THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1948.
. FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH' FEATURE:
YOUR BIRTHDAY.
By STELLA
POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER
THURSDAY, APRIL 29
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"The lady across the street heard had the flu and brought me a bowl of soup today. George-I'm afraid we've moved into, an old-fashioned neighborhood!"
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penicillin made
1. When available commercially?
2. When ond by whom
If Shifting Suits, Have penicilin discovered?
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South
1
Fass
Worl North East
Раб 34 Pass Pasa
14 44 Opening-1
hand centres around the line of attack. Most good players will tell you not to shift suits unless you have a sound theory behind It.
TODAY'S lesson
This hand is not dimeult for the defence to analyse. The opening
not look like a lend does
single- When ton.
South wins the first trick- with the nce of hearis, he can feel pretty sure of winning the aco of spades and king of clubs.
If he leads a heart, he may do no harm, but he may be afraid that any other lead might give desiarer his contract. That kind of reason ing Is
Matting a wrong.
neutral lend at this point is foolish.
South knows that declarer in all likelihood holds either the queen or jack of clubs. If he holds both, dummy's deuce of clubs will become valuable for discarding purposes. So there is nothing to be gained by leading a club, and it might cost a trick. A heart lead might give de- clarer the timing to establish the club.
So the only chance to defeat the contract is to create a diamond trick for North. It declarer has the nce,
and
queen of diamonds, South diamond Immediate-
king
nothing can be done. But
should lead a
ly.
You can
see what happens.
a heart were led, declarer
would of
win it and knock out the aco trumps. If South shifts to diamond then, West will win, knock out the king of clubs, and though South returns diamond, West can get a discard on the deuce of clubs.
even another
But if a diamond in led at trick two. West wins, knocks out the tramp ace, wins South's diamond return and South gets in with the king of clubs and lends tho third diamond and defeats the contract..
WDD
3. What bird can fly backward as well as forward?
Bcontrasts in temperament,
the
PORN today, you are a person of not be fooled by the distortion of facts by those who are trying to which makes you difficult to un hoodwink you. You are very im- getting derstand. Only those very close to pallent when it comes to
real you," you know the
You what you want and right of have a very active and quick mind minute you want it, too. You are and know how to arrango your not as tolerant, either of those who thoughts logically. On the other try to stand in your way of pro- hand, you are, by naturo, very. In- gress.
romanticism in your make-up and you enjoy beautiful things just for the esthetic pleasure they give you, A llille too inclined to be fond of
tuitive and this makes it dimeult, You women, however, are not at times, for you to separate your quite as dominating in your attitude "hunches" from your other reason. towards life. There is much more ing. Because of this division, you are oflen hesitant when you should bo declaivo and quicker to act,
You are very proud and want to go your own way without others- rich food, you will need to watch helping. This self-willed Attitude the calories as you grow older un- is all right in some degree, but if it less you can discipline your up becomes an egocentric haughtiness, petite. which puts you on a pedestal of To find what the stars have in your own making, then you have store for tomorrow, select your defeated any good, that it can birthday star and read the corres- ultimately bring you. Your memory. ponding paragraph. Let your is unusually accurate, and you can- birthday star be your daily guide.
FRIDAY, APRIL 30
TAURUB (Apr. 21-May 21)- Favourable for Inventions, especial- ly they have to do with transpor- intion or shipping interests,
GEMINI (Mar, 22-Juno 22)- Caution should guide your activities In the buying and selling field but *If you are alert you should mako
a profit.
CANCER (June 23-July 23) Be diplomatic and tactful with your Nerves co-workers this morning. may be on edge. Calm troubled waters.
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Use caro la employment and business affair. Don't overlook important detail work. Look into everything care- fully.
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) Be neither a borrower nor a lender these days. Pay attention to your own problems and solve them. Let others do the same thing.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Your emotions may cause you some trouble today unless you keep them strictly under control. Calmness counts.
4. Who led the people of Israel SCIENCE AT WORK:
afler Moses died?
5. What people are nicknamed "blue noses"?
(Answers on Column 5)
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CHESS PROBLEM
By C. J. R. SAMMELIUS
(BCF Tourney 54) Black, 9 pieces.
White, 12 pieces.
White to play and mate in two.
