THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1950.
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
Odd Hold-Up Play Is Second-Guessed
BY WILLIAM E, McKENNEY
HAVE often cald that some of the best hands in brkige are played in restaurant after a tournament in over, Today's hand is one that came up during the duplicate game I watched at the Kentucky Hotel in Atlantic City, N. J.
Many of the East and West players got into x heart
contract and it was made at all but two tables. The jack of spades was opened and declarer finessed the queen, which held
Be the trick.
led
Amat amond and South hopped up with the
Now declarer had no problem. He could pick
nee.
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IT WAS
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FAROUND THE WORLD!
A Visit to Valparaiso, Chile
By TEMPLE MANNING
HOEVER admires the pic- Val- ture
Ly presented paraiso, particularly at night, It is in in very good company. the only South American port that has been Immortalised by nen blcNeill painter, Jomen the Whistler. Hanging in the Na- tional Galley in Washington is Har- the superb "Valparaiso bour," the initial subject Wht:ter's series of nocturnes.
Visitors arriving by
by water get he really beautiful pression of Valparaiso,
of
Arst im-
There
It is, a a perfect crescent with out- stretched arms, seemingly
to
welcome and harbour incoming vessels. The city rises from the water's edge and climbs the hill
un the trumps, lead the king YOUR BIRTHDAY..
of diamonds and dumuny's Jack
of diamonds was established, on
which he discarded his losing club.
Harbour of Valparaiso, Chile.
manner. slopes in a fantastle
gardened terraces
that break the public parks
ines of the buildings at various placed levels are strategically
By STELLA The
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20
use of self-control help to you
TF you are born on he first The One East and West pair play-day of the incoming sign, will be of great ed to make the contract by Pisces, there is a very definité ét such times. enshing the ace of spades Im-duality in your nature, for you
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You are all hardship by hard work and of Inspiration.
You work best poetic and highly concentration.
Your Intuitions when under preniro but must Inspirational, often
strong as to be learn not to overdo things and
thus draf your energles.
idealistic,
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to make a kind of hanging zur- In at night, deu effect. But it
n sparkling when the elty in half-moon of twinkling lights, IDW on row, rising to meet the stars, that the picture is at its loveliest.
offered-oceanwards
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BY THE
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THAT
"Critics Hai 1
Britain's Two Colour
Hair-Do" is the most cheer- ing news we have rend this
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN.
REQUEST
Worsening Crisis TITO'S
In Australian Steel Industry
.
FOR LOAN
Feb. 10-Marshal' Belgrade.
told a Tilo
crowd of 50,000 were being
Sydney, Feb. 19.-Australia's steel industry is that "dimculties" week, and we know what facing a "worsening crisis," according to Research made about the loan for which we are talking about; this Service, a fact-finding organisation financed by pri-ternational Dank.
really is one of our sub- jects. At the age of six we claimed to be the youngest haidresser (or coiffeur. ns preferred to be called) in Leeds.
we
It was there we invented the "Coconut Cut," since copied by very really inart small boy the world over.
Tarer
everyone
by his odd pearance and strength.
the
onc up.
be
over
peak in the
vate industry.
Yugoslavia hnd asited the In-
"Wo invo heen asking for a
In a 20,000-word report the service said that year but the matter is still in
to open because Australian steel production is below suspense he auid in a speech the campaign for the
Assembly
elections capacity, valuable exports are being lost. Steel Yugoslav
on March 20. that could be produced at home is imported.
Denying the Cominform press_ allegations that Yugoslavia was is Australin the only being cold for dollars, Marshal country whose heavy indus-Tite declared: "We are not try was unaffected by the sceiving my money for pro-
New York Cotton
bill.
Futures
high
AL WRE
from
valuable potential overscas Austraila is at present losing markets for steel products, since Australian steel is among the cheapest in the world," the fir
renounce our principles."
