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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY, JANUARY

1935.

CANADIAN PACIFIC

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CONTRACT BRIDGE

·Solution to Previous Contract Problem

By W. E. McKenney

:

BANKS.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF] HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,

Incorporated by Rayal Charter 113. HEAD OFFICE-LONDON,

Palk-up Capital .... Reverse Liability of Proprietors,

Contract is an enjoyable pas-Re timo antil somebody deals you a hand like the one South has to- day, and then your troubles begin, ALOR STAR ILOILO

ANRISTBAR a rubber bridge BANGKOK I was watching

BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital

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Altering

# 6.500,009 $10,000,00 3,000,000 Reserva Liability of Proprietors. $20,000,000

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game in one of the New York cluba PATAVIA recently. One of the women nt CALCUTTA the tablo WAR dealt the South CANTON hand.

DELIN

Now when you are playing for COLONO mones, what more could you ask HAIPHONO than A hand full of

and HAMPUNG

HANKOW hings? The woman started to

HARBIN

NCER

think and ponder. You Could HONGKONG almost read her mind.

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TIBAD OFFICE HONGKONG. DOARD OF DIRECTORS. Ifon: Mr. C., G. B. Muchir. Chairman.

11. Mr. B. Hi. Dodwell Deputy Chairman,

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The rule of some systems 18. do-not-open-with-a-two-minor posts received for one year or shorter periods FOUCHOW

Current Acemanis opened and Fixed DAIREN

sult bld, if you have more than in your hand. two losing tricks

AFTER

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Then the book of another system and one- says, if you hold four half to five quick tricks and pro-

| bable Kan in your own bund,

make a two biri,

Evidently the woman decided to its the intter course, because her original bid was tavo clubs and, of course, she got the natural What response of two no trump. else could North bid? There were not many high cards left for him.

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a second spade fincase and his

After the two no trump bld. there was another long study and Annily she care aut with six no trump,

When asked afterwards why she bid six no trump, after! her partner's bid of two Bo trump, denying any strength, she contract, answered, remembered reading" a bridge book which said that from seven to seven and one-half quick tricks would produce slam. I had seven

and one-half quiek tricks, so there must be a slam in the hand and I-bid-it."--

The Play

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Of course, as soon as the de-

Today's Contract Problem

Four apades in the contract hy North East opens the king of hearta. What line of defensa will give declaror the loast sumber-of-trick#7-With this defonso, how must de- clarer play the hand?

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