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By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY TODAY'S LESSON

Hand

comes

from are of the cleverest little bridge books it has been my pleas- ure to read, "You Too Can Play Bridge," by Many Flasher, bridge editor of the Columbus (0.) Citi- zen. It's only 10 pages including rules, yet it covers every phase you need to know.

One of the things I harp on cou- stantly is counting your tricks, a subject Mrs Flasher handles well in the hand shown today.

In

regard to the opening lead, her simple statement is excellent: "West on lead should lead a heart, since the bidding indicated that the losers in that opponents have no suit, and West may reserve his honour carda In the hope 0! capturing tricks as the play de- velops."

Now we come to declarer's prob- lem, and Mrs. Flosher says "South, the declarer, looks over his pros- pects to take home his ten tricks. If he cashed all his heurls and his spade nee, he would have six tricks. He needs four more, so he must

his trumps ruffing."

USC

by

separately

Therefore the first trick is Won

club is led toward

by declarer with the ace of hearts and

small dummy's king.

declarer

from

king West

if West plays low, should play the

However, dummy.

up with the

probably would go

ace of clubs and lead another heart. This is won in dummy and the eight

of diamonds led

South's king.

toward

East would win this trick with the nee and probably return a spade.

Now see how simple it is to de- velop the hand into ten tricks.

Cash the king of clubs, ruff a club. cash the king, of diamonds, ruff a diamond, rus another club, ruf another diamond —all declarer has to lose is a spade, a diamond and a club.

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BIRTHDAY.

THURSDAY, JUNE 17

POCKET CARTOON

By STELLA

by OSBERT LANCAS

BORN today, you have an active lille you want that you may not

and forceful mind which, when combined with an innate originality of iden, gives you, more than a good chance at fame and fortune. However, you do, have on easy-going unc streak in your nature and deep love of all humanity. You will push yourself toward some definite goal,

achieve.

makers and will be happiest if you You women are. natural home-

large family of your own. If denied marry when quite young and have a

life to the care this, you might easily devote your of children by nursing or entering some welfare of children is a paramount of social work in which the

objective. You are an excellent manager and can "make-do" with a very limited budget,

but when it comes to pushing others type R.

around you lack that something which makes a perfect executive.,

Perhaps, becauso you dislike to conform to convention yourself, you, have an innate dislike of making

Both you men and women are others conform to your ideas! Be exceptionally fond that as it may, you will find that you Although

of music. you, have talent in this cannot get your idens across to fiek, the chances that you will be others unless you do use a certain amount of forcefulness. Don't be

an appreciative audience, for the De performance of others, rather than Atubborn

and insist upon nicthod as the only good one. Often becoming a professional musician

den yourself are pretty certain. method of ree compromise procedure will not necessarily mean

A

In

your

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a compromise in basic ideal. Make store for Fure that you know when it is birthday important to co-operate with others corresponding for the best lasting effect.. Once your birthday you have learned this lesson, there is guide.

FRIDAY, JUNE. 18

CANCER (June

19

GEMINI (May

22-June

22)- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) Mechanical and cientific projects -Beiter success in business affairs, especially those having to do with especially if you are dealing with chemistry, are especially favoured. the public. Salesmanship

favoured. 23-July 23)- CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)- Selling is favoured; also important Buying and selling of artistle and correspondence. If a letler needs

gift merchandise appears especially writing, write it now for

favoured. A good day for briden. effectiveness.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10) Routine detail may take on increased importance, so leave nothing undone which

should be completed

W PISCES

(Feb. 20-Mar. Partnerships, both business

"For heaven's sake, isabel, stop raving about the weather before someone comes up and tells us it's costing the country millions of dollars we can't agord."

BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Siamese Plan Big Trade With Japan

Bangkok, June 16.—Reliable sources said today the Siamese Government is discussing plans for the resumption of large-scale trade with Japan. "They said officials are studying the most effective way of using government- controlled foreign exchango to secure the type of goods which was supplied by Japan before the war.

HONGKONG

SHARES

This morning's

turnover

According to some,``reports, two major commodities which the Siamese government is con sidering in terms of large quan- tity purchase are Ammonia Sulphatu Fertiliser, and Canned on the Milk

of

Hongkong Stock Exchange totalled The purchase of Japanese gooda 5207,410. Transactions and noon prices follow:-

BHARES DUYERS BELLENS SALER DANKS

HK Bank

INSURANCES

Canton ............ Underwriters.

HC Fire

DOCKS, ETC.

