THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1948,
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
TODAY'S lesson
J WISH PEOPLE WHO WANT THEIR DOOR BELL FIXED WOULD STAY
HOME!
Check Your Knowledge
1. Which language contains the mast words, English, German, French or Italian?
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
PORN today, you dislike discord cosy, so do not, exert yourself. If
and will go a very long way Around to escape a fight. You be Heve that there can be peace and harmony. If everyone is sympathetic,
you intend to co-operative, Hence you intend to be like and by your works set an example to all mankind. But you are: not Tucking in individuality, and if op- posed in your ideas, you will revert to a type of passive resistance which is quite as effective in gaining your ends as a good fist fight.
You are very fond of Nature and secm to And inspiration and pleasure from living in the country. You probably would be very un- happy if condemned to elty living for long intervals.
The stars have given you a good mind, but you do not use it as much as you might. You find life rather
you wished, you could become very successful in business, for you are quite shrewd in this direction, You know when to keep a secret, and
position, highly confidential position,, 74
some
You women are inclined toward the frivolous-loving fine clothes, pretty jewellery, and luxurious liv ing accommodations. You arb at- tracilve to the opposite sox, and will. probably have many romancea.be- fore selecting a life partner. But once you have made your choice, you are steadfast and loyal-making à Hfe-career of being a wife, home- <maker and mother.
To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres. ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your dolly gulde. ..
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
VIRGO
22) (Aug. 24-Sept. Minor upsets are bound to cause regression In your activities, 80 Imove cautiously when you move at
all.
LIBRA (Sept, 23-Oct. 23) Check your nasels; move cautiously forward when you see a chance, but don't push too hard against the tide. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)
High temper can ruin a good pros- pect if you talk out of turn now. Be patient and co-operative.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)
Make
sure everything is on the "up and up" before diving Into nnything today. Look before leap- Ing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)- Avoid committing yourself on any important plan of future procedure until another day. Guard osscta; check all details.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)- Expansion of activities is unwisu right now. Hold on to what ad- vantages you have and postpone ag- gressive action.
RECORDED MUSIC:
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PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. ~ (1)— Think before you speak or act, Dis- cretion in all things is the order of this day for your interests, · ;་
"And what makes you think the Babes in the. Wood may have been kid- napped by Russian soldiers
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
ARIES (MAT. 22-Apr. 20) Things may appear belter than theyODAY, my little snails, I are. Be guarded in your actions; TO
will write you a new column.
make sure of all facts presented.
TAURUS
(Apr. 21-May
I do this because I love you, 21) my woodful of enraged blue-
bottles.
This is a better day for you than for many, Signs of increased net!- vity stimulate action. Assert your- self.
Fleet-ntreet, for all its high and mighty ways, its queenly graces, Its GEMINI (May 22-June 22)—sea of head-tossing on the proud Improved conditions with indications sub-editorial desk, will never print
ogain, of some travel. Avold being too ad-e like
ond Fleet-streat | venturesome, bul
has its fingers crossed. progress Just the same.
Today, and for
make
CANCER (June 23-July 23) Emotions can cause complications it you permit them to get out of con- trol, Count ten-f angry; bo
FOR THE BUSINES Canton Black Market In Commodities
Canton, Sept. 15.-Price control in Canton has created the beginnings of a black market in commo. dities, which is reminiscent of the under-the-counter dealings which went in other countries under wartime rationing.
HONGKONG
SHARES
MORE ACTIVITY
Trading Improved on the Stock Exchange this morning. and the turnover, valued at $402,000, was the biggest for some days.
This morning's transactions and noon prices were as follows:-
SHARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES BANKS
NK Bank..... 2010
East Asia.... TARY
INSURANCES
Canton
LAND, ETC.
HK Hotel
TIK Land
€
30 A 700 300 793
100
15.20
Local price control was slow in starting because the lower. value of the U.S. dollar during the days of CNC threatened to ruin. local merchants, Premier Wong Wen-hao, advised of this, in a cable to municipal officials; authorised price pegging at realistic level.
The Executive Yuan nico cent Dr Chin King-yang, price control to help in specialist, to Canton setting up price control mechanism.
