THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1949.
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ONE and
more married couples are entering tour- nament competition. In the
DUMB-BELLS MIDWEEK BOOK PARADE
WHEN THE TELEPHONE. RINGS WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER IT?
BECAUSE
NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN ITS FOR YOU,
CHESS PROBLEM
By L. HERSKOVIC (BCF Tournoy 57) Black. 7 pieces.
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Agatha Christie Lives
Up To Her Reputation
CROOKED HOUSE
By Agatha Christle (The Crime Club, 8/0)
SON OF THE MOON
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber "BRAVE is the man,"
an article on travel, "who defies a guldo."
û day in
family that Aunt Edith had node of the British to the Fuencaral, which comes from
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Oil Company's
Anglo-Iranian Chifley's Grave Record Profit Warning On UK
Dollar Position
London, Juno 21.- The Anglo-Iranian Oll Company today report. ed a record profit-of £24,064,920, compared with £18,564,857 last year.
The final dividend le 25 percent, making a total dividend of 30 par cont foss, tax. This in the same as last year.--- United Press.
Britain's Dwindling Car Exports
To America
Canberra, June 21.-Britain's gold and 'dollar reserves will not last two years at the present rate of dollar spending, Mr Joseph Chifley, the Australian Prime Minister, stated. today.
Unless the Commonwealth and the United States, could help, Britain faced a trade and financial collapse which would have the gravest consequences throughout the world.
In a letter asking the Blate Premiers to take -over petrol railoning, - -as '
Common- wealth rulloning syslerm was
tho
GAINS ON RUBBER
declared illegal by the Ausirs- Han High Court, Mr Chificy wrote: "The United Kingdom cannot recover unless the dollar problem is mastered. The new dollar cost of petrol the largest single item in the ster- ling ares deflcll
Now York, Jane 21-New "The removal of control in York
rubber certainly lead closed with net gains of 18 to
„futures Australia would
today
of the sterling area. I
MARKET
and
trast between the Americana I recall.
Toledo and their Highland hosis-the result is his furnniest book yet any years ago when my Whether or not the American companion and I rounded rich, visitors find their fairies, musta corner, and saw a
group VERY old and very
Aristide Leonides presided be left for the render to dis of people standing in the over "Three Gables", for many cover for himself, but there are street.
other developments In years, surrounded by his family, many
Their gulde's volce cried, "We' for them before their Leonfites was crooked, although store never outside the law in his sojourn is over. Romance steps will now visit the house of EL And my companion business dealings, and all the in, proctical jokes are played Greco,"
more loudly, “We family seemed to have a twisted with disastrous results, and the cried, still outlook on life. Whose outlook hilarious story strides on, utter will do no such thing." And we Was sumclently twisted, howly convincing and enjoyable, went to San Juan de Los Reyes to cause him to murder full of the hearty tong of the and saw the great. Exipecto over,
Donce
Ventat.
beneath Highlands and Islands.
the the old Greek by poison?
skeleton over the refectory door. Every member of the house-
If you want tho πάνω in Toledo, hold in suspected in turn us
go to the Plaza da. Zocodover In bullt up. The
By Joseph Hinec Buspense
the morning when. the women vletim's young wife, Brende. (Michael Joseph, 10/0)
come down to draw water at the who was twenty-four when he This is the story of Vijay fountain. If you wish to cat and married her at the age of
77, Ramsingh,
a young Hindu of drink go to the Venta de la could easily have poisoned him, the Rajput caste which was held Equinn. All this information She
had mative and opport- by legend to be descended from for a penny... unity, is two sons Roger and the moon. It begins in 1936 "But," you: blubber, "what am Philip. Laurence, the young with Vijay returning 10 bis I to drink in Tolado?" ·
In love with home
Dry who was
country man
from London your tears, urchins of my heart, Brenda, are equally suspected. where he has been studying the and ask for a class or ton of It
was well-known in
the
Loudon, June 21-Britain's to increased pressure for the 36 points, after holding un Die trade in cars and tractors in the lifting of rationing in other throughout the semion ther emancipation and modernisation near Madrid. And love for the murdered man of India, and
them bring you acquiring
their unim- United States has practically parts Was it she?
The announcement that Br)-> Western point of view. When portant local wines. And then disappeared. That fact, stands petrol rationing were abolished Agatha Christie has justly his family see him they say ask for Val de Penas, which is aut from the monthly British throughout the area, the dollar tish American officials been called the Queen of Crime that Europe has changed him from
Manzanares, And
would meet on Friday to draw1· Fiction, and in "Crooked House" and that be is turning away and, for aught I know, by the
was trade returns published here loss could not be financed.. drunk by Don Quixote himself, today.
