1948-05-25 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1948,

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

COPŘ, 1948 GT NEA SERVICE, INC. 7. M MEG. U. PAT, DIF.

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By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

Mrs Trevor Lyons of Kingston, tled for the national Jamaica, women's team-of-four championship. Her teammates were Mrs. Charlton Wallace of Cincinnati, Mrs. William Anderson of Toronto and Mrs. M. Roncarelli of Montreal.

Th explaining the bidding on to- day's hand Mrs. Lyons (East) sald she thought that her partner's double showed some heart support. But

when South opened the king of spades and the dummy went down It looked as if she had to lose two spades, at least one trump, a dia- mond and a club.

South was the original bidder, anti North's spade bld

over

West's double showed weakness, but prob- ably a five-card spade suit. There- fore Mrs. Lyons did not go up with dummy's ace at trick one but won the second spade frick with the nce. She led the king of diamonds from dummy, feeling sure that South would have to win it, and South did. South did not want to lay down the queen of diamonds and establish the diamond suit, so she led back the deuce of clubs which Mrs. Lyons won in her hand with the eight-spot.

Now Mrs. Lyons played the nee of hearts, then continued with the queen. South won this with the king, and still hoping to make the ten of hearts, came back with the four of clubs. Mrs. Lyona won with the jack, led out her trumps and cashed the ace and king of clubs for the last two tricks.

Check You” Knowledge

1. Name the president of the United States who was a tailor by trade.

2. How have?

many

EXCLUSIVE 'TELEGRAPH FEATURE

By STELLA

YOUR BIRTHDAY.

TUESDAY, MAY: 25:.

BORN today, you are an in- may, yourself, have unusual

Ex-

and

dividuallat and your own ideas periences which your keenest logte are those upon which you base your and, reasoning cannot fully explain own life. You have the gift for Imparting knowledge to others, and

Your own home and family group it is likely that you will become a will mean a great deal to you and force for good your own con you are happiest when surrounded. munity. You have literary ability by those who love and understand and can lecture easily, too. If you you. You are actually somewhat develop these talents, your renown bashful in meeting: strangers. might casily become world-wide, may need to learn to meet, the, during your life-time and your public" if you find it necessary to theories Ilve on long afterwards.

fecture in public. You are much Life may not be easy for you, salesman type. Although you are mure the research, rather than the since you are so emotionally, in-abia to drive a good bargain, you tense. You are, fervant, in your would not care for business and bellers and have very Patrong likes, commerce as a life career.

You will and disuker, Willie your logic. and be happlest in the field of the arts, reasoning are clear, and strong, you especially literature. also are highly intuitive, and these, two sides of your nature often come to grips and cause you considerable store for tomorrow, select your difficulty. Interested in occult birthday star nad read the corres- phenomena,, you may wish to make, ponding paragraph. Let you birth- a serious study of this subject. You day star be your daily gulde

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-Don't be misled by the advice of even your closest friends Just now. Stick to your own decisions. They are best.

To And what the stars have in

SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-Dec. 22) Opposing forces are at work in your destiny, so hold off on im- portant decisions until a better day. Be patient.

CAPRICORN (Dec, 23-Jan. 20)- Don't put your trust in a stranger right now. Work out your plans with those you know thoroughly.

CANCER (June 23-July 23)- Keep your plans in balance today and don't let emotions tip the scales in the wrong

direction. Be calm. Exert self-control.

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-General gains are now in prospect. See that those new plans of yours are developing to your proft and gain. plans.

2

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)--Not a good day for combining social and business plans. Be conservative in your expenditures. Hold your. tem- per, too.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-All legs do insects that glitters today is not true gold.

its face volue. Investigate.

3. Name the first country that the Nazis invaded.

4.

Of what country was Victor Herbert, the composer, a native?

3. What is the common name for the disease poliomyelitis?

POCHET CARTOON

by OSDERT LANCASTER-

flow, on

earth do the Board of Trude, expect, small private firm like ours to maintain output if we have to waste valuable time antwering damfool questionnairez?”

BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

THINK, my ravishing mor- Isel, and Foutenough, "we

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10)- Avold an argument with "a close friend to avold complications just now, Be conservative in business fought to

PISCES

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Philippines Closes Doors To

To Japanese

Washington, May 24.-Officials today said that the United States had no intention of trying to force the Philippines to accept visits by Japanese traders if the Filipinos opposed this

HONGKONG

SHARES

The local

Commenting on Manila ro

ports of "rumours that the United States is planning to bring: Japanese carpot-baggera

and traders back to the Philip pines, oficials, pointed out, that this the Japanese could under no conditions. visit the Islands un- loss the Philippine Government gave its approval.

stock market morning was quietly steady. Turn

totalled 3357,000.. morning's transactions and noon The

over

prices follow:-

Shares BANKS..

