1948-06-21 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPI, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

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By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

STATISTICS show that, more than 15,000,000 people in the United States play bridge, yet there is only one bridge, magazine, The World.

Bridge

DUMB-BELLS

JAEGISTERED US PATENT Ornice

DID YOU PLACE YES, I THAT NOTE SO/STUCK A THUMB IT WOULD ATTRACT TACK IN MR. BROWNS IT AND ATTENTION! PUT IT ON HIS

CHAIR!

Your

Check

Knowledge

1: - Why do most middle-aged persons have impaired vision?

2. Name the largest bay in con- tinental United States.

no

What 3. manganese?

Is the chief use

of

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POCKET CARTOON

EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH FEATURE

By STELLA

by OSDERT LANCASTER

YOUR BIRTHDAY

Bonn

comes to matching yarns in story- telling, you are usuall, the one to come out on top. You are an ex- ceptional naturni mimic and might easily find that the stage will offer you an Interesting career. You have and deep love a keen Imagination for poetry and drama.

MONDAY, JUNE 21 - ONN today, you have many talents and a real power of concentra- tion so that you can make the best use of them at all times. You know when the proper time comes to make a decision and even if called upon In an emergency, you are nover at a loss of words. You are highly adaptable and can adjust yourself to changing situations with the greatest of case.

You have a great deal of foresight and at times you, appear to be al- most prophetic in your uncanny ability to guess what is going to

the future. You happen in guard against the misuse of this gilt, since in having it you have been given on exceptional talent are always ready to see the silver which is as much a responsibility lining. An incurable optimist! And for you as it is a privilege. Your the world can use plenty like you

In these unsettled days. will is firm and you are able to do what you want to do without devia- tion from your purpose, once, you have made up your mind.

Both you men and women have a forceful emotional nature and are apt to show your affections easily. Wed someone who is of a similor And lasting nature and you can

women will be happiness. You devoted mothers and are able to chlidren help and encourage your must

in their aims and ambitions. No matter how dark the outlook, you

considerable natural You have wit and good humour. When it

In

To find what the plars have store for tomorrow, select your Cor- birthday star and read the responding

your paragraph. Lot birthday star be your daily guide.

TUESDAY, JUNE 22

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-Be constructive in all you undertake now. Avoid projects which look at all questionable. Be sure that your co-workers are reliable.

CANCER (June

23-July 23)—A.

general Improvement on all fronts, both domestic and business. Friends may prove very helpful.

LEO

23)-Con- (July 24-Aug. servative acting is still desired but constructive efforts toward a de faite atm are met with success.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)-Take Promises are nothing for granted. #11 100 casily made: see that you don't take too much stock in them.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct: 23)-Be on

your best behaviour and you will avoid unsettled conditions. Can- best promise and diplomney today.

are

•

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.

22)- Conditions are gradually improving but the general set-up still calls for caution in your activities.

AROUND THE WORLD

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) Your very best judginent in all matters of importance is needed moves right wisely.

ness.

now.

Consider

all

"Am I right in assuming that this is one of that blackler Wympole's patients?"

BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

Tupy dawenknem, I did THE other day, in a moment

жда cven

what I had vowed I would never do. In order to avoid the in- conveniences of a boat and train journey, I took to the air.

The outward night CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)—more boring than I had expected. A day to be used strictly for busi For my return journey the weather Do not let romance or affairs was foggy, and I spent six hours at the terminal station, listening to of the heart enter into the picture.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10)the "signature tune" of this so

the Voice that shouts instructions Protect your best interests in

I with mechanical regularity. Then dealings. Be. on your business guard against the mirrepresentation left the station and returned home by boat and train, and never did al facts.

And the journey so pleasant, Only A sudden PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)-Don't

emergency could into useless argu-persuade me to fly again. let yourself get ments with members of the opposite

sure that cox, Make offers are sound.

ARIES (Mar.

TAURUS

all

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

RUSSIA OFFERS TO BUY SIAMESE TIN

Bangkok, June 19.An offer to buy an un- limited amount of tin was included in trade proposals made here by both Soviet Russia and Czechoslovakia, according to Nai Ghota Khumphan, director of the government purchasing bureau,

HONGKONG

SHARES

Cements came in for some interest on the Stock Exchange this morning. Total turnover during the session was $303,000, Transactions and noon prices follow!--

Russia, the Soviet trado re- Arintechov, presentative, S. said, is prepared to accept tin, teak, shellac, sticklne, coconut oli, and na much as 3,000 tons of rubber monthly, from Stam.