Solution to yesterday's problem:
R--R7; threat 2, R-01 1 BKtz, K-94; 2, R—R5 (ch): .....'K—QBI; 7, RK7 (ch).
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
10
£4
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As the bowl innan. Where you got the Noison
11, Elephantine way or proying that
wy has su kitornativoc (8)
12-átake a change in cadro. (8),
12. Burely enough to make kan
raga. (0) EN XT; Mistakenly called "middle-aged-
10. Golden coln "öf 'oki. (8)"
20, 7'his is not the ouskoo, en, tha clock bus extra moDAY TOL GESTA CL do
the heart of anything and you'vo regated 10% (0)
Dora
1. Usually displayed in a whatnot.
(0, 2, 4)
2. A popular pompous address. (5)
4. Bo this and
1. Proposition ako cate. (4) Lo "8." Found in some Evening Stand-
ards. (4)
d. You'd be sharp_to.be ozod like'
this, (4)
B. Golosh. (4,4}
P. You may hear is in the Trois foi 10. A departure from a broken laver. 14-λ grent upset in the fireplace, (5)
You might call it jotty, (3)
10. Beema L leave the alternative. (B1- 10. There's no place like 1% (4)
Dolution of yesterday'a yaşa
Bow-treat
Decades Tevsiment:
Oplookert Testa:
SCORPIO (Och M-Nov. 22)— Artistic ventures, especially those having to do with photography, appears best sulted for expansion now.
All right; Usald, give up sail if you want to, bas mark my words there'll come a day, etc
BY
THE
WAY
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22 by Beachcomber
I
Be conservative and moderate. Postpone all important decisions un-
later on if at all possible. CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)-- If you act wisely, you may gain a advantage when others might not today. Keep alert and on your men tocs.
must be wild
READ that there is to be an expedition to a remote corner of Australia, where live so primitive "that they AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) have yet to hear of the bow and Better to hold the line rather than arrow." get drawn Into gigantic expansion plans. Not the time to over play The song says: "Where there are your hand.
wild men, there PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21) women," and I can Imagine these Initiative can count for considerable wild women saying, "Why don't you but you will also need patience to get rid of your silly old flint spears?" overcome some minor difficulties. "And get come of these new-fangled
ARIES
(Mar, 22-Apr. 20) bows and arrows the strangers are Brain work is important when talking about, I
suppose?" "Well,. comes to solving a problem.
why not? Don't you believe in be impatient if the solution
pro- gress?" And then one of the Intel- slow in coming. It will.
lectuals will write a book, on papy- rus-(none of your old-fashioned stone tablets)-foretelling how the bow and arrow will be a tremendour boon to housewives if used for peace- ful purposes, and how the merd threat of using it will abolish tribal raids. And so on.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
CONFERENCE IN JULY
THE
By PAUL F. ELLIS
countries
it Don't seems
done special work phases of the prob
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FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Rubber Producers Protest Against U.S. Synthetic Production
Washington, Apr. 28—Informed sources sald today that colonial rubber, producers protested at the meeting, of the International Rubber Study Group against what was claimed to be the United States' action in using its huge synthetic rubber production potential as a club over their heads to hold down prices on natural rubber.
HONGKONG
SHARES
LARGE BLOCKS CHANGE HANDS
The transfer of several Inrge blocks of shares, particularly China Lights (old) and Ewo Coltons, shot the Hongkong Stock Exchange's transactions this morning to a value of $631,000, which is the highest for at least a month.
Transactions done this morning and noon prices are as follows:
BHARES DUYERS SELLERS SALES BANKS
HK Bank
1050 East Asia. ... 340
INSURANCES
Canton
Union
Underwriters
319 340
410
700
100
7.50
UK Fire SHIPPING
310
Douglas
DOCKS, ETC.
K. Whart (0)
300
160
700, 103
Dock
500 3312
700 33
Provident
2411
1700 F, 24%
Bhai Dock ...
2015
HK Hote!
18
10
200 18
16
23.40 2333
000
1200
23
LAND, ETC.
IK Land
S'hat Land Humphrey UTILITIES
מותT
42
Peak Tram
(Old) Star Ferry .... 125 120 Yaumati Ferry
C. Light (0) .. 2415
•Electric ......
