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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1932.

CONTRACT· BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney..

OBITUARY

DEATH OF INVENTOR OF SAFETY RAZOR

THE LATE MR. WOO HAY-TONG

BIG ATTENDANCE AT FUNERAL

Los Angėlės, July 11. The death at the age of 77 is

The Funeral of the late Mr. Woo The open lend governs the re-announced of Mr. King Camp Hay-tong, sulta in a great many hands. In Gillette, the inventor of the world shipping owner, who was shot by

millionaire. Chinese: the following hand which was famous safety razor.

Bosides his nephew on Jule 17th and died played in the team-of-four contest, making this invention he published at the Government Civil Hospital a spade opening gave the declarer a number of works on social and on June 19 after an operation, took an opportunity to cleverly use the industrial

problems Reuters place yesterday afternoon, and strip play.

Special Servica.

was attended by a prominent

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Among the mourners present at the funeral were Mrs. Woo Hay- tong, her five sons, including Mr. Woo Pak-fook, the eldest son, and several daughters, and the grand- sons and grand-daughters of the deceased. Many foreign and Chinese members of Messrs. But- terfield and Swire, with whom the late Mr. Woo Hay-tong served for thirty years in the Chinese freight department, were present.

Mr. King C. Gillette, the inventor gathering of distinguished loca of the safety razor that bears his residents. After the service at name and made him a millionaire, Caroline Hill the remains of the was remarkable example of the late Mr. Woo were buried

Sookunpoo. value of advertising. He was born at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin in Jan. 1855. When he was 17, his father lost everything in a fire and he had to earn his own living. At 21 he was a salesman fond of new ideas. At:36 he met Wm. Painter, who had originated the "crown scal metal cork. Gillette WAR always inventing and Painter told him he ought to evolve something that a man and to keep on buying as long as he lived, something that he used and threw away. From This suggestion aprang the Gillette razor for while he was shaving he was struck by the dullness of the At all tables, South opened the blade and naked himself: "Why bidding with one heart, in som not a removable edge 7" Before cases, North went to four hearts.completing his shave he roughed At other tables, North bid three out the idea. hearts and South went to four bearts.

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The Play

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With the king of Club opening, the hand can be held to three odd, but at one table, West led the five of spades, the four was played from dummy and East won the trick with the aer, East returned

the jack of labs. Soull the de-

C'han Tin-son and

Among those present were the Hon. Mr. W. E. 4. Shenton, the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotowall, C.M.C.. the Hon. Mr. S. W. Tso, the Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau. Mr. G. 1. de Martin. Mr. Li You-tsun, C.B.E., Mr. A. E. Wood, and Messrs. J. H. Masson, K. E. Greig, J. D. Danby. It was patented in 1895, but for C. C. Hickling. F. 11, Roberts, A. long time it was a failure. Morris, H. R. Forsyth, Eu Tong- 1901 he found a master mechanicseng, Ho Kwong. Atok Kon-sung. W. E. Nickerson who perfected the T. Bolt, Ho Wing, H. K. Woo, Mok razor and a company was formed Ying-kwal, Kwok Sin-in, T. T. but still no one would buy it.

InLaurenson, desperation Gillette began giving many others. razors away. One business man liked it and hought £12,000 worth

The cortege left the deceased's of shares in the company, but residence in Kennedy Rond at twy clarer played the deuce, West theant he had to support his family headed by the Pipe Band of the sales were few and far between 'clock in the afternoon and was five, and the declarer now makes a beautiful play, refusing to win by travelling for "'erown seal" Jat. Regiment and followed by the trick with the ace in the dum-corks in America and England. It detachments of

St. John's was not till 1904 when a elever bulance bearers and nurses, mem- my, but plays the four spot. East continues with the ten of clubs advertising expert came along thatbers of Chinese free schools, mem which the dechrer now wins in

the razor began to boom. Gillette's hers of the family and then the the dummy with the ace. A small old employer Painter hnd taken numerous moter cars conveying heart is led from dammy, declarer £8,000 worth of shares and lived the friends. The, collin, which was winning with the see and then Gillette had enough faith in his covered in scarlet with a ball of to rejoice that he had done so but fearried by thirty-two coolies, was Turning the desce of hearts pick- ing up the jake from West, East sention to keep the bulk of them white and four white curlews. dropping the deuce of spares,

himself. In a few years he was Special sheds were erected for the a rich man for the company came funeral service at Caroline 11. The king of spades is next play- to have 2 capitat ed from dummy and then the seven | £6,000,000 and made a net profit the payment of last respects to value of which provided accommodation for of clubs which the declarer trumps of £1,500,000. It had factories in with the three of hearts. The the U.S., Canada and England and vier.

