FOR
SIDE GLANCES
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1948.
YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
By Galbraith
EXCLUSIVE TELE GRAPH' FEATURE
POCKET CARTOON
YOUR BIRTHDAY
........ By STELLA
MBC
COPA 1948 MY NEA SERVICE, INC. T. N, RIG. U. B. PAT, OFF.
"I'm afraid I'm not going to get very far in the business world before vacation's over!"
• MCKENNEY DUMBBELLS
ON BRIDGE
Squeeze Play Wins Six No Trump Bid
BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
FIVE weeks in
follow
n hospital keep n tied dawn. somewhat
However, bridge players were very about bringing me material, good and my former staff of the American Contract Bridge League came along with a week's supply of hands.
is the second one, and it is Mrs R.
R. F. S.
Harris, who is
known to players throughout the country because she keep their master point records. She knows
whether you have one point to your credit, or 1250,
Most of the players who held the
South cards in today's hand arrived
ot
a
contract of six clubs, but Mrs Harris (North) did not give her partner a chance to do 10. When sho bld four
no trump, and her
Mrs. Harris AARDS
KQS
09382
WHAT WAS THAT WHITE
STUFF YOU SPRINKLED INTO THE
FIRE?
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BAKING POWDER I'M READY TO PUT THE CAKE INTO THE
OVEN
+
NOW!
Check Your Knowledge
1. What country produces, not only the most, but the finest linen In the world?
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
on around you in life.
Bwisdom burit of experience in the Your quotions are near the top and
ORN today, you will inte school of hard knocks. Your He impulses will need a proper curb if will noi, in the beginning, be an you are not to "dy off the handle" easy one. But as your talenta come at just the wrong, strategic moment! to the fore and are developed to their utmost, you will gain in stature, Both fame and fortune can be yours if you make the most of what the stars have bequeathed
you..
Kindly and sympathetic to all, you have a deep interest in humanity
to and appear
understandi the motivations and actions of mankind.
Leam to count ten before speaking in anger and to think carefully. before taking any important action in crisis. The pastures over the fence always look greener than your own front yard. Be sure It isn't un illusion before you cut loose from what you have to go hunting some- thing else!
Basically you are domesticated Given the ability to put this under- and home-loving. You women, standing Into
the
written word, especially, are fine home-makers, your best fleld of expression is and have a talent for taking care of likely to be in the creative arts. those who are . Professionally, especially drumu und prose. You you would make a fine nuve. have, however. a love of music und this, too, may become motivating force in your life.
11
You are quite psychic and highly sensitive to impressions and to all
what the stars have in To find store for tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-Par- ticular emphasis on social activities. Pay especial attention to your costume paying a visit.
SCORPIO' (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)—A new romance or a new business opportunity are equally possible today whichever one interests you niore.
(Nov.
SAGITTARIUS
23-Dec. 23)-Follow through plans already made. Lights have turned green far your advance. Don't hesitate now.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)— If you have invested your full следу on some job, then Inday should bring the desired results.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19}- Regain any lost confidence in your real attempt to get exactly what you want. Pros- pects are excellent.
efforts. Make a
PISCES
20-Mar. (Feb.
21)- Optimism pays excellent dividends right now. A fortunate, albeit un- expected, circumstance may turn things your way.
SCIENCE AT WORK:
MARGATE
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
ONCE more I see before me
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Op- portunity is there for you to grasp if you are ready and prepared to Inke full advantage of it now.
the good old Erastian faces TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-You flushing at the word Brad-
more than arman.. can afford to be
when it adventuresome dinarily comes to taking advantage of an
The hand with which I grip my opportunity. GEMINI
(May 22-Jone 22)-pen is so unaccustomed to such Social, plans and business advance-footing work that the point of the
drives ment appear to go hard in hand his
through the paper, today. Perhaps n social engage through the desk at which 1 am ment with the boss.
