THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1948,
FOR
YOUR SPARE
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
COPR. 14 BY NDA BERVICE, IMO, TÜM KÉS, U. 8. PAT, DIS.
8-23
"I wish we hadn't gone to the Grand Canyon-all you've bean talking about since we started home la that ravino back of our garage getting dooper!"
• McKENNEY
ON BRIDGE
Lay Off Trumps To Win Contract
ONE
of
BY WILLIAM E. MCKENNEY
the
colourful of
must players of the Chiengo bridge tournament was Harry J. Fishbein, New York, who was on hand to de fend the world championship mixed." team-of-four title. wich he holds with Mrs E. J. Seligman, of New York. Mrs Ruth Chase and
Goldberg of
Kabukilau, Ludwig
Philadelphia.
Not only is Fishbein colourful In his play. but his quick analysis of bridge hands udds a great dent
DUMB-BELLS
I WANT TO BUY A
OFFICE
BUT THOSE ANIMALS
THESAURUS. HAVE BEEN
EXTINCT FORAMILLION YEARS
Check Your Knowledge
MOMENTS
EXCLUSIVE "TELE GRAPH' FEATURE
YOUR BIRTHDAY
MONDAY, OCTOBER 4
POCKET CARTOON
By STELLA
by OSDERT LANCASTER
today, you are practical, either, for you won't like ! An
in- aren good tuettelan when it comes dichted. All things point to a happy to important affairs. You. are and content one. diplomatic, tactful and know how to win friends and hold them. "Cou are forceful, too, and usually take one point of view and hold to it.
Bhave excellent julement, and early marriage is definitely
Having a magnetle personality, you like people and they, in turn, reciprocate. You enjoy life and make it a habit to look on the bright side of things whenever possible. You have a fine speaking votee and tan use this talent 10 Advantage in lecturing, politics, teaching, or on stage, radlo. In fact,
screen
any career which puls you before the publie will prob- sbly be the one for you to choos You are unhappy when alone should never select work bottles you up, away from people, Dest for you not to try to live alone, when away from your own family,
On
A quick temper is perhaps your for your are in- worst handicap, clined to say things-often biting and sarcastic-which the next moment you would prefer never to have sald. But once the damage is done, it is difficult to make apologies and retractions. Learn to control this and things will move
for you. along more enslly
You of the fair sex maka-ex- cellent home-makers and managers, You know how to make your home. surroundings beautiful and attrac- tive at little expense.
which store Гог
To find what the sinra have in
your tomorrow, select birthday star and read the cartes- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-Be ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Brain cautious
the domestic front: work is what really counts today. settle minor difeuilles. Business Progress may come slowly, but whell
be planned It does it is permanent. expansion may also auspiciously.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)--Im- SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-A Intrty good day for pushing your pulsiveness is a Bability not an asset
Calm con- Just now!
deliberation, affairs toward A successful
positive. Don't rather than an emotional approach clusion. Be alert;
is needed. procrastinate.
GEMINI (May 22-June Over-energetic aution may be mis- now. Make haste guided
23-Dec.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22)-Impulsiveness is not the answer today's problems. Keep a level
hend and know exactly where you
are going
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)- Personal affairs, having to do with
can be furthered, contracts,
Let don't push too hard. take a natural course.
lasting results.
;
*Mummy Daddy says that when the text war breaks out you'll probably be requisitioncit at once by the Department of Biological Warfare and dropped over enemy territory as a human germ banh / **
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
THERE is likely to be n
major uproar (ending in the translation of a few moro 22) nincompoops to the House of over the tactless ad- Lords) slowly mission of
Government
IL
and you will get better and long-spokesman that "Nobody seems to know anything about these 23-alleged figures."
CANCER (June 23-July Make normal progress in business
provided
do not you but affairs,
of co-worker 27 things antagonize
opposite sex,
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Caution is
watchword today. Too your
adventuring spirit or ex- much ellement can lead you in the wrong <!irection.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-
of the with members Be tactful opposite sex and, by so-doing tur- ther your own ambitions. Be pro- gressive.
.
The Minister of Bubbleblowing the has himselt examined them, and can make nothing of thein, Charlle Suet persists in his refusal to say either. where he got them or to what they refer. It is difficult, therefore, to accuse film of making use of official secrets, and the ex- platintión (advanced by Sir Arthur Chough) that Suct may have In- (Aur. VIRGO PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)—Ga
vented the Bgures is so illy that very important de-it might be true. the long way roun: to avoid any Postpone any possible quarrel with those dilter clsion, lest your judgment be some- you. Take a firm but what unbalanced by an emotional Ing from pollte stand for your side!
AROUND
THE
TOWN:
appeal,
24-Sept.