Threats of drastic action have practically killed speculation In foreign currencles in Ċanlon, though people on the inside are sul oblo to get as much as a two percent premium for Hongkong dollars. Commodity prices, however, havo risen much more then the appro- ximately 10 percent Increase nu- thorised. Economic police action
here
has
not shown itself 18
2001015 Vorous as in Shanghal.
The black market is most apparent 2000 is 1311⁄2 | in high quality foods. Poorer quali
ty foods are sold at the celling prior, but only a bonus will bring out top quality commodities,
380
Union
700
703
DOCKS, ETC.
K. Wharf (0)
130
141
Dock
Provident
22.30
S'hai Dock
13.10 1515
71 73
100
500
S'hat Land... UTILITIES
Tram
0.00
500
5.00
21
2250
21.
17.20
17.70
30% 4014
41% 4235 1000 @ 43
Dairy (New) Watson (Old) Sinceren
100
3000
17.80
C. Light (0)
(0) 30
C. Light (N) .. Electric Telephone INDUSTRIALS
Cement... STONES, ETC.
one day only,
COTTONS there will be no headings. that'
Ένα mean anything, so today you will MISCELLANEOUS Įnot have
Vibro to worry your pretty heads to puzzle anything out. But from time to time I will put one in just to please you, like this
patient.
LEO (July-24-Aug. 23)-The mechanical trades and those closely connected with the land are the two No Oscars for Miss Wild groups favoured. Others, be care-
· Stel.
BUT don't take it seriously, it means no more than the pro- mises of grocers, the
cry of moping owl in the night, the times of train arrivals in the handbook of that Old Lady of Cannon-street. What! my little ones,
you think you can read a meaning into 11? then you
can read more
than I. And here is another to batter your heads against:-
SOME NEW OFFERINGS
OF IGOR STRAVINSKY
By DELOS SMITH
2. A quadrant is what part of a rate Stravinsky
GOR Stravinsky is presented in a 12-inch single (Columbia) and a fat and fancy album (RCA Victor). Since neither coatains anything to justify his reputation as the greatest composer of the 20th century, I pre- fer the single. It costs less. And it doesn't give off enough second
to blur your memory. of the four or five master pieces upon which his reputation is of based.
circle?
3. What was the subject Homer's "Ilind"?
hond is the re-
performance
News flash
HI you thought we were to start A afresh,
that we
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INADEQUATE CONTROL
One local restauranteur said that good beef could be bought “If you have Д friend.j The friend. however, must get GY$1.10 a catty instead of the controlled price of DD cents, Top quality rice has been taken off the marlast at the official price of GY$20, but It enn be bought In back rooms for $35.
Ono
Police control is inadequate, servant who does most of the buy- ing for a local Chinese household
N.Y. FOREIGN averred. She told of trying to buy
EXCHANGE
New York, Sept. 15-Closing rates for foreign exchange were as follows:- Argentine Peso (Omelal).... US$0.2017 Argentine Peso ¡Unofficial)
Brazil
Australia
Belgium
Canada
Chile England France
India
atexico
New Zealand
Реги
7063
3.43
10550 .02281
vegetables while a policeman w.hs near by. The merchant quoted the official price, but dallied in making the sale until the gendarme went away. then demanded a higher price.
Much of the trouble seems to
wholesalers stem from the
, who supply the retailers, or to the far- mers themselves - in many cases. 01-1/16 Farmers are refusing to sell vegeta- bies and are also taking beef off the market. creating artifcial 003225 shortages.
4335 4.0312 3023
1430
4.031%
0700
Here and there, there is evidence of success in price control. Foreign elgarettes are down 15 or 30 per- 0404 cent from prices a week ago, though they are still much higher in term: of Hongkong or US dollars they were before the currency re- form.
Portugal
South Africa
Sweden
2700
Switzerland
2652
could forgot
Uruguay
Venezuela
3010
Shanghat (per Gold Yunm
пом
2600
Netherlands
.4720
2100
United Presa.
