THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1948.
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
SOPK, 1968 BY NIA SERVICE, INC. Y, HE REAL G, §. PAT. OFF.
"Good old Aunt Minnie! She gives un guest towels for a wedding present, and we're going to live in a traller!"
• MCKENNEY
ON BRIDGE Key: 'Declarer Can Lose Trump Trick
BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
OOKS on the play of the hand far and few been
Bhave
between, as most experts and it duncult to write such a book, especially for the beginner. How- ever Terence Recse of Englanti has "Reese n new book out entitled
on Play" which think presents Today's hand some fine material.
is taken from that book.
Mr. Reese does not Elve any
bidding, so the bidding shown here
is the way I assume it might go.
We can see South is off two bo spoder. His losing clubs can discarded
on the good diamonds. He can even afford to lose a trump trick.
in
And that is. the secret of this hand, Mr. Reese's opinion-declarer
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can afford to lose a trump trick. _He should not be greedy and try to win all the trump tricks.
Looking at all four hands we can seo the trumps are not going to break. But when the average player has eight trumps with three top awings he is apt to go ahead and hope they will break, then complain of bad luck if they do not.
West
In Mr. Reese's example wins the first two spade tricks and Now South- trumps the third one.
the
if South cashes the ace, king and queen of hearts, East will be able to
of Interrupt the running diamond cult by trumping, and the contract will be defeated.
Getting back to the first thought. South can afford to lose a trump trick, and Reese says, lose it right
Way.
The correct play after trumping the third spado is to cash the ace of hearts, then lead a small heart, If he East will have to win this.
It can be returns another spado trumped in dummy.
If he leads ù
diamond or club, declarer can win it, pick up the other trumps and proceed to run off the diamond suit.}
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YOUR BIRTHDAY.
EXCLUSIVE TELE GRAPH' FEATURE
By STELLA
FRIDAY, JULY, 30
DORN today, courage and per- you become more successful, will be severance are two characteris considered "luck." It is, actually, tice which will get you for on the the usa to which you put these in- rond to success. You have a -keen tullive feelings. Others may have the sense of humour.. This, too, is a same "feeling"-but do not act upon blessing for life may not be too easy them. Hence your particular kind and you will need the ability to of "luch "laugh and let live" if you are to win ultimate victory without heart- break.
Your ideas are very clearly defined and you are original and Inventive But you may be far ahead of your time and in trying to make your dreams come true, you will come up against many people who will scot at you and try to discourage you from what they consider "flights of fancy."
You are highly impressionslistic and your intuitions are exceptionally keen.
By nature, your temperament is mercurial.. But, if early in life you learn self control and the persistent tenacity to a single goal, then you will have conquered Uils shortcom ing and go on to definite success.
Family ties are strong and, if An early necessary for your own kin, you will make real sacrifices. marriage and a large family of your own will bring you great happiness and contentment.
To And what the stars have in for tomorrow, select your
You can sense things which store
Let others will not. Henco, you often are birthday star and rend the corres-
paragraph.
your way ahead of a competitor because ponding you have had a "hunch." This, as birthday star be your daily guide.
SATURDAY, JULY 31
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)---- LEO (July 24-Aur. 23)—A day for
Start out on a It an employee, take time ask the new beginnings fresh project with optimism courage. Success should be yours.
on,
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BY THE
WAY
by Beachcomber
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Wall Street Prices Still Declining
New York, July 23-Today prices continued to decline on the Stock Exchange, with losses ranging from fractions The sell-off to more than a point. Trading was quiet.. slashed around $500,000,000 in market valuations,
HONGKONG
SHARES
The turnover on the Hongkang Stock Exchange this morning was 4,500 shares, valued at $120,000. It was a quiet cession, but there was a steady undertone.
Dotnila
of transactions with noon prices:
follow,
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East Asia
2571k
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Union
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DOCKS, ETC.
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Provident
LAND UTILITIES
ETC.
