THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1949.
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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
of our favourite eating spots in
ONE
New York City is the Trader Tom Steak House,
out where
favourite walter, Eddie Niles, never produco a stenk just the way One of Eddie's you want it.
falls to
biggest problems in to get the Яteaks on the ble when D bridge fourrome gets into a discussion.
The other day we were dis- cussing the hand shown today, which we had written on the tablecloth Along came Eddie with the four hot steaks, but there was no place to put them of our heads. except on top Everybody Was In n huddie around the innd, discussing the bidding.
DUMBBELLS
REGISTERED Us
WHEN
YOU ARE
IN TOWN I WANT YOU TO BUY
MG A CLOTHES
HORSE!
PATENT OFFICE
SHALL
I RIDE
IT HOME
OR HAVE
IT SENT?
AROUND THE WORLD"
A Picture of Modern Rome
By TEMPLE MANNING
THERE IS AI opera which
has for ita theme the Italians in Algiers. Now, per- nps, libretilat and a coin- poser will get together and do one about the Americans Rome. Why, it's getting
50
that hardly a day passes with-
Americans aut
for leaving Romo to do a movie. write o book, or take n villa!
Well, it's all to the good, for no person, not even a Bam- buoyant actor,
self-pro.
clained genius, can soloum in the Eternal City without being
Check YO the better for it, even if the
Knowledge
1.
What state is nicknamed the "Blue Grass Slate"?
2. Who said "There never WOB a good war pence"?
or a
3. Give the names that are
much,
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Fonla Di Trevi, Rome
.
BY THE
WAY
by Beachcomber
SINCE it is evident that
`millions of people would rather go to A football matel, even if they can't get In to see it, than work, It Is time to consider C. Suet's iden.
Suet thinks that the way to prevent football from stopping production for export is to ex- port the footballers. When there wero no more of them left in England to play matches, the crowds might fall back on work as a pretty beastly alternative- unless the flm theatres open.
Sex rears ite-hidcous
were
head
PPOSITION to allowing beer
In the civic restauranta of Newcastle-under-Lyme included
· FOR
THE
'BUSINESSMAN
Four HQ For Japanese Shops Full Of Goods
Latest Export Drive
The United States has been divided into four re- plona for Britain's new export drive, with centres In New York, New Orleans, Chicago, and San Fran Cisco.
A superintendent trade consul has been appointed to each city and is to have outstanding business- man to advise him.
The trade drive-which aims to sell £180 milion worth of British goods in the U.S. next year-was announced in the House of Commons recently by Mr Harold Wison, President of the Board of Trade, Ha referred to it, as "one of the greatest challenges in history to the merchant- of our traders.”—{London Express
lovely cupital has suffered in- teusoly from the destruction of But Rome has seen so war.
has lived through so much, that she can afford to let time take its course, know- bading that all will be well in the
the city has grown..
On the end.
Aventino stands a very delight- a cry of anguish, "There will The city
seema enormous,
restaurant, and it
ba hoa
adventuring spirit cuddling and kissing among invariably linked with the fol- and it has many facets, from fl
But statistica the always been one of the joys of glittering ling: Alpha and ......Samson the
Corso to end.......
sluns in the anelent districts visit to Rome to dine there and took down on the mighty 4. What organs
Most does the abutting the Tiber. respiratory tract consist of? the city is on the left bank of city bright with lights, whils one reflects on the history that What Is the "Taling sick-the river, rising partly on the
plam of the ancient Field of has been enacted on the hill and partly on the aur slopes and on the plain. Mars, rounding hills. St. Peter's and right the Vatican are on the bank of the river.
ness"?
4. What are anchovies?
(Answers in Column'1}
CHESS PROBLEM
By O. 8. KIPPING (Equal 1st BCF Tourney 56) Black, 13 pieces,
12
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"You
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Somebody remarked, can't beat four spades," where upon Eddie said, "Why don't you trump your partner's bee That will a club? and lead
beat it, and then I enn put these steaks down."
West diamonds Enst
Look the hand over. opens the king of and continues with not. known that South must have tho queen of diamonds. Ir West had the queen, he would have led it instead of the ace. trump the If East refuses to
.of diamonds, there nothing West can do but to cash the ace of clubs.
If East trumps his partner's ace of diamonds and leads the queen of clubs, East and West are bound to cash the first ve tricks, setting the contract wo tricks.
