THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1948.
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
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By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
WWE sometimes hear a player W mark
"I hate to be on the what opening lead. I never know
to lead. That is not the way a good bridge player feels about it. Don't lead from fright and don't accept the old saying "When in doubt, lead trump." Trumps generally are the last thing that should be led unless the bidding Indicates declarer probably will want to
some ruffing in dummy.
In today's hand you may or may not favour a two-bid on the part of the South, but it does look like
type of hand
on which you want
shows a to get to gams. South two-sult hand. Holding the ace of spades a king-juck of hearts.
figure West can pretty well
that South has a minimum of two-five- card suits. By showing a prefer- North Indientes ence for spaces
that he has at least as many
- more
his four hearts to the klug-jack- nine, West knows that declarer will have to trump out some of the hearts.
Therefore, Instead of making the normal opening of the queen of diamonds, West must open the ace of trumps and continue
spades than
Knowledge
EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH FEATURE
YOUR BIRTHDAY:
THURSDAY, JUNE 3
of
BORN today, you have an indepen-
dent mind and a strong will You are one to see things from your point of view, and your 'senze justice is a little inclined to stay on your side of the fence. You and your
felends can do no wrong. It a law needs changing, you'll change it-so that justice will be on your side! Just be positive, before you begin, that you are on the right side! Otherwise your energies may be wasted. And that, since you have a great deal of energy and latent power, would be a sad waste.
By STELLA
POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER
would be meticulously clean, well- pressed, and you would never neglect the social niceties either. This can be
falce pride and como
you must guard against it. If you put up too good a front in adversity, those who would be eager to help you even as you have loyally scalated others In the past-would hesitate to do so.
Your loyalties are strong. Once à friend, always a friend. In the same way, oned an odemy-always one. And you are not a good enemy! Compromise is not in your nature. You women are essentially the home You are fond of the luxurious loving type and will be happiest it things of life and might become too you wed early in fe. You have plenture-loving for your own good. charm, wit and the ability to be n You enjoy everything that is beauti- Ane hostess. You make excellent ful, and even in the greatest financial helpmates for talented and ambitious extremity you would always put To find what the stars. bave n
husbands, tool your best foot forward. You might
atore for tomorrow, select your. literally, be starving: but the ap- pointments of your home would birthday star and read the corres- never show tack of money, Your ponding paragraph. Let your birth- clothes might be threadbare, but they day star be your dolly, guide.
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-~ SAGITTARIUS (Nàv. 23-Dec. 2Z)- Morning hours arc productive, ---Morning hours are by far the best especially. It you Bre in the for importan! activities. Takke, full merchandising field., Sales quotas advantage of them; mako progress. should rise.
CANCER (June 23-July 23)—If
anticipating marriage, today is a good me for making defnite plans, Business is also good.
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Romance will steal to-day's headlines ff given helf a chancel Business is fair but may have to take second place,
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)-Ro- mantic or marriage interests are in the foreground today, and should bring creased happiness..
LIBRA (Sent. 23-Oct. 23)-De- 1. What is the meaning of the finitely a romantic day. You may Jewish term kosher?
meet a new heart interest, which
2. Nume the sculptor of "Dishy turn out to be "the one."
cobolus" (The Discus Thrower).
3. Name the countries that were represented at the Munich Confer- ence, September 20, 1030.
4. How did the word
spinster
SCORPIO (Oct. 21-Nov. 22)
Affectionni interests are favoured,
Business is good, too, but your heart isn't really in it!
come to mean an unmarried woman? SCIENCE AT WORK:
5. In what Pacific areas will you
And hot springs and geysers?
(Answers on Column 5)
DUMB-BELLS
JREGISTERED Usz
LAST NIGHT
Į DREAMED
I HAD A
MILLION, DOLLARS!
PATENT OFFICE
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WHY DIDN'T YOU PUT IT IN THE
BANK
BEFORE YOU)
WOKE UP!
CHESS PROBLEM
By T. CZARNECKI
or hearts. With
Black, 9 pieces.
1
a small one. When declarer
with takeg
19.
the heart incase, West wins and
lends the third trump.
