FOR YOUR
SIDE GLANCES .
By Galbraith
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"Sure, I used to wrestle and fight when Ewas a boy, but clothes were cheaper!"
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ON BRIDGE
Freak Hand Poses A Bidding Problem
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IN the 1048 Vanderbilt Cup tours nament, the winners were Robert Appleyard of Forest Hills, N. Y., Henry Sonenblick, Alexan- der Weiss and W. M. Lichtenstelu of New York City and Jay T. Felgus of Brocklyn, N. Y.
The discussion of the hands is till going on in New York,
today's hand was one.
Arti
there
What would you do with East hand it North just in front of you opened the bidding with Your spades? Some of the bays suggested You can see what Ave diamonds,
happens to that. Henry Sonenblick made the winning bid. He doubled and his partner passed: They sel the contract one trick.
The bidding at the other table: South and West passed and Robert Appleyard, North, opened two spades. Albert Wolf, East, bid three hearts, which South doubled. When it got around to Walf again he bid dive diamonds.
I later asked him why he jumped to five diamonds instead of bidding four. He replied that he was playing against a very fine plnýer who had elected to open with a iwo-bid, thereby telling his partner that he could take ten tricks with spades
"When bici, | as trumps. three hearts, 1 would not have been surprised if the bidding had gone... three spades-pass-four spades. In that case I was perfectly willing to bid live diamonds. I decided to make the same bid even though they had not reached a game in spaties. First of all, I had a possibility of making it; second, I might not get doubled; third, from my distribution I could not see much to stop the
opponents from making five spades."
However, Mr. Wolf became the "gent" on this hand and Sonen- bilck the hero, because Wolf went down 800 points and Sonenblick set his opponents at four spades. As a result Sonenblick's tcam gained 000 points on the board.
Check Your Knowledge
1. Who was called the poeta
"poet's
two sections 2. Name the which trigonometry is divided,
into
3. Name the saint who lived on locusts and wild honey,
4. When and by whom was the first aeropine fight made and how long did it last?
5. How many time zones are there
In the United States?
(Ansizers on Column 5)
DUMB-BELLS
OF COURSE I KNOW THE GAME » I KNOW TRICKS ARE TRUMPS
BUT WHO LED THE QUEEN OF DUMMIES?
CHESS PROBLEM
By J. CAUVEREN
Black, 9 pleves.
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While, 7 pieces.
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White to play and mate in three.
Solution to yesterday's problem:
1. Kt BS, any; 2, Q, Kt, or (dla ch) mates.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1948.
SPARE MOMENTS
EXCLUSIVE 'TELEGRAPH FEATURE
YOUR BIRTHDAY.......
TUESDAY, JUNE 15
POCKET CARTOON
By STELLA
by OSBERT LANCASTER
ORN today, you have tremendous 'money, as well. However, you are
to cause you to go
beyond your physical strength. You have novel and Interesting Ideas and want to put them all into operation at once. The fine arts, especially music and painting, offer exciting careers, and with the proper incentive you could Ko far.
Unfortunately, however, you are not as confident, an you should be, of your talents and because of this you may never reach the
heights to which your talents really entitle you by right of birth. Never under- rate yourself, It might almost be rald that you would do better by boasting a little. In this way at least you would be getting some attention. Then you would be able to make good your boasts!
er
You appreciate money and what
S
are thrifty and can buy. You have
for making
the capacity
and, because of lifetime project this, you may never be as wealthy become. Is you might otherwise Some, born under your sign, spend- the early part of their lives massing fortune so that in their late may spend their time years,
a
you
their way.
them in the bus which please
aris.
Others the cultural. more; e
from that departure never make tlickr
favoured desires and more hence will not become rich--unless a lucky strike happens
Since you ate highly emotional, will need to exert caution in selecting your life partner. You Ploy having your own home and, when happily maled, will want to spend most of your time there.