K. Wharf (0)

Dock Provident MINING

Trom

would bo made on the baslu foreign exchange

at the official

rates and since the ometal rates are considerably lower than the open 2160 market rates, officials belleve they 252160 can force the prevailing prices down.

CHINA SUPPLIES ORE

Tokyo, June 10-Jiji reports from Majl that the Yawats plant of the Japan Iron and Steel Company, which is located at Yowata Clly on Kyushu Island and le 600 23% Japan's largest steel foundry, revealed today it expect to get some 1,000 tons of iron ore from Hainan Island, off the South China coast, by the and of the 171month.

1735 Threa Chinese ships, ong of which arrived at Yawata on Tucatay, are | carrying the required shipments.

Company executives werd credited with saying that the plants have been in hort supply of iron ore, since February which will be made good by the arrival of these shipments Untled Press.

2153

10 2160

70%

724

1000 7.50

203

160

231%

24

HK Mines

033

LAND, ETC.

IK Hotel

1715 18 500

200

IIK Land

83 8315

S'ha Land Humphreys

24

231% 23

500 500

2315 231%

113 141

100 140

Elect

2:5

500 5 24

4714

4012

100 * 40

Macao Electric 2014 Sandakan Light

190

142

Telephone (0)

44

4515

300 46

10

100 18

500 18

STORES. ETC.

Dairy (0) Walkon (Old) .

COTTONS

Ein

59

100 2033

10 201

100 3 1015

LTHOUGH "we are not liv. UTILITIES

ing in the Middle Ages," as the young progressives Bay, there are still odd corners where craftsmanship is honoured, and men havo not been replaced by machines.

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-New

One of these odd, "reactionary" friends and contacts, met on a vaen-

corners is a certain film studio tion trip, may become helpful in

where, I read, workmen have spent future business plans. Be congenial.

21)-nearly a month attaching leaves to VIRGO (Aug.

24-Sept. 22)-

and trees, by hand, for a scene in a new Romantic Interests may supersede marital, advance favourably. Social flum. I don't know whether they. your interest in business affairs, but contacts prove highly beneficial. are real or prefabricated leaves, but, don't neglect either one for the other.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-anyhow, it is a delightful old-world LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-

Land

interests and the construction thought, and brings a lump or some- A new opportunity may be offered, trades are favoured just now. In thing into the throat.

estate development Take full advantage of it to make terest 2. What is the difference between | increased progress toward your goal, increases. compound and simple interest?

1. What type of animals marsupinis?

are

3. Nane the largest island in the British West Indies,

4. Next to rice what is the most widely used food in the world?

5. What is the meaning of Latin phrase "in toto"?

the

6. Name the loftiest mountain

range in the world.

Answers on Column S

in real

TAURUS (Apr. 21-Mar 21)- SCORPIO

24-Nov. 22)- Personal popularity may play (Oct. If

have You

gained emotional important role in winding control, then all of your affairs will important business plans benent from your successful efforts. morning.

SCIENCE AT WORK:

How it works in practice an Suef's preliminary double re- are asking how MANY people upgistration fits into the present systern this of priority applications for permits to acquire post-dated licences. Tho answer is that in the event of the vay method of registration, old four-way back and forth, up and down, no priority application, per se, la neces- sary, provided that The necessary application in duplicate has been returned to the applicant before the date given on the

counterfall of the registration permit forwarded from the local regional committee to the previous applicant in licu Ils technical name is

1. H. "The of form 78031 c/d 27. APL/JHU Telemetering System."

RADIO BRAIN FLIES ON

FACT-FINDING TRIPS

BY JOSEPH L. MYLER

Star Ferry....

C. Light (0)

INDUSTRIALS

Cement Rope

MISCELLANEOUS

Entertainment

4014 40

500 3

100 e 140

200 4714

200 100

200 10

New York Stock

Market

AN eight-pound radio brain is is function is to report 50 different Japanese boulevardier. kept buying enthusiasm

making frequent fact-finding kinds of information while travelling A ably suspects me of being the DUMBBELLS missiles flying faster than mouet Compared with other radio reporting Only Foreman Tailor

HER HOUSE HAS MANY STAINED GLASS)

WINDOWS'

BY GM

4323

great distances at high speeds.

up from the lows of the day, but

Tokyo,

NEI BAUXITE

June 16-SCAP' Industry

porta this month of three shipments of bauxite from the Nether- Jands East Indies, totalling approximately | 25,800 metric tons.