Now there is nothing that South can do to keep West from winning two more heart tricks. The trump opening gives West the ace of trumps and three heart tricks, the contract,
defeating
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I the que:n of diamonds opened, declarer can ruff one of his hearts In dummy and thus lose only two heart tricks.
White, 12 pieces.
White to play and mate in two.
Solution to yesterday'a problem:
1. Q-B2, any: 2. Q.:R (ch, pr dbl ch, or Ki mates.
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)--- Things should be very happy and contented on the home front. Il
may be
contemplating single, you marriage.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-If interested in the arts, make some de- finito project your alm today. I should bring a good profit, too.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)-A fine day for a wedding-yours or somebody else's, Receive congratula- tons or extend them to others.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Per- conal affairs can be pushed now to good advantage. See that all is well on the home front.
-
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)—A pick-up in business matters, especial- ly if your work is in merchandising. Unexpected, good fortune may auticipated, too.
"!1 suppose old Meadowsweet really was on duty at the wedding of Queen Victoria"
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
177HEN I was assistant audi-
W
seen
tor at the Nantwich Porridge Quarries, now, I am sorry to say, taken over by the Quarry Board, in pursuance of the mandate given at the. last General Election-Vole Labour and Be The Proprietors Of Your Own Forridge, Quarries"-super- stitious people in the neighbourhood used to report that they has the Bottle-Nosed
of Woman End.
Shup who l la supposed
to haunt Grange-street. She was caught by Alderman Trower, as he was re- auction at Murley Cross, and con- turning from the annual Whitebait fessed that she was n Miss Enwright, who chose this method of airing her grievances. There were no other, questions involved. Permits for charades? PRODNOSE has discovered an Act of 1230 which Mrs Wretch thinks might be amended so as to make charades In unlicensed houses o criminal offence unless performed in everyday
costume. without make-up, and only in mime. Mrs Wretch feels that the
pre- valence of unlicensed charades muy be encouraging the present regret. table revival of amateur theatricals. Atta, Woshabocker! NEXT morning Miss Woshabocker spent an hour trying to decipher the writing on the stone. "It may
palaco-Etruscan,' They reported on a study of 31 be
sald Foul-
69 years. that number, 20 suf- fered from goltre.
Drs Sexton and Murphy reported "It that, on the average, patients celved
Chemical Treatment For Over-Active Thyroid
By PAUL F. ELLIS
be
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Canada Acts Tough With Britain
had
By SYDNEY GAMPELL
Reuter's Financial Editor
London, June 2-An unofficial but reliable indication became available today of Canada's atti- tude towards Britain's negotiations with the sterling aren countries.
ICE HOUSE
STREET
ACTIVITY
For Britain's impending nego tiations with India and Pakis- tan, it proved to be even less propitious than Washington's nttitude. Reports from Ottawa emphatically stated the Carin- dinn viewpoint that Britain must now take a much tougher line with the sterling area, and
The Hongkong Stock Exchange cannot look to Canada for any
another brisk session this further nid. morning. when turnover totailed
These reports were taken with $1,104,320. Prices were fairly well some serioumess in London. Nor- maintained, and several sizable dents mally they might be partly dis- were recorded, particularly half a counted as establishing a bargaining million in 1948 34 Loan.
position in anticipation of negotin- Transactions and noon prices tions between Britain and Canada, which must occur sooner or later. The uncertainty over the date of these
negotiations is itself significant. it was thought they might oceur next autumn.
follow:
BUYERS SELLERS SALES
600,000 1011
HIK Bank East Asia INSURANCES
Canica Union ......*** Underwriters.. DOCKS, ETC.
25 705
RHARES
GOVT. LOANS
JUTE (1948) ...
DANKS
2150
32163
141
314
20 F 300
70212
712
1351
230
3315
2319
10.40 1024
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Dock
Provident LAND, ETC. HK Hotel ik Lond
S'hal Land
Humphreys UTILITIES
Trai Peak Tram
(Old) Star Ferry C. Light (0) C. Light (N) Electric
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100 & 150
500
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500 # 1815
1303 pa Bath
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2514 3000 25
700 or 60
20.2014
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Cement.... 4014 4714
STONES
Dntry (0) ...
