FOR YOUR
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, JULY 5, 1948.
SPARE MOMENTS
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
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COPA 14 BY NCA BIRVICE, ING. T. M. REG. V, 8, PAT, OFF,
"Thore's only a month of 'school loft-do you think after I got over this chicken pox it would be worth going back?"
• MCKENNEY
ON BRIDGE
''Sylvia' Puts Over Another Sleeper
BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
SYLVIA was doing pretty well
until the other night when she the played this hand. She
won
opening heart lead, then went over
to the ace of spades in dummy, and
led the deuce of clubs.
East put
dropped
on the ten-spot, Sylvin
with
the king and
blank queen.
went up the
Now she knew she had two losing club tricks, and how could she keep from losing a diamond?
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IS IT A CASE
PATENT OFFICE
PARDON
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MADAM?
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I'M IN?
Check Your Knowledge
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EXCLUSIVE 'TELEGRAPH' FEATURE
YOUR BIRTHDAY By STELLA
PORN today, your basle
MONDAY, JULY
Bteristic is that of charac appear able to "outgues" your
ta
enterprise, combined with the ability to com- mand others in longterm, projects. Your own personality has many facets but you Вест able correlate them advantageously. The balance between the artistic and the practical is excellent and will help you to achieve your gani.
You have a lot of natural talent which may be turned into almost
channel any
wizh: selenec, diplomacy, literature-any number of Belds. Your intuitions are excep- tionally keen and at times you ap- near almost psychic. You level-headed in an emergency and Instinctively know what should be done without having to wait for Monday is your long deliberation,
dennitive besi day for aggressive, nction.
you
aro
to
opponents. When it comes business, you have the knack of money-making, but you must ways be your own boss. You'
can! never be happy working for others for any great length of time. Once you have served what you consider yo to be a proper apprenticeship, you want to branch out on your own. Set-backs only serve to make you more determined to succeed.
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Your emotions are under excel- lent control but there is a bane allraction' for the opposite which must not be denied, 'Loving, affectionate and fond of your own home, you will be happiest if you wed someone born, under Scorpio, Sagittarius or Taurus. **
To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, velect
your birthday star and read the corres- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide. TUESDAY, JULY 6
This one characteristic may be- come a tremendous asset, since you
CANCER
(June 23-July 23)-- CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)--- Those of the fair sex are especially An unexpected journey may compli- favoured in their endeavours with ente matters on the home front, so i a change for the belter, especially be warned. Be positive of your fact. į
In health.
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Social affairs appear to be sill pre- dominant although business matters can progress favourably also.
a
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19)~- Don't take things for granted. Investigate carefully before making decisions. Equally good for business trip or marriage. VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)-An cause unlooked for change may
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. you to use your very best powers alert to complications of decision. Be sure you're right; bushless scene. Be
and avoid over-expansion 23)-time.
then act.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. fine day for a wedding! An unfore Ecen change may be for the better. so be prepared to meet It.
sconrio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Deal with the "powers that be" in business
and you should matters
Make use of get excellent results. opportunities.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) -Look before you leap into some new enterprise since sudden changes are in the wind. Be sure you're right.
SCIENCE AT WORK:
on
21)-Be the
very cautious
POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER
"Speaking purely personally Littlehampton, I consider
rather late in the day for any of our family to start having scruples about capital punishment!"
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
at this THE Frenchman who re- cently played 40 games of chers simultaneously, while blindfolded, and lost them all, has
annoyed professional players exceedingly.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Most activities, especially those connected with the publishing or automotive industries, are favoured.
TAURUS, (Apr. 21-May 21)- Advertising can bring good results. Check up on previous expenditures. Be conservative; avoid worry."
GEMINI (May 22-June 22)--Be careful of your companions today. Be cautious in the use of polsonous eleansing liquids or explosives.
SOLUTION PRESERVES FLOWERS FOREVER
By RUTH CONSTAD · ·
TWO brothers, Drs. Philip and Sidney Joffe, recently an- nounced the discovery of u secret solution that will pre- How is the fuel briquetic pro-serve freshly cut flowers fore- Their process, n closely guarded
2. Who was the tutor of Alexan- der the Great?
3. How many classes of boxers are there according to weight?
4. Name the artist who painted "The Night Watch".
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She cashed the king of spades, then enrefully cashed the ace of diamonds. She ruffed a spada in dummy with the three of clubs and we all saw that Sylvia was go- ing to discard a losing diamond un the king of hearts, and go down one.
But poor Sylvia forgot to cash the king of hearts. She led the jack of clubs. East had to win the trick with the ace, and East had no more apades or diamonds. East thought a while, and cashed the nine of clubs. ·
But there was nothing left
East to do but lead a heart right
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White, 10 pleces.