HK Tank,

East Asia, ... INSURANCES Linion,

Underwriters,

TK Fire.

DOCKS, ETC.

K. What (0),

10 2118

Buyers Sellers Sales

2100 140

776 *Ad

10 GR

30

20

612

300

146

Docker 32

Provident.

LAND, ETC.

HK Hotel,

HK, Land, **** Humphreys, UTILITIES thy Trant,

Peak Tram

(olaj.

'Star Ferry, C. Light (0),

.C.. Light (N), Electric. Telephone (0), INDUSTRIALS

Cement,

Nope.

Watson (New) COTTONS Ewo,

have a sculpture STORES, ETC. room." "And what," asked Watson (Old) (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)-A

Luna Moon, compromise can win nothing today. using for sculpture?" "Lumps "do you suggest Be patient in what you want; go of stone, sweet ortolan," after it, but avoid emotionalla.

the Captain, flipping her throat ARIES (Mar, 22-Apr. 20)-Self-lightly. confidence will dividenda right now. Push your young door attendant.

excellent pay

Ten minutes later the gloomy

replied MISCELLANEOUS

was

1.K. Construc

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General Douglas MacArthur has been empowered by, the United States Goverment to make. bilateral arrangements with блу country 200 willing to permit Japanese tnders 775 to visit it temporarlly for purposes 77715

of restoring both the import trade of the former enemy; and export General

MacArthur was granted this power after the United States falled in the Far Eastern Commission to secure agreement to its proposal

permit

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EXCHANGE OF PRODUCTS

Officials here said the

Filipinos

undoubtedly had more reason than almost any other nation to feel bitter towards the Japanese. They 300 221 added, however, that they hoped the

Filipinos would permit tomo

contracts resumption of trade

They said this

their

eir own interest. restation or permitting

need not, take the form

tho

Be cautious in accepting anything at activities to a successful conclusion. sent with a handcart to buy N.Y. FOREIGN Japanese in do-

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- you are conservative in your est mates, today, you can make a normal advance. Don't expect too much.

C. What per cent of the earth's AROUND THE WORLD: surface is covered by land?

(Answers on Column 5)

DUMB-BELLS

PREGISTERED USI. PATENT OFFICE AFTER DINNER BUT

EACH NIGHT DOCTOR YOU SHOULD GO OUT FOR A LITTLE CONSTITUTIONAL

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10. You will never catch it waiting,

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TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-This

Is not a good day for romance, so side-step any arguments with loved

To keep happy diplomatic.

one.

Seville; a Beautiful City

By TEMPLE MANNING

A CORRESPONDENT asks us

to state "without equivoca- tion" just which city we con- sider to be the most beautiful, the most romantic, the alluring in setting, scenery and architecture.

most

Our selection is Seville, a place that not only is all of the request- ed requirements, but adds some of For historically, It is one own.

Ils

of the world's most interesting and Important places.

us

a

be

treasure

Seville Cathedral, Spala"

trove for historians that

rounds' worth of stene from a monu- mental mesta mason near by. "A lotter sudden deats, or what?" asked the mason. "Naow." said the porter. "Jus art, that's what."

Half hour later Foulenough was shaping a large lump. stono with the ald of the broken handle of a fire shovel a rusty six-inch nail. Next day this lump was placed on a makeshift pedestal, and labelled "Head of

and a

Child."

A lady stood opposite to

it for fifty seconds, and then went into hysterical laughter.

A funny bit of stone

THE

EXCHANGE

exchange closing rates were as follows:

New York, May 24-Today's foreign

Argentine Pe (Unofficial) Argentine Peso (Oficial).... US$0.2017

Australia

Brazil

Belgium Canada

Calla

England France

0033

2507

324

0503

0223!

.0224

.0333

4.031

India

025

Mexico

2038

New Zealand

3.231

Peru

.0700

Jady," said

Portugal

040359

South Africa

4.031%

Sweden Switzerland Uruguay

278515

510

4300

3010

Shanghal (CNC$100,000) Netherlands Batavia

2100

3763

3785

4750

2405

United Press.

THE lady apologized for laughing.

"My dcar

Foulenough, you are a bord critic. That's the funniest bit of sculpture

in Europe. Art should make us Venezuela

Jough

as well as cry." "What does

it mean. Head of Child?" asked a tzan, "It's the childlike Spirit of Singapors Innocence," said Foulenough." "It's Hongkong Brezosez's last work

for a

4

and "Thanks

sald

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mestic industries, - but ... merely to. arrange for exchange of products, which might be mutually advan- tagcous..

They said this could be closely con- trailed by the Philippine Covernment through its exercise of permission for Japanese to enter the country. and, ita decision as to how Inng any trades might play. Officials asserted that the Philippines completely closed the door to the Japanese, this might react to the detriment of the #kiplooi. themselves. They point out that other Far Eastern nations are proceeding with the re- establishment of trade contacts with the Japanese, and' sold that limited action. of till kind might be beneficial to Philippine economy.

