro out of reduced sipts is striking Musso serious condition, the bandits He had seently to decide between hold-

the ability, filigene and testimony to views on T calls, in on the take out in zal af the management, as well as to the flatly refused believing him tols the most | ing Swatow, which is not strategiendly a major suit. He might suffer you to ask localty of the staff. The surplus was not, important captive and they will hold him him if he observes the Americas, Consti inbei länge. 21.023.500, but it WILH till the last. tims: but should be plead igminer all g70,117 more than in 1921, and Wil you proceed to enlighten him, your ef

realized after payment of fixed charge, ponents would certainly to restive

sub-tnatial dividemly, and al taxes All the same it is angustionable that, which now reach a nisiderable sum. The

is Florence Irwin partners and opponents too angle pussets of the Company are placed on a

andbextmal every school of play.

The conservative computation, at $1,124525.000 difficulty is to sliscover what are the sun and here is a surplus aver lighslities of of play The

first

compiled by Mr. of Auctions Billete ligraphy $10,000, of which one-half, 084200

is in eash. Frederic Jessel and published in Mr. An enterprise of thus magnituds of the Manning Finder's Auction Bridge Canadian Pacifie ner reaches inality. Clear," Comprises 171 Becks; and these are. It is constantly extending its ramifica being addesi to every month. No player tions, glarging its facilities, ompering can be expected to wale through new fields and arquiring new Insines lake, however anxions he may to During last year the Company sold improve his form and few players,- £3.07.000 in London and $2000000 in certainly few in the Far East,--have never New York of 4 per cent, debenture stuck, to title of them.

turning the proceeds into various betters It is to meet in some degme this distressing ments; while in the current year it is state of things that the present compendia Pontemplat d to spend $7.630.00 an rud, has been compiled from the latest elition of way. the Chateau Frontenac Hotel and the Royal Aberion Bridge Manuals named miscellaneous works to improve facilitie, in the

below. Thevarying opinions and effect remiss, to build 97 miles of of the Bridge pundits Oir. & F. Foster, branch lines in the Northwest, and to cach purchase new rolling stock at a cost of says there are no antlerities) on magtel quedion are brought together $12.993.000. The high credit the Company under headlings that take the form of pasins enjoys moet market, wi enale or propositions As those opinions do overy it to make a esitlevalle new capital ex- i would obviously editare without increasing faed charges, often vary widely,

wo learn from the soul report that he impossible to frame in every case a proposition that will agree with them all note ertifientes to the What the compiler has ventured to do is $32,000,000 bearing 6 per cent, interest, to give pride of place to the views which

bick and which were issued in 1914. are to be; make conditions for the others handler.R.C. and Taikoo Nog was not played he ins prefers This preference, he sub-

pai oft in July next Hit of available

Mr. Musso was once marked for execu owing to the infortunate death of Sergt. uits, red not detract from the e

The infant team of the league fulness of this work; any reader provide trees het for this purpose.

"The een al coastal lines of the: timu, when the soldiers were fiting the Cole, with a due pencil can strike out a beading

career by defeating Taikoo No. 1 in .no to which he denars, au can underline apCanadian Pacific are an important branch audits, the plau bring to lay the blame (Kowloon Docks) ecntinued its victorious

of its service. Last year these gioided a

Thus this team still preciatively one or other of the excerpts these

et profit of 2,418.000, a sum more than his death the soldiers and secure uncertain ranner. euntradict it.

sufficient to pay the whole interest on the their withdrawal; but a former Chinese, beads the league, having played five and won five matches. Last year's. lengue Pre Labor Corps elie Saved Mr. Masso's

winners, the Kowloon Rowling Green referene, stock of the company. sident Beatty devotes considerable space, relatively, to a rectal of the dificulties. Mr. Henley says the soldier erdon Club, suffered a surprising reverse at the ler which the pean steamships have has not infverupted the bandit communi- bands of Craigengower. The Civil $.0.0.. been operated, having had to meet the cations, but that pedlars, who are spistill at the bottom of the league, notched competition it only of private companies for both sides, came and wet, and that victory by two points from Kowloon

Cricket Club. but, as well, of government-out lines, especially those of the United States lividual bandit, brought in ammunition Shipping Board, yet the Canadian Pacific which they asseted they had purchased was able to offset a reduction of $2.502.000 from Japanese and that articles in the in gross earnings by a clecres of *2*36,000 in operating expenses, and Shaighai foreign papers were quoted from to increase by 52 the number of round queatly to the captives, while the publi

by its feet. Seceral adverse eation of the Pontzeku Voyages

an

Once this is done, and the respective pencilings an compared (in some lucid interval etween rubbers) the language dwback should disappear.