0
And so is the
ut what has gone before. No, no, no, Shura Cherkassky, pinnist, With today you thall have but one para- Nos. 5, 6, 11, and 16 of Liszt's Kraph and this is it. Why should Hungarian Rhapsodies but, la- search the papers or funny pieces mentably, for quite another rea-lo please you, when I can make son. A plonist has nerve when he them up undertakes to perform this virtuoso Cow shot underground display music. Cherkassky does and, pianistically speaking, he falls on his face. (VOX; four 10-in., alb.)
While a large party of film stars were being Improved Singles
conducted round Both Columbia and RCA Victor was shot by an elderly man, "That's bakery in Stratford-on-Avon a cow On one side is the "Pastorale" for seem to be putting other is "Russian Maiden's Song" to the inflation.
much violin and wind quartet. On the into their singles.
affort the Arst time I have ever seen a Maybe it is due cow shot in a bakery!" sati Mr for violin-and-plane. Their virtue the 12-incher of Morion Gould,
A good bargain is Stewart Granger laughingly. dolls given to is that they say what they have to con
conducting the
Hood Robin say and in the process engross you Orchestra, cutting all
Deli
think that I in- of by the way they say,
Borts it.
vented that? Joseph
Then you cre capers Szigeti plays his violin with his en Swith "Parade of the Wood-
turned In right. A maggot en Soldiers"
my and
Tam "Dancing usual effectiveness, and the
brain, and there it was, and I can com- bourine." Columbia also las poser himself has a hand in both Philadelphia Orchestra under
the
do better. I could tell you of an performances, first
Eu- underground flm star baked in 08 conductor, then as planist.
Fete Ormandy playing Glinka's cow. But enough-let us not part (10-in.) and Weber's "Invitation to bad friends. Here Is a gift for
4. Who won the Marathon race
sult of a discussion that I had at the first modern Olympic games with Ivan Half, of Pittsburgh, Pain 18007
A player rarely-gives-me-a-hand
in which he got the worst of it. 6. Why were Therefore. I thought the point Half|mothers in ancient Japaa? brought out all the more Impres- sive.
You will note that over four no trump
Half bid five diamonds. North bld six hearts and South went to seven hearts. The opening lead of the eight of diamonds was won by declarer with the jack, as Half did not put up the king.
Now declarer's
only problem.
was the heart sult. Should he play? them to split two-two, or if he played
them to split
thrco
three-ane, which hand should hold the and which the one?
oulds
The
favoured the hearts breaking three-one, not two-two, As Half said, his bid of five dia- monds indlented that he could not have more than a singleton heart. Therefore, declarer's correct play was to lead the ace of hearts, then the ten of hearts, and take the finesse if West refused to cover.
•
Hall's five diamond bid, as often happens in a 'band of this type, did more to help the opponents than for his own side. With that bid, declarer should have no trouble in figuring out the correct distribution of the hearts..
CROSSWORD
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12. Up to the time of 13)
13, Check. (6)
When Ada leaves Atazıdaisy, (6)
10. Generally, precedes an uprising.
18. To ball without an articio, (5)
10. Gore Therefore, - (4)
20. A three-cornered 'aguro.
St Table. (4)
22. Blare for this dower, (5)
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This time for anza ↑ "ESL
2. Truant foe (anar.)
is a short morriing," "(6),
TO 193
(0)
tumble from falled trees. (8) Musical Instruimenita, Bettled.
Weasel-like kilipale. (7)
Giris name. (8)
Remedied. 181
(5)
13, Time.
C. What composer was affection- ately nicknamed "Papa"?
Answers on Column 4
CHESS PROBLEM
By A. ABELA Black, 7 pieces.
2
White, 6 pleces. White to play and mate in three.
Solution to yesterday's problem:
Q-95, any; 7, Q, Hồ or. Ka (ch, or dối chị n
No cab from taboggans, (4)
is the sweep measured for thi
when new 7° (6)
solution of vratardar's pussl0,--Arren17 „Onesjded: 16. Fumereni 7 Hoes 0 Polar: Liu Kanal fulani 15, 19115) Adot 15, RomagY!" Marios:"10, frie! 40. Pronounos 3i, gen & Down) A2, ARIA), Devar á. Erosioni 3.dngir 14. Destomari 5. Mary's neigð and 91, The less word; Min tukiendt 9. Orasi 101 (917)
(4) íà. "Wood; TB., Bori lá, käe
"Russian and
Ludmilla"
overture
PERHAPS you
you:-
WHY is an author the strangest
I of animals?