0322
must "Our foreign policy conform to our -Communist be declared.--Reu- principles,"
ler.
HONGKONG SHARES
for But perhaps our greatest suc-
war that has been unable to paganda. We have asked
from cess was "Scorched Earth." This
loans from America and equal or surpass peak war-the Bank."" We invented one day when omething went wrong with the
He told his audience that if New York, Feb. 18-Colton time production.
tomorrow the West ditt not gasboiler in the salon. We tal think of it as one of our great prices moved Irregularly higher
In 1848-149, iron and steel out wish to trade with Yugoslavia, » moments-and does Mira during the past week, with old
SO
prezure exerted Winterspoon,
crop positions rising to their put dropped to about 65 percent or highest levels zince mid-July of capacity. Protuction of steel Yugoalavin, "we will rather ce- ingots during the same period condile ourselves to the fact last year. Pangolin gone
The rise was accomplished in fell 021,000 tons below capacity, that our five-year plan cannot The Zoo has lost one of the face of heavy tenders ex- causing the loss of vitally needed be fulfilled for some time than
animals Peter,
Stressing that we do not lean Temminck's pangolu, or scaly preted on March contract after manufactured products.
The 1940 coal
strike, the
011 anybody in the world," ant-cater. First of his kind the Brst notice day on February
cathmated, cost
How Marshal Tito said that Yugo aren at Regent's Park for 50 23rd.
The Ingging tendency in new survey years, and sald to be worth at
arrived crop months reflected cautious- South Wales steelworks at least luvia did not belong to any Peter £100, three months apo and amazed nesa of buyers pending further 181,000 tons of steel Ingots, (The camp and would not take part
ap-developments in Washington Intional executive of the miners' in any bioc.
connection with farm price sup-unlon la Communist-dominated), "Apart from the loss to STEEP HILLSIDES
When Peter colled himself ports and the acreage allotment
Australia's
resulting economy the city Getting around
up, hedgehog fashion, it took combined strength
On Saturday nearby May de- of
enforced steel imports, Mie
livery cotton broke through the fun, slice one must move ver-
three men to uncoll him. tically as well as horizontally,
The cause of Peter's death 32.50 cent level, helping to boost telepathic.
"Lift" climb the steep hillsides
inlo now the market Being highly emotional, you
is a mystery, the stars have carrying passengers from To find what
ground for the second session in your speech and
We suppose it wouldn't must guard
tomorrow, select street to another higher nctions when aroused to anger. In store for
the and read From hilltops wonderful views anything to do with these three row. At its highest level of birthday star You can love or hate with your
who kept on uncoiling 32.57 cents, May over mnen paragraph. | are corresponding: You make a the
best level since July last, when yey cald. thehim-just a suggestion, equal intensity,
the Spot
month expired fine, loyal friend, but a fierce Let your birthday slar be your
valleys, the Andes and nearby Vie de Draycott-av. enemy, daily guide. vindictive,
slightly more than 33 cents. highest Acocengua and even
He is going to start an open-
major Prices opened unchanged to 11 alr
where cafe pavement Western World. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Cruise passengers putting in coloured umbrellas and an out-points higher. They suffered productlun.
Iron and stevi morning, there VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22 at Valparaiso usually don't give door piano will recreate the at- some profit-taking Inter in the South Wales
production comes largely frumans valued at $90.100 up lo your personal plans the city enough time. The goatmosphere of the Boul Mich. Promote
burst of strength and three toleries owned by steelworks noon. Noon quotations were: Now is the is usually Esmeralda Sirect or
1 points above the previous The Iron and steel industry has SHARES CYERS SELLERS BALEY and time to see things moving in that fairy-land of a resort, Vint your direction!
