THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1949.
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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
Today I am
asking
you to
meet John A. Barry, of Pilts burgh, Pa. However, I
Ine
that he
imag- well
is pretty known for the good work that he has accomplished. Jack
never 100 busy
to
to
with his big
restaurant
give a helping
He is helping to
start
n
hand where it is needed.
DUMBBELLS
REGISTERED US PATENT OFFICE
HAVE YOU
NO! HE
SEEN HIS
NEW TOUPEE?
CHESS
IT
ME
AROUND THE WORLD
BY THE
WAY
TODAS The Legend of Grace O'Malley by Beachcomber
·COUPE!
PROBLEM
By P. BARRON
Binck, 6 pieces.
White, 9 pieces. White to play and mate in twee. Saturday's Solution 10 probiru: do have cancer. Then
Fund Cancer Children's Pittsburgh. I think it is impor-
ant that mothers know children
we will be establish Cancer
thni
perhaps
able to in centres
1. R-Q2, 1
R-RS (c): 2
different cities, the
same us
1-2 (ch).
Jack and his brother, Dr James
Rarry, are starting in
burgh..
Pilta-
Jack takes an active part in the
national bridge organisa- tion, and he has given us nur lesson hand for today. It com- a hand ou!, stripping bines and then making a sately play Jock (South) lest the opening lead of the king of hearts, but when West continued a heart. he trimped that trick with the six of diamonds. Now he took two rounds of diamonds, enshed the nee of spades, led the small spade to dummy's king and ruffed the four of spades in his own hand.
Next he led
.Inck put
On
the deuce of
clubs. West played the five and
the dummy. East with
iratm
three-spot won the He had the ten. irlek
return
except n nothing to spude or a heart, which meant that Jack could discard one of his clubs, and trump the suit led by East in dummy.
Thus, by stripping the hand out and then making a safely play in clubs, he assured him self of his contract.
Check Your Knowledge
1. Love birds are members of what bird family?
and
2. Name the largest most costly library building In the world.
3. How soon after it strikes may an attack of malaria prove fatal?
4. Is there any part of the oceans that is lifeless?
5.
Which is heavier,
spring
water or salt water?
is the 6. What deßeleney cause of the disease pellagra? (Answers at foot aj Colon.)
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B. Almost a miss. (5)
Certainly not this. (4)
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15. Eden' hostess. (3)
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(0)
folk are certainly county.
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G. 11' an exchange
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money. (4)
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dara, (2)
24. Group of the world's races. (3)
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers
1. The parrot family. 2, The Library of Congress, Washing- ton, DC. 3. In one or two hours. 4. No. Scientists have found fo in every part of all oceans studied. 5. Salt Water. 8, Nicolinic acid.
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• By TEMPLE MANNING
HACE O'Malley was called "Granusile" in the West pl Ireland. So intrigued were wo with the storica of the wonder- ful, redoubtable Grace that we Journeyed to Clare Island, the headquarter of this Queen of the Isles.
Clare Island guards the en- trance to Clew Bay, at the head of which is situated an in~ portant County Mayo town, Westport. The approach to Clare Island is most picturesque. The island rises steeply to the Knockmoe, a mountain 3,500 high, that dominates the Icet Island,
Pretty Harbour
On a small green peninsula overlooking the pretty little hai bour is the grim square tower of Granualle's Castle. Nearby the hotel, and few houses
are
of komu the
of
a remarkably comfortable place
There is a small abo
a small abbey on the island which, although in ruins, holds much of interest, including aane altar tomb, the remattis
beautiful
paintings on plastered celling the chancel. Scholars who have made the journey to Clare have been very Interested in these medieval fresco paintings.
The land of Clare Island
Sheep and and bosity.
tho animals Fraze other mountain uplands and the cliffs, Seals abound at Clare and steal the sh out of the nets, while alters take the fish from the streatas.
wel
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BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
Christopher Was Alarmed
-The Pins and Needles Were Fighting-
By MAX TRELL
NARF
caract Hanid, thatlow-children
on
the with the turned-about names, were the point of falling asleep in the corner of the playroom (for was almost midnight) when they felt someone shaking them. it was Christopher Cricket. "Wake dreadful is up Something happening
Knarf and Hand sprang ta, their feet in alarm: "What? Where?" they both cried,
"The Pins and Needles are about to have a fight in blather's work basket" exclaimed Chrs- topher. S
"Something's got to be clone to stop them."
A this, Knarf and Hanid and
Christopher Cricket, all ran as
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"Something's gut to be done," said Christopher.
