THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1950.
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By WILLIAM T. McKENNEY
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DUMBBELLS AROUND THE WORLD
ARE YOU A LATIN SCHOLAR:
NO, PROFESSOR ENGLISH
DECE
A nice place to
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
6.15 last night a queue
outside blocks of flats in which Trivia
have a conference A bean to form within the
By, TEMPLE MANNING
We were interested in would or could wish to fluxi, a the newsreel shots of the veritable treasure and pleasure Island, 1 literally bas "spicy meeting of the prime minis- breeze" as it In the home of ters of member countries of the cinnamon irce and other the British Commonwealth.
In
The meeting took place
na pleasant Ceylon, just about
n apot for n sension as
YODUJER MURTIDAY.......... By STELLA
MONDAY, JUNE 19
You are horn today, you relax for a few days--sometimes i
I are true sou you sex for a
Jes
a concertne }
quickly,
not like to be interfered the theatre or with, but are so much of a my will and your energy and
returning! oplinup. turu Beacher that you and your- self uncometously involved with Librn to master yourself. the affairs of others. You know how to take the initiative and are original in your approach to al problems,
Can
1
Inclined to melancholy traned to overwork.
your
Let your
ater
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN.
India is looking CHINA TO to Japan for her PUT WHEAT engineering goods
Bombay, June 18..
ON MARKET
San Francisco, June 18. There will be a regulating of wheat prices in different
Tansy ves. It bad become
Indian trade experts believe that this country parts of China and between known that the British star wa is looking to Japan as the biggest future supplier prices of wheat and other Loing chopping on the morning. The first to arrive and of heavy machinery and other engineering goods. graine when the Chinese Government in Poking on- Prewar Japan was known ters the wheat market in a to India largely as a pro-planned way this year. ducer of toys, crockery,
Reporting this
tonight. low priced textiles and
broadcast from he Chinese other cheap consumer goods.pital said that the China Food But Inst March Japan Company will be the buying secured an order for elec- rent for
Instruction from to trical machinery
theef Trade. value of Rs 1,500,000.
Australia will buy jute goods
A
take up her position
was Doris Gatnere, 3, The Drive, Maffic- carried a vacuum ham. She' Bask and a folding chair. Later, the crowd sang "Rule, Britan- nia" in her honour. By ɑ am. there were 2,304 people in the queue. Shortly after 8.30 there was a wild rush towards the entrance hall, as a sound hat been heard. The police, who kept the crowd at bay, explain-
Canberra, June 18. ed that a cat had knocked over
The Australian Govern- tin. At 9.30 a dusky gentle. man entered the building. There ment today approved the were cries of
of A£15,250,- Hitachi Company of Tokyo and tions to that remedies can be "It's a Mahara-expenditure in love with
her" 000 en jute goods and raw 10.000 KV turbo-alternator set will protect the consumer and called for the supply He's in
of a taken to keep prices level. This Twenty minutes later the dusky jute from India and Takis-with a 12,500 KVA transformer
сатр nut artatu
tan.
Ar
The spotted mouse
แ
Thic whether the
J. McEwen, the Com
Minister, Announcing sabl tlant 111 amount would buy 100,000 tons of Jute
Review
the State,
Under the Ministry
Standard prices aro to be The order was placed by the established by the Ministry, and government of Madras with the a cheek will be kept on fuelva-
Jove growers and merchants a complete with indoor and out- fair return, the broadcast cald. door switch gear for the govern. meat's thermal station exten-
lon.
turer.
firm
narrowly
NOT IN TIME
what they want after they had Gold their wheat surpluses.