MISSION TO INDIA

They elted as example the Japanese trado mission which recently visited India, and said that the india Govern-

making arrangements to. appoint

ment wanda Commissioner to Japan.

They added that the Indians hoped both to secure some Japanese exilies and other products and to dispose of some cotton and other TOW materiala to Janan,

They cited also the Australian nouncement that negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement between Jupe and countries of the sterling aren were expected to commence in Tokyo shortly.

PARIS FREE MARKET

The United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand.

British

possessions In the Parts, May 24-In the fred market Middle East, Malaya. Rongkong and Fut here today the US$20 gold pleco was will be represented at the negotiations. quoted at 10,000 trance.

and probably The US$ note rate was quoted at

India, Pakistan. Ceylon and South Africa-United Press. 305.0 francs against the black market rate of 330 francs-United, Press,

SWISS EXCHANGE

- Zurich,--May-24-The-following rates were quoted on the unofficial exchangu market here today-

Swiss Franc New York London Argentine Peso

4,04

13.15 0.35

United Press.

the Doric facade, designed for the new televi-

POUND NOTES sion hell in Cockspur-street." There

New York, May 24.-Open market were no offers. The first purchase sterling banknotes were quoted at was made by a dejected creature 82,90

pound today-United who looked like something dragged Press. about Chatham on three successive But let's return to this fairest of

days of fog. He paid two guineas cllies via the memory book, ng we

hunk of stone called drive the B8 miles between the Plaza

"Even-" de San Fernando, and Cordoba to

tide," because it would just go into

Sheprote Seville, gel set in one of the hotels

Public Libre in the The near the Plaza de San Fernando,

companion-hunk. and stert out.

We hurry

"Sunrise," was bought by an eager by the

woman. In brown trousers.

"De grand

shopping street, the famous Calle de las Sterepes, which never

finitely near-Asiatic, one thinks," altructed

she said. "Massive mibmission reach and

the

all that. Utterly stony." dreamlike cathedral, largest Gothic hasn't even been scratched to date.

dreadfully. And so we come to what is left Foulenough, accepting the fiver with

most pile in the world, with the incredi-

one feels, bly

of the Alcazar, which is enough to felgned humility, "no longer utterly graceful beautiful Tower beside the Alcazar fust over what Seville must have been under Victim of greed,

Giralda

help one reconstruct something of stony." the Moors. It was one of the

the earth's fairest places with palaces, streets paved and

says magistrate Highted,

gardens Alled, with flowers, pilis

shaded Great A MOUSE named Raymond,

ded by palms, fragrant with the perfume 3, The Coxent, Scamberton, was the Gate of Pardon to the Court

from thousands of orango trees,

caught in one of the new wooden traps. Much history as

Interviewed afterwards. Ray- of the Oranges, both belonging, as

for its stage mond said, "I couldn't see the wood does, the Giralda to the old Moorish rather wander in the

the Alcazar,

but we for

for one, would for the cheese." Mosque. The great Mosque, of which visit the apartments for much of Tail-piece

gardens thun the Giralla

was the minaret, built in 1171,

the history is of double crossing For 150 years,, after

and tragedy. We remember a stroll San Fernando had driven the Moors past the narrow little streets near from Seville, in 1242.

mosque

the Alcazar as we returned to for Christian was used

having. been

the way.

Nowhere else can one And three such glorious yet diver sified architectural gems.

Sheer Dolight

For sheer delight, one enters at the north side of the edifice through

the

WAS

with

the

of

The unmistakable odour of the Covent Garden-Drury Lane neigh- bourhood.

What Charles II. used to call the

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers

after

consecrated Plaza de San Fernado, or when we Sweet Smell of Old Drury. Under Henry II of

of Castile,

rambled down to the Guadalquivir the plan

River past the Bull Ring, along the building of the cathedral began, a beautiful waterfront boulevard, past task that took more than a cen-

the Tower of Gold to the Moorish tury. One could spend weeks visit-

Wharf, where once were berihed the ing the edifice

with its priceless treasures, its paintings, its twenty alleys of Rome, when Seville was Austria. 4. Ireland. 5. Infantile Julia Romula, capital of Roman paralysis.. B. Twenty-eight percent chapels, is windows, and then not have exhausted Hts visual possibill-

Spain.

(28%). ties.

Near by is the Columbine Library whose nucleus was the 4,000 books which Ferdinand Colon, son Christopher Colon bequeathed

or Columbus,

21DE

of

B

to the Cathedral Chop- ter in 1639. Included are manu- scripts of Columbus. In the Archives of the Indies in the Lonja, opposite the south side of the cathedral, are practically all the reports sent home lo Spain from the Indies. More than 30,000 bundles of papers describe

the discovery, beginnings and ad- ministration of the New World, a

ZBW RADIO

JL.K.T.

