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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1949.
FOR
Israel's "Cut The Costs"
DUMBBELLS AROUND THE WORLD
HE HAS EATEN BEEF ALL HIS LIFE AND IS AS STRONG AS AN OX!
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THATS STRANGE I'VE EATEN NOTHING BUT FISH; AND CAN'T SWIM A STROKE
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DY WILLIAM E. MɑKENNEY
THE
winners of the Vanderbilt Cup tournament this year put on quite a show for the spectators. They were the high qualifying team, winning 11. out of 12 matches. They won the first knockout match by 3,000 points. In their second match they were behind 1,500 points at the half- way mark, and in the third match they were 1.700 polniz be- hind at the halfway mark.
Again, in the semi-anals, they
By A. P. Eerkes (BCF Tourney 56). Black, 12 plecca.
White, 3 pieces.
16
and dropped behind 1,100 points White to play and mate in three,
Solution
at the halfway mark. In the finals they were in the lead at problem:
ID
Famous Notre Dame Cathedral
By TEMPLE MANNING,
IKE, St Peter's in Home and Westminster Abbey in London, Notre Dame in Paris la a constant magnet for people of every race and creed, as even a short vilt there will prove. Whenever we have been asked to help prepare 011 Itinerary for. Paris. a visit to Notre Dame is generally the Arat suggestion, Seen from the Selne or the Pont de la Tour- nelle, whether early in the day or by the rich light of the, late afternoon sun, one's first view of the majestic 'edifice creates a memory that will always re- main. All that one has rend and heard about Notre Dame merges into that moment. The story of the place, the stained glass, the gargoyles, the famous give dedicatory
which status been venerated for over áve centuries, the exciting items in | the Treasury, all come alive even for the most wordly visitor. Yes, Notre an experiencel
Notre Dame Cathedral
thanks for the birth of an hna heir and later came Napoleon
crowned Emperor
Dame
js
+
to bo France
of
BY THE
WAY
by Beachcomber
1
NOBODY within living
memory has accused me
of being an "industrial psychologist." Nobody could do so and live. But a not uninteresting nine years in advisory capacity at Bracknell und Firminger, Ltd. entitlo mo to com- ment on a now American iden.
An
A Detroit arm solves its prob lems by giving the most dif- cult job to the laziest man on the assumption that he, will dis- cover the castest way to do it. Then the firm adopts his method, The
snug, crema to, me to be that the method ho discovers wil be a lazy man's method, and therefore the job will not be properly done. If I wrong, report me 10. Dame Allee Futtock, Industrial Build- rigs, E.C.D.
Very rough shooting
In
As the shadows lengthen one WHEN cheap cartridges, are seems to glimpse the ill-fated
supplied for rook-shooting, Mary Stuart,
I shudder to think what will ba or perhaps that grent warrior und king, Henry done to the man who inadvert- of Navarre,
For almost eight ently shoots a jay. There used to How exciting it is to maxe centuries, the famous, the great, bo a story told of a profileer who
tho proud, the contrite, one's way down the aisle along humble, the little peopic, have country house. Seeing that ho the was invited to stay at a large which once came the mother trod the aisles of this wonder was bored tears, lits host said, and brothers of Joan of Arful cathedral, or have knelt in "Perhaps you'd like a little
Saturday's to wliness the
the halfway mark, only to drop 1, ~QHt3, any; 2, Q, I, or Kt behind 980 points in the thiril rates, quarter. Nevertheless they won
the championship, and it is the:
Anal results that count.
Campaign
.latta. Juno 12- The Israelf Supply Minister, Mr Dov Joseph.
announced today a series of price- reducing and anti-profiteer, in menaires designed to make Israeli goods inere
competed particularly
*
Ic
on the need for reducing Labour
coste.
Israel was growing only
10 percent of wheat it! needed, and this wheat was costing much
more than Imported wheat, he said,
The Minister the high cost of:!
in
Israel which, he sald, caused money from abroad: to provide only one-third of Its buying capacity and which, in turn, dkcouraged foreign Investments Reuter,
Finland's
Drive To Capture
contrition for having declared prayer, with sunlight streaming rough shooting. Take couple US Market
her a heretic. Down the aisle, softly through those matchless of dogs and go off." The profl
windows.
teer returned 20 minutes later and, said: "Con I have soma A walk around the ambula-more dogs? I've shot those.* tory and the choir
too, camo Marie Antoinetto to
stalla is
..
