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SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE and YOKOHAMA
at
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16th
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
Bolution to Previous Contract Problem
By W. E. McKenney
་ ་
SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1935.
BANKS.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.”
Incorporated by Reral Charter 1151, HEAD OFFICE:—LONDON,
Paid-up Capital **** Beneren Zlabllly of Proprietors. Hesrve Fund
ALOR STAR ILOILO
£3,000,660 ,000,000 8,000,000
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES: BALGON
BEMARANG
KARACHI KLANG КОНЕ KUALA LUMPUR
.BHDEMBAN BHANCHAT
Two Cincinnati boys will have a tough job on their hands at the National Contract Championship Tournament, because they will have two coveted titles to defend, the BANGKOK
AMRISTBAR IPOH National Open Contract Pair DATAVIA- Championship and the National DOMDAT Contract Team-of-Four Champion- CALCUTTA ahip. These two aro Charles A. CANTON Hall and R. M. Wikiberg.
SINGAPORE
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAL BANKING CORPORATION.
Aatbettsed Capital lagued and Fully Tak-Up
Baseren · Fután 19
Sterling
Silver
$50,000,000 10,900,000
■ 4,550,004 $10,000,600
Reserve Liability of Proprietors. $10,009,00€
READ OFFICEMBONGKONG,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Hon Mr. C. d. 8. Masklo, Chairman,
B. II. Dodwell, K4,
Depaly "Chakramen
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1. I. Compton E. K. 8. Morrison .. SITIAWAN W. d. Kerwick Eaq. T. E. Peator Ed.
(0.0. Knight Esa.. HOURABATA TAIPING CAWNPORE' KUCHING CEDU
Hall and Wildberg won the Pair COLOMBO Championship Inat December in DELHI Cincinnati and, with their team- HAPLONG mates, Philip and Albert Steiner, HAMBURG
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Feb. 15
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Mar. 3
Star. 5
Mar. 19
Mor, 17
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Mar. 14
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Mar. 25
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Mar, 29
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Apr. 13
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Apr. 13
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Jan. 17.
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Opening' lead—♣ 0,
they won the Team-of-Four title. Hall is a keen player, an is well de- monstrated In to-day's hand on which he makes five hearts,
Bear in mind that in champion- ship tournaments just making your Contract is not always enough. If a hand has five odd in it, you'd bet ter make the extra trick or you may
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12th Jan. Bombay, M’les & L’dón
Boon.
HANDUNG
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NALDERA
10,000
SHANGHAI
20th Jan.
+ BOMAL
7,000
2nd Feb.
SOUTLABAYA
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17,000 9th Feb. 17,000 28rd Feb:
at rales which will be quotad na application. HAIPHONG A. BREARLET,
Hongkong, 1st January, 1915.
Manager
THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
ESTABLIRNED 1912. Hand Of Mengkong. skulkorised Capital
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Current Acounts opened la Local Currency $11.000.000 und Fixed Deposita pasalved for any yest 2,466,999 or shorter perioda in Local Currency and 32,174,492|Sterling on terma which will be quoted on
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Hongkong 7th January, 1933,
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BANKING CORPORATION,
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LOOK POONG RULAN.
Chat Manager, longkan, 2nd June, 1921. BIZJAKELAARASAN
receive n very low match point CONSIGNEES' NOTICES.
score,
The Play
The BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED.
From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.
When East opened the five of clubs, Hall could easily see that, if the club finesse fulied, a club might be ruffed and that he might easily losen spade and a heart. Hall's The Steamship, first play was to refuse the finesse and go right up with the nee in duramy.
Some players might make the mistake of returning to their hand with a spade, so as to try the heart finesse. But Hall gave up the heart finesse and immediately led the ace of hoarta from dummy. Now he retaried a small club which West Woll
with the king, dropping North's queen. East, being out of trumps, discarded a diamond,
V. M. ORAYBURN,
CHIK MANAGEK. Hongkong, 8th Februarz, 1984,
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
Capital (fully paid-up)......100,009,000 [Roberen Pand
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ivery may be obtained.
extra
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No claims will be admitted after in the Goods have left the Godowns, Honolulu and all Goods remaining undeliver- Hongkong ed after January 16, 1035, will be Interest allowed on Currant Accounts. subject to rent.
Depila alved for Axed period at rutes West returned the king of apades, must be presented to the Undersign-
All claims against the steamer to be obtained on application. which Hall won with the nee. Nowed on or before January 39, 1935," or he led a small diamond, winning in they will not be recognized.
dummy with the king, played the To comply with the General Bonded THE jack of clubs and discarded the los Warehouse Regulations consignes ing apade. The ten of clubs was must
have
a Revenue Officer, in dullable now cashed and the losing diamond attendance when damaged discarded.
goola-are-exatuined,
Today's Contract Problem
South is playing the con- tract at six apaden. West opera tho queen of diamonds How would you play the hand to make the contract f
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Now Hall spread the hand and al- lowed West to make his king of
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7,000 9,000
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7th Feb.
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Hongkong. 0.1, 1935.
hearts, but by refusing to take Del
| either the club or heart finesse, Hall (Galle
made five id on the hand for the Hongkong top score.
If a small spade were opened the tleelarer would have to allow West to hold the trick with the queen, and when West returned the spade, the hund must be stripped of diamonds,
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