Watson (Old)
Watson (New) 53% Lane
Crawford MISCELLANEOUS
04%
Entertainmen! private
ume,
Next compound, known as patients, ranging in age from 10 10 enough, "or again, it may be Ugro-
TEW evidence that chemi-
propyl-thiouracil, may be used instead of surgery in quieting over-active thyroid glands was reported today by two St Louis medical students.
of
Drs Daniel L. Sexton and James P. Murphy, of the Department Internal Medicine, St Louis Univer- sily School of Medicine, published their andings in the Journal of the Missouri State Miami Association.
ZBW RADIO
11.K.T.
reac-
"Where does it come from?" asked Miss Woshabocker.
settlers
700 € 4315
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700 17 04
Recently, there have been sug- gestions of an Imminent visit of Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, to Ottown. Today's reports from Ottawn were that any British
request for further Canadian credit, either in the near future or next autumn, would fall on deaf cars, unless Britain had first taken
a
much stemer lino towards the sterhug arça.
Canada has been not merely talk- ing tough, but acting tough. Last year, she was letting Britain have $10,000,000 of credit every week. This year, since April 1, the hap given Britain $7,000,000 of credit in the first half of April and not a
dollar since.
even more
This is important, since Canada is vital than the United States 18 a Western Hemisphere supplier to the sterling area. Bri- tain literally depends on for her dinily bread.
Canada
CANADIAN DOLLARS As (3
current shown by the 500 er 4111⁄2 | trouble over a few million dollars" worth of newsprint, Britain has un even worse problem of Canadian dollars than of United States dollars. The Canadian loan, while it was available, was second only to tlig United States loan, and propor- tionally to Canada's economy it was the larger of the two.
N.Y. FOREIGN The
EXCHANGE
Belgium
Canada
New York, June 2-Today's foreign exchange closing rates were: Argentine Peso (Omcial) ... UB$0.2977 Argentine Peso (Unofficial)
2503
Australia
1.23
Brazil
.0505
0221)
037
n335
4,03%
.0333
3025
Mexico
2030
New Zealand
3.23
0700
Portugal.
0104
South Africa
5.0335
Chilo England
France India
Sweden
Switzerland
Uruguay Venezuela
Shanghai (CNC$100,000) Netherlands
Batavia Singapore
Hongkong
Britain thus cannot ignore the
Canadian Canadian viewpoint. omeials and political leaders are said to feel strongly that, in future, Britain must pay cash for Canadian Foods.
If Britain, with ERP aid, has not enough dollars to do so, she must seek relief from the sterling ́ ́nréa and Washington, rather than from Ottawa.
Canada has overstrained herself in granting credit to Britain, and cannot grant any more. In the Canadian view, the sterling area is 17634 Britain's real trouble, and Britain
2470 .5300
5010-
2100
3702
3765
.4750
2490
must be much firmer with it,
Today's Ottawa reports put it that the
so long as Britain permits sterling arcs to bleed her white of
dollars, United States
there 19 nothing more that Canada can or United Press-should-do-Reuter.----- ZURICH RATES Zurich, June 2-The following rates Were quoted in the unofficial exchange market here today:-
Argentine Peso
IC-in was found," said Foulenough, remole part of Turkey-in- 75 dosages ranging from
Asia by Colonel Matlock's expedi- milligrams to 300 milligrams
Peru over tion in 1870. The Colonel thought it the course of treatment, and that cho
Was
an old mulching-stone from some Tarlar midden. Professor patient received 300 milligrams for more than two weeks without "any Satterthwaite's opinion is that it is
mimlech iron untoward symptoma" of bad
a pre-Druidle tion,
burial ground, like those found by Bimbelmann in the Troad. Conroy, The condition of an over-active on the other hand-and Evans sup- thyroid gland is known as hyper-
him--shys it is a throidism, a discose that
Saxon affects Ports
in Turkey by hundreds of thousands of people.wepping-stone set up.