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE exciting, hs in a walk around to Beautifying Oxford
Mr. Punch Had a Bakery Shop
I asked Harry J. Fishbein of New York City, a member of the wining tearn, how they happened to get behind in the third, quar- ter of the Anals. He sald," "Mac, tell your readers that bridge ex- perta are just ordinary people from every walk of life, and we make the sanie mistakes everybody else makes. For exam- ple, let me show you a few bad mistakes that I made on onc children. hand,"
that
---He Made Bread in Many Different Colors- By MAX TRELL
R PUNCH said: "I just saw
you coming hens with the They were carrying "It was the first hand going several loaves of bread and a into the third quarter," said Har-cake. I suppose you were com- ry. "Mrs. Sobel in the South bid Jug from the bakery shop."
Knorf I passed. Over
and Hanid, a diamond.
shadow-children North's spade bid Mrs Sobel bid
turned-about two diamonds. Now I doubled.
nodded. Of course my partner took fly as a business double because
had failed to double diamonds at the first opportunity.
""I opened the ace of hearts. My partner put on the king, and on a red when Mrs Sobel put card, I simply continued with another heart. But it so happen- ed that Mrs: Sobel had trumped with a diamond, so with my six of hearts as an exposed cord, she had no trouble at all in mak- ing an overtrick. Our side was cold for five hearts, so we lost close to 1,000 points on hond."
Check Your Knowledge
2. What sa mesa?
Bermuda belong?
4. What is "mal de mer"?
5.
What
country
the
nest rubles?
the
with
the
names,
both
Mr Punch smiled. “Long ago," he said, "I had a bakery shop
of my own."
know
"You did!" exelnimed Hanid. Mr Punch had been a great many things but this was the Arst time that anyone he had been a baker. them more about his bakery Knart asked Mr Punch to tell shop.
....
Hot Cross Buns
black bread, and also green
coloured
producon Very
4. Why should texilles be
manufactured in damp reglons?y (Answers at foot of Column 1) | Itanid.
CROSSWORD
goodness!"
of bread.
EAR Sir,
the east to glimpse the apse and to gaze up at the oft-pictured the vary worthy project for flying buttresses. And what
THE BUSINESSMAN
Govt
"Preparing To Devalue Home Sterling"
PLATTS-MILLS ON
SERVILITY TO U.S.
London, June 12.—Mr John Platte-Mills, Independent Socialist Member of Parliament, said here today that the British Government was preparing to "capitulato" to American pressure to devalue the Pound Sterling.
"Britain stands on the brink of!
cronomic disaster
paralleled
told
-
in her history," ho the CongreZS of Trace, Trade and Friendship with the Soviet Union.
"We are faced with unemploy- mant which would surpass by far the worst horrors Parties," he said.
of the
"Devaluation will bring dizaster and bring it headlong," he addetl.
1e sold that the only market for Britain was the Socialist world of the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and, the new
China.
The Americans, in threatening to cut off Marshall Aid if Britain used these markets on any senle of which they disapproved, were really preserving the market for themselves.
1
UK, India Begin New Talks On
Sterling
11.-London
Anglo-Indian
London, Jane officials of the Joint Consultative Committed began discussions here today. On the revision of the rate of release. of India's sterling balances,
India Bald
to be seeking in increase in annual released from the present £40,000,000 to £60,000,000, plus an addiy tional release to cover amounts alrendy, overdrawn.
The discussions are ometally described as "preliminary". The June 22 between the Chancellor main discussions will begin on of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, and the Indian Finance Minister, who is due in London
Sir John Matthal June 10.
about
New York, June 12-The Finnish Minister of Trade and
"The price Commerce, Dano Kristian Tak servility to
10 Britain of America kl, arrived today to begin three that
will be we are isolated from the weeks of consultations with United Stater business leaders rejected and despised by our remaining markets of the world, and government oficials in a neighbours", Mr a delight it is to sit in the gentis enlarging the Oxford gasworks effort
Platis-Mills to promote greater said. gardens back of the Cathedral has roused considerable oppost- | American Importation of Fin- and ponder on its history and tion. Would it not be possible tand's producis.
