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52 The GAZETTE, Montreal, Oat. March 11, 1972 Bid The Game BY D. lof Kings M. LE DAIN Bridge betrays character Made ing Jacques Cartier who discovered Canada in 1534, reportedly, and the other honouring Samuel de Cham-plain, fondly remembered for his "Order of Good Cheer," among o'hr things. If Mr.

Cote's reaction to the French mailing system is valid then it vindicates the old adage that "travel broadens the mind." It would seem that Mr. Cote was not previously aware that some countries could operate an enormously service-oriented and efficient postal operation without going bankrupt. In all fairness though, I should mitigate my criticism by saying that Mr. Cole is open to new ideas and is making an effort to do good things with his post office portfolio. But given the inverse proportion that exists between rising postal rates and falling services (in many respects) it is difficult to resist any opportunity to get a dig in.

If Canadian postal operations can be brought on to the kind of footing that gives By CARL LAW Tommy Lee, Vice President in charge of public relations at Royal Trust has sent along that company's annual report which shows an interesting use of philatelic material. In order to illustrate the company's expansion over the years, the inside back page of the report contains illustrations of stamps from various countries, together with the dates on which Royal Trust expanded its operations into those countries. Royal Trust has used philately for business purposes in the past and I Iiope to comment on this in a future column when I write about various companies who use special first day covers and so on, as gifts to people dealing with or connected with them. Mr. Lee also sent along a first day postcard from Paris, France, franked with a pair of commemoratives issued by that country to commemorate Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve.

founder of Montreal in 1608. But what makes the card Black 10 Pieces 2 ila tit White 11 Pieces Preferred Iceland, and Fischer, Yugoslavia (Belgrade). Botli sides have the power of one veto and it seems the Russians intend to use it. Good Faith, Bad Faith E. B.

Edmondson, USACF official, who has been Fischer's invaluable aide-decamp throughout the current world series battles, has written as follows to the Swiss publication "Chess "Chess Express" is read worldwide and it pains me to see vital news reported inaccurately therein. World champion Spassky did not show up as scheduled in Amsterdam No one came from the USSR. Fischer and I were there in good faith to negotiate an agreement under Dr. Euwe's supervision, in keeping witc the spirit of FIDt. It Is difficult to reach an amicable agreement when one of the main parties is not available.

To me, the essence of our inability to reach an agreement within a reasonable time was the absence of Spassky. Regards, E. B. Edmondson, Executive Director USACF. From the Tallinn, Esthonia, International, 1971: SICILIAN DEFENCE White: Mjagmarsuren (Mongolia) Black: L.

Stein (USSR) White 1 P-K4 2 N-KB3 3 B-N5 4 0-0 Black P-QB4 N-OB3 P-KN3 B-N2 N-B3 N-04 PxP 0-0 NxN P-Q3 OxP R-OI Q-B2 P-K3 B-Q2 White Black 14 B-KB1 QR-B1 17 N-Q2 18 Q-N2 19 B-BS 20 B-N4 21 BxN 22 PxP 23 P-R3 24 RxB N-R4 B-B3 P-N3 P-K4 PxB BxKP BxNP! 5 P-B3 6 P-K5 7 P-Q4 8 PxP 9 N-B3 10 PxN 11 PxP 12 P-QR4 13 R-K1 14 B-R3 15Q-N3 (a) After RxN. BxB 25 R(1)-K1 BxRP 24 P-QB4 Q-Q2 27 R(l)-K3 Q-N5ch Resigns (a) R-N3, Q-Q8ch and 28. From the 31th Hoogoven International, Wijk aan Zee, Holland, 1971: KING'S INDIAN DEFENCE Black: J. Smejkal (Czech.) White: A. Pomar (Spain) Crossword Puzzle Edited by Margaret Farrar QUIZ NO.

1080 White to play and win, A. Adorjan, Hungary vs K. Langeweg, Holland (34th HooRoven, Wijk aan Zee, Holland, 1971) (Sec solution below) Montreal Winter Open The Montreal Winter Open, sponsored by the Montreal Chess League, will be held during the weekend of March 1819 Registration is at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, with play starting at 10.00 a.m. 1st prize, $150.00 (guaranteed), with other prizes according to number of entries.