sitting, and
Into the floor, and right where 10
remains quivering like an assegni thrown by some powerful Zulu chloftain What
puny instrument is the pen to one fresh mark this day as a propitious one. from wielding the great staf LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)~Romance Durendal, Yet through the narrow is in the foreground. A marriage channel of this pen will pass the or an engagement depending upon weighty matters to be considered
forthwith. a job promotion may be realised
CANCER
(June 23-July 23)-A possible journey, and a definite good turn i business affairs
how.
shoulder
22)-Hope renewed
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. Original ideas, even if they involve
ones.
a major change ta approaching |CCARCE had the reverberations problem, are likely to be very good
of my landlfig' died away, and the cheers from the ship that bore me become distant echoes, when entered a railway hotel and found a foreign gentleman trying to buy cigarettes. There were none for
Probably a him.
A now law has been
making it passed in my
SPEAKING CLOCK ANSWERS legal for anyone under 30 last
700,000 CALLS A WEEK
THE Speaking Clock, known to THE
London telephone users as "TIM" from the dialling letters for service, is 12 years old.
this
Since the servlen was inaugurated
in London in 1836, subscribers have
made 250,000,000 calls to the clock. An analysis shows that the clock is mostly used between 8 am, and Where and what is the Matter-9 an. when people are anxious to the exact time in order to know catch their trains to work. The popu- larity of the clock increases week by week. London telephone users are making on an average 700,000 calls a week to "TIM".
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5. Name the longest ship canal in the world.
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partner showed two nces with the
Mrs Harris bld five-heart response, five
asking for kings. no trump South had to bid six hearts to show two kings. whereupon Mrs Harris bid six no trump.
She won the opening lead of the
of hearts in dummy.
Thinking not have much of n problem, she cashed the ace of clubs.
that she did
only to learn the
sad news when She out.
could not
East showd club at this time.
cash
a
The
proper play,
which Mrs
Harris made, was to lead the king of diamonds from dummy. She continued with the small
diamond,
and returned another heart East
won and which declarer won in her own hund
with the queen.
Now Mrs Harris cashed three spades and the king of hearts, and on the play of the heart West was not hold three squeezed. He could
diamonds. clubs and two
If he discarded
declarer the diamond, would cash the good diamond and once again West would be squeezed. If West discarded a club,' declarer valuable club left in her had the hand to go over and run all of dum- my's good clubs.
(Answers on Page 4)
CHESS PROBLEM
By II. JOINER.
October
to buy elgarettes before 10 a.m. In other words, the Gov- ernment is still Carrying People's Mandate. foreign gentleman
was
Out At breakfast the
at
The
the next
ferred to a stand-by clock which has
He been kept running but not "talking" table to mine. He was offered corn
The speaking
clock, which is fakes, and his face beamed. housed
and said happily. Holborn turned to me in London's Exchange, is not affected by failure "Gold flakes hafter all. Gooood!" or Buc or Buctuating of the public electricity supply. While the power for the Surcharge
speaking clock is normally taken from the mains, if the voltage falls below a certain level, automatic swit-THEY brought him what looked ching gear comes into operation and like stuff chipped off an old the necessary power is then provided garden trellis, and his face feil. by the telephone exchange batteries. But if he had had any cigarette he would have papers, I think rolled himself a cigarette and smok- ed the com fakes contentedly, It is generally realised that thead yet to discover another bit of voice of the speaking clock in the had
People's Mandate the reproduction of a recording. The the
·
Glass Discs
but-
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
At
Wider Reconstruction Assistance Urged World Bank Meeting
.
Washington, Sept. 27.--China's Finance Minister,
of Mr. Wang Yun-wu, chairman
the Board of Governors, of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, warned today that too much attention is being paid by the United States to European recon- struction at the expense of China and other parts of the world.