One-Third of a Soldier
the Dance" (12-In.); and the Cleveland Orchestra under Erich Riddle The five 12-inchers of the album Leinsdorf
playing Schubert's are taken up with "The Soldier's "Rosamunde" ballet music
and Talo" ("L'Histoire
Soldat")
"), Mozart
minuet (12-in.) scored for seven instruments, and
a wind octet.
Pleasing RCA The former was Saint-Saens' by a
Victor
singles are: "Omphale's Spinning Intended to be "read, played, and Wheel" performed
Answer: Because his tale (tail) by danced" and only one-third of Philharmonte
the Royal comes out of his hend. Sir under Stravinsky's intention is reallaed. Beecham (12-in.);
Thomas
To the barricadest Edmund Kurtz, That third's preoccupation with collist, playing Handel Largh- rhythm leads to deadening reitera-
elto and Cassado's "Requiebros" tlan and so to barrenness. The (12-in.);
Dorothy Maynor, prano, singing Schubert's "Seren- ado" and "Love's Message" (10- in.)-United Press,
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its but.
octof has more life to it sparse ideas become rather thin by the time he is done with them. The performers are members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein, and the performances are able.
homor-
OUTWARD MAILS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Closing Times Dy Air Kunming, Lluchow, Amoy, Shanghai, Nanking, Hanke, Taingiao, Palping Swatow, Hoiow and „Taipen, 3.30 pm. Bangkok, Singapore. Batavia, Colombo.
Bydney and Auckland, 8 pm. Balton and Paris, à pa Japan (ordinary letters and cards only).
6.p.m.
Closing Times By Sea & Trala
Macazer, Sourabays and Batavia (Bea)
3 p.m.
Balgon (Bea) 3 p.m.
Ceylon, East and South Africa, Mauri- tius, Bombay and Karachi (804) 3 p.m. Ronginoon (Bea); B. p..
Canton (Parcels de End, class mail) · (Ss)
'5 p.m.
+
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Closing Times By Mir
13.30
Canton, (Kowloon CPO) 10 'pm: (dio) 930 a.m., noon,
Shanghai, a.m. (rog); $.30 am. (ord). Bhanghal, Nanking. Hankow, Tahto, Pelping Bwatow, Amoy and Taipeh, noon; (reg and ord),
Closing Times By Sea & Tram ·
Macso and Twinahan (Boa) 7:30 am... Swatow (Hea) noon,
Shanghal (Sea) noon.
Japan (ordinary letters and cards only)
(84) bots,
Bangkok (#96) noun.
Satzon and Bandakan (Ben) noon.
Tramkong (BRA) DOON.
(Tomorrow-UNUSUAL
Radio Hongkong
ANGLES)
11KT
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Answers
Batavis
Singapore Hongkong
POUND NOTE RATE New York. Sept. 18-The British pound nole was quoted in the unofficial market here today at US$2.85,—United Press.
PARIS EXCHANGE Patio, Sept. 15-The following change rates were quoted in the unofficial market here today! Free market USED (gold piece) 28,200 Fr Tree market US thete) .... Black market_USHI_{note).
cx-
311
41
450
United Press,
Statistics Of
U.S. Trade
than
The general cost of living 13 somewhere near 150 percent higher
10 than on August
in terms of foreign currency.-United Press.
Wall Street
Unsettled
New York, Sept. 15 The stock. market today turned irregular after displaying a firm tendency. Trading- was quiet.
All gains accrued earlier in the day were wiped out shortly past following a dispatch from Washington that Secretary of State Marshall had expressed pessimism
noon
the foreign situation at his nowa ference. conference. The market was also Washington, Sept. 15.-The United unsettled
news that the on the States Department of Commerce Department of Justice had led, an tadny announced statistics. of anti-trust suit against the "big four" United States Imports and exports meat packing concerns.
for from
July, showing that imports
the
sharply from
The changes throughout the list Philippines dropped were small either way, with a good
US$25,400,000
their in part of pivotals. holding at
previous levels.