Telephonte 10)
INDUSTRIALS
Cement
Itope
STORES, ETC.“
Dairy (0)
100 @ 2415
23.40
They complained that United States synthetic production was going far beyond "national de- fenca" requirements set up by
and military officials,
Was threatening to cut off much of their normal market.
The producers cited the fact, that, whereas Congress had set 200,000,000 tons as the U.S. gynthetle - produc- tion which should be maintained in the interests of hatlohal security, actually synthelle production
almost twice running to amount.
that
The United States did not im- mediately answer the charges. American representative Donald D. Kennedy said the rebuttal would bo gone into at a greater length "at" later sessions.
Meanwhile, American officials at- tempted to clamp censorship over the delegates telling correspondents that they could 'talk with Malayan and other producers only after clearing it up with State Depart- ment officials.
One American official said the American attitude towards the cur rent rubber study meeting was only to "preserve a continuity of tho discussion.”—United Press,
RUBBER FUTURES
New York, Apr. 20-Prices ruled 25 to 30 points higher on ales 59 contracte. The rate followed the strength of other. commodiffes, despite a slight decline in the primary markets,
Closing prices were:- May (in cents per lb.).
June July
August September
January (1940)
24 100
4300
24.40
24
October
C. Light (N). 191
20 1000
19%
November
December
500 44
March
43,431% 100
43% 100 43% .200 4312
June
3315 84% 1480 @ 631%
Watson IX.
Яtr.)
8434
700 a 55
600 F 35
100 * 53%
Watson
(Rights)
30
Lane Crawford COTTONS
53
07
Ewo
2014
600 3055
200 @ 31
6000 @ 201
So you are engaged at last! I suppose you will settle down and become respectable now. Do you HE world's top scientists in ties who have
remember how you climbed up the the fight against infantile on particular
Ivy outalde my window that night
Dung, and how, paralysis will meet in New York lem.
my old when nurse surprised you half
half-way up, in July.
Summaries of the poliomyelitis you said you were bolanising? And It will be the Arst international (infantile
do you remember how, as we sat paralysis be presented talking on a divan, you asses at conference on this disease which in other
will recent years has been breaking out by official government delegates your dear
clumsy in epidemic proportions through- who have been invited from more me
missed by out the world. The information ex- than 60 nations. In addition, some ling on the carpet just as the two WANTS TRADE TO changed during the meeting is ex-00 other International medical and monks came in? How impetuous pected to help all countries flight scientific authorities will partici- you were! And now I suppose you the diseasc.
Dr. Hart E. Van Riper, medical director of the U.S. National Founda- tion for Infantile Paralysis, ha appointed 10 medical and re search authorities de presiding of Acers for the plenary
sessions of the conference.
Panels to Help Each of the presiding officers, he said, will be nasisted by a panel composed of international author!-
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pate in the programme,
FLOW FREELY
22.63 traded
31.65 nomini
21.45 traded
21.03 nominal
20.65
20.55
20.80
20.70 bid" 20.78 nominal
20.73
-United Press.
N.Y. FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
New York. Apr. 26-The following are today's
change:
closing rates for foreign ex-
Argentine Peso (official)... US$0.2917, Argentine Peso (unoffelil)
Australia
Brazil
Belgium
Chile
England
France Indla
Senator George Malone. of Nevada
Washington, April 28-Republican Mexico today introduced a bill to amend the
Portugal
New Zealand Peru
South Africa Sweden Bwitzerland wage Uruguay
Venezuela
United States Tarif Act to "libera- Hise. International trade and raise the
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3.23
0303
0723
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1.03%
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3025
2033
12936.
0700
040-14
4.0132
2000
2450
$300
3035 1.
37821
12755
2300
United Press......;-)
NEW YORK SILVER
New York, Apr. 20. Silver, per fine ounce, as quoted by Mesurs Handy and Harmon, 7414 cents. United Press. LONDON SILVER
London, Apr, 28. Silver, Apat, per ounce, 45d. Silver, Forward, per ounce, 5d.
United Press.
swarm up some Chelmsford drain- pipe to see your flancee.
