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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1950.
MOMENTS
SPARE
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ANGLES
SWASTIKA RETURNS TO
FOR
TASMANIA
BY THE
WAY
TRADE BID
THE BUSINESSMAN
by Beachcomber Hobart, Jan. 26.-Tasmania is O markets
THE GERMAN SCENE
pending a three-man delegation those occasions when, to Malaya and the Philippines
products.
A boosting Hitler'n "reich for the war ended, but their space closes, and conducts its busi-tatives of the state government,
PALE swastika, once the sign removed from the walls when day, the Stock Exchange
proposed that represon- a thousand years," is making remained and loft the same
mark, even if it is more feebleness in Throgmorton-street, the state fruit board and the a comeback in Germany.
now.
It appears on walls, on tops of building, ink telephone booths and even on some cuis- a toma scals, Noborty knows why nothing is done about it.
The swastika signs and Naz! slogans
washed off and
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27
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Soviet Achieves Recovery
From
War Havoc
Moscow, Jan. 26.-1950 is the last year of the fourth five-year plan of the Soviet Union.
you can have endless fun by co-operative canning companies
It is the year in which, no- dressing up as a stockbroker try to open permanent markets
cording to the Plan which has and mingling
the for appics, pears and potatoes. with
been in operation since 1940, the crowd.
The Tasmanian Premier, Mr production goals must be at- R. Cosgrove, sald arrangementstained. have been made for a regular These production goals pro-
between Tas-vided among other shipping service annia
the and Malaya and
output in 1950: Philippines. He said the ships would contain refrigeration space. United Press,
In Celle, in the British zone, swastika became visible on the weathervane of a building. A city alderinan explained that after the war it was patched up of sheet metal. with n plece Wind and weather have done their work since and the swats- bunt.
tika is visible again. He prom- ised that this time they'll do a
By STELLA good job.
that,
On Customs Seal
There is the case of a British
Watch out for this. for it can Nuz!
gone
From the corner of a doorway you shout, "1,200 Zogitaff for sale here!" Then, darting to another doorway, you shout, in voice, "Box- a panle-stricken croft and
Popson have
Arrest that mani ." Then, varying your voice, and changing your position fre- quently: "Sell nut, sell out! | Cancel all dealings!
shuures here below par! Stop thief. resigned! Tonused!
Englandi
THER
Gold
The Committee's We're to be na- Fun on Barak Texilles China has de Unndfontein!
Witwater
Dollar Imports
Cut Serious
the
things fur
Of 48 percont Kreator la- dustrial output than in 1940.
Of 26.4 million metric tons of steel.
Of 250 millika metric tons of cold,
Of 36.4 million metric tons of petroleum,
Of 82 billion kilowatt hours of electric power.
of
NY RUBBER FUTURES
New York. Jan. 20.-Rubber futures today opened steady and closed Brm, influenced by the #etion of the outside markela and steadiness it London. The volume of trading stackened t 2-4 sales. and prices closed 13 pointe higher to one point lawer.
The Spot market was
dial. Dealers comped the stand-off at- buyers
with the situation.
tittade
strike automobile
| Shipment offerings
Arou
Some rotirees
were light
stel offerings
positions
Or 4,700,000,000 melrys cotton cloth, 180,000,000 metres of woollen cloth, and 240,000, 900 pales of leather chore
Of 1,300,000 tons of 172xt 7, 275,000 tons of a
ummal fats, 2,- 400,000 tons of sugar and that the bulk of the
were for March and May. sug- 000,000
that nearby Ketink What
hat has been the progress?
were almost sold out. In regard to overnil industrind output of the U.S.S.R.. Georgi koy announced on Novein. Milenkov ber
1048. 7.
that
output ΑΠ October, 1949, was over 50 per- Lazar more than in 1940. gent
In Pravda, Kaganovich, nounced that fourth quarter out- put in 1948 was running aler more tha 50 percent above
Prices closed as follow:- January en venta prt
Since you have an executive born today, your re
It is likely and turn of mind high are
In fe. you wii offeer who discovered that the rocketing! thing short of the
Sydney, Jan. 20-Recent cuts lop will fairly enrly
customs stad unvalued!
from doitar to optical importa satisfy you.