"For the United Kingdom this up a contract to meet ECA re- lives up to her reputation for fro
quirements for the purchase by his aid religion and way from giving renders a thrilling story of life. But in spite of them, hairy Maritones.
Last month, the United States is a matter of life and death," the United States of rubber took only
with Sterling counterpart funds. with a surprising and satisface he pits himself against the Oh
211,000 worth of ho ̈ declared. tory denouement,
tractors, à clump of 98 percent restrictions of India's religious AN Impresario arrived home from the £545,000
In view of the worsening prompted some local buying, worth in and political life he is re- and heard music of the February. bellious and he yearns for India advanced modern sort. Thinking
dollar position in other direc-although it caused sellers to tions, he added, no one could say withdraw at Singapore. to take her place among the
that his wife had guests, ho
Exports of cars to the United how long it would be necessary
Reports that the Deficiency. greatest nations of science and culture.
£82,000 in April, tures on petroleum products. the drawing-room. A May and
soon open the way for govern-: All the time Vijay dreads a man was seated at the plano- compared with A monthly
Australia's final dollar Agures ment stockpile-buying added to £781,000 in the
1948 would show A sub-io bullish sentiment, in 1045. They have a 12-year-
the family and he you were playing," said the in- fourth quarter of last year and
stantial defclt, Mr. Chifley said. old son. Low is in the export
American wool. purchases bad business, and Jone designs and 3. Omnar Kahyyam. 4. Poland. seals, fairies and the Loch Ness choose the same girl as best presario, "nor your name, but if a peak of £002,000 last July.
Compton Mackenzie suited to be his wife, Chanda, my years of experience are
Exports to Canada last month been disappointing. manufactures, silk screen greet-5. "Mona Lisa." . The re- Monster.
volution of the earth around the maken the best of tho altuation. who has great beauty and worth anything, you're ́a genius. were decidedly good, but Bri-
charm, ing cards.
shares Vijay's modern What was. and exploits to the full the con-
that piece you Ideas, and here starts a tender played?" "I'm the plane-tuner," ing Canada now that Marshall tain has big problem of pay- Jane hind to handle today's
and beautiful love story. replied the min. hand well in order to win the
Apart from being Vijay's
ald can no longer be used for overtrick which gave them top
the bulk story of struggle, "Son Of The
contracts for wheat score on the board. When the
Moon" is also the story of India,
vote and cheese. All British exports king of spades held the first
torn
The rule forbidding the wash to Canada barely suffice to pay trick, East continued with the
cling to the old, India of backing of carrots before sale may for these two contracts alone queen, which Jene ruffed with
wardness, and superstition, and be annulled,
that now
Washington has (News' llem), the three of hearts.
the new school of thought be-
stopped paying for them. ileving that India has much to NOTHER vote-catching trick. With the world as a whole, learn
Ask your donkey who gave the gap in Britain's balance of him dirtier carrots,
payments has re-appeared dur ing this quarter. According to
past, married couples were ad- vised that they should not try to play bridge together if they wanted to get along well. But this is being disprovel in most mixed pair championship tour- naments today.
White, 8 pieces. White to play and mate in two.. yesterday's Solution to
In the recent Eastern States tournament in New York City, 20 morried couples were en- tered in the mixed pair event. problem?
and it was won by Mr and Mrs] 1. Q-Q2, any; Q mates, Lewis M. Jaeger, tho sama couple who won the national
open pair championship back CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE
She won the next trick in dummy with low the king of clubs, led
jack. heart and finessed the Another
club
WAS Ied to
dummy's ace, the jack of clubs
was overtaken with the queen,
and the seven of cluba
HUNTING THE FAIRIES By Compton Mackenzie (Chatto and Windus, 10/6) Two members of the Ossiante Society of Boston, Massachu- sella, invade the Highlands of
of the world in listened for a while, dnd then States were worth £92,000 Into economise in dollar expondi- Bill had been passed and might!
entered
1. St. Stephen, 2. The giraffe. I Scotland In search of singing elv-stranged marriage, but forte. "I don't know, the plece average of
sun,
Answers
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
Knarf Was Acting Strangely
---He Said a Whole Lot of Odd Things- By MAX TRELL OMETHING'S wrong
with Knart," Teddy the Stuffed
played. East refused to trump, Bear cald to Hanld, the shadow-
but West trumped nine of hearts.
was
with the gri
name.