She has ready for export to Slam, ho said, newsprint and other pro- ducts, such as ammonium sulphate," alum, coal and oll.

Soviet shipping facilities, he said,

available for trade.

* readilyvakian interests are re-

SHAILES DUYERS SELLERS SALES aro BANKS

HK Bank.............

East Asla

INSURANCES

Unian ***

DOCKS, ETC.

KC. Wharf (O),

K. Whart (N) Dock

Provident MINING

HK Mines LAND, ETC. ilk flotel

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Team Peak Tram (oldi...

Star Ferry

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Electric

INDUSTRIALS

Cement

Rope ever

all business Vivent les chinoiseries

de bureau!

22-Apr. 20)-Not

the best day for you to make world-admirable C. Suct, Esq., when asked at a Press Conference to your Stand on shaking decisions.

Elve a concrete illustration of the ground in debatable matters; be

working of preliminary double regis fem.

tration as an alternative to four-

"Let us (Apr. 21-May 21)-way registration, said: Discretion is the better part of valour suppose a man wants to stop a hole right now. Jon't jeopardise your in a door with a bit of felt, all he petition by husty, thoughtless action. need do under the new system is to apply for a permit to apply for licence before he is registered as

applicant, unless

otherwise directed.

The registration is appll- e for after he has been informed that his application for a permit to apply for a licence has been for- warded from the Board of ways

the Controller to Schedules. In the event of his being

A Memory Visit to Seville

By TEMPLE MANNING

HAVING revisited Seville in

our memory bank, we find

it difficult to resist another stroll in that most glorious of cities.

In

Today our fancy wanders to the

Murillo more-than-beautiful

Gar- dens just behind the Alcazar garden wall, so that

revel may We flowers.

dream-like For in these

foral Is constant Hardens there

Bold

of the parade including the mimosa trecs, the white and colours of hyacinths, the bright yellow of huge bushes

of marguerites. iris, the heady beauty of

1. Name the continent that has Keramated stock and Jasmine

In the February issue I read article entitled "Angus Carries the -Ball by A.-E. Armstrong of Glen- dale, Calif., and It brought out most interesting Vienna Coup. The Vienna

most dificult Coup is n

cash Generally you squeeze play.

deliberately setting up the an aco, king for the opponents, then squeeze them out of it, making your queen good. But in today's hand declarer Painter" sets up a small card.

Armstrong gives no bidding, but South plays the hand at seven diamonds. Now watch the play.

The opening lead of the king of hearts is won by South with the acc. A trump Is led to dummy's king and the ace of spades cashed. A trump is played to declarer's ace, the ten of dummy and hearts trumped in

diamond led back to the another jack.

Now we come to the Interesing

the queen of play. South leads clubs, West covers and dyinmy wins. Then the jack of clubs fa cashed. eight-spot. and Declarer

South retains the

fen-nine.

practically no deserts,

and roses for every month in the year, roses that covers arbours and

5. Who was called the "Cavalier arches. How atting it is that the house of the great painter Murillo is nearby!

(Answers on Column 5)

CHESS PROBLEM

By R.. BOSCR · Black, 10 pieces,

1

East has the starts to run his diamonds.

South gets down to the ten spades, eight of diamonds and eight of clubs, with the king-jack spades and four of clubs in dummy. East is left with the queen-eight of spades and ten of clubs,

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of

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of

2

A

of

the eight

Jela will

Then South leads diamonds and discards dummy's club. If Enst drops the ten of clubs, the Vienna Coup is completed and de- clarer's eight is good. If East go the eight of spades. South lead his spade, no up with dummy's king, pleking off East's queen, and the jack of spades will win the last trick.

White, 11 pieces.

White to play and mate in two.

Solution to Saturday's problem:

1. R-K, any; 2, Kt (ch, dia ch, ar dút chì males.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Across

1 and 2. Wonder,

g), 13. 8, 2, 01

love

speed. (3)

the tout

Blay what I got a bed, (8)

11. Distinguined, t

12. Etother-of-pearl (81

1

tenure. 14)

1. Vulgar persons who may become

shaemater

17. Expression to break the ring. (4)

10. Measures your carea. (5)

9. The Orient? On the contrary.

181

21 Juit a broken layer. 10)

22 Time (31

1. Oppress. 1D)

15 may carry you to ecatany. 191

2. andy cure (anag). 13. 3. 3)

J.

de ajoiz. (8).