Division today-reported the arrival at Japanese

fucluding two previous shipments, 1otal of 44.829 metric tons invo 100,000 ton (received to date on a

tact United Press,

been pati-

N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

New York, June 10.--Foreign exchange Closing rates today wetu? Argentine Peso (Metal) Argentine Peso (Unofficial) Australia

Brazil Belgium

UB30.2078

2470

3.23

0150 ,02201

3765

4750

2400

United Press.

POUND NOTE RATE

New York, June 16.-In the stock Canada

Chile selective market today,

buying England brought a mild rise near the close France of the session, but in mosi instances India prices finished under the previous Mexico

New Zealand levels.

Peru The volume of trading was 1,580, Portugal 000 shares.

South Africa The break-up in the negotiations Sweden batween John L. Lewis and the soft Switzerland

Uruguay .coal operators, bringing the threat Venezuela

0: another nationwide walk-out, Shanghai (CNC)100,000)

at a low Netherlands CORRESPONDENT, who prob- ebb.

Batavia Singapore The demand for certain Raillongkong and Cutterstocks brought the Carrler average sound mechanisms, it is "sub-miniature." In This Street, asks me if it is true and higher than the stratos. It is extremely rugged, accurate and that the Japanese make clothes out phere.

reliable.

of wood. I expect so. 1 wickerwork

coat, Tougher than anything hu-

Aboard

Acrobec trousers. Navy this electronic "intelli- rockets, it has soared at more than A wickerwork shirt and craval, gence" reports what it observes 2,000 miles an hour to an altitude of Are the mark, in the Tokyo cafes, as it flies. It does its work 70 miles above White Sands, New Of Japanese aristocrat. efficiently and without pause, 1,500 miles an hour ram jet engines.

Mexico. It has flown faster than And with there he is sure to be

wearing. unmindful

temperatures

It has withstood-and reported- many times hotter than boiling fantastle acceleration pressures in water and pressures 50 times rocket tests at Inyokern California.

The "lobes" of this radio brain greater than gravity.

It was described-by-R.T. Ellis of consist of a variety of meters and

In passing the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics gauges for measuring conditions THAT Moscow paper which

THAT Laboratory, where it was developed encountered in realms of speed, to do secret gulded missile and rocket research for the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Ordhance.

WHY DOESN'T

SHE CLEAN THE M

man,

CHESS PROBLEM

By J. G. NEX Black, 10 pieces.

PA

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White, 8 pieces. White to play and mate in two. Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, B-4, any; 2, Q. R, or Ki

mates.

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74. Ita à nico saluto. (4)

1. Preen. (4)

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2. The roveria lover, 18)

3. Where pted mice come from 7 jan

Its position is a presoat day

tople. (0)

F. Poraakea. 19)

Rick out 1, 461

Spun in many ways, 14)

10. Dot the plane (0)

14. Raty, (0)

14. In some parts it to considered

head-dren (8)

10. What a tell-tale he is. Thi

10 Anna (4)

10 A line of fight. 131

21. Forget the truth. (3)

Bolton of Baturday's puzzle, -Acrossi

and . Downing Streeti S, Alejon; 14,

It's not what you expect from 8. Zezt: 12 Mern: 13. Ofers 14. Um 15.

Iriend. (0)

a. Let on,

* Deed;* (9) Buic

Pasentint factor of your diet. (7) Thame, 28, Kel.” Down; 1; im

11. Interfero, in

13. The tent in antiaßed. (8

14. Skina in sororao. 15)

46. 100 23. Marry; 05, Link: No, mutable; . Deer, A, Wander: 4, 1uperato; 5, (Trevi N Lane: 9. No1401, 34 Nori: 19 Busto Ars

124 Yet

23. Bkr

of

ZBW RADIO

Jets

muxt

U.S.

vest

and

A little round wickericork hat (Enter the fairies Grozblossom and

Quartboille.)

has revealed that the manual altitude, heat and pressure where workers in England are being kept human observers would quickly die, hungry so that the rich aristocrata

Continuous Report

can have a good time probably gels

ideas from radio its Employing

those eight

English channels, it senda

cartoonists who still pretend to be- continuous radio report to distant

lieve that everybody” who went to ground

full of armour, and

basic

ů

In general the group closed lower.

Oll stocks, which had been re-

New York, June 16.-The British pound cent favourlies, met proill-taking.

nole was quoted in the unofficial market Lossos In this section ranged to here today at US$2.99-United PreLS.

and point Radio Television stocks were active.