West. returned the ace of sondes which Japo ruffed. Next the are of hearts was played and dropped the king. So Jane led a diamond over to dummy, the queen of hearts picked up the outstanding trump, and ave-odd was made.
with the
turned-about
"what" exclaimed Hanid. Teddy nodded. So did Mary- Jane the rag-doll, and General Tin and Mr Punch.
"He's mying a lot of words
but they don't mean anything." added General Tin.
Hanid looked alarmed. "I'd better find him." Then she ran out into the garden to look for Jim
She met Pooh-Pooh the while Doodle. " you see Knarf
Check Your anywhere, Pooh-Pooh?"
Knowledge
15-18
between those who still
from the civilisations of Europe and America,
(Tomorrow Recorded Music)
Getting the donkey's
London Express Service)
YOUR BIRTHDAY.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
today, you are of
the
stan
"In the absence of arrange ments
such as those we now have with Britain, a fall in the dollar receipts from wool could require intolerable cute In-dollar imports, which would involve widespread economic dislocation and, unemployment.
*Prices slipped somewhat at the close and observers decided that. traders might have revalued the Information and decided that its bullishness was overrated. Sales amounted to 92 contracts.
Prices clored as follow:
June fin cents
per lb).
August September "Even worse would be the October
December
position if Australia could obtain November no dollars at all from the sterling January (1055) pool and we were forced to live February
March: on our dollar cornings.”
April uncorrected monthly
Britain had based its 1049-30 May figures, the excess of imports programme on a sterling areaJuly June over · exports was just under £38,000,000 in May and 245,- old and dollar defleit of $940,- August By STELLA 000,000 in April,
000,000 and had lodged a bid SPOT contrasting for European Recovery Pre- with monthly averages of £31, gramme aid to cover the whole 000,000 in the drst quarter of deficit, the memorandum said. this year, and £30,000,000 in 1948.
your
B those happy, life-loving's family with you-nothing could
people. You seem to take joy "be 'more suitable to your tem- in everything you do and perament. You would succeed spread your happiness over the ás a diplomat or a foreign cor- social group which surrounds respondent if trained for it. you. Fond of art, drama and poetry, you easily might be come the centre of an Interest- ing intellectual group and be come a leading light. Whether or
Pooh-Pooh told Banid Knarfpot you
wax noting lanny
The Elm Treo "Ho was walking around and around the elm tree, saying "the first Christian words-to himself," Pooh-ooh- ~**Ants, birds,—- cats, dogs all
answered.
kinds of things," said Squire. Hanid ran as fast as she could "When I asked him why he was *2. What animal can make no to the elm tree. Knart wasn't saying them, he smiled and told vocal sound?
there but she found Squire mo he had a very good reason Squirrel, sitting upright with for saying them."
1. Nama martyr.
3. Name the author of "The Rubalyet."
4. What was the birthplace
of Arthur Rubinstein?
6. What is the popular namo for Da Vinci's painting “La Gloconda?"
6. What causes the changa of seasons?
(Answers in Column 2)
CROSSWORD
4cross
1. Do faze sa in. whan one beare 7. Offensive. (9)
. The devil of a name 1 (3, 4)..
11 and 19, 20, this is not where toale
are porn, 10, 41
14. Tule la dot original. (4)
10. 'It may be a mesaura but it can
hurt, -(0)
18. Briens where they are called to han the backdr 50. Secured. (2)
21 Anger (6)
22. Hee 1 Down.
13. Teu in days gone by.. (
2% Postures). (9) ▼ 20
„1 and 22. When an actor is this
2.
he is not necessarily standlig a
trost
Whi to 3 Ch
of women promise, bus
forges to do. (4) *
a. The jittle fallow who might have
said "No Meg. *(3)
"It's a comfort this to woRVO; (8)
Agirited tackata(3), vaan
la yon clamorous 7 (6):
TÖBB (0) -
15 could be a week with acid (14):
Beo 11 ATOMI
You'll never neu'n pentotaldr, 10: tipplaiste an invertedstitch. (4): opper lares the depot upset.
19, Baro, (4 „Taken from 8). Swithin's DBY:- (3)
olution:
pumié. "Adras)
You women have more than ordinarily goed judgment and have a gift for languages You know how to mako a house
Into Own develop your talents will depend a great deal upon your early training and expericace You might be ono to help others callivate their talenta rather than develop
your own.
