HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1949.
FOR YOUR
YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE
Beware of Doubling Unless You're Sure
BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
I
HAVE often said, and I re- peat it again, do not double
a contract if you have only one possible chance to defeat it. Dear this in mind especially if your partner has not made bid, because in that case must expect to defeat the con- Irnet in your own band. It is a
0
you
good rule never to double n
lam contract unless you have
DUMB-BELLS AROUND THE WORLD
REGISTERKO US
THAT FISH DOESN'T
LOOK
VERY
FRESH!
PATENT WITIGE
I SUPPOSE
WOULDN'T The Shakespeare Country
LOOK
VERY FRESH
IF YOU
HAD PUTUP
By TEMPLE MANNING
A BATTLE FOR THERE'S one place in Britain
AN HOUR AT THE END OF A LINE
that is on firm financial foot- Ing. It is Stratford-on-Avon, the Shakespeare country, which remains one of the world's great tourist attractions Hotels are always jammed, the Festival Theatre is always sold out, and the same for souvenir shops! Yes, Shakespeare is still paying off, seemingly more than ever.
Fortunate it in. that the whole arch is so picturesque, so down- right charming that despite the emphasis on Stratford tourist attraction, there is ri
two sure ways to beat 11, and Check Your cheap, carnival nimosphere. On
never double a less than game
contract unless you can defeat it
in your own hand.
In today's
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The line of play was us fol- lown. North led the nine of club, which declarer wOH dummy with the ace el spades and nee hearts were
ກ. Locate Land's End.
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the contrary, everything is most dignified, as it should be for the birthplace of the greatest dramatist the world has ever known. It fa set in the gently roiling hills of Warwickshire, some 90 miles from London, and It is the Fo very easy of access.
centre of an area filed with an erent castles, old timbered houses and mellow Inns, with greenery and beautiful gardens every
where
Tourist Attraction Life in Strafford goes on apace for all its importance as a tourist
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
The Weather Vane Wasn't Dizzy
-But He Insisted That the Wind Was- By MAX TRELL
NARF went up in the roof to
Rooster. For the past few days the Wind looster was turning * around so much, and looking in so many different directions that everyone who watched him was A: sure that he was in trouble any rate, they were quite err- laim that he was getting himself would fall off the dizzy and
So Knart elfnbed up to roof. have a talk with him,
in The are ated king of eached,
declurer discording a club and a spatte
of clubs was
He cothed
getting dizzy. wind. It's
Cotting Dizzy
Next the king played, and u sali heart wue
ruffed by declarer
his king and queen of spades, then led the jack of spades and
uffed it in dummy eight of diamonds
with the
over-
"Dizzy?" Hald the Wind 5101 I'm not Roosier. "Oh
It' Just the the wind that's
getting dizzy.'
"What wind?"
noid "Well," "that's just it. I sure just which Ja.
A small who knew there heart was ruffed with the winds, of diamonds and North ruffed with the ten. All he could do now was to make two de- more diamond tricks, clarer Inade four diamond doubled for a plus score of 870 points.
KO
CHESS PROBLEM
By A. BOTTACCI
Black, 14 pieces.
Knarf talked to the rooster,
asked Konrí,
were Jour "Just look," said the Rooster. "Suppose you had to luke u leaf The Rooster, off a tree. You'd give it a pull never can be in one direction. But it didn't one of them I come oft. It still stuck on
You'd But whichever one it is, it's What would you do then? getting itself dizzy. One minute give it a pull in another diree-
blows from the North.
Then
it still didn't come tian. If
It around you'd suddenly blows around to the you'd East. Then it shifts around to twist It and turn it. You'd pull
never seen
it of course.
are good friends.
seen
blow one
keep
"November, my triends
Then it flew of 1vember
Rooster. "What did the sparrow mean by that?”
nover
"Oh, so It's November!" ex ber. rlaimed the Rooster. "That ex- plains everything!”
Screw
-
the
the
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon.
