THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1949.
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
LESSON HAND
MEKENNEY ON BRIDG. Always Remember The Rule Of Eleven
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LAST NIGHT
I DREAMED
I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS!
PATENT OFFICE
WHY DIDN'1
YOU PUT IT IN THE BANK BEFORE YOL WOKE UP
RECORDED MUSICT
SCARLATTI SONATAS BY
WANDA LANDOWSKA
By DELOS SMITH
I gratitude is required even tion
1.3
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
Chivalry is by no means dead,
(Report of a specchi), `
ONE of my favourite
may be now to some
songs
of
or you. It is called "The Wreck
of the Pomegranate." The Skipper he paced the wib-
bling bridge.
of his ballet Score, for small things, then one "Nobilissima Visione,"
It WOR known has to be
to RCA Francle" grateful Victor for a 12-inch single (or understandingly and ronorously by the Philadelphin 7-inch 45 rpm single) of Wonda played
four
of. Orchestra under Eugene playing
(Columbia; three Scarlatti's 500-odd mandy,
inch.)
Landowska Domenico
CHESS PROBLEM annual prize
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South
West
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Ent Pors PADS
By P. BARRON
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Opening- ♫
BY WILLIAM E. M¢KENNEY
ONE
NE of the first lessons fur the beginner to learn is the rule of 11, I have written about this rule many
times in my column, and you will find it in every bridge book. It is one
of the basic principles In the play of the cards.
It is true that it is not
plied on' every
your partner may
ip- haud, because
not always
lead his fourth 'best. Bu! certainly Dgainst a no trump
contract, you
have
assume that he is.
1
right to
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White, 7 placca, In today's hand West opened White to play and mate in two. the five of hearts against the six no trump contract. Declarer played
the
for the
Solution to yesterday's problem:
eight-spot from dummy, and without any hesita- tion East played the king, South won the trick with the ace, and 1, B-R7, any; 2, Q, R. B (dis now played West
ch, or dbl ch), or Ki mutes. queen and the Jack of hearts was the needed 12th trick.
One of the players at the table sald to East, "Why did you put up your king?"
**I
have been taught never to finesse your partner's lead," East re- plied. His partner asked him
if he had never heard of the rule of 11. "If you had appled. this rule."
le," he continued, "you would have known that the declarer had only one card in his hand higher than the five- spot,"
harpsichord.
This Is
imaginative
Or- 12-
His appreciation
With his telescope jammed to
hila eye,
The ship she was sinking rapidly, As the storm howled out of the
ky.
sonatas en Ber
Still there has to be regret
accessible caaliy that Victor did not see it to release all 20 sonatas of the Hindemith-ihe Hindemith who
ane watched the rush for the We- European set of which these is at once ·
*boats, And he noticed a peer old and i four are a port and which were penetrating. so good that they won the of the most human of the saints
UTCH, of
at your human roots. It the French strikes
stays with you a long time. On Then a sailor approached and Academio Charles Kos.
the reverse side of the supe
saluted, And thus to the peer he did No greater Interpreter of the P version, you get the
George Orchestra-
zay: inefable Scarlalti exista, but Cleveland tho number of Scarlattl- Szell performance of Hindo
Symphonic Landowska records in the enta- mili's logue you can almost count on phosts of Weber Themes, which your fingers, Comparatively few is an engaging trifle filled with "Prdy take my place in the Wc- record players have the money mockery and wit, more than a for the expensive discs,
Hindemith's St Francis
In addition to this gen. the records tum up Paul Hindemith's own concert adapta-
new
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers
the
1. 0,080 feet. 2. The clock in Westminster clock tower, House of Purllament, London, west England. 3. It is on the const of Africn. 4. Andre Gido (French), 5. It is 5 inches long canine teeth of the and welgias 9 to 11 ounces. The two upper jaw, next to the grinders.
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
The Song of the Tin Soldier
-Knarf and Hanid Heard Him Singing-
By MAX TRELL
NARF and Hanid heard Gen-
Applying this rule, five from Keral Tin, the Tin Soidler 11 is six, which means there singing long before they reached are six cards higher than the the playroom. They had never Ave-spot in the other three heard him sing before; and they handa. East wan looking at never heard the song he was two of them in the dummy. singing. It was only when they Holding three of them In his got into the room that they could own hand. South could only make out the words of his song.
East have
one. Therefore, should have played, a low heart, and then the contract would not have been made.
