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CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney,

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TELEGRAPH.

In the game of auction bridge it is quite true that many players preferred to bid an original no trump rather than a four-card sult unless the four-card suit was strong and contained simple honours, but in contract bridge, fourcard suit bidding plays i most Important part.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932.

VILLAGE ROAD MURDER

TRIAL OPENS AT THE CENTRAL COURT

GIRL'S EVIDENCE

accused followed you to Singa- pore?-He. went to Singapore to visit me.

I say he followed you to Singa- to down there poro. He went

thing. He lait you the same stayed with your father, for a time? Yes.

·Did you go anywhere with him? -I went with him to Ipoh.

Anybody go with you?-A god- slator wont with us.

A sworn alster to it? I have The preliminary trint opened

a god. of a god-father, before Mr. Wynne-Jones at the heard

yesterday mother and a god-son, but I have Central Magistracy afternoon of Cheng Kwok-yau,never heard of a god-sister. How l'ecion of a wealthy Chinese family, long were you away?--Less than Did your father agree to this who is charged with instigating a month. the murder of George Fung on March 24 at Village Road, Wong-trip?-le consented." neichong.

father.

Proposal of Marriage.

my

What?-le proposed marriage. Did you accept him?-I said 1 should be able to tell him when I asked permlaston of had

You accepted him subject to your father's consent? Did ho give any engagement ring then during the trip? He gave mo a diamond ring.

The case for the Crown at this

On that trip did the accused preliminary stage is in the hands of the Assistant Attorney Genoral make any proposal to you?-He and Public Prosecutor, Mr. R. E.dtd. Lindsell, Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton In our previous articles

represented the accused, and Mr. learned that the bidding of a no Peter Sin watched the case on be trump simply indicated a hand con- half of one Edward Zimmern, men taining distributed strength and notioned as a witness for the Crown. biddable four-card suit. While it is true that in contract we endeavour to play as many hands as possible in no trump, the reason the trump is not bid first is because it in better to bid the four-card suita and thereby approach the best bid in the hand. If no trump is the best declaration, the bidding of the four-card suit will plug the wenk! spots in the hand and more safely vel you into a trump declaration. Biding of Four-card Suits

Ro

Ahead of Longer Suits. The writer has long advocated the bidding of fourgard suits ahend of five or even six-card suits; e. g. you hold the king and queen and two small diamonds and the sce and king and three small spades. The writer prefers to start the bid- ding with one diamond and then on the second round of bidding to show thepade suit in this manner your partner can easily read that your hand contains four diamonds and five spades.

Under this system of bidding, the second sunt shown almost always contains five or six cards. While it is quite true that in you must bid two four-card suits, the majority of hands arise where the distribution is four-five..

Rome cases '

for The most important reason bidding the four-card sult first in that while the size of the contract is small the four-card suit can be shown. When the size of the con- show the truet is inercased, we suit containing the longer number. Often when you start off with the five-card first, the bidding comes so high that it is impossible to show the second suit, and it may

be-

After a very lengthy opening by called Mr. Lindsell, the crown Miss Lai Ming-Fay, who was with deceased when he was murdered.

Girl in Box.

Mr. Lindsell: I think at about the age of 16 you were for a short time a cinema actress?--Yes.

And you then joined the legiti- mate droma and became an actress proper?--Yes.

And as such you first came to Hongkong four years ago in com Ipany with your father and his

theatrical troupe?-Yes.

How long have you known this man (accused) have known him since 1 came to Hongkong.

On that occasion?--Yon. How did you come to know him? He wrote to me and asked me to the Kam Ling Restaurant.

You alone-Wille many people, including the one who introduced me to him.

He invited the troupe in fact?

Yes.

At this stage Mr. Brutton inter- posed and said that the accused was not able to follow the witness and thus check her evidence. The witness spoke perfect Puati. He (Mr. Brutton) submitted that the witness had elected to speak In the Shanghai dialect so that the general public should not hear what she was saying. When the witness had lived with the agens- ed they always conversed in Punti.

Accused at Disadvantage.

His Worship remarked that he did not think he could compel the witness to give her evidence in any given dialect,

Mr. Brutton: How is the defen- be that only in the short suit isdant to know what she's saying? there game.