BY THE
WAY
by Beachcomber
CAN
all
now announce withi certainly that, Charlio Surt will probably contest П cop- stituency, which prefers to r main anonymous at the General Election, What Party he will then belong to depends largely on the state of affairs at the time, no Suet makes no secret of the fact that ho puts his country before
party considerations. As founder and first president of the Society for General Pur- poses, C. Suct, Esq, acquired comprehensive knowledge of tumble-cum-triv the elect- ars are progressive · enough to return him, he will probaby be- como Minister of Bubbleblow- ing. with portfolio. Mrs Wretch's vindictive remark, "Suel in a man to be reckoned without," may prove a boomer- Ingue. as the pastrycook said when a meringus thrown at a |indy bounced back and burst in
his face.
attraction. The house in which | Rallying round Shakespeare was born in a shrine all right, hut right next to it the public library, and the milk bar across the way, go on their busy tourists didn't way as though exist.
No shrine,
10 me:~~~
TURT by crilleisms of "By the way dear Roland Milk immediately sent this telegram Dear Beachy,
The cruel criticisms of your strrply 100 marvellous column however, in the grammar school that young Will have made me lil, netrally, and i am glad to see that Duddy and altended. It is in business Fuddy and the others sent you
stul niled with youngsters receiving
tviegrams about pour too marucį- We used their basic education.
TOLS column. to wonder and be rather shocked. mind dreadfully 5 you publish Of course I shan't the way the people of Stratford this (with my name in bloger had rovered the fronts of home rupe than the rest of it). I do Photos and ing with plaster
too marvellous,
(acades, somehow an anomaly honestly think your column
one
in this Elizabethan town. But of
te this has changed, and again streets wanders through fared with lovely old timbered fronts. Just As they were in Shakespeare's time,
די
Yours,
ROLAND
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-FOR THE
Openings For U.S. Importers
BUSINESSMAN
Sir Stafford Hits
Out At The
Department Of "Gloom Makers'
Commorce List
Washington, Nov, 27--- The United States Com- merce Department, today listed Japanese sewing machines, needles, electric fans, textiles and cultured pearls. among Items from abroad which offer trade opportunities for United States importers.
Other Items Baled; whale olt from Australia; coffee beans from Ethiopia; sew- ing machines, chemicals, optical
Foods
porcelain toys and musical instru ments from Germany: machinery for chocolato Industry and paper pro- ducts from
Nether- The
equipment lands; bakery from Wales; Cuano from Singapore and texttica from England, United Press
Devaluation: Survey US Commerce
By
Department
not ex-
London, Nov. 27-The Chancellor of the Ex-ÿ chequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, disclosed tonight) that the Government had stepped in" and stopped; the dangerous post-devaluation run on British gilt: edged securities.
~
The slump, Sir Stafford told voters in his own constituency, was caused by "gloom makers" who had pressed the critical campaign so far that it had got out of hand and had "really started to frighten the very people who had put it forward.”
