THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1948.
SIDE
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
GLANCES
By Galbraith
COPR. 1948 BY WTA SERVICE, DS, T., M. RES 1.6. FAT CET.
3-1
"I haven't got any urge to save, but I've always wanted a convertible-if you'd lond me enough to buy it, I'd have an incentive to pay you back!***
• McKENNEY
ON BRIDGE
Finesses Galore Make. 5 No Trump
Check Your Knowledge
1. Who are called "Brownings of Musle"?
EXCLUBIVE TELEGRAPH' FEATURE,
YOUR BIRTHDAY
ORN
FRIDAY, APRIL 30
Banalytical and critical mind that
today, you have a highly
leads you into a frank sincerity, which is often a little overwhelming even to your best and dearest friends. You are a natural "fact finder" and will dig around and got at the truth if it takes you a “life time of work. This talent, com- bined with your Interest In science. would make you fine experimental technician. Eince you would never be discouraged in your work.
STELLA
onc.
You have strong, staying
powers and obstacles appear to disintegrate before your onslaught. Your Jife may not always balan - ċasy Anyang. Da progressive, and com- ballvo as you are is bound to
And those who will disagree. But it will never be a dull-life for you'll see to that!-
A
Your loyalties are very keen and when it comes to marriage, you prefer a fifty-fifty, give-and-take arrangement. rather than a posses sive attitude on the part of your You have an alert. wideawake marriage partner. You can be truo mind and get exciled and enthusias- to one love for a whole lifetime. tle over something now you have but you don't want to feel that discovered. Your ability to lead you are being restricted in your others in thought is a useful, talent. friendships with the appalto were you to go into public affairs because of it. You have a hearty, newspaper publishing or advertising genial responsibility that enjoys a where your integrity would never large acquaintance with many be questioned. What you say and ferent kinds of people, claim could always be depended To find what the stars have in upon as the truth. You know how store, for tomorrow, Lelect your to arrange your facts to, make your birthday stor and read the corres- Argument look
suro and. un ponding paragraph. Let
your assailable.
birthday star be your daily guide.
SATURDAY, MAY 1
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 213- [Strong-winds are blowing up, so hold on your hat until they subside, Routine duties are best for today.
GEMINI (May. 22-June 22)- Business appears on the Upgrade again. More influences are for it than against, so push forward ener- getically.
CANCER
are
(June 23-July 23)- A romantic day for those who so inclined. As for business, post- pone, important commitments until later.
LEO (July 24-A¤r. 23)-Definite-
ЕСК
dif-
come.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22). Not a world-beater as days so postpone important matters until things change. If in doubt, "no"
say
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) Good judgment is needed in all maliers pertaining especially to ex- penditures. Watch the budget care
fully.
Be
POCKET CARTOON
by OSBERT LANCASTER
"Really, Atheistan, the way the Government are carrying, on about our power of veto anyon might imagine that you and i were Vishinsky and Gromako in
Derson,"
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
THE feet of the Zouave at
the northern end of the Alma bridge in Paris get wet when the Scine rises - as we CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)—would expect and in this Don't go overboard on a new pro- manner he was recently fore. position until you have had time to telling floods. investigate all details thoroughly.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-sail to a waiter in Fouquet's, "Fancy I always admired the lady who You can make progress when others building a bridge just so as to have ly a poor day for your efforts, so fall if you are expenditious and very stick close to routine, Be
conser- cuutious in your dealings.
to mark vative in all expenditures.
Agure
the rise of the natute.
river," At the northern end of the VIRGO (Aug: 24-Sept. 22)--
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar.
at the corner of the rue Better days are ahead, so avold A good day if you are dealing withi
·~(perhaps the attempting anything strategic just members of the
still is) opposite sex. Francis I. more than four hundred a house, built by Ide low and conserve your specially in a business partner-a
ship.
years ago. It was built at Moret ARIES 23)
(Blar.
near Fontainebleau, and then at the 22-Apr.
20) Publishers appear favoured but even beginning of the last century, they could go slowly in advancing down, removed
taken to Paris and re- some new project. Being" suro is erected. Gustave Dore bad his to be safe.
studio in the same street. Who else would bother to tell you all this on a Tuesday 7
2. Where in the United States are of wells drilled in water?
3.
Who is rgarded as the greatest By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY man in English literature?