A
CORRESPONDENT who
on
signs herself "Enthu- siustle Balletomane" objects to my recent remarks that absurd branch of the lower acrobatics. ✓
"No doubt," she says, "3.22 would look like a horse reaching for a bucket of oats if you at-
fempted to be a danseur noble
in ballet." Well that was not the opinion of the critics, when, as Serge Mortonov I danced the in part of Pitka the bandit Buzov's Printemps, d'un Ferbian- tier The Rochdale Observer said. "Ils mimling his choreostatics, ไปถ่ hla plombage have to be seen to Believed." The Runcorn Conveyancer
and Gazelle sald, "Nothing like th's has been seen since Chukasanive, ir a magni- cent de trente-cinq, fell into
par the capacious mouth of a trom- bone, and set the orchestra_by It is a lonely stand, but
the cars," Yours faithfully. En- lovely one, n peaceful spot,thusiane Balintophobe. away from turmoil and strife,
Cottage on Clare Island.
4
1
Cheer up, little oaf
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Upward Trend On
London Exchange
SURPRISE FOR
"CHARTISTS"
By R. H. FRY
Since the start of this year the London Stock Exchange has surprised the chart readers by rising above the top points of 1948. -
Ever since June, 1947, when the seven-year-old bull market ended abruptly with a sharp break in industrial share prices and a more moderate fall in fixed interest securities, the long-term trend of the London market has been firmly regarded as pointing down- wards.
been
trend had This major change of accepted since the end of the war and surprised no one when it came in mid-1947 after several· *preliminary declines and rallies, as well as the
usual slowing down of turnover.
execution of
shrewd ofciat denials, The two previous long- tish term changes which began London Investora felt unsafe in Axed interest securities zo long in 1928 and 1937 had been as there was a danger of de- much more precipitate, but valuation.
The rapid improvement in the the preceding upward climb had been shorter in each balance of payments figures and
the business-ilke case than the 1910-47 rise. the new "disinflationary Budget But very few people were polley" removed all fears of prepared to see the market sterling devaluation by mid- rally after the first severe decline and then remain within narrow limits for as
of a certain A murat slah in, the ancient HE peevishness
author whose lecture re- abbey bears the O'Malley cont of arms and on. It is inscribed
icelved no publicity reminded me
what
of sald Talleyrand the family motto which informs of
and All that the nache | Chateaubriand. "He thinks he's one
no O'Malley is powerful on laut deaf, because people, are
In 1370 was written longer (scussing him." and sen.
she that Granulie
Was Bitter Memory powerful. She was the head of
Timo THE ship steamed slowly the the family and lived In the time
through the fog. Every time Best of Queen Elizabeth, and and her government feared her, the fog-horn sounded the great much as a whole year.
Toscanini winced. A man be- She held the coasts of Wester Ireland and levied toll on all side him said, "That sound must ships in a very thorough but be dreadful for a impartial fashion, for the Irish had to pay tribute, too.
musician."
the
summer,
PI Journal Attacks President
Manila, Mar.
5. The American Chamber of Com- merce Journal, published la Manila, said in its February Issue that the Philippines "ill have a long way to go
even
to equal our pre-war state as to generat living con-- order, astioun, peace. and efficiency of the public ser- vices, and numerous things.
other
The Journal described Presi
Quirino's dent Elpidle state-of-the-nation address as
recent
That provided a favourable background for the bond rise.
A more technical support was given by several large pay- Iments 10. investors on the liquidation of the British-owned According to
accepted
companies, Argentine railway chart theories the behaviour of
a large Government loan. the market in 1948 was perfectly as well as on the redemption of compatible with a major down- Whether these influences will
the opposite of realiste," ward trend. Each low point continue to carry welght well
after day the news→ during the year was a Sittle
into 1040 remains to be seen, papers are loaded down with lower than the previous on but the stock market outlook is unhappy facts of the home- peak stupped a certainly more promising than lessaess and poverty of many cach recovery Jitte short of the one before.
observer any London
would of the people, general corrup the "chartists" were have dared to predict thrown into excited confusion months ago.
It isn't that" replied Toscanini, "but I could swear it's in Lohengrin."
1949 Equal to Queen
THE former landlord of State Queen Elizabeth offered to
6084, Refreshment Hostel make her
been Countess, but having A
reported by a Granuaile laughed that one of Government spy for saying that by stating that she considered he preferred to run his own inn
when In the second week of herself equal 10 Her Majesty in in his own way; for secretly in-
January the index showed 121.7. stalling a dart-board, for per- By reaching that figure it had mitting units of personnel
every way.
her first O'Flaherty,
mura,
to
Bill
have
ulle
הם.
n few tior in the government, abetter
in high places, and
HONGKONG SHARES
This morning's turnover on Less technically inclined obser- vers merely keep their fingers the Stock Exchange was $215,- 810.00. Transactions and noon crossed and wonder whether the
in- prices: traditional pattern of the vestment cycle may have been ARFS BUYERS SELLERS SÅLES
BANKS
... 1730 HK Dank shattered by the powerful in-
of the State In INSURANCES tervention finance.