These "gloom makera" in my approach to our prob- had "communicated a sense: Speaking of his attitude to
lems.? of nervousness to holders of ward devaluation, Sir Stafford Government stocks, which data: "Of course I was attacked resulted in a very sharp and by the Opposition for not being gloomy enough to suit their marked fall in those stocks
books. the capitalist Press in. which, of course, was ably this country and the Opposition forwarded by speculators." took the view that all we pro- "We had to step in at the pbscd was quite inadequate and right moment to stop It," Sir why didn't Wo cul more Stafford said. "I hope now that though to this day I do not- there will be no recurrence of know what it was they advised the fall, for there is no rentan i us to cut."United-Press- whatever in financial or econo-
mic facts which could, in my view, Justify even the present low level of gilf-edged securi- ties,"
Although Sir Stafford did not explain exactly how the run was stopped, informed #nancial quarters said the Government had supported its own securities by buying heavily on the falling market,
JIS
fold
Italy May Get More Jute From Pakistan
kald
ATTACKS PRESS Washington, Nov. 26,--- The United States Depart-
Stafford charged the Commerce, in a majority of the British Press ment of Potato finish
Dacca, Nov. 27.---Italy IN order to prevent a repeution survey of the devaluation of with
spreading "dangerous
be allotted of the recent faree of the sterling and other
may
another foreign gloom" by attempting to mis- The Inns are charming. Mellow photo-Onish at Goodwood!, a new currencies, said today that lead and confuse the people on quota of 100,000 tons of the Labour Government's eco-jute from Pakistan if sho old tap rooms. rafters that were ystem is to be tried. It is called quick effects were
nomle policy. dark with age when Shakespeare the pelato-nish. Every horse
fakes her present allotment large pected on the total volume In a race will carry
"What the opposition wants," was born, gabled roots, mullioned In
mouth. When or direction of interna-he said, "is for the people to be by the end of December, on windows, all monke A pretty potato
dead-heat tional trade. picture. And the majority of there is an apparent
tot of fairy stories about authoritative source which sticks
Prince Charming Churchill, and here. them are very comfortable, too, the potato
kept at a farthest will obviously
its publientlan, "Foreign then to accept these fairy stories This was one of the issues and rales have been
Beautiful to the winner.
Commerce Weekly", the Depart-as facts.
ried in the recent convers most sensible level.
ment
that Faid
devaluation In a speech bristling ald Clopton Bridge, Anne Hath-
withtons here between the members brought its true away's cottage, the church where i
finmediato sarcasm, the usually academie ( of the Paleistan Jute Board and the dramatist was buried, ne
change in speculative positions Chancellor attacked the Press members of the Italia Juto in the foreign exchange market | for misrepresenting his Afteenth century Guildhall, New
own Mission now visiting Pakistan. and to some extent this Place, where he died, are all bit
had actions in the devaluation of During the discussions, tho attractions.
affected the flow of trode.
the pound.
sald, Pakistan courco
asked may remeinber that not Italy to process a certain amount It continued: "This is mostly so long agur 1 was 'n spuitsport of its raw jute in Italy -Tha~ matter of placing orders
Elizabethan
times
الان
belong
-(London Express Service)
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Аланств
The eldest sons of the of France, 2. Ho tan- the buil before the
kings
Another "must" with visitors from America is Harvard House. The daughter of one of the talisca
matador eniers the ring. 3. It owners in married a certain John Harvard. the westernmest promontory
4. Groundage. The son of this union emigrated of England. and founded Harvard University. Ena, Vesuvius and
6. The Central Criminal Court, (Tomorrow--Science At Work) | London.
you
and with
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28
age
trustworthy manage.
ward you
5
Stromboll.
In
taking deliveries which
been
deliberately
"You
had rest of It Now, "suddenly, 1 when will be decided
of austerity merchant and all the additional
deferred, have become, according to the repiled to with. Interests hav
rather than a matter of doing Press, an incurable opümist. new or different business. What am not conscious of any change
affected is the precise timing of trade and exchange trang. actions, rather than tho general level and direction of trade. The prevailing circumstances of sup- plies and markets are not such as to allow more significant
time.
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HONGKONG SHARES
The turnover on the Slock Exchange this morning
Was $108,153.40. Transactions noon prices:
RARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES
2,100
JK Bank East Asia DOCKS, ETC.
100
110
Dock
HK Hotel.
S'hai Land.. UTILITIES
proposal. Mr Ghulam Faruque Chair- man of Pakistan's newly-ap- pointed Jule-Board, told a Press conference here that he expected the world demand for Pakistan Jute to increase, greatly, despite India's reluctance to buy..