· GAP EXAGGERATED
"When the United States Con-
16.33 nominal 20.50 bid 1981 nominal
10.45 traded
16.41 nominal
16.37
18.30 traded
1024 nominal
1610
16.00
N
10.03
20.0%
Prem
gress has decided on the total NY FOREIGN
ERP appropriation, It GOCHTS certain that the allotment to the All these figures exaggerate United Kingdom will have to the true gap, since the import be cut below the $940,000,000 re-
gures are indated by freights quested," it added. and Insurance paid to British companies, and not requiring foreign exchange.
EXCHANGE
The Prime Minister's letter såld that Britain, was energeti- cally tackling the petrol prob- Caneda (dollar? for this would lem. Large Allowance a home--no matter where
sums and large England-official the April and quantities
England-30-day, futures of scarce materiais England-90-day futures you are. Anywhere you unpack roughly halve
travelling bag can
but undoubtedly were being devoted to stepping Australia, (pound) become May deЛelts,
those months were worse than up the output and rednéry of New Zealand (pound)... "home"
the previous months.... Highly-Idealistic-In-romance,
British-controlled-oll companies, South Africa (pound)
Belgium (Crane) you must guard against being From last July to about the At best it would be two or Denmark krone)
Belgium free too Impulsive when it comes to
end of March, Britain had three years before those plans France-official affairs of the heart Consider achieved eurplus with the matured. well before marrying or there world as a whole. The volume would make an important con- France commer
When they did, they France-free can bo unhappiness in store for of exports last month (on a per- tribution toward reducing the italy-ocial
Holland (sulder) centage of 1938) was 133. This To find what the stars have compared with 156 in the first sterling area dollar deficit, but italy-export
they could
completely was sitting under the plum tree strong love of home and always in and what the stars are quarter of this year, 130 in 1943 tentat de dollar cost of all "He's still talking to himself, will want a close family group your birthday star and read the and 100 in 1947.
Router. saying those funny words over as a centre of operations. If corresponding paragraph. and over."
you could get into some kind of your birthday star be your ports had improved almost Sure enough, there was Knarf; work which takes you from daily guide,
Travel holds a definite fas cination for you and you prob- his paws in front of him and Pooh-Pooh, who hnd run ably will visit many foreign you. shaking his head from side to around the garden wall, camelands during your lifetime. On side. "Poor Knart I don't back to tell Hanid that Knast the other hand, you have a
know why he was mying all
those things."
"What things?" Hanid begged, This was beginning to get more and more alarming.
tree. sitting under the plum Hanld tip-toed to laten. to what
Rupert & the Arrows 23 he was saying. This is what
she heard.
Funs Galca,
Hats, Inna, Jalls,
Knocks, Lamps."Mails,
Newta, Oats, Palis, Qualls and Ralls
Snails and trails
Veils Enormous Whales Xerxes, Yes
And Zebra's tails,
day. Make it onc
**
Let
FISCES. (Feb. 20-Mar, 21)— Love and romance still in the foreground for you, Follow up
opportunities yesterday's happiness.
for
Previously, the volume of ex-
uninterruptedly from around 100 in the fuel crials of early 1947 to o peak. 182 last January. Since January the curve, has turned Irregularly downwards, to last
HONGKONG
SHARES
Closing rales Jime 20 US$0.DETÍ
4,031
4.011
4.02 4.03
Norway, (krone)
Spain (pesata)
Portugal tesuda)
0401
Sweden (krona) Switzerland-free Switzerland-unoffelal
Middle East
Egypt (pound) Iran trial) Turkey (lira)
Lalin America
Argentine-oficial Argentine-unomelat The turnover on the Stock Ex-Brazil (ruzeiro)
SHARES BUYERS SELLERS BALES
GOVT: LOANS
410155
BANKS
1K Bank... 1500
East Ass
INSURANCES
Union,
its
$10,000 - 101
23 @ 1820
Chile-free: Colombia (peso) Mexico Peru-official, Peru-freo Uruguay (peso) Venezuela (bolivar)
· Far East
THURSDAY, JUNE 23 CANCER (June 23-July. 23) CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. -Test all offers made today 20)-Excellent influences are Ants, Birds, Cats, Dogs, Fels, and make sure they are trust working for you now. Take full month's figure of 153.
worthy. If possible postpone advantage of them to further
Influenced by these figures important decisions.
your best interests,
and by other uncertainties, Bri- LEO (July (24-Aug. · 23)— AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. tish Government securities on change this morning was Bolivia boliviano). Continuo yesterday's activities 10)--Good news ought to add the London Stock Exchange | $114,710.00. Transactions and Chile-amcini advantageously. Romance and to the
This were day's enjoyment.
again weak today, noori prices: short trips are on the agenda. can be a really top operational Reuter. Plan a holiday.