You want position organar things so that the brain German
left to you while others Tuggup bore the once familia Astian!!! and
knowing one
countries are causing n shortage and money
more distasteful tasks.rk, the
the strand** sagte hoidik
ot spretacies in Australin, brings the other, you are willing to the
both,
sit today work hand to nequire
Sydney opticians sispri Customs officials Further fun a most annoying habit
that sume stand in the turn into a
types of abrasives nothing You let
had to funds to claimed they for others to endurel
for needed for grinding lenses have games suitable ny of year progress and you
charm-buy new seals. learn to temper your
your have
Throgmorton-street are wild beert unprocurable since ambitions with kindliness or young personality and easily
government rut optical A former on the Battle Islandie-the performances, in whichhitley forgiven your shortcomings. You
wrong signs,dollar imports by 40 percent, mulent may become rather ruthless,
have a disep capacity for love of Fehmaru has a swastika at you give all the
nni ventriloquism. You eno
been pro- Australia has not a mate fairly hus barn Strangely enough, there is a and should select
easily start an uproar by throw-
VITY long almost la early in life, for you will enjoy it, only to have the same signing your voice about, and mak-ducing lenses for prevent the hand Decollar streak of
Ziness in your nature. You dis- having family growing up there, clearly distinct from the ing it appear
that
people who 80 percent came from America like doing any manual work and around you.
have not spoken a word have before the dollar shortage. the burn you will go the long way around To and what the stars have in original colour of
offered to buy or sell Another The optical profersion cannot to avou 11.
select your You may use more store for tomorrow
AL Che Hamburg railway trick is to dash madly out of time and energy trying to figure birthday star and read the cor-
istotuoti ane can
in bright offfee and tear down the street,mport more lenses from Eng-
These public statements were and because English suppliers ban! WHEN out, by brainwork, how to shirk responding paragraph. Let your
yelling "South Africa's closed
behind in cited six months were
indicating that the ū last-minute slogan be stor than it would birthday of the suplente | physical labour
dailysunlight rout
"Oll found at meeting the all nines!" or
demand brought basic goal of the five-year plan Nax defeat,
"holding of the Marybor Brødge | take to do it in the first place. Kuide.
about by the British National for 1950 would be overfulfilled Mare Swindon!" out with Hitler." The sigu d
by an oppreciable margin. Nelson on bachless hold out,
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 28
In 1945 he removed and
5་༥་
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10) LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)- A trip by mir to some distant Use the Intellectual approach in
Easy To Distinguish place
sinlied
upon today. dealing with superiors today. All tecting new people can prove brainwork is successful just now.
VIRGO (Aur. 24-Bept. 22)~~~ There is a thin coat of paint exciting.
with PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- Continue
booths over саге
business in telephone
the Partnership dealings can prove problems. Don't over-reach your-swastikas,
but that
barely highly beneficial, be they busi- self. Be practical, thrifty, Watch covers them and anybody can ness or marital, Improve condi- the budget,
Hons.
20)
In
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr.
face competition You may romance today, so be prepared 10 meet 1 Make your offer the Test one!
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-
TS it
uniforms
0 mere coincidence that the organiser of this vitriolič campaign against backless unl- forms for pollcewomen is the
Shy who said that same Mr T. If women became billiard-mar- kers they must have chaperons in the
saloons? Mr Shy asks what Nelson would have sald about backless uniforms, As it happens we know what he did
any
Health Scheme.--United Press,
Lancashire
Takes Alarm
26.-
|
prewar.
in
1839 moncinal 10.35
8 35 traded
10 19 nomina?
18 00-03 traded 1779 nominal 17 B8 tradyc
J}..
February
Match
April
At-
May
June
July
August
September
Delober
November
17,23
Decembe
January (11) February
IT ID
17 10
17.03
-United Press.
1/
in
commodities
17:48 moninal 17:30 bid
ortalנו 30 *
Landon, Jan. 20.--Prices
16
the Rubber market here today closed as follow:-
or course, only 1950 will LONDON RUBBER MARKET nctually show whether thu fragmentary indications probable fulfilment of plan
individual many will have been met.