He said the Board had been entrusted with drawing up long- term plans, for the industry, as well as, with overcoming, the present, Emergency caused bý India's reluctance to buy. fute following the devaluaton of her rupec,
O
ORDERS HOUR INost
The Government had already appointed 47 agents for the jute Trade and intended increasing. |that bumber to about three of he added. Sixteen
10 10.40 1200 19.20 four ses hdð"been ordered
baling
front abroad. Seven or eight of
12 12.10 1000 ↔ 12.303 the art world
500-4 12.10 the end d'at het February.
2.40
204 40 12,10,13** 1500 ur 12
Mr. Ipahani, a me
member
300 12.10 bf the Board, said that Pákislärj
Tram .............. 161⁄2 16.30 1000
the West, then in the South, and it and tug it from every which YOUR BIRTHDAY... By STELLA changes in so short a period of then to the North again. I've way until finally you yanket i
such goings-on-1 off. Then you'd start blowing it
felds across the keep turning around to watch nerd
across
1931 COMPARISON The wind and 1 meadows over the brooks and
Though, to ponds and rivers-over the hillsDORN today, you are quietly your methods of thinking, you The Department's survey. tell you the
and truth,
mountains through the
Dambitious, You don't always are ready to try out a written by Mr Karl Anderson, hlm.
mean them."
forests. Byd by you'd have
And make a lot of noice about your new theory or a fresh method Chief of the Office of Interna- "What I'd like to know," sald hundreds of thousands
sands plans, bul
them of solving an old problem. make
tional Trade, British Common- BANKE Knarf, "is why the wind
You'd have Is why
millions of leaves.
the Although you may have wealth Branch, said follow
that them carefully from side to through so many different to keep darling blowing in
сколотье host of acquaintances, determination.
your present international directions? Why doesn't it just side to keep them all together: Your dondards are high and deepest affections will be held situation was different from that! K. Wharf
back and way and
on You'd have to shoot
within your own which existed during the de- your personal integrity is un- for those blowing one way 7"
blow slow ones back with assailable.
the
Provident You would be valuations of 1931-32, which had | Straightforward family drcle.
Wheelockc Just then a sparrow alighted
effects because they LAND on the top of the roof and salt the others. Then you'd have to all you undertale, you set happiest If you wed at quite an prompt
and blow shoot forward
and had your own came at your face in one direction and carly
a period of severe where they follow No- too-fast-ones back
through without devia- family group which you could world-wide depression, with belonged. All day and all night
tlon. Practical,
You may not show low level of trade. "November?" said Knart to you'd have to keep on doing
and
of large projects your allections, but you lik capable
The report said, “The situa- the this yes, all the days and all
the nights all through Novem you should reach success fairly others to be demonstrative to-
tion today is one of continuing early in life.
Your health should be robust To find what the stars have inflation in most countries, ac- "And that," concluded
insip- the and your store of energy high in store for tomorrow, select companied by high employ. White, 7 places,
the company of in- your birthday star and read the ment, heavy production, Wital Rooster; "la why the wind You enjoy Knart looked puzzled.
Lettent market demand and a high for they corresponding paragraphe people, While to play and mate in two.
winds-must teresting perhaps the "November is a busy month or
level of trade:" star be 'your Solution to Saturday's for the wind," the Rooster went keep blowing, blowing, blowing stimulate you to do your best your birthday
work at all times. Original in daily, guide.
Except for Eastern European problem:
countries, whose currency valúa- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29
tions were hardly pertinent to the only SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 2.3- GEMINI (May
22-June 22) their trade, virtually
countries whose cur- Important fine Dec. 22)-Personal energy will -A
merchandising day.
rencies had not been readjusted and marriage easily overcome minor adver. Love
Rope Don't take "no" favoured. If travelling, how-in relation to the United States sities today.
ever, avold minor accidents. dollar were Japan, the Philip STORES, ETC. for an answer!·
Iran and CAPRICORN {Dec. 23-Jan. CANCER (June 23-Jaly 23) pines, Switzerland,
Watson .countries in 20) Misunderstandings
The tho be Patience is necessary,
Lan Crawford America. tween
dark day! loved ones is easy to inst
Clouds should Central
COTTONS
Ewo XD.... avoid if you are thoughtful and be fting now very soon in-Most observers and foreign cx-
deed. diplomatic. Use tact!
change traders, and also the (Jan. AQUARIUS
LEO 21-Feb.