The shops along del Mar.
user to be among Emeralds LIBRA (Sept. ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-
may bring bene- the world's most fascinating. Basically, a social day for you. Associates
All partnerships also are will stocks ranging from articles for a journey its An opportunity
favoured,
Indiang Follow haud-crafted by thic can
your circle of highly increase after winning
Imported superb through on your plans.
the most trick with
and Arst
the
watches queen.friends,
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-cameras and
the TAUNUS (Apr. 21-May 21)---- South trumped and cashed the
and confident of the magnificent fabrics A good day for buying and Be alert
You can get what you United Kingdom. Your intuitions are so future. selling.
occult. want out of life if you go after However,
takeu almost keen as
to be almost
It is fun to walk or drive it now. double dummy defence to de-leed them.
(Nov. 23-along Pedro Mont Avenue, once SAGITTARIUS feat this contract. Suppose that GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-
Mrs Wilson tells a story of December
March (1051) Make Dec. 22)-Legal matters can be a ruce-track for mule drivers, when East
the opening A pronuable morning. wing
Take a and now a delightful boulevard. mast of an increased sales safely settled today, lead with tho queen of spades the
hill with the poet Charles July Plans should work necessary trip to further your And it is ille a letter from how she was sitting on Putney- and returns a diamond, South
home to read such street signs Algernon Swinburne on her lap potential.
interests. plays low. West will win with out well.
and O'Reilly. Cochrane
one hot summer the king.
CANCER (June 23-July 23)- Confidence in your future Is indicated, for new business or openings are now employment
23) 24-Aug.
right now tu of life. excellent di
4902
Tournament-Both vul
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- Make the most of all opportuni- ties and combine cocial with interests to excellent
Boul),
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North
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Pass
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ace of diamonds.
It
Now let him Lake three rounds of trump, ending up in dununy, Duminy leads another
realities. diamond. South must duck this
(July LEO trick again and North will win
Now declarer leadership with the quten.
no place to put his get what you want out
Initative paya videnda.
will have
losing club.
A. rather odd hold-up play.
but one which, as I said before,
was Agured out over a cup of coffee after the tournament was over,
Check Your
1.
Knowledge
Whom did Mark Antony divorce to marry Cleopatra?
2. What was the destination
of the pilgrimage in Chaucer's
"Canterbury Tales"?
4.
In what books would you characters-Charles fcd these
Darnay and John Ridd.
5. State the difference be-
tween burns ond sealds
6. What une is given to the weight used in measuring drugs and medicine.
(Answers on Page 8)
CROSSWORD
ACTORS
1. A u tipeturn to carry 10
car (6)
It's kely
to be man-ländled
dipped ana feathered 131
4. This cluso makes it cumplate. (4)
8. ligid. (4) 10. Main channel.
1 Well-known sight of Zodiac. (31
13. 1 separate a conveyance and a
CADO 101
Derided (0)
*14" Bhun 197
It may be brief, out a song sen-
tence may complete L. 141
waiting for 13)
21. Often
Cheerl
24. Take a cun- trom the nets, (4)
Tits gent is la e burry 25
28. Children, (51)
27. There sim 3VAL, 18).
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INTELLIGENCE TEST
Three green faces
ambitions.
23-Oct. 23)—
from
Con-
session, but finally closed on
close.
n!
shortages of It attributes labour and coal as the
είνα factors limiting
steel
Coal
for
New
On the Stock Exchange this were transac-
the Stock
31 (1948) 0735 100 40,000 ng
93 315% BANKS
1400 1520
51500
dia
Evening paper. "Garsong, bring me the menu.
for years consumed 20 to 25 COVT. LOANS Higher hopes In Oh how toy it all is with there coloured umbrellas, o
South Wales. CoMarket for an early settlement 611 percent of all coal dug in New useful the coal strike and covering in inental-looking, and so
Potential output of the steel for keeping the ran off the re-nearby Morch prior to the first
mentioned as industry is to vellers, but I am afraid the out notice day were
1,750,000 tons of is now somewhat factors behind the rise.
a year, but with aleel ingots door
plano
recent extensions in New South water-logged. Ah! Garsong, the
Waks and South menu. Merel! Will you take the
Australie it may be even higher. boiled cod and cocoa pudding. or the soya roll?" Poct's corner
Trading throughout the session and was at a moderate rate, prices closed as follow: Starch in cents per lb.) May
July October
32.37 32.53.24 32.04-03 20,73
251
20.47
20 35
20.00
33.10
Ds
the
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan.