Rupert & the live toys—13
Ruperi gazes kindly at the two toy animals. "You poor things," he cries, so all you want is to belong to somebody) Well, so you shail. I'll get all my pals together and we'll
He breaks of
suddenly, for Sylvia, heating voices. has come near and, seeing the giraffe and the hippo, pulls the whistle from her pocket. "Hi, don't
blow
that until you've learned everything says Rupert, running to her. Come and hear what has happened, then we must decide what we might to do."
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18. Car anything no ras than
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10. May have the key to learning. 141
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'CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers
1. Kentucky.. 2. Benjamin Franklin. 3. Alpha and Omega, Samson and Dalilah. 4. The nasal cavilles, pharynx, larynx, tracheu, bronchi and lungs, d. Epilepsy. . They are very small fish which. are plentiful in the Mediterranean..
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White to play and mate in three. Solution to Saturday's problem:
1, D-03, cny: 2, Q, R (ch, or dis ch), or Kt mates.
Prior to War Modern Rome is
confined
chiefly to the plain, but in the years prior to the war there hind been much building
the
dc-
Smart Crowds
The place to see the amari
crowds is along the flashing
Corso, which offers one of the best street scenes in the world. The
continuous pageant in- cludes luxury cars from the great plants at Turin, Ang im- cars, and beautifully equipages drawn
a
the beautiful heights, the seven maintained hills that give Rome so much by fe
finc horses, with liveried beauty. The Palatine, where men on the box. Red tram Cicero lived and where cars draw power from over Augustus, first of the Roman head lines, and contrast nicely emperors, built his sumptuous with little carts drown BY palace, is now a lovely park. mules decorated with bells and Between the Palatine and coloured fringes Now and the Capitoline, on which stood again, there is a donkey cart.
magnificent temple
Another of the joys of Remo dicated to Jupiter, are the ruins is the number and beauty of its of the Fonum. The mighty fountains, which, like its pine Forum, like the Coliseum, streets, have inspired wonder- right in the centre of a busi ful tone poems, much as those ness district which through the
by nd composed centuries, has grown up around finest fountain, It. And this is something that always proves a bit of a shock when, one first goes sightseeing in Rome. The erstwhile royal palace is built on the Quirinal, and the slopes of the Virima have been encroached on
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
Knarf and the Telephone
-He Wanted to, Find Where The Voices Started-
By MAX TRELL
MOTHER WAS
talking over the
ielephone the grocer. Knarf, the shadow-buy with the turned-about nuine, looked at the telephone for a long time. Then he made up his mind. He made himself as small as the end of
little your Nage and perhaps_ever_a_t_ maller), sprung up to the desk where the telephone way stand- Ing. squeezed himself into fie place where Mother was tuliting through, and suddenly vanished inside the telephone itself.
"Now,"
Knart thought himself, "11
where Bnd out Mother's words go when she talks over the telephone!"
He looked all around, He seemed to be in a very lonk low tunnel which stretched on and on as far as he could see. From far off, he could hear a bell
faintly and tinkling man's voice saying bello-hello. "That sounds like the grocer's volee." Knarf tuith "He's way at the other end of the tunnel." Footsteps Echood
to
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Knarf hopped on the phone.
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self looking into a candy store end. This time he found him- where a man
was talking. "Hello," said the man. "I'm--I'm terribly said Knarf.
End of Tunnel
50
ong
The of the The
world's most beautiful, Is the Trevi, in the heart of the city, where the Romans love to con- regate to listen to its musical sploshings.
Throw
Emali
coin in the basin, and chances aro that you will return, says The ancient legend. Which, of is what every COUTEC,
visitor hastens to do, for who would not return to this most magical of places?
(Tomorrow...-Service At Work).
young people." show that some of the frightful cuddling
most and kissing Issing on among the middle-aged after milk, tea, or near-coffee- End In West substitute. restaurants it starts in the cab, the and goes on all through meal.
Shibbo does it again!
TOR 28 years, writes Mrs F Baltash, I was a martyr to freckles. Then somebody told me about Snibbo. After one applica- tion my freckles vanished over- iike night, my hair gleamed gold, my boots shone, my floors sparkled, my dog grew fatter, my niece was cured. h
Coughs, my wrists stopped
my husband's tonsils be came normal, my second chin stopped wobbling, my eyelashes curled,
nose
longer itched, my ears ceased to stick out, and n three-week splinter came out of my arm.
my
In passing
no
Bervice).