Tiny Republic of Andorra
By TEMPLE MANNING
COME of the world's most inter- esting places receive sennt TC- cognition from guide books. Perhaps in- this is because such spots are
far of the beaten path, necessitating an arduous journey, not likely to lure any but the curious or the intrepid traveller.
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Opening &*
to a tournament. Today's hand is one that he gave me recently, and
I will give it to you as he told It.
to ne.
The eight of clubs is the opening Icad.
You must be afraid of a seven-card club suit in the West band,
the 30 declarer must win first trick with the ace of clubs. Now you lead a small spade and when West plays the king, you must win it with dummy's Flut no more spades. If you do. East will win with the queen of spades, lead the club, another club Will
can't come back, and you shut out the ten-spot.
nco.
After winning the ace of spades, you must cash four heart tricks. On the fourth heart East is help- If he trumps, you ICES. trump. If he does not trump, you throw a club away from dummy,
over-
If
Now you lead a spade, and East has to call it a day, according to Fishbein. He might as well go up with the queen of spades. Now he leads a club which West wins. West comes back with another club, declarer is going to get a sluff and o ruff, West's best defence, Fishbein, is to under-lead the ace of diamonds: North has no other play than to go up with the king.
A well-played hand!
snys
FOR
THE BUSINESSMAN
Czechoslovakian Trade With Soviet Russia
05-
Prague, Oct. 3.-Czechoslovakia will be Russia's biggest customer and supplier next year, it was nounced today, The announcement said Gnal details of the foreign trade quotas list for 1949 within the framework of the Soviet-Czech five-year trade completed in Moscow yesterday.
wore
They provide for the
EX-
COTTON CROP change of goods totailing more
than 9,000,000,000 crowns (US$180,000,000) on each side
WILL EXCEED during the year-nearly double
CONSUMPTION further expansion if feasible.
Washington, Oct. 2-The United States Agriculture Department's Office of Foreign Agricultural Rela- tions in a preliminary survey today estimated lat the world crop In 1948/49 will exrced world consumption for the first time since 1044/45, with a prospective excess of nearly one million bales...
cotton
the 5,000,000,000 crowns agreat on for 1948-and allow for
The agreement was initialled in Czecil Borcaw yesterday by the Foreign Trade Minister, Antonin Com- Gregor, and Foreign Trade missar Mikoyan of the USSR.
Included in it were 300,000 tons of wheat, 25,000 tons of meat, 25,000 ons of fats and 10,000 tons of cotton which President Klement Gottwald reported on his return to Prague carller his week.
The survey estimated that the The announcement snk shipment world cotton supply for the year of the cotton would begin within beginning August 1, 1948 at a total the next few days. No other de- of 43,200,000 bales of 500 pounds taila were given cach, or 600,000 balce larger than Czechoslovakia 1947/48.
World production
year In the starting August 1, 1948 was forecast
that
except would receive "valuable mw materials."
The 1949 exchange will place Czechoslovakia at the top of the and
Inimports.
at 20,500,000 bales, which is about Russian list for both exports 4.400,000 bales higher than
The USSR is alrendy Czecho- customer and 1047/48. However, stocks were re-
lending duced during the year by 3,600,000 slovakia's
supply.
published figures in-
bales.
for
World consumption was estimated dicated that Eastern bloc countries at 28,000,000 bales 1047/48,necounted for nearly 40 percent of nearly one million bales above the Czeel foreign trade during the first the with of 1948,
growing- 1946/47 estimate, and only 000,000 eight months
constantly belet below the prewar average.
United Press,
The survey said: "Mill consump tion In
that suffered countries
military operations damage from appears to have levelled off at BD 10 5 percent of the prewar level, except in the Netherlands and Bel- are gium, where mill operations
ear or above the prewar rate.
Smashing retort by Minister | handicaps to the revival of cotton
SKED in the House whether the figures did or, did not refer to the
index. the cost-of-living Minister said. "I do not care to Ro beyond the statement I should have made if the question had been Asked ked answer to whether this way what had not been asked, | the ; | Minister - sald, 1 cunnot reply to what has already not been put to me us a question, unless a further statement is called for by the on-
put. in another an
"World cotton production has revived slowly in the first two post
United war years, except in the States, the Soviet Union, Egypt, and Southeastern Europe. The principal production. in the postwar years
of have
continuation been the acrenge restrictions. in favour of food crops in India, Egypt,
and Peru, three successive years of un- favourable weather in Brazil, the Argentine, and Paraguay, lack of political and economic stability China, and labour shortage, together with competition from higher priced food crops, in the United States.- United Press.
swer given to a previous question Steel
But I. In replying to the original question, any supplementary answer goes beyond my more recent-state- ment, then. undoubtedly no-answer is called for." (Government cheers.)
The curse of ping-pong
THE Headmaster of Rugby has complained, that boys spend "too much time at ping-pong Instead of on such hobbies as readinge says this may be due to a mood of cynicism.