It is added that private iner- chants are being encouraged to The Japanese did not get itsend their goods to these areas. becaure experts from Japan Co-operative societies will could not arrive in time due to play a big role in this purchas transportation dimeuitica before ing and pelling project-Reu- the lender was closed,
entleman stone. He explained to a group of hysterical girls that he was
20 prevent haplyazard con- not a Maharajah, but a chim-merce
petition and undue stimulation. ney-sweep. Then, at 18.12, the thi DRIDGE is 20
of prices consultative commit- itome of points,
stor appeared, and an uply
This n believed to be the first tees representing the State buy- and generally You
win
You are sympathetic, friendly
ich was with dificulty stem- Koods from India and 3,500 tons
of its kind to be evering concerns and private traderd more when you carry the ball
med by the police.
of raw Jute from Pakistan, to order that is, when you become the
and have a magnetic perronall-
be imported within
the next fiven to a Japaners manufac will be set up in various cities. ty. You are happient when supe
12 months. declarer. There are times when
rounded by there you love, Al-
SUPPLIES IN HAND side will gel way out of line
The Government would re- That Temple of the Sacred Tooth. for n on a
You can be quite imperitis at though your acquaintances may contract, and go
Ctrl+5/ in the Jumbres,
cover the total outlay by the missed a much biggr order to- The broadenst but you cannot times and do not forgive easy be
added that Kandy, Ceylon. friends can be
TIS ambition," says yale of the imports in Austra-wards the end of 1949, heavy penalty
and "HIS There in you fert
have been your intimate
It was Cotton, general goods, sait count on that to win.
that you
Jo breed the | da, he added. paper, "s to bid for wronged Although your per- numbered on the era of one amanatle spices. Towering palms,
valued at nearly Rs. 17,000,000 coal companies have been told never any necessity
I! world continue to buy and was for the are high you hand. tame unless there
supply of to keep urge supplies of essen- Food son ambitions
waving groves of lant barn-perfect spotted mouse" And
ambition now-
only until the normal machinery ta the
at hand Damodaral Foods
In arcas chance to make it, and biding are not always inclined to step
hods, Howers of every hue are very laulable To And what the stars have
adays, which cannot come under goods
Trade chanucts
ade-Valley firakund Project. creured
where surpluses verywhere.
are expected.. has become so well understood ahead fast enough, Learn not to
the beading of releasing energy quate supplies.-Reuter.
This will enable pensants to buy that a side usually known whe-Jose opportunities through lack in store for tomorrow, select
for destructive your birthday star and read the
Underground is great treasure,
fuctive purposes. ther or not they have a chance of aggresiveness.
There
rent rubles, sapphires, paragraph, be moody, your correspoliat
question fur game.
mouse-like creature" Textile Market be
birthday star be
the "spotted Some of meonstones and world's Rest and daily, guide.
fuest oriental The declarer abo has another
pearls seen by Herodotus hard by the 'of the Horse, the came from the waters about the Fountain advantage--the opponents can
lovely
the Hippocrene, was TUESDAY, JUNE 20
island. Colombo, the innin city. make a mistake, I do not argue
Murlopu or Spotted
New York, June 10. that it is more dileult to play a
itet on a plain around a cacle Mus
New York garment manufue- GEMINI (May 22-June 223 10une! improvement in terson-
of one of the finest harbours in Mouse mentioned by Cornelius good defensive game than an of
romantic, artistic work is al affair. A
orial the Eel.
of Nepos, and elastilled by Schot-tarers, na Industrial usera fensive game, but the defenders Creative and must be on their toes. For ex-favoured stay. Your intuitions day for you, ton,
Cinnamon Gardens, one of the tentels in 1804 as Mus Miseran-cotton fabires, got higher prices this week and a promise of ample, we generally try to avoid will help in steelsion.
charming or dus. Pasterity will dreide. AQUARIUS Jan. 21-Feb, how-spots, is as
It is made up of a
more to cotne, #lving declarer & suit and a
Raw CANCER (June 23-July 231-19)-Combine real and bug-ne ruff, but at time, as in today's 1:and. that may
only Take care of minor detail work nets relations effectively. Don't series of shaded roads lined Anti-T-Bomb braces? the
boudes attractive this Turning!