CANADA
Tanerover
U.S.A
Readjustment Of Exchange
BUT NOBODY HAS THE
MONEY TO BUY
·
Tokyo, Apr. 21.-For the first time in almost 10 years, retail shops in Japan are bulging with commodities, but business is bad owing to a lack of hard cash among the public.
American officials, see in the slacking off of -retail sales the first evidence that their
tionary policy is bearing fruit.
They admit that some hard- slip is Infileted on certain sections of the public, but they.. think the draining ett of excess nurchasing power by price com- trols and taxation is a good thing
for Japa
for Japail The Japanese have been re- peatedly warned that they would havo
to "lighten Ureir belts" in order to achieve a sound econo-
mic recovery. And that they must export to the maximum to help pay in part for the millions of dollars of American aid they aro receiving.
defta-
Jap Currency To Remain
At New Rate?
Washington,
ADT. 21-An American official well acquaint- ed with the Japaneso economic situation today, predicted that There have been considerable the newly established forelan "leaks" of Imported raw exchange rate of 300 yen to one miterials finding their way into United States dollar
the domestic market, according stand "for a long time."
SCAP experts, With the
port
f.
"
would
domestic market shrunk there is Some members of the Far less incentive to use there raw Eastern Commission, however, for anything but ex-belleved it might have to be mateucls.
revised from time to time. But the Japanese shopkeepers One member expressed
the complain. They say they have opinions that the rate would go never had such a dull season. through a certain period after And they blame it all on the which it would be possible to controlled economy imposed by set a more accurate figure in the occupation authorities.
the light of the experiente Shopkeepers interviewed by gained from actual operation f the United Presa rive the the exchange rate. following reasons for their Omcials pointed out that three-month old "depression":
there พลง atule reason to believe that the yen must High taxer—A SCAP. fluctuate from month to mentfi directed drive by the Japaneseto conform to the actual value Government has concentrated when most other, currencies of on boosting and collecting in- the world 'wers, pegged at 'un come and other taxes in artificial order to balance the budget and dollare in relation to thi implement Japan's nine point They ave the example of tho recovery programme.
British pou
-is-offcially pound, which is quoted 2. Rigid price control has re- the dollar but which brings at one to four spinst Apr. 23-The duced competition between only a little over three dollars Treasury Secre manufacturers and, Is keeping on the black market in New that
readjustment of 0
the pay. be one air hosteselle to every
exchange rates might European passenger, a television room in every plane, and a swimmirig- be necessary if. European coun
were to irles
Bell their goods pool at every airport, Then the taxpayer would feel he was bein western hemisphere markets
at competitive prices. ing robbed in a good cause.
In a speech before district
One shopkeeper said: "People (London Express Service)
bankers today, Mr Snyder said
aren't even buying food the way that the adjustment of the ex- change rates in each instance they used to. I don't buy more was a matter requiring difficult than a dozen tins of salmon or half a dozen boxes of black tea Jecisions. STELLA
My because I can't sell them.
It looks as though, nobody wants these planes, for which the taxpayer will have to pay.
(Morning paper.) THE airlines continue to lose money because the planes are neither big enough
пог
Necessary For Europe's Trade
Minneapolls, 'United States
luxurious enough. There should tary, Mr John W. Snyder, sald į price above what people can | York-United Press.
YOUR BIRTHDAY...
a
you
can
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even
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By
In the
"But the fact remains that if
whic
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3. The cost of living is above of the the earning capacity majority of city workers, who have a ceiling on their wages,
Interest
Truman's
"Bold Plan
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New York, Apr. 24—A croòn of American businessmen in- terested in the implementation of
President Truman's "bold new. programme" today asked
o President to appoint Commlites of government and
Another said he had boen forced to take a job as a day labourer and let his wife run the shop in order to earn enough money to send his two children budiuess 10. school.
ment
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leaders to sco how government and private finance can work together to do it,
Members of the group sald
up-bo
HONGKONG
SHARES
African
leaders
colonies
and
businces to plan maximum effee- tiveness of the President's pro- gramme.
They concede that many baff- Ung problems arise in trying to Implement the programme.
