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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12,

1934.

18

£12 (1st Classi

(Tourist)

HOLIDAY

CRUISE

on the

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Leaves Hongkong 20th Decambor. Arrives Manila 22nd December.

Passengers may remain on board and will be provided with --meals and accommodation without extra charge during ship's stay in Manila.

Dr.

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Solution to Previous Contract Problem

By W. E. McKenney

There is no such a thing as a per- fect bidding system. That's the thrilling part about contract. You never can figure it out.

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Hongkong, 2nd June, 1924.

You can take the best players, playing for high stakes, where they know it does not pay to over-bld their hands; still they will pick up n hand occasionally which will take them for a terrific set. Many think] THE that the experts never go down a thousand points. But that is why i

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I was sitting in a restaurant in New York the other night, after a tournament, and there crowd of bridge players gathered around the table discussing unusual, happenings and unusual holdings. One of the players, who has a good reputation as a money player, told about the following hand.

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The Fons. Ess. Manager.

BRANCHES AND, AGENCIES.........

He called off the cards in the de- clarer's hand and asked if we didn't

London, Dec. 11. think it would be hard luck if a four spade contract were defeated

"The great expansion in home with this holding. He agreed that there was a possibility of the hand consumption of copper, which was re being defeated a trick or two, so even greater than in boom yents, Bombay he did not redouble, but he thought would not have materialised if Calcutta he was justified in complaining of prices had not fallen," stated Sir atphong hard luck when the hand was de- Auckland Geddes at yesterday's Hankow fented 2,000 points.

moeting of the Rhokana Corpora-Kobe West opened the four of hearts.tion. The declarer felt pleased with the

Canton

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Shanghat

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Talbots

Tientsin

New York

Oka

Bwalow

-Parke

- Sydney

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Hangoon

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Kowloon London

first play, as he made a good guess "Until Rhodesia commenced to Manila

he put on the jack and East won produce, manufacturers were with the nce. East returned the handicapped by the relatively high queen of diamonds, South played

king and West ruffed,

the

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KAN TONG PO.

Hongkong, Ivt March, 1924.

price of the metal; but they were West's next play was a small now able to buy at £8 and, some club. Declarer thought he'd try to times £10, a ton cheaper than their steal a trick, so he went up with American competitors. the king in dummy and East won Sir Auckland added: "The pre- with the ace, returning the jack of sent prices were certainly low and diamonds on which South played the ace, West ruffing with the three other producers, if necessary mak- we are ready to co-operate with: of spades. The queen of clubs was West's next play and the declarering some sort of sacrifice, in order

44 46 to reduce stocka, although our policy trumped with the four of spades.

has always been to produce only what we can seli."

Today's Contract Problem

East is playing the contract at four hearts, redoubled, Went baving oneŭed to bid. ding with on den and North having made a vulner able overcalt of two clubs. Can the land bờ wade, and can you give the logicat rea-

lig for the play?

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Chief Manager.

“AROEMANIS”

"It is essential, however, that the THE MANGO OF MANGOES ancrifice be reasonable, in order to safeguard tho interests of share holders, and at the same time It is

necesenry to prevent prices from IN LONDON

rising too rapidly, thereby checking the expanding market," Sir Auck

and declared-Renter.

himself a trick, but his natural play is to lead the king of spades, which East won with the ace. East Im- mediately cashed his ten and nine ♥AQJ10]. óf diamonds, after which he played the five of diamonds.

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Solution in hext run.

The declarer was forced to ruff with the Jack, which meant that he would have to lose another trump trick.

Down five minus 2,000 pointa. After listening to the story wo were rathar: inclined to side with

At this point, if the declarer fed the teller's story that it was a hard

a small spade, he would have saved, luck hand.

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