To find what the stars have in
for tomorrow, store
select
your birthday star and read the corres- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16
GEMINI (May 23-June 22)--If you accept added responsibility on a job. you also will be entitled to add tional profits. Seek them now.
CANCER (June 23-July 23)--Con- tintie yesterday's plans effetently. Be prepared for unexpreted changes and you won't be unpleasantly sur- prised.
LEO (July 14-Aug. 23)--Make de- Amite plans for personal and bus- ness advancement and your chances of carrying them out are excellent
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) Stick to business affairs, Sidetrack personal complications or emotional involvement for best results.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)— Major influences are in your favour,
advance your interests strenuous Iy. A business telp may prove pro- Hlable,
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)--An excellent merchandising day with Increased trading potentials, In- crease your income by efficient plan- ning now.
PISCES 22)-A
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. mixed day, but all the advantages are in your favour if you push things In the right direction.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Ort. 231-A good day for all your activities both at home and at the ulice. Make up for any recent time lost.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-A business trip can bring exceptional advantage now if you avoid emotion- al complications,
SCIENCE AT WORK:
(Feb.20-Mar.21)-Boli Personal and business affairs appear to be working in unity for you best interests. Be aggressive now,
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Com- petition may be keen today, but if you push relentlessly toward your ob- jective you can come gul on the win- ning side.
"Ring Public Relations and tell them that.the Minister would like a convincing little piece proving that bananar have no vitamin content. bring you out in a rash, and dre middle-class habit anyway."
**
BY
THE
WAY
by Beachcomber
Italian baritone Mariano Stabile puta on his 21-year-old wickerwork stoinch to play Falstad. He and his wife made
It In Cairo in 1927, when his old one burst.
TH
HIS is not the, fumes of my Ima- gination, wreathing he smoke among the stars,
It is copied, word for word from a newspaper cutting sent to me, with TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-Op- the obvious comment that the only inism can help you gala a distinct hat to go with such a stomach is
Would a competitor today,little round wickerwork one. advantage over Know what you want; go out after that I had been in my stall when the the old stomach burst. Probably conduelor thought the drum had come in in the wrong place.
OLD PAINTINGS ARE GIVEN A NEW LOOK
By ALAN WADE
ULTRA-VIOLET light. X-rays and spectrographs are help. Ing to preserve and restore the world's grent paintings, says George L. Stout, director of the Worcester (Massachusetts) Art Museum. Stout,
Internationally-known expert on restoration of old ings, was called to help in settling dispute us to whether restoring paintings at was "ruining" work the National Gallery in London.
"Technicians have taken off layer after layer of old brown preserva tive varnish. That made the paint- lighter in colour and some inks
paint-
ZBW RADIO
IK.T.
6. Programme Summary; 6.01, Children's Ran- Story: "Peter Duck" by Arthur Sane (Studio) Epuode 20: "Bolles and 4.30. Mallies Head by Caplain Flint; Fredtty Martin and Itis Orchestra in a
ings,
And some recitative
I
WONDER If the lady who was singing with Signor Stabile had time to murmur, in between the
"I snyi singing,
Your stomach's burst. "I know, but it's not real See-ee how the dawn hold it up with our hands comes o'er the mountain
1/01
crest I can't, the tape's broken Anand
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Burma Stocks Take
Sharp Fall:
London, June 14-Shares of British companies operating in Burma fell sharply on the stock market today following unconfirmed reports that the country is going Communist.
HONGKONG
SHARES
This morning's turnover on the Hongkong Stock Exchange totalled $404,500. Transactions and noon prices follow:-
SHARES DANKS
HK Bank.... East Asia
INSURANCES
Canton Unloa Underwriters
BUYERS SELLERS SALES
134 2163
2143
141
773
700
203
DOCKS, ETC.
