THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1949.
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
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THIS is the second
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REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE WHEN YOU SERVE MY GUESTS TONIGHT DON'T WEAR ANY JEWELRY
THANKS
FOR THE WARNING MA'M
Check Your Knowledge
1. What is Irving Berlin's nativo country?
of
2. How many times was Ben- Jamin Disraeli Prime Minister England?
3. What was George Washing 4. From what ore is aluminium
articles on the fascinating button's middle name? difficult smother play.
manufactured?
As I said yesterday, the smother play not only is rare, but it is one for Bells"? of the most dieult plays to rec-
5. What elty is called the "City 6. Name the first bird mentioned
[Answers in Column 4)
ognize. However, it in to your in the Bible? advantage to know the principles
of the play. It will help to improve your game, as it teaches you how to strip n band out, the theory of the endl-play
nod other
features of good play.
Important
In today's hand East has four while dummy spades to the king.
has only three. How are we going to keep East from, making a spade
trick? Here is the procedure,
The king and ace of hearts are
Enst, ennhed by
and
trumpa the third heart.
declarer
The jack
of spades is led, naturally refuses to cover and it holds, clarer then leads
the four
BOYS:
UNUSUAL ANGLES:
MADCAP COIFFURIST'S HAIR-DOS FOR MEN
MARK, New
By JOHN ROSENBURG
York's madcap The Personality Hair-də, he said,
Mourist, na ordinated hair
stylen for men which he says will type" of male. It has that casual be a boon to those who have bald wind-blown effect" and features spots, long noses, protruding cars hair that in short on the sides and
long on top. and misshapen head.
The hair styles, he said, climi- nate the need of wearing a hat and also make it possible for a man to
1 care for his hair at home.
"These styles are not as clabor- sometimes those ate as
women wear," Mark said. "They are de- signed to accentuate the shape of the face and to reduce the promi- nence of cranial Imperfections."
He said the hair styles fall into (1) classifications: three Keneral 'The Personality Hair-do; (2) The Artistic Hair-do and (3) The Hnir- do to Make Your Face Distinctive.
cx-
"These styles, naturally, must fit cach Individual face," Mark plained. "The same type of hair style cannot be adopted by every inan."
ND GIRLS MAGAZINE
General Tin Went Hunting ·
-Ho Was After a Mysterious Monster- By MAX TRELL
EastKNARF and Hanid, the shadow.
K Din
children with the furned- their friend found of about numes,
General 'Tire, the Tir Sollier.
spades ant flnesses the De-sting by the playroom door with
Now for the smother clarer must cash the ace and king of diamonds in dumany, and ruft out the last heart.. His next play is to win the two club tricks with
then his ace and king.
lead the five of clubs and West wins.
West has nothing left but the 1 queen and fuck of diamonds,
the have underlined
cards re- four hands. When maining in all the queen of diamonds is led, it is trumped by declarer with the nlac Quimper of spades. It East Trumps with the king, dummy's ace will win
trick.
If East plays the eight of spaces, declarer will throw off dummy's four of clubs and the nine of trumps wina the trick. Dummy's ace of trumps then wins the last trick.
the
CHESS PROBLEM
BJ A.K. ELWORTHY 'Binck, 7 pieces.
Q
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White. pieces. White to play and mate in two
Solution to yesterday's problem:
1, 8-K5, amp; 2, Q, or B matça.
CROSSWORD
ACTOR
1. Mais, but some would any 11 was as -natured woman. (8)
B. So this was a coinpower, 13)
10. Anything this should get around,
11. Tho, archer soves thita,
Half a drum ↑ (3)
14, seaport of Japan. 54)
16. The place to tear wool. 181
1B. Condi
10 JAUNAS cotu com
20. indem00, 111
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26. It could be a pancinent. (41
28. Witnesses. 141
10. Throw
(0-4)
tent in tri direction.
Flow I
1. A coin altid for the keeper. (4)
A salier and
often meet on the road,
10
MAY
3. Am thus returning fors book, (4)
4. Burely just the animat to fiddin ?
10)
q. low mittor it is. 147
b. River. 303
7. Frea towns are found in it and
nome very old treosan well, 13.6i
9. Pack AWAY, 143
19.
with blood. 14)
16. Bomen you may like to stand.
17. Obviously this to not repented. 161
- apmeone. 13)
22. Note the reverse carried. (3)
23. Born (3)
Solution of yesterday's puzzle,-Across:
and Medieval history; f, Apetssity.