afternoon. let your imagination. ant
bungalows. The verdant this the pretty with you,
down, the glorious garden, the
is reported that n Czech vent of warm weather, com Co. paid recently that Indian with PISCES (Feb. 8-Mar. 31)-hedges ablaze
ientist has succeeded in makbined to strengthen an overall were surprised at Japan's caps definite employment scarlet ibiscus, certainly are a
and belts strong price structure.
elty to manufacture electrical There are
Your work should pleasing introduction to the is mng braces
Ilgher prices were announced equipment, because enough to mullify effects of the
they never advantages
for you at
this and
Trouser Bumu. A Trouser Bomb for flannel shirtings, hose and tenew that Japan was produc-futures in A favourite drive for the
dozen belting ducks. The recent ading such things. to n was exploded clase visiter is out to Mount Lavinia,
work denims and A wearing the new anti-T-vances in ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr 20)—on eight-mile road that offers a
are considered u fore- Exchange dmculties Bombs braces, and not one palmer to the upward revision however hampering trade with Pay attention to work detaila ir vely blending of ocean and
et breeches fell A spokesman this morning, Plan some relaxing mountain views framed in palmid yesterday. Without some the number of industrial Japan on as large 4 scale a
fabrics, Sateens, trees. The native shops are mure-
wide drills many socla) event for this evening.
of the business firms the tourist attractions, offering there will be a mad race, which belleved to be earmarked for the tent method is by barter.
Kind of International control
and tire
chafer fabrics are would like to tave. The pre- TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) mutalwork, necklaces and other
wijl end in the abolition of hours are jewellery pieces, set with pearls,
advances as coine Morning and evening
producers definitely the
trousers." best for you. rabies, sapphires and
temporarily withdrew offerings. Afternoon may prove confusing, stones. And, oh, the bargaining!
-United Press,
way to defeat a contract.
Evening in doubtful.
Astains the four-heart contract
LEO July 21-Aug. #3) West cashed the king and are of clubs. East played the eight-spot Merchandising, tapecially in the and then the dence, asking his field of wearing apparel, equip-
The thirdment and applies is favored. partner to euntinue. club was lef, East won with the
VIKER (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)- queen and decturer played the Morning and evening are your Jack, leaving East with the thir-best bours. Alterungn can bo teenth club.
tricky to be careful!
(Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— Now East stopped to consider'
LIBRA
the South had opened the bidding Your personal efforts and with a spade, which meant that projection of your ideas and in- he had at least four and prob-dividuality will pay dividends ably five spades. He had shown today. up with thrro chibs. He must have at least
four-card heart i SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov, 23)- sult. Therefore it was fairly cer- Work hard this morning. The tain that he had only a single-nfternoon, don't permit wishful ton diamond.
thinking to fog issues
a
Eust knew that, if he led apade declarer probably would cash the are and king and ruft a spade in cummy, netting up that suit. If he led a diamond It would be won in duine wit the ace und then space would
be le
The only vince to defeat the contract was to lend the ten of
to establishi elubs, hoping trump trick-and it did. South discarded a rade, Wed trumped the nine of hearts anel With dummy trunp.d with the guven. Now declarer could not avoid the loss of a trump trick to East. Careful defence defeated contract,
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)-Be progressive and you will get resuits. Follow your s tuitions thir evening atid play mafet
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20) There..
Beneral, all-
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CHESS PROBLEM
By M. AUNE
Illack, 12 pieces.
1.9.
the
Check Your* Knowledge
1. Locale Asterion Island
2. Where
Janist Temple?
the
famous
3. What is the literal, trans- lation of the French expression "uble diote?
4. Name the British sover-
eign who ruled the langest,
ឆ. Who were the first people
to make use of ambulances?
the
four
peal
d. Name ages of man's developinent.