K. Whart 101 Thick
100
32+%
1000
UK Fire
Provident LAND, ETC. HK Hotel HK Land S'hai Land Itumphreyn UTRITIES
Train
24
1250 B 1500 GB
005
321
300 33
Trading generally was.on a small senle and prices tended to ease in most lower.
section. Giltedgeds wero
Traders were cautious because of dispatches published in the British press that Burmero Premier Thankin Nu had said over the week end that his country would "follow Russia" and that foreign property would be nationalised, but probably with compensation.
Shares of the big Burmo Company fell by three shillings
05 chillings 11⁄2 pence to time.
at one
Irrawaddy Flotilla opening at 27 shillings and sixpence, close at 25 shillings after hitting a low level of 23 shillings and sixpence. Mawchi Mines fell from 15 shillings to 10 shillings nominal and Burma Cor- poration from nine shillings and
175 2012 1500 17.55 threepence to eight
socinted Press.
R4N 100 4
201 300 ut 23
23
100 23%
Star Ferry
131
2. Light (9)
30
200*244
(2. LigİR (N) Electric
20
47%
40
400 40%
000 9 47
Macan Electric 20% 21
Triephone (0) INDUSTRIALS
Cement
Rupe
STORES, ETC.
Dalry (0)
Watnem (Old) Watson
Lune
44%
5004714
400
200
40; 161 160 vì 474
18
5394
50 00
(NSW)
54 30
57
10%
45*4
Crawford COTTONS
Ewe
MISCELLANEOUS Entertaiment
5
ÚS 3
shillings.-AS-
NY Foreign Exchange
Argentine Peso (Omelal Argentine Peso (Unofficial)
Australia Ferayst
100 54
500 554 | Belgium
Canada
-11:3
13047
England
France India
Mexico New Zealand
Pent
Portugal
Irregular NY Stocks
New
14-Slocks
York, JunD today closed irregular, after prices had moved up to a new 22-month peak earlier in the scasion. Trading was active.
Profi-taking near the close of the people just didn't like the change,"
session wiped, out when my heart chuck it into the
almost all the he said.
"Actunily?" he said, "the paintings, beats to hear thy foot-fannal gains registered earlier in the day,
carried my breeches would come away with which had
the General Rubens' Rape of the
to the best level Sabines, merely were put back into-Soft-ly the gentle spring another market average
time don't fasten your stomach to since August 28, 1940. Despite the their original shape."
mild decline late in the day, trading your breeches, ..
sentiment continued on the bullish side.
Convas back of paintings get old and dried out, he said. The wood
Trames become loose. Varnish put on to preserve the paintings gets And there is too thick and cracks. always dirt around as well as molat weather to attack the priceless pic-
tures.
Conservation of the masterpieces has become a science. Stout Buid.
"The only trouble is that there are still not enough scientists to go
aroutid."
Cleaning work-un-a inssterpiece involves recording of condition by use of X-rays, photography under ultra-voilet and intra-red and other kinds of light. The experts also use the tintometer, a gadget that men- sures changes in colour.
Varnish solvents are spot-tested
Variety Programine 7. A short Violin to make sure there is no danger to Recital by Yehudi Menuhin: 710, Sof removing paint along with varnish. Faller at the Piano (Si: 7.30, Stupe and Screen Favourites presented by Aileen Woots (Studio): 3, World and Home News indin Belny): 3, "The Fait Maid of fertli-Suite
Rustiguzzi's false nose
duct
CAN never forget the night at the Cardazzo Theatre in Foril when Emilia Rustiguzzi's false nose was blown off by the force of Broccoli's
inmous love singing In the from "La Sposa Puscita." With ad- ab- mirable presence of mind (and sence of nose) the diva buried her face in her massive hands, and sang the rest of the duet through Angers the size of the bars of the dungeons at St. Hippolyte. When the bawling was over, Broccall, with a cinque- cento gesture, restored the trampled nose to its hideous wearer.
No laughing matter
"OBVIOUSLY." he said, "you don't
take the National Debi serlous- ly." The other man said, "The Na- is-what? Let's say tional Debt
£25,000,000,000. Now do you real-
Work Is Thorough
(net).....
