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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1948.

SPARE MOMENTS

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TUESDAY, MAY 11, PORN today, you have tremendous B

Strong her and dislikea show in energy

and great enthusiasm. Your friendships. Those you accept You are always bubbling over with us friends can always be sure some new project, some fresh cause. your loyalty no matter what camex. You even have the talent for making But those you do not care for may any kind of a job appear interesting never break into the intimate circle ond exciting. But you am tery of friendship. With you, first im- sharp when it comes to looking out pressions are hard to correct. for your personal business interesti Capable of handling big projects. and you are not one to get left be--you are at your best when pushing hitel when the profits are distributed.

being through 50mg gitopile programmu

the

of work which, as a rule, is based You are fond of the luxuries of are persevering and not easily dia- on some new and untried Itlen, You living and ice to eat well and live couraged. You

"no" for handsome curroundings.

never take da

With an answer and if your co-workers some, this might lead to

softening refuse to up process. But it is just somethingt

to co-operate, you will handlo

yourself. And when the job you take in your stride. You know time comes, you'll take the credit, how to play when it's time to play too! Fond of having those you love -and

work very hard when It's around you at all times, you will time to work. You are usually very be happiest if you wed carly in life even-tempered

and

good-natured and have but. once aroused, your anger

a large family of your. is own. nothing to fool around with for you

are apt to do and say things for To find what the stars have in which you are very penitent Inter alore for tomorrow, 'polect your on. Best for you to count ten when birthday star and read the corres the danger signals of temper am ponding paragraph. Let your birth- rising.

day star be your daily guide.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 11)- SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-- Good results can bo promised if Bo practical and avoid being hasly, you pay close attention to detail Jumping to conclusions, can bring and see that everything is handled the wrong answer, so don't! efficiently.

GEMINI (May 22-Juno 22)- An unexpected advantage may come your way now. Be prepared to se- cept some opportunity offered you, CANCER June 23-July 23)

SAGITTARIUB: (Nov. 23-Dec, 22) Let others do the talking and the deciding. Think carefully, however, before you commit yourself to any thing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)--

Check Your Watch your step until after lunch- Possible changes, requiring practical

Knowledge

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time.

Then you can bring things and careful consideration may come to a

πιστε speedy and successful up, so be cautious now. conclusion.

AQUARIUS (J235. 21-Feb. 105 LEO

Journey in prospect. for a letter if you have

Acting

"As I'm constantly pointtug out to our critics, Silagaby, if only ho'd had one really high-started public relations officer, Oliver Cromwell would never have been heard of!"

BY THE

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by Beachcomber ACCUSED of wearing on her

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Opposition To Japan Revolving Fund

Washington, May 10-Army Under-Secretary William C. Draper today told the House of Representatives Armed Services Sub-Committee that Japan melted millions of its economically vital cotton spindles to make bullets during the war.

HONGKONG

SHARES

Selective buying featured this morning's local stock market. Large parcels af Providente, Trams anil China Lights (old) clanged hands.

Draper, who is supporting the Senate-approved measure to set

up

a $150,000,000 revolving fund for the purchase of raw natural fibres for the occupied areas. sald Japanese cotton: mills' output was down to 8% percent of the when the war ended. He said prewar figuro there was a tremendous market for Japanese cloth in the Fur East today, and said the Fund would facilitato the rehabilita- tion of the textile industry and substantially costs. 10.000 101

Business totalled $458,000. This morning's transactions and noon prices follow:

BUYERS SELLERS BALES

SHARES GOVT. LOANS „P1876, (1048) BANKS

IK Bank East Asia INSURANCES

Underwriters DOCKS, ETC.

K. Wharf (D)

Dock Provident S'hai Dock LAND, ETC. HK Hotel JIX Land Shal Land Humphreya UTILITIES

Tram

Star Ferry

2003

141 14315

200 67

130 100

200 34 3300 64 2411

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200 or 1715

615

25

24 2414

120

300 24.10

$500 or 24

C. Light (0) 25% 2345

C. LIER (N). Electric Macao Electric Telephone (0) INDUSTRIALS

Cement Rope "STORES, ETC.

head some of the New Look food, a woman appeared, bafore' Mr Carbath in the Lopsterbury She said she (July 24-Aug. 23)-Good

County Court. thought the food was a hat. judgment will pay excellent divi- you. dends in your personal as well as in dence, too.

been

your correspon- your business affairs. Be astute.

