THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1950.
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SCIENCE AT WORK
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FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
WHAT PEKING RADIO IS SAYING
State helping
Polio keeps taking a by Beachcomber private traders
bigger toll
By PAUL F. ELLIS
Word
A
PICTURE of a woman wear-
ing a "tin-hat, bowler over
of the dictators
of "fashion,"
in
Chungking
BIG COTTON
HARVEST
IN AUTUMN
San Francisco, Júnò 18- Communist China expected
San Francisco, June 12-Private trading in-650,000 tons of raw coffin. Still wearing my old-fashioned terests in Chungking, China's wartime capital, to be harvested before the pyramidal broken felt over 4 were receiving "practical assistance" from the able natural disasters" - autumn, unless “unpredică. State-owned Trading Company there to tide them curred, Peking Radio report- over present difficulties, Peking Radio said tonight,{ed tonight.
1 retire
guttersnipe hair-cut, from the business,
No Iceland sorrel
for the Dutch
The private concerns ro- ceiving help dealt in a wide-
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on urchin hair-cut" bas couraged me from trying any more to make fun of the clown- number of cases in Ing that goes on at the bidding THE polio season is coming rentrat
Texas, California, up. In fact, it's already New York and Colorado,
Michigan, in New York in some sec-
During the same time last tions of the country.
year 1,137 cases were reported Since the first of the year, and 1049 was the worst year 1,440 new
cases of infantile In the nation's polio history. paralysis have been reported
from the National through the country, with the
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
the Indicates that 1950 "March of Dimer cam-
and that their light-headed way, are cluding cloth, glass, boots, paign was successful
abolishing rationing and controls. cotton yarn, hog bristles and By STELLA funds, depleted during the bad
epidemics Inst
will be But look at the result Can
goatskins, tung oll, coal, available in help the victims Door working man in France get over critical times. The money-dust or Yugoslav claret? alcohol, rubber, towels and American Can a poor Belgian get whale knitwear. contributed by the
steak or sock? Can a poor Ger- people may reach. $30,000,000.
1231 jet Turkish swordfish or you are born today, impulse You crave love and attention.
SPECIALISTS NEEDED Chinese apples? rather than reason in likely Marriage and having your own to guide your life. Since your family will give this to you in
The treatment of pollo is Infultions are keen, you must fullest measure. You will make
and the doctors will bring expensive and learn to follow their mandates fine parent
it doesn't take carefully. On the other hand, happiness to all who surround point out thint
too many thousands of cases to have a high degree of deter you.
"run through" a sizable amount ntination, and once you get your
of money.
It is for that reasori that the foundation returns most of the collected to the home
It le true that foreigners, in range of commodities in- No duty on
Safety-Play Series-Both vul.
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By WILLIAM E. MoKENNEY
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You
can
The stars
you
TUESDAY, JUNE 13
money
The
year,
(Mrs Wretch at Barnstaple.)
Further elucidations
WHAT hav been sald, from
The Trading Company had spent billions of Communist froni dollars in buying gooda
Radio onid.-Reuter,
woollen goods for export
The
]. It said that cotton had been planted on more than 3,185,000. hectares of land, this year figure, exceeding the original plan by over 150,000 hectares.
fons of rad ton exeba harvested before the autumn would ensure jan adequate supply of the com
modity for all Chinese textin mills, the radio added.
It also said that a rebronabio San Francisco, June 12-cotton price had been fixed la the private trading firms, the Exportable Chinese woollen relation to grain prior to the
goods would be exempted planting, many places pur
chose contricts tad boon signöd from customs duty and the between pensants and Govern- woollen textile industry in ment-owned trading concerns. China could apply for im- great encouragement to pea- ports from foreign coun-ints to plant cotton-Reuter trica,
Trade revived
in Szechuan
linen
Radio
and
NY
Foreign Exchange
Closing raton at thờ New York Foreign Exchango yester- day were: Canada, (dollar) England-omeh
VERY day this week I am teeth into a job which you want Although you are ingenious
whatever point of view, going to remind you that in accomplished, you will finish it. and Individual in your ideas. sometimes lack The
makes it inadvisable at present order to be a good card player Tut if you lack interest in a pro- you
to introduce any comment of a revelatory nature you must learn to count your Ject, no prodding will get you agressiveness to assert yourself
into what I San Francisco, June 12- These were two of the decl- independently. tricks. When you take time out even started!
you chapters. Mentally
between Szechuan and Siona taken at
a meeting in are a leader, but your actions Some funds are set aside for may have to say at some future Trade to count, you will find it surpris-
belle to
because the often appear
this research.