"Sometimes," Stout said, "a sort of Lundan Philharmonic; 8.30, A Play- orographle may is made up, show- Uncle Prey Adapted from the story ing in a highly-magnited way the by Walpole (BCTS), Summer Orchestral Concert The Great Masters condition of every inch of the paintly expect me to take that seriously? And if I did, do you imagine it would and Home) Ing. Caesar-Franck; 10, World
make any happier?" In my
me News (London Relay): 10.15, Weather
Which
they start going over # Report: 10.10, Out Eglish Theatre Music
pleture, of course, they take into corner I remembered the cry of an --Voenl with
Orch. HBC Theatre BBCTS: 11. Radio News Reel London consideration its history-just what exasperated woman, "Why on earth
before. Some don't they abollsh Relay): 11.13, Weather Report and Cluse
has been done to
Debt?" Or nationalise it? Down
of those English been touched in dengs had not
OUTWARD MAILS
Unless otherwise stated, registered articles and patre) posti close 30 ordinary minutes earlier than the mail. 1 mall cluse before 10 a.m.. registered and parcels will close at Malls are 3 r. on previous day. closed at Kowloon Central l'ost Office half an hour earlier than the G.P.O. clotine imes.
TUESDAY, JUNE (5. Closing Times By Air Swatow. Amoy, Tainan, Foochow, Shang- hai, Manking, Bankow, Tsingião, Pei- pin and Kwellin, 3.30 p.. Bangkok. Rangoon, Caleutia, Karachi, Babrein. Calcu (Nairobi, Johannesburg and Marseilles via Cairo) Augusta and London, Kowloon CPO) 4.30 pan (CPO) 5.m.
5 0.
Closing Times 11y Sea & Train Macau (Sea) 4 png, Kongmoon (Rea) 3 17. Canton (Parceis & 2nd elasa mall) (ra) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16. Closing Times By Al Cunten, kowlush CPG) 7.30 ... 10 o.m., 1230 pm: IGPO) 7.0, 9.30 A... Neon, 2.30 pm,
Stanghal, ayn. (reg): 9.30 am. furd). Manila, P., Honolulu, USA. and Conado,
030 AM. treg is am. lord). Shanghai, Nanking, Bankow. Tsingtao, Pelping, Amoy, Swatow and follow, 3.30 p.m.
Bangkok, Rangoon, Calculta, Karachi. Bahrein, Cairo (Nairobi, Johannesburg and Marseilles via Calto) Augusta anú London, (Kowloon CPO) 4.30 pm. (aPo: 5 p.m.
Japan (Ordinary letters and cards only)
3.m.
Closing Times By Sea & Train
Macau (Sex) ..
Halphong (Rex) 10 nm..
Swatow and Bangkok (en) 11.a.m.
Macno (Sea) i p.m.
Canton, (2nd class mail only) (Train)
p.m.
Strails (Bea) 2 pm.
Sanghat (Sea) 3 pm.
Japan (Ordinary letters and cards, only)
(e) 3 p.m.
Maçao (Bea) 4 pm.
Canton (Parcels & 2nd class mall) (Bea)
4 pm.
Stout said that generally Ameri- paintings are in much better, condition than those abroad.
cun
That is largely because our col- lections are much newer," he added, "When paintings are transferred to new collection they generally are put in good shape."
EL
Nevertheless, he said, there are always about 50 percent of the ple- tures in any gallery that need minor attention of some sort.
· KOISONS TALEN MÉNIE,
Privale forecasts of high produc- tion for the nation's heavy industries during the next 12 to 18 months was one of the factors contributing to the mid-session rally, according to Wall Streci sources. Otherwise there was nothing in the news to influence the market.
backward.