a nomad tribe of
of Balakash gipsies Physicians have explained the after one of their raids on the thyroid gland as functioning to pro- Danish
in Kent." Miss duce an Internal secretion, or hor-Woshabocker fell for all this like Chit-mone, that regulates the speed of a ton of ripe bananas. Before you 6. Programming Summary 6,01,
respect, could say menbir she had bought dren's Story: Peter Duck" by Arthur bodily processes. In this Banrome. Episode 20: The, Daly Hope the thyroid may be likened to the the stone for the Carthage museum. fend by Captain Flint (Studio 6.30 A governor on a steam engine or a Short Variety Programme of New constant speed motor. When some-
4.45, Tex Winters and 11ix Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Studio): 7 thing goes
with wrong
Whitehall: with
Is that Dr Riller? Tontoy Handley "governor," as in the case of the (DRCTS); 7.30, La Demi-fleure Fran-
One of our plain-clothes inspectors enise (Studio; 1, World and frome thyroid, too much of its secretion is
Britin produced and the bodily processes medical certificate to a Mr Tigley,
reports that you have given News (Lorton Relay); 8.13,
The condition Concert at Bac Symphony
9.13. Book Reviews: often results in popped-eyes, and exempting him from work for tta (BBCTS); Aileen Dekker (Studio): 0.30, Compaver Cavalcade: Robert Stolz (ORs); 10, usually is accompanied by loss World and Home News (London Relay): weight,
A Propulse. 10.15, Weather Report; 10.10. Eramme of Romanices; 10.30, Music for Dancing: 0.50, "
Oaks" (Landon The drug, propyl-thiouracil, is one Helny) 11.10, Interlude: 11.13, Weather
of the thiourea derivatives, and has Report and Close Down.
been used for more than a year in experimental studies. Dra Sexton's and Murphy's report is the most re-
cords:
ITMA
Orches are over-stimulated.
nervousness
OUTWARD MAILS cent announced.
THURSDAY, JUNE 3
Closing Times By Al
Bangkok, Singapore, Batavia, Colombo,
Sydney and Auckland. 330 p.m. Lluchow, Kumming, Shanghai, Nanking. Hankow, Taingina, Peiping. Swatow, Amoy, Tainan and Foochow, 330 pm.
Closing Times By Sea & Train U.S.A.. Canada, Central And
America via San Francisco No Parcel
and
the
Health Service
U.S. Dollar Sterling
Sw. Fr.
0.75
4.033 11.25
United Press. NEW YORK SILVER New York, June 2-Stiver, per fine ounce, as quoted by Mesere Handy and Hanion 74% cenia.-United Press.
LONDON SILVER
a
1
London, June 1. Silver, Spot, per ounce Silver, Forward, per ounce
15
45
United Press.
SOUTH AFRICA'S
Quiet On Wall Street
New York, June 2-Stocks, wero irregular in a dull and featureless session. Caution prevailed as in-
further vestors held of
commit ments. This development was attri-ma buted to the action of the Federal reserve Reserve system in ratsing
Anck requirements in Chicago banks.
Now
York
On whose instructions was of week. rapid this step taken?
Dr Riller: On mine. The man bas neurilis. Whitehall: read the report
Our experts, having have diagnosed apathy and laziness, of the inspector, You will please see that our patient is back at work tomorrow morning.
Late in the session, an attempt Failing this, you will be disquali-News sald today South Africa is of its lethargy under the leadership London, June 2.-The Corn Trade was made to rally the market out
From their studies, the physicians | lied. reported that propyl thiouracil "Is an effective anti-thyroid drug" when employed in a daily dosage up to 300 milligrams. They said that in the 31 patients treated, there was only one Instance of unfavourable renc- tlon, and this was eliminated withdrawal of the drug.
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers
I. by
"That which is clean", ac- cording to the regulations of the Talmud. 2. Myron, Greck sculp- tor 3. Germany, England, France and Italy. 4. In New England be
machinery. camo into
toxic
Of the 28 patients with obtained in all but one." Sougoltre, "a satisfactory response was
for Canada) (Bea) 3 p.m. Japan (Ordinary lettera nod cards only)
(Sea) 3 pm.
Shangha! (hea) 2 pm.