Pollo date on the subject or subjects northwest China was beginning Peking recently of representa- have given you characteristic. ingly easy then to employ one of
woollen and under
to revive
Peking Radio report- tives of China's consideration-or the many tile gudgets that the diversity of talents and it is up
Develop your xperts believe that the way to then
led tonight.
textile industries, nc- find a cure or party-seeing that they are neu
to expert has in his bag of tricks to you to discover the one which blity to do what you thinkick pollo Is
rather not only premature, but rightly this trade were
Peking Main products Involved in cording will come
of prevention, more means most and sacerss The to help him make the contract.
bring
The decisions WCTC mugar, paper tonight. than just trenting the disease. so, unless reasonably understood and drugs from Szechuan, and Almed You have magnetie quickly.
at the revival Pollo victims need specially or being outside whatever is to cotton and gasoline from the development of the industries,
nurser and physical be done at present
Neverthe personallis. Be sure that your
friends is To And what the stars have trained selections of close wise, for you are inclined to be in
110 | northwest provinces. equipment, loss, it is true that what may be store for tomorrow, select therapists.
The West Szechuan Trading The meeling "recognised that Influenced by them.
your birthday star and read the fuch as run serpirators of developing, if possible, cannot be Company began buying up local China's woollen industry had
Let the iron Jung, is expensive, and connected with anything in the products lost January, and this cen
heavily
dependent On You will want a home of your corresponding paragraph.
your costs money to move around.
Interests of which there is no acted as an impetus to private Imperial countries and that it ccruple own as soon as you leave the your birthday star be
to withhold
would have to tum towards the whatever merchants, the Radio said. could seem to be advanced en protection of your own parents, dully guide.
"Since then, over
market in future st over 500 tons of home any side as a definite statement sugar had been transported by, was to develop," the radio and Involving agreement or illsagree-public and private merchants
Delegates to the conference Denmark (krone) ment in the quarters fully con- to the northwest while in March noted that the linen textile in- Franco (tranc).
West Genjyka and April some 18 tons of drugs dustry, which drew its materials Deutschernar (C. Suet, Etq) has also been shipped.
from and had its market in Holland (guilder) One sign of the trade re China, had a bright future and Norway, (krone)
Italy-oMelal vival was the
Use of was expected to expand an soon Fartugal feserto) Twenty Years of Upræer trucks on the Szechuan-Shensi
supplica were Spain (pepeta), highway, the radio added. as new hemp
available
the market. Sweden (hrana).... Reuter.
Switzerland-free Reuter,
In today's hand the opening happiness, lead of the queen of diamonds is won by declarer with the king, and now he starts to count. trick, two He hor one club diamond tricks and two heart tricks. This is five, so he must make four spade tricks for his
contract.
POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER
lie
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
morning. Daydreaming GEMINI (May 22-June 22). Nus
Just HOW Be optimistic and you will make doesn't pay But important
und practient, progress. Art
social ho well as
The natural play is to lead the queen of spades, and when West covers with the king, to go up with the ace in dummy. you jeopardise the contract you win the
if literature
first spade trick, aspects are important.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-Lie low early today and CANCER (June 23-July 23)- walt your turn. Ithould come this this afternoon. Seize an oppor-
luaity.
because if East holda four apades, you will then make only three spade tricks and go down Keep the status дио DIC. Make nanfety play by
new letting West hold the first spade morning. Be ready for n
adventure, this afternoon, Good trick with the king.
for romance.
Went will continue with an- other diamond, which you win with the ace. Now lead the live of spades, go up with the ace in dummy and cash the other three good spade tricks.
If the spades were divided 3-3 and you had Kone up with dummy's are at trick two, you could have made four no trump; but the risk is too great And overtricks pay only 30 points.