Presumably a new fifth Ave-
will be year plan
announced either sometine in 1980 or early in 1981 to run for the coming Dve years, lo
Manchester, JDD see what they are LIBRA (Sept. 23-Det. 23)
textile exports Japanese Carry an idea out
world markets are hurling the even against This is the situation all over Now is the opposition.
ne to Gemuly
British textile industry, an in- Geithan Bud while
In 1708 a ballet was per-dustry
declared spokesman prove that you are right.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-uthorities pledged themselves formed at the Court of Queen today. He said that General
The Dougias MacArthur one to upset to prevent any reapparance of Marle-Caroline in Naples. You can be
should the
signs and, slogans principal part was danced by curb them. today. It Nazism, the apple car! your own
binne juro still there.
Emma Hamilton as a "woman Mr. William J. Jones, Chair- wrong, don't things
Mut dressed police official
man of Lloyds Warehuuses somebody else.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Deo. Ja Frankfurt, centre of the seuntily in a dress with no back" Limited, speaking at the com-
the quote Pomeroy, Nelson said occupation 22)-A Bue day for cementing U.S.
pany's Annual Meeting, urged In the so-afterwards, "She has set Mutual revisituatiod is similar.
an conference betweeen General new friendships.
called "compound," The procation can bring happiness to
where example which I would like to MacArthur and America and new and original idea.
United States and Allied rest-
British see followed in my own coun
textile men right promation should put it all,
housed, there are
problem. are try." He repeated this
Mr Jones said the American and British governmenta should support their demand. -Aspelated Press.
If an employee in the motor or dio Industries, you may antici- radio pate progress on the job.
GEMINI (May 22-June 22)- today with Be adventuresome
nerosa,
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, dents
zone,
In m
detarer om dan operni of the bag of spoutes, CANCER (June 23-July 23) 20)-trathwork is your answer big white letters on the walls letter (now in the Carnfold Col-
Topodeles fa maglu communications are to this day's challenge. Think bearing suel: slogans as "people lection) to 2nd naturalis hot hus i peễully favoured right now, If enrefully:
T
in this eld, anticlpale success.
nored f
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Ontainer.)
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CRIME STORIES
By T. O. HARE
Calling
criminal MJ David, and Peter *What's_all_this?” asked
What Peter's mother. criminal? And how unkind so Javid!
Not at all, Mummy, asid l'ever. "We're writing crime
Each of
stories
criminal named after one the other, and a delective Hamed after another
of the what i uthera 1 you follow Mummy."
So all five detectives have different names; and at five criminal have different Danca ?
"Quite right said Peter. David's detective has the same name as Mark's criminal. The namesake at John's detoo tive has named his delectiva of John, And the namesake Gerald's criminal has repaid the compliment by naming hi crimina! Gerald.
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What
cho Jame
David's criminal?
(Solution on Page #1
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of i
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watch
rautiously.
BOYS'
acto 115"
and Rather
than slavery."
the Rev. Archer
death | Gough.
- (London Express Service)
AND GIRLS'
MAGAZINE
un
Willy Toad Had a New House Rupert and the Snuff-box-15
-It Was a Little Inconvenient, With No Door--
NARF
Kahndows with
"But
"It is," Hanid agreed, the It's no good for anything."
At that moment they heard a
voice singing
other side
By MAX TRELL
Hand, and
the turned-
famtilar walking about
weru names, down the road when all at oner from the Kaart stopped and exclutinen: hedge "Look, an empty barrel!"
They
both wont Over
mure closely,
luxatnine it
to
was standing near the hedge at the top of the long hill that led As a house lown to the town.
some
was no more than half a dozen there was yards
away, and
rubbish other
heaped next to the empty barrel, Hand said: "The people who live in that house left it here for the ash-wagon to take away."
.a suny of the
It Was Willy Toad, hopping along and singing.
I've got my chair
I've got my
род
I'm going to move.
1'
I sald, I said.
paint the walls
Rupert and Algy shake them- selves and look at each other in
"We
home distress.
muat ΣΤΟ as quickly we can, and we're on the wrong side of the river now," quavers Algy. “Oh, dear, I've lost all my blackberries and
And polish the Boor, It's a wonderful house But it's got no door-- Tum-tiddie-tum-tum Where's the door? Willy now appeared suddenly
lost of the hedge | I've around the end and hopped
to the once He exclaimed in sur- "That's too bad." said Knarf, barrel. moving the cover aside and prise when he saw Knart and lovely Hanid.
barrel."
