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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPDMEKA
CONTRACT
BRIDGE
Solution to Previous Contract Problem
By W. E, McKenney
To become a successful card player, the first requirement is to learn not only to keep track of the trump, but also of the outstanding cards in all solte.
TUESDAY, JUNE
BANKS:
1985.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI INDIA, AUSTRALIA" & CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION.
Incarpetaled by Royal Chater 1982, HEAD OFFICE:—LONDON. Pald-up Capital disco)... 28,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprialore .. 3,400,000 Reserve Fund agnosiszoïnes 8,000,000
AGENCIES AND BRANCHES. ALOR STAR ILOILO
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Secondly, at no time must you BATAVIA play a card carelessly. There must DOMDAT be some thought and reasoning CALCUTTA behind every play. If you adhere to these rules, you will And that your game will improve.
I was surprised, în' a recent du DELHI plicate game, at the number of HAIPHONG East players who failed to defcat | HAMBURO to-day's hand.
You will admit that What has a
HANKOW HARDIN HONGKONG
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Authorised Capital
880,000,000
| Issued and Pally Pald-Up ........... 20,000,000
Reserve Panda -
Banking*
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£4,000,000 $18,000,000
· Roverve · Lubility of Proprietors 821,000,000
HIMAN OFFICH:—HONGKONG
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
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10. 0. Knight Dr, Deputy Chairman,
Hoo. Mr. W. H. Hell Can. Mr. J. 7. Faterson
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two hearts.arin South's bid and rebid of diamonds shows at lenst fivo spades and ave diamonds. This leaves the declar- er with not more than three hearts, The Play
West opened with the king of clubs. After ruffing the first club. trick, South led a small spade to dummy's ace and then returned a spade, which East won with the king, and now East had to du a little thinking,
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Hongkong. 11th March, 1938.
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is partner had bid hearts. Should he return his singleton of the Oriental Telephone and Elec The 41st ordinary general meeting heart? Would you? If you did.tric Co. Ltd., was held recently at of course, the contract would be the Great Eastern Hotel, London made, because then the declarer E.C. would have the jump on the hand. Sir A. Henry McMahon, G.C.M-G., He could pick up your trump GCY.O., HC.LE, CB.1 (Chairman of and, use the established diamond the Company), in the course of his speech, said: The net revenue for suit.
After the declarer ruffed the 24,510 for depreciation and renewals, the year under review, after charging: Wed., 5th Juno at 10 am.first club trick and everyone played amounts to 97,438 158. 1d., an! .Tues., 18th June at 10 a.m. spades for two rounds, it meant against £98,833 14. Gd. for the year of the capital for the purpose of ad-
.Wed., 3rd July.
that declarer had only two spades 1933, and, after adding $50,789 08. 20. left, the same number as East. brought forward from last year and Justing the balance-sheet to be more Therefore, East's play was to re-educting the interim dividends paid keeping with the actual position, turn a club, which South would balance for disposal of £118,807 2. bd. dividend produced £2,400 more than
In November last, there remains a and the issue of bonus share, that NANKIN have to ruff.
It is recommended that the available had been received from that source This now put the timing factor balance be appropriated in the pay-last year.
*BANGALORE in East's favour, as he held two ment of a final dividend of 834 per The Hongkong Telephone Company, CANTHAOR trumps. This play would give vunt, less stax, on the Proference its holding in which constituted the SINDRAMA South an unexpected beating on the shares, which requires £6,607; in pay-chief asset of the China and Japan. hand, while taking a chance ment of a final dividend of 8-per Company, showed a slight falling leading your partner's sult would state free of tax, on the Ordinary in the number of exchange lines work- RAWALPINDI
adding, but no undue importance need be shares, alsorbing £45,615; to. £16,000 to general reserve, and to attached to that. The growth of its *Cargo only. carry forward the balance of £51,683, "ystem during the last 10 years had
Dealing with the Singapore
been phenomenal, and it was rather a Mauritius branches, ho said: I am matter of surprise that it had not ex- glad to be able to say that the tide perienced before now the effects of the seems to have turned at Singapore, general depression and the troubled and that in place of a loss of 40 ex-state of the mainland of China, It change lines which we had to report maintained its dividend at 12 per cent. during 1933,
The report and accounts were un-
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Today's Contract Problem
Tho contract is six spades by South, West opens the aco of hearte, Bix can be made if you handle the trump situation properly. Try L AAD 7 C VQ7042
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