Total issues traded amounted 1,063,

more than

Higher prices

to

PARIS FREE MARKET

Paris, Juna 10. In the frea market here today the US$20 gold piece was quoted at 19,700 francs.

At 300.4 note was quoted The US$1 for Food items

against the black market rate of 347 dominated commodity market trad-

francs-United Press, ing, despite. the fact that the House rejected the Senate action In restor- ing cuts in foreign ald.

Dow Jones averages at the close Rubber Futures

of the session stood as follow: 30 Industriola

20 Rails

15 Utilities 40 Bonds

192.34

01.15

30,00 100,80

-Unlied Press.

recording devices vin frequency a public school lives in a castle, CHINA PRODUCE

broadcasting.

Its

modulation transmitter is only 1-5/8 inches thick park.

and 4-1/2 inches high.

sot in a large

QUOTATIONS

New York, June 18-The following are for China pro- today's closing prices duce: Aniseed oil, per lb, P.0.0.

0.75/0.00 New York ....... Cassia oil, per b. F.O.B.

Niw York ................................... 21.25/2.50

cars, Tungo in tank

F.O.D. New York, per lb. 0231; nom, Sandalwood, in drums, des pending on quantity & quality............

pin. Programme Summary: 0.01, Clif dren's Story: "Peter Duck" by Arthur Ransome Falode 30. "Spanish Ladien"- Read by Caplain Flint (Studio); 6.30, Ac- cent on Rhythm (BBCTS): 6.45, Tex Wi

Shall we join the ladies? The information be telemelered and His Tumbling Tumbleweeds.

is converted into an audible tone of "e says I suppose you get (Studio); 7. **** with Tommy

this beer from the puddles out- Haniltey (BBCTS); 7.30, L+2 Demi some requency between 2,000 and

Prançaise

World 13,000 cycles per second. The tone side, an' the bloke be'ind the bar (Studio): 0, Home News (London

varies Re-

in frequency with the 'e says 'ow do you make that out, lay; 8.15, British Concert Hall, BBC Sym-Information being reported.

an' e says well it's dirty water phony Orchestra (BBCTS); 9.15, Jazz

This Detel: 030, Selections from Opera: 10,

information is the kindnin't it, and the other bloke says 'ow World and Home News (London Relay); science must have if it ever is to would you know, you 'aven't washed 10.15, Weather Report; 10.16, Science and

solve problems of rocket propulsion, since the Boer War." Everyday Life: Science in the Felt in

It dustry (BUCTS): 10.30, Dance to Erie construction

navigation. and Winstone and His Band with fulle Dawn Includes, besides temperature and and Denis Hale (BBCTS): 11, Hadio

ot various speeds

and (Landon New Heel

Relay

11.15, pressitre Weather iteport and Close Down,

altitudes, such things as: acceleration rates, sidewire and linear motion, roll and pitch and yaw, structural

rates

of rocket fuel com- strains,

1. Animals that carry their young bustion, changes in power of the in a pouch. 2. In compound Interest earth's magnetic field at different the yearly interest is added to the pititudes, radlo-activity in the capital and itself bears Interest; in ments ANAL

not. atmosphere, cosmic ray intensities simple interest it does and the quality of sunlight abovo Jamalen. 4. The potato. 5. In the the atmospheric blanket.-United whole, entirely. 6. The Himalaya Tientsin, 20's shorts

OUTWARD MAILS

Uniris otherwise stated, registered articles and parcel ports close 30 minutes carlier than the ordinary mall. I mail close before 10 ... registered and parcels will close at 3 p.m. on previous day. Maija are closed at Kowloon Central Post Omce half an hour earlier than the G.P.O. closing time,

THURSDAY, JUNE 17. Closing Times By Air Lluchow, Kuaming, Shanghai, Nanking. Hankow, Tsinglão, Pelping, Swatow, Amoy, Tainan and Foochow, 3.30 p.m. Bangkok, Singapore, Batavia, Colombo,

Sydney and Auckland, & p.m.

Closing Times By Sea & Train Canada via Vancouver, B.C. (Sea) 5 pm. Japan (Ordinary letters and cards only)

(Sea) 3 p.m.

Manila, L. Marques and South Africa via

Durban (Sea) 3 p.m. Macao (8) 4p.m. Kongmova (Sea) 5 pm,

Canton (Parcels & 2nd class mail) (Sea)

8 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 18. Closing Times By Air Canton, (Kowloon CPO) 7.30 a.m., 10. a.m. 12.30 p.m., 3 p.m. (GRO) 7 am, 9.30 n... Noon, 2.30 p.m.