HK Hotel
27 17 1000 € 17%
Tram
23-
3000 23
13
1500
631 4235
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4855 801%
Dairy (New) Watson (Old)
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of Statistics and Figurology and boss for what you want. OpportuT used to be said at the Board show nity may be yours if you
that the voice of Miss Jeanetto inliative.
Nelson and Mr 20-Mar. (Feb.
21)-MacDonald VIRGO
PISCES (Aug. 24-Sept 22)- If you are an employee, the morning Another fine day in which you mayEddy, laid end to end, would combing social and business contacts reach from Tiverton to New- should go well for you. Later social affairs and romance are best. to their mutual advantage.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)- castle. LIBIA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).m A change, made today, may be de- A day for realising your objectives finitely for the best. You may also have If you push affairs in which you are secure an honour which you vitally Interested. Make each been anticipating.
Watson (New) 574 505 21) cause she loathes dogs she is to be TAURUS moment count,
(Apr. 21-May
called her allergy. But has anybody SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22). Be confident of the future, for to- Elven Bertim to overcome what is A balter day. Optimism counts con- day shows the way toward improved ever thought that the dog might
loathe actresses? Then conditions in the weeks to come. Be confident,
siderably. Your initiative and energy point toward success.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) -Your personal efforts govern the to degree of success which comes you now. Push every advantage.
CAPRICORN (Dec, 23-Jan. 20)- General progress can be made. Make
Co use, also, of personal contacts. operation effort is advantageous.
SCIENCE AT WORK:
NEW
*
I now read that Miss. MacDonald (soon to play "Hamlet") is about lo appear in a film with a dog. Bo-
must
bo And if the effect GEMINI (May 22-June 23)-have serum, too.
will Advertising and publishing projects of the stuff wears off during the probably be a grand fight between appear especially favoured. General making of the film, there
your field business conditions in
the actress and the dog. As the chow a gain,
Greek philosopher Anaphylaxis said CANCER
23-July 23) to the goddess, "You bite Cerberus,
charge and I'll slip through."
into
(June
A conference with those in of a project may bring you prominence and further your
tions.
MICROSCOPE, TO
STUDY CANCER CELLS
By PAUL F. ELLIS
ambl
EVELOPMENT of a new micros- colourless and transparent in or-
cope
Chinese song
Yoo-Hoo went down to the pagoda,
Carrying a heap of bamboo,
He got bitten by a horsC
Of the Ming dynasty.
(Sho-pi: circa 1236 B.C.). Let Foulenough coach you
CA
to
STORES, ETC.
Lane Crawford
The Washington hearings brought suggestions that the discount rate be raised, that the bank reserve requirements bo raised, and that curba be placed on instalment buying. All this contributed to the liquidating movement,
Market experta
thnt, recalled when a similar action was taken in 1937, markets and business quickly tumbled.
Continued favourable earning re- ports helped to stabiliso the list or less somewhat and acted more as a brake. As a result, today's decline was not too severe. '
General Motors showed a rise in net profit for the first half of this Game over the
year 50 percent perlod last year.
Tobacco issues displayed, strength
on the nows that three of the big four
producers cigarette
raised their prices.
OTHER STOCKS
the
have
Railroad' slocks wero
most backward, and losses ranged to more
than two points Steel Issues eased slightly, Automobile stocks were mixed, with General Motors showing a slight gain and Chrysler up a minor
100 551 fraction.
Oil issues were weak, with Gulf Oll showing one of the widest changes with a loss of 24 points.