Bathampton, 1992. William WILKINSON. ROYAL AUCTION BRIDGE MANUALS

COLLATED.

“Essman"--Hayal Auction Bridge, Sow

་

El. 1920.. BERGHOST (ERNEST - Regal Auction Heilge.

2nd Pl. 1990.

BLUNT ( WALTER 1-Twenty-one Heilge Fal-

Tacies, [141]

Betleg and BreaTTAS.-Auction Bridge in a

Nutshell, 5th Ed. 1919.

LAVESHISH (ANTHONY, Easy How to win at Royal Auction Bridge, ie, DALTON (WILLIAM)-Royal suction Bridge,

7th El

articles in the Bre Weekly ing

1925, 2 EMMET

E)Royal Auction Bridge For the Melium Player, 1921. FOSTER (A. E. MASSING)-Auction Bridge

Tulle Talk, 1919: Auction Bridge made,

ze Wear, 1991.

(ROBERT FREDERICK ---Poster un Auction, 3rd El. 1941: Acetión puule Easy,

1931.

GILLIES (Dr. J. W. F.)-Calling at Auction

Bridge, 1920.

1 bakes.

|

s to make the Parific busi.i

statement.

The must trying experienes was the actual attack on the train, since when auditions have been hard but the lenders have often been surprisingly considerate and the guards kind to the rick, though frequently threatening all with death. Mr. Hailey says escape was easy at muy time, but each fit that his epe wild

Aj

SPORT

LAWN BOWLS,

SATURDAY'S LEAGUE MATCHES.

Three lengte matches were played ou Saturday, the fourth between the Polio:

Results:--

'

CIVIL SERVICE C, & KOWLOON c.c. Played at the C.S.C.C.. the home team winning by 0 points to 60. Scores :—

1.CC.

C.5.C.C.,

was "m- Rudd

Vergel te Murphy

Nicholls

Heather

23

McMurtrie (8) 12

Γωνία

Daucu

Ho unsatisfactory, but the President diately kuwa nad much re-cutest.

Mr. Flenley balts that the final refense: A. B. Allan (8) anticipates better resuits this year, adding

will

in Oswick that special efforts are being made to co- of the other prisoners erage through travel between the Orient

Europe, and the summer schedules mediately, believing, that the last four will enable a paseager, to travel from will be held for several weeks, Japan to England or Franc, a distance of about 10,000 mibe, in 21 days, which should prove advantageous to your line in rompetition with the Surz route,

Massey, Alderman Stanley (8) J. Hall" Cullipp Pallyjohns Since the earliest news of the Lincheng Hill ( outrage, many offers to exchange them-·

SHANGHAI MAN OFFERS HIMSELF IN

EXCHANGE FOR A PRISONER,

Irwin, p. 28. You must iw willing to be left selves for the fawign captives have been with any bit you make, and, most la alle attributed to various well known young 10 play it if left with it: ery

a view to

The Informatory nh: "If Dealer holds Ace and two small or King, Queen and one small, in Clubs, even though nothing else in the hand, he calls One Club as an invitation to his partner to call One No-trump.

Hyde

Gibson

13 Stevens (3)

Abrahan Tacchi

**

Overy

21 l'ile()

16

Total 02

Total #

TAIKOU NU 1. r. KOWLOON DOCK, R.C.

Played at Trikoo, the visitors winning by

points to 16. Scores:

TAIKOO NO. !