4. Name the largest lake in Great (famous in song und
Tthe national tournament held Britain A in mile City, N. f. 1 haplarni).
pened to pull up chair behind
Harry Cart to kibitz this hand.
6. What tree is sometimes called
It seemed to me that Carr could the "fever free?"
not get by with losing only two
aces on this hand, but I saw
one
What is kept in the magazine
possible loser after the other fade of a ship? away as he played.
The opening lead of the three of hearts was won in dummy with the hve-spot. (I had been on open- Ing lead, I would have led the
ten of hearts). Carr saw that there was a lot of finessing to be done. and he needed entries.
ot
His next play was the three diamonds, on which he played the ten from his own hand, and when it held, he led the seven of hearts.
(Answers on Column 5)
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Pass 2
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Opening-No3
West put on the nine and dummy's
Was
Jack won the trick. Now the other diamond
led and the jack finessed, then the ace and king of diamonds were cashed.
Carr's
next play was quite In- ter eating
He led the four of spades. and played the jack from dummy. East who had discarded two spades, went in with the ace and led back the seven of clubs. Carr Anessed the ten-spol, West won and for
wunt of something beller to do, re- turned the six of clubs. Each did not to up with the queen-be put on the eight, and declarer's Jack won.
Now when Carr played the king of hearls, East found himself squeezed. If he threw away the
nine of clubs, declarer's king and three of clubs would become established. East held the clubs and let go another, spade, so Carr clubs, led the eashed his king of queen
of spades and overtook in dummy with the king..
His lead of the four of spades had mude it impossible for East to stop him from getting a spado
entry
into dummy. When the hand was tricks over, the opponents' only were the ace of clubs and ace af spades.
INSTRUCTIONS
I TOLD YOU
TO GIVE IT! TO HIM FOR TWO WEEKS)
CHESS PROBLEM
By A. K. ELWORTIX.
Black. 11 pieces.
White, 10 pieces. White to play and mate in two. Solution to yesterday's problem:
1. K D2, any; 2, Q, R, B, Kt or P (dis ch) mates.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
90
3
Điể
The way a fura torins. QUE.
1
Takon trem-lower tolds (5)
te pra may be a per matent reminder, (bý
17 Sympathy with stress, 141
10 Car to stage 1 toper, (8)
30 Piguratively distinctive - dharao-
ter. 141.
tian hack lor penny (43
Down
You certamily can't cau tìm
Bottle (
One word or in verne. (D)
A long winding bank in
weden.
4. Dag you must love, (01
5. Bounds like a well-known river.
443 7. Let Vicar be upright. (8)
1. In Sarmaturafty spotted. (7)
11 Pastoner. (3)
14. Exit (1
15. A rap for a change, (4)
10. Taken from a got.terrace, (di 18. Silp up 141
Solution of yesterday's puzzle. Across: LARASANAVIT 11., 37017:
•Hall tole Pesado: 19, dirtb; 16. For storage-You wil, feed foves Burea Over tiga, 11. Dentre Bewni
Miro tur
9. Prodt. (31 in Belo-morao na kurangner & base; 4, 10: A fastduer it's no innger navel Wage:
12. fle' attends 'in church- 18}
Yoasli fö, loi 12," "dralé; 18," aftidi
now, energy.
LIBRA
A romantic
(Sept. 23-Oct.
day. Enjoy yourself but don't make any attempt to com- bine the social with business, which is poor.
SCIENCE AT WORK:
21)-ge, there used to bene
Egham fears
RATS USED TO FIND OUT BY
ABOUT TOOTH DECAY
By PAUL F. ELLIS
animal
read
'scene' W
Y a piece of good luck (for us) the last letter I quoted. from Dung was left lying about by the careless Egham, to whom it had been forwarded at the house of his flancee's
parents. Mr and Mrs Kigwidge. Bunty Kidwidge saw the letter, and, in sportive vein, brandished it THE lowly rat is going to be inhibited the fermentation of com crying: "A letter from a lady's Ool
under
Egham's a friend of man again mon sugar by bacteria
normally Egham turned so pale that she then this time in an experiment de- present in the mouth.