(Answers on Page 8)
INTELLIGENCE TEST
PEMMICAN'S SHELTER
By T. O. HARE
ONE PL the inventions not stilised in this war was the air-raid shelter devised by Profesor Pemmican. It was turned ment
by the Govern Impracticable in conception and extravagant in it demanda upon
avaliable materials
Tha Femmican Shelter was hollow cube of concrete. entered through a small aper ture, in which blocks of ic kama material, Buah with the walls were subsequently arted. When I asked the Professor about it recently, he I've forgotten H2 imensions recall that the outer edge of the clave was an exact number of feet, and Kint it was so many feet exactly Is thicknent This applies to the floor, elling and walls Also- wilowing
one cuble foot fe wastego in construction-ach shelter required just 10.03 euble feri al concrete
How thick were the walla
of the Professor's shelter ▼
(dolution on Page #)
11
White; 10 pieces. White to play and mate in two,
Saturday's Solution problem:
10
1. Q-R8, any: 2, Q, or-K! maten, i
10
CROSSWOR'D
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12
Acrust
1. Old, bat classically famous shop. 5. Baity, (i 11. Money extracted from Bill's desk, 14. A broken ronë. (4) (0) 13, set conversa of 4 Down. (55) 16. Kind of gloves that Tim Bent. (7) 10. Unexpected result of a crash between Ellen and Dick. (P) 20. It provides the rake's rein, (3, 1) 2. In this way the sun pretis
nothing for game. (3)
23. Flevated suren. (8)
Cautic. (D1
Down
John Macadam, for example, () Celestial nzine for our supers?
(408)
. With this in 14 the punishment
ready. (3)
The opposite of 13 Acros. (5)
7. Mysteriou, (D)
5. F17. (6)
The feature of this clue is that
there no south-esas. (4)
A broken rein, (4)
10. Lot it atrad. (4)
14. Bee Down, (8)
17. Poplar Hollywood composer, (*X
in. Part of a whip. (4)
IP. Enionire uitersãos in breakİDE
21. A OR DE water. (2)
be a pleasure TİLM
Ju away
with
BOYS'
AND
other
il
The Hitachi quotation for this project way said to be at least
the cheaper than
ter.
in the 20 percent ascended
th and necelerated the movement Strabismus Trouser Bomb of anther goods with the md- A spokesmon for Kotak
highest level in almost two years price quoted by other compet Soya beans lead
answer
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~~(Lambon Express Service)
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Chirpie Makes a Discovery
-It's a Rocky Island That Disappears-
By MAX TRELL
thought I'd just fly down 11, 19 far as I could go. Well, I didn't CHRPIE SPARROW came to have to fly very far before 1 the window-sill for his bread- made my discovery. It was a crumbs. As soon as he spied rocky island, right
the Knauf raid Hand inside the middle of the river. room he tapped with his brok on the glars. opened the window."
quickly
A Discovery
"In fact," Chirpie went on be
Kuart or Banid could
They
"I've got news for you" said Chirpie
"I was out exploring fore early this morning. I maile interrupt, "this rocky island
discovery
inate the river into two rivers, "Oh!" exclaimed
The Koarf and one on each skip of it. Uanid together. Ther Knarf minute I saw it I knew that i raud: "What did you discover?". Wat a discovery," And Hamiti raid; you exploring:?**
"Where were "Why did you know that?"
·asked Hanid. Churpie didn't answer right “Beenuse, my dear, there was away. He ate few crunis no one on it! Mind you, I looked first. "Well," he finally said, "I very carefully.
I flew up and went exploring down the river down and around it several that runs through the town. You tines. know, I've often seen that river; and often wondered where I went after it ran through the
this town. So
morning
"I've got news for you,” sald Chirple.
But no-no it. It was empty. right down and took it."
one was ou So I ow
I
Hero Kuurf burst out with.
It was stuck wasn't it?"