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) -Todiny shows a business ku Pooh-Pooh looked at Hand, provement, so make the best of and Hanid started to laugh all potentials. Follow through lo brush his explanations the
"It's nothing at all to be worried yesterday's ideas,
ARIES (Mar, 22-Apr. 20)-- LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct, 23) Professor takes Rupert, and his about! I know what he's doing1" friends up many, stairs‘until they And she ran back to the play- The "go ahead" light is on for Now ideas and working them come out on the flat roof of, his
them out in conjunction with pre- room to tell everybody: "Knarf's all your plans. Push queer house. **This is where
June 21--Grain alphabet! studying the
He's through to a satisfactory com- viously-made plans is highly stand when I try out my new made up words for every lotter¦pletion now,
favoured.
prioes today closed irregular LAND ETC. "arrows,?" he says.***I fire them in. In the alphabet to remember
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) after wheat fulares had scored the air so that they come down
them better!
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) —Expand your business Idens gains of much as 4-2/8 pain in my own grounds. These Everyone wIS very relieved Put your now. plans Into to their fullest right now. See cenle, owing to unfavourable three arrows went much higher than
to hear this. Only Teddy was operation. Expansion is all right that you get exactly what you crop news, which stressed the still, puzzled. It turned out he today
want.
"real" in the appearance of (Nov.
23-
winter wheat GEMINI (May 22-June 22) south-western. didn't even know there was on alphabet. So Hand had to sit Dec, 22)-A fine day for busi- Combine social and business bell down and, explain it to him, ness as well as romance. Com- plans for the best possible ro→ from Anta, to bine the two, perhaps for the sults today. You can make a from A to Z, Zebras.
happlest results.
I expected. They must have been caught by the wind, for they blaw towards Nutwood, and furkt
now cries. Rupert very Lucky boi. red thứ nôm để thi hit any bids]*
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED,
BRONCHO BILL
*
BAGITTARIUS
Frontier Siege
INSIDE.
ALL HAND JOIN. 194. DE FENDING. THIS WILDERNES
CHICAGO GRAINS
Chicago,
good advance now.
Primes closed as follows
WHEAT-per bushel
in cerita,
By Harry F. O'Neill September
TWO RIGHT UNE
July ***** December March (1950)
CORN
July September Dooegtber Morali (1950);
RYZ
July
September
DATS
July
September
-NEW, TONE FLA
per 200 1h. sack
--WINNIPEG KIN:
July.
October December
WINNIPED-BAS
December
KFOT: 2.10 2.00-1.00 2.01-2013 2.0736-7.03
SPOT 1.38%
1.343-1.35 1:1495-14 1.1016 asked
DOCKS; ETC.. K. Wharf ....
Provident, ..
114
630 615
- ด.
30 @ 040
123
N. P. Wharf 5
I*
Bhal nock,
10%
I ftotel
11.30
HK Land.
Bhel Land,
3.20
UTILITIES
Trum C. Light (0), 11.80 13.10 C. Light R Electric, INDUSTTIL
Hope STORS, Dairy
India (rupeo)
Pakistan rupee)
Hongkong (dollar)
· Netherlands East Iridies -
Singapore (dollar)
0125
3376
alted Press.
Pact To Be
Signed Soon
Buenos Aires, June 21.The
Exchange Rates ave-your Anglo-Argentine trade
agreement will probably" bé,- signed on Thursday, authorita Business was done. In the local tivo British quarters sald bere nometal exchange - market thu tonight,
morning at the following rates?---
Sterling pounds note (per £) 17.00 The Argentine Foreign Minis
UB. dollar (per (1)
Blatticale, ther 100)
1.30
VIC plastres (per 100)
NEI gullders (per, 100).
Bingapore: (Straits)
10.50
11.90 | fer, Dr. Juan Bramugila, last 28.00 work announced that the pact,
replacing the Andes. Agreement) Which expired in March, was toy! have been signed today.
NY Metals Market
After seven weeks on-nega
Hotions the Biitish ArgaATUS
New York, June 21. – Prices in experia, reached :: agreement in this market remained unchared principla on May 11, but sluce joday with the exception of the
then they have had difficulty following i-, Flattium,oft, 30.8 percent da) ever delaila, da det ka --in dollars per punës prize, so bid van amanda naked Another Beragi- copper), (light) chr00% megöliators Strap Lead (heavy, soft) @ 1.60-9.00
meeting of
Find selfmited: Prem. ·sfternoon. He