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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1932.

On board the vessel were

CONTRACT COLONY DEFENCE other en-eyed man, their night

BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

OPERATIONS

REPELLING ENEMY INVADERS

CLOSE WATCH ́

The world contains both opti- mists and pessimists, and theno variations of temperament are just as apparent among bridge players as among any other group. It is Since noon on Tuesday morning, interesting to note how different and until 9 am, to-day, Hongkong experts reacted to the following so far as the military authorities hand, which was played in the are concerned, is at war with a national masters' contract pair | foreign invador. championship recently.

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SAFEGUARD YOURSELF

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ACCIDENT & SICKNESS

BY A POLICY

WITH

CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LTD. Hongkong Bank Building, 4a, Des Voeux Road Central,

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Telephone 28121.

69.9.5

⚫K-9

Dealer J-5-4. SOUTH

3

010-6

A-Q-10-2

The Bidding,

The bidding proceeded along various channels but in nearly every case resulted in South play ing the hand at a three no trump contract. In two or three cases North played the hand at five diamonds, which can be made by correct play.

The Play.

civilian

glassca searching the sen for any- thing tho powerful beams of light| from above may have missed..

An out-going liner, bound from Hongkong to Shanghai, gave four or five sharp blasta on ker throaty whistle as she came abreast of the searchlights.

"Elevate Number Thred", anid the quiet voicu,

"Elevato Number' Three, replied the tekphonist.

Sir."

One of the beams, in answer to the unseen command, slowly reach- ed Into the sky, and the ship was allowed to pass unhindered.

caro Was taken to

sco

She was not playing in this gamo of "maka ballova.": Nightly, while the population has slept, the forts She passed in darkness, but ovan guarding Lyemoon and Sulphur then Channel have kept incessant watch. that no struteh" of water be Searchlights have turned night hind or in front of the unknown into day, and keon-oyed men have ship remained unseen.

the maaned their posts, watching for invaders from the sea, and listening for invaders from the air.

Everyone la sorious in this game of "make believo". One day it may become real.

The steamer passed into blackness beyond the range of the searchlights and her port and star- board lights gradually disappeared,

A miñsma of uncertainty des- cended over the scene. Everyone knew that something was to come. what? And when?, And But whence?

The questions were soon answer-

As a 'plane soared over the city yesterday morning, well above the clouds, the man in the street was not to know that it was an enemy, or that it had scored a hit in Desed. Voeux Road before it was "brought down" by anti-aircraft gunmen, who, manning the "archies" fired, shrapnel, but photographic

not

bullets.

One of the beams momentarily picked up a white object on the sea below, speeding at all the speed one of H. M. destroyers is capable of, around the corner of an island. The searchlight wavered and then held fast.

No little importance was attach- ed by the military, authorities to

Every detail of the "onomy" dea-| the part the Hongkong Volunteer Defence Corps would play, and cor-tioyer stood out in bold relief, even tain sections of the Volunteers took to the waves which curled over its part in the "war" Many of the bows as it ourriel to get out of that defence electric lights were manned dazzling, dangerous beam of light. A Yoroy light, the colour pre- and operated by units from

determined, went up from the ex- H. K. V. D. C.

She, too, has seen Just after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, amination ship.

the invador, almost simultaneously Major Atkinson escorled SL Press representative up the hill-with the discoverer above.

A quick Instruction, and the gun aile to one of the forts guarding

The crews sprang to their posts. Lyemoon. An Indian guard,

gun was already trained on the ship

the

When no trump was the con- tract, West invariably opened the four of hearts on which East play- ed the queen, and it was now unstanding stiffly to attention in front to the declarer to plan his cam of a barbed wire gate, challenged paign. If he took the first heart

the party. trick with the king and succeede

The officer advanced and gave the In winning the diamond fineant. pass-word, and the guard opensa he would have no trouble at all the gate. Past the barracks, to a in making

seven add. Two or point where the visitors were re- three optimistic declarera at-lieved of cigarettes and matches by tempted to play the hand that way | another guard. Matches were and were sadly disappointed. dangerous things to have around More cautious declarers played an ammunition dump, it was point- low on the first heart trick, thereby ed out. planning to have the suit stopped on the third round, so East would have no more hearta to lead even though he did hold the king of diamonds. However, that little plan also went wrong, because West refused to play his ace on the second heart trick, allowing de clarer to hold it with the jack. Then, when the diamond finesse lost to Enat's king, he still had another heart to lend and all of West's hearts were brought in.

The only South player to play the hand correctly for the best result was Mr. L. R. Ayres, After taking the first heart trick with the king, he decided that the breaks were against him and that - it would be well to abandon the diamond auit entirely.

;

At the Forts.

Then another stiff climb and the party had reached the actual for- incation.

High above the gleaming search- lights, more keen-ayed men watch- ed the sea below from an armoured observation tower, reminiscent of a war-time "pill-box". A quiet voice now and then gave an order, and the gruffer voice of the telephone attendant answered.

"Traverse Number One!"

Traverso Number One, Sir." And a searchlight, which had Picked out in bold relief avary line and detail of a gleaming fishing junk, left its mark, and commenced ita steady swing to and fro, search- ing every cranny and nook in the lelands, and missing not one inch of the sea below.

Accordingly he entered dummy

Systematically, without haste or with the queen of spades and led confusion, every light acted in the nine of clubs towards his own perfect harmony. It did not neem hand. When Enst played low, Mr. possiblo that even ono of those Ayres played the deuce and West | lights could miss anything floating won with the king. He realized on the ran below, but oven that was that the double finesse would pro- | Insufficient. bbaly lose, but West could do him no damage by being in the lead once.

To make game by this method of attack, he need only find either the king or jack of clubs in the East hand, which was a much safer gamble than to depend on the location of the king of diamonds -a single card.

West returned diamond, but Mr. Ayres wisely refused to fincнse and took the trick with the ace in dummy. He played the king of apades, followed by the eight of clubs, nessing the ten spot. He took in the nee and queen of clubs, and the ace and jack of apades, conceding the last three tricks to the opponents.

Thus he took four spades, three clubs, one heart and one diamond to make a three no trump contract and scored 106 for tricks and 300 for game, five points more than his partner could have made at five diamonds.

Nothing is impossible, and even the best of searchlights might fail, So yet another beam traverses that stretch of water through which every liner must sail to enter the harbour of Hongkong.

And if the second light, by some miraculous mischance, is. not enough, there is another, and an- other, and another. Nothing that cannot enter Hongkong by daylight can enter by night, without being seen.

Down below, in the gun pits, the gun crew stood silhouetted against the reflection from the dazzling brightness on the surface of the ocean.

Everything тува breathlessly still and quiet, except for those oc- casional quiet commands from the Observation Officer, and the replies.

War-time Conditions.. Out at sea the lights of a small vessel twinkled. She was the Ex- amination Vessel, her duty the ex- amination of every ship before it was allowed to enter the port..

below.

This was war tima and for a ship to try and enter Hongkong without leading lights was suicide.

The rear of the gun as it let off

(Continued on Page 13.)

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