June to US$15,400,000 in July.
However, imports in
July this
Rallroad Blocks which wero year were almost double the dollar favouritea carlier in the day were value Th July 1047 when the mixed at the close. Steel issues amount totalled US$8,500,000. Also, steadied.
Transactions
the value of imports from the Philippines - was second only
those from British Malaya And Thifa
to shares.
totalled
710,000
which were US$23,000,000 of the session stood as follow:
Dow Jones averages at the close
30 Industrinis
and US$10,000,000.
At the same time the Department, 20 Ralls
6, Programme Suzomary:, §41, 101 is sald Ualled States, axports to the 15 Uulities Shelf": "0.30. "March of the Miɑviei" Philippines in
With Music & Extracts from the Films
(ORBS); T. “ITNA”, with Tommy Hang- Javy
Francaise (Studio): 8, World and Huma News (London Relay); 4.15, British
1BBCTS): 7.30. 1a Dera Heure† Preu DO
July
in June.
totalled 40 Bonds
compared with
The Department snid imports
Concert Hall Halle Orchestra Unser from Asia Jagoneral, dropped.
-
John Bartin
1. The English which contains more words than the other three combined. 2. The fourth part. 3. The Trojan War. 4. Loues, a Greek; peasant. 5. To keep evil away from thair children. 0, Franz Joseph Haydn,
Produced
180.42
60.43
34.73
98.70
United Press.
In
LEDC-19); D.15, Wanted sold the value of goods purchased No Increase
Gold Price
on Voyage" Play by Jack Shepherd, by the United States from Asla in Back Shepherd (Bulding Bud cur July amounted to US$100,700,000, and Home News London Relay 3: 10.10, June. Slivester's Bathroom Orchestra 10, World compared with US$121,000,000 Inį Weather Report: 10.1 Edmundo Ros
Exports to China were off sharply and file Rumba Dand: 10.30. "The Old Rocking Chair Introduced by Christo~ - Jir Jime- and Saly, compared with Washington, Sept. 15.-U.S. Serre-
test (London plier Stone (BACTS); 11, Radio News the same months in 1947. Imports tary of the Treasury John Snyder, Relays: 11.10, Weather from China appeared to be steady, at a press conference today, said Report and Clone Down.
amounting to US$11,300,000 in July, the United States has no Intention compared with US$10,200,000 in of considering an increase, in the
·Junte--United Freak.*
price of gold which, according to rumours, Bome,
foreign countries Sith would like to propose at the forth- of the Board of Governors of the International Bank. and Fund.
In answer to a question, Snyder
the.
that tho opinion expressed question of the devaluation of the Mexican peso might be discussed. He said the Treasury expected to be in a position to judge within 30 days or Bo whether the U.S. ́are increasing or decreasing United Press.
NEW YORK METAL coming meeting
MARKET
* •New • York,• •Sept. The following prices were quoted in the metal market here today:
Po are. (3-5 percent Iron)janua
delivered lower port Lake
Superior per long ton...... US$0.35
Copper Electrolytic Expart). 2-15 cents Inflationary
20.03.
FA.S. New York per th Zinc (Prima Western, New
York), per The ACLIMAN Mengancie Tɛlectrolytie, v0.0 Berront Manganese) de. livered east of Miselnippl Itiver," per 10. KLEBEELD22.00
SCRAP METALS
The following prices, were quoted for BOTAD
Copper, 7.0.3. per ton
Colignin;
*
............. US$10.70/10.00 Lead 7.0.33. per ton theary
Boft).
KANDILEEN ERETUR.^. (17.00/12.00) Steel 7.0.0. per ton (No.
1 heavy melling)
trends
Exchange Rates
Burdnews, was done. In the local uns. official exchange market this morning at the following raters
Sterling, pound note (per '£1)
A dollar per. 81), Cold hare (per ael)
PIC plastres, (per 106) 38.50/20 00 | Błam tickle. (per 100) --United „Prom. | NET gutiders (per 100)
14,00