The Industry of Western Ger- periaps recall Victor Hugo's and the reactionaries by making to please both the progressives
many and Japan, controlled by He told reporters at Idlewild the American industrialists, was "Notre-Dame de Paris," until these symbols of scientific im-
airport: "11
Omelal quarters said that the A question of life being used to undermine and discussions would concern mat Esmeralda and Quasimodo and provement and social betterment and death for us to export as destroy the power of Britain inters arising out of the three- Captain Phoebus become alive, merge into the general Oxford much as possible,"
her own traditional markets, he us though this were the panorama? This could be done He sald Russian reparations added.-Reuter. teenth and not the twentieth contury.
were a very heavy burden on Findland's economy, and added that reparallons would increaso gradually until the final pay- ment was made in June, 1952.
by adding a tasteful spire or tower. to each gas-container and Then, to climax the first visit, by covering its walls with Gothic one, strolls back again, across tracery, supporting it with dying the new Tournelle bridge, with buttresses, and
piercing mul its incomparable status
lloned windows here and there. Sainte Genevieve,
There might also be stone niches, and then face west to get the view, f
statues of men pro- to house the huge gray
plle in all its minent in the gas world, majestic splendour.
Yrs. falihfully,
Of
(Tomorrow-Selence at Work)
"Planner." (London Express Service)
Mr Takki brushed aside the question. of whether Finland's
year financial agreement maile in July last year, when it was agreed that the balance £80,000,000 standing to India's credit at the beginning of the perlod would suffice to cover
Support For India's spendings; during the
.
economy would be sounder "Point-Four"
Finland had participated in the Marshall plan.
He said: "My government de- lled some time ago not to take part in this plan,”.
year.
HEAVY DEFICIT
- During the period after this agreement, India “ developed a heavy defleit of payments on her sterling account, which expend- ed the entire £80,000,000 and the Indian Government request. ed an advance payment of £40,- 12-The 000,000, allocated for release
Programme
Washington, June
He said the Soviet Union Inst Foreign Policy Association said from the blocked account during.
Mr. Punch and one of his loav YOUR BIRTHDAY......... BySTELLA year approximately equalled the today that the Marshall Plan the period ending. July
"I used to bake brend crumbs for sporrows and robins, and | ·
yearsTM
nation,-
your
MONDAY, JUNE 13
Of course,
become you
moods
have beenTM
United States as the second would not be adequate to solve this year. This advance release is country in the volume of trade European economic problems also reported with Finland, with Britain hold- until it was supplemented by a spent.
to ried ing the lead.
long-range programme to build India's overspending is Finnish exports to the United Up under-developed areas.
ported to have placed the British Treasury in
awkward report prepared by Proposition, because India's draw 1917 to $38,500,000 fessor Harold Hutcheson,
000,000 in
last year.
Cominform
A
this
and raw Press,
now
of
materials.United.
an
"Well," said Mr Punch, "I my roils could roll better than PORN today, you are highly home of your own lat baked all sorts of good things any ball. On Christmas I baked intuitive. If you cultivate this is more true of you women
to eat. I baked hot cross buns ginger bread men and ginges this gift you may be surprised than of you men, but it st States had dropped from $40,-| which I sold for One-A-Fenny, brend Italies and ginger bread Two-A-Penny. I baked white children and bread and brown bread and inside a ginger bread house.
baked them all at the "dividends" in life it enn remains a basle trait for both.
bring. Your
magnetic per: "One
Mrsonality, your good singing and money and there may be a time You have the ability to make
the Virginia Military Institute ings on the blocked sterling ara day," continued
in excess bread and red bread and pink Punch, "I
of Mir Takki said his visit was Association, predicted that ECAn c
British un
unfilled decided to bake a speaking voice bread."
can be turned
exports of India.. nce when chocolate layer cake for a little into real assets. Since you Hanid interrupted to say she ciri's birthday. She was seven have a high degree of determi- you save something for that world
quite part of Finland's effort to in-countries would fail to become
This also produced an accumu wealthy, Make sure that then crease trade throughout the self-supporting by 1052-63 "with 1. Name the composar of the and red bread and pink bread.
And never heard of green bread.
lation of sterling in countries cars-old -1-made
n_reasonable_living_standard”. -once you have Ect ***Peer Gynt" suites.
But when it was all mind on a goal, you your proverbial "rainy day,"
unless producers in those coun-where sterling is transferable; w are very You are a person of "I was a very unusual baker layers.
He said he would visit the in- tries expanded and diversified thus accentuating the weakness said Mr Punch. "Green bread, that perhaps she'd like vanilla
through, I suddenly thought likely to reach an early success
of sterling- on-the and
exchango are never too happy if dustrial centres of New York, their output. 3. To what country does red bread and pink bread layer cake better. So I baked gence and your ability to think of time alone. It would be best
Your native wit, your Intelli- you have to spend a great deal Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago and
markete.