Granualle was married twice, sing, and for failing to stand to broken through the two "upper husband being attention at the mention of Mresistance points" of 1918, sug- Prince of Conne-Morrison's name on the radiogesting a break with precedent. So vigorously did she was sentenced to three months'
Market commentators defend his castle, on an island hard labour under
the special begun to talk of the last 12 Lough Carrib, against the (Liquor Monopoly) Powers Act.onths as a "trendless period". Joyces that it is still called "the
Such stuff as Hen's Castle," and it still stands. She made n
a bargain with her! breams are made of second husband, Sir Richord
DANISH paper refers again the
A Burke, that
marriage was
to the probability that sh to last a year, after which elther
ion can hear, and might therefore us the could dissolve
union, taught to talk,
Imagine being During the year she placed her the
and answered back by an Impudent castles strongholds her husband, mackerel, or shouted down by a poor soul! For what did she do herd of whiteball: Think of the at the end of the year but dis-Fish's Hour on the radio. "And how are you today, herring?" miss Burke.. who lost his castles "Kippered again!" (Prolonged and his wife!
siggling from all the fish in the studio.) (Tomorrow-Science At Work)
own men in
of
fast as they could into the next room.
Il was dark but by the pale moonlight that camo 1 through the window, they could called down: "Why are you in YOUR BIRTHDAY.
see the sewing basket standing on the table where Mother bud left 11 when she went off to bed. From inside the basket, they could hear sharp little vulces: "Don't come any closer," cried -the-Pins or well-stick-you."-
Where to Stick "We're as sharp as you are," shouted
Needles "Ang the we've got eyes! We can see just where to stick!"
"We've pot head." the, Pins eried again.
caen
went over to the sewing box. lifted the cover very gently and
and Needles quarrelling?"
Several of the Pins answered: We were all standing in our Neoriea Pincushton when the came along and
stood on our loes. We want them to go away
nd they won't."
Said the Needles: "There's no us to stand. other place for Mother put us here."
"Needles can't stand in a pan cushion." cried the Pin angrily.
All at once, Hamid saw some- thing that she thought would settle the whole quarrel. It was a ball of yarn lying on the table, just beside the sewing basket.
she sald 10 ine "Look." Needles, "This ball of yarn just as good as the pin-cushion. of room tor There's plenty every needle on it."
I'm... Let's see it first," said several of the Needles.
So and picked up the hall
and all the Needles peered at it with their eyes.
"You see," Christopher Cricket said anxiously to Knarf and Hanid, "it's just us I told you.
about to fight They're other."
Kart and Hanid didn't know what to do. They were afraid if they lifted the cover of the sewing basket and put in their hands, to separate the Netaler and Pins, they would to stuck by all of them. Then Hanid of yarn
Rupert's Elfin Bell-28
Hupert and Bitt stare at the chat. - It must be meant for one of as says the little beat.
Big and Soft
"It's blg." said Hanid.", and it's soft and I'm sure all Needles will be able to sleep. comfort- nbly."
So one by one, very carefully, Hanid moved the Needles from
MONDAY, MARCH 7 PORN today, you have a deep
music
and this D love for can-be-interpreted by your playing some instrument or by your merely appreciating the music of others. A great deal will depend upon your back-
and training. ground whether you take up this pro- fession as a life work or us an avocation.
as
to
GOVT. BONDS
the conduct of the Eut
in- share market dustrial
cannol really be understood without re- ference to the story of Govern- These had been ment Donds. driven up in 1945 and 1946 by post-war rush of inflation and firm control of Interest
the
By STELLA males.
In
You have high ambitions bul are too prone to spend your energles dreaming about them talho than working hard to achieve them. Once, how- have
learned ever, you channel your energies into a productive trpek, you can go anywhere you choose.