LEO (July
24-Aug. 23)- stick to routine this morning. Then swing into
aclivity and make up for any time lost lately. VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) Cheerfulness
can overcome minor dificulties today. Be sure you are right. Then go ahead.
LIBRA (Bepi 23-Oct. 23)— Stick to routine and clear your desk this morning. In the even-
Check Youring attend a lecture, perhaps,
Knowledge
1. What part of the eye
la
the iris?
2. What city is called
the
"City of Bells"?
3. From what
ore
13
aluminium manufactured?
4. What is probably
oldest science?
tho
times 5. How many Benjamin Disraeli Prime Minister of England?
6. What is Irving Berlin's
native country?
(Answers on Page 8)
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SCORPIO (Oct, 24-Nov. 22)--
A conservative dny. Don't, at- force Issues this tempt to morning. Afternoon and evening are best.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 5 22)-Patience
needed tu handle this morning's problems. Pay a visit this evening, perhaps,
CAPRICORN (Deo. 23-Jan. 20)--Stick 10 factual matters
CHESS PROBLEM
D; F. HAVELKA
Black 9 pieces.
While, 5 pieces,
White to play and mate in three,
Solution
problem:
to yesterday's
1. Kt-R7, any; 2, Q. or Kt (dbl ch) mates.
INTELLIGENCE TEST
Biddleham's dip
By T. O. HARE
I DON'T really nuid with
gambling="
ฟ the Vicar ** für it seems a harmi less enough plan, Doctor... | 1243 We're certainly short of funds How many tickets did you say You'd said
Two hundred and eighty.” taid Or Diddlekam.
It was indeed a barefaced A number of coins Ramble had been placed, in sepied envolupes-in rich anvelope. one Foth For this purpose
the doctor (had utlined equsi numbers
crowns. Brink sixpences. Moreover, to every
anvelopes cantsimi róľňa heď been added, two more envelopes asch contaİN- thatja, ten-abilting nuts,
Ticket, paid aj ten shillinge esch, entitled the holder to extract iure envelopes troš
Dilkyramiste
Tiliniek print coula the doclar rensonably hope
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- Kelax this morning and be ready to tackle an important Job when afternoon comes.
ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)- Be tactful, diplomalle and help- ful this morning. A chance for advancement may come later.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- After a restful morning, employ your best efforts to bring about some happy conclusion.
BOYS'
AND
cerned.
"ONDUCTING from the piano- forte, as Senor Iturbi did last week, is something of an
achievement. But I can recall LONDON RUBBER
a startling occasion
when
et
Tirana, Mme. Shchuseterlik not London, June 12. The
rubber market only sang the part of Rosnelia London
was
оп
HONGKONG
SHARES
Transactions 28-34-23-14
In Ariane, but also conducted closed today with warning to while playing the trombone. It speculators in unrest as follow:- was she who once put her foot Spot No. 1 rubber, in
pence per b. through the big drum at Covent Garden in Act II, of Louise July
August and dragged it round the stage September with her. What a coloratura? October/December
January/March -(London Express Service}
unofficial
30-day futuros 10-day futures
Australia (pound) New Zealand (pound) South Africa (pound)
Belgium (frano)
US$6,90
2.803/10
2.33
14 1.58 oaked 2,3975
2.70-15/16 2241
$150
1455
0037-11/10
4.20
MIDDLR RAST
Feypt (pound) Tran (ral)
Iraq (Ulnar) Turkey (6)
(boliviano)
abim doua a
LATIN AMERICA Argenuine-ocial Brazil (cruzeiro) Bolivia
Jill-free Columbia (peno) Cuba (pen) Mexico (pesa) J'eru-frco
this uruguay (perol
24-2-25 kong Stock Exchange
3-1-2-14 morning were worth $188,205.-
23-15 - 12 22-42-3 2:-21-2 -United Press.
75.
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
The Shadows See Hiawatha
-And He Tells Them All About the Indians By MAX TRELL
NARF and Jonid, the
ought to scold him just a little
for shooting the arrow so close. Had to Shoot
| A Shadows with the furned-
But Hiawatha only said: "I about names, were sitting quietly under the big pine tree at the had to shoot that buffalo before side of the house when an arrow I ran away. My grandfather, whizzed past them and dur who was an Indian Chief, told itself, with a
ngo the twanging noise, me that long, long
Indians used to go hunting with into the tree.
a bow and arrow. They could hit
any animal"
They looked up with a start, which instantly turned into a
smile of greeUng.