1dens
con be pat There is an inscription on the have just written an ode to a 20)-Your
action now.
There are Monumento Wheelright, which skylark," he told her confiding-March (In cents per tb.) - into excellent prospects for their lets that it la dedicated to the y. "Are you sure that there
memory of a man from Massa-ever wert such a bird?" said the July complete success.
December the kindly old lady. "No, Indzed," Detaber AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) chusetts, who introduced
poct, "but. Watts March (1031) replied the A day which can bring profit first steamship line along
Dunton can't be undonton."
SPOT as well as pleasure in the prac-West Coast of South Amerien, tical application of your ideals. (Tomorrow-Science At Work)
afternoon.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
Closing prices
Feb. 18.
May
32.21-22
Mny
-(Londen Express Servico)
BOYS'
AND
Blackie Beetle Complained
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by T. O. HARE
la our old friend,
He regalnz aclahe
-Things Disappeared From His House -
By MAX TRELL
SIMPLY can't understand
it," Blackie the Beetle said
GIRLS'
"They disappear," said Blackic. "Disappear!"
The Next Morning
Blackie nodded, "It beits me
to Kharf and Hanid. He pushed how they do-but they dr. I
back hin hat and scratched the bring them home and by the I
back of his head. Then he next morning they're gone.
frowned and continued:
bring
look in the cupbeard and there
things home If it's foat I isn't any more food. I open the It carefully in the cupboard wood-box and it's empty, I go and snap
was the latch that the to rend
my book, and it's not floors are sure to stay closed. If there."
Knarf aud
I bring home wood for the fire, (moy i how It dron. remind solvera?) eight faces, each an equilateral triangle, and I symme. trical about three axra
I propose to paint three
of its faces green and the ather Ave red.
How
many
octahedra
could produce
which
were distinguishable from one anoller?
(Solution on Page 81
CHESS PROBLEM
By W. R. TODD
Black, 8 pieces.
A
e
White, 2 pieces.
100
White to play and mate in two.
Solution to yesterday's
A picture in this is no water problem:
colour, (4)
B take differently. 141
This is the saing an 4. 14:
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11 Bords people to it by constction
1, K-13. 1
It~~K14(ch); 2,
In Cereais. 141 K~ Ku; 1... D-B (ch); 2,
17 Basing toy. (91
Ju
the heart of a fairy, (3)
20.
Al for a change. 14
22. Siriony Alap-dug, 143
K-K13; 1... Ke others; 2,
241. You may regret this is not wholly { Ht-Kid (disch); i
"true" 151
"//4.* TRKO:n fita meal:: (3).
-2; P-55 (dia chi},
R-KL1;
apartment
Hand both sold I put the pieces in the wood-box they'd like
io look
over the and lock the lid. If I bring
in which Blackle thome a book or a magazine to ved. So Blackle pointed to a read. I always lock them in my white rock about a yard away
"It' rabluct before I go to bed."
and answered:
"And what happens?" Kaart there. That's my roof." interrupted, beginning to get im- patient at Blackje's long explina- tion. Hanid said she wanted to der know, too.
the
under
31.03
20.62-41
29.40
29.32 d
29.21 bid 33.16
United Pres.
MAGAZINE
Rupert and the Caravan-4
At first Rupert can see nothing of Dinkie. Then he spies her moving. very fast and he has to run at his best speed to keep her in sight. She leads him over some rough ground and towards a wild district where a small cliff rises out of thick bushes. Rupert pushes his way
This through until he is at the foot of rite broken fate of the rock. is a queer place," he thinks. "I've never been here before. Why de Dinkie come here? And where bat For the file can bas she gone?" disappeared altogether, and although he calls the does not came to han ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
down...
