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What country is known as the
of "Land of the White Elephant"?
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today's hand aller he had read recent column I had written on the
that Vienna Coup. He wrote
he thought this hand was a tough one because of the cholees it offered, either of two finesses or a squeezé with Vienna Coup.
2. Which is the sharter route from New Zealand to London- through the Suez Canal or through the Panama Canal?
3. Nanie the fairy princess who made a ladder of her golden hair co that her lover could climb into her bower.
Mr. Johnston commented that the bidding had a wild west finge, and we must agree that it did. The open- ing lead of the king of spades knock- ed out dummy'a ace. The king of
1. Name two sections of England hearts was led, East won, and led back the ten of spades. Had he led that are famous for the production
a diamond at this stage. Mr of cotton and woollen goods.
"Johnston" "sold"his"hale“would” have
turned
do.
white, wondering what to
5. To what island uld send its convicts?
France
He trumped the ten of spades, picked up the last heart, and then asked, "What would
you do now? After all, a finesse needs only one card to be right, while a squeero needs at least two." At this point niso he made an uncomplimentary remark about East's double and his failure to shift to a club or a diamond he was in with the see of
when
hearts.
Here is the line of ploy that Mr. Johnston selected. He led the Jack of diamonds, and when nothing happened, he went up with the ace, returned to the ace of clubs and started. on the hearts. The result is obvious. As long as East had the spades and West the
of king diamonds, he did not care who beid the clubs.
When the squeeze hit at trick eleven, Mr. Johnston had a heart, thu ten of diamonda and the small club. East had the jack of spades and two clubs; dummy had the nine of spades with the king-jack of clubs. West infortunately was stuck with the king of diamonds and queen-ten of clubs.
When North led the Inst heart, East kept the high spade, so dun my dropped the nine Now Mr. Johnston said, "West, the innocent bystander, writhed, thought, counted and squirmed, finally tossing a club, so dummy's clubs brought home thr tax-free coloured margarine."
0. What was the oldest university founded in Egypt?
(Answers on Column 3
CHESS PROBLEM
By S. F. E. FLATAU Black, 10 pieces.
12
White, 12 pieces. White to play and mate in two. Solution to yesterday's problem:
1. Q-BB, any; 2. Q, Kt, or P (ch, or dis ch) mates.
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1- and D. Verbatim.: 18, 3, 4
f. Complete downfall. (0)
10 and 11, An injured goalie may be.
merlied, but he's usually after
poachers. (4-0)
12: I nose around sad make a din.
14)
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13 and 14. The married state. (7)
14 Lessen the light. (61
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21 Taken from a milk churn. (3)
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Thu crew is a kind of guil
This is the fun nuch of youth.
Down
L., blake the wing tour, this way.
Unseasonable.
12. 41
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·Bes 1. AbrOBS, -
it may be a refreshing place. (8)|
B. Per now 7 (8)
No dry return.
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14. Beg 12 Across.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1948.
SPARE MOMENTS
EXCLUSIVE 'TELEGRAPH' FEATURE
POCKET CARTOON
By STELLA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19
YOUR BIRTHDAY.
B
PORN today, your multiplicity of mysterious. In your study of oriental inlents my become a severe mysticism, for instance, be objective handicap to your success unless you and take the scientific approach specialize early, in Ho. You have rather than the personal or emotional conflicting characteristica which point of view. The latter can be make it difficult, at times, for you harmful; the former, instructive and to understand yourself. How, then, sailsfying. can you expect others to comprehend you unless you get some definite degree of order and conalstency into your life?
You have good business ability, but should have a partner who can take care of the detail work if you are to succeed. You like people and are excessively fond of travelling to strange placen But if prenzed economically, you will deny yourself
this.
You are fond of the ocean and have a deep love of the strange and
You women are excellent shoppers and know the value of things. You are socially adept and would do woll in a career of salesmanship; Interior decorating; or as a social secretary. However, you will be happiest when you devote your energies to your own home.
To find what the stars have In store for tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day stqr be your dally guide.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)—A)- Be practical in all business matters though domestic matters appear in and everything should go well. Be the foreground of activities, don't taciful with members of the opposite neglect businccs! SCX.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec 22)-If you stick to famillar routine today, you will not have too much trouble. Be patient and tactful.
new
GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-Now you may undertake some new pro-
'I'm sorry, but if you: want to borrow £200 10 buy pour discharge from Sandhurst, you'll have to find better security than a field-marshal's baton ***
BY THE
WAY
Jeet. Give it the proper, publicly by Beachcomber
and promotion. are favoured.