9. Niche: 11. dan: 19. Past: TI, Ea
Jb. Grottel 18," Crow: 19, Idios
2471 coop: 29, 30781 23 88. 14:
Linus).1, Manteriam: “u," demick, d. Desk:
uportat 14 Lide) 25. Tenori 11, toni
Con
his trusty nuusket over his shoulder,
"We haven't seen you in the last couple of days," Hanid said, "Where were you?"
"I was out hunting," the General replied.
Now General Tin was the best hunter that Knarf and Hanid for ever know. perhaps any one else)
asked him to tell them So they about his latest hunting adventures "Well," he said presently, this was a terrible, monster 1 hunted this screaming and last Ume. It ran
the night and I snorting through made up my mind to catch it."
Kaart asked what the name. of this inonster might be.
Shot Out Sparks
That's just it," said General Tin. "I don't know what its name is. It
General Tin saw the monster
coming.
The
Artistic Hair-do,"
Mork
BY THE
WAY:
by Beachcomber
(ENTER & Tan with the unlikely name of Hasch.) Edna (sorting bits of bone for the dog): When he plastered the wall from B with Ag-pudding blown cornet, did he ever stop to think that there is another side to life?
Geoffrey (bluff "and",cheerful): continued. "is swirled elaborately Come, come, dear? We mustn't take about the head, set in waves and, this too seriously. hangs over ond eye. Sometimes, Edna (facing him angrily): . But depending on the length of the wint on earth has it to do with face, it is shaped to hang long
music? If ho played the cornet, ono the back of the head and curled up could see his point, (Breaks down Oh, Geoffrey, I can't and zobs.) at the ends."
go on like lits. (The dog barks fiercely.)
For the Hair-do to Make Your Face Distinctive, Mark recom- monded a trend to the hair styles of Revolutionary days "with some modern touches, of course."
He advocated wider use of the Widow's Peak (bringing the hair- line to sharp point at the centre of the forehead) and longer side- bars with the ends curled forward
of the eyes. toward the corners
"Men with lang nases," · Mark bangs, suld, "should wear short while men with bald spots at the top of the hend should let their hale grow out at the sides and in back, then bring it over the bald spot with an upsweep.".
Mark sald that men with pru- trusions at the back of the skull could easily let their hair grow to shoulder length at the back and sides to cover the defect. Ditto for those with large cars..
"I charge $25 for the entire job."
ด
he said. "This Includes style consultation, 'during which I sketch the hair-do, and three visits to trim and shape the hair.".
He said that once the hair styles were shaped the wearer could trim the ends and set it himself when
necessary.
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answors
1. Russia. 2. Twice. 3. He had Bauxite. 5. no middle name. 4.
raven.
"I saw its tracks," said General Strasbourg, France. 6. The Tin. "They
the strangest | (Gen. VIII:7). were tracks I had ever seen-two straight long, shining tracks. No one but a had dragon-monster could have tracks like that!"
The
moon had gone behind a
Geoffrey: Well-{Extraordinary sounds are heard from upstairs.)
Hermione: It's mother. She's wrestling with Aunt Beatrice to- morrow for the Cheltenham Cup.
Snibbo
DE
DEAR SIR,
It seems odd to us that Snibbo should claim to exterminate rats, to impart a bewitching gleam to the hair, to whiten teeth, remove gravy stains from felt hats, cure colds, strengthen stair-rods. And build up the nerves.
Yrs. faithfully.
Enid Gulper. Rose Fogge,
It seems, odd to me, too, but I am merely the humble recorder of the progress of civilisation. Forgive me, dear ladies.
Tasty machinery
other
bo
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
US Steel Industry Expecting Record Output During 1949
New York, Jan. 26—America's steel mills are geared to turn out more steel in 1949 than ever before in war or peace, trade leadors told the United Press. In the closing weeks of last year the industry operated at a rate of $4,000.000 tons year. While industry spokesmen discount chances of reaching that figure this year, many feel that 1949 output will excced 92,000,000 tons, barring labour difficulties their own or allied fields.
in
year's capacity, and in 1993 It totall- 88,830,521 tons, or 98.1 percent of capacity.