The British tasted ns good as any other even
Boston in an effort to increase The report said that to do more layers which 1 on your feet make you an ex for you to cultivate a few close
Der Treasury is also bread,
Finnish exports and looked put on top of the chocolate cellent
a better balance must be perturbed at the of wood andi
bl-lateral public speaker. cheerful, especially
You friends who are intellectually
wood products and glassware—achieved in the economies of trade ogreements on layera Ju because it was a would probably lecture well and rainy days. I also
sympathetic with your Interests. United Press.
countries which baked pity not to give them to her hold
depend India with Bi-Zonia, Yugoslavia; sponge calte oy!
audience of real anyway since they were already bound,
spell-
Jorgely on the export of food Czechoslovaldu Switzerland, sponges."
You women might
To find what the stars have
Japan, Pakistan, Hungary, enslly become Interested in the in store for tomorrow, select made. exclaimed Then,"
sald
Poland, Finland, and Egypt, Mr Punch," thentre. thought she might not like Being affectionate and loving, the
your birthday star and read
because these are believed to corresponding vanilla either so I baked seven you will be happiest it you wed Let your birthday star be your paragraph.
| have been partly responsible for more layers of lemon frosting at an early
the drain on India's sterling. дос and have a daily guide. Rupert & the Arrows-15 nnd put those on top of the
balances- United Press. chocolate and vanilla. By and
TUESDAY, JUNE 14 by, I put on layers of coconut,
GEMINI (May 22-June 22)~: strawberries,
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec, mocha, marsh-mallow, fudge, motion are all well-favoured to- day. If you are
Publishing, advertising and pro- 22)-Make this on Important caramel and jelly."
enterprising, day. Make a definite advance you can make forward advances along these lines..
along all fronts. CANCER (June 23-July 23)- CAPRICORN (Dec. 25-Jan. A neutral day in which your 20)-Your wishes
may be was- bigger than a personal initiative is the. ona realised now. Even dreams you chimney," said Mr Punch, "In thing that will improve it for didn't believe could come true, fact, it stood so high that I you,
may materialise. couldn't get it out. The little. LEO (July, 24-Aur, · 23)--- AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. official Yugoslav communiqueIANES BUYERS BELLERS' bales girl hod to hold her birthday A good day for business gains. 19)-Combine social and Bust-sald here today. party in my bakery shop." Make
your wishes known, ness activities advantageously. The communique said that TIK Dank, "And which flavour did she Publicise; Get exactly what Now is the time, to make your the Czech ban was imposed ht East Asia. Uke best?" asked Hanid.
efforts count. Mr Punch smiled. “She liked VIRGO (Aug, 24-Sept. 22)—
the beginning of May, and INSURANCES
Canton, PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21) added that the Yugoslave had all of them. And it was the An
opportunity for all your Progressiveness for the second retallated by holding up most wonderful party any little best efforts. Don't take a back day, should bring you
CX- SHIPPING. girl had ever had. She and all seat now. Get in up fronti
many ports to Czechoslovakia worth Nav benefits. Make the most of op- 500,000,000 dinars (approximCKS, ETC, her friends sfood
on top of LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-portunity,
Whart 0% 71% the last ately £2,500,000 at ladders and ate their way down You may 'complete a peading
Dock,
-2014 from the jelly at the top to the contract with confidence., Put Judicious expansion right now.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-quoted exchange rate).
Provident, 12.10 Wheelock the communi chocolate at the bottom. And,
exactly what you want in writ cah.. be-
--LAND, ETC. Bald Mt Punch, the calle was ing.
Yugoslav
representatives to your future plans. "Aeli
HK Hotel
-13.00 good (every layer of it!) SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)—to negotiate
who went to Prague, last week TIK Land, 13012 that not, a single one of them Put forth your very best efforts. Plek up; progressively
on the deadlock S'hat Land, 3.10 330 1060 @ 3.10 got sick. But not a single one Even love and. romance appear you left off yesterday and, you by the Czechs.
whero
2000 3,30 were offered imposible terms of them asked for a second to be in the "favourable" will receive many bencilts. Bo portion, either," he added..
13
Acres 4 and 5. How the cas-burgiar may
climb. 14, 4, 41 Stone thy mates may appreciate
Anima unrammatically
the
pro
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unknown quantity, (4) 10. Colour.. (4) Puzzla 'with a diere, 10)
13. Planerman's, messura 7 13).
See 3 pown,
A very dry-Taid. (4)
17. Becure gatnat lora, t0)
20% Unexceptional. (8)
21. Re this for something sijckr. (3)
32. Bee 1 Down,
23. Hindu goddess of destruction. (4)
24. gyficas principle. 171
Down
1 and 21. Quite enough to make bir
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thor in an electrical journRL.10]
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7. Does ut put on niṛa' when it is
& Hall of four: not past. {5}..