The kindly magistrate,. Ieaning PISCES (Feb, 20 Mar. 21) —| VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept

forward with smile, said, 22) Let your

intuitions be your guide nothing lateresting this Store up speed and energy to tackle good from bod.

morning. in making decisions today. Separate will make an order directing you to Act on a progres-cat the 2. In what country is the Gardensomething new this afternoon.

sive project.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Con- Adence, in yourself in your actions, will count for considerable right now. Anticipate the unexpected!

1. The natives of what country have so much susperstitious verence for cobras that no attempt

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4. How many pounds in a ton?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct, 23)-Em- phasis on the social pleasantries of this day. Sign a favourable agree ment It presented to you now.

long | AROUND THE WORLD:

5. Why was the Gold Coast in Western Africa so named?

centuries has

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By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

tournament bridge there is 蕺 rent problem in the handling of a hand in which you are vulner- ablo and the opponents are not.

If you have a declarer type hand, one you think you are going to play rather than defend, the op-

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ponents are very apt to take sacrifice against you without any high card tricks. Therefore the expert sometimes plans his bid- ding deliberately from the Atand- point of defonse, Aguring, that ne will not play the hand.

That is what happened in today's hand. Holding two live-card suits with more than three losers, South could not open with a two-bid, so he bid the higher ranking of his two suits, or one

West's donade.

asked his partner

to bid, and if possible to bid a heart, as the double of one major usually shows support for the other

one.

Now North felt that East and West were going to try to take a ancrifice in hearts. He could bid

a lot of spades for his partner if South could make free bid again. But suppose he and his partner did not buy the contract at spades? Thus he started to

to plon л

defense the hand, and made

ict of two hearts. West's bid or four no trump asked

later

Enst

and

to select dintmonds or clubs, East correctly bid Ave clubs.

It would have been a good sae- ridce if North had not planned the defense in the early rounds of the bidding, South cashed the king

of spades, and when he found a singleton spade in dummy ho shifted to the ace of hearts, then u How heart. East naturally figured North for the queen of hearts be causo of his heart bid, so he went up with

dummy's king of hearts, only to have North trump 11.

A small club was led, South won, cashed the queen of hearts and ledi the six of hearts, West played the Jack-and North trumped with the queen of clubs,

Thus North and South took the first six tricks, selling the contract 700 points. They could have made Ave spades, but oven vulnerable their score would have been only plus 650 points.

(Answers on Column 5)

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ISNT THIS DIAMOND CLEAR?

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IT WILL BE WHEN I MAKE THREE

MORE PAYMENTS

CHESS PROBLEM

By L. M. CONWAY-POOLE (BCF Tourney 54) Black, 13 pieces.

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White, 9 pieces,

White to play and mate in tiro.

Solution to yesterday's problem:

1,8-Q8.1... K-B5; 2, Q-B2 (ch) 1 K-Q5: 2, P-Q3; 1

• R-K5; 2, Q-K2 (ch).

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19. Fanny, but odda can do. (4)

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Solution of resterday's panis,—Actwant 8. Nimbus, D

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Men Dorted; alt, brons! 15, 21]

Poland: A Delightful Country

By TEMPLE MANNING

come

now

IT is at this time of year when many R traveller starts working on itineraries, that we to realise how really many lands are

"terra prohibita," forbidden country, where either one cannot go or would not go even if it were possible to do so. And so we think back to such places as Cracow and Zakopane in Poland and wonder how they are faring.

Zakopane. we remember with especial delight, for it was in this Carpathian Mountain 'retreat where the fronter of Poland and Czecno. slovakin meet that we first

camo upon what seemed to be huge polar bears strolling, along on two legs, When we recovered from our as tonishment, not to mention frigin, _we_discovered that the 'beurs... were.

really men snug in bear suits, a marvellous disguise. For a fee they would pose for pictures, and we're sure that many a traveller returned with pictures and wondrous tales of taking on and wondrous vicious

polar bears!

Valley of the "Five Tollah Lakos“ and farmland, villages and farm- houses, past a miniature spa.