Pooring Inside
Check Your peering inside;
Knowledge
1.
Name
the
"Hedda Gabler?"
author
of
2. What is the origin of the
name Santa Claus?
What
isthmus
Asia und Africa?
tub?
connects
In skiing what is a bath-
5. What name was given to
the national garment worn by
ancient Romans?
6. Define cryptography.
(Answers on Page 8)
CHESS PROBLEM
By F. KOLLMANN
Black, 4 places:"
White, 6 pleces.
White to play and mate in three.
Solution
problem:
to yesterday's
A Narrow 1, R-Któ, any; 2, Q, R; or
jar; 13. Meshi 18, Boo
(dis ch) mates;
"it's a
Ri
Then be said suspicious sort of voice.
my Mummy'. basket." says Rupert, He gazes down the
ALL RIGHTS
in
E
inside. barrel and get couldn't quite make it and buck severni times.
Inside The Barret and ilapid
can
"I don't suppose you're think
this moving into ing about house, are you? ARE you?"
Willy," asked Knart.
answered
the
river, but the basket has floated out of sight. All at ance Algy sees him pause and work his way through the bushes. This is queer," saya the little bear, the basket hea gone, but the plank that we were Look, it's on hasn't floated away. still here." He peers more closely and sees that a piece of strong card is ried to it. REŽOKYKL
Ho But the cat didn't go away. she sprang lightly on fell Instead
top of the barrel and looked in at Willy. "Go away! This is castle!" shouted Willy in- boustea dignantly.
201 "1 vited!" the barrel.
outside get
my
"You're
in-
The cat paid no attention to
vers
All Western economic obser- here are, in any case, agreed on one conclusion--that the U.S.S.It has made an over-
from all recovery
wae losseR and devastation. Associated Press.
HONGKONG
SHARES
Maren in venta per 15 ) 30% bid April/June July/September
243 ld 14-8/10 bid -United Press.
N.Y. SUGAR
FUTURES
New York, Jan. 28,-World sugar futures today closed four points lawer to four points
Ou higher
snlea totalling 30 contracts
Domestic super futures closed one point lower, with no sulos "
reported. business Morning
Contract No 6 closed Stock Exchange this morning up changed to one point higher on
un the
to neon was of a value totalling | sales totalling 41 contracts. $220,160.00.
Prices closed as follow:- Contract No. 4 (World). Antity
Noon quolutious were:
SHARES BUYERS HELLERS SALES
Canton
Valon
20
cents per
4.73 bid
un-
4.9 nominni
4,00
4,09 traded
4.40 nominai
January (101)
Contrnei No. 5 (Donicstle).
May
BANKS
July
HK Bank
1470
20 1400
September
East Asla
210
SPOT
4.70
INSURANCES
300
200 of 343
March
1.21 nominal
May
0.31
July
4.13
|1
September
SPOT
$.30
Contract No. d
March
0.22 bla
11.00
April
1.22 bid
200 40
May
1010
DOCKS, ETC.
K
Whart
LAND, ETC.
HK Hotel HK Land Humphreys
UTILITIES
Star Ferry
TTAM....... 14.75
117
300 15
100 01
C. Light (0) 11.20 11.80 1000 & 11.20
C. Ligi (N) 0.40
Mectric ..... 2034 2035 000 € 29
STORES, ETC.
Dairy Walson Wing On
[I.X.)
ᏐᎢ.
41 1200 @ 40
600 & 473%
20 @ 62
NY FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
Canada Idollar) England-official
unoπlo.al
30-day futures
Knart Wy, Willy inside "I'm thinking of moving into it hope myself. I haven't got a house again," Harid said, not liking this whatever. Thinking Willy Australla (pound)
to live in."
you
Closing rates
Jan, 20. US$0.30-1
2.00-3/10 2.41 bid/- 2,44 asked
the idea of Willy being stuck might taste as good as a mouse, New Zealand pound)
into the she jumped
barrel. South Africa (pound) Knarf and Hand knew that inside the barrel
Belgtum (franc) "Tut-tut," said Willy. Ir's The next moment a great many Denmark (krone) Wily lived on top of a toad-
Willy
France-official a good idea not having a door. things started happening. stool under a pine tree at the
folks you
down Holland (gulder) It keeps
don't like began hepping up and
Italy-official other end of the field.