Stewart

(icimex

'KOWLOON DOURS D,C. McKelvie

Keith

Gourlay

11

Lirgy (5)

Atkinson

bid mit be a run! Foster, p. 42, The, am not a fox who, ent servoly be HINGLEY (Major SAMEELL HOWARD). Hints player who starts with a spit bad, expecially called young, says the N., Dadÿ News.

authoritatively a heart or a spate, must be prepared for For taner, it was on Royal Auction Bridge, 2nd Ed. 1996

re IRWIN (Miss Fronese)-The Complete the possibility of being left to play the

Auction

New 1920.

hand on that declaration. Dalton, P. 14, ported that a certain young athlete, who Grimshaw

whose Whyte OWES Maja U.).)-Modera Bridge,1920. vinke a bid unlear you served in the Great War, and

PACHABO (WHITELAW, &. E).-Wrinkles on are prepared to play the hand on that call father must be knową, to every preson in Fouls

Hamilton (9) Twelve

with Informatory bids made. Royal Auction Bridge (1019):

least from the frequency: Shanghai, t Keys to Auction Bridge Play (11) leading K

ap No Trumps suren thing WORK (Mizos (7.) – Auction Methods Up of the past. Berghelt, p. The so-called with which his witty letters appear in Sloane

to-date, 1921.

Informatory call is a relic of the Dark the local press, made a deùsite offer to T. Young "YARIOBUCGH-Royal Auction Problems Ages.

[1922] Weekly Notes in the Sanday

the father of one of the emptives to ex-Wotherspoon (S) 16 change with his son. His endition: vvrój

tho McIntosh To save space, Butler fand Brevitas"

aid to be that he should go to appears as Buller; "Cut-Cavendish," s Anthony & E. Manning Foster, as doing

bandits strongheld and if he failed in Russell his missin the oft was all "up to him, Fergusod (5) while the prefixes of Miss, Me, and Major

This Convention, says Hingley 29), 'is

On the other hand, if he succeeded in are omitted. F. Foster's Auction munde. Lasy is indientest by enter. (So #very useful and sale informative call from exchanging with the captive, a matter one certain trick in Clubs, say Ace and what his own late might be,, he or his Mursing and 2 Pachabe). Evening two others, or King, Queen and one other will would be credited with 85,001 Pre- Standart: 8.7. Sunday Times."

Bascule, P. viii,

Suflicient justice is not sumably the offer was not accepted. always done to the conventiond bid of DECLARATIONS.

Now comes another more definite one club it undoubtedly infringes the

terms, for it has been sit down in excellent principle that your bid must be

writing, make, but there is really no great romantic nature. The following letter ha danger attaching to it (Dalton, p. 14, says been addressed to Mr. Barton, C.M.G.,

Butler, P that the danger exists).

Utilize the deciantion of One Diamond H.B.M. Consultioneral:

your partner

· THE OPENING BID.

GENERAL PROPUNITIONS.

1-Sound bidding in of more imprater

then good play.

or Qué Club us invitation

to

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it

in

of

2 mere

#

Brow

Punchcon

Gow (9)

Johnston

Duncan Hedley

16

Total 40

Lapaley (S)

Tutal 74

•KOWLOON 1,6.0, P. CRAIGENGOWER 0.0. Played at the Kowloon Bowling Green Club, the visitors winning by 68 points to

52. Scores: --

K.A.0.0.

McLeggan

Farrell Guy "Bir,I leg to offer my services with!

Edwards (5)

a view to the release of any captivos No Trumps Owen (p. 18), would Foster, p. 22, The foundation of Auction extend the convention to Three Cluby” now held as prisoners by the Chinese Muir lies in the original, or free, bid. Every which, he says is common hint to your

bandits, without fear or favour, until Whibley relieved, or death takes place. Anti R. Hall contest is settled by the bidding, nut by the play. Dalton, p. 1, Ryal Auction Partner that two no-trumps would suit

admirably.

cipating an answer at year earliest Crawford (8) 15,11

gaine of intelligent declaring, fur

Bergholt,

p. 51, veheruently coulemus the convenience,

Macfarlane more than of skillet

"The

cardt Convention, adding 'I grieio to think of

Harvey Hingley, 11, essence of

McNeill Auction Bridge lies almost entirely in the generally

sund

the danger in store for fon, in the event of the other three players

remaining

cali. Pachabo p. 13, It is silent.' Foster. p. 7s of it, '

the

4

1

bat

countenances the Minor-suit Two call con- vention (v. infra . 10); · an opening in i sait (Diningrids or

dors

bid

I have the hosour to be, Sir.