Production of one ton of steel Ingots takes about one and a half tons of coal. Thus, Re. search Service estimates, the steel Industry needs an assured coal
of more supply
a year. 2,030,000 tons would mean an average week- ly supply of 50,500 tons-15.600 lons more than the 10-19 aver-
ape weekly consumption.
COAL STOCKS
Throughout
11 Bank
INSURANCES
Union
HK Fire
DOCKS, ETC. K. Whert
100
N. Pt. What 5.00
Dock.... Provident 5'hal Dock Wheelock
than LAND. ETC. This
Hotel 1130 HC Land .. 4852
UTILITIES
10-18 and 1049, coal stocks at steelworks were never suflicient for more than 11 days. "Fully efficient run-
Trans
C. Light (0) C. Light (N) 0.80 Electric
3011 Alpenn Elce. Telephone. 1012 INDUSTRILS
Cement
Hope..
run in not possible without STORES, ETC. considerably larger stockpiles," the survey noted.
Research Service found that, apart from the market effect of big coal striker, malt "hit-and- run" strikes have disturbed steci preduction les obviously, but just as extensively,
From February 1948, until May, 1949, strikes in stroken 1 Proprietary Ltd, coalmines
Dairy
Watzen
40!%
L. Crawford 18
COTTONS.
Ewo....... 3.40
231
1000
11.40
100 50
1200 @ 1715
Italo-Portuguese Agreement
Nome, Feb. 19.-Italy will alone caused production losses pot fich, minerals and other estimated at 480,000 tons, In products from Portugal In ex- 1040, the Average number of change for chemicals, textiles dayn lost by strikes. in BHP and industrial plants under a mines was 61,3 days per em-commercial and financial agree- ployee.
ment signed here.-Reuter.
BUP
is one of Australia's Inrgest and mosi Ruzcessful
business" corporations. OUTWARD MAILS Its control over direet and amliated
ranges enterprises from Newcastle, In New South Walea, to Yampl Sound, in West Australia, extending from and aircraft to coal to cleel, Altes.
Developments planned in thei Kuart and Hanid crawled un- sprang of the cover and opened over-heels, down,
industry will Increase Blackie, it at once.
Every sick of wood until they landed with a bump steel
provided the in the middle of another room! potential autput, was gonei
and coal labour
position is "It just melts away." Blackie sadly.
sakd
This time Knart had an idea.
rock after They soon found themselves in snug little room with a fireplace, and candles on the table, and soft chairs, and a glass cabinet for books (the shelves were He suggested that Instead empty!), and a wood-box (with putting more wood in the box, the Snall, seemed very surprised blast furnace and a butt-welded no wood in it!), and a large cup- he and Hanid and Blackie ali to see his new visitors, "Where steel tubo plant. board (quité bare!).
ait inside the box themselves, did you come from?" he asked.
It was Buky Mole's parlour! satisfactory. Projects planned Blinky, who was sitting with call-for new rolling mills, cold of his friends Willy Toad and Give strip mills, a tinplate plant, n
The
went to.
Unregistered Lettere only for Canton, Swalow, Amoy, Fon- rlow, Shanghai, Tientsin and North China can be accepted and will be at senders risk forwarded as opportunity offer
Unier outerwise stated. Re- Parce? Articles and gistered
osta close One Hour earlier than the ordinary mall. If mal clore, before 10 am. Registered and Parent Posts close at 5 pm. on the previous day. Maile ure closed at Kowloon Central Fost Once one hour earlier than tho G.1.0. closing times.
Bingapore,
Botavla, Sydney and
Auckland, m.
