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on the

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Leave Hongkong:

Thursday, P.M., Dec. 20.

Return Hongkong:

Tuesday, Xmas morning.

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trips ashore,

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...Wed. 23th Jan.

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BANKS.

THE CHARTERED-BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

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CONTRACT

BRIDGE

Solution to Previous Contract Problem

By W. E. McKenney.

Do you remember, when you first Estarted to play bridge, someone telling you "Always cover an honour with an honour," and "Always re- turn your partner's suit?" Well, the word "always" only has one place in bridge.

· MEDAN

NEW YORK

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HONGKONG

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Foreign Exchange and General and Bank Inst business transacted.

Current Arenunts opened and Fixed De | posita recebred for one year or shorter perioda. fis rates whelvi will be quoted on application,

W. I. E. THOMAR,

Acting Maunger. Hongkong, 20th February, 1986,

THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

ESTANLIKRED 1913.

Itend mees Nongkong.

Autherland Captini

Palup Capital

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BRANCHER...

$11,000,000 8,086.000 $2,120,4

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Current Accounts sperti and Fixed De polta reeelsed for one year or aborter perioda |at rates which will be angled on appileation. Safe Deposit Bergen (various miles) for hire,

LOOK POONG BHAN,

Chief Managet.

Bengkong, Znd June, 1984.

Always be considerate of your opponents. They may not be in- terested in what you have to any CONSIGNEES' NOTICES. to your partner and, if you want

to play profitable bridge, always be¦ COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES considerate of your partner. Now,

in regard to covering an honour

MARITIMES

with an honour, it certainly does The Steamship. not pay to cover an honour with

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an honour unless you hold at least three of the auit, and the inter- mediate card must be at least the nine spot.

in recent dupileate match at the Terrace Club,

one of New York's largest bridge clubs,

one player, believing it paid to cover an honour with an honour. let the Piraeus,sible-make a grand alam with the declarer do the seemingly impos-

king, queen and a small trump against him.

.Sat, 15th Dec.

Sat., 16th Dec.

Sat., 29th Dec.

Monday, 10th Dec.

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Sat., 22nd Dec.

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FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS. Sailings from Hongkong.

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Andre Lebon 16th Dec. Felix Roussel ...28th Dec., Jean Laborde 13th Jan. '35, Chenonceaux 27th Jan., '35. D'Artagnan .....9th Fab. Athos II .....23rd Feb.

TO MARSEILLES via Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Djiboutri (Adon), Suez, Port-Said.

Aramis

18th Dec. Andre Lebon 1st Jan., 35, Felix Rousse! 15th Jan.

Feb..

. Jean Laborde 29th Jan.

Chenonceaux 12th

D'Artagnan ....26th Feb.

We can issue through tickets to Egypt, Syrion ports East Africa, Madagascar by transhipment on our mail steamers

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Cio das MESSAGERIES MARITIMES:

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Arrived Hongkong on Thursday, the 6th Decembur, 1934. From LONDON, ANTWERY, ROTTERDAM, &c.

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THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE

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Goods not cleares within 7 days fuctuding date of arrival, will be subject to`reat.

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Agent. Hongkong, 6th December, 184.

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might be just a distributional bid queen will establish all the trump but when South bids three, spades tricks for the declarer, he is demanding a game, king.

his partner to bid either three no This play gave the declarer a trump or four spades. Any other grand slam. Out of 13 tables, 12 bid in construed as highly construc-, pairs were successful in arriving at tive, even to the point of its being the slam contract, Eleven pairs Manila a mild alam try, therefore North's refused to cover the jack with the bid of four diamonds was treated queen and so held the declarer to as a alam invitation by South!

six odd.

nce.

East's opening lead of the queen of clubs was won in the dummy with the ace: A small diamond was led and won with the Declarer now laid the jack of apades down. Immediately Enst should be warned that the declarer does not hold the king of spades and, if he does not, there is no point in covering the jack with the queen.

The only reason you cover an honour with an honour is because you are trying to establish the nine or ten spot for yourself or your partner. Now if you will analyze the bidding you will realise that North, in all probablity, has six trumps, there are four in dummy and your partner no doubt has a singleton.

the

Your covering the jack with the Suppose it's the singleton king.

Today's Contact Froblem East is playing the contract at four hearts, doubled, Kanth opens the king of clubs, North refuses to cover the ten of hearts, when declarer leads It from the dummy. Can the kand still be made?

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