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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY,

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

Squeeze plays are not uncom- mon in bridge, but a triple squeeze is rather rare. A pretty triple aqueeze is given in the following hand.

.:

AA-9-8

10-9-7

• A-K *A-J-9-8-2,

4Q-J-4

J-6-5

10-5-

0-2

6.5.4

₪ Q-8-3-

AQ-10. 6.5

2 +2

Dealer *K-7-4- SOUTH 3

AK-7-6

A-K-4.

• Q-J-10-9-8-7-3

Nono

The Bidding.

840

South opened the bidding with one diamond. North made a furc- ing over-call of three clubs-this bid of three chubs requires the bidding to be kept open until a game is arrived at.. South re- sponded with three diamonds, South bid five diamonds and at

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most tables North went to six dia-Acclaimed, both by Zimbalist monds while at one table North jumped the bid to seven diamonds,

The Play.

The hand is unusually interest- ing in the play. If West opens a club, declarer will immediately proceed to establish the fifth club in dummy on which to discard a losing spade, but with a diamond opening a triple squeeze is nee- essary in order to make seven odd.

West's lend of the six of din monds is won in dummy with the king and the ace of diamonds re- turned, East discarding the seven of cluba. A small club was led by dummy, East plays the three and South, the declarer, trumps with the eight of diamonds. De clarer plays his queen of dia monds. picking up West's five. The eight of clubs is discarded from dummy and the deuce of hearts by Bast. Declarer's next play is the ace of hearts.

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ARMED ROBBERY.

NINE MEN ENTER HOUSE IN NEW TERRITORIES

"Don't make a noise or I will kill you-stab you to death."

These warning words hissed at n young Chinese woman, resident in the New Territories, when her house was broken into and entered by a gang of robbers early yester- day morning.

Chan Fong, 19, and two other Chinese women were asleep in a Shek Wun Tong house when the entry was made. Hearing a noise- Chan called out "Who is there?"

Ile now starts to apply the

A voice replied "Don't make a squeeze by playing down his dia- monds. The jack of diamonds is noise." A Chinese male, dressed played first, West discarding a in European clothes walked into the room, holding doctric torch club, dummy the nine of clubs and

in his hand. He Who followed by East the deuce of spades. The 10 of diamonds is next led, West dis. two other Chinese in native dress. cards the six of hearta, dummyAs he surveyed the three frighten- ed women, he warned them to keep discards the nine of hearts and East the four of clubs. Declarer's quiet, threatening death if they next play is the king of hearts cried out. Chan told them to and then the nine of diamonds.take what they wanted and plead- West is forced to discard the foured for mercy, The women were of spades, dummy discards the systematically searched and the eight of spades and East the king house ransacked from top to bot of clubs. Declarer leads a small tom. spade which is won in dummy For two hours the robbers pro- with the acc. The ace of clubs is ceeded calmly about their work returned from dummy and East and finally left with money, and West are helpless. If Eas: clothes and jewellery valued at drops a spade, the declarer's two $339. spades are good. If East drops a heart, the declarer will drop spade and win the last two tricks with the king of spades and the four of hearts.

A

There are several interesting. angles to this hand, but which- ever sult East or West desire to protect, there is a way for the declarer to make his grand slam with the aid of the triple squeeze..

NANKING RAVAGED BY FIRE.

BUILDING DESTROYED ON WATERFRONT

Nanking, Sept. 29. The business section of Islak- wan, the riverfront district of Nanking, was ravaged by fire early this morning, when buildings were destroyed and many persons injured, three seriously.

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The fire lasted for two hours and the damage is estimated at $120,000.-Router.

SALESMAN SAM

Five minutes after the robbers' departure the women set themacl- ves free from the ropes with which they had been bound and reported the matter to the police.

In all, nine men took part in the robbery, three of whom can be identified by the women.

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