Do you Dr. Van Riper reports that the really love her, or has she got you "work must be done on an inter- on the rebound? I bet there's national scale reach
a higher nothing you can say to her that you degree of comparability of all haven't said to me, and wouldn't say
the problems presented by dis- to me again, if I gave you half a case, its treatment and research.
wage standards- in 66 lower chance, you wicked old rascal. Con
nations." she dance the Kwa-Kwa? · I fancy "Collection of local detailed cpl-not.
Malone said the bill would "en-Shanghai (CNC$100.000) studies from all parts-of-the-world
and demiological
Immunological
courage a freer flow of imports, Netherlands
Itatavia and co-relation of auch studies have
Yours always, but not quite,provide adjustments to meet a sud- den
Singapore economic Dingi-Poos. never been accomplished on the
change and raise Hongkong foreign wage standards to a closer necessary scale before," he said. The unconquerable hope
parity
In with those
the United Slates," To Share Knowledge
The bill would remove the tariff THE increasing mechanisation of
life cannot kill human endea- question from Congress and place it that this confer- vour. "It is planned
A man Is attempting
under a reorganised tarifT to
com- flexible Import fce 6. Programma Summary; 0.01, Chlidren's ence will serve as a means of ex- bicycle from Toronto to
British mission, A Story: "Peter Duck" by Arthur Ransome pediting distribution of vital know- Columbia on threepence halfpenny. tariff on imports-United Fress.
would be subsiltuted for the mixed Episode 18: "Blazed Trail“ Rend by Cap-ledge on a world-wide basin.” Somewhere, I am sure, another man tain Flint (Studio); 0.30, La Demi-Heure Francais (Studio 7. World and Home
Authorities who will attend the carving the words "Processed News London Relay): 7.15 "ITMA New York meeting include:
Hallbut on a lemon pip, and old Glover is, as we know, preparing to Dr. Oswaldo P. Campos Rio de make good his boast that he can ture" by Air Starshal Sir Hugh P.Janeiro; Dr. Bustin McIntosh, chew a hundredweight of stones to Lloyd. K.I.E. C.D., N.C., D.F.C. Com Columbia University, New York; dust, in 41 days. No wonder tho mander in Chief, Air Command, Fr Dr. Robert Kno-Seng Lim, Shang-sensitive nose of. Evans the Hearse, Fast; 8.30, Andre Kostellanets and ด Orchestra: World and Home News hat: Dr. Arthur Steindler, Univers-of Aberbananer, is in training. This (Lendon Heley); D.15. Weather Report:ty of lown, Iowa Cliy: Dr Arvid year he will push an oblong 9.16, Book Reviews: Reinaldo Oblitar Wallgren, Stockholm: Dr. Carlos with his nose round and round (Studio]: 0.30, Relay of the Hong Kong R. Ottolenght, Buenos Aires; Dr Cardiff during the rush-hour. men's Mission. "Things that go Bump in James E. Paullin, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. the Night" by Clifford Davies: 10, Radio Pierre L.. Leine, Paris: Dr. Harry Newsreel (Londen Helay); 10.16, Cha S. Mustard, New York City, and hrier: "Catillon”-Ballet Musle, London Philharmonic Orch.; 10.50, Danes 10 Billy
B.K.T.
with Tommy Handley (DBCTS); 7.45, Plano Recital hy Freda Blank (Studio): 0.15. A Talk- "The RAF. and It Fu-
Stage Club Production
from the Sca"] ?.
Thorburn's "The Organ Dance Band and Me: 11. Close Dawn.
Dr. Thomas Parron, Washington.
The season 1946 was the second worst year for polio in the United Stater. The discase did not reach epidemic proportions last year, but unpredictable enemy of man.
OUTWARD MAILS is an
Move To Free
Gold Trading
Washington, April 20-Represen- pentative Cinir Engle of California 10-
day introduced a bill to permit any one to buy and sell gold. He said programme would lead to a more stable,currency.
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Answors
1. In 1940 for use by the armed In recent years, it has not struck forces, 2. In 1020 by Sir Alexander Pollo officials Fleming. 3. The humming bird. 4. fear it may In the future-United Joshua, 5. The natives of the sen
faring regions of Eastern Canada.
hart at large cities.