BRONCHO BILL
GORKLEY'S FLIGHT LEADS PAST THE ARMY
POST AND BLL HAS CAPTAIN CAPTAIN ELKTON FOL LOW IN CHASING THE DESERTER MILES
FURTHER OH, THE YOUNG
SHERIFF
OVERTAKES
HIS QUARRY
JE
"Of course, it was stuck in the ground. All islands are stuck in the ground," said Chirpic. " took it in a different way. slood on top of the island and called out "This island belongs to Chirple Sparrow! That made it mine." he added to Knarf and lanid.
Rupert and Miranda—17
The sudden departure of the doll again takes Rupert by surprise, and she or many yank away before he Earth in pursuit. **Hi, come here," he cries, "You must back to Jennifer at once. You can't O dathing about on your own like
ALL RIGHTS
island. As
I toki you, it was rocky. 1.think it was just one But there were all big rock.
this." The little creature can move very fast, and keeps well aheal of tim until they reach a woodman's hut into which the disappears. Rupert hesitates at the door. Then he thinks again of Jennifer and marches in.
must persuade her in come hack at once." he mutters.
RESERVED
dimand
But there was nothing grow- ins."
I
"Nothing, Hanid.
Chirple?"
Just Rock
Both Kharf and Hanld asked Chirple quickly what he noticed.
that "I noticed
my island
was
Ketting
27 ITEMS
&
in Chicago
arc
Chicago, June 18. Soya beana led the grain strong start dur- ing active dealings on Satur- lay
on the board. of Trade, Most grain prices were up to- day. Soya beans
of July de- livery reached about $3.00 per bushel, which is nearly 13 eents up from the week's lowest of 2.0714.
Grains were belped mostly by the commission house buy- ing and short coverings. Some wheat demands are reported to be based on expectations of a
During the period July 1, Joan rate on the 1950 crop 1910, to June 30, 1950. the government of India allowed which will be announced soon... Prices closed lodny as follow:-- Wheat-rice per bushel,
2.10-1
The export of some 27 item valued at nearly $20,000,000.
Fit July
Outstanding among these September.
December were: cotton vahted at $8,000,-
March (1031) 000; of seeds and oil bearing ay
valued at $3,740,000; products Manganese
t|xok valued $1,618,000; iron ore valued at September about $1,000,000; sk:Ins and December hides valued at $1,000,000.
March (1051)
OTC
Corn
July
Stay
Пун
2.13-
1,45-84
3.42-35 -1.43
1.44-4
1.32-94
1.34-4
133-34
1.33-12
$.34-14
70-44-
21-3-2
India Imported mostly textile machinery, clectrical goods, September
and diesel engines
thale telephone
July wires.--United Press.
September
New York Floor-per 200 h, sack, unquoted United Preps.
HONGKONG OUTWARD MAILS
SHARES
Tran-actions at the Hongkong Stock Exchange this morning were worth $135,033.
M
UK Bank Fast Asla INSURANCES
Cantan
1300
10,000 ct 03
154 1233
101
Union....**
Underwriters
DOCKS, ETC.
K. Wharf.. Dock ... Provident... S'ha Dock.. Wheelock
20
390
14
0.30
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Non quotations were: sorts of cliffs and valleys, and was getting smaller." caves and nooks, arid crannies.
"What! Oh! That couldn't be, SHARES BUYERS SELLERS BALES the There were int places where
GOVT. LOANS sun shone And covered-over Chirple!"
it "YCH, "How could you takes it, Chirple? places where it was
the ground. shady. There were little pools, smaller....smaller and smaller. DANKS
mean, the river—or the two rivers on either side of my island-kept getting closer
and asked closer. The water was creeping up. At Best the low, flat parts of the rock disappeared under the water,
then the higher parts. Al last there was nothing left; Not a bul just a tiny Hittle plece of stone in a brook. tree, not a bush, not a dandelion. roek, like Not even a blade of grass. It way And then I flew away,"
"Oh, I know what happened," just rock. Anyway, even so,, Knarf and Hanid immediately decided to live there. I could Hunid said."It was just the tide I bet it's gone in the river. the river lo rried they wanted to see it.