Bangkok and Colombo, 8 p.m. Taipei, 5 pm,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 Closing Times By Air ftangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Basta, "With such developments and Cars (Nairobi; Mombasa, Dar-es Lonelnani. There, I told "Everylling I bring in disap. Then they would be able to see "Ah, I see, right from the cell with the entire industry work- Salaam. Mauris and Johannesburg
you not to
ing to full capacity, there is no via Cairo) Rome and
(Kowloon CrỚI 330 pan, (reg): make holes in the ceiling reason why Australia should m (ord): (GO) p.m. pcar-yes, even while I'm zit exactly where
sald. Blackle
Closed The Cover.
Japan, p.m. Linky said to Willy Toad, here!" ting "Look," he cald, opening
They all got into the box and knew all that wood, and all that not be able to supply all home wood-box
steels," the survey said. and throwing in a closed the cover down over their food, and all those books and needs, except for some special pile of kindling. "You've seen heads. For a moment or 1wn'magazines weren't just coming
"Once local requirements were Now Just let's they sat in the darkness,
from the sky. They all belong
the me put this here.
steel Industry. wait for a minute or two and Sh-h, I hear something," to Binckie who lives upstairs!" satisfied, you'll see what happens."
whispered Hanld, "Someone is Blackie wasn't angry any mort. would be in a position to ex-
And ploit oversens demand, and we i Blackle carefully closed the scraping on the bottom of the It was all just a mistake.
he was glad to know that Bilnky could become a selling nation wood-box. Then he sat on it. box."
It Instead of a buying one in the whole was living just under hun. The next instant the Everybody walled without
bottom of the box dropped open was nice to know he could al-world steel market," it added. speaking a word.
a trap-door. Knart und ways drop in for a friendly little All at once there was a house like
Inside the box. Blackia Hanid and Blackie fell head- visit,
One Down
The wood was gone, Blackle saw. from
· BRONCHO BILL
MISTER,
WILL YOU LET
GO O MRS. WESSON'S
RIPLE DA DO 1
HAVE TO
ALL RIGHT,
RANGER PELLERY YOU ASKED FOR
By Harry F. O'Neill
Closing Times By Sea Halphons. 3 p.m.
Formosa via Keejung. 3 p.m. Sandakan, 3 pm,
•
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
Closing Times By Alr
Manila, Cuam, Honolulu, USA and. Canada, & p.m.
for MADIR. Air Parcel Ports Itonolulu and USA, (Kowloon CPO) 4 p.m.; (GPO) 5 p.m.
Ordinary Air Mail (Printed Mat fern. Samples and Small Packet Poeld) for Manila, Guam, Honoluile and USA (Kowloon CPO) 4 p.m.3 (GPO) 6 29.
Halphang and Saigon, 8 p.m. Bangkok, 5 p.m.
LOWER PRICES
could Proof that Australia
.win big overseas, steel casily contracts is in the survey's com parisons of Auziralla and over- scas steel prices. Australian plg-iron now costs only 60 per- as much as United Kingdom cent
GO pig-iron, and
Australla bar steel in two- thirds the price-fths the price Macaster, Noon, FEBRUARY 22
as American piercent as much
steel,
and
of American
pir-fron
of British bar
bar steel.
Observera believe that, even
price
Iron
the It
of Australian Isteri increase, an, reems in- And evitable, Australian iron and
Taipei, pi
Closing Times By Tea'
Formone via Keilung, D`q.m. Bangkok, 10 a.m. Manila, 11a.m.
Straits, Batavia, Sourabaya and·
WEDNESDAY,
Closing Times By Alr Manila, a.m.
Talpel, p.m.
Closing Times By Sea Stratis. Ceylon, Madagascar, Aden. spt and United Kingdom Vin
steel products could still hold London, Noon.
their own in oversens markets,
if enough is, produced to enter
those markets-United Press.
Rangoon and Calcutta, 21/2-Noon. Statevis, 2 p.m. Koren via Inction, 3 p.m. Manila, 3 p.m.