του are apt to be -over cautious in altempting 10 strike out for something new You must become
You must exert com- and different. pletely self-reliant if you are your Individualism If you
to achieve the best that is in to reach the heights to which your talents should entitle you. store for you in the future. Set your heart on something, To find what the stars have work for it independently of in store for tomorrOW, select others, and
your birthday star and read that the success will definitely the corresponding paragraph. come your way from the very Let your birthday star be your beginning.
dully guide. MARCH 8
the
chances are
TUESDAY,
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- In all advertising and publish- ing projects, success for your efforts should be just around the corner.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)- hours are de
the crowded. pin-cushion to the The afternoon
ball of yarn. Then she put the finitely the best for all your ball of yarn as far from the pin-efforts. cushion as she could,
patr
with a
Get results then. TAURUS (Apr. 21-Mar. 21) and of scissors
several -Your own personal ambitions spools of thread and a thimble and the ability, to work for and a tapemensure and a dozer them will determine your de- buttons between them.
Then she said softly: "Good-gree of success.
Pins!
tight,
are
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)— All advertising, especially that with mail orders connected and letter writing, is very good
now,
Early in 1947 the control was ol the Index relaxed and Government. stocks fell from 148.7. on the tast day of 1045 to 134.5 at the end 1047. in April it had fallen to 130. but in mid-summer It began to climb slowly and continued
upward steadily accelerating course until the end of Novem- ber when it has recovered to 133.8.
Canton
Union
DOCKS, KTC.
HK Fire
374
700
283
K. Wharf (0) 133
Dock
Provident
widespread
lawlessness," the Journal said. "And, added to this, is the
inter- persistent government ference with, rather thom
the p,
nation's gulation economle life, which can only make
conditions general
We have here a politicians' Government rather than a people, government of the Politics' is still the P
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13 14 De er 24
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Maeno Electric 25.20 Telepimone (0) 31 32 INDUSTRIALS
Cement, XD 36%
Hope
COTTONS
For various local reasons the end of the year-s-niways period of stack investment in Government bonds so that a slight relapse in December to MISCELLANEOUS
day of the 133.6 on the lust
In no significance. year had January the big institutions be gan to buy again.
No new trend has shown it- self in the fixed Interest mar- ket to equal the definite pro- share mise of the industrial trend.
in
and
But the real London invest- was that ment story of 1940
tech- utterly unexpected and nically illogical six months rise In Government stocks through- out the second half of the year. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— Week after week both the pro- dealers and the Considerable change. If you fessional
banks
'com- Insurance have a good, new idea, develop
watched the bonds H. It may pay dividends sour.. panies
01 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) climb slowly on a trickle
buying without daring to step Impulsiveness today can only lead to trouble. Be conservative and you will be doubly wise.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. You 22) An emotional day.
beckoning. may find romance
#proposal, Make or receive perhaps.
CAPRICORN 20)-Renewed activity is to be encouraged. Start something The you
been. have
planning Ba recently,
AQUARIUS (Jail 21-Feb.
Lo 19)-Romance.
the may 23) LEO (July 24-Aug.
and can Don't let the opposite sex bo math event today.
GEMINI (May 22-June 22) Sleep night
-Be practical, but allow your Needles!" And pulling the imagination and personal in- cover back on the sewing as genuity to have full, course ket, she tiptoed out of the room
within reason. with Knart and Christopher
CANCER (June 23-July 23) Crleket.
-A day when carelessness can
I've got the Elfin Bell: perhaps I'd better try it." ric climbs in and no sooner in he eated than. to Bill's horror, the ape tightens and whisks the whole thing upward into the mist. Rupert holds on breathlessly and nexi,that ball of yarn," said Christo cause accident or loss.
moment, he has stopped beside a lile platform sticking out from the ‚¢16,' On the platform is another
ill who stares at hini as if he cannot believe his own eyes.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
BRONCHO BILL
"WHY'S A [HECKTIE PARTY
LOOKIN' FER
TOLIVARR MANNING ?
FAR TRADING GUNE TO
SHERIFF,
"It's a good thing you saw
"Just pher.
what more haste, the less speed. imagine would have happened if they conservative. had at Into a fight with one another There would have been plùs and needles scattered all over the floor}"
AND YUH SRY HE'S HOLIN' OUT HYAR AT COLD SPRING
(Dec: 23-Jan.
a problem today. De diplomatic prove the turning point but firm if an argument arises. future ppiness.
Sundown
THERE HG 10%
-BURE I'LL PRUTE YUH, MANNING, BUT HOPE THIS CHARGE AIN'T TRUE **
in
Only in Uclober or so come of the bl Investors enteret the field cautiously and helped Octo- lo speed up the rally. ber and November it had be- come a broad upward move- ment with a substantial volume of investment.
PROMISING OUTLOOK,
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Quotations
are sitting on top of their 110le "They call the tune to world. which all others must caper, and will, perhaps, until the dancers exhaustion ends the ball and the lights go out. Is it wise for the President to
3
rose-
ure such coloured glasses that he misses. all the deep shadows cast over the land?"United Press.
