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THE

HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1932.

CONTRACT BRIDGE.

By W. E. McKenney,

Secretary, American Bridge League.

JH

MENINGITIS CASES.

| QUESTIONS AND RESOLUTION FOR TO-MORROW

The fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board will be held to morrow at 4.15 p.m. The agenda Includes the following items!

Letters from Government lative to the amendment of the following By-laws: (a) Aorated Water Manufactorten, (b) Dairies, (c) Bakehouses, (d) Laundries, When partner opens with original one no trump, he advison (c) Food-preserving Establish

that his band contuinaments.

Lolter from Government re general supporting strength or ai

one-half quick lative to the Conditions of Grant least two and

premises specially of a governing tricks, therefore any two suit bld with which you take licensed under Section 78 of the partner out shows weakness rather than strength

you

sald

and Buildings Public Health Ordinance, 1903, for the sale of food usually sold in a market. Partner has practically

Lotter from Government re that he can support almost any lative to the reorganization on hid that you make, or he can con- | modern lines of the Medical and tinue with the no trump, therefore Sanitary Services of the Colony. if you hold a strong five-card

Letter from Government re. major suit, you should bid three lative to the burial of the bodies rather than two and partner will of Naval ratings of non-commis- either go back to his no trump ursioned

If will support your bid to four.

Cemetery. you were to bid only two hearts, you would say to partner, "I really belleve we will lose less tricks playing this hand at two hearts than you will playing it at one no trump."

in rank

the Colonial

Questions,

Dr. R. A. do Castro Basto, pursuant to notice, will ask:

"Will the Head of the Sanitary the Department kindly obtain necessary particulars in reply to the following questions for the information of this Board viz.:

supany

Of course, if you were to bid two hearts and that was the only weak spot in partner's hand, he would go two no trump, or he might even jump the contract to three no trump as he knows that you have denied any real porting strength and he cannot depend upon you to raise his cornet of two no trump to three, However, there very few hands that it pays for partner to go back to no trump as you have nioro denied with a salt, and especially he should be warned against going to three no trump over your two of a suit bia,

Are

When you overcall partner's original one no trump with three of a major, you advise him that your hand contains a good five- card suit or a very strong four- card major suit, and at least a side ace or king. You further wish inform partner, that you

I. As the causative organisa of Cerebro-spinni Meningitis has been found to belong to several groups or types, hus there been at typing the attempt organisms isolated from the cases occurring in the present epidemic? . If this has not been done, will the Government consider doing AD immediately?

ill. If on the other hand, this has already been done, which is the particular type of meningo coccus responsible for the greater number of cases occurring in this present outbreak?

iv. Is the corresponding anti- type serum (as distinct from the usual polyvalent serum) being prepared, and if not, will the Government conalder its prepara- tion with regard to the present epidemic, secing that according to him to take you to four of your the latest researches it has been sult, or if this in the weak spot in found that the mortality rate is his hand, to go to three no trump.greatly diminished when the 'type' When you take partner out of of organism is known and the his original one no trump bld with corresponding anti-serum employ

ed?" three of a minor, you show a long minor suit or at least a strong five-card suit with a side ace ar king, and you demand that partner carry the contract to three no trump or to support your minor. While it is very seldom that hands

Resolution.

DR. A de Castro Bast, pursuant to notice, will move:

"That in the opinion of this Board it is desirable in the public interest that more effective mea-

of

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of this type will produce five oddsures be taken to check the spread with a minor suit where they will not produce three odd at no are a trump, nevertheless there few hands that game can be made only in the minor suit.

If your hand contains just fair fire-card minor sult and sufficient count for

three no

trump, it is far better to raine Fartner to three no trump than to

show the weak minor auit,

outbreak the present Cerebro-spinal Meningitis in the Colony, including the organisation of an intensive health propaganda campaign for the purpose of in-

both structing the public

38

SIR NEWTON JOHN STABB LEAVES $500,000 Hongkong estate worth $496,400, at Home and cure of this disease."

Report of the Committee amounting to £39,150 28 78, was appointed to consider the pro-left by the late Sir Newton John posed changes in the, Estimates Stabb, banker, late of Farnham of the Sanitary Department and Hall, Saxmundham, Suffolk, and the proposed Public Works Extra- No. 125, Oakwood Court, Kensing- ton, Middlesex, who died at No. 7, Place, Marylebone, ordinary for the Sanitary Depart

Portland ment for 1933.

Middlesex, on December 1, 1981.

of Re-sealing of certified copy been granted to Mr. D. J. Lewis, probate of the will and codicil has of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes and Master, who is attorney for widow, Lady Ethel Mary Stabb, of Farnham Hall, the solo executrix named in the. will, which contains a number of family bequests.

regard the methods of prevention with net personalty

SER

with an When partner opens original one no trump and the opponent puts in an intervening

Correspondence relative to the suit bid and your hand containe a good four or five-card suit and application for the erection of five sufficient strength to support European type water closets partner's no trump but does not No. 15, New Market Street and the opponents No. 8, Connaught Road West, on leave the suit of

your Marine Lot No. 122. stopped, you should show Buit. This will show partner a hand containing strength and he

have sufficient count for three no whether can select

to support

the trump, abandon the heart suit and your salt or, if he has

bid three no trump,

in opponents' suit stopped, to con

You must remember that tinue with his no trump: C.H.

overealling an intervening bid by partner bida

overcalls with two opponents with two hearts, you show a stronger type of hand than if you had bid two hearts over partner's one ne trump with

opponent diamonds.

IC

you bid

no one

trump.

You two hearts,

Schoolmaster's Estate.

the

The late Mr. Duncan Campbell, retired schoolmaster, late of Aino- Mura Nagasaki-Ken, Japan, who died intestate at the Matilda Hos-

show partner not a weak two-of-a-no intervening bid. Holding pital, Hongkong, on January 6,

suit take out, but a hand contain-

ay

1931, left local catate worth $21,400 while net personalty at Homej amounts to £673·14s 2d.

weak hand with which you would ing at least one and one-half have ordinarily taken partner out tricks, but not having the diamonds with two hearts if opponents had

should pass

Re-sealing of exemplification of your not bid, you stopped, and furthermore,

letters of administration has been hand is not strong enough to go partner is now in no danger.

Remember that in contract granted to the Hon. Mr. W.E.L. to three hearts. If partner were

with two no bridge it is essential to And out Shenton, of Mesara. Deacons, who now to respond trump, he would be denying sup-where the two hands fit best and is attorney for the administrator, can only Mr. J. Campbell, No, 56, Bentinck port for your heart bidrand would the proper deductions be further stating that he had the he made by intelligent partner-Street, Glasgow, Scotland, a cousin

of the late Mr. Duncan Campbell. diamonds stopped. Now if you ship bidding.

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