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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1935.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
Solution to Previous Contract Problem
By W. E. McKenney
I was a guest the other night of
BANKS.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Rayal Chater 1853, HEAD OFFICE:-LONDON. {Paid-ur Capita). £8,000,000 Rmers Llability of Proprietors.. 2,700,000 8,000,000 Reserve Fund
BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorland Capital ................ BK,000,000 latoed and Falls Paló-E,
***** 20,000,000 Baserri Pondo
Sterling on............. # 4.300,000 BAY............. 019,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietore $24,096,000
HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AGENCIES AND BRANCHIKCHI Ł
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BINGAPORE
TAIPING
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($75)
DEBU COLOMBO
MADRAS
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the newly formed bridge club in ALOR GTAR ILOILO Kew Gardens, Long Island. I think it has the right idea for BATAVIA many such clubs throughout the BONDAY country. It is called the Kinge and Queens Club, the membership CAWNPORE KUCHING being made up of men and women.
The members elect a king of DELHI kings and a queen of queens to govern them. They have knights to the king and ladies-in-waiting to the queen, and when they are assembled it looks like the round table of King Arthur, with every Bent filled,
ПАТРИОНО HAMBURG
BITIAWAN BOURADAYA
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Current Accounts opened and Fixed De posite received for one year or shorter periods at rate which will be quoted on wpellentin
▲ DRKABLET,
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
They play to win, but it is only secondary to a partner's er op. ponent's feelings. The members may not play na seriously as the champions, but I can assure you, Capital they have many enjoyable eve-mer nings together.
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L. B. Morrison, Kage I. II. Compton, Zag., Zion, Mr. J. J. Patemon
T. E. Fearon Zada
M. T. Johnson, Esq.
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BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA
CANTON CILEFOO COLOMBO DAIREN FOOCHOW HAIPTIONG HAMBURG BANKOW HARDIN HONGKEW ILOILO IPOH
fully paid) Y. 100,000,000 JOHORE HEAD OFFICE)—TÖKONAMA.
and Y. 186,100.000 KOWLOON Branches and Agoela i Alexandria Kinking
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Mr. Myrtis Glenn, in charge of activities of the club, called my altention to to-day's interesting hand which was played at one of their meetings and oddly enough, kings and queens seemed to play the important role.
The Play
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Piping
Hongkons Rangoon
Interest alwed on Current Acconala. Bepon received for Axed period as ALPE in be obtained on application.
G. KISIUNAMI,
Jiongkong, 1 March, 1988,
Hanger.
END OF DROUGHT
--- LARGE AREA OF WESTERN AMERICA RELIEVED
Kansas City. May 6. Snowstorms over the week-end brought to a termination a three year drought, which accompanied by dust storms, covered na, aren embracing eastern Colorado, wes- tern Kansas, the panhandle of) Against the four spade contract, Oklahoma and the panhandle of
Texas.
However, the Red Cross con- West opened the king of clubs and received an encouraging seven spottinues to distribute dust masks, from his partner. He continued
resumption of the with the nce, but this was ruffed fearing with the six of spades. The de drought and further epidemics of
United Press. clarer next cashed the king and pneumonia from queen of trumps and won the third trump trick in dummy with the pen | med. ... ten spot,
Now at this point the declarer has a choice of two finesses, for the two missing kings. Which The finesse would you take first? answer-is-not diffleult-Take-the- one that is most advantageous to you.
If you take the diamond finesse, even though you find the king right, you will not be able to get into dummy to take the heart finesse. So the point is to lend the dence of hearts first and finesse the queen. Then play the ace of hearts and be careful, an your next lead, to play the nine of hearts, conserving the eight in dummy.
East wins this trick with the king and returns a club which is ruffed. Then the seven of hearts can be played and won in dummy with the eight spot, thereby giv
the
dust.
V. M. GRAYBURN. Esq.
Calet Manager.
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FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager, · legkong. 18th February, 1985.
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R'dom, A'werp & Bull
17,000
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BRITISH INDIA-APCAR BAILINGS.
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10th May.
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10,000
24th Mag.
8,000
7th June,
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London Bankerve Lloyds Bank, Lid Foreign Exchange and Banking business of every description transacted.
Current Accounts opened and fled De
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Safe Deposit Boxer (various sixes) for hirm
LOOK TOONG BHAN,
Chist Manager. Hongkong, End Juss, 1984,
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN BAILINGS (South).
7,000
1st Juño,
7,000
5th July.
2nd Aug.
7,000
[Manila, Rabaul,
Irisbane, Sydney Melbourni & Hobart
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AIR LINER CRASH AMERICAN SENATOR REPORT- | "BOMALI.
RAJPUTANA ED KILLED
SANTHIA Kansas City, May 6. Atlanta, Mo., A hundred miles TALA
An air liner has crashed near MANTUA
ing you an opportunity to finesse North-cast. the queen of diamonds.
Today's Contract Problem
·South's opening bid wan-a apado. Wost two clubs. North_ jusmod. East two diamonds. South two
West sa koarta. ported diamondo. North up- ported hearts. East supported clubs and the final contract was five diamonds. doubled. Houth led the aco of clubs What play should South now Rinke to deteat the contract7.
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Solution in next issue.
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Of the two pilota and ten pas- sengers four are reported killed.
One passenger was the well- known Senator Cutting. United Press.
Report Confirmed Senator Cutting's office here any that they have been informed that he has been killed.-United Press; Reuter says that the machine was a trans-continental Air-liner, {Sky Chief,
Senator Cutting is definitely known to be deaf with two others. Senator Bronsdij Cutting was born in 1888 and was a printer and publisher. He was elected a Senator (Republican) in 1927 representing New Mexico. Ho came into prominence recently as joint author with Mr. Haven, of the House of Representatives, of one of the measures offering in- dependence to the Phillippines.
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