CHICAGO GRAINS
་
the
Chicago, Mar. 5-On Board.of.Tratie, after a steady moved opening, grains today higher, on the prospect of con- tinued Government purchases and some buying of wheat for grain the flour mills, Later
the prices were pared and closing. prices, were steady. Pricex closed ad Zostdyjum WHEAT-price per bushe May July
1.32-12- ... 132-34-1.32
CORN
May
July
DATS
Miny
...... 67-67-15
July
United Press.
UK Steel Records:
New York, Mar. 5.
London. Mor.. -The Iron Aniseed oil, per ib. F.0.1. New
York.
US$0.03/90 and Steel Fetteration announced Cassia
per 1. F.O.B. New York
3.10/250 today that the annual rate of of 18,170,000 per lb. F.O.B. New steel production Agar Agar,
York
2.75/3.25 tons, renched in February, was Sandalwood, In drimas, dependins. "easily the highest rate in the
on quantity quality Tung oil, in tank cars, F.O.D. New York par It. 020- Meryllium, (16 to 12 percent) per
ton
20.00/30.00 рег (00 percent) Molybdenum,
Ib.
-United Frem.
nem.
history of the industry."
The
The weekly, average for the month was 311,100 tons, best month previously ́ ́ was 5.54 November, 1948 (15,760,000 tons
annual rate)-Reuter.
Anglo-Argentine
Stalemate?
Buenos Aires, Mar. 5-In- formed sources sald today that the Anglo-Argentine trade talks For a time some observers are virtually stalemated as Pre- argued that the voluntary divid-sident Peron's delegates have end limitation accepted by in made no progress on their de- dustry had removed all attraction rands for Sterling convertibili-
forced from equilies and had
fixed. Investors into
Interest
However,
the commissions sccurities, But if any twitch
fair preparing lists of British-Argen haci taken place on
tine goods which would be. in- scale,
Industrial ordinates cluded in the agreement are re-
л
ty.
.
By Hurry F. O'Neill would have fallen. As a mat- ported to be well advanced in
ter of fact, they rose.
They rose at Brat Inrgely en the back of the bond market.
air task,
It is reported that Argentina has agreed to incrense the num
under the pact-United Press.
It was the investment of bonds ber of British goods she will huy spiling
inta ordinary Liver shares which gave the impetus
to, the latter market; not he other way round, Of course,
there were some genurat Just Exchange Rates
fications.
OUTWARD MAILS
With affect from March 1, 1943, all cofrespondence intended to 'be forwarded by Als to lenden only, and then by surface mail to destination, must be superscribed "By Air to Landon only." la future. It will not be sumclent to merely superscribe such cor semondeitče #ulk London"
Mail Service by Air and Suṛ- face to Tientsin and Peiping is temporarily suspended.mĚLI, İtir - Üher notice.
Unless otherwise stated, re-
and articles
- parçel gistered posta close 30 minutes earllar than the ordidary mall, 37 malla 'clove, before 15 a.m., registered and parcel posts close at 3 pr. on the previous day. Mails are clared at Kowloon Central Post Offico half an hour earlier than the are closing tloves.
MONDAY-MARCH T
· Closing Times By Air- Shanglial
Nanking, Tsingtao, Kunning. Libehow, Bwalow, Amoy, Talpen & Fouchow, 3:30. p.m.”.
Saigon & Paris, pn.
Closing Times. By · Ben Nangkok, 3 pm,
ย
Man PT, MARCH
'Closing Times By Air· Stonkia, Honolulu, U.S.A. & Canada,
Business was dens in the local op Parcet Posts for Manlin, Hong
unofficial
For one thing, there had been
exchange market this | AT a great deal of talk between the morning at the following rates lubi & US,A., (Kowloon CPO) 130 convertibility crisis of August String pound note (per 211 18.40 pm. (GPO), 6 pm, 1947 and a probable devaluation V, doiler (per $1} Gold bars (per tael) of the pound. The discussion FIC plastres (per 1hoj was kept alive mainly by re- giant ticals (per 1001 peated American and French NEI guilders (per 100) auggestions, but in spite of Bri- Gold Yuan (per yuan)
+
1411 Ordinary Airmail (Printed Matters, 301.60 Samples M Smail Packet Posta), for 10,10 Manila, Guam, Honolulu & USA. 24.30 | | (Kowloon CPD) 430 p.m.; (GPO) $1.00 Bp.m.
001. Langkok, 8 pm.