THURSDAY, APRIL 20 Closing Times By Air Bangkok, Singapore, Batavia, Colombo,
Bydney and Auckland, 3.30 pm. Press. Balkon and Paris, 320 p.m. Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Tsingtao, Peiping, Hollow, Swatow and Amoy, 3.30 pm.
* Japan (Ordinary letters and cards only)
5.30 p.m.
Closing Times Dy Sea & Traka :
Manila (Sea) 3 p.m.
| Shanghai (Res) à pan.
Macao, Tsinahan and Shekk! (Bea) 4 p.m.
Kongmoon (Ben) B p.m.
Canion (Parcels and and class malt) (Sea)
6 p..
FRIDAY, APRIL 30′′ ****** Closing Times By Air. Canton, (Kowloon CPO) 730 am, 10 s.m., 12.30 pm, 3 pm. (GPO) 7: 2.m., 9.30 a.m, Noon, 2.30 p.m.
Shanghai, Swalow and Amoy, 0 km.)
(reg); 530 Am. (ord). Amoy, Shanghai, Nanking,
Hankow
Teingtao, Pelping, Chungking. Foochow Tainan and Swalow, 1.30 pm.
Closing Times By Bea & Train Macao. Tainashen and Shokki (Box) B Hisa Canton (Parcels and 2nd class mail) (8x)
RITI.
Bangkok (Sex) 10.
Straits (Bea) 10 am. Macno, Tainkhan and Shekki (Sea) 2 p.m. Canton (2nd class mali only) (Train) 2
p.m. Shanghai Ionolulu, UBA., Canada, Con- tral and South America via San Fran«, Cisco (No Parcels for Canada) (5x)! Japan (Ordinary letters and cards unly).
(sex). 3 p.m.
Biralls, Macassar, Bourabaya and Batavia
(Bea) 3 p.m...
Amoy and Joochow (Bea) 3. p.m.
Macao. Taishan and Bhekki (Hea) 4 pts, Cantons (Parcels and and clasa mal) (E94)
5 pan.
EDITORN PREMS_LESVICE,
TÉMK BATURDAY AVENING 2001
A
"Oh, how sweet of you
whoever you are!”.
the
Under the present law, all gold must be sold to the United States Treasury, which pays US$35 per
ounce.
U.S. CREDIT FOR ITALY
Washington, Apr. 20.-The Export- Import Bank sald today regarding the reconstruction credit of US$100,- 000,000 for Italy, that total credit of able for Italian industries, of which US$07,300,000 has been made avail- US$11,818,330 have been advanced.
An
official said he understood a small amount of the total has been advanced so far, and this as far as was known had nothing to do 'with the Italian elections.
Engle's bill will apply to all gold whether mined in the United States or imported. It could be traded on the open market for any purpose or exported free of restrictions credit of US$24,839,812 has been The official sold the Italian cotton United Press.
completely distured. United Press.
Breaking Up The
Zaibatsu
Washington, Apr. 28-A board of American industrial and' government officials will leave for Tokyo by alr on Friday to review the break-up of the Japanese Zaibatsu Industrial combines,
BLACK PEPPER
MARKET
Depper
New York. April 20-Black futures closed inactive today, nominally unchanged. The spot market. remained dull,
Dealers hope for a revival of activity In the near future, claiming that spot. supplies are, fodged in strong handy be-
Army Secretory Kenneth Royal cause of the relatively higher basis, in said the group conferred with him the producing markein kulla and State Department offelals for May. (In cents per 18.)
Prices closed, as follows:
the last several days.
General MacArthur had requested | September
a board to assist in the break-up of concentrations of economic power in
a few powerful Japaneso combines.
United Press.
British Government
Issues Easier
*
July
October
Decembar
January (10403- March
Spot
Spot
44.50 nominat
44.30
44.00,
·44.30 ···
742,00
.41.00
40,00
44.00
Exchange Rates
London, Apr. 28.—British Govern. Business was done in the local' ment issues again turned ensler on official exchange market this morning
at the following rates: the London Stock Exchange today
Chinese dollers (per CN41 %,}° as soon as buying, dried up, but sterling, notes (per 1) interest increased among industrial 19 dollars (per Usi shares such as Courtaulds. Euro- told ban (per fael). pean bonds ware weak-United Press,
Pisstres për 100)
Siam cala; (per 100) NEI Builders (per 100)