Entry fees: Seniors, Juniors (under 18), $5.00. Newcomers to tourney play, $5.00. Contact: L. Williams, secretary M.CL. (486-0692).

Today, Saturday, March 11, there is the Open House inaugurating the new club at Downtown YMCA, 1441 Drum-mond St. (Rm. 240), to which all are welcome. Simultaneous exhibitions, speed tourneys, and matches will be arranged. No charge to take part.

The Club will be open in future on Friday evenings, Saturday and Sundays from 1.00 p.m. to midnight. Contact: H. Brodie (486-3969). King Only a Pawn It appears now that nothing hase been settled definitely regarding the site and date of the Spassky-Fischer world championship match.

What has been released so far turns out to be only a progress report toward a final decision. It is obvious that Spassky can't make any decisions on his own, as he never appeared at the Amsterdam meeting, or did any USSR official at the stated deadline of January 31. FIDE president. Dr. Max Euwe, allowed a further ten days recess, during which Mr.

Ed-mondson, flew to Moscow to confer with Russian chess authorities personally. After a five-hour talk with Victor Baturinski at the Central Moscow Chess Club an official announcement spoke of "a useful exchange of views, but nothing Dr. Euwe then rightly went ahead and decided that the 24-game match would be split between Belgrade and Reyjavik. The Russians claim they didn't even make a list of preferences, which was one of the requirements of trying to reach an agreement. Earlier reports were that Spassky Black 5 Pieces March 15 at 1:15 p.m.

LINTON: Fri. NS S. Lin-kovsky, E. Kokish; EW L. Stromberg, M.

Blond. Tues. J. Somerville, B. Jacques; J.

Adlersberg, S. Gold. VANDERBILT: Thurs. P. Aim, E.

Tiffou: S. Schamroth, D. Fraser. Mon. Mrs.

G. Tarshis, Mrs. M. Vosberg; R. Litwin, Mrs.

I. Backler. Club Tournament, Thursday, March 16, 8 p.m. Y.M.-Y.W.H.A.: Sec. A.

NS Mrs. D. Kugler, J. Haskell; EW M. Roman, A.

Baran. Sec. B. NS Mrs. M.

Solloway, Mrs. R. Sabbath and Mrs. S. Myers, Mrs.

H. Friedman, tiel EW Mrs. J. Lupovich, E. Kallos.

Sec. C. NS Mrs. Y. Marcus, Mrs.

R. Gillman; EW Dr. D. Shuster, Dr. S.

Shuster. Thurs. Sec. A. NS Mrs.

K. Belkin, Mrs. D. Lewis; EW Mrs. N.

Cherry, Mrs. L. Tenper. Sec. B.

NS Mrs. N. Gelfand, Mrs. J. Rosenfeld: EW Mrs.

D. Kugler, Mrs. S. Fish. Saturday By H.

L. Risteen ACROSS 1 Centre, Minn. 5 Dutch town. 9 Baseball abbreviation. 13 At the summit.

17 Motive. 18 Basic infinitive. 19 Assortment of type. 20 TV movie. 22 U.S.

metropolis. 24 Rhodes, Pat-mos, et al. 26 Insect. 27 Record. 28 Asian land.

29 Cumberland 30 Where Czco is. 32 Egypt's neighbor. 35 garde. 37 Belgian city. 38 Suburb of Liege.

40 Alto. 41 Borough in Pa. 42 City. 43 Pond near Concord, Mass. 46 Countrv on Gulf of Guinea.

48 Cosmetic. 51 Baltimore. 53 Claw. 54 Costa Rican city. 55 shoestring.

56 West et al. 58 Linden tree. 59 Peck Dam. 60 Profit, 61 Rostov's river. 62 Soviet waters.

64 Ceylon city. 65 Bishopric. 66 River of England. 67 Comrade Slang. 68 Cleaning 71 Record.

73 Siberian 76 Initials in 79 Man's 80 River Missouri. 81 82 83 Full Suffix. 84 Spanish region. 86 Turkish 88 Wrench. 90 Diva's 91 Where Across 93 94 Displays.

