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THE HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1934.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
Solution to Previous
Contract. Problem.
By W. E. McKenney
BANKS.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF|| HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Capital ..................
Interporated by Royal Charter 1833. · HRAD OFFICE-LONDON.
Capital
40,000,000
boned and Fully Pald-Up
Reservs Funda?---
Bierling*******
$80,000,000 20,000,000
Libility of Proprietors Fund
3,000,000 7,000,000
2,500,000 $10,000,000
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Naturally a good scattering of a aces and kings is necessary arrive at a slam contract. How. ever, I want to warn players who AGENCIES AND BRANCHES, are using a mathematical or high|ALOA STÅR 110:LO card trick showing system, that|AKRISTBAN There is something equally as im OANGKDX portant as aces and kings. The DATAVIA partnership must find a fit in the BOMBAY hand.
BAIGON
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SHANGHAI
KOBE CALCUTTA KUALA DANTON
LUMPUR
CEBU
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Appearing before Mr, J. H. B. Lee at the Kowloon Magistracy that you have a fit with your part. yesterday, Tsang Sam-mul, aged iner's suft, or he has a fit with 43, a married woman, was charged yours, regardless of the suit con-with keeping an unregistered muf. a named Ma Mui alias Ah Ho; trols you have, you are not going eight years of age, at No. 80 Can-ins Corporation, Kules may be obtained on Calls Rangoon. Calls Port Bwettenham.
to make a slam.
To make a slam, several of the
ton Road, third floor,
Sub-Inspector H. W. Fraser of tricks have to be won with spot the Secretarist for Chinese Affairs, cards and, naturally, the, spot
that cards that are going to be winners outlining the case stated. are the long cards of an establish.on November 19 a lady inspector of od ault. If the bidding shows that the S.C.A. saw the little girl and you and your partner have a fit that her name was Ma Mui, and The girl stated interrogated her. only one sult, then generally the alam should be played in that suit that she was eight years of age. and not in no trump,
She gave the name of her employer as Tsang Sam-mal,
the and However, if each has a good woman's husband's name ne Sze Siu. suit, quite often the proper des According to the girl's mother, Tum ciaration for slam is no trump. A Shi, a widow, the girl had been break in either sult may give you handed to the defendant as security the contract at no trump, while for the loan of $50, which had been' bad break in trumps would defeat kiven to her for the purpose of the slam contract, if it were played paying her husband's debts. The girl was given light housework to do, and was given sufficient food and clothing, but would like to re- in to-day's hand we find the ex-turn to her mother. ception, to the rule. Both partners
The girl's mother, Tam Shi, on have a club sult, but the glamour of the 150 aces caused several being called to give evidence stated that the girl had not been given pairs to try for slum at no trump. Most of them were defeated, while those who bid slx clubs made their
at a sult.
contract.
The Play
The Business of the above Bank is con- ducted by the Hongkong and Shanghal Dark-
Application.
FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Y. M. GRAYBURN.
CITER MANAGER. lengkong, 26th February, 1994.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
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DRANCIES.
$11,000,000 1,655,000 81,170,492
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LOOK POONG BHAN.
Chef MansZET, Hongkong. 2nd June, 1984,
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
the defendant as a mui-teni. Caplini (fully paid-up). Y. 100,000,000 winess was a travelling trader, and Reserve Fund... T. 124.180,90 could not look after the girl pro- perly, so she gave the girl to the defendant to take care of.
The case was dismissed.
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However, six no trump can be made if East covers the queen of apades. But this is a bad play as, with queen and jack in dummy, East should refuse to cover the A club is led to dummy and the first honour. If East does cover. dinmond finesse taken. the hand is made in the following manner:
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West opens the queen of hearts, which South wins with the king.
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Another club is, won in dummy (Mukden) and the queen of spades played. Hamburg Here, If East mukes the mistake of covering with the king, the trick in won by declarer with the ace.
Shanghal
Now declarer rune off all his good tricks, getting down to the three of spades, the seven of to be oblzined as application. hearts, and the three of diamonds, Dummy is down to the jack and nine of spades and the seven of diamonda,
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East's last four cards are the ten and eight of spades and the king and Jack of diamonds and hei has to make a discard on the last club trick played by declarer. He discards the jack of diamonds.
Now all the declarer has to do Is to lead the three of diamonds,
G. KISHINAMI,
Manarat Hongborg, 11th September, 1914.,
CANTON AGENTS
.for
Thongkong Telegraph.
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the king, and. Enst has to lead from his ten and eight of spades: into dummy's jack-nine, thereby. giving the declarer six no trump.
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