(June
plans
23-July 23)-----
AN article criticising the use
of rhetoric in the law courts
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)—A
CANCER friendship may develop into a real romance. Matiers of love and Guard against a health upset. Be con- reminds me of a passage from
affection are highly favoured.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19)--- Definitely a day for romance. Look
into your own heart and recognice
what is theref
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)—The emotionn) nature in aroused. In- tuitions
exceptionally keen. Cultivate an optimistic attitude.
are
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20) Avoid over-expansion, especially in property development. Check prospective agreemenin vory care fully.
UNUSUAL ANGLES:
A
servative. A member of the opposite sex may disappoint you.
LEO (July 24-Aug, 23)—Outside influences are somewhat deceiving
Be on the alert for subterfugë. Discretion is needed.
t
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a recent summing-up by Cockle- carrot in the case of a man who threw a clay pipe at a Mayor...
"Posterity,
not contemplating, without
barbarous horror, this affront to a symbol of civle order, will ask itself in amazement what manner of man was this, who so
the heritage of civilisa». degraded tion, bequeathed to him by the deed generations, as to misuse for a vulgar LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct, 23)-Bemissile an article intended for pacifie cautious in
reprobate. all dealings whether recreation. This business or personal if they involve getting that for him, too, was reared Individuals of the opposite sex.
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept
romantic Partnerships,
or cocial, business, are tavaured right now. If seeking romance, find it.
COMINFORM PICTURE OF
AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
By GEORGE CAMPEY
bout it, sign himself "Your cost
cest la almost all languages.
obedient servant."
Then
comes
the
war.
for-
the Roman arch, for him, too, soared the Athenian columh-this slave to and passion a craven
for insult contumely. Is. In his own vile per- san, persuasive evidence that man Inlay is but on ape.. More Cocklecarrot
.
ND then there is this passage, A from the case of
the woman
who grew a glant turnip without a licence.
"And so, nourishing
her nefarious design in the darkness of a disensed imagination, this woman, with
gesture of pagan WHAT is an English gentlemon? Tenor of this was that the
insolence, flings an unnatural growth WHere is a Cominform pliure:
"Uainst the stars, and seals strika
to imperialists and their European Beginning as an Oxford under- accomplices are seeking a way out the very ramparts of Heaven with a grad, he abandons a girl because of hunger, poverty, etc.] in adven-
towering turnip. While her humbler sisters are
to she is not of his class.
content. turous actions abrood."
their grace Mc becomes
on industrialist.
Sull rankling is
Mr. Churchill's ardens with veretables of a decent When his factory is involved in a Llandudno
A
symmetry, she alone, revealing her speech.
Pravda ombre purpose to none, nay, not sirike he writes to Sirike
The Times editorial on wries
the speech was broad-
even to her country's agricultural Sample extrac s reveal
mentors, she alone, I repeat, flaunts Mr her accursed product in the face of The Churchill as being "blinded by fury" Englishman becomes a pacifist and being "In the grip of fear," and his fair face of the sun with a monstrous outraged society, and darkens the sits in his shelter complaining that
"couched in uncouth deformity from some hideous night. speech wo cultured peoples" are trying Forelst_jargon." to exterminate one another.
Mr Churchill understands Anglo-mare After the war he has no faith in American co-operation in his own In passing anybody. Cripps is a Bolshevik, way. "This direct descendant from Attlee carries a knife between his the far from herale Marlborough," leeth.
said the broadcasi, like every true Не grows increasingly afraid of British aristocrat, treats them. [the "some revolution," visits the City Americans) with the deepest con❤ rarely, grows weaker and weaker. tempt and
Washington regards Finally he "adjusts
tails." statesmen as provincial upstarts." his apologises to everybody, collapses and dies.
Poles annoyed
WHE
'Degenerate_art"
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FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Commons Questions On British Rubber Sales To United States
London, Nov. 18.—Mr Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, said today that if he had any evidenco that the American strategic stockpile of rubber, was used in such a way as to reduce artificially the price of rubber, he would look into the matter with a view to taking it up with the United States Government.
elsewhere.
Mr Wilson replied that he was not aware of any recent sales from the United States strategie stockplie of rubber except for replacement of deteriorating matorinl.