If was their friend Hiawatha,
the Indian boy. He had a long
"Even a bird?" asked Knart. Hiawatha nodded.
"Even a fish?"
Again Hiawatha nodded. "Didn't
they have regular
Dow slung over his shoulder, fish-hooks with string and a and a quiver filled with arrows, pole?"
"I was pretending I was hunting Illawatha shook his head.
a buffalo," he explained. "The Here Hanid interrupted to tell Trunk of the free was the buf- Kuart that she had read some- falo."
Rupert and Miranda-12
Rupert reads the label again and gain. Then in great excitement he races home with his foorball and tells his mother all that has hape pened; "Poor Jennifer didn't hava present at all at Christma,“ ba разів. There was only a mysteri our piece of paper addressed to her.
Noon quatalions were :
SHARES DUYERS SELLERS BALES BANKS
KK Bank .. 1205 1200 20 1213 Netherlands Bal
at the
Hong-
Venezuela
(bollvar)
FAR EAST
India trupee)
Pakistan rupee)"
Hongkong
East Asia
INSURANCES
Union ***
101
363
Indies Singapore Japan
1000 a
70
...
S'hal Dock
314
8.10
1200 3.30
IR Landl .. 3016
Underwriters
DOCKS, ETC.
K. Wharf Dock
LAND, ETC.
IK Hotel
Bhal Land,
UTILITIES
Tram
1.30
...... 31.60
C. Light (D) 10.30
C._Light (N)
Flectric
Telephone
333742 1000 1.33
3200 113
1000 31.70 5000 6 10 4XD
500 € 10.20XD
TXD
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INDUSTRIALS
Comment
STORES, ETC.
בו
23 100 23
1900 ST 12XD
10.10 10.40 2800 10
500 10.10
Dalry. ¡3XD XRT*, XB
000 25
Watson
1. Crawford 2115 2215 100 22% COTTONS
Ewo
He
says
and look what I've found."
It wasn' shows her the label. under the snow. It was on top 1" "This is very odd indeed,' Mrs. Bear.The brown paper and the label must have been fastened to a present at first. Who can have taken it? And where can it be now?"
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
MISCELLANEOUS
Asia Nov. 675c
3.40
2000 r 78c
Exchange Rates
B.235 2.20 26.20 1,78
1,20
London Tin Market
Business was done in the local unofficial exchange market this morning at the following rates Sterling pound note (per C) 18.30 where that the Indians didn't free next to Knert and Hanld, thin string made out of the hair US dollars (per $1)
without a sound of some animal; and sometimes tam ticals (our 100)
NEI guliders (per 100) "You shouldn't have shot at have regular fish-hooks because and listened
a bone-of a Bingapore
(Straita) were made while Hiawatha explained about they would take it while we were sitting under regular fish-hooks
and the Indians the fish-hooks,
bird or an animal-and care- FIC plastres (per 100) it," Fland said, thinking she out of tron
didn't know anything about
fully file it with a stone until "Hanid is right," he said it was the shape of a hook. But making things out of iron, to
had finished Hiawatha is right, too. a minute!" Hiawatha fler Hiawatha
They "Wait a
"The Indians of long aften slood in the shallow water said"
Hanid. " talking. suddenly to call
and he'll go did not know how to make of a lake or river and shot the my grandfather
things out of iron. They could fish they saw with an arrow." He likes to tell us all about it.
weave, they could make baskets, "That's a funny way to catch tell about things like this."
and
bows canoes, and Hiawatha put two fingers In
and fish," said Knarf. and wig-wams, and and gave mouth
n low arrows
and many other Grandfather Big - Sen - Water whistle. The whistle sounded moccasins,
Then he smiled: a things. But they did not know frowned. a good deal like the hoot of an how to make things out of iron. the sea-gulis and the king-fishers session!
very kindly old smile. Then end of the official morning owl. A minute or so later the But," he added, "They did have tall stalks of corn in the Bleid 4 Bah-hooks." few yards off parted, and out
Big-Sca Grandfather Water. He was a tall old man with
a blankes
blanket which he wrapped around him. He had a
Grandfather Big-Sea-Waten.
his
came
л
n
kept
"Oh!" said Knorf and Hanid together, quite surprised. "How did they make them?"