Blagger.
18. BLADE 2 Consider (4)
10. A TARDthrope. (6)
18. Was ne born on Dhrlatmaa Day?
(4)
21. Restod. [3] ?.
19. Kaap. (6)
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers
1. Edward Hagerup Grieg. 2 A table-land of small extent rising abruptly from a surg rounding plains: 3. England,vd., Sen-ickness. 5 Burma, 6.2.2 keep the Abres moist to avoid breaking.
With his back agailist the door, Mr. Chimp scowls and waits to take down the names and addresses of the two little friends. Rupert thinks that it is very unfair. and says nothing, but Pong-Ping, who, ja short tempered, geta furiously angry. "We've done, bothing wrong, and 1 am not going to tell you my name." he storms, dancing up and down in his rage.
And if you want my address you can go to No. 5, High-street, Chin. for all ! Here, steady on, steady care t onmurmurs Rupert.",
ALL RIGHTS HERZAVED
BRONCHO BILL
התהוופלי
cream,
A Big Cake
"It must certainly have been
a big coke," said Krurf.
50
DOCTOR STUBBS, BINDS THE SOUNDS OF THE CHILD VICTIM OF AN INDIAN- RAID WITH OCRAPS
·FROM HER_PETTICOAT ==
DE BOYS, DIG GRAVES FOR HER MAW AND PAN LEAD
-PANTS, PETCH A
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you want.
column now.
Sighting the Enemy
: LOOK! REDSKINB}{.
BESTO LAMES DYE
WHOLI TRIBE GOES ON
PATH
BOYS, IT LOOKS LIKE
TROUBLE AHEAD--HOLD
UP THE WAGON-
Blockade Of HONGKONG Yugoslavia
SHARES
Belgrade, June 12- The turnover, on the Stock Czechoslovakia has banned all Exchange this morning, WES exports to, Yugoslavia, bringing $04,275.00. Transactions, and all trade between the, two noon, prices: countries loga standstill, 'an
-of-far-reaching benefit que ding to
olert now..
DANKS
250 115
1650
112
350 350 650
3000 03.
UTILITIES
The Czech nelion is Interpret-
Tratn C. Light
(0).
1012
13 13.40
et here as a further tightening "Light of the Cominform's economic A blockade
Zlectric against Yugoslavia,
By Harry F. O'Neill which is now thought to be INDUSTRUALS
(QULP) T-THEY'RE IN
PULL WEWAR „PAINT, T-TD0]{
nearly complete.
-Cementi Foreign businessmen in Bel-STORS, ETC. grado consider the: Czech Ban
Dairy
Ewo,
World prices of nonfere
non-ferrous
as having como at an unfortun= COTTÓNSI ate time for Yugoslavia...
metals having dropped, Yugo- slavia is now at a disadvantage
100 20
30 1 2215 3314 300 3344
1000 6 33
15.20 14.20) 200 € 1892
in offering her metals to Exchange Rates
West in exchange for capital equipment,-which she can longer obtain from the East.
no
Bulness was done in the morning at the following rates FB. dolier (per $1) **** Sterling pounds note iper..) 11c plastres (per 100), out meals (per 100)
VINE SKLONAzy i par 3001
Bingapore (Biralis)
Such capital equipment in vital to her five-year industria lisation plan, Which? thế, Yugomi klavs say the Cominfor to wreck.--Nouter,
Huge Shipping
Subsidy
11.
Washington, June National Federation of Ameri can Shipping said today that the total federal subsidy paid to; United States, shipowners from 1924 to 1948 amounted to $14. 325,217,000.
It said that the net payments or operating differential ald during the period amounted to $24,127,000, A
The Federation said that con- struction iubsidies pald by the Lovernment to equalise tha: cost between United States and cheaper bullt foreign merchant ships amounted to $341,015,000 In the 15-year period, or 2.3.ners cent of the dial. "KAND
It said at such federat, aid resulted in the construction of 247- vessels, many of them "ured in World War II-United Press.
Malayan Copra Exports Rise
Warlington, Jun 12.-The United States Department Agriculture reported today that pinyon copra exports for, the first quarter of. 1040
totaled 10,000 long tons--more
thon Umes the amount sponding period of 1940. It sald shipped during the corres- 8 percent, of the total was 1850 shipped, fo Europo
12,00
The Department reported
26.00 that March exports 2 fotelled 37.00 3,677 (olis, 20 percent, below the 16.40 February: gure Unitbu Pints.