that
At the Board's third annual of bath the Fund and Bank would meeting, Mr Wang pointed out: expand and play an increasing part "The economic well-being of the in assisting world recovery. world as a whole depends also Mr Wang acknowledged upon completing the reconstruc- China is still in the throes of grave economie, difeülties, tion of other areas of the world political and
and great efforts are needed to and upon making further pro-establish a reasonable
degree of gress in the development of less stability and prosperity. industrialised economies,"
CHINA'S EXPERIENCES
He said that Far Eastern
a' tosk construction is still largely
He said: "We In China feel that que for the future, but pointed out that own unfortunate experiences may "more external assistance is required usa mare profound realisation of many world problems than we could otherwise if reconstruction and development have. He said China's experience, eng are not to be dangerously delayed." able to understand how poiltiest He said that much niso remains to dificulties hamper, and at times meke be done for the industrialisation of pole, the udoption of reasonable and desitable economic measures," and less developed economies in Laun- that the consideration of hallonel security
must "Irequently
overrido America and the Middle East...
urgent economic goals." He predicted that the operations Wang paid tribute to the United
HONGKONG
SHARES
Business on the Stock Exchange this morning was slack, the total value of transactions being $44,015. This morning's trading and noon prices follow:-
SHARES DANKS
HK Bank Fast Arta. INSURANCES
Canton Union
LAND, ETC. HK Hotel HK Land Humphreys
Star Ferry
C. Light (0) Electr INDUSTRIALS
Cement
STONES, ET Dalry (0) Watson (0) COTTONS
Ewo.
BUYERS SELLERS BALES
700
States financial assistance to world re- covery and Bald than if it were not for this assistance "many of us would now be mensuring the rate of deterioration. of our economies instead of measuring Ure rate of recovery,"
Ho sald the ECA programume gustan- toe that Western European reconstruc- tion will go forward and "It is now well nick certain that recovery there will be achieved." Ho wamea, liowever, that more exertion, would be required by the recipient
therusiven meet their problems,
countries
to
EXCHANGE RATES
Snyder.
States Mr Jelin
Unlled Secretary of the Treasury, in his address concentrated on the discussion of inters national exchange rates and praised the World Bank for the "nolable assistance" economie it has made to speed, die stability of member nations, tin said, however, that "most of its loans were for reconstruction" and pointed at mat In the future developmental loans will become of greater importance.
He said: "The Bank, it is so con- 100 70% tintie its useful career, must make loans
which
borrowers, will be repaid hy since only in this way can it. continue to make new foans."
Mr Snyder
said that most Monetary Fund suggestions on currency stabiliza- tion had been accepted but pointed out that "there have unfortunately been some contrary, experiencea" He said it wan hoped that all member nations will sun reach conditions allowing them to estabilsh and maintain stable values, for their currency.
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700 100 25 703
18.30
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100 @ 10
N.Y. FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
New York, Sept. 27-Foreign Exchange closing rates were
Argentine Peso (Official) Argentine Peso (Unofficial)
Australia
Brazli
Belgium
Canada
US$0 2074
2002
3.23
0550
0223
02-3/4
.0003
France
4.03-1/4
0032
3021
Mexico . · ·
24.03-1/4
.0005
Chile England
India
Now Zealand
Perti
Uruguay
0404-1/4
He
Portugal
South Africa
4.03-1/4
Sweden
- 2780 -—-—-
Switzerland
2305
4550
Venezucia
2010
Shanglial (per Gold Yuan) noni. 2550
Netherlands
3775
boots to
be
Batavia
9780
4735
CTADO
United Press.
of the lift,
Radio Hongkong
The service of the speaking clock Who were the "forty-niners" has been extended to Manchester, principle of this recording is similar charges on his blil; surcharges for to that used in the talking film, but the room, for the food, for getting using the Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, four glass dises are used instead of his boots cleaned, for Belfast, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle, celluloid. The sound tracks on the telephone to ask for his Sheffield.