Don't let anyone tell you that the good player has abolished the rule of 11. He has not,
Check Your
Knowledge---
General Tin was pacing up and down with his musket on his shoulder. But overy time he came to a certain part of the song, he thumped the butt of the musket down on the floor.
These are the words of the song General Tin was singingt. "There was once a little fish Who had a little wish --And as odd little wish had he;
General Tin was pacing up and down with his musket.
little savage at times.
Metamor-
The Unpedantic Rogor
The
common
อ
boat,
Refrain:
'Tis a gesture I willingly make; For I fagged for your nephew at
Repton,
FOR
THE BUSINESSMAN
US Buys Less,
Sells More
To. World
Washington, Sept. 14~-~ The United States bought Jess and sold more to the world in the second quar- ter of this year than slo dld in the first quarter, Department of Commerce figures showed today.
Bho bought $80,000,000 worth of goods less from the Sterling Ares and sold $80,000,000 worth more..
Buying from the Ster- Hug Area fell from $534.- 000,000 In the first quarter
10 to $410,000,000
ilio the De- second quarter, partment's Office of Bus1- ness Economics reported.
Over the whole world the Unlied states cut t buying by $107,000,000 and Increased the sale of its own goods in foreign markets by $254.000,080,- Reuter,
RUBBER
FUTURES WEAKEN
Britain Analyses Cost Of Colonial Development
LONG-TERM PROJECTS
London, Sept. 14.-Britain has produced an analysis of long-term colonial development projects which unofficial quarters estimate would cost in the aggregate from £250,000,000 to £100,000,000, poli- tical sources here said tonight. -
The Economic Co-operation. Administration
invited recently
·all· Marshall Aid coun- tries to submit their programmes for colonial development on a long-term basis with a view to establishing how far the dollar cost of such pro-. jects could be met under any extension of United States assistance.
The British list of projecia, with those of the other Mar- ALME? All countrien, will be transmitted by the Organisation for
Co- European Economie operation to the ECA.
is
It siderstood that the list of a t:ntative character and that sure of the projects might take
д long as 25
25 years to com- plete. There is
breakdown of
the
the
of
US Lack
Passenger
Vessels
Awned
It's the least I can do for his
sake. of And when next sir, business
vou visit our nephew,
htm Fray sing dismissing Max Reger as n
this short severe jolt from pedant gels
refrain: a recording of his Serenade for
the Amsterdaun |"Piddock minor went down like! Orchestra by
The aggregate Agures to show
14. The a Replon mian,
Washington, Sept. Concertgebouw Orchestra under (Capitol-Tele-
New York, Sept. 14-Rubber what proportion of the dollar National Federation of American And gladly he'd do it apalu!»! Eugen Jochum
futures today weakened after a cost of such projects might be shipping said in a statement to- There la funken; Ave 12-inch.)
shaky opening, but regained a
day that the privately-owned practically nothing of the stuffy The Arab to his love pedant in this flowing, moving,
measure of their stability during net from American assistance.
Political quarters suggest that American merchant fleet consiste of newer ships than the British melodious score, richly
some of the projects but HE Ministry of Food warning the last hour and closed steady, in
although still well under tlic orchestrated and that the meat ration may
dollar element would be only 10 merchant marine, but has s vessels. not heavily
notable percent
lack of pORSCHACE making use of involved counter-one day have to be taken in previous close.
President Truman, not for camel would not appear at All point and harmonies
Summariring the results of its A cross section of market odd to the Yemen Arabs, to opinion would
to in- famous "Fourth Foint". of his recent study of the situation re- appear
address, exerulse but for effect.
Inaugural
to proposed dating
privately are a de-diente a probability of further whom camel's cars It makes you want to hear licacy. They eat the whole irregularity until the market making the benefits of Ameri-penger combination and dry
rket ea's scientific advances and in-cargo vessels of 3,000 gross ton more of the prodigiously busy animal except the hump, which position Is technically
condustrial progress available German composer, who died in is Indigestible, and is used for solidated, whereupon
for and above, the Federation soll, 1916 at 43 and left 147 works making paperweights or things turn is expected, based on the under-developed areas.