Д word or The Harvard rat colony, he said, burst into tears, and dashed off to
two,
immediately signed to furnish information will tell whether the inhibitor or her mother with the letter. Mrs on what causes tooth decay. glyceric aldehyde-works
The tests will include the use of conditions in the
under Kigwidge had played hockey for the certain
mouth.county, and was one of those master chemicals to determine There is reason to believe, Dr Hocful women who will stand no non- whether such agents added to sugar ther substances work in the case She confronted Egham and, in the
kett
sald,
that if the rare sugar and sense, and not much sense either. will retard the production of ald In the mouth. Such acids general- of the rat, hey should be effective voice which had cowed the Shrop- ly are blamed for tooth decay.
In the human mouth. experiments were
He said, however, that the addi- in the changing-room, she shouted, shire captain after a coarse word nounced by Dr Robert C. Hockett, tion of such substances to scientific director of the Sugar Re- would not stop tooth decay entire-
sugarWho is this low Tibetan creature?" search Foundation in the United
ly... States. He sald
special stan-
"Even if the action of mouth acid dardised colony of cotton rats at on teeth is a cardinal factor in de- Harvard School of Dental Medicine ay: he said, "the rate of acid will be used.
production from such different car- Preliminary results should be bohydrates as potatoes, flour, dark known by May, Dr Hockett said,
bread, honey and sugar has observed to be almost identical.
The
The new
-Rare-Sugar-Used-
an-
Dr Hockett recalled that in test tube experiments, recently publish- ed by Dr Leonard S. Fosdick of Northwestern University, B rare sugar, known as glyceric aldehyde,
ZBW RADIO
H.K.T.
be
been
more
Interlude
So strong L# his sense of
proportion,
And his cult of propriety, that He sits in a box at "La Boheme"
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET ACTIVE
There was increased activity on the Hongkong Stock Exchange this morning, interest being fairly evenly distributed among the popular local issues, with price advances recorded notably for Docks, Providents, Trams, Cements and Watsons. Two big lots of Providents and China Lights (old) changed hands.
Observers credit the jittery
attitude of the gold market be NY. FOREIGN
cause of the belief that the government will ROON take action to plug the dollar leakage. na being in some part respon. sible for the revival of interest in local shares.
Transfers during this morning's session were valued at $1,020.000.
This morning's business and noon prices are as follows:-
BITAREN DUTERS SELLERS SALES BANKS
EXCHANGE
New York. Apr. 19-Foreign exchango closing rates today were as follow:
Argentine Paso (dfelņš). US$0.2017 Argentine Peso (unomcial) Austraile Brazil
Belgium
Canada
Chile England
France
India
914
HK Bank.... 2040
25 @ 2050
4.03%
.0023
» 2035
East Asia..... 142th
Séxico
INSURANCES
Canton
New Zealand ...
410
Peru
700
150 703
Parture!
30 40 000
Bouth Africs
310
300 183
Union
Underwrliers
UK Fire
DOCKS, ETC.
K. Whart (0) 155 Dock
"Provident
S'hal Dock LAND, ETC,
HK Hotel HK Land S'hai Land itampires UTILITIES
ΤΕΑΠΙ
Peak Tram
(Old)
Star Ferry C. Liht toi Fight (N) Electric... Telephone (0) INDUSTRIALS
Cement
મ
23
2416
1314 182%
63 BIG 24.251%
2312 2414
160 3312
480034 200 34 6300 za
730 # 831%
2006 23% 2500 24
00002414
500 / 20
1000 46
5145
200
43
500 AT 14
Rope
2015
STORES, ETC.
1000 445 500 2014
Watson
Dairy (O
Rtn.J
X.
34
50%
500 of 80 1200
57
Watson
(Right) Lane
Crawford COTTONS
Ewo
32
MISCELLANEOUS
HK Construc-
tion 10).***
Sweden
Switzerland
Uruguay
Venezuela
Shanghai (CNC$100,000) Netherlands
Batavia
Singapore Hongkong
United Press.
Cotton Market
Sluggish
New York, April 20-The cotton futures market today remained slow and professional affair, subject to small orders either way. Prices seesawed over a
range of US$2 bale.
The market opened 13 points higher
A
to one lower, and then rallied 16 to 28 points, but new crop
Prices closed as follow-
deliveries
faded out again and
the
market
closed relatively weak.
21
May in cents per ib.39.00
37.2/41
32.07-33.00
622
1000+ d
December
32.80
March (1040
31.07 nominal
May
July
30.57--
30.75.
October
20.TX
London Stocks
Move
Slightly
London, Apr. 2After one of the
July
Dehaber
Spot
The New Orleans cotton market closed
as follows:-
May in cents per b.)