Steel Exports
Make Position
Tight In U.S.
in
exchange
HONGKONG
SHARES
Business amounting to $227,200 was recorded on the Stack Exchango during this morning's session.
Transactions and noon prices follow-
BILARES GOVT. LOANS BANKS
Canton Union
BUYERS BELLERK FALES
34 (140)
100 1011
1K Bankur
1900
141
INSURANCES
300
70215
140
71%
23
5
Underwriters DOCKS. ETC.
.K. Whart (0) N. Pt. Wharf Dock
Provident LAND, ETC.
HK Intel S'ha Land Humphreys
X Rt.) Flumplireys
(RITA) UTILITIES
Tram
Star Ferry
C. Light (0) Electric Macno Electrie Telephone (0) INDUSTRIALS
Cement STORES, ETC.
·Dairy (0), Watson (old)
...
20
2011
300 20.35
300 20,40
130
21.20
300 384
26.20
39 4054
300 40
43
4
59
No Evidence
One such place is Andorra, that tiny republic set in a nook of the |southern Pyrances between France and Spain. Andorra is an orca of
Cleveland, Oct. 3.-The exporting 160 square miles of scenic beauty
of large quantities of steel this year source and pastoral charm, quaini, proud
Watson (New) has contributed to the fight supply und different from either of Its
in the United States. But 1910 MISCELLANEOUS
Entertainment are still below those of neighbours, France and
It Spain.
shipments 10st
the yenr, thehas been independent since it was
magazine, Steel, reports. of the granted a charler by Charlemagne as reward for services rendered by
Ping-pong has always been, the
The metal working publication Andorrans in the campaign against
Inst and most debased refuge of all life's
of demand shows says: "Pressure who has tasted the Moars. The mighty ruler gave
the lad
no sign of casing, de- per-
pleasures and found them bilter. I absolutely freedom to the tiny clan and
Andorrans to govern
But when the grey light of dawn spite reports of some slight slacken- themselves by municipal administra-
straggles through the shuttlers, and Ing in general business. falls
dented broken rackets,
Substantial quantities of steel are tion, safely sheltered in their retreat,
Bowing out of the country, thus sagging net; even the. ringed by great peaks, except to the man, clad in vest and breeches of balls, and
with
contributing to the 'general Embalaire heavy Brown cloth,
leather most hardened cynie, rubbing blood- south where the river
gafters; On his heads is I flows toward Spain.
fall shot eyes, murmurs, "Was it worth
geney here. woollen cap, and in his belt is thrust | it?" as he recalls that the old
leather-sheathed, keen-edged family place was staked
final game--and lost.
G. What is the difference between
an evergreen and a deciduous tree?mitted the
(Answers on Column 5)
CHESS PROBLEM
By W. HENNEBERGER
of
Black, 8 pieces.
White, 10 pieces."
White to play and mate in three. Solution to Saturday's problem:
1,.Q -K(3 (ch); 2, O mated
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Rven dress in the Barvicna. (739)
11. To be Lous able la outtanding 4:
56 change trom vlam." (4)
∙13. Alo, (9)
female of the species. (3)
17. Reputed to pos she boas view of
the game. (8)
'18. Indigent. (6)
20. By thu you may get arolina any..
thing. (4).
Al. liigeally he may take your place.
23. Very much silke, 17) 25. Who's doing this puzzie 7 (3) 21..Consume. (3)
23. Fors or just a carrier 7710)
Down T
1. Une place where Ühurchill made
an outstanding speech. (0)
One's Inula (Bang.), (9)
3. Downtrodden in mony
0. Poflow. (8) 1.
home..
*. Drunkard. 181
A deformed maid, (6)
7.tegrel shown about foode. 171
-D. Artably a famato relation,- (8)
10. This, fursa may be good or bad.
Governed by Mayor.
17-26
One of the many little crooked streets of Andorra,
A
knife.
on
Marginal note
on
the
GO-AHEAD personage wrote
strin-
Of Speculators
Cashing In
--
Washington, Oct. 3-A Congres
to- "However, the outflow this year sional Sub-committee reported Is under that of 1947. In the first
OFL
speculators had "cashed" In half of this year, exports totalled day that it had no evidence that The community is governed by a
Two magis- Before the shepherd's hut a light
2,457,400 tons, down 20 percent leakages of information about Go- mayor and a council.
from the same period last year.
verament grain buying plans. trates, one appointed by France for burns all night to fend off prowling
It declared, however, that
lard temporal rule, the other by a blahop bears. The hut is of roughly con-
Ingol output in the flest eight root
dealers "realised substantial profits" tons Spain, for a spiritual sway, keep structed, walls of stone with
the other day that the intro- months averaged 7,194,101
to on advance information passed out #1 in ling, aided by a sovereign of pine or-slato, flies. Within, things
duction of American words and monthly. That equivalent
is counell of 12. elected from the six bench extends from door to hearth,
88,000,000 tons of ingots and some by a Commerce Department em- communities of Andorra, all ap- and there is a couch of boughs, moss phrases revivifies the English lon-
The
investigated Committed the and twigs,
This of course is the guage. I have often wondered how 105,000,000 tons of finished steel in ployee la September 1947. Sometimes pointed for life.