He said: "It may bring about repercussions on the in-salted flah spoils and the tea gets mouldy. If things don't get MONDAY, APRIL 25
ternal economy of the country
I'll have to go out of It moking the change. is also better have a ilself. BORN today,
smallest very difcutt to determine what business." rigid, unbending deter- group in which you are presents the proper oxchange rate
You Bro a real
not mination and
that is, to calculate what
the genuinely a stickler for discipline. You are
good mixer, but want to choose effects of the given exchange Just in all your decisions. but your close companions care-adjustment might be. you are not one to change your
fully. At times, consequently, opinions-from-a-basic-premise people will consider you cool the European countries are to excent for sume
exceptional and stand-ofish. This is quite balance their payments with the
apart from the actual ense, for United States and other western The owner of another shop, reason. This tendency can
and warmly hemisphere countries some of which sells haberdashery disintegrate into
you are, underneath, Just plain
responsive, affectionate stubbornness unless you learn lo
and them may, have to adjust their dry goods, said that if govern- that the political and economie can be quite jealous. Guard exchange rates before 1952,"
control of prices were problems of nations such as the tamper it with a wider vision.
India and Dininst
marriage, the last in
He added that the exchange eliminated the prices would come Philippines, Japan,
of the the
should Avoid being too critical of for if you regard the slightest rates prevailing today were for down and the quality
to your mate as the most part adopted during commodities would the faults of others while failing homage paid
studied. Jointly by the attention and show In undue
and after the
Administration the imperfections
war and were United Press. to mend your own conduci! You love to Jealousy,
can break accepted by the International give advice and although it is happy union by your own lack Monetary Fund in 1946.
Since usually
its
these of understanding.
rates excellent,
effee- tiveness is somewhat minimised To find what the stars have adopted," he said, "there have when
the recipient discovers in store for tomorrow, select been important changes in the
situation
In your birthday star and read world
the and seldom follow your sorry," you
all the coun words. You have natural the corresponding paragraph. economic life of
tries in the dignity and
Let your birthday star be your
European Recovery penchant for leadership which wiil exert dally guide.
Programme, Progress in pro- duction and shifts in price levels By this time, Knarf was
The turnover TUESDAY, APRIL 26
which have
eccurred over the mixed up that he didn't know
past three years would indicate Exchange where he was going Every
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)---- SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) that the European payments $134,000.00. Transactions Knarf started to run. His time he came to the end of a
Business
appears all right; so position should be studied and noon prices: footsteps echoed l around tunnel, he found himself took-A definitely poor day for all
Be on guard does romance; But if at all that this study should Include RARER BUYERS SELLERS SALER him: Pit-pi-pat, Pil-pit-pat. ing out through
DOCKS, ETC. a different your efforts.
careful consideration of the re- possible, postpone that
pros.. The grocer's voice kept grow telephone. Sometimes it was in against the duplicity of a sup-
pective journey.
lationship between existing ex- ing louder and clearer, and a house, sometimes it was in a
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dee. change rates and the progress GEMINI (May 22-June 22)- Knart knew he was getting store, sometimes it was in a
Avold travelling. if at all 22)-Conserving all resources which must still be made in ar- He could even make police station, or a fire house,
at an avoid at times such as these to uns riving possible, and you can
International out a tiny speck of light. far or a doctor's office, or barber
balance. serious during better possibility of
times ahead can abend of him. Then all at once shop, or a garage, or the zoo,
prove very wise now, accident. Exert caution.
The United States must try He or the railroad station. n curious thing happened.
CANCER (June 23-July 23)--- CAPRICORN
take (Dec. 28-Jan. to
more Imports from suddenly heard volces all And it wasn't until he heard
In which you 20)-Be moderato in all you European countries.
Our pro- around him, all saying hello. a loud voice saying very close An active day
undertake now. Stabilise your gramme of reducing trade bar- hello-hello-hello. Just then ho to him: "Thank you. I'll send should exhibit aggressive pro-
nety friends be assets. Don't plunge into new riors and trying to assure the come to a place where the tun- tho
Groceries to you right gress. Let
projects.
equitable treatment of foreigo uel branched off into a great nway... .... that Knari knew he helpful.