Closing Rates -
June 14
US$0.2976
2490 3.23
.03.30
0228-3/8
02-15/18
4.03:15
.0022-13/10
22
334-1/4
0100
0404
South Afrien
4.03-174
Sweden
2705
Switzerland
12400
Uruguay
.1300
Venezuela
3010
Stanghal (CNC$100,000)
.1080
Netherlands
702
Batavia
.3785
4750
2480
United Pres.
Singapore
Hongkong
US COTTON MARKETS
Upward Movement
New York, June 14-In a quiet upward session the market moved and prices closed 5 to 30
-points higher. The upward movement was due to a let-up in aggressive hedge-selling and liquidation, rather than to any concentrated buying.
Railroad issues were
Deulers were a little more wary Oll stocks continued their current because of the favourable week-end upward movement.---Steel-Issues | legislativé developments In Washing--- were mixed. Automotive issues Lon--these Includert Arstly the Appro- restoration by the Senate priations Committee of ECA Fund 1,750,000 cuts made last week by the House:
easer,
Transactions
shares.
totalied
higher,
secondly the passage through the
Of 1,046 issues traded, 428 were House of the Bill to extend farm another two lower, 307
and 321 un-price supports for
years, thirdly the announcement that changed.
Majority Lender, Charles Halleck, Dow Jones averages at the close that the House may have approved the ty million dollar revolving of the session stood, as follow:-
102,86 fund Bill. 20 Industrials 20 Rails 15 Utiles 40 Bonds
61.34 30.04 101.02
--United Press.
BUYING STIMULATED
Paul G. Hoffman, head of ECA announced over the week-end that $27,000,000 had been authorised for the purchase and shipment abroad This news stimulated scattered buying, but some traders were uncertain whether the funds represent new business or are intended to Annnee previous today purchases. China received nuthority
to buy $15,000,000 worth
the National LONDON RUBBER of American cotton.
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE
Answers
MARKET
Landon, June 14-The market closed quiet.
Pricen clused as follow:- June in pennies per lb.) July
September
October
November
2. Planc 1. Edmund Spenser.
Saint and, spherical. 3.
John the
December Baptist.
January 4. December 17, 1903 by Wilbur Wright. It lasted 12 seconds. 5. Four: Eastern, Central, Maunfoin and Paclic.
Lariar
"Now that you've bought the place, would you like to
see it?"
March
13.7/0
13-1/8
13-3/9
13 3/1
13-3/6
23-3/10
13-3/18
Untled PrenK.
SILK CONFERENCE
ol
raw
cotton.
The New York Colton Exchange Indicates that if domestic consump- tion this season approximates 9,200,- 000 bales, and if exports are around 2,900,000 bales, the end of the season Burplus next July would be slightly bales, or about over 3,000,000
than 350,000 bates more
counted
If the crop approximates 14,000,000 bales, some statisticians believe that the
upon a month or two ngo,
Lyons, June 14.-The Raw and market is in the process of build- Finished Silk Committee at the In- ing up a surplus for the first time ternational Silk Producers' Congress in a number of years.
agreed tonight to call an inter-
national conference to study stun-
Prices opened 7 10 12 points
dard methods of experimenting with higher and inched upward to score sil qualities. This conference it maximum gains of 24, 10 42 points was agreed, would be set up next in mid-afternoon, then receded from the best levels to close finally 5 to February at Zurich, Switzerland.
30 higher-United Press,
The Commitice agreed that the include Zurich conference would both managers and technicians of all branches of the Industry-Associated Press.
Storling Quotation.
New York, June 14-The British Pound was quoted here today at U.S.$2.08.
Paris June 14-In the free market here today the U.S.$20-gold piece was quoted at 10,300 Francs.
The U.S. dollar note was quoted
New York Silver
New York, June 14. Silver, per Ene ounce, na quoted by Messrs Handy & Harmon 141⁄2 cents.
London Silver
London, June 13.
Suver, Forward, per ounce
450 454
-United Press.
at 305.8 against the Black marketiver, Spot per ounce rate of 340 francs-United Press.