During that trip? A diamond to me when we returned to Singa- engagement ring? No he gave it

pore.

Did your father consent7-My father left it to me.

He did not oppose the any way?—No.

match

You appear to have taken that for consent and you accepted the engagement ring?--Yes.

Was any arrangement made as lo when the marriage was to take place?---No.

Did he give you any indication na to when he might be able to gave me marry you?--Yos. He the indication that after two or Then you and your father re- three years we might be married. turned to Shanghai via Hongkong? --Yea,

Before he (accused) got off here did he say anything further about the marriago?-He said that this proposal was not ngreed to by his own family and he would try to get permission. If he did he would go to Shanghai and see me. Did he follow you to Shanghai? He did.

About how long after was it?- One or two months later.

Did he bring any money with him?He said he did but I didn't know whether he actually dkl.

How much did he tell you he

had brought with him?—He said $80,000.

Awaiting His Fortune. Was marriage now mentioned marriage His Worship: We have an in-again?--No.

Any reason why terpreter here (the Shanghai in- terpreter) and another explaining should not be mentioned again?— the evidence to the accused. Do His family did not agree to the

the marriage. you suggest that we force

her evidence in lady to give Punti?

There was mention of the mar ringe then? Did he tell you that?

The ideal trump distribution is to have four in your hand and find four in your partner's hand. This is a far better distribution than three in your partner's hand and five in your own. In the majority of cases, three rounds of trump will Mr. Brutton suggested that she-Yes. plek up all the opponents' trumps.be questioned in the Punti dialect, With a five-three distribution, this It was merely as that the accused would leave one hand without any could check her evidence.

His Worship remarked that he trump for ruffing, but with a four-

will did not see how he could do that four distribution, each haud have one trump for ruffing pur-If the witness elected to speak in

another dialect. puses.

Distribution is one of the most important factors in bridge, and under this system of bidding you will find that you can more easily give your partner the exact pat- tern of your hand than you can by I bidding the long suit first.

His Worship (to witness): Are you prepared to answer questions in the Punti dialect?

Witness: I prefer to speak in the Shanghai dialect because don't know Cantonese much and can't understand it thoroughly.

Is Worship (to Mr. Brution): What's the answer to that?

Mr. Bratton: I don't know I am sure.

His Worship: I think there's no answer.

Mr. Brutton: No, but I have ma

1 виррове

we shall just loots. have to carry on.

Another advantage in bidding a four-card suit ahead of five is that if partner has support for both suits, he will allow you to play in your short sull mud your long suit can then be used for valuable dis- cards; e. g. if you held your hearts and five spades, and partner held four hearts and four spades, as you

At Singapore. have shown both suits, partner will

Mr. Lindsell (resuming his know the pattern of your hand. He

the examination of witness): After a will then allow you to play hand at hearts so that you can use visit to Canton you and your the fifth spade for a valuable dis-troupe moved to Singapore?—Yes. Did accused see you off 7-Yes.. card.

Did he give you anything?-Yes some fruits.

Playing the hand at spades, the heart spit has no value except for the tricks that it will take itself, but playing the hand at hearts, the hearts may be used for trump, the spade sult can be quickdy set, and Ins stated above, the long spade will allow you a valuable sluff.

Subacquently did he write to you 7-Yes.

What did he propose to do about

was

it then?--He intended to wait for several years more until he older and got his fortune.

Now you know the George Fung? Yes,

deceased

When did you first come to know Singa- him?-Before. I went to

Who did you meet first then? are several years ago. Fung or the accused?-I met Cheng (accused) first.

Darling that game visit to Hong- kong with the theatrical troupe, When the accused went up to you met Fung?-Yes. Shanghai with whom did he stay or where did he live at first?-He stayed with my father.

And you? Yes,

For about how long?-About three or four months.

or four During thoso' three months did you sce' Fung again?- I did,

Did he appear to be friends with Did he seem to be interested in the accused at that time?-Yes.

you?-No.

Ordinary Friends.

You say that ho (accused) stay- ed with your father and you for or four months? What happened then?-My father went (Continued on Page 10.)

Love letters or ordinary letters?three Ordinary letters.

I think at the beginning of to Peking. 1929, about three years ago, the

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