6, Programme Summary: 401. Children's Story: "Peler Duck" by Arthur Ransomo Episode: "The finding of the Treasure". Read by Captain Fint (Studio) 6.30; Bob Walker Introduces Jill Manters 4 Stewart McPherson (ORUS): 7. Inter- tudo; 7.03. Pianoforte Music by Rachmaninoir: 7.30, Stage and Screen Favourites presented by Aileen Woods (Studio): B, World and Home News (London Itolay); G., "Itealth Week"

The Flying

Menace" "Merry-Go-Round" (BDCTS); 9. Summer (Studio) 630. Orchestral

Conceris.The Masters Mozart; 10, World and Home Great News (London Relay): 10.15, Weather Report: 10.10, A Play "Bild and Bitter by Phuip Wade. Produced for the Hong- kong Blage Club. by Peter Gregory. (Studio): . Radio News Heel (London Relay); 11.15, Close Down.

1. Andrew Johnson. 2. Six.

COLLIER'

"And "wipe that silly grin off your face you're not

licked yet."

CHINA PRODUCE

QUOTATIONS

COTTON PRICE

DOWN

New York, May 24-Colton dropped" 4105 bale in New York and $7.50 New Orleans today, but recovered nomic of the loss. The break followed a week- and announcement that the government has temporarily halted shipments abroad bending development of a financing plan under the CA-Associated Press.

QUOTATIONS

New York. May 24-The calfon market Anat in cents per lb.) 38.41 nominal"

New York, May 24-Closing prices for heen closed as follows:- China produce were ANISEED OIL, per 1.

May

FO.B. New York .... CASSIA

0.00/10

OIL. per lb. F.O.D. New York

3.10/3.00

TUNG OIL in tank cars.

SANDALWOOD, in drums

per lb. F.O.B. New York 0.24:3.00

quantity

& quality......................................... 13.73 nominal AGAR AGAR,

depending un

FOB. New Yor

Ib,

BERYLLIUM,

3.70/4.00

(10 to 12

percent) per ton ... 10.00/10.00 MOLYBDELUM. (20 per

cent) per lb. 0.43.

CHINA BRISTLES

Briaties. F.OH. New York per lb. as

July

30

October

33.71

December

30.04-6

Marel (1040)

32.70

ATAY

3230

July

October

The

New

Orleans

J0.50 20.75 cotton

market.

clared as follows:~

Angl

$7,35

May

Julv

3081-

October

December

March (1010)

May

Jisty

October

3:

follows:-

Hankow,

regular Agri-

ments

Shanghai,

***** 3,50 ňominol

regular

AL-

sortments

2.40

Chunthink

regular

де

sartments

Jalil

2.00

Tientsin. 26's shorts

0.15

-United Presi

Tientsin, 26's regular

LOWER

May

July

June

21.73

CORN

July

21.60-5

May

AURULL

21.23 nominel

July

September

21-10-20 traded † QATS

October

21.30 hominel

May

November

July

20.50 traded

January (1040)

25,98 noininal

February

33.65-9

33.00-1

*3.00 bid

32.30

1.45..

20.05.

United Press.

RUBBER

PRICES

New York, May 14-Bubber futures closed 35 to 115 points Tower on sales totalling 210 contracts.

Prices closed as follows:-

May itn cents par 15.) 22.00 nominal

20.98

23.03.

20.08

20.00 "

23.00 nominal -United Press.

Exchange Rates

BOMBAY COTTON ¦¦

Pambay, May 24-Closing prices for

July 730 rupees--Unlled*Press.

CHICAGO GRAIN

PRICES

Trade closing prices today:

WHEAT (price por buliel)

Chicago. May 24-Chicago Board of

234-2.3312

Close 2.3314 2.3311-4

2.12-0.13%

2012

2011-91.64 -United Prees.

SUGAR MARKET

New York. May World sugar futures closed unchanged to 3 points. higher on sales totalling 430. contracts.

Domerile Sigor

futures closed un- changed to 2 pointe higher on salca totalling 215 contracts

Prices closed as follower

Business was done in the local un-Contract No. 4

official exchange market this morning at

5.435 323.50

10.03

July in cents per. lb.) 4.28 Hid

March (1340)

July

* September

Spot (World)

Spot (Domestic)

3.67 nominal

3.80

United Press.

December

Marelt

Juno

July

Spot

21.03

the following rates;

September

Chinese dollars (per CN1 m.)....

4.03

Sterling notes (por C1).

14,40

May

U.S. dollars (per Ussif

Gold bars (pre teel)

Pastres per 180) NEI mulders (per 100) Siam Uicals (per 100)

42.19 25.70

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