4. The origin of gripping

. Leads up to a lamb.

d. Ito's no drenthor." (7)

Sce Across.

Bome Donnels

them

16. You can

17 Colour

(a)

141

en aald to carry

19. Giri' ARINO, 181 this in Bali. 141

20 Title of honour equivalent

master. 19

23 Weight of the wizard? (2)

Infinite Charm

of

church in Seville,

a sort of market, it has become giant reunion, with every club, and many prominent families of Seville The whole quarter, the Santa maintaining pavilions embowered in Cruz section, is one

Infinite owers at which friends are greet- charm. Narrow streets, whose ed a sort of giant open house. It houses are bright with flower-filled is literally in the open, for street window.boxes and whose walls just upon

ofer rosen. sprout pink rambler

new vistas of beauty at every turn. In this quarter is the residence that Washington Irving occupled on his first visit to Seville.

Then again we journey in fancy over to Triana, the home of tile- for centuries, making and puttery and the home of the real gypsy. It is a colourful and Bvely quarter that never fails to Intrigue and charmi.

street of wooden pavilions are each year in the Prado de San Sebastian. Thi

This section has not ing pleasant n past, for it was there. that the victims of the Inquisition To were burned. Much nicer it is

of think on the three-day festivities

Its gay the Fair, the Feria, with cars and carriages, ils music and re- freshments, its music and magnif- cent dancing, its illuminations, with each avenue of the Fair elty having Its own colour scheme.

of

There is the heady scent of the A further four-mile drive leads orange blossoms and happy galety to Italien through Santiponce where everywhere, with never a dign

from SO- the conquistador, Cortes, died. And rowdyism or departure Italien, what antiquity and history belety. And we imagine that regard- less of conditions that is the way It has! It was founded about 206 B.C. by the famous Scipio Africa- it will remain, a gala event in the nus as a home for his veterans after leest and real sense of the word.

the Roman con

having completion of Spain. At

quest and

least two emperors of Rome came from Italiea-Trajan and Hadrint- as you can imagine what we mean when we talk about the historical associations of Seville and there- abouta

We remember with pleasure, too, the Fair, held some time each year late in April. In reality a cattle

ZBW RADIO

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LYFTOKO PREKA BERTICE,

an

of

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told, after a personal visit to the Registrar of Registrations, that his application to apply for a permit to apply for a licence is not in order, he must apply for a temporary cer- lificate entitling him return the forms sent to him from the Regional Assessor."

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·Brosenter"

Company,

by J. Suna of the Bata who said that Czecho- slovakin requires from 500 to 1,000 tons of rubber monthly, as well as sticklac and coconut oil.

Both

representatives

Slameso oficial that

told the

elther U. 6. dollars or British pounds could be paid, or if sultable conditions could be arranged, trade barter would be acceptable-United Press.

PRICE INCREASED Bangkok, June 10-The increase in the world price of tin, effective on June 1, is reflected in the Bang- kak tin market.

Tin Ingots have gone up from 27 baht per kilo to 30 baht per kilo. Even at this price, it is hard to find Bellers.

The present stock of Un in Slam at the present is estimated at about 7,000 tons. The largest holder of lin stocks in Bangkok at present is said to be Dleibelm and Co., whose stock is estimated at 1,000 tons-United Press,

Siam's Rubber

Higher World Shoe Industry

Rice Crop

Expanding

19. The U.S.

Bangkok, June 19.-Siam's Washington, June Department of Agriculture today rubber shoe and rubber-soled estimated the world rice crop for shoe manufacturing industry, the current season has approach which began during the war, within four percent of the prewar

would

average. It sald there are indica- has now increased its produc- tlons that the world rice harvest

for the season August 1057 to July 1948 tion to more than 100,000 shoes be 7,150,000,000 bushels, per month. In Bangkok, there compared with 7,000,000,000 in the are now 10 major factories

and 7,450,000,000 producing these goods.

The preceding year

local industry. got its start when existing foreign shoe stocks were exhausted during the war and Chinese In the rubber pro- some ducing areas of southern Slam ex- perimented with production locally.

bushels

the hos ac-

prewar The harvested acreage

Department estimated world's

tually increased by about two per- cent over prewar, due principally to increased acreage expansion la

India during the war.