(July
24-Aug. 23) International Monetary Fund, 19)New social contacts, made Follow up yesterday's advant which openly favoured devalua today, can bring un unusual ages by new progress. Avold tjon, "were hardly prepared for amount of pleasure and sumu possible travel hazards by stay-anges on such a beale." lato interest in life.
ing home if you can. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept 22)- Push selling ideas to stimulate A fine day for a marriage and
on. "It's got a big job to do. It's got all the leaves to take off i, Q-QB6, any; 2, Q, or Kt (rh, the trees. That's why it's blow
ing in all directions."
CROSSWORD
2.
Across 1. D. ik Parental exhortation to
patience. (4.3) HQ WILh 25 Dowh. (2)
ID indolentir ke 23 Arrow (4)
11 Seo 1 Acrosa.
Cultivate. 141
In lica for tames. (b) Resort and railway terminus in of it. Wales.
the Licen poninsula of A
Por trowded waters. (8)
Five short for the vered. (4) Slender hero of Burcaa cam- paign. (4)
gu Comta from Cork, (4)
29. THE Chun Linetrir
fechan people, (4),
3. Devotionilly to "to Across··(4)
You wind about im j
27. Narrative
* Festition in a box.. (7)
El Pally. E
9. Antinosity. 171
and 26. Acrosa. 1.Down could be
One In soine airoumstances, but
en could any racontour, 14, 4)
#Go" below and out the net an
“har." [01
7. Discourago.. (5) bedraag
B.. Undo the balo for him. (4),
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(0)
Hi Fauned for visdom and wires. {}}
10.1/Call and a shrub- appears, 18,wentyi fou the mustolky... (8)
1 Yodeller produces e poem. (3)
1437) Chibertian princess 511
Lockett "our: and thedwn down. L40-
"I don't see why," said Knart.
in all directions."
And with that the
Wind
Rooster began spinning around again, for that's what the wind' was doing, too.
Rupert and a Mare's Nest-12
As Rupert turns, the Fox brothers dash out of the thick bushes. Hullo, have you mished bird ----pesting ♪ ** he asks. * Then i perhaps "No. you can help me. no, don't stop us!! gaspa Ferdy. We never found any desta. but right in the middle of the wood we mele fearful grea; bird. I chased
its
income.
scene.
are also
The
dollar area
and South
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Dairy
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Would be to dispose of her
30 current..
production with- 100 ve 101 but serious dimculty. This
2009 16.001)
500 7 10.00ar's production was estimated to be nearly 5,000,000 bales. Indin hat already bought 1,200,- doe bales of which 600,000 had
delivered.
200 N 0.00
20000.00 be estimated that
32° 400 # 31Ļ
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300,000
400 315 bales had been smuggled into but was confident that India 3001
700.43 100 @ 47%
Pakistan To
Join IMF?
new Pakistan Government anti-
Émuggling measures would
check this.
Juto orders were now pouring Info Pakistan from abroad. Even cuttings which previously
sold only to India were now in demand in foreign markets. Reuter,
OUTWARD MAILS
Unregistered Air Maŝi ·(Lettera only for Changitar, Kuzumlag, ran be accepted at sendars risk, and will be forwarded an oppot« Lunity
Uns Letters only"for.
Canton, Bwalow, Amoy, Foo
Paresh carlier than the ordinary mail. Jf mails cross before 10 A. Registered. and Partei Posis close at 5 p.m. on the previous day." Statis-arou closed at Kowlean Central Fort, Once half an hour earlier than the G.P.O, closing times.