White to play and mate in two. Solution to Saturday's problem:
for
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Info Sylvia's king-jack in dummy.
of went the two losing diamonds
and Sylvia mado her contract.
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
I and
Acrui
in the followers of "Dürneli tread thle ? (8, 41.
4. Actual. 14)''
9. A needle sa tiketill when you do. (3) 10. t job is to abet (0)
11. An original Welshman. (4)
L Bometiam taken in the bunting
An A
19. IL Will Irake, the poot narm but
1's an Impileit simule. 181
15. Its root wool (4)
16. Measuro. (4)
1. Rete for some returning in
peel. (0)
20. 800 7 Down. 21. They cross each other at work and then comes the division. (8)
Down
1. Unatio, (9) 2. Compara. 109 1. You are in deep watera hora. (4) 4. Heo 1/Acrona
d. Please go to rest. (8)
7 and 20. This waste saver might
be called the dog's nursery. 10.
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6. fore you can get a broken te-
Pot. (0)
V. Artret. (4) Inttikily fatal to injecta. 13). Theno malos are not alternating.
13. No roma can be carilor. (0)
ver.
secret 1 now, fixes the cell struc- ture of the flower and preserves its colour, form and texture. The flower loses its fragrancel however The brothers, who worked on the
the process makes it possible to cut diseased tissue and fix its form per-
are
Novic
probably the most enthusiastic about the dis covery, however, because_of hundreds of thousands of dollars
He admitted afterwards that he knew nothing about the game, but that his challenge had got his name into the papers, and had been the neurs of landing him a good job with a textile firm.
"How long is this
farce to go on?"
(Official of Coal Board) COUPLE of waves from a pass- Ing steamer knockéd a large bit off the bows of the Saucy Mrs Flobster. Mrs Thackham, the care- taker, went ashore to ring up Ad- miral Sir Ewart Hodgson for ordera. "Make her fast," said Had
FOR
THE BUSINESSMAN
LONDON & NEW YORK. STOCKS:
WEEKLY MARKET
REVIEW
London, July 3-During the week the London Stock market was disorderly and dealing was difficult, though there was some Improvement towards the end of the. week.
it
Brazilian Government securi-, tors of San Paulo Railway depreen-, tles were virtually unchanged ng current spéculation in ordinary during the week, apart from would probably. be a long time be-
stock and giving warning hat adjustments in price due to fore the Brazilian authorities had their being marked 'ex-divi- settled the question of just what dend'.' Apparently American is the size of
"unrecognised"
sed" capi- interests stayed out of the. This is the portion of
which would belong to market for the time being. stockholders in the event of
Ralls suffered
Company's assets being purchased. a severe slump This announcement came following a statement by the diree bombshell
HONGKONG
SHARES
the
n
to speculators, who sought to get out, with the result that the price fell £0 to £159. CHILEAN STOCKS
Following on the heels of this came a statement from the directors of Ceara Tramways regarding their failure to secure compensation for loss of their interest, whereupon 5-1/2 percent Debentures fell £10 to £58. Earlier in the year this stock hnd touched £95. Mampos Trum- way Debentures fell £10 to £58 and Electric Denbentures fell £8 to £31. while Port of Para closed the week
Cements were again the malu ut- traction on the Stock Exchange this morning: Business done in other issues was not impressive.
This morning's transactions noon prices follow:-
SHARES BANKS
HK Bank INSURANCES
Canton Union
Underwriters
BUYERS SELLERS SALES £44.
#2070
HK Fire.***** DOCKS, ETC.
K. Wharf (0) Dock I'rovident LAND, ETC. HK Hotel
Ink Land S'hai Land UTILITIES
Tram
Peak Tram
Star Ferry C. Light (0)
C. Light (N)
Electric Telephone INDUSTRIALS
Cement
Hour
9:
200
700
770
16 783 30 760
154 180 50 155 303%
300 25
500 a 12.60
Chilean Government stocks were. very strong compared with the rem mainder of the market, but they also eased a half point to a common price of £41-1/2,
Rails were moderately lower, with Autofagainn "ordinary" down half a point to £11, which approaches. the January low of £10-3/4. "First Goo 17% preference" were down. two points to £63. Nitrate Ralls were down' 2/0 to 80 shillings. Lautaro fell
.