95 Swiss 96 Miss 98 Farm 99 101 Something to eat. 102 Hindu 104 Mark. 207 Japanese statesman. 108 109 Indonesian isle. 111 Bustle.

112 Man Germany. 116 City 119 Alone 120 Just. 121 Opera 122 Valuable paintings. 123 Channel island. 124 Appraise.

125 Winglike parts. 126 Scent. By SAM MALTIN An timated 35,000,000 North Americans play bridge, and the popularity of the game is still growing. At times, you wonder why. It is said that the game brings out the worst in you, that is, if you have any worst in you.

Then again, we sec some kind and considerate person go into a complete change of character with the flip of a card. There are thousands of stories about the game's tension-built shift of personalities, including one of murder. This happened in 1931 when John Bennett was shot by his wife after a quarrel over his bridge playing. She was tried for murder and aquitled. If cards can tell fortunes, the playing of them should help a psychiatrist know the patient.

A recent illness helped an elderly bridge player realize how he too was part of the crowd, rude, impatient and cantankerous. He promised to change and passes on these suggestions. Bear in mind that bridge is not a fight to the death or engagement in mortal battle, and that an opponent is not an enemy nor is your partner. No one, from the expert to the dub, has the right to destroy the pleasure of his fellow players by intentional rudeness. FAMILY FUN? Bridge is also a family game and as the saying goes; The family that plays together, fights.

According to A.C.B.L. figures, 859c of the membership is a household affair, where both husband and wife, and in some cases children, are dues paying members. In rubber bridge the percentage is much higher, as it is more social when a husband and wife play together. WINNING WAYS A group of Montrealers made it to the Vermont sectional tournament in Burlington last weekend to help set a new attendance record at the annual event, and BY CHARLES H. GOREN 0 Wl: lr TM CkiciM Trita) WEEKLY BRIDGE QUIZ Q.

1 East-West vulnerable, as South you hold: OQ3 4AK64 Tiie bidding has proceeded: North East South West 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass What action do you take? Q. 2 As South vulnerable, you hold: AKS6 OKJJ I The bidding has proceeded: South West North East 1 9 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 1 A 4 5 Pass Pass Pass What action do you take? Q. 3 Both vulnerable, as South you hold: 4AQ6 53210 7OK9A10 3 The bidding has proceeded: South West North 2 3 4 4 East Pass Pass Pass 1 A Pass 2 Pass 4 Pass What action do you take? Q. 4 Both vulnerable and as South you hold: AAQJ9 5 OJS2 943 The bidding has proceeded: East South West North 1 Pass Pass Dole. 2 7 2 A Pass 3 A Pass DOWN 1 River into the Rhone.

2 Person from Perth. 3 Initials on some crates. 4 Where Maidstone is. 5 Accelerate. 6 Ohioan.

7 Man's nickname. 8 Moines. 9 Letters on some letters. 10 Half a boner. 11 Where Gary is.

12 E-glish novelist. 13 Irish islands. 14 Wallet item. 15 Westerners. 16 Korean city.

17 Applaud. 21 Little knots. 23 Form of fuel. 25 Maltese. 31 Cancel.

33 Came to rest. 34 Mexican city. 35 City of Cleveland. 36 Ineffectual. 37 Comic character.

39 City in Civil Rights history. 42 Two score. 43 Teak. 44 Italian river. 45 Intimate.

47 English essayist. 48 Enrich. 49 Curved molding. 50 Communication. 52 Port on Puget Sound.

54 Andes birds. 57 Glossy. ACROSS tool. tribesmen. famous Cambridge.

name. into the Harbor. Examination. of: One-time government. delight.

59 is. Island. city. Montez. animal.

Pago. teacher. Streamlets. from East of historic siege. role.