Employ- on the domestic
Commerce Department buying. Christmas is now
Karachi, Nov. 27-Important and way
holiday trade ment conditions are improving, salt that devaluations were not talks on the question of Paicis- should prove excellent
act, but tan's becoming an isolated economic also.
a member of
chow, Bhanghai, Tientsin sud ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-
International LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)- the initial step in a long range the
Monetary Narti Cirion can be accepted at us and we're of 12. They disappeat, Something unexpected on the New contncia .or 1 new job effort to balance international Fund have been in progress in rendere rink, and will be for.
warded as opportunity offers. and Rupert stares
bring "Whit on domestic front): The offer of a can
increased earning trade at high levels.
Karachi for the last two days.inless otherwise stated, Re
Articles rtstored Dr M. 2: Sand, Executive earth has frightened them ?2" be
new job might bring added potentials. Stay at home and
Forts close. One Hour It said: "The accomplishment Director of the International thinks." There are no great birds
ovold travel. Accept iti here." But a evening comes there
SCORPIO (Ool, 24-Nov. 22) of such a goal is of greater Monetary Fund, who arrived in TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) is a white of wings as a flock of
plans. Take advant-Importance than are the direct Karachi from India on Friday, A good business day, but you Push birds aweeps across the darkening
with aky, and with a start he sees that may have to take a trip you age of an advance in your for-effects of currency devaluations is holding discussions
to avoid! Be as tune to make a profit. Business upon. United States exports and a view to collecting up-to-date would like one of them is an enormous creature.
stalistica of Polkistan's national Interests are improved. diplomatic na you can. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
currency income.
himself primarily After satisfying
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Closing Times By Air econoints, undertaken to help overcome the about Pakistan's
Rangoon, Caleutia, Karachi, Basta, present lack of balance between position, Dr Sand will submit Catro (Nairobi, Mombasa, Dar-es
the Fund, which Bataam, Mauritius and Johannesthig dollar and other currencies, report to
consider Pakistan's re- via Cairo). Rome and London, ruch an action alone will not will
quest for membership in the (CFO) 4.30 pm.; (GPO) 6 p.m.
Japan, 8 pm. solve the problem.
A programme is needed to light of that report. encourage the flow of United States dollars through ordmary bership. of the Fund in Decem.
BRONCHO BILL
BON
NEED YRA RANGI THIS TRIP • HIGHWAYMEN
WILL HE
A FORT
IN THIS
WAGON
Another Try
RECKOM MOT. SHERIFF ONLY FIVE OF US KNOW THAT YOU), THE DAWER GUARDI
THE DEPUTY AND ME.
imp hough, foreign
By Harry F. O'Ne
O'Neill
devaluations were
Pakistan applied for Đền
business channels, In sumclent berlast quantities to sustain the pur-Press. chase of our goods abroad and
to finance other business trans-
actions with this country;
year. Associated
Exchange Rates
Batavia,
Hingapore, Auskind, 0 ph).
Bangkok And Colombo,
Taipeh, 5,p.M
Manila, 5p.m
Sydney add
pim
Cloning Times By Bea, and
Korce và Inchon, 2 DIN, A
Teamkoug, 2 p
TUESDAY, NOVEMBEN" IS · Closing Times By Air Manila, Guam, Honolulu,,SAsha Canada, 8pme
Air Parsal Posts for Manila, Ilusio- lulu and UBA, (CPO) 4 pm.) (app) bruinery Air Mast (Printed Mat 13.06 tere "Shuples and small - Picket 8.39 Foals) for Manila, Guntur Honolula and: USA, (CPO)-4 pm]; (GFOL
Taiphong kad Saigoll, 5 p.m..
"About one-third of our ex- fort of more than $16,000,000,- ado during the fiscal year end- Business was done to the local market this Ing June 30, 1949, were financd unofcial exchange
(morning at the following","rates? by grants and loans from the sterling pound note (pre A United States Government. The US. duilars (per $1) continuation of such assistance FIC pinsizes, (per FNEIuilders (par carmot be expected indennitely stan filcals (per 100)
United Press
Singapore (Straits)