Dow Jones averages at the close
N.Y. FOREIGN of the session stood as follows:
EXCHANGE
New York, July 2-Foreign currencies in relation to, the U.S. dollar quoted at the close today as follows: Argentine Peso, tofficial)
30 Industrials
103.57
20 Rails
00.00
16 Utilities
34.00
'40 Bonds
90.47
United Press.
were
US$0 2077
2057
123
0330
RUBBER STILL
4335
4.0314
India
Mexiconyam
1025
New Zealand"
3.2014
0700
Argentine Peso, (Unofficial) Australia
Brazil
Deiglur Canada
Chile
England
France
South Africa
Sweden...
switzerland
Uruguay, 4
Venezuela
Shanghal (CN1100,000)
Netherlands
nainvia Blogspore Hongkong
CAPTAIN Foulenough's agency for
procuring extra petrol for those Peru who pretend to be foreign tourists Portugal is expanding. The Captain sold: "The thing is to pretend to be not merely a
foreign tourist, but an Deve that uses ultra-violet light dinary light, moking use of the Olympic competitor. You then get extra food as well as extra petrol, to study the difference between can- "colour-translation" principle sug-
Russian scientist, and the almost exclusive use of a What is smail towel for 48 hours. 1. What was the first Americancer cells and normal tissue was an- fested by the nounced recently.
he said, are taken in the point of being an ordinary un-
Come privileged Englishman? The new research weapon, des- to be recaptured from
wavelengths of invisible ultra- us, and we will coach you." A tined to play a big part in man's
West Hartle- ultimate control of cancer, was the violet light, where the tissues hayo Mr Strusweil, of result of the persistence of a retired their "colour," and then "translated" pool, is learning how to be Sokkim captain who has been fold photographically into actual colours ei Midrib, the Arabian pole-jumper.
cạn not
visible to the eye. recover that he
Dr. Robert Mellors, research fel- Hanging in the window leukemia.
low of
of the American Cancer Society, More than a year ago Capt. presented pictures at the meeting.OST birds," says a knowing
the first full-colour writer, "will sing even Robert Conrad, of New York City. They werd was told he probably had about 30 photographs of colour-translation.
they are caged" "Count me out," Scientists, Including Dr. Mellore sald a well-known ostrich. dif-months to live. During the war ha
had many dealings with industrial and Polaroid experts, insisted that he told physicians he the new instrument was not inten- would spend the seat of the life ded to be used for diagnosis in can- persuading industrial-scientista...to..ccr.. develop a weapon that would have
value in the battle
3. What celestial body is nearest to the earth?
4. Name the composer opera "Lucia di Lammermoor."
of
the
5. Name the two inserts that fer from all others in that they have only one pair of wings while others have two pairs.-
arc 0. Where
the largest lake fisheries in the world,
(Anawers on Column 5)
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July 29. New York, 040 futures today closed three
$300
3010
7.5
-485
United Press.
POUND NOTE RATE New York, July 29-The British pound here today at USF9,00,-United Press. note was quoted in the unofficial market
N.Y. Métals
Market
Rubber points
higher to three polets lower on sales totalling 03 contracts.
The spot market, was quiet and firm.
While the international situation and the accumulation of stockpiles, plus Russian purchases, are bolster ing the market, some observers point out that the widening premium of may natural over synthetic rubber Lact to brake further advances.
Futures were steady, but trading was featureless..
An exchango committee has been ap}- pointed to study the possibility of con- tract changes, aimed towards making a wider utilisation of the market possible.
Prices closed as follows:- August ( cents per lb) September
October
November
December
January. (1949)
May June
Ints, 0.1.
US$0.43 July
-New-York, - July 29-The following February
April prices were quoted in the metal market March- here today: against
DOIL percent) (American Antimony 1. Attu, in the Aleutians. 2. Iran. more important duty, they
of car load in bulk enable science to 3. The Moon. 4. Gaetano Donizetti.
Texas 6. The. Files and mosquitoes. Recently Conrad was one of the said, will be to
(99.8
percent er August Tin, Grade
1.03 September speakers at a banquet, climaxing a make a better study of cancer cella 5.
higher) day-long programme which dedica- what is their chemical structure, American Great Lakes.