an up the improvement and growth of that, as vessels of greater in- dividual tonnage are of passenger to stop draughts at pazis hostels. more hopeful business outlook
Britain and the other Mar- or passenger cargo class, the Admirers of Bidu Sayao, There is an Arab love-song and the improving statistical shall Aid countries, in the light shortage of these types in the soprano, will be happy to know which might be roughly
of consumption position
and of the ECA's Invitation to sub- United States feet is illustrateri that Columbia has issued an transinted thus:-
production, plus the possibility mit their colonial development by the fact that only 3.1 album of her encore numbers,
percent. of Increased stockpiling and the programmes, have studied these of
the Uni
United States total fest including "Carry Me Back to
to establish
how of such versely consists of slipy Old
Virginny," which she sings,
relaxation of synthetic regula-programmes
the dollar expenditure could
of 10,000 gross tons or over. Incidentally, very well indeed.
assist in particular projects con- In
have (Four 10-inch standard or one
Prices closed 32 to 40 points | fributing" Immediately to J 21.8 percent 12-inch LP coupled with her
lower On 125 sales.-United general world recovery.
More than 2.5. precent. of "Folk Songs of Brazil.")
Press.
The analysis to be submitted through the OEEC is understood British merchant tonnage coh- (Tomorrow-Unusual Angles)
to set out a list of the projectsists of vesels of 30,000 gross
tona for which, it is considered, a or over, while the United a single ex States does not have the certain amount of dollar
versel of this size. aspenditure might be required.
It is recognized that the Slightly more than 00 percent greater part of colonial de-of the total United States fleet 11-velopment lies in the utilisation falls in the 6,000 to 10,000 gross of indigenous resources and tonnage class, whereas only 65.5 does not call for dollar ex-percent of the total British feet
is of this size. penditure as such.
of the Nearly 70 percent One of the aims of the pre-
feet was com- sent analysis, it is assumed, has United States been to set ou colonial invest-pleted in the three-year period ment schemes as separate pro- 1943-45, whereas only 25.5 per
fleet was Jects so 13 to appraise the cent of the. British effect of a potential dollar con- but during those years.-Unit- tribution. But this has had to ed Press.
Where, my caravan has rested
Bones I leave you on the grass, We made a stew of all my
cantels..
I hope you won't be hungry
when you pass.
-{London Express Service)
tions.
LONDON MARKET
London, Sept. 14. Prices in rubber market here today closed follow:-
YOUR BIRTHDAY........ By STELLA deteber/December (in pence
BORN
likely
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15
for
per lb.)..................** January/March (1950) April/June
against NY
-United Press.
COTTON FUTURES
ORN today, the forcefulness or prodding-s the key.
your personality is there are few who can be so to carry you for.
stubborn In persistently fact, you may need to guard being led around by the nosel against its carrying you too
You have excellent judg-
In an tär-too fast! The stars have ment.
emergency, you given you many natural talents, can be depended upon to come but they need careful develop up to scratch and do the right
be done without any Indication ment to show their best side. thing. You may get excited
that what
contribution New York, Sept. 14-Cotton of Responsibility is bpl to alt at little things, but when in
futures today moved irregular- would be-Reuter. lightly on your shoulders and the midst of a true crisis, youy in continued slow dealings. your hearty-happy-go-lucky call upon all your reserves nature-is -one which draws and net- wisely. friends to you almost without You have great loyalty ant pending new incentives. your "oye, yes or noi
devotion and your "Achilles
The small amount of business You are born to lead others heel" is the one you love. You
to be mainly pro- appeared kind of per- Just to see if the land is to "Then he tipped his little toil as much through your magne, will make any
Local and tle personality as through your
to those who New Orleans traders switched actual ability. Make sure you bring crifice, if necessary, to fessional in origin. Just then the rain began to fall; keep your ideals high.
to you.
Wed young from alde to side, apparently
The turnover Never are clappiness
on the Stock. greatest permit yourself to be unprin- for
happiness. hoping to scalp a few points.
Exchange his morning Transactions cipled or biased, for you are Your intuitions should tell you
The uncertain status of the $253,327.00. the type who could do as much when you have met "the one." harm as good. Hence parenta
To find what the stars have Farm Price Support Bill and noon prices:
Thump!
1. How many feet in a nau-He said: 'I think I'd like tical mile?
+
2. What and where is "Big Ben?"
3.
lain.
To take a little hike
the sea Thump!
Locale Cameron Moun-"But his friend the lobster said
As she shook her
4. Who was the 1017 Nobel
Prize winner for literature?.
head;
Thump!
sca-green
5. What is the average size The Innd is dry and dusty
and weight of the human
heart?