the deceased at the memorial ser jack of spades is then led, Westranny imitators. But the fact re

euvering with the queen. and dummy trumped with the six of hearts. Declarer returns the eight of hearts from dummy, East dropped the five of diamonds and declarer overtook the trick in his own hand with the king of hearts, West playing the six of spades,

Declarer's next play is the nine

mains that, excellent as his iden was, it was worthless to him until it was properly advertised in the press.

Am-

A profusion of wreaths were | sent by friends to the bereaved family, including those from His Excellency the Officer Administer- ing the Government, the Hon. Mr. Gillette's next, hobby was the W. T. Southern. Mr. A. E. Wood. "Nerncar" motorcycle. Keenly the Taikoo foreign and Chinese interested in social and industrial staff. Fong Bin Hospital, Canton. problema he dealt with them in various river steamers, Chinese of diamonds and when West playston," "Human Drift." "The Indus-cial institutious with which the several books "Social Redemp- Boy Scouts, schools and commer- law, the deace is played from Trial Solution," "A World Corpora-deceased was connected. dummy, Bast winning the trick with the ten spot. If East tends tion." In his early days with the idea of abolishing slums he de-

the nine of clubs, Declarer will discard a diamond in one hand and trump in the other, while if East leads the jack of diamonds, the declarer will allow it to ride to the queen in the dummy and in this manner will make his contract of four odd.

to

While the opening lead was in favour of the declarer, you will notice that he was not slow take advantage of the only op portunity he had to go game.

DISTRICT COURT

NECESSITY FOR EARLY NEGOTIATIONS

signed a new type of structure, a dome large enough to contain

He had many friends in these he became a millionaire he bought several hundred families. When places who will regret his tragic

endt. He had been granted nine; cattle ranches and orange planta-months leave of absence when he

tions.

Mr. Britt Franklin Killed.

met his death. which would have expired in August and it is under- stood that he was not intending to return to service in this country, News was received in Shanghai-N. C. D. News, last week of the death in a motor of the National City Bank, who was car accident of Mr. Britt Franklin,

un leave at the time. The accident occurred on June 1.

Mr. Franklin was travelling on the highway from Statesboro to Metter in the State of Georgia, on his way home to Register. He left Statesboro at 12.30 a.m. on June 1 and about a half hour later was found pinned under the rear of from Statesboro, quite dead. his overturned car seven miles

Mr. William Wiley.

The death of Mr. William Wiley occurred at the General Hospital at Shanghai on Wednesday after-

noon.

The late Mr. Wiley, who was 37 years of age, was born in County Derry, Northern Ireland. Ori. ginally trained in banking, as a youth he went to Canada for the Canadian Bank of Commerce. He later joined the C. P. R. and served on a number of this company's vessels.

London, July 11. The question of the District Court agreement was raised in the Honse of Commons by Sir Reginald Crad- From the fact that a cigarette dock to-day. He asked Sir John was in his hand and a box of During the war he was attached Simon whether he had seen Sir matches was found a short dis-to the naval auxiliary service and Miles Lampson as regards thetance away it was deduced that he participated in the evacuation of necessity for early negotiations was attempting to light a cigar-the international troops from with the Chinese Government on ette when his car struck one of the special district Court Agree- the small piles of clay which were The Inte Mr. Wiley worked in ment which expires un April 1 heaped at intervals along the road, Harbin, Tientsin, Wuhu and other next year.

and overturned, pinning him un-

places before going to Shanghai derneath.

where he settled down, having been associated with L. Moore and Co., Ltd., for the past two years.

Sir John Simon replied he had received a dispatch from Sir Miles Lampson and hoped per- sonally to discuss the matter with him shortly--Reuter,

SALESMAN SAM

Mr. Franklin, had been three tional City Bank in branches at years in China and served the Na-

Shanghai, Hankow and Peking.

Siberia.

by his wife, to whom deepest sym- The late Mr. Wiley is survived

pathy will be extended.

Gluck's Fed Up!

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LONG TACK

SAM

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