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ARISTOCRATS OF THE "EMPRESSES

PACIFIC

Offer the Utmost in SPEED-SIZE-SPACE-LUXURY

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Empr. of Asia Empr. of Canada Empr. of Rossin Hmpr. of Japan Empr. of Asia

AND

SERVICE

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1933.

CONTRACT KEEP UPKEEP DOWN CONSIGNEES NOTICES. P & O BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND

BRIDGE

By W. E.I

McKenney

Any good card player will tell you that some of the prettier and most difficult plays are defensive plays.

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10-6-3

À 8-3-2 6.4.

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AK-9.4

J-10- 9-7

8.7.2

J-8-2

Dealer SOUTH

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EAST

4A-7-5-4

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Mar. 17

Mar. 19 Mar. 21

Mar. 23

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Apr. 3

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Mar. 29

Mar. 31 Apc. 7

Apr. 1d

Apr. 11

Apr. 13.

Apr. 18

Apr. 24

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Apr. 2

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May 4

May B

May 5 May May

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May 1

May 22

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May 24

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June 8 June 10

June 16 June, 18

June 21

June 23. June 20

Empr. of Japan

June 19 July 4

The Bidding

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South was the dealer and either side was vulnerable. South open- ed the contracting with one heart. Many players might analyze the South hand for its high card

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COMPANY REPORT.

ALLEGATION OF PROFITS BY I.K. & SHANGHAI HOTELS

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The report of the Directors the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, the annual Ltd., to be presented at meeting on March 20 states:

The Directors beg to submit their report for the year ended dist Decem" ber, 1932.

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The profit on working account for the year 1932 amounted to $1,168,279.0 83.

credit of profit and The balance at loss account (including the sum $232,997.11 brought forward from the previous year) after charging interest, insurance, maintenance and repairs, etc., providing for deprecia- ion and bad and doubtful debts, amounted to $486,797.83, which your Directors recommend apportioning

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way to analyze the hand to deter- mine whether or not South has a bid is to reason in the following

manner.

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If South bids a heart and his partner denies with a no trump, he is willing to have the hand played at no trump. H North bids

To pay a dividend of 40

cents per share on 1,000,000 "Old" shares $ 100,000.00 To pay a dividend of 20 cents per share on 193,867 "New" shares

acount

either clubs or diamonds, this To carry forward to new can be supported by South, while if North overcalls with a spade bil, South is in a position to make a constructive two no trump bid, and that is exactly what happen- ed on the hand.

After South's bid of one heart West passed, North bid one spade. East, passed. South then bid two no trump.

38.773.40

$ 438,773.40

47.024.43

3. 486.797.53

The above proposed allocation for the year under review has been in corporated in the accounts.

Directors Mr. Allan Cameron retires by rotation, but being eligible, offers, himself for re-election.

Auditors.The accounts for the year under review have been audited This bid of two no trump does by Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming, who are eligible and offer not necessarily deny spade supthemselves for re-election. port rather it shows an honour

in partner's suit. After the bid

of two no trump, North bid three

apades, announcing that he held a declarer, if he held the king, to five card spade suit and signing cash it immediately.

the hand off. However, South Therefore, instead of playing who had every suit stopped, now the are of diamonds, she went in decided to try for a game and bid with the queen. Now you can three no trump.

see South's predicament-if he refuses to take the diamond trick,- The Play

he is afraid' that East will lead through his king of diamonds, West's opening lead was his and that his contract will be im- fourth best diamond-the seven mediately last. He can also see The four was played from dumthat if West does not hold five my, and now what would you play diamonds he may still make his from the East hand?

contract even though the king of spades lies on the wrong side..

There is an old rule in bridge which says "Never finesse your

However, if he can find the partner's lead." However, the word "never" has no place in king of spades in the West hand it is immaterial whether or not bridge and there are times when Vest holds five diamonde-he can every convention must be broken. still make his game.

Erst reasoned that the spade

All that South can do is to cush suit would set for South on one his king of diamonds. He then lead. She further reasoned that leads the queen of spades, takes with all the strength that ber the finesse, and East wins the hand contained, undoubtedly trick with the king. Now all she West's hand did not have a rehas to do is to play her ace of entry card.

diamonds and then lead her five of diamonds.

If she went in with her ace of diamonds, South would stay of the diamonds until the third round and would then block the suit Her only hope was to force the

This allows West, her partner, to run off three good diamond tricks which defeats the declarer's contract one trick.

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