always fly across the meadows on either side and down again. I bet your island "Maybe
we can live there," find all the trees and bushes is as big as ever now, Chirpie!" said Knart eagerly.
and dandelions and grass that i But Chirpie didn't seem to care. "That's what I thought," sald wanted. Then I could By back "It's no good for living on. It's just a discovery-hat's 1." Chirple, and Knart and Hanid to my island. Then, all of
on eating his noticed that his voice became sudden I noticed something very And he went
breadcrumbs. sad. "It was such a lovely strange."
"Nothing
whatever.
1
a
LAND, ETC.
2.00
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A.M..
MONDAY, JUNE 19 Closing Times By Air Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Bas- TA, Catro (Nairobi, Mombasa, Dares Salaam, Mauritius de Johan heaburg via Calio), Roine & Lon- don, p.m.
Closing Times By Bea Canada via Vancouver ДС.. p.m.
1000
3
Singapore. Djakarta, Sydney
B
20
7775
Auckland, & p.m.
Dangkok, & Columbo, 5. p.m.
Japan, 8 p.m..
*
10003.10 300 kr 215
Taipeh, Bp.m.
ISC Iotel
By
HK Land 3011 1.10
260 & 30
UTILITIES
Tram
11.70
C. Light (0) 10.20
11
500 10.00
C. Light (N) 7.00
Ahal Land Humphreya.
Electric
309 σ Ú
21210 000 10.0 370 10.75
241 25
200 60 750
1000 # 7.70
1000 7.90
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By Harry F. O'Neill 2014 101 100 101
Deadly Aim
THAT OUGHT TO STOP HIM/
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WOW! HE'S GOT A GOOD
GOT ME-BUT
| BEAD ON ME ALL RIGHT?
T'LL GET HØI HOW
Telephone INDUSTRIALS
Cement
Dairy
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MIDCELLANEOUS
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Formosa via Keetung, 3 p.m. Honolulu, U.S.A., Central
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South America vía San Francisco, E p.m.
TUESDAY, JUNE 20 Closing Times By Air Manila, Honolulu de U.S.A. (let- tern, second class mail and parcel) Guam (elters and second" class mail) Canada (lotters only). 8 p.m.
Saigon & Paris. 5 p.m.
Bangkok. 5 p..
Talpen, B p.m.
ศ
Clostor Times By Bas
Bangkok, 10 a.m.
FOTOS VIA Keelung, 2 p.m. Djakarta, Sourabaya &
12 v.m.
Macassar,
Strait & Hangoon, à p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21 Closing Times By Air Manila, 11 a.m.
Telpeh, p.m.
200 1311
20
500 20 1014 1000 11
3.10
100
3500
We
Aden.
Egypt London, 9 a.m.
(par).
treg). Noon (ord).
Canada,
Cen-
Strait
Closing Times By Sea
Ceylan,
Madagascar. “ Europe via It aith.
Sandakan, & am.
Honolulu. US.A..
tral & South American via Ban
Exchange Rates Francisco (No Parcels for Canada).
Business was done la the local unofcikl, exchange market morning at the following, rates;--
Sterling pound note (per E) US dollars (per #1) NET · gullders (per||100) Stam ticis per 100)
Bingapore (Straits)
FIC plastres (per 100)
Chin
p.m.
THURSDAY, JUNE 22
Closing Times By Air Canada & U.B.A.. 10 ́s.m1. Okinawa, 2 p.m.
Fangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, _Bas-i 15.30)]ra, Calro (Nairobi, Mombasa, Darea 8.912 Salaam. Mauritius de Johannesburg:
250 VIA
Home” &: London, 8 p.m 24.50ingspore. Diskarta
1.19 Colombo, “8”p.tn.
11.00 Haiphong, Kanol, Baigon & Paris,