+
6. What are eye-teeth?
(Answers in Column 3)
CROSSWORD
B
Астове
The Fringes Regent, was drama- Keally the pr „...Heryant or feo (di
10. Wall-ertor, 101
12. Honest almost sugarod, 103___
10 1909), (3)"
BY: Hollywood Whirlpool,, ($1,
ibe Baboad, the emphails for the
Curl (3)
10. Largely Cheltered arimace. (6)
word on Westlaster
Bridg
21. Nautical Bower, (3)
24 Attilota 20. One 10ffer or another in this
King, (
26. Two-thirda.or.un.opening divico.
Down
- Withous 'charm or cricketers (9) Tas saling win at the start, may Ariabru bakina tiine. (6) Sinturbed fitte -Timothy after nity-one. 183
10F
6. liypnotio rostars to be prostive, (a)" Abay-bike." 10)
.Angryho hire and ten are
papalated. (8):
11. Full of cargo sna, destination
16. floralz in bold. wet wasther?
17, dhj ́ts followed: so two directions
781
19. pečialjo in ke Bootkiabʻinks, 10)
25. Associated Uno. Hoiters ́and
Drevaricaceae (3)
You'll return all brown and
crusty Do stay here! But the little
fish, cried: No!' Themp!
and
He landed on the land and
Thump!
conal
with traders
aloof kolding
HONGKONG SHARES
and
1. Contrast the British
in this category.
CHICAGO GRAINS
Chicago,
Sept.
.14.----Grain
prices today moved Irregularly In quiet dealings.
Wheat eated anally under was hedge pressure and liquidation, reflecting a slowdown in do mestle and export flour sales and the consequent let-up in de nund for, cash grain.
20 1600
And everyone he met Fishy dear, please do not go! Was dripping, dripping wet
No single spot could he find of children born on this day in store for tomorrow, select the ECA appropriations bill, SHARES BUYERS BELLEKS SALES
new untertainties Over BANKS dry at all Thump!
need to make sure that the your birthday star. and read plus progeny
paragraph, sterling revaluation given carly the corresponding guidance in the right direction. Let your birthday star be your fresh threats of strikes in the steel and soft coal Industries, Gentle guidance-not pushing daily guide.
dampened new speculative in terest.
Rupert's Queer Path-40
Rupert is thrilled at his new adventure. "This is the first good thing I've found in Crazy Land." he laughs, "Look, by waving my arms I'm going higher."" Wait for me!". Frits Bill. must try this. really easy
He, too, taken a breath and Gnds himself in the air near bla
Is it
topping "My, this is perfectly
he cries. "I don't miss my shoes at all, now." The frog watches them sleepily. There you are. It's the simplest thing in the world."" he says. Then he again takes of and glides around with them.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
· BRONCHO BILL
TETHERING THE
"And so the little fish
Went squishy-squishy-squish
As he splashed his way back
to the sea. Thumpl
And to Loster he sald Right to her sea-green hend:
You're as absolutely wront
as you can be!' Thump! "The Innd's not dry or dusty, Not musty, fusty, crusty,
I believe whatever I can see;
Thump!
are
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16
4
and the
JK Bank.
INSURANCES
Union.
IK Fire. DOCKS, ETC. K. Whart
in October de Evening up PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar, 21)- VIRGO (Aug. 24-6ept 22) ---
situation may livery before the first notice day Harmony, happiness and suc- An unexpected cess on the domestic scene are bring minor difficulties In love on September 27 furnished one indicated. A marriage today and romance. Be prepared to trading feature. should be a happy one.
meet them calmly.
Prices opened one point higher LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr, 20)--- A new romance may prove You need your
best judgment to one point lower and there- A Interesting and even ex- today.
complication may after backed and filled within a
to
C. Light (0) 11 close six
C. Likat (N) 4.10 0.40 Control 10-point range Unforeseen changes arlss in romance.
to three points
Electric XD 3024 Macao Elec. 10
very clung.
in personal matters can be for your emotions to solve problems. points higher
From the ground up to the scythe best
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) lower, as follow:- In the valleys and on high
SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov. 22) Don't take on responsibilities October (in cents per ib.) 20.15 It's just as wet na the bottom-Unexpected actions may which will over-burden your December
beans
Corn cased on more favourablo
news, while soya
technical replace-
steadied on
inent buying.
Prices closed as follow:
WHEAT-price per bubel.