Your humble piedient servant,

(signed) FREDERICK WARULOK."

"e/o P. Heath & Co.,

1. Peking, Shanghai." Possibly the maine will not identify the

Mr. Warrrick is

W. Russell (8)

17

CRAIGENGOWER.

Alves

Inail

Onjar

Basa (S)

Greensith

Martin

Forbes

18 Greener

WGreen

Souza

A. Macfarlane

a2

10 W. Bradbury (5) 22

Total 62

Total 68

POLICE RO, T. Taikoo no. 2.. This match was postponed owing to the death of Police Sergent Cole.

LEAGUE-TABLE TO DATE,

P. W. L

Ptg.

5

6

0

.. 10

3

3

0

6.

5

3

.2

best agreed that skill in inore important than skill, in bidding is canis. Irwin, p. 182, 'While I admire faultless player iminenscly, I should choo not, in his school, indicate that declarer is owner of it to many people, but there the faultless bilder for my partner. Work prepared to play the hand on that call can be few who do unt koow him by p. 10. The initial bidder's declaration is

httle quiet m The foundation of the bidding, all bix (unless it is a pre-emptive bid of fire: see sight, anys our Shanghai contemporary. partner's acts depar apon it, and is a mistake, he says (1) turning grey, who does not seem to miss insist that every suit, major or minor, When sångers hould be bid as

it were likely to remain a public meeting of any art, and he cach has the right to assume that the other the final declaration and become the trump.

would never dream of failing to attend. any official gathering at the British Con- is bidding along the lines generally máspt. ed as crventional.

4-Borg oríginu (initi-3 or free? had sulute to celebrate a royal birthday. He Kowloon Docks R.O

should be govt' for other albick or probably is old enough to be the grand Taikoo No, 2.—Do not lie low with a good hand, hoping to ị

defoure.

father of most of us and no one would Taikoo No. 1... trap you ?apynments. Bascule, p. The vidien that there dual object in snaking a free bid, or it is

Foster, p. 64, there must always be this imagine he has sen such a hard life as Kowloon B.G.C....... 4

he has left behind him. He served i Police B.C... was something to be gained by lying low unsound. Bergholt, p. 44, the primary three campaigns in South Africa and two Kowloon C.C on powerful hand is completely explodert.

information your partner needs from in Madagascar and it was his great Craigengower C.O.. So Dalton, p. 32, Anthony, p. 20, Now-a-days you is... in which suits you hold to regret that he could not get on service Civil Service 0.0..... 5 the opening

declaration from strength is cards: the reason being that all aloost universal." Hingley, 31,

in the Great War. In South Africa, cards retain their value both when chick of

Auch suit has been marly trumps, and certain

inisguided players affects

room to the rank of Captain. In Shang the wait and see policy, and calls when there are no trumps at ali. Dalton hai he was to his credit a long record of!

No continually on an attacking hand: (Fr when he opens the bidding, does | daring traveller and tells of many bair Kowloon Docks B.C.316 230

Bridge lie."

S.0.0.21), In most cases the original service with the SV.C. When he was

younger he was both a thau concealing your alrength. Emet, the atticking or in the dofonding side, and breadth escapes from wild boasts, for in Taikoo No. 2188

this is telling a

p. 107, Calling honestly pays

Oillies,

Lotter

p. 4, it is quite as big at offent ukrall as to overgill'

3.--Noxer ma, e one pening bid unless you are pond to play the hand on Thuail if

Teil in

(Continued ut feel of next culugan)

NOI

not know whether he will end by being on therefore it behoves him, if possible, to show a suit which will be of use in either alternative: but (E.S. 6.7.91) show any useful strength you may have in your hand, as (Te le Continued.)

Roon as you can.

famous and a

:3

4

SHOTS POR AND AGAINST.

Shole.

Shots,

For Against Up Down

80

148 40

823

273

217 290 243 203

was an ordinary event for him to sleep! Tukoo No. 1 .....

parte infested with Kowloon B00 250

Police R.C. in the open in ferorious lions.

Mr. Warrick's offer, our contemporary! Kowloon C.C.......257 understands is under consideration. Craigongower C.C...258 301 the consulur puthorities,

Civil Service 0.0...247 350