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CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

A great thrill to every contract player is to bli and make a grand alam nt no trump. These hands Are indeed rare.

The following hand was bid for

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1932.

PRACTICAL HINTS FOR GARDENERS.

INTERESTING RADIO TALK

BY MR. BAGRAM

An interesting talk on practical gardening was delivered through the microphone of ZBW last night by Mr. J. T. Bagram. At the outset, the speaker emphasised talk was not so much that the

SIXTY FAILURES.

Plump & Lovely

RECORD IN UNITED STATES A 'Baby's Own Tablets"

DURING SEPTEMBER

London, Oct. 26.

Sixty failures occurred in the

Child.

Reluctant to leave her bath,

United States in September, the an armful of plump, pink love- incss. 'Baby's Own Tablets' lowest in aix months, according to

children are like this, happy, the Federal Reserve Board.

The report adds that G$250,- sturdy and strong, an unceasing 000.000 worth of currency has been returned to circulation.joy to parents and everyone. Our Own Correspondent,

tha

Wino parents protect their directions supplied with same. If little ones from the ailments the plants are to be la pots, they which retard healthy growth by are put into their final potting when they begin showing signs of always keeping handy boing potbound in the small pots. remedy specially devised to Five to six can be put In a large answer the needs of babyhood Chinese pot 12 to 14 inches in

And childhood diameter, where they can continue to be fed with the same fertilizer} onca in a fortnight to three weeks.

Sweet Peas.

a grand slam by Richard L Frey.for the gardening enthusiast but to encourage the average listener to take up this excellent hobby.

Mr. Bagram said: Ladies and Gentlemen, having been asked to give an address on horticulture, I think the most useful form this can take is a brief talk on practical gardening. The few suggestions that will be made are not intended so much for tho

gardening enthusiast who has alrendy started intensive operations for the season, but to encourage the average listener who han a small area available, to Mention might here be made. make the best of it, either in the of the Sweet Pea which of course) form of beds, or with pots, if the should BOWI direct in the space available is concreted. ground. The bed in which these It is during this month that all ro should be trenched 2 by 8 feet are sown, and although deep, the earth sieved, and mixed He is one of the younger tour-seeds nament players, but is acknow-rather inte, yet, there is still a with old mortar rubble and bone- ledged to be one of the greatest fortnight or so that nowings can meal, the bottom of the trench in America. It was the writer's be made, in fact up to about the should be filled with six inches pleasure to be Frey's partner in middle of November. Soeda can of sable or cow manure, and the this hand..

be purchased from the Clover prepared soil placed over it fill- Flower Shop In Gloucester Arcade ing it to the top. The seeds are or from Graca & Co. in Wyndham then planted about six inches Frey held the South hand. We Street. To have a fairly repre- apart. When these germinate, were using the strong no trump,sentative show of some of the and grow about five inches high therefore Frey opened the bidding most usual flowers, one can pur- they should be stopped. Of the with one no trump rather than chase, say: French Marigold, new strong shoots that come out

all should be. one heart, as his hand is stronger Calendula, Phlox, Stocks, Verbena

removed except led up to than through,

Panay, snap-dragon, Larkspur, | two, and these should be trained Petunia, etc..

on to the bamboos six to eight feel long, placed in the ground as near as possible to the plants without injuring the roots.

The Bidding.

When growing, the leaves should be syringed with clear water, It is advisable to plant the Sweet Pens where they can get all the sun possible and be chelered-from cold winds.

West passed and I overcalled with three clubs. Frey now cor-

Having procured the seeds, the rectly decided that the most im- next thing to do is to prepare the portant cards he could show were soll for sowing them in. The soil

new and his three clubs to the queen, so should be

free from he bid four clubs.

manure, or any other enriching Ifle bid of one no trump had in-aubstance, in fact sol! that has formed me that he had every suit not been used before in the garden. Small boxes about three stopped. His bid of four clubs Assured me of the queen of clubs, or four inches deep should be

There are of course Rosea, I was also quite confident that he procured with holes in the bottom

over which broken crocks can be Carnations, and various other held the king of diamonds, so my placed. The soil is then passed plants that are grown in Hong- next bid was four diamonds to through three nieves 1/2", 1/4" kong, many good specimens show him where my alde strength and 1/8" in diameter, the coarsent which are exhibited at the Annual Jay.

material is placed at the bottom Flower and Vegetable Show of and the finent, about two Inches the Hongkong Horticultural deep on top. If the fine product Society, and about which a great through the 1/8" sieve contains dent can be said, but, in this talk too much powdery substance, It the object, as mentioned before. should be taken off with a very | Is to get the listener with limited fine sieve, this, if used tends, to space to interest himself in the enke up, and promote the growth | most fascinating hobby of of fungi, causing the seeds to rot, or prevent them from forcing their way through in the process of germination.

Frey then bid six no trump.

I responded with seven clubs to show a long club sult and Frey went to seven no trump.

on

Two pairs stopped at six no trump-one pair played the hand at seven clubs-but top score the hoard was seven no trump.

There is no play to the hand, as Frey has thirteen cold tricks.

NO VIOLATION

LEGALITY OF PRESIDENT HINDENBURG'S DECREE

Berlin, Oct 25.

Care of Seeds.

of

gor-

dening, and to try and make him prospective exhibitor at the show. The Society has done a |arent deal to improve the quality and the variety of flowers avail The Bсedя should then be able in the Colony, it is always sprinkled and covered over light-ready to welcome new members ly with a small quantity of the and would be glad of any res- same fine soil, watered with

from you, Ladies and

The constitutional legality of President Hindenburg's decres ap- pointing Herr von Papen as State Commissioner of Prussia and authorising him temporarily to de-dries up, pose the Prussian ministera has been held to be no violation of the Constitution by the Supreme Court at Leipzig.

Simultaneously the court found the State Commissioner was not entitled to deprive those deposed of their right to represent Prussia in the Reichsrath or Prussian Diet. -Reuter.

SUGAR COMPETITION.

seedling can and placed in a dark Gentlemen. cool place till the first signs of germination appear; they should then be placed in the sun, so that they start up healthy and strong and not long and weedy. During the course of the day if the soil there should be 4 sprinkling of water, otherwisc the sun, heating the soil exces- sively, tends to burn the tender shoots of the young seedlings. In ense it is found that ants are in evidence, and likely to carry the. seeds away, it in advisable place the seed boxes on small inbles with their logs standing in water. The period of germina- tion is approximately three to eight days, but hard seeds such as Larkspur take longer. I have experienced Larkspur germinating after a month when all hopes of germination had been abandoned.

to

JAVA SUGAR PRODUCERS TO As the seedlings grow, and hava

REDUCE PRICES

Acquired The second pair of loaves, it is time to prick them London, Oct. 25. out in boxes, using the same solt The Financial Times published s the seeds, only slightly a report from Amsterdam which roarser. They must then be kept says that the United Java Sugar In the shade for a few days, no Producers have unnounced their too much direct sunlight will kill willingness to reduce the price the seedling. They will most Imit for superior sugars intended probably atny in this box for two for the west coast of British India, or three weeks. when they in competition with British re-long enough to be planted in beds Ained sugar,

or in amal Chinese 8 inch pots, The object is to end the Britishnhout six in encl. At this plage sugar refiners' policy of offering they can begin to be fertilized- their produce at a price a fraction with weak manure water, benn- below the official Java price limit. cake water, or other suitable- -Rentov.

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