the cat darted just as This beautiful building," from coming In."
export after him, the barrel Norway (krona) Knart and Hanid went away. continued Willy, hopping up
dowi Portugal (escudo) md rolled the For awhile Willy busied him- tipped over front of and down in barrel, is more than a house, self inside his new house, sweep the hill where it Anally lit a Spain (pesota)
Sweden (krona) and making and dusting
rock and broke into pieces. Switzerland-free I'm calling it Toad's Castle. Of ing
Then he Then the cat ran off. tidy. courte, once I move in and get everything
MIDDLE EAST It all fixed up everybody is in heard a scratching noles on ther Willy sighed as he looked at
beautiful Egypt (pound) of his of the house. "Who's the wreck vited to visit and clay as long wall
NOW house. "Well,
it's got Iran irial) as he lles. Ah-do you mind there?" he called out,
Iraq (dinar) But where's plenty of doors,
Turkey (A) giving me n bit of
It was the cat, a boost?"
"Sorry. You can't come in the house?**
sighed And he Willy sang a song about his Willy sald abruptly as he tried
again. over the top of the sald Willy. "Go away!" to hop
house,"
BRONCHO BILL
(GETTING BACK AT RANGER BOYD, MAIN JANE TRIES TO.COHRÍSE
TWO WRESTLERD A
TICKLE MM; CHISELTOOTH?
Leaving 'Em Flat
HOW LOCK YER
LIP' ARM "ROUND HIS NECK AND HOOK YER KIGHT FOOT UNDER,
„HIS LEP' LEG -
YOU'RE JES (GITTIN' US TIED INTO
A KNOT” në “THAT'S
HEY! NOW
GIT US OUT OF
THIS
July September November
0.74 traded
5.27 bld
4.30 bid
B.31 nominel
-United Press.
NY COTTON
FUTURES
New York, Jan. 20.-Colton futures today edged upward in all de- dealings, with quiel liveries reaching new seasonal high levels.
Prices closed as follaw March in cents per b.) 3130 May
July
October
December
31.35
30.03
78.91
28.02
20.00
28.71 bid
28.30 bid
32.20
United Press.
20.00 bla 20.50 bid 28,18.bid.
United Press.
March (1951)
May
2,70-31
July
00-day futuren
2.00-1/10
SPOT
2.24-34
2.79-15
2,80-19
0200-95
NEW ORLEANS MARKET
1400
0020-15
Closing prices
2030
Jan. 20.
.0010
March (in conte por 1h.) 31.18
0010
Moy
31.23
3010
July
30.00
0000
October
20.02
,0010
December
20,70-71
1937
March (1991)
2330
May
July
2.08
03125
2.00-16
0570
.1120
.OBOO
0020
0171
-
1,00
.1103
.0040
3000
3010
2105
3700
LATIN AMERICA Argentino-offiolat.... Brazil (cruzeird)
By Harry F. O'Neill Bolivia (boliviano)
"ISCUSE ME, I GOTTA PEEL SOME "TATERS
FER DINHER
Chile-free.... Columbia (peso)
Cuba (peso), Maxico (peso) Peru-free ***** Uruguay (pesso) Venezuela (bolivar)
FAR EAST
India' (rupee)· Hongkong
United Press.
Large Building Programme
Los Angeles, Jan. 20—A $100,- 000,000 building programme
for Japan, designed to silmulato was announced tourist trade,
Walton Bocket, a
architect
here by Mr Los
Angele
engineer
tect
and
privately fin
Tho project, anced by Japanese and Ameri- can investors, calls for the in- inediate construction of a 1;.
Exchange Rates 000-room hotel in the outer
grounds of the
Business was done in the local in
immodicial exchange maricat
this
morning, at the following roles:-
the Imperial Palace planned are
are two trade-
Sterking pound note: (per 41) 16.35 and cultural centres in Tokyo
US dollars (per thor
NEL gulders (per
Siam ticals(per 100)
Singapore: (struita)
Fic plastros (per 100)
6.44 and Osaka, two trade centres in
2252 Yokohama and Kobe, ond - 18
27.60
17.01
other hotels in Japanesa, resort:
11.00 areas-Heular