July
October
December
March
MAY
July
- October pat
with openings thoughout the week; the province giving every Indication that they were holding London Stock Exchange slowly im- back until the book cicars, the proved in the afternoon, ending with BLACK several spots of brightness.
rost
The
3137/47
33.00-34.00
31.07-3-201
41.38. bid
30.70 bid
28.50 bid 27.00 -United Press,
PEPPER MARKET
Government securities were well
seeking re-investment, bought, in belated recognition that there will soon be substantial capital New York, Apr.
Dlack pepper and prices futures today closed unchanged, with no as much as half a point in sales reported. some cases, British Transport and dealers detected
spot market was quiet, but British Electricity were up 7/18ths although prices remained unchanged.
steadier. undertone at DB and 98% respectively.
Grinder limited their interests, to Leading Industrials
and were improved price checking.
apparenty moderately. while oll issues were up than make new purchases at this time. satisfied to draw on laventories rather but unable to hold gains, closing Prices closed as follow:- mostly unchanged,
May in cents per lb.) 44.30 bid Kamra were
Press.
irregular-United July
44.50 bird
September
44.50 nomina!
October
44.80 nominal
December
42.00 nominat
January (1040)
41.00 nominal
40.00 nominal
44.00 nomina!
BPOT (White Muntok)..
63.00 nominal
-United Prean,
future
March
In his little round wicker- RUBBER FUTURES OT
work hat,
Many Tests Needed "The problem of incorporating Marginal note such an inhibitor with other carbo- hydrate foods would
NOTE the growing popularity of formidable than adding it to sugar," another American time-saving
He said further that many tests word.
Tip is becoming "tip-of," would be necessary before even Just as face has become "face up small
all amounts of an inhibitor could to." check "check up on," and try, be used.
"try out." The quickest way to end "The possible effects of a glyceric or finish this column is to "get it aldehyde-sugar mixture on other over with." 0, Programme Suminary; 6.01, Child-ingredients in commercial baking, ren's Half Hour: "Let's All Sing Songs ice cream manufacture, canning and for Boys and Girls presented by Donald frozen fruit preservation, and other Fraser, Studio); 0.30, "One Night Bland" Presented by Philip Burn. (Studio); applications where a pure uniform World and Home News: (London Relay); sugar is demanded, would have to 7.15. "You Asked for It Variety fle-be guest Programme-Presented by Lynn Frazer (Studloj: 8.18; "Pan America hyde, Popular Classics; 9, World and Home News: (London Relay) 0.15, Weather Report: B.10, "Brains Trust”.... Question Master: Donald McCullough. BBCTS): 10, india News Reel includ ing the Heart of the 1.000 Guineas Race at Newmarket. (London Relay1; 10.15, London Palladium Orchestra: 10.25, Ver di's Opera "Ailla" Act 3. Principals and Chorus with the Orchestra of La Scala Opera Milan; 13. Close Down.
0.30,
OUTWARD MAILS
FRIDAY, APRIL 38 Closing Times By Air Amoy, Shanghai, Nanking. Ilonkow.
Tsingtao. Peiping. Chungking. Foochow Tainan and Swatow, 330 p.m.
Closing Times Dy Sea & Train Amoy and Foochow (Ben) 3 pm. Macao, Teinahan and Shekki (6ea) p.m. Shanghai, Honolulu. U.S.A., Canada, Cen- iral and South America via San Tran- cisco (No Parcels for Canada) (B) 0 p.m. (par. reg & ord). Japan (Ordinary letters and cards only)
(Sea) 5 p.m. Canion (Parcels and 2nd class mail) (Dan)
5 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 1
Closing Times By Air Canton, (Howloon CPO) 150 am.. 10 am.. 13.30 pm 3 pm: (GPO) 7 a.m., 9.33 a.m., Noon, 200 p.m.
Shanghai, D a.m. (reg); 9.30 am. (ard). Manila, P., Honolulu, US.A. and Canada,
0.30 a.m. (reg): 10 am. (ord). Saigon, Parts, Noon, Bangkok, Hangoon Calcutta, Karachi. Bahrein, Calro (Nairobi, Johannesburg and Barselties via Calro) Augusta and Lundai (Kowloon CPO) 3 p.m.; (CPO) 3.30.p.m.