Shanghai, am. (reg); 9.30 am. (ord). Singhal, Nanking, Hankow, singtao, Pelping. Foochlow, Amoy and Swatow, 3.30 p.m.

Closing Times By Sea & Train

Macao (Beat

.m.

Swatow and Foochow (Ben) io a.m.

Manila (ca) 10 AJT

Hollow and Pakhoi via Holhow (Res) 10

#4.321

Strails and Tangoon (Bea) Noon.

МАСЛО (Неа) 1.

Canton (2nd class mall only) (Train)

2 p.m.

Straits (ex) 2 p.m.

Shanghai (sex)

p.m. Macao (Sp) 4 p.m.

Canton (Parcels & 2nd class mail) (Sea)

6 pm.

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3.

Agar sent, per b. F.0.1.

New York Berylliun, (10 to 12 per

centi per ton Molydbchum, (50 percent)

per lb.

Higher

futures

New York, June 10-Rubber closed 10, tu 21 points higher an saics totaling 190 contracts.

This rise was the result of Wigher cableo from primary markels and the feeling among traders that the govern- ment might increase buying for the strategie stockplic.

Prices closed as follow: June in cenis per lb,) .. July

August

September

October

November

December

January (1040)

February

March

April

May

13.35 noming July

June

3.00/3.10

10.00/10.00

Auxtust SPOT

0.45

BRISTLES Bristles FOB. New York per ib. as follow:- Hankow, fegular assortments 3.70 nominaj

axaort- Shanghal regular

Chungking regular

nents

assort-

Tientsin, 20's regular

2.50

2.75 1,50 ..... 0.00

-Velled Preis.

400 naked

22.55 nominat 22.10 bid

22.70 nominal

22.30 traded

22.20 nominal 2223

27.20 traded

22.00 nominal

21.80

21.00 bld"

21.40 nominat

21.25

21.20

21.15

21.10

23.00

-United Press,

LONDON MARKET

London, June 18.-Prices today closed

as follow:-

July in pennies per lb.)

September

Qtober

November

December

- January (1040)

March

14-1/10

14-1/10

13-0/10

13-9/18

13-9/18

13-6/10

13-5/10

United Press.

EVENING rost

|NEW YORK SUGAR FUTURES

New

York. June 10-World sugar futures cloned unchanged to one point lower on tales totalling 121 contracts,

Domestic sugar futures closed two to Ave points higher on sales totaling 172 contraels

Notice was posted that 30_transferable notices will be posted on Thursday on the World July Contract. Prices closed as follow; Contract No. 4.

July (in cents per lb.) September

March (1949)

May

July

September

Spot (Word)" Spot (Domestle)

4.09 bid

3.48 nominal

United Prem.

Exchange Rates

Business was done in the local un- official exchange market this morning of

the following rates:

Chinese dollars (per CN1 m.)

Bierling notes (per £1) vas

US dollars (per US1)

Gold bare (per tael)

Piastres (per 100)

8am tica (per 100)

NEI guilders (per 200)

U.S. BULLION

MOVEMENTS

Washington, June 15-Tho United Stalen Census Bureau today reported bullion movements for the week ending May 20 as follow:-

Total Gold Exports Total Gold Imports

Total Silver Exports.... Total Silver Imports... Gold

exports Included

UB$13,221,373 31.034 220 2,007,710 1,411,000 Venezuela US$12,205,030; Lebanun V63200,018; Indo- China US$200,213; · Philippines US$33,050; Portuguese Asia (Marna) US#202,050.

Gold Imports included: Canada Uss12T.- GTA;

Mexico US$: 607: EI Salvador USH7253; Nicaragua 18$143,500; Cuba US$1,217; British Gulana US$40,000; French Guiana US$35,000: Peru US$831.- 174: Chile UEH7501; United Kingdom US$9,306,130; Netherlands US$5,423,116; Thilippines US$0,181; Bouth Africa US$15,488,304-United Press.

Scrap Metals

New York, June 16.-Prices in the scrap metal market

today wero follow!

Copper, F.0.8. per ton light}US$14.50/78 5.455

Leart F.0.3. per ton heavy 327.00

GOLL)

15.20/10.00 31.35 Steel, F.0.0. per ton (No, 1

25,00 heavy melting) ..................... 34.03

THE SATURATO

2.60

3.81

4.00

4.00

3.T74

13.80

49 60

Untied PreOK.

A