LEO
(July 28-Aux. 23) AQUARIOS (Jan, 21-Feb, 19) trade through an international many other tunnels, like a road was in the right tunnel at last.
outlook and trade organisation upward, to Your personal
and our with
na the many roads leading off it. And just
groter was The trend is still
need to push :50 an ability to cope with critical agreements on tariffs and trade Knart didn't
which saying good-bye, and the little you may not know
to gain an advantage. changes will determino the are part of our contribution to- tunnel to take. He, ran down opening at the end of the tun-much
degree of your progress,"
wards a solution of the prob- one unul he came to the end. nel was about to close, Knart Keep on safe grounds
VIRGO (Aug, 24-Sept. 22)--- PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar, 21) lem." Then he stuck his head out of jumped out.
Mr Snyder added that there the telephone and found he And there he was, finally, in Not your day right now! Hold Act to avoid possible accidents
to had been if you find it necessary
1310VC- a "healthy in looking into, office the grocery store. Knarf won-back on important decisions Be where a girl was typewriting. dered as he sat down quite out until some better moment.
are good for you. "Hello," sald the girl.
how it of breath,
was that patient.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— "I'm sorry," staminered Knarf. Mother's words had found their Then he drew back into tho. way through the right tunnel, Be exceptionally careful
past all the other tunnels with-all contacts made now. telephone again.
out getting mixed up and with- not gold that glitters.
be misled. out getting Jest.
-nearer.
was
Then ho ran down another tunnel until he came to another
BRONCHO BILL
BEFORE
NEXT SUN,WE MOVE
WHITE PAPODSU
BEYOND BIG/ KILLB
posed friend.
the
So Far, So Good
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travel. Otherwise conditions ment towards sounder fiscal In Europe."-United
policy
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20). Press.
1) am of Be on guard against oppost- All is tion. Do
progressive oven Don't aggressive-to gain your rights
In a matter.
Austin A90 Price Cut
London, Apr. 24-Beltain's
By Harry F. O'Neill Austin
THERE'S THE ́ ́INJUN CAMP, BLACKIS,
(OLD BOY- NOW TO FIND
„OUT IF THEYY STOLEN,
ZILIMLE RUTH **
Motor Company
05-
this
K. Wharf. N. P. Wharf 835 18 Dock, Provident, 10.30 Wheelock LAND, ETC.
S'lini and, UTILITIES
For instance, in Asia thern has been no final decision.on how Japan's 38,000,000 populo- on the Stock tlon should be integrated into world morning Was the overall regional
and economies and secondly, United States private capital has shown extreme reluctance to invest, in areas such as the Philippines United Press.
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CHICAGO GRAINS
Chicago, Apr. - 33,--Grain prices on the Board of Trade here today closed lower after a, steady opening. Buying Interest" was restricted as traders walted for news on CCC whent buylog. prlees, Wheat prices closed 1/8th
to 1-1/8th cents lower.
Corn' prices closed 1/2 cont, lower to 1/8 'cent higher, Catz closest one to 2-7/8 cents lower. Rye closed one to 2-3/8 cents lower.
WHEAT May
2.23-16-16
July
Washington, Apr. 23-The May
CUAN May July
GATA
Commerce De- July
United Press.
nounced today a cut of £127 in United States
the home market price of its partment's Foreign Commerce A00 Atlantic. speed convertible Weekly said today that efforts to western heinisphere which last week set up 63 new attract American stocks car records at buyers to the British Industries Fair reflected the. British need Indianapolis.
This follows n cut of $1,000 in the American price of the car.
Reuler.
to sell more to the United States, Canada, Argentina and other American nations,'
SOVIET MINES DEVELOPMENT.
In a sketch of expected ox- London, Apr. 23.-Radio hibits the article ald Britain Moscow sald today that the do cesses which reproduce fine and away with manual labour in Business was done in the loent many coloured details on Jier some of its largest coal mines unofficial exchange market this goods.
this year by fully mechanising). It added: "Britain's Midlands, them, *** 0.93 birthplace of the Industrial re-. It said The plan was dia
1100 volution, are reportedly in the closed to, the tenth Congress of“ ...... 23.00
of a large range of Soviet trade unions in Moscow
Exchange Rates had evolved new printing pro- Soviet Union planned to
morning at the following raless Sterling Hounds, nate (per £1) 15.82
U.S. dollar (per $1)
FIG.plastres (per 100)
Blom eats (per 100)
NET alders (per 100)
3230 forefront Bald Nunn (per 10,000 yuan) now processes in heavy indus-by the Boviet Bainister of conl Bingapore (Stralia)
17.65 try."--United Press.
industry.United Press.