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THE HONGKONG

CONTRACT: BRIDGE.

By W. E. McKenney.

Secretary, American Bridge League.

TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1932.

Perhaps the most difficult thing for the beginner at contract to learn is how to properly overcall the bid of an opponent when using the straight forcing system. In our previous article we explained how to overcall with minimum banda, and we further learned the use of the informatory doubln,

CHEMISTRY & THE COMMUNITY

MR. DOVEY'S INTERESTING ADDRESS

ROTARY TALK

"Chemistry and the Community" Interesting was the title of an address which was delivered to members of the Hongkong Rotary Club at yesterday's weekly lun- cheon by Rotarian E. R. Dovey, The luncheon was held in F.IC.

Crawford's res Messrs. Lane taurant under the Chairmanship of Sir William Hornell.

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The Chairman welcomed the. guests. Rotarian Yin- There are types of hands, how following

OD. Bon Lee (Shanghai), Mr. W. A. Since that date all articles of food ever, where we overcall our ponents' original bid with a jump Wong (Canton), Mr. S. Simpson and drugs have been under con- Joseph Y.stant scrutiny, with the result that of articles percentage bid; e. g. opponent opens with one (Hongkong) and Mr.. spade and we bid three hearts. Tseu, business manager of the the This is known as a jump bld. Canton Daily Sun. The Chairman adulterated has fallen from 90 per There is considerable diangreement announced that Mr. Tseu was very sent to about 10 per cent or even in the to keen to work up pro-British pro-ess, and the adulteration now

And they all found is usually more among different authorities as

nature of fraad than danger to what a jump overcall bid shall paganda in Canton, indicato, but generally, under the hoped he would be successful.

Sir William also announced that health.

The community's water supply straight forcing system, It indicates

in which the n powerful hand containing about the meeting a fortnight hence, on

and strong May 3, would be a closed business is another matter three quick tricks

meating, when officers for the en-hemist takes a deep interest in con- junction with the bacteriologist. Ave-card sult.

Some players insist that partnersuing year, would be elected.

Rotarian Dovey said:-To that The bacteriologist's business is to shall take this bid as a forcing bid

that and must keep the bidding open, oft-referred-to person, the man in see that the water is free from anthe street, the term chemist means nathogenic organiams, while the while other authorities call it "arge" bid, but not an absolute little more than the keeper of a analyst's business la to sco

or л sterilised forcing bid. It is made with a two drug-atore: the man who can, more what is supplied is water, and not suit hand or a strong re-biddabla or less successfully, interpret the storilised mud

Pure Water. suit, and while it is not an absolute myatie hieroglyphics emanating sewage.

He must nee that it is clear, forcing bid which requiries the bid- from the family phyalciun, and who

free 45 роя- sting to be kept open until a game- carries out his daily pre-occupa-

a shop window In bright, and as guing declaration is arrived at, it is tions behind

be Raft enough An urgent appeal to partner to sup- which large glass vessels filled sible from colour and odour. It port the bid even though he does with coloured water are displayed. must not have normal trump support but has one probable trick.

for

The vendor of drugs, though household purposes and for use in rendering excellent service to the steam boilera. It must contain no community, is about as accurate a metallic contamination, such

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Another thing for the partner of the jump overcall bidder to remem-representative of the chemical protraces of lead or zinc. It must be ber is that even though the op- fession as a bank clerk would be of neither too neid nor too alkaline, or ponent puts in a bid after the jump the world of finance. overcall, you should endeavour to support partner's bid if you hold one trick,

Overcalling Oppenents' Suit

With the Same Suit. This strategic bid is now general- ly used only after partner has bid; g. partner deals and bids one heart, opponent bids one spade and you bid two spades.. This showe normal support for partner's suit and no losera in opponents' suit and in addition shows slam possibilities. It is a forcing hid and requires partner to keep the bidding open until a game-going declaration is arrived at.

it will attack the water mains.1 To attempt to deal with the aub- These requirements can only be ob-

com-tained by rigid chemical control.

Not only must drinking supplies ject of chemistry and the munity in the time available after

a Rotary tiffin is like trying to give come under such control, but also a ten minute talk on the British, Bewage effluents, the waste water Empire. I can do no more than from chemical works, paper mills industrial concerns, touch briefly on some of the lines and other along which the chemist of to-day especially when such waste is dis- charged into rivers, streams and is trying to serve the community.

harbours. A new problem has arisen within recent years, namely the pollution of harbour water with oil from oll-burning ships.

Health Matters.

Industrial Risks.

Take the health of the com- munity for example, a subject. In a great in- which chemists take

Chemistry has also played a great terest. Seventy years ago there were no public analysts and no of- ficlal examination of food and part in reducing industrial risks, drugs. Adulteration was every- The Davy lamp, invented by Sir Some players also advocate the where rifo and was of the most Humphrey Davy, has saved thou- even blatant and dastardly description. sands of lives, and its modern coun- bidding of opponents suit though partner has not bid, but For example, it was common to find terpart, the Clowes-Redwood up- now that psychic bidding has en- food and confectionery coloured paratus, which is used for testing tered the game, it better to em- with the pigments sold for painting mine atmospheres and empty petro- the ophouses! You may have heard of leum tanks, for the presence of ex- ploy other tacties. If ponents open with one spade and the loaf sugar manufacturer who plosive and suffocating gases, has not had so increased the moisture- con- done the same. The development you bid two spades it does necessarily show that you have no tent of his product that he boasted of the safety match has made the that he had made water stand up-mutch-making industry a compara- spade losers or slam possibilities.

tively healthy one and the introduc. of cellulose paints has Supposing a good paychic bidder right.(Laughter).

In 1855, the results of some tion was not vulnerable while you were vulnerable and he held a singleton analyses of food materials were climinated most of the danger spade and opened with a bid of one published, and they make interest which formerly existed where lead gooding reading. Out of 213 Bamples pigments were applied with a spray.

to be Coming from the question spade. If you had a very spade suit, it would be better for of coffee, 184 were found you to bld two spades and then, if adulterated; 42 samples of mustard health in general to medicine in partner shows another suit, re-bid were all adulterated; 24 samples of particular, we find chemistry play- the spades. Partner could well nic-bread were all adulterated; out of ing an important part. Ever since between the connexion ture the fact that your real suit 28 samples of cayenne pepper, 26 the time when the Moors were in

were adulterated, 13 of them with Spain,

and medicine has was spades.

red lead nad one with sulphide of chemistry

A close

One one. mercury. A similar state of things been

exist with almost the greatest contributions

medicine to food made

was made article

by a chemist with no regular medical qualification, namely the discovery by Pasteur of the germ As a result of origin of disease,

(Continued on Page 10.) Pasteur's work on the optically ac--

NAVY SUMMER CRUISE, was found to

every other examined.

MEDWAY AND SUBMARINES LEAVE YESTERDAY.

With the departure early yester- day morning of H.M.S. Medway and the submarine flotilla, the annual summer cruise of the South China Squadron was commenced.

H.M.S. Medway is proceeding direct to Weihaiwel, but the nine Bubmarines comprising the flotilla stationed at Hongkong have split up into two sections. Submarines Ostria, Olympus and Perseus are proceeding to Swatow, while the Bruce, Oswald, Pandora, Parthian, Phoenix and Proteus are en route to Amoy.

H.M.S. Hermes will depart for and Weihaiwel on Monday next, will be followed shortly afterwards by the other ships comprising the South China Squadron.

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