Tonunge output in 1948 renched a pencetime peak of approximately 88,300,000 tons of ingois" and steel for castings, which represented an The 1948 operating rate,, which is esümated 93.7 percent of capacity. well behind that of 1943, despite This was the third greatest produc- comparable produdulon figures, "res lon In the industry's history. Inflects directly, the industry's hugo 1944, during the war, production post war expansion programmes, reuched the all-time peak of 80,041,- which involve the expenditure of 000 tons, or 05.5 percent of that $1,700,000,000. In the past 10 years,
Prize For
PI Cigarette Formula
according to the American Iron and ' Steel Institute, stool capacity has increased 17.5 percent or more than 14,000,000 toris.
The 1040 outlook, according to in- dustry spokesman, is more steel for everybody, though it will be by no means "plentiful.nufacturers.
U.S.
Car
sicol
who topped the 5,000,000-unit mark this year for the first time since 1920, may be able to better that Agure in the coming twelve months. The Manila, Jan. 26.-Secretary of oil and gas Industries, which will Commerce Cornelio Balmaceda is have spent $10,000,000,000 on post- offering US$12,300 for a good for-
war expansion by 1952, when their mula to make cigarettes from Vir-
completed, need the programmes are ginin leaf tobacco grown, in
expect no cutbacks in their Philippines.
supplies Since the end of the wor He announced the prize whelt he these fuel industries have
poured opened a drive
to reduce impuris vast quantities of steet: into the of American cigarettes and revive 23,500 miles
alone of pipeline which have been
in operation. placed in These three industries, together
manufacturers
heating diesel engines. furnaces, tractors, have taken more than 20 Anished steel output percent since the end of World War II."
Allocations to domestic users will
the war-wrecked Philippine tobacco
Industry.
Mr Balmaceda, ako Board Chair with mon of the government-owned National Tobacco Corporation, sald Philippine smokers are showing a "definite trend" away from famous Manila cigars,
7
In
at
of
and
horses are dis COME say that
be the forms appearing from
Cigar consumption of 115,000,000 be helped sharply by the uncx- cause they are needed for food. But
units before the war has dropped Д
|pected progres shown during the Jack Hopkins anys, with Ho laugh
that
to 43,500,000 units a year now. when people
year in French, British, Belgian the yearly and German steel production. tractors and to cat
the meantime, begin
it will average of tobacco Imports-con- A by no means unimportant con- agricultural machinery Time to
According to sisting almost entirely of cigarettes sideration in the 1940 picture is worry. science,
tractors are good for the from Bie U.Shas tripled.
labour, Whlic Philip Murray's con- Philippine exports of leaf tobacco tract with U.S. Sicel does not expire teeth, and make excellent roughage.
were valued L. and cigars
at only until April 30, 1950, the agreement Though lacking in vitamins II. and L,
US$2,000,000 in 1947, compared
may be reopened on wages this com- they
need no cooking or preparing.
with an annual prewar value' over a
ing July and the current, pact per- and' to put sauce or gravy
about. US$5,000,000.
mits a strike if a wago dispute and binder or a rocket-pro-
Import control rules which Pre- exlats. The industry is ready, for a boe does not make it any
sident Elipidio Quirino put into "fourth round," but is uneasy about more appetising. Agricultural ma- chinery does not go rancid in hot effect on Jan 1. to conserve Philip how much."
manufactures weather, and if you can eat any part pine foreign exchange classified all
tobacco essential. of it, you can eat it all; there is no wasinge.
Quotas set will reduce
im port of cigarettes by 30 percent from Inst year's raic, cigars by 00 percent and smoking tobacco by 60 percent.
shot out sparks and smoke as it cloud. I couldn't see my face before YOUR BIRTHDAY
raced along. it was more like a my hand- dragon than anything else. Yes sir,
I
You mean your hand before
guess that's what it was your face," Hanid corrected. dragon!
"I had been hearing it for several nights," he wentTM "on"running somewhere behind the hills. I could see the sparks and smoke shooting up to the sky, and I could hear it snorting
I had and screaming. never hunted dragon before but I decided at once that it couldn't be any fiercer than a cage full of lions, And a cage full of Bons doesn't frighten
en me
a bit.
"So I shook my musket to make sure it was loaded, and off I went behind the hills. In a little while I
been"
came to a place where I knew it had
"How did you know?"
Knart
asked.
Rupert and Margol-52
MIS
When Reggie has got over surprise he, too, helps Margot down the steep slope to where Rex 13 still waiting in their boat. The wins are delighted to see the little girl. wad listen eagerly to Rupert's account of all that has happened.. **Good gracious, what an escape ** We'd you've had!" cries Rex. better hurry away before the giant But Rupert laughs. catches us." "Why hurry?" he chuckles. *The Riant doesn't know we've been right inside his entle. He hasn't had a glimpse of any of us."