White Black 1 P-Q4 N-KB3 2 N-KB3 P-KN3 3 P-KN3 B-N2 4 B-N2 0-0 5 0-0 P-B4 6 P-B4 PxP 7 NxP N-B3 8 N-QB3 Q-R4 9 N-N3 Q-KR4 10 P-K4 QxQ 11 RxQ P-Q3 12 N-Q5 NxN? 13BPxN N-N5 14 B-N5 BxP 15BxP BxR 16 RxB! R-Kl 17 BxP N-R3 18 P-B4 B-Q2 especially interesting is that it is a Montreal postcard showing Notre Dame Church at Place d'Armes. Indeed, an interesting way of tying the French stamps to the city which owes so much to their subject. COTE DOES DOUBLE-TAKE Postmaster General Jean-Pierre Cote was reportedly when he discovered that, in France, mail is delivered three times a day, six days a week. Many readers are also aware that France uses nice, clean steel dies to cancel its stamps, as opposed to the chicken feet which prance all over cancelled Canadian stamps, making them largely unfit for anything but the waste basket. Mr.

Cote was in France at the opening of a Canadian stamp exhibition at Troyes, sponsored by the France-Canada association. The French also took the opportunity at this exhibition to display their new Maisonneuve stamp, together with two other issues, one honour- DOWN 59 North Dakota city. 63 Weight of India. 64 State: Abbr. 67 Entrances.

68 "Of and Men." 69 N.African port. 70 City in SE Mississippi. 71 Eastern princes. 72 Karnak's river. 73 Place of trade.

74 Splashes against. 75 Roofing material. 76 Renowned resort. 77 Conversational phrase. 78 Sea bird.

81 Handsome. 85 Commotion. 86 Type of city. 87 Sufficient: Poet. 89 Slangy negatives.

91 Sicilian seaport. 92 Dixie river. 95 City in Maine. 97 Charlotte Virgin Islands. 99 Mines.

100 Greek peak. 101 Joke of sorts. 103 Lake Balkhash tributary. 105 Robin 108 Linear units. 108 Danger.

110 China. 113 Capek classic. 114 High in pitch. 115 Humorist Bill-. 116 Wee: Scot.

117 Sesame. 118 Go (about) idlv. Copf. '72 Ota 1 fciiiua Cc.p S3 CAMERA REPAIRS i came home with most of the prizes. A very happy quartet of Nun's Island players came through with the biggest upset of the schedule when they won Sunday's Swiss team event.

The team included Tony and Anne Spooner with teammates Adam and Maria Dabrowski. It was the first major win for the husbands and wives group. Montrealers won four of the five events, with Bill Leather-barrow and Allan Derby partnering in the men's pair victory, with P. Hurtubise and N. Landry taking it all in the open pairs, while another married couple, Betty and Harold Fry won the consolation.

SHUFFLING It's a special open charity game at the on Tuesday evening at 8.00 p.m. with the Bertha Duchow Trophy going to the winner There are 91 life masters in Montreal and over 1,200 owning less than 50 master points each Club tournament at the Linton, Mar. 21 Joe Toth is the take-charge guy in the formation of bridge activity at Domtar. CLUB RESULTS CHATEAU: Mon. NS A.

Fraser, G. Lefebvre: EW M. Molson, J. Weiner. Tues.

NS M. Yudin, Mrs. J. Lupovich; EW P. Godin.

C. Laberge. Wed. NS F. A.

MacDonald, W. F. Thomas; EW L. Kusen-baum, J. Rosenfeld.

Fri. NS Mrs. K. Belkin, Mrs. J.

Mendelson; EW M. Yudin, P. Godin. S. Lonergan, J.

Hin-phey; K. Berger, M. Braun. Sat. NS Mrs.

B. Shier, R. Stein; EW E. Kallos, E. Viires.

Sun. Sec. A. E. Viires, B.

Fraser. Sec. B. P. Horowitz, J.

Preston. EUROPEAN: Mon. Mrs. D. Kugler, Mrs.

B. Bond; Mrs. R. Wolfson, Mrs. K.

Belkin. Wed. Mrs. L. Litvvin, Mrs.

J. Backler; R. Hanson, P. Schmaltz. Thurs.

Mrs. G. Elias, J. Haskell; Mrs. J.

Farkas, F. Turcsik. Sat. NS P. Godin, A.

Falardeau; Mr. and Mrs. J. Barna. EW Miss D.