2211
17.00
0231
5
23 23 1700
27%
300 2:49
139
1300 * 2414
2015
46
4172 43
47 474
1509 21
270348 3000 475 2000 41 23001 47
11
32
500 50
STORES, FTC Dairy (New) Watson (Old). 59%
Watson (New)
COTTONS
son curtly. So Mrs Thackham went Ewo ...... back aboard and tied a strong bit | MISCELLANEOUS of twine round a plank that was Entertainment
Towards evening loud deck
tering
brought her on where she found that part of
smokestack had collapsed and rune through a hole in the deck to one Cotton
of the cabins. where it smashed a stuffed penguin.
nut.
"has
*
40
2/6 to 41,
1 shillings.United Press.
TRENDS ON WALL STREET
New York, July 3-The brisk rise In Bailroad shares on Friday carried that group to a new high since July 11, 1946 and lifted the main list of stocks to within 100 % striking distance of a two-year peak established on. June 11. The small 50001, boom in Rall shares ellmaxed og 1000 53% otherwise dull week on the Stock Exchange, in which trading slack- ened to the slowest pace since the middle of last March,
300 1731⁄2
Textile
Trade Trends
n
Sales Inst Monday lopped the million share level, but for ihe following four days dropped below It.
the
manently,, for further study.
Muscums want the solution be-
Buying in Ruila developed follow- ing. B belated realisation that Federal Judge Goldsborough in which does not spectens in alcohol, wore preserve Zorraquino of Saragossa
Washington, by a permanent Injunc- retain the form and colour. Physi- THE old art of the pastry cook,"
New York, July 3-In Worth tion, had erected a barrier against 3 gloomy fellow the clans can use the process also for "THE old
a railroad strike lecture demonstrations.
other day,
necessarily died Street this week the cotton textile any possibility of a
Jinal. agreement. The firms
Hai Who talks of pastry-trade celebrated the turn into the pending
Judge's ruling came early in cooks and does not know Zerraquing second half of the year in a modhy, but, because of the pre-holiday of Saragossa, in the Calle del Coso? ontimistic frame
of mind. This
atmosphere. little. Immediate atten- in change in sentiment followed they spend yearly on fresh flowers made by magic.
the mouth, and think they were
and Even his bread bag trade buying in sheetings in collaboration
with an that wilt under hot lights. The new
tho development of extensive uncle, Philip Joffe, for the past eight process will keep
was poetry, and the ladies of the floral props for Pasco de Maria Agustina years, said they have been deluged use time and again.
(the government inquiries. heroine of the Napoleonle siege. and with requests from movie
Torrid temperatures, with the ex when Lannes took the city) millinery
hospitals and · firms,
Joffe said he and his
Woule pansion in the retall movement of ilke wolves for his to
cecret Philip. release the museums
uttering sharp cries and modish
dish reasonable merchandise, contributed formula.
feeling arousing onths, 50 that the guests in the towards better
com hopes that some garment manufac- rcorder on a formula for preventing paper from plain to the management, and well-tures would begin to
of the
solution
.
I will go on sale at Macy's de- partment store in New York soon "a reasonable price."
at
it
the1iUe-cakes-melted like four sudden and large-scale revival of lian-was-given to it or to its Import.--.
brother,
are general practitioners.gst They came upon the solution several years ago, when their unele mixed
Oriente halel near by used to com-
hnd
The only other item of news to prompt any buying was an announce- ment that Superior Oil of Californin. increased for the first nino months of its feceral year to more than 30 dollars per share from little more than 10 dollars a year carlier.
BERLIN SITUATION
nging. When It failed to necomplish | to-do
Midweek activity on the Stock merchants. cating! olives come lines. But the re-entry that end, the uncle, In anger, threw stuffed with anchovies in the Ambos bag trade into the market after an Market was hampered by sharply
best absence since Inst autumn occupied rising temperatures in New a rose he was holding into the solu-Mundos (one of the twelve
me of The volume City and on the main attention.
high humidity, coupled cafes in Spain), tion.
would climb on
direction with the annual outing of the see the goods booked from that their chairs and tables to
York Stack was only conjectural, but agreement New
Exchange champing of delicate Jaws as the
that A was more or less general
been/dnesday. Another factor restrain- Indies, unable to hold themselves in,
had
ing activity was the deterioration stuffed the cakes into their mouths "considerable volume"
worked for spot and third quarter of relations between Russia and the on the way home.. year perfected
dellvery.
powers in Berlin, where nerd Caesarea Augusta
The implications of the discovery, Dr. Sidney Joffe said, are tremen- dous. Once the solution starts self-
A week Inter, the brothers noticed he predicted, Ing commercially,
that the rose looked as though it had stands a good chance to put the
been freshly cut. They started ex- fresh and artificial flower firms out perimentation on, the preservation of business.
of flowers, and this the process-United Press.