Haiphong (Sea) 3 p.m.
Parcels only for Canada via Vancouver,
D.C. (Sex) 3 pm.
Macao (Hea) 4 pm.
Canton (Parcels & 2nd clasa mail) (Sex)'
5 p.m.
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and South Africa, Egypt and Europe via Liverpool (Hea) pan. (par): 0.30 aun. (to-morrow reg: 10 am. (to-morrow ord).
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
Closing Times By Air
Canton, (Kowtoen CPG) 1,30 p.m., 10 n.m., 12.30 pin. 3 p.m.; (CPO) 7 a.m., 0.30 a.m.. Noon. 230 p.m.
Shanghai, .m. (reg); 9.30 o.. (ard). Shanghal, Nanking, lankow, Talentao, Peiping, Arnoy, Foochow and Swetow, 3.30 n.
Closing Times By Sea & Train
Maeno (Bea) ·m.'
Shangha) (sex) 10 am.
Japan (Ordinary letters and cards only)
(Bea) ID 5.m.
Bysław Chea) Noon.
Macao (8e) ́1 p.m.
Canton (2nd class mail only) (Train)
2 p.m.
Shanghai (Ben) 2 pm.
Manlia (es)
..
Amoy (Rea) 3 jm),
Macão (Sea) 4 pm.
Kongmoon (Ben)_5_pm.
Centon (Parcels & 2nd class mali) (Hex)
В р.м.
fore
They said that the course of treat- | general use most of the spinning was ment ran from 10 to 10 weeks done by unmarried women. 5. Ja United Fresя.
pan and New Zealand.
EDITORS PAKSE SERVICE
FENDERSON BRA
KONTSATURDAY SYMYpan peny
"Count Marlowe always gives the ladies a big kello,”
·
OPPORTUNITY
Otherwise, there was nothing in the news to influence trading. The market remained almost wholly in professional hands,
likely to take some of Argentina's of Steel stocks, but the action did foreign customers away if Argen-not generate enough buying. Little tina continues "dilly-dallying."
resulted from the mild upswing. The grain publication Baid: "It Oll shares continued "attractive, is certainly very encouraging to and Railroad issues were mixed. note that some former exporting Transactions totalled 1,290,000 countries once again and themselves shares.
in
ů
of
Or 1,062 issues, traded, 412 position to cater for the wants were higher, 400 were lower, and dedelent countries.
There are no 242 unchanged.-United Press. definite export offers from South Africa, but we feel confident that they will shortly begin to be put forward. The International price is attractive and there will be broad market. While Argentina fa dilly-dallying, South Africa is being provided with an excellent oppor- tunity of retaining her former cus- tomers."-United Press.
NO DECLINE IN
CAR PRICES
U.S. Tin Price Increased
Washington, June 2.-The Tin Sales Corporation, which is a go- vernment agency, announced today. that the price of tin smelted in the United States is US$1.03 a pound, effective June 1. The price was previously 04 cents,
nn-
Omelais explained that the In- rease was in line with the nouncement by Britain regarding Straits Seillement Un, which was Rochester, N.Y., June 2-Charles raiced to that price. They said it. E Wilson, President of the General would be the same for domestic and Motory Corporation, snid today foreign sales.
'automobiles
Tin-plate comprises by far the are currently "under- priced" in relation to other goods largest portion of tin exported from In an Inflationary, market.. Giving the United States, chiefly to South no Indication that car prices would Amerles.-United Press. decline, Wilson held it would be
another two or three years before
meet occumulated
industry
could
demand.
Wilson said: "Although ус
Theorettenlly are on the gold slan-
Exchange Rates
Business was done in the local un-
the following rates:
dard our economy is based largely offelal exchange market this morning at on the commodily dollar and price chinese dallars (per CNS m.) will be fixed Its value." He and Reeling notes (per £1)
the automobile industry is kuli | VS. dollars (per U631) under prewar production "because old trats (per lacl) n( tho steel situation."-United Siam Heals (per 100)
(Der 100)
Press,
Pinstres
| NEI guilders (per 100))
5.00
1350
5.20
331,00
11.50 25.70