"Sometimes,"
catch their fish in a funny way,
in
London, June 12-The market broke heavily at opeving | but steadied at lower level.
Prices closed as follow at the
*eller
005-11
100
000-605
1oo. For they use thele blits like Spol tin, buyer
the head of an Business done at an arrow-like arrow when they swoop down Three-month tin, buyer 00-34
weiler 201 into the water."
BOB-1-507 answered
And Knart had to agree that Business dene "at
000-1 Settlement Prices large cogle feather in a band Grandfather Deep-Sea-Water, Hiawatha's grandfather
United Pres. around his hair; and he wore a "they would make them out of right. It wasn't a funny way at pair of moccasins. He smiled long thorns, which they would all-and certainly no funnier and sat down at the foot of the carefully bind and tie to a long,- than using a hook.
BRONCHO BILL
Runout Powder
"TO GET SOME WEAPONS, MILL DEMO HELP AND
„PAN ET
Was
Sugar Inactive
New York, June 12-World sugar futures today closed in
By Harry F. O'Neill active and nominally unchanged
TUK VYOH ENDER A PUN DA MERELY |BYNDING THURS, BRONCHO BILL. BEN
300 yen to USHI -United Premi).
New York Tin
New York, June 12-Prices
with
tho
in the mcials market hero today were unchanged following exceptions:-
Tin Grade A (19.00 percent
or higher) New York per, ib. 78+ Zinc, Trime Western,
York, per lb.
New
10,23
-United Premi,
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TURSDAY, JUNE JJ Closing Times By Al Manila, Honolulu and UBA Bel- ters, second clam mall and parents); Guam (letters and second ma), Canads (letters only), 5 p.m.
Saigon and Paris, 0 p.m.
Banzkok. 8 pane
Talpeh, 8. p.in.
Closing Times'By Kes
Amigon, Dim
Straits. Stangoon and Calcutie, z p.m.
Canada
p.m
via Vancouver, 'D.C., .& WEDNESDAY, JUNÈ ja
Closing TimÉE BY ALL Manilo, 11 3.1.
Taipeh, p.m.
Closing Times My Sis
Manila: 10 à.ut.
UBA, Canada Cembrit and Boully America, via 5mm
Francisco (NG Parcels for Canada), 3 p.m.
Straße, Mauritius, Mornbasa, Lou- renco Marqués and South Africa vis Intrban, 3 par.
Bangkok, 3 p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Closing Times By Air Canada and USA, 10 à.10, Okinawa, 1 pmi
Roogoon, Caleurs, Karachi, Baara, Calm (Ntirobi, Mombasa, Despor Balaam, Maurilists are Johannesburg via Carol Bonds London, & Pans
Bangkok, Bldgapore, Djakkeža, Dov Jombo, Sydney did Auckland, a pim: Haiphong, Hanai, Balgon & Paris, & P..
Taipeh, 3 p.m.
"Cloding Trias By'ten Manila. 3 p.m.
with no sales reported.
Domestic sugar futures today closed inactive and unchanged with no sales reported.
Contract No. closed today unchanged to 1 point higher with sales totalling 56 contracts."
Prices closed as follow:-- Contract No. 4 (world) July in cents per b.) 4.18 nominal||ters,
4.13
4.20
Beptember
..
4.13
January (1961)"
March
Spot
4.18
Contract No. 5 (domestic)
July
6. nominal
September
Contract No.
·July...
· 8.95 tråded
September November January Spot
Japan. 3 p.10%
VRIDAY JUNK DE Glosing Wishes By Air USA and Govida, 1 P.M., Japan. 5. p.m.
mcond slam,rdaja-mand 1902 DRA). Manila. Honolulli” and -"URA”...llet-
Guam Cleitars, and, second, elm Imall), Cariada Gellers only), 6 p.110
Singapore, Djakarta,, Bydogy: and) Auckland, Pam
Hankoor-01, Calestia. 10 8.m.