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
RED RYDER
SORRY I HAD TO
TE YOU BETH,BUT
I'VE GOT THINGS TO DO BESIDES WATCHING YOU?
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"I couldn't ses my hands either." "I couldn't see said the General.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27
.
03
tie
John L. Lewis's mine workers, of non-course, are an ever present threat Bituminous contracts run out on June 30, but may be terminated earlier on 30 days' notice.—United Press.
Secretary Balmaceda told a meet- By STELLA ing of tobacco industry leaders that those Imports could be further re- duced, I Filipinos could Intensity Virginia leaf growing and cigarette manufacture.-Associated Press.
anything. But I decided to walt.IpORN today, you are a true by others and often will make mare
dragon would come individualist and never will try of them than was expected." was sure Dis
us they to do things
always have back,
been done. While abiding by any convention you consider good and wise, you will want to make progress in the world by making innovations. very ambitious and let You are nothing stand in the way of getting what you want out of life,
"Suddenly I heard it, puffing and snorting as it came around the bend. I shook my musket once more to be positive that it was loaded. Then stood by the side of a tracks and waited for it to come.
:
"It
Tumed The Bond
turned
bend! the
Then straight on it came. It had one hid cour bright eye. From the top of its head, smoke and sparks shot up
fearful way. It snorted and screamed and I could even hear
ringing. But I wasn't going to bell move. I stood waiting for it to come. up to me.
1
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You must, however, avoid a certain amount of self-vanity. Self-confidence is the fibre of success but if you become boastful of your early suc- cesses you may find new ones more diMcult to achieve.
You unconsciously draw people into your have a popular personality and awn orbit.
Being a natural leader, Fortunately, what you
will need to make sure that you want, you usually is something good and con- are always leading in the right and
a lot of proper direction!
To find what sequently there will be
the stars have in people who will help you along the
If you were a less store for tomorrow, select your birth- independent person, this might make day star and read the corresponding
But you are paragraph, you too easy-going.
Let your birthday star quick to grasp opportunities offered be your daily guide.
road to success.
AQUARIUS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28
(Jan, 21-Feb.
19)
LEO
"And sure enough. It stopped not ten feet from the end of my musket and stood there hissing out steam,“
(July 24-Aug.
13) while its one eye glared at me."
"And then what happened?" Avold excesses and use moderation If you are alert to opportunity, real Determined luck may be yours. Miss it-and
will Knart and Hanid both cried in ex-in forcing any issues.
have only yourself to effects on your part make for success. you citement.
PISCES (Feb.
21)- 20-Nac.
VIRGO
22)- (Aug. 24-Sept. and diplomacy in handling Be forward and positive in what you can further want and you can get it Follow up importance
all yesterday's advantages.
(Sept, LIBRA
The in soldier shook his head. "A very strange thing. I still can't Tact understand it. A lot of people sud-people of denly stepped out from inside the Jour own interests eventually. dragon, all carrying bags and va lises. They didn't seem frightened at all. Then somebody shouted All
the dragon. Aboard!'-and
begust
gu and putting and snorting again. shooting up snake and sparks and screaming and ringing its bell, and finally it went running off again."
blame.
-20)- 22-Apr.
23-Oct.
23)-
ARIES (Mar. decision made on the score of Emotions are in the foreground right friendship will be a lasting one and now,
into unexpectedly may turn bring future happiness to you.
TAURUS“
(Apr. 21-May 21)-
SLIGHT GAIN
IN RUBBER
New York, Jan. 26.-No. 1 con- träet rubber futures today closed one polnt lower to 20 points higher on sales totalling 32 contracts.
Standard contract futures closed 20 points higher nominally with no sales reported.
The market was firm and quiet, in line with steadiness at London. It was also influenced by a speeding up in defensivo stockpiling.
Faclory demand was small, but repropmted some Improvement øver Tuesday's inertia.
Dealers are of the opinion that the a thin affair for the mo- market is ment.
Prices closed as follow:- Standard Contract Rubber Futures.
10. 20 nominal January
February
10.00 bid 18.99 tominal: 18.00 bid No I Contract Rubber Futures. March
19.03-15 Traded 10,02 nominal
March Арн May
New friends or an old friend
April May June July
(Oct. 24-Nov.
romance.