Tungsten, powdered (09.93 percent) 2.10
Dro (Chinose
containing ted tho
Wolframite now 14-storey Sloan and how they differ from normal
Tungsten Trioxide) duty paid F.0.0. Kettering Institute, for cancer tissue. Up to now, the study of the been dependent upon
New York, per short ton 0.20/26 research.
cells has
Copper (Electrolytic, Export, F.A.S. New examination with the light micros
York) per lb. 2134 cts. (U8) cope of fixed, or dead, and stained
Zinc (Prime Western, New York) per closed as follows:- tissues.
Largert Centre
"From such study conclusions are valid insofar as they reveal struc- tures or indicate conditions which are existent during life," Dr Mel- lors said, "but tho occult phenomenon, the chemistry of the living intact cell, escapes analysis."
ZBW RADIO
II.K. T.
Manganese
22.00 nominal
22.35
United Prot.
LONDON MARKET
London. July 29.-Rubber Cutures today
1265 September la pennies per lb.) 14-9/10 percent October
14-12
14-12
14-15
Press,
(Electrolytic 90.0 Manganero, delivered east of Bilas November 3200 December alppi River) per lb.
delivered January (1040) Imn ora 1815 percent iron,
lawer port Lake Superior) per long March
ton
V8$0.45 SCRAP PRICES Prices for Borap were as follows:- Copper F.0.3, per ton
****....... US$15.00/15.23 Lead F.OB.
LOT "(heavy soft} Steel FO.. per ton (No.
1 heavy melting) ·
The institute was built from funds
6.01. rontributed by Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.,
Summary: 0. Programina who has set aside $4,000,000 for the
Chlidren's Half Hour: "Wind in the Wil- Presented Institute,
lows" by Kenneth Graham. now the largest cancer and treatment centre in
by Members of the HHC Stage Club research
(Studio): 0.30 One Night Stand Pre- (Studio): You the world.
Talks on Sport (Studio): Conrad told of his desire to help
sented by Philip Burn "Sea Teo"
by Emilio 7.10.--Saxophone Realia!
(Brit) It is here where the new technique along with Piano accompaniment by in the cause of the cancer fight, and introduced Edwin H. Land, prest-
735"How to blow your own dent of Polaroid Corporation, whose will have value, Dr. Mellors pointed Peto Valderrems (studio): 725-inter-
tho
Trumpet"--including "How Not To" and new out. It should permit scientists to lude; developed scientists
(BBCTS); - visualise the mechanism of cancer low They used To" microscope.
Land said that Palarold scientists cells. In other words, what makes world and Home News (London Relay); Once that is de- 6.19Take Your Cholce": 0.49,-Fred
Hartley and His Music (BACTS); 9
(DBCTS); have produced full-colour photo- them cancerous.
"The Making of a Piper" tissues, completely termined, the control of cancer may
3.30.—Puccini: Madama Butterfly" Act graphs of
be next, the scientists believe.
Winners of Judd awards for out-5. Principais, Chorus and Orchestra of standing work in cancer
OUTWARD MAILS were
FRIDAY, JULY 30
Closing Times By Air
Shanghai, Nanking, Kankow, Tsingtae, Peiping, Amoy, Toochow, Bwalow and Tainan, 3.30 p.m.
Closing Times By Bes & Train Swalow and Amoy (Bea) 3 p.m. Tengkok (Sea) 3 pm.
Straits, Batavia, Sourabaya and Macassar
(se) 3 nahan (öça)-4 p.m. Macro and Kongmoon (vis Canton) (Train) 6 p.m. Canton (Parcels & 2nd class mail) (fea)
8 p...
Canton,
BATURDAY, JULY 11
Closing Times By Air
Kowloon CPO) 7.30 am, 10 m. 12.30 p.m., 3 pm; (GPO) 7 9.33 Noon, 2.30 p.m.,
Shanghai, .m. (reg); 9.30 am. (ord). Mana, P.L, Itonolulu, USA and Canada,"
V.30 . fregit 10 am. Lord). Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Tsingtao,
Felping. Swalow, Amoy, and Isochow, 30 p.m. Baigon and Paris, p
"chuaricing
Bangkok, Bangoon, Calcutta, Karerbt, Bahrein, Cairo. (Nairobi, Johannesburg. and Marselles via Calea), Augusta and London, (Kowloon CTO)- 4.30; p.m.; (GPO) 5 pm and a
Closing Times By Sea Macza and Tainaban (Boa) 8 a.m.