Mr Walter Fletcher (Conser-, ducing Industry in Malaya and vative), a rubber merchant, had complained in the House of Commons about British stocks of rubber being sold to the United States Government more cheaply than to British manu- facturers.
He asked if the Minister was satlafted that the safeguards against the sale of the stockpile to Ameri- can manufacturers would be suff- elent in future to slop the pressure that such sales had against the dollar carning power of the rubber pro-
HONGKONG
SHARES
The turnover on the Stock Ex-
and noon prices.
change this morning was $140,000.
Transaction" follow:-
SHAKES BANKS
IK Bank East Asia
INSURANCES
Canton
Anton DOCKS. ETC.
Provident
1 Hotel
IIK Land Shal Land UTILITIES
Tram Star Ferry
ON ROTA SYSTEM
Mr Fletcher, however, nmintained that the American stockpile was being made avaliable to American civilian users on rotas, and that it had nothing
the do- to do with terioration of the stock.
It was obvious, he said, that if rubber was sold to the American manufacturers at a lower price than at which it became available to British manufacturers, it was im- possible for Britain to compete in the world market.
Mr Wilson replied that it was not
to
sold
American manufacturers but to the American strategie stock- pile. The sales made from this stockplło were replaced so the total volume remained the same...----Reuter. BRITAIN'S LOSS
London, Nov. 10-Britain has taken a loss of US$3,000,000 in rubber sales to the United States BUYEŅS KELLERS SALES stockpile of strategie materials, the
1000 1040 2403%
*
730
21.70
LAND, ETC.
19.00
071
20
1349
33
30 40%
2014
4515
Dairy (New)
Watson (Old) - 3734
Watson (New)
Emporium
012
10
Wing On (1)
C. Light (N).
Electric INDUSTRIALS
Cement
Flope STORES, ETC. Dairy (0)
COTTONS
AFSCHLANEOUS
Entertainment Marsman (HK)
19
23 373
1000 @ 6
1300 @ 20.30
200 22.50
600 22.30
-150 ke p
30
1000
200 + 3.10
WANTS EXCESS PROFITS TAX
Washington, Nav. 18.-Senator J. Howard McGrath today called for an excess profits tax on Industry, und pussage, of a new labour law to replace the Taft-Hartley Act.
The Democratic National Chalr- man told a press conference that he favoured' a" "certain tax on excess profits," and added Fater that business was enjoying the greatest prosperity ever known." He said saw no need for "earby businessman
of a Democratic arl- ministration.`
USPECTING that the new uniform for policewomen will "emphasise their femininity," a correspondent (who obviously has never loved # policewoman)
says that they will "lose their authority over wrong- doers" if they make themselves look attractive. Oh, I say! What bad
ho between psychology! What man would not
stop heaving bricks through Jeweller's window when tapped on the shoulder by a policewoman in a one-piece hip-length gabardine of pieux rose, with ruchings of scuffled becassiner
What is tho difference Soviet and Western concepts of art? This curious, strained character Professor Sobolev explained in study was the basis of a satirical English. poern broadenst frorn Warsaw. The Western theory of "art for In a week of the usual dolorous uri's sake" is degenerate, for this broadcasts from behind the Iron reason: when mankind is strug Curtain it provided a touch of gling to make progress against strong reactionary forces, the principle of
comic relief.
A
Emphasising that he spoke merely as an individual. Senator McGrath Interpreted President Truman's re- election as a "mandate" to replace Labour law with the Taft-Hartley legislation more on the pattern of
But the Polish satellite radio was, art for art's sake plays into their OUTWARD MAILS New Deal Wegner e
it inculcates in the artists the feeling that the political struggle is "hopeless" and that they should ignore the sufferings of people and the distress of nations.
not only ironic; it was downright hands.
The BBC had commented annoyed. on food shortages in, Poland.
But all our visions about Poland
Europe as part of carving
are Why do so many English- wrong. men want to spend their leave in Poland?
wont Because they have enough to cat at least once a year.
to
"We do not want to ridicule the hardships of the British workers," said the broadcast, "but it is no that reserves exaggeration to say growing mouldy in the cellars and larders of Polish listeners
the to BBC would make a great impression on starving London."
Churchill's fear
From the squeak of the vossai to the voice of the master. Main attack on the West came from the broadcast of a leader in the Russlan New Times.