SCORPIO
22)
August September
Octaber
19.10
10.00 traded
HONGKONG
SHARES
The turnover ол the Stock Exchange this morning was $255,000. Transactions and noon prices...were.
BUYERS SELLERS SALES,
1800 1805
as follows: SHARES BANKS
KK Bank East Asia
| INSURANCES
Canton Union Underwriters
T
30 150
B35
255
1,05
500 # 1.05
142
Whatf
(0) 13415
23.GA
30
18% 10
15.80 2000
9.15.60
K Fire SHIPPING
Asla Navig DOCKS, ETC. K. Wharf
Dock Provident LAND, ETC.
In Itale? NK Land
'hai Land
Humphreys (N) UTILITIES
Tram
Peak Tram (0)
Star Ferry...
C. Light (0).
C. Light (N) Electric INDUSTRIALS
Cemente Itope STONES, ETC. Dairy (0) Dairy (N) Watson (0) Watson (N)
10.80 nominal | COTTONG
Ewo
10.70 traded
13.67 Haminat
18.45, traded
10.30 nominal
November
10.33
December
16,23
January (1050)
10.20
February
15.15
March
10.10
-United Presa
LONDON. MARKET
London, Jan. 20-Prices in the rubber
305 3.95 1000
21.30
135
15 13.20
300
1000 4 3.85e 1000 300 1000 * 3.00
26921.30 500 1.40
100
13013
1000 15.10
2006 10.10
11 11 500 a 30%
30%
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402% 42%
2004011
$3 1000 4455
44
57 58'
50 5T
500 0,83
532 0.70
N.Y. FOREIGN EXCHANGE
If it market here today closed unchanged as Argentine Peso (Ometal)
A new romantle friendship or a If considering a contract covering a marriage offer may be made today. new business opportunity, this may Peace and harmony should be yours, be the day to decide. For a moment or two, Knarf, and
GEMINI (May 22-Jane ZZ)+ SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) Hand were silent Then Hanld sald
improvement over nli. quite softly, so as not to hurt the If making purchases, be sure that General General's feeling:
yesterday's lead. "I think it was you are not over-extravagant. Thrift Follow up
follow: points to romance, then art. is to be encouraged just now. a locomotive and a train."
March (in pence per lb.) "Perhaps," said the Tin, soldier.
April/June CAPRICORN (Ifec, 23.-Jau, 20) -- 23)- (June 23-July CANCER "But you never can tell about these.
for past. endeavours A slow day. Guard your
resources July/September dragons. Soine of them look like all Recognition
and easy sorts of things-even like locomo- should come your way. Be prepared and your health. Slow
to accept them; plan few endeavours, will win today's race. tives and trains."
High and Dry
DYNAMITE
PART OF MY. PLAN BETHE
WHEN RED COMES TO THE BLIND CANYON BELOW US, I'LL CUT OFF HIS ESCAPE WITH
A ROCK FALL!
BY FRED HARMAN
RED WON'T HAVE WATER!
HE'LL DIE OF THIRST?
"
Argentine Peso (Unometal Australia 11.1/10 Brazil
11%
10.13/14 Belgium
Canada United Press.
Wheat Talks Open
US$02011
2003
3.22
0000
022036
0215
Chillo
England
4.0312
France
2009
Indis. Moxico
.3050
New Espiand
4.02
100%
Washingtoh, Jan. 26.-Representa-Pent
tivos of 50 nations including for the Portugal first timo Russia and Argentina net South Africa
Sweden In Washington today, to attempt to Bwitzerland draw up a new international wheat Uruguay
Venaručja agreement.
Netherlanda The United States Secretary of Batavia Agriculture, Mr Charles Brannon, Singapore Hongkong told the conference that the presence shanghai
of representatives of so many ni tlons "reflects the growing realish- tion of the need for international co-operation
113
econonsle problems.
salving specifie
United Press.
Exchange Rates
Business was done is the lexi un "I am confident that If we work | omeini exchange market this morning at together in a spirit of mutual the following rates
we can
8. dollar (per 91)
economic, Intereats tempered by In-Sterling bound note (per £1 ternational understanding work out an agreement which w benefit the people of all the world" -Reuler...
old bars (per (Wal)
plastres (per 100) Biam tichis (per 1001 NEI uilders per 100) Gold, yuan (për yuan).......
13,80
310.00
24.40
31.60
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