SPOT
September
2.03
2.00 - 2.00-
2.09.10
454 1503
10 130
crop
GGO
220
100
N. P. Wharf, Dock
2
10
Provident, 11.10
Wheelock,
700 @ 2355
December
2.11-12-
LAND, ETC.
starch (1950)
HK Hotel. .10.20 101
Moy
HK Land. .4555 UTILITIES
July
2.00:0 1.84-12
Tram XIX
Star Ferry
10.40 200 10.20
103
600 11.30
32 200 @ 31
CONN
SPOT
September
1.27-%
Docerlier
1.10-15
March |1050)
1.18-34 bid
Telephone
..19.20
20 50 10
200 & 1915
May July
2.02.45 1.21
2010
RYE
20.73
**
1039
GEMINI (May 23-
about some sure of your
acting impulsively. liberation is best.
May July 22-June 22) October
Be December emotions before Coim de-
20.03
20.00 bid 77.33 + 27
11.00
37
September December
B00 a 37
1]
OATS
31.14
United Press.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET
Closing prices
Sept. 14.
Watson
COTTONS
Evro
41
4.00
29,74-0
20.00 bid
23.59
For India
FT1.23
Washington,
30.03
-United Press
of the sea (Thump!)-Sce!" bring about a long desired capacities. Wisdom is needed March (1050)
Be direct in all your in deciding. wish. activities for success.
(Nov. SAGITTARIUS
"My goodness!" said Knart, when General Tin had finished. "That's certainly a curious song Dec. 22)-An unexpected situa- Romance is in the air. Spot Did It really happen?"
BIDE STAND ENTERING CAMP UN- OBEN, THE BOY, RANGERS ARE AEROIN WO
T
USTLERS-
tion
may bring chonge In your emotional at "Certainly," replied the Gene titude. Meet it wisely. ral. "And forever afterwards that
CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan. CANCER (June 23-July 23) little fish told everyone he met 20)-Things should go well If tokion Journey, on. that the world was exactly the for the feminine members of ticipate an interesting adven- October (in cents per 16.) 2001-2 same as being in the water. I the family, A ladies' day in fure. Activate previous plans December
March (1950) goes to show-how wrong all aspectst Just
furthering your ambitions,
May AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. you can be if you aren't careful.
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)—July Tin 19)A change of residence or
October But of
course," General
unforeseen romantic December added, "the old lobster known sudden jourricy can prove An
bring unusual spot .may future. terlude better than to bellove him. For beneficial
mature happiness. A change may be may
definitely for the better.
'to
ho knew that it didn't rain evěty Pending plans day in the week."
naw.
Of All People
your
By Harry F. O'Neill Pound
HONOU
ABE
LANGLEY
INDUSTTUALS
Cement
Rope
STOLLES, ETC.
Dalry
371
504015 September
Further Loan
1.45-14 1.46-33-1.40
50-16-34 December
67-% New YORK FLOUR-per 200 36. sack. 11.30 dollars.
WINNIPEG MARKET
October
December
Sept 14-Mr May (1950)
of
for
Eugene, A. Black, President
Book the International
October Reconstruction and Develop December ment said today that a further atey, (2050) loan to India of between $10,-
Advances 00,000 and $16,000,000 would
probably be approved days.
Sharply
within
30 October
December
The loan would be used to buy tractors to clear weed-in--
The Bank made its Arst loan
NYE
BARLEY
OATS
70-5$
-United Press.
With Iran
New York, 14-Quotations of tested land for crops.. the pound storing for future delivery in New York have ad- to India of $34,000,000 for rail- US Firm's Contract vanced sharply in the past two ways development on August days.
Salem, (Ohio) Bankers attributed this to the boller that devaluation of the
18-Router:
Sept. 14 Omdals of the Salem Engineer-
pound had been pushed further Exchange Ratesing Company: sald today that
into the background. .
the company has signed 'n Business was done in the local US$1,800,000 contract to build a exchange market this cement factory: near Teheran: Sterling for delivery in counemelet
morning at the following water t days rose nearly two cents to-kus pourrd note (per 10 The plan will be designed to day after a rise of over three 19, dellars per $118.01 produce about 300 tons of conts yesterday, and is now bistros persoon is 12.20 cement a day for use in Iran's
MEI. qullders, per 4100)=175*12*: 25,2 industrial: dhd efvlt":"Improvo quated around 3.94 dollars lain: Lenin (per 100), STATION 20.30 Associated Press.
Singapore (Streita) - 1921 ment programme-United Press,