Leicester, Nottingham, Plymouth, Swansea and Bradford. Flags dises are recordings of phrases returned to him, for the use of his For the whole of the United King and numbers from which the com-door-key, for the ure dom since the service began "TIM" pleto announcement is built up by for the use of the lounge, and a of light on to the Anal surcharge on the stamp for has been asked nearly 100,000,000 throwing beams
appropriate tracks in turn. Electric his receipted bill.- times for the correct time.
currents, generated by photo-electric Accuracy to 1/10th second is the cells, are then amplified sufflelently some 200 subscribers to standard, and every hour the clock to permit is automatically checked against the listen to the announcements simul-
ser- taucously. time signal from Greenwich Obser- slight difference vatory when any ls corrected. If this check shows a difference of more than 1/6th second or, in the case of any other failure, the service is automatically trans kept in time by another combination dren's Story: "Tammy
of light beam and photo-electric Hallday" by Lavinia Derwent (BBCTS): cell
controlled by
0.15, Memories of Hawaii: 030, Glasou. now: Scenes de Ballet....New Symphony, Orchestra: 7, Commonwealth and Wes- lern Union (tely from London) No. 1: Statement of the Cam....Extracts from
Commen by leading Speeches made wealth Statesmen; 7.15, Brahms Waltens Orchestra; 7.30, Stage ......Symphony
Presented Favourites arti Bercen
Alleen, Woods (Studio); B, by World and Home Naws (London Relay): 0.15. "Captain
Kallio" by Cutcliffe Hyne-Adventure
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OUTWARD MAILS seconds pendulm.
Unless otherwise stated, registered articles and parcel posts close 30 ordinary minutes earlier than the mall. If mail close before 10a.m. registered and parcel posts close at 5 pm, on previous day. Malls aro closed at Howloon Central Fast Ofice, half an hour earlier than the G.P.0, closing times,
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0. Programme Summary: 0.01, Chil
Troot's Hiking
pulls a Bluff" (BBCTS); 0.45, "blusie in
1. Ireland. 2. An untamed horse, especially In the United States. Miniature (BDCTS); 9.15, Strings of
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
3. An Alpine peak near Zer-George Melachrino Orchestra (DUCTS); Closing Times By Ale Swalow, Amuy, Shanghai, Nanking. matt in Switzerland.
Hankow, Tsingtao, Peiping and Hollow, alloy of tin, antimony, copper, with 3.30 p.7.
some zinc of a bright allver colour. 6. The Baltic-White Seo Canal 152 miles long. 6. People who gold was discovered,
Closing Times By Sex & Train
Shanghat (Rea) a pun.
Manila (Bea) 3 pm.
4. An 9.30, Elements of the Orchestra Talk by the Rev Father T. F. Ryan (8. J.) No. 4: The Flute and Piccolo 15tudio); 10. Work and Home News (Landon Relay); 10.15, Weather Report: 10.10, Faul Whiteman and His Orchestra: 10.30, Musle for Dancing: 11, itadio Newsreel (London Italy); 11.15, Weather Report and Close Down.
Japan ordinary letters, cards and par-Imigrated to California in 1849 efter
* Colu) (Box) i pam.
Macao and Tainshart (Sex) 4 p.m. Konginoon vin Canton (Train) 6 pm, Canton (parcels & 2nd class mall) (8ta)
A p.m.
WEDNESDAY, KEPTEMBER 20
Closing Times By Air Canton. (Kowloon CPO) 730 a.m., 10 am, 12.30 p.m., 3 pm; (CPO) 7 8.m.. 0.30 a.m., noon, 2.30 p.m.
Shanghai, 0a.m. (reg): 9.30 am. (ord), Manila, PI. Honolulu, USA and Canada,
(9.30 4.m. (reg); 10 a.m. (ord), Shanghai, Nanking. Hankow.
Tsingtao. Palpine. Amoy, Talpen and Swatow, 3.30 pan. Bangkok, Bangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Bahrain, Cairo, Nairobi, Johannesburg and Marsellion (Via Cairo) Rome and London, (Kowloon CrO) 4.30 p.m.; (apo) 8 pm.
Japan (ordiary totters and cards only)
Closing Timer By Ben & Train Macao and Tainahan (Bea) 7.30 a.m. Formosa and Keglung (Seá) 10 am.. Hoshow and Pakhoi via Ifothow (Sex)
10 A.m.
Macao and, Tuinahan (Bea) a pin. Canton (2nd clase mali only); (Train)
2p.nt.
Straits, Ceylon, India, East and Boulh Afries, Egypt and Europe via London (Hea) p.m. Blinghal. Ilonalulu
USA. Canada, Central and South America via Ban Francisco (no parcels for Canada) (Sea) 3 p.m.