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And moan fulated. She was carried from the and dock by wardresses Hickory Dickory, who later ran up the court clock to catch a mouse their cat's breakfast,

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Democratle Senator James Eastland, supporting the measure, said the proposed purchasing pro- grammo primarily would benefit, Arizona, Texas and California but not the deep south. Ho said the scarcity of raw materials last year. forced the Japanese cotton industry to cut its output by 80 percent and Korca to shut down

completely. He said the proposed Fund would save Unlied States "millions."

taxpayers

Democratic Representalive George Sadowski, of Michigan, told the Committee that "the people in the Pacific aren fear a resurrection of the Japanese military," and he was opposed to the Bill creating a cotton fund for Japan.

He said: "The lessons of Japan and Germany have been Icarned by millions the world over and, when these two countries surrendered, their victims in the Far East und Europe were confident that

the Allied powers were determined eliminate the possibility of future aggressions.

to

"Now it appears that our big banking Interests and big inter- national businessmen are wringing

Wall Street their hands and shouting about the

the

"It is the same programme that whenk:by they recently put over in Europe

a powerful and mighty • Germany is being rebuilt.”—United Press.

spread of Communism, and under New York, May 10.-The stock this guins they are setting the market closed Irregularly higher, wheels in motion to rebuild Japan suspect reflecting GHAM had begun to

improvement In and to reercate it as the 'industrial that he didn't like his fiancee railroad shares on the heels of an ginnt of Asia. At the same time

sald to announcement of White House in- very much. But when he

they expect the Chinese, · Austro- her, Do you think we are really tention to seize the roads to forestall lians, Indonesians and Filipinos to sulted to each other?" she resumed Tuesday's strike: Wall Street re-

support this kind of policy. her usual occupation of cater-

called the netion of railroad shares wauling, and in charged. her at the time of the last rail strike In mother, who never seemed to

May 1946, when carrier groups cho! out of hearing. "He wants to

up to a new high for 15 years and buck to that horrid Tibetan."

sob.

stayed there

until the bed Bunty.

he breaks his

walk-out the pighted word to

group you,"

slipped u," roared Mrs ended. Then

back on profit-taking. will go to Kiuwidge, "you father law about Then, turning DA On Monday, apart from the rall- Egham, as she had once turned on

rosd strikke situation, there was Muriel Sparkes in the Glodney re little to attract or hold attention. turn match, she yelled, "You will Aither give up this Asiatic hoyden or you will stand your trial for breach of promise.

Lise." "I don't seem to be able to make your daughter

Sald Egham.

"Do

you howled Mrs Kigwidge, "that her father could have made me happy it, during our engage-

to

ment, he had been receiving,„, love letters from some Mongolian demi- mondaino?"

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CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers

The lake itself is cupped in What do you care? crater of stone-walled mountains,HAT does it mean neary a mile above sea level. Its shores form

V dinary film-goer, who wants an almost complete better alma, to be told that Mr circle and so clear are its waters Garoko Mopins, who owns a 43 is another scenle gem. Black Lake. percent, interest in the Stotz Trust, A few miles east of the Totras, and a 48 percent. in the Gowdrisch Mountain Resort

the Carpathian chain, is the Trust, has amalgamated with Messrs Pieniny, a small rocky range. Pene- Korbokorn and Fletti, and that, as Zakopane, as we knew it, was a treting this diminutive chain is a result. Mogol, Ltd. will distribute prefectly delightful mountain re

river, the charming, swiftly-flowing all Hopperdinkle films in the 93,401 sort, delightful no matter what the Dunajec, which, with the aid of theatres owned by the Baphom season. Holels, pensions, villas, n time and the elements, has cut Trust? ways seemed to be jammed with picturesque

through gorge

the visitors taking in the mountain anal forests and limestone cliffs, Sturdy take scenery and sports, or just rafts manned by native boatmen in enjoying the bracing air, or riding their picturesque native costume, the mountain railway, which took took visitors on a delightful river out- one over bright green meadows, ing. Mention of the native · COS- past pinc groves up through some tumes brings to mind the tradi- of the most magnificent mountain tional dress of both men and women scenery of the giant Tatras,

that added not a little to the colour Above Kasprowy one looks and charm of the entire Zakopane across river, field and plain to the region. of Cracow, 70 miles away, Not far from Zakopane is the "Valley of the Five Polish Lakes" Really there are six lakes but we

that the suppose

name is

more romantic for some season or other. One of the lakes 18 something to behold. Its name means "Eye of the Sea" and it really is like an eye, 50 perfect is its optle outline, sof limpid its waters. So nearly does i resemble the pupil that ons may discern trout taking their