Three Steps
There are three steps in the pre- servation process, Joffe said, and they will be simple enough for any house- wife to perform.
First, the flower is dipped into a solution that dehydrates it, fixing its form and stopping bacterial decay. It is then dipped into another solu tion and dried. The third solution establishes a permanent acid-alkaline balance in the dower.
When finished, the flower is in a fixed state of preservation that is Impervious to heat, cold or time.
It will completely revolutionise Joffe said. the flower business, Other businesses will also feel the repercussions. Milliners are agreed that women customers will prefer their favourite flowers In a presor- ved state on their hats, rather than artificial flowers.
Medical selence is interested the discovery, Joffe suld,
In
because
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Although the list closed the, week
France and the United States Smaller manufacturOTS were can-d spicuous in the buying movement, with had uparently stiffened in all-out CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE By the way, is it not interesting brokers reporting apparent depletion in opposition to Russia's latest demands.
to conskler the name Saragossa,
sleeks. While the larger manufacturers The situation in Berlin began to held new purchases in a routine basis, deteriorate late last week, but the which, under the Romans, was apparently preferring to work of morg Philadelphia Republican National Caesarca Augusta? The lazy in- excess stocka, the situation is being habitants couldn't be bothered with watched elurely to see if the develop Convention distracted attention from
ment marks a definite turn in trend. 1. By mixing coal dust with pitch
late foreign developments until this week. and moulding into a brick shaped all that, and ran the two magnifi- cent words into Caesaragoste. The mass. 2. Aristotle. 3. Elght: Heavy-Moors went the worse and called it
BAG SHEETING weight, light heavyweight, welter- Saracusla. From that to Saracuta, The best volume in bag Neetings on a quickening upbeat, gains for the weight, middleweight, lightweight, and then to Zaragoza was child's centred on 40-inch 4t by 44 9.73 yard bantamweight, featherweight and
there it is today, and play. And
the number, where July/August business de-week, where they occurred, were a yard, small. The exception wa Nickel Byweight, 4. Rembrandt. 5. Mercury, jewel of Aragon,
veloped at 17 to 17 cents the rose of the
Brokers recalled that only a week or Plate Common, which soared ́ ́ 141⁄21⁄2 Venus, the Earth, Mars. Jupiter, desert, and no mean Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. demesne
part of my ten days ago manufacturers had a tougho
ar when
Captain-time trying to Interest Was 0. Ronico and Juliet.
centa. General of the anelent Sobrorbe,
The recent widespread changeover looms from sheetings to other construc- tions, along with impending mill vaca
producers Alone, with
indicating Com their intention to extend the shut-down Anaconda and Delaware lost a paint
I
"You'd better get a good night's sleep, too, mummy, 'cause I'll probably give you another trying day tomorrow."
some
buyers at 17 points. Gains around a point or
of
te, a three-week period this year, and the fact that some tag makers had ittie goods ordered beyond July, all combined to explain the reversal of form, according to traders.
more were noted in such pivotals
linols Central, Unlon Carbide, In- ternational Harvester, American Telephone,
and Allied Chemical.
Johns Products,
Manville,
| or more each-United Press,
Cotton THREAT OF COAL
A government inquiry for 30,000,030 yards of sinilor cotton twill was 150 largest single procurement in foods ince the end
the of and this. WAT,
along with im- Dending, inquiries for bed sheets, print cloth, pyjama checks and poplins, Wax also instrumental in eausing consumiera to reconsider the raulious buying pollry they had been following since the be ginning at the year,
Government Inquiries also became an Influence in the wool fabric situation, when the Army requested bids for 8,000, 006 yards of eighteen ounce wool serge cloth,-United Press.
Exchange Rates
Bustness was done in the local un- official exchange markel this morning in the following rajes
Chinese dollars (per CNS1 m.)
Sterling notes (per
1)
US dollars (ner Ussi) Gold bars (per faell Plastres (per 100) Riam teals (per 100) NEI guilders
per 100)
FL15
14.20
310.00
STRIKE IN U.S.· ́
Washington, July 3-The big steel companies, faced with a strike in the. "captive" soft coal mines on Tues. day, have only a 41-day supply of on hand, the National · Coal Association reported.
coal
It also stated that there was a drop in soft coal production from 310,545,000 tons in the
first six, months of Inst year to 281,700,000 tons in the same period of this year,
On June 10 there, was a 38-day reserve for the country as a whole.
Some Industrial' sources also fear 53.90 that the strike, if it comes off, may, 1135 spread to some commercial pits in 21.00 the form of sympathy walk-puis 40.00 United Press.