then summer scene, for the howling long it will be before a Companion council away towards France,
of Honour is known as a Buddy of
Actual output for the year may charges made in the House of Re
that inclines towards Spain, and this also storms of winter preclude such pas- Honour. It will be so revivifying go even higher than now indicated." presentatives and the Senate makes for an even state of affairs toral activities and way of life.
the magazine said. "with furnace commodity speculators made hand- With life reduced
essential
operations promising to better the some profits from "Inside informa-
tion." average operating rule of 91 per- simplicity, with a site that is really
achloved during the first eight months. Associated Press.
a pleasing balance.
Andorra is not a fertile land but it
to
(a year.
a mountain amphitheatre cleft by CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE cent of capacity dark abysses and restlema streams,
is a free one, since it does not fur- nish soldiers for either of its great neighbours, has practically no taxes, and, only at the order of the Syndle no wonder Andorra has stood for
..sort
or President or Mayor, can the men be called together as a militia. politics.
So much
for.
centuries above the vicissitudes of at the conflicts of religion, and the fall Andorran of kingdoms and empires.. Where there is little to covet, there is likely, to be peace and honour.
(Tomorrow-Belence At Work)
Villagos and Hamlets
As for the little land, it is a 80- rics of villages and hamlets on, the frassy uplands.. These lead to the capital, Andorra-la-Vielle, a quaint old place with ancient buildings, a semi-fortified council chamber and
a Romanesque church.
of
The gateway of Spain to Andorra leads from the Bay of Biscay to the craggy Pyrenees through a land pain, aloe, lemon and their fields rich with violets, FOBES and Jasmine, a marked contrast Andorra itself. From France
trees,
10
the
way to Andorra leads through a gradual succession of grassy slopes. Then come trackless Jedges and for- rent-washed rock.
might
The symbol of Andorra Woll be, and is, the shepherd watche ing over his precious lamb grazing on the slopes while he plays a simple tune on a rustic dute, much as his predecessors have done through the centuries. Or, perhaps, us ha la knilting woollenstocking, or, one, (3)
taking this off from his Book, he la 10. A Church festivní. (8) 10. May be one of many dropa. (6) gathering resin, while mounted on Likhita (3)and-stile. Hon sturdy vigorous
EVNIUMN AMAU
14. Gainsbouugn:'kure‘us the, biva',
EDITORS FRERS' SERVICE,
569
Answers..
1. In hurry and confusion. 2. A large group of islands, 3. Ignatius de
Elephants' tusks. Loyola. 4. Plasma. 6. A deciduous tree, unlike an evergreen, sheds its leaves maturity or at certain seasons.
DO COLLIGK'E
"Why, Harold, you did find a convenient credit store!".
at
Cripps-Hoffman
Talks Over
A majority report, signed by the Sub-committee's four Republican members, sold the Government's grain purchases In the past two years had been primarily responsible for the high prices and, to a largo extent, for rising food prices general-
A minority report signed by the members called three Democratie' the majority opinions "an indirect Washington, Oct. 3-Sir Stafford attack upon the great programme of Cripps, the Chancellor of the world recovery which the United Exchequer, sald today, that talk with Sintes has been following since the Mr Paul G. Hoffman, the Marshall war.)
by
Plon Administrator, on European The report the third made currency pooling arrangements and the Sub-commitice covered Govern otlier Marshöll Plan matters ment grain transactions from July 1, affecting Britain. Ind been 1049 to June 30, 1046: Nearly 1,200,- satisfactorily concluded,"
40,000 bushels of grain exported by the United States during this Sir Stafford, speaking at a press period "was the controlling factor the conference here at the end of his which caused a scarcity and fortnight's talks in Canada and the higher prices for grains and feed United States, declined to give for livestock," the report said. further dotalis,-Neuter,
..
Yugoslav Pact
With Finland
Belgrado, Oct. 3-A-trade agree-
Large exports also led to de- creased supplies of beef, pork, poultry and dairy products, it ad- ded-Reuter.
Exchange Rates -
„Business was done' in' the local un- ment between Finland and Yugo- | filetat exchange market this: nonning
at the following rates slavia ras been signed in Belgrade, Atering pound note (per £1)
The now Finnish-Yugoslav agree» | US, dollar (per 11, ment is for one year and provides Gold 'bers (per taol for an increased exchange of goods sism firals per 100)
FIO pinaires, (per, 100) Hetween the two countries,-Reutor. |NEI guilders (per 100)
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