Cally walk or swim. Just above It, in another cup of the hills of the eye, and so great is its depth, that the mountain- folk of long ago believed that it reached it through the sea, hence it's nome. We reached delightful drive, 18 miles of forest

towers

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30. Bing and Bob Crosby; 1, "See Tea" on Sport (Studio); 7.10. Plano Recital by Eileen Jayen: 120, Stage and Screen Fo vourites presented by Aileen Woods (Studio): 0, World and Home News (London Relay); 0,13. A Playmatuste et Dusk by Val Gielgud. Produced by Philip Burn for the Hongkong Slage Club 0.40, Now: Concert Orchestra:,; Summer Concert-Great Masters: J. 5. Dach 10, Work and Home News (Lon- don-Helay); 10.15, Weather Report: 10.10. Triumph of Neptune"-Ballet-London Philharmonie Orchestra: 1030, Jilt func from Walt Dianoy's latest production. "Fun and Fancy. Frea": 11, Tadio Nows Iteel (London Relay, 11.10, Weather Report and Closo Down.

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KDITORY FELIS EROVICE.

To The American Magaziie by Dellar Roiz

"That must be where I spilled my vitamin pills."

There were

few favourable March quarter earnings reports, in- cluding that of Panhandle Produc- ing and Refining, which disclosed a net profit of 33 cinis a share against eight cents a year ago.

At the close of business, shares showed small gains.

N.Y. FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York, May 10-Today's foreign exchange closing rates were:

Rail

Argentine Peso Ometal) Argentine Peso (Unofficial) Australia

Sales for the day totalled 1,440,- Brazi 000 shares.

Belgium Canada Of 1,030 issues traded, 446 were England

Chile higher, 343 were lower, and 241 France were unchanged.-United Press, India

Indian Cotton

Consumption

Mexico

New Zealand Peru

Portugal South Africa Sweden

Switzerland

Uruguay

Venezuela

Shanghai (CNC100,000) Netherlands

Batavia Singapore

New York, May. 10.The Colton Hongkong Exchange reported that. cotton con- sumption by Indian mills was c umated at three percent over a year #go. Production of staple during March was estimated at 300,000 In- dian

spinning bales of about 400 BLACK pounds each, compared with 253,000 In February and 203.000 In March 1047.

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PEPPER

MARKET

New York, May

31, the futures closed inactive, nominally

6. For the current season from

August last up to March consumption was placed at 2,180,000 changed. bales.

pepper

link

10.---Dlack

Prices closed as follows:-

43.50 nominal

45.50

45.00

45.00

43.00

41.00

40.00

During all of last seacon Indian May in cents per th

July consumption approximated 3,242,000 September bales compared with the peak set in October the 1942-43 season of 4,230,000 balça. --United Press.

U.S. ACREAGE

New York, May 10-A cotton ex: change report, said that if the ex- pected ten percent increase In plantings should materialise. the

December January (1940) March Spot Spot (White Muntek)

40.50 asked

60.00 nominal

-United Press.

1948 planted cotton nereage would U.S. Grain Export

be 23,050,000 acres, the

greatest

since the 1940 total of 24,371,000 acres. It noled, however, that a survey conducted by a trade pub- lication Indicated an increase of only 6-1/2 percent. The survey suggested an eight percent increase in the Eastern and Central belts and five percent, in the Western belt. An increase of about 22 per cent la expected to occur in the fer weat.-United Press.

Exchange Rates

Business was done in the local un ofBelal oxchange market this mamning at the following rates:

Chibiese dollars (per CN81 m.) Sterling noten (per £1) U.. dollars (per US$1) Gold bars (per taal) Plastres (per, 100) NEI gullders (per 100) Slam licals (per 100)

Allocations

Washington, May 10-The US. Department of Agriculture June bushels of wheat and

xport allocations. of .30,202,000 bushels of oats, bringing total

1,237,000 focations for the crop year

. to record high of 674,000,000 bushels of grains, of which 470,700,000 bushels were' wheat.

a

Tie Cabinet Food Commitice es- timated two weeks ago that total Krala shipments for the crop year would reach.577,000,000 bushels,

However, Agriculture Depart- 1450ment officials said an additional 6302,100,000 bushels may all be al 310.00 located in "supplementary". quotas the end of June-United

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