Shanghal, Nanking, lankow, Tinatao, Peiping, Swatow and Amoy. 3.30 p.m.
Closing Times By Sex Trala Macao, Tabahan and Shakki (Noa) 8 am, Shanghai (884) 10 a.m.
Japan (Ordinary letters and cards only)
(Ben), 10 am.
Swalow and Bangkok (Bea) Noon. Shanghal (8e) 2 p.m.
Macao. Taishan and Shekk1 (Bea) 2 pm; Canton (2nd class mati only) (Train) 2
Manila (Bea) 2 p.m.
Asoy, tothow, Saigon and Pakhol via
Ito how (Bea) 3 pm.
Macao, Tainahan and Shekki (fax) 4° p.m. Kongnoon (Ben) 8 pm. Canton (Parcels and 2nd class mail) (Ses)
observed," he said,
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers
In connection with glyceric alde- Clara and Robert
Schumanni. spokesmen for the foundation report that it is a rare Chilfornia const. 3. William Shake- sugar. Along the Gulf of Mexico and the Chemical-50 rare than only two spkare. 4 Loch Lommend. 5. The known to exist in the cinchona from which quinine is pro-
duced. 6. Ammunition.
pounds are World.-United Press.
а
New York; 'Apt. 20~--Rubber closed today at the following rales: . May in cents per 1b.) 23.00 bid
June
July
August
September
October
22.00 Hominal CHICAGO GRAIN
21,40
21.00 nominal
20.00 bid
20.00 nominal
20.75
PRICES
Chicago. Apr. 29-Chicago Board of 20.70 Bid 20.79 nominal WHEAT (prices per bushel)
Trade closing prices today. "were:
November
December
January (1940) February
March
20.70 20.70"
June Spot
20.70 23.62
May July
CORN
LONDON RUBBER June per lb. In pennies) .. July
May
July
September
12-3/8d 12-11/10
OATS
May
July
1-11/10 United Press.
Copra Market Remains Dull
but
of
new
2.40-92-2.47 2.33-12-234
2.31-14 2.01-19-1/2
1.10-3/4 89-1-3/4 United Press.
Rayon Machinery- For Shanghai
of Commerce reported today that the New York, Apr. 29.-The Journal Aloud Rayon Company of Shanghai ist
receiving the first shipment of nisment
rayon machinery from Oscar Kohorn and Company
rders placed in May 1947.***
The Aloud
on
New York, Apr. 20.-The domestic copra and coconut oil markets re- mained dull today. Importers re- ported a scarcity
copra supplies for July are available at US$200 short
ton, CIF Pacific coast. Spot supplies for coconut limited. Immediate shipment was 2,000,000 pounds of quoted nominally at 2-1/2 cents a yearly, and expects to expand pro- pound, tank cars, Pacific coast, with duction facilities to include collo- sellers asking 21 cents for June/July phone and rayon staple fibre. The delivery. United Press.
plant is expected to start production
NEI EXPORTS
are production, wipany when in full
manufacture about.
Bloment rayon
New York, Apr. 29-A Journal Rails, Oils Feature
of Commerce report said today the Netherlands East Indies Copra
Board believes that copra
to Singapore of about 50,000 annually,
exports
On Wall Street
from the Dutch East Indies during New York, April 20-Railway May will total 285,000 long tons, stocks and oll shares were a feature exclusive of unrecorded shipments on the New York Stock Exchange tons today in an otherwice Irregular mar- ket. Trading was moderately active. Some investors hold off commit ments In advance of the Bethlehem Steel Company's first quarter car- nings which were announced after the market was closed.
Transactiona totalled
March copra production totalled 231,000, long tons-United Press.
Bank Of France Statement
Paris. Apr. 2---The Bank of France statement for the week ending April :22 rends as follows:-
shares. United Press.
480,000
Exchange Rates
Business was done in the local -
Total gold holdings .....rm33,810.339,124 official exchange market the morning Total of other currencies G45,950,018 at the following: rates: Sight balances abroad...
Bills discounted in France
and abroad.
Notes in Circulation Current
deposits
accounta
and
157427 Chinese dellars (per CN$1 m.)
Sterling notes (per £1) *150,448,146,221 | U.S. dollars (per UB81) 735,621,002,630 Gold bars (per taal)
Plastres (per 100) 382,771,001,300 || Siam deals (per 100) -Unlied Press, NEI gulders (per 100)
7,70