MacDonald, E. Viires; Mrs. R. Herring, Mrs. B.

Fraser. Club Tournament, What action do you take? Q. 5 As South vulnerable, you hold: AAQ6542 S3 01063 Q94 The bidding has proceeded: North East South 1 NT Pass What action do you take? Q. 6 Neither vulnerable, as South you hold: AAK75VK1073 08 10173 The bidding has proceeded: North East South West 1 Pass 1 A Pass 2 NT Pass What action do you take? Q. 7 As South vulnerable, you hold: AKJ87A106S42 CKI0 5AQ The bidding has proceeded: South West North East 1 5 Pass 2 7 2 A 3 7 3 A Pass 4 A Pass Pass Pass What is your opening lead? Q.

As South vulnerable you hold: AKJ764 ZUi OAJJ AQ52 The bidding has proceeded: North East South West 1 7 Pass 1 A Pass 2 7 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass What action do you take? Look jor answers llondayl 1.30 p.m. 1.30 p.m. 16 1.30 p.m. United Church, Finchky-Hampstecd 8.00 cm. I -i 4' -5 i 1 Vj White 7 Pieces the public what it needs and expects, however, I will be among the first to cheer.

VALUATION DAY An imaginary reader writes: "If I buy a set of Jubilees for $1,200 dollars, do these then fall under the capital gains tax on resale at a profit?" Our imaginary reader might well ask such a question because philatelic assets valued at more than $1,000 are taxable following profitable sale, but what happens if he breaks up the set and sells the stamps individually for prices of less than $1,000. Does he escape the tax? I have not read anything which properly answers this question but I would suggest that since the stamps are listed individually in catalogues, there is no reason why the government should insist on their being valued in sets. We will have to wait for court cases or other guidelines before being able to answer this question definitively. $12.7 million award made in air crash SAN JOSE, Calif. (UPI) A San Jose businessman who lost both his legs in a 1967 plane crash has been awarded $12.7 million in damages by a jury.

Ray Rosendin, 43, filed a suit against two aircraft firms in connection with a crash near South Lake Tahoe airport in which four persons died. Defendants were the Avco-Lycoming and Bendix Corp. Avco Lycoming was accused of violating federal regulations by installing used parts when rebuilding the plane's engine. Bendix was accused of supplying a faulty part. A Santa Clara county jury awarded Rosendin $1 million for personal injuries, $1.2 million for the death of his wife, and $10.5 million in punitive damages.

Meter readers may be ousted by air survey ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) The meter reader may soon join the chimney sweep and the town crier in history, possibly to be replaced by "a plane capable of reading 85.000 meters every hour. The a Electronics Corp. said yesterday it had developed a system for aerial monitoring of electric, gas and water meters. The firm said the system could eliminate the "utility companies' e.e fo read meters in person at business establishments and homes.

The system involves an airborne computer equipped with elaborate sensing equipment that would receive radio signals from transmitters attached to each meter. The plane carrying the computer would fly at 40.000 feet and cover a path 400 miles wide, Readex said. The firm said the system would be tested this spring. BRITISH SOVEREIGN GOLD COINS Mini Con il it ion at $22 rrh (Eicrpt L.S. Cilizn) FORWARD ORDER AND PAYMENT TO: ROYAL COIN" CO.

O. Sax T2 Montreal White Black 19 N-RS P-N3 N-B4 20 N-B6 21 P-K5 22 B-B7 23 PxB 24 B-Q6 25 P-B7 26 R-QB1 27 B-B6 28 RxN! 29 B-Q7 30 BxKR N-N2 BxN N-B4 QR-B1 K-N2 P-B3 R-K3 PxR R(3)-K1 RxB 31 B-K7! R-QB1 32 PxPch K-B2 33 B-Q8 K-Kl 34 K-B2 P-KR4 35 K-K3 RxB 36 P-B7ch Resigns PROBLEM NO. 1290 (Original) Marc Benoit (Dedicated to Dr. N. McNeil) White mates in two moves.

(Solution next week) Solution to last week's Problem No. 1239 (Barnes): Key, 1. Q-K6. Solution today's Quiz No. 1080 (Adcrjan vs Langeweg): 1.