Macao and Tainaban (8ta), 4 pm. Kongmoon (Ben). §. pin. Canton (parosis de 2nd, class mall) (Ben)
wurd
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"And even if this doesn't help you get a promotion, It's fine for public relations!"
Singapore
Hongkong
· POUND NOTES New York, Sept. 27.-The British pound note was quoted in the unofficial market today, at US$2.03-United Press.
PARIS MARKETS
OVER-VALUED' CURRENCIES
Mr Snyder warned there are Juny nations which al. pretent are over- Valuing their currencies, and said that пр "orderly re-adjustment, must be made in the future to bring about stability."
He said that the resources of the International Monetary Fund should not be used "to support untenable rater or to mest crises, which are fundamental and which can be met anly through Inrge-scale international assistance and adjustments of exchange raies.".
Mr Snyder said it is clear. that balance payment deficits of the world far ox- eeed the Fund's resources in dollars or other currencies needed to purchase suppiles. He emphasised that the Fund's resources. "should be to deal only with
roblem of a teinporary
nature."- United Press.
French Flight
Into Gold
interna- Parls, Sept. 27--The Ulonul tension created by the three
Western powers' decision to break off direct talks with Russia' and the refer the Berlin problem to
Security Council accentuated today
French flight into Parls Stock Ex
the
Paris, Sept. 17-The following change rates were quoted in tho official markel here today:
ex-
un
Free market US$20 (gold plece. Free market US$ (note) Black market US (noto)
Francs
27,000
214
-United Press,
ZURICH EXCHANGE Zurich, Sept. 27-Foreign exchange rates in the unofficial market here today Wera quoted as follow:
Swim Francs Argentine pest U.S. dollar Sterling
3.07
10.83
-United Press.
gold..
Exchange denters claimed that through Intermediate banks the Soviet Government was also
taking a hand. in the Paris gold market in another
effort to wenken the West by maintaining the economic and financial confu- sion.
Strategle war materials-copper. nickel and graphites, for example- continue be in great demand on the Paris Bourse. Shares in com- panies, dealing in these
materials started rising steadily about a week ago, though buyers with inside information came discreetly inlo the market over a month ago, fol- lowing the arrival in Foris of the United States Misilon to negotiate
LONDON STOCKS for French strategie war materials
on
MARKED DOWN:
supplies. Reuter.
4
MALAYAN TIN SMELTING
London, Sept. 27-In the London Stock exchange. today, all sections of the market were heavy, partly the European “situation and parily, on the refusal of the British public to come in and buy,
Kuala Lumpur, Sopt. 27. Ono The latter factor was conspicuous] more bar: to free trade went out of the in the Gilt-edged section as dealers window when Malaya abandoned in the Jost quarter of an hour is 40-year-old export duty on markod down British Government unsmelted tin ore shipped outside stocks In an effort to make, them The BriUshi Empire. But Brilish look attractive, despite their pro- experts here are already looking longed rise in prices. Old Console for new control measures to protect tumbled ths to 77%, War Loan Malay's three tin smelters, a major.
th to 103-7/10th and Transport 3 industry. In this country, percents, tell '4/10ths to 00.
The Industrial section had a few bright spots but were mainly lower. -United Press.
1
The export duty, which since 1908- insured that." Malayan Un smelted in British planta, was dropped recently no a result of international frado ngreements signed in Geneva. Jast year
Prices Tumble On Associated Press.
Wall Street
New York, Sept. 27.The action
by the Western: powers in putting the Berlin: crisis, squarely in the
Exchange Rates
Business was dodelih; the local; une metal exchange market this morning
lap of the United Nations tumbled at the, following:Fateste Agen
stock market prices to the lowest
general level since mid-April.
Losses in market values amounted to one and a half billion dollars United Press.
3.
geffing pound note (per
U.5, dolläritpur 913; gold bars (per Lady. FIO plastres, (per 100) | diam denir. (per 100). NEE guildars"(per 100)