Radio Hongkong
HKT
Programme
In the West today "pornography and violence" are being propagated for proft by scribblers.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Closing Times By Air Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Txington,
Feiping. Swatow, Amoy, Taipeh
and Holhow, 3 p.m. (rogi; 130 p.m. (ord). Manila, Honolulu, USA and Canada, 4.30
p., (reg); 5 pm. (ord),
Air Parcel Fosts for Manila, Honoluki and USA, (Kowloon CPO) ̊4.30 p.m. (OPO) 6 p.m. Ordinary Air Mail (printed matters. samples and small packet posts) for Manilla, The
Cuam. Honolulu and USA (Kowloon CPO) 430 p.m.; (GPO) B
Soviet art, on the other hand, is "form of public service." arilst is a servant of the nation.
Medals of the wook On the week's listening I award the following medals:
For the
Blander To biggest Konstantinovsky for describing the BBC as a "servile ape" of the Voler .of America,
For the best off-the-mark com- ment. To the Moscow broadcaster who described Mr Richard Crossmari, MP, as "enraged" a. the prospect of a Berlin air-lift collapse.
For the most picturesque attack. -To Umansky for describing the House of Lords as "his mediaeval workhouse."
FOT
pum
Cant. (GPO) 3.30
•
Closing Times By Box Amoy and Foochaw. 3'p.m
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Closing Zumen By Air (Kowloon CPO) "0 am., noon,
4.IT)., 11.30 pm 130 Shanghai, 8:30 am (reg): 9 am. (ord), Swatow and Amoy, 9 am, (reg); 0.30
s.m. (ord). Manila, 11 am. (reg); 1130 a.m. (ord). Amoy, Shanghal, Nanking. Hankow
Tsingtao, Peiping and Chungking, 5 pm. (reg): 130 p.m. ford). Swatow, 3 p.m. (reg); 330 p.m. (ord). Salgan and Paris, 30 pan. (reg); 5 p.m.
(ard), Japan, 430 pm. (res); & p.m. (ord).
Closing Times By Bear Swatow, 10 am. Swalow and Amoy, 3 pm. Manila, 2 p.m.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Closing Times By Air Kunming and Calcutta, 8 pm. Creg 20/11);
Da.m. fard 21/11). Bangkok, Singapore; Batavia, Colombo. Sydney and Auckland, 5 pm. (re 20/13) 10 an, (ord 21/11).
House of Commons was lalil on Thursday night.
Mr Harold Wilson: President of the Board of Trade, give the figure to a questioner who asked for the Joss on rubber sales, calcuinting storanc. Interest and Insurance charges,
Rubber valued ni US$10,000,000 over to the U.S. has been turned Government in recent weeks under the European Recovery Programme. Mr Wilson explained the loss by originally saying that rubber was bought by Britain at "a very high agreement price" under a wartime with Ceylon.Associated Press.
IRREGULAR MARKET
New York, Nav. 10-Rubber · futures today closed unchanged to 12 points leher on sates totalling 57 contracts.
The market was quiet and irregular, undergoing technical readjuntinent affor the recent decline. It was influenced by 21s 2liult- teadiness in London and tenance of the cent premium on instal ly available
WAITHOUBER rubber trum been at the shipping strike tie-up.
While it in conceded that a technical the opinion Improvement is possible,
of the majority of dealers la thot any railles are likely to be temporary un less sume bullish news is forthcoming.
Prices closed on faltows:- Standard Contract Rubber.
November
January (30)
December
February
Marchi
Avril
May June
July
Auftent September Detaler November December
10,45 numina! 10.40 traded
10.15 nominal
10.00
}
18.00
10.00
113.20
14
10.50
10.45
10.40
10.44
ID 50
18.35
10.20
United Press LONDON FUTURES London, Nuv. 18.-A lending · · Brillan rubber trade house. Fald today That market opinion almost unanimous in thinking that prices of rubber will de cline due to the unbalanced supply-and- demand picture,
Prices today closed as follows:- January/March, 1940 (in pence
per 10) April/unu July/September
11-3/16
11-1/10 10-% United Press.
N.Y. FOREIGN EXCHANGE
New York, Nov.
McGrath declined to go into de- talls about possible tax changes.
Knudson. Representative Harold retiring Choleman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Argentine Peso (Omietat) Committee, which blocked President Argentine Peso (Unofficial)..
Australia Truman's excess profits tax proposal, Brazil said today he had come around to the belief that corporation taxes will have to be increased because some big industries are making too much
But he asserted money," revival of an outright excess profits tax might "put business in the tallspin.United Press.