K-Rl; 2. P-R3; 3. Resigns. RealCaouette premier said: "I never give political money, I give my services." Bennett said he recommends the voters of B.C. support any candidate in the province that stands the best chance of "beating the Prime Minister Trudeau candidate." DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Ottawa, Ontario SEALED LUMP SUM TENDERS ADDRESSED fo the CHIEF.

SUPPLY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF VET Syst, Chilled Water Phase at Queen Mary Veterans Hospital, Quebec. Montreal. docu- -iicn oiru return envelopes may be IflJ- ENGINEERING SERVICES, QUEEN MARY VETERANS HOSPITAL, on de-iposit of an accepted cheque In the amount at 50.00 made payable to he Receiver General of Canada. Deposit will be refunded on return of Specifications, etc. before May 15th, vm.

Plans, specific stios and tender Jocuments will be on display from Apri, fc l97? location Montreal Construction Association Piace de la Savane Montreal. Quebec. The iewesi or any tender not neces sarily accWed. Hsnourabie Arrfrj? Laing Bennett backs VICTORIA- (CP) -Premier W. A.

C. Bennett said yesterday he will support Real Caouette. the national Social Credit leader, in the next federal election. Asked if this meant he will donate money to Caouettes' cause, the 71-vear-oId Social Credit DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS Ottawa, Ontario SEALED LUMP SUM TENDERS! ADDRESSED to the CHIEF, SUPPLY SERVICES. DEPARTMENT OF VET-i 3 4 6 7 18 I j9 jlO 111 12 li4 15 Il6 17 119 JpO- 21 attjH (r iJ 28 ij 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 TOT? 38 40 ($41 WT1 3 niariniHi utU 43 44 4i $346 4 4i 49 50 bl $2 53 o4 Jt--iiL, 61 62 t3 -A ob 66 -j 4t7 r- I'- laijt itt od o9 tn ii a lb 17 In 79 jo 32 ii3 "1 54 oa 5S 37 jxS o9 il 93 1 mJ i 3 mfcj'rt i mmi i iOO ViQZ itJ iC6 iOo TOT rrfer mJmmmK-hp4 fiO fi.ll Jm4, itt in ii U2 113 ii4 lis Vjii6 ii0 TT5 j.20 yTi LUJwJ I 1 1 I i.S 14 1 i 43 .6 Ji mmmm mmJLmmm, ml 1 I i- ERANS AFFAIRS, VETERANS AF- ERANS AFFAIRS, VETERANS AF-' FAIRS BUILDING, WELLINGTON FAIRS BUILDING, WELLINGTON STREET, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, K1A STREET, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, K1A IOP4, will be received until 3:00 p.m.,3P4' w'" received until 3:00 p.m.

March 23. 1972- to supply al! labour, 4pri1 1972' ,0 WPP'V "'four' tnr watenal and equipment necessary for BRIDGE LESSONS by MAX BLOND: Register now for 4th semester Noice: Tues. March 14 I the replacement of windows. Phase I u.t.n,' Hnnitr Montreal, Queoec. Plans, specifications and tender docu-i iDENT.

ENGINEERING QUEEN MARY VETERANS' HOSPITAL, on deposit cf an accepted cheque in the amount of $25.00 made payable to the Receiver General of Canada. Deposit will be refunded on return of Soecilcsticrs, e'e, be'ore April SpeciftcaNors ard tersoer uocurrents be on display from March 8'h, 1972, up to ard Including 3:03 p.m.. March 21, 1572, at tian: fre tolling toc- Montreal Corstruclion Association I Piace de 5aane A-Hnweat. Quebec. tewts or tsoer not neces-' jari'y aco-Ced ider a'jhori' Ttse Hsnoorsfce Arthur Lair-a.

I Solution to Crossword Puzzle on Page Intermediates: Ved. March 15 Beginners: Thurs. March Ccurses ct the corner Queen Mary 11C8 De Maaor.nesve A Pl St Csn pub MfiilVraf Veterans Affair- 1 Originat signed ay 0. L. HILLOCK March 7, Wu.

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