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"EMPRESS OF BRITAIN"
THE WORLD'S
WONDER SHIP
to EUROPE
FROM HONG KONG
6 A.M.
FEBRUARY 15th.
YOKOHAMA MARCH 9th
of Britain"
to Cherbourg and Southampton on the luxurious liner ""Empress
See Peiping completing a world cruise.
Honolulu California -Japan Panama Canal. Spend a day and night in Balboa Havana and New York. Arriving Cherbourg, Southampton April 18th. Shore trips included at ports of call.
CANADIAN PACIFIC
ALL THE WAY,
Chichibu Maru
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
ANNUAL FLOWER
SHOW.
EXHIBITION. EARLY 、
NEXT MONTH
on
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Tho Hongkong Horticultural Society's annual show of flowers and vegetables will be hold
This in the last of threo' articles Thursday, March 2, at the Volun- by Mr. McKenney on the “Rule of teur Headquarters.
Eleven." Entrics will definitely close at the Hon. Secretary's office at noon, Following are additional ex-1 on Thursday, February 20, but in-amples applying the rule of clevon. tonding exhibitors are requested to As was the case in my previous send in their entries as early as article, South is the declaror at possible.
no trump, North the dummy, West Staging is to be finished by the in the opening leader and the following times. Pot plants, p.m. card led is in parenthesis. East on Wednesday, March 1; veget-In the partner of the leader. ables, 10. am, on Thursday, March 2; cut flowers, 11. a.m. on March 2; table decorations, noon on March
Exhibits may not be removed be foro the following times-Pot plants, 8. a.M. on Friday, March 8; all other exhibita, 6.30'p.m. on Thursday, March 2.
Fa-wongs must leave tho show rooms by 10 a.m. on the day of the show, and may not re-enter until
Example No. 3 Allowing partner to hold trick. North-Dummy
K-5-4
Weat-Lendor East-Partner Q-10-8-(7) A-59-5 South-Declarer 3-2
West opens the soven spot. Ap-| 6.30 p.m. In order to prevent plying the rule of eleven, seven damage to, and pilferage of exfrom eleven leaves four. There is hibits, exhibitors are asked to co one in the dummy and three in operate with the Committee by East's hand, therefore the declar adhering to this rule, and superiner holds no card higher than the tending the removal of their ex-seven spot.
hibits after 6.80 p.m.
The ofcinis of the Society will do If dummy plays a small card, all they can to avoid loss of, or East should play the five spot, ni- damage to exhibits, but neither the lowing his partner to hold the Soclety nor its officials can be held trick. The king will be captured responsible should any much loss or on the next lead of the same sulti damage occur.
by West,
Entrance tickets may be obtain. ed at the Secretary's Office, or at the Clover Flower Shop, Gloucester Building, Arcade (prica $1.3
The Society will be glad to help all those who experience difficulties In their gardens: all enquiries nhould be
cent to the Hon. Secretary, Mr. L. J, Davies.
“WEEK-END MURDER"
(Continued from Page 3).
Example No. 4 Refusing to play high third hand.
North-Dummy K-8-4
West---Leader Enst-Partner J-0-7-(0) A-10-6 South-Declarer 4-3-2
West's opening is the six_spot. Six from eleven leaves five. There verify it." She saw the mystifica-are two in the dummy and two in East tion change to nhocked surprise, the East hand, therefore "Excuse me--I'm going at
knows the declarer holds one eard backwards-1 haven't quite taken higher than the six. it in myself. They've started put a.m.to meet Tom and Mr. DeVos. He he'll have to miss his dinner at the White House Inn. He's going to be-arrested-for murdering Cousin Amos."
San Francisco via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu,
Tues, 14th Feb. at 2
Wed., 22nd Feb. Wed, 15th March.
Tatents Maru
Asama Muru
Seattle & Vancouver.
Iyo Maru (starts from Kobe) Men, 20th Feb. Heian Maru (starts from Kobe) Mon., 18th March. London, Marseilles, Antwerp & Rotterdam via
Singapore. Penang, Colombo & Suez.
Suwa Maru
Fushimi Maru
Haicozaki Maru
Sydney &
..Sat., 18th Feb.
..Sat,, 4th March ..Sut., 18th March.
bourne via Manila & Ports.
Kitano Maru
Atsuta Maru
...Sat.. 25th Feb.
.Sat., 25th March.
Bombay via Singapore, Penang & Colombo.
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Fri., 10th March.
Tues, 14th Feb.
.Wed.. 18th Feb.
.Wed., 15th Feb.
Calcutta via Singapore, Penang & Rangoon.
*Akita Maru
Shanghai, Kobo & Yokohama.
*Lima Maru (Moji direct)....Tues., 14th Feb.
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Atsuta Maru (Nugasaki direct) Fri. 17th Feb. "Cargo only.
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Shaughnessey, watching her, nad sprung forward none too quickly. For this time she had fainted in real earnest,
(To be continued.)
If dummy now plays the eight, East should not play the nee, but should play the ten, which would force the declarer's queen, and in this manner the declarer would ket only one trick.
If East were to go up with the nce, he knows that he is abso- lutely setting a trick in dummy for the declarer, and if the de-
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EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN LINES.
queen, he would be setting two tricks, as would be the case In this example.
Example No. 5
Where it works to the advan- tage of the declarer.
North Dummy K-J-6.
West-Leader Ean-Partner Q-9-7-(6) 10-3-2 South--Declarer A+84
West opens the five spot. Dum- my should play the six spot, which forces East's ton.
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The declarer now wins with the aco and can safely take the anesaç, ns by applying the rule of eleven -five from eleven leaves six-he knows that, as there are three in CORFU dummy and declarer holda two and the one that East held was forced on the first trick, the queen is in the West hand.
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WHATEVER HAPPENS DO NOT FORGET THE OCCASIONAL DOSE OF
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PEOPLE SAY “SHH”
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From Hong- kong (about)
16,000 11 Feb. noon. | Bombay, M'los & L'don | 17,000 | 25th Feb. | Bombay, M'los & Lidos 6,800 4th Mar. M'los, Havre, L'don,
H'burg, Rotterdam, Antwerp & Hull 15,000 | 11th Mar. Bombay, M'les & L’don 15,000 25th Mar. Bombay & L'don
6,100 | 1st Apr. Į M’los, Havre, L'don,
H'burg, Rotterdam A'worp & Hull
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| 10,000 f 7th Mar.
10,000
19th Mar,
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7,000
3rd Mar.
1
1st Apr-
2nd May.
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7,000 7,000 Regular Monthly Bailings from Hongkong to Shanghal and Japan and Hongkong to Australia,
Hong-Kong to Sydney--19 days.
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The P. & O, Royal Mail Steamers to London and
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bo that such things can truo ?
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& Osaka
18th Fob. S'hai, only
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7,000
5th Mar. S'hal, Moji, Kobe, Osako
& Yoko
17,000 | 10th Mar. I S'hal, Kobo & Yoko 6,000 10th Mar. | 9'hai, Koha & Yoke 15,000 23rd Mar | B'bal, Robe & Yoka
7,000 6th Apr. | B'bai, Moji, Köbo, Osaka
& Yoko:..
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