Belgium Canada Chile England
France
that
Indio Mexien
New Zealand" Peru
Portugal
Bouth Africa
Switzerland
Tibetan Trade
Mission
London, Nov. 18.-A four-man delegation from the Regent of Tibet to will arrive here on Saturday discuss trade and commercial prob- lems with the British Government.
The delegation, at present in Parle, will stay here three weeks. It
the best agricultural note. talphong and Hanat, 6 p.m. (reg 20/113; reporied to, be the first Tibetan
10 am, ford 21/11).
an
► the
Labour ground
For the most enterprising dia- coveries-To the newsgatherer who found (1) a "fourth group" of U.S. Summary: 641, Chu- | heavy bombers had landed in Britain dren's Hall Hour "Dragon Smoke
(Studio); and (2) that there was a strike of Island by Barnaby Twist
50 "Down Beal Discs presented by "10,000 railwaymen" in Bri.ain, Paul Stuart (Studio): 7. World and Hone News (London Relay): 7.18, Sports Pre-
-To Monin who, dealing with the View (Studio); 7.30, "Have a Go" A Quiz Programme Introduced by Wetrad Sociallst pamphlet, "Feet sald: The Pickles (BBCTB): From the Edi- Ground," torials" (London Relay); 6.10 Puccini: leaders feet rest on the "La Boheme Arts & and I. With Lid which was ploughed up and care- Albencse, Beniamino Chat. Tatiana Menotti Afro Poll and biler Members fully manured by Churchill and his Chorus and Orchestre of La Scala Opera.friends." Milan: 0.15. Serial Story: "Here" comes the Copper. Episode 1; Road by Clifford Davies (Studio); 030, Symphony No. 5 in E Tint Major. Op 82 (Sibellus); Serge conducting Koumevitsky
the Boston Symphony Orchestra: 10. Radio News- reel London Relay); 10.13, Weather He- Peior port: 10.16, Sweet Serenade" Yorke and Its Concert Orchestra, with Paula Green and Steve Conway (Vocal) (uncts); it, Dance. tn Tammy DOTREY And His Orchestra: 11.15, Weather Ro port and Close Down.
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers
1. Siam. 2. Through the Panama Canal. 3. Rapunzel, 4. Yorkshire and Lancashire. 3, Devil's Island. 0. E Azhar, in Cairo, about 972 A.D.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER ZZ
Closing Times By Air Bangkok, slangoon, Calcutta. Karachi, (Nairobi ahrain, Cairo. Alexandria Johannesburg and Marseilles via Alex- andria), Rome and London. (Kowloon CPO) reg 4 pan; ord 430 p.m.; (GPO) reg 4.30 pm; ord 5 pm..
DAB and FLOUNDER
By WALTER.
trade mission to visit foreign coun-` tries, and has been to India and the United States since it left Tibot at the end of 1047.
While in London, the delegates are expected to have talks with the Board of Trade, probably contring an the export of Tibetan wool and. fabrics to Britain..
Britain's relations with Tibet are normally conducted through British
Iligh
Commissioner
India, Reuter.
Exchange Rates
Business was done in the local
the
In
Sweden
Uruguay Venezuela
Shanghal (per Gold Youn
orial rate)
·Notherland
Datavia Singabare
Hongkong
New
.0221
023/
4.03
.1450
4.034
.0600
3010
„Vajted." Presi
POUND: NOTE,
York, 'Nov. 10-Tfle "Erlugh pound nola was quoted in that unafelaj market here today Pros
Bank Of England Statement
London; Nov." 18,–Bank of England returns for the week ending Novemb $7 ware as follows:-
ales in circulation.
Pubile deposita Private deposits
Government securities Other securities Receipts Dank alla
United Press.
Bank Of France Statement
Paris, Nov, 10--The Bank of Prince statement for the past week reada a follow
official exchange market this morning Total gold holdingsAMEN Sterling pound note (per, £1) ..... 1430 Runt balances abroad
at the following rates;`
1.5. dollar (per $3))
Gold bars (per tael)
PIC piastres (per (00) niam. Ilcala (per 100). NET guliders, (per 100) Gold guan
Total of other currencies.
0.30
20080
Blits discounted in France
and abroad
9,00
26,70
$6.00
Notes in elreutation Current accounts and de-
posita
52 $10.556.318
Franc
1,029,072,335 113,772
1977.737310.07% $34,843,607,200
182,811,420,830
United Prow