Hnphong (ra) 70 cm.
Macao and Trinshan (Bea) 11.30 am. Strait (e) 1 p.m.
Mateo and Tinshan (Bea) 3 pm,
Canton (2nd class mail only) (Train)
1 pm
Bandakan (50g)_1._pan.
Amoy (Bes) 3 pm,
Bombay (Boa) 5 pun
Shanghal, Honolulu, USA, Canada, Cen- tral and South America via Ban Franı" cisco (No Parcels for Canada), (Bea) pan. (par, reg and ord).
Japan Ordinary, folters and cards only)
(802) bp.m.........
Macao and Tanahka (BBA): spani Kongmoon {xia Canton) (Trafa) 25. p.m. Canton (Parona šv.Rod-classinal) (dBA)
per
16.00/1050 CHINA PRODUCE
33.00
United Press.
La Scala Opera Milan; 10-World and US. RAIL RATES
QUOTATIONS
today research
Eric
John
Home News (London): 10.15-Weather Iteport: 10.16 Famous Men" Stuart Mill & the Idea of Liberty" (DBCTS) A Talk by Bertrand Russell; 10.30-Dance to the Latest Hecords: 11.15-Weather Report and Close Down
as Prot announced Boyland, University of London, and Dr. Alexander Haddow, Royal Can- cer Hospital, of London United News nicel (London co Press
EDITORS PARED KARVINE,
OVER GATVERAW NVIDEMO JOŽ
"How long have we been married now, dear-ten
twenty years?”.
TO BE HIKED
York
New York, July-China, produce was quoted in the New York market
follows:
FOB: New Aniseed 011,
per 1b,
****** 0.20/0.4 3.0.11 New Casela મા, per
2.00/2.50 York. Tung ell, in tank cars, F.0.3, New York, 0.37 per lb. depending Washington, July 29-The Inter Bendatwood, in drums,
quantity & quality... 13.00 nominal Now 'States Commerce. Commission has
ib.- Y.O.D. per
8.15/340 York grooted railroad rate adjustments | dgar
12
per to carriers an
percent) calculated to yield
Beryllum. (10 to
20.00/24.03 additional $05,200,000 annually..
Molybdenum,. (90 percent) per lb. 043. united Press.
agar
BRISTLES
It was the fourth change in the freight rates since last October., In that tune freight rules have' in-
which added Bristles, 7.0.D. New York per tu. creased 22.6 percent, annual to revenues estimated at follow: US$1,535,000,000. The 1946 Com- mission catimated that it granted boosts of $2,550,000,000 in yearly revenues, or about 44. percent,
Jankow, regular aursort-
menia
chungking regular,
sortmenis Shanghai, regular
menta Tientsin, 26 shorts
These figures do not include in- creases in other railroad operation Tientsin, 208 regular revenues, including charges for carrying passengers, mail, and 'ex- press. Such increases are estimated at a total of about $307,000,000 yearly United. Press.
Exchange Rates
•Business was done in the focal un official exchange market this morning-21 the following Yates:
N
Chinese dollars Ever_wist in.): Sterling note, (per ), US dollars (per unit). Gold hars (per Lael) Flastres-(per 100) Hans Licals (per 100) KEI Boliders-(per 100)
a- amort
4.15/0.15
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2.89 nominal
2.05
10.23 United Fres
Bank Of England
Returns
of England
London July 28-Hank returns for the week ending July: ta
| were as follow-
Notes in croutations Public deposlis noris Las Privale deposits 0.40 | Government secuiiite
300′) Cther securities 11.215) Receipiat,
15.30 Bank ratio
43.00
£1,250,041,000
Prest.