Rice production this year in- creased In all continents except Asia South America and Oceania. showed the largest gains. Its out- at 6,050,000,000 put is estimated

ទេវ bushels, which is an increase 100,000,000 over the previous year. The prewar average was 7,125,000,- 000 bushels-United Press.

Although there is now a stendy dow of manufactured footwear from Malaya, and its quality is higher, the Siamese Industry has the advantage of being able to compete

against transport and duty charges involved In importation from Malaya, except In areas near the Siamese-Malayan

DESERVED it. Yesterday my braces burst in the street. Clutch- ing my breeches, 1 staggered Into the shelter of R

shop-door. "What's

border. asked a passer-by. the matter?" "It's the New Look," sald I, titling hut, throwing the ends of my lie over my shoulder, and-ruming up my waistcoat. Thinking I was nad, people left me alone, and I

to repair was able temporarily.

The susurrist group

the

damage U.S. Business

Tramine Tightrope,” by fo

Bulziker.

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Antwor

1. Because of the hardening of

The

On Upgrade

De-

and

Washington, June 19.-The partment of Commerce reports that business la booming again prices are on the upgrade.

The Department's monthly publi- of Current Business, ention, Survey said that "general strength" in May and early June ended the temporary hesitation in business that occurred carlier in the year.

Among the chief factors cited by fa for the upswing Department business activity were, firstly, lower withholding taxes that effect on May 1. secondly, the ex- tension of wage Increases major labour groups, under

thirdly,

increased purchasing

went into

to the

the

European Recovery Programme."

flected in the renewal of the price advance and in arming production schedules for the period ahend." United Press.

in of

The 10 major manufacturers Bangkok averaged production about -79,000 shoes-monthly- during current the past two years. The 100,000 monthly production is divid- ed into 20,000 pairs of cloth-faced rubber-soled shoes, 60,000 pairs of sandals with ankle atrops, and 30,000 pairs of ordinary rubber-soled shoes,

Local production of crepe has developed simultaneously with the production of hard rubber.- United Presa.

solcs

PRICE DECLINE Bangkok. June 10.-Siamese rubber

prices reflect the drops recorded in

foreign markols. The most recent prices published are an follow Nos. 2, 3 and 4 Nos. 3, 4 and 5

720 baht per kilo 0.70 -United Press.

1

ERP Exchange

Relaxation

Washington, Juno 10-The State

It further stated that "these and Department is bowing to European the lens of the eyes, which begins other developments have been re- pressure for relaxed exchange rates at. about 25 years of age. 2.

for 16 Marshall Aid nations. Chesapeake Bay-200 miles long and from 4 to 40 miles wide. 3. Its chiel use is as an alloy with other. minerals to give toughness and elasticity to steel. 4, South America. 5. Anthony van Dyck,

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Print Cloths

Moving Up

The Departmhet is negotiating of working out rules for E. C. A. with these countries in the hopes assistance outlined in general Congress. Permanent bilateral agreements must be signed by July 3 or all afd will stop.

by

The currency provision, as first proposed by the United States, called consultations

for American-Inchange rates. It

on the value of raised

д

sed a protest from Western New York, June 19. The trading Europe. Britain objected in particu- endlock which had gripped Worth Lar that it would have created an Street since the beginning of the uncertain value of the pound sterling year appeared to be approaching and would violate her sovereignty.

Informants said tha Sir Ollver a climax this week. Firmer prices for print cloth and a change in the Franks, British Ambassader in the underlying sentiment coupled with United States, and other envoys had the main development to produce a been instructed to reject the provi-

sudden

den revival in sion in the

in the proposed form, change-firstly, o

The State Department announced export inquiries for print cloths and

Blaiement a

signed sheetings, secondly, the return of today in

by

the bag trade Into the market, and, Assistant Secretary of State Willard in-Thorpe that in their present form thirdly, numerous government quiries for fabrles required by the the proposed agreements contain no provisions with respect to exchange rates United Fress.

forces.

armed forty, print cloth sellers,

buying makers were

banking on seasonal picking, were As the garment us soon

able to anticipate Hieir spring requirements. combined demand suffened prices

Roy

In the print cloth division.

RILYANS

the

necessary

"How's the back view coming along?"

The

Some question arose as to whore

foreign

Exchange Rates

done in the local un- WAR Busines oficial exchange market this morning of exchange the following rates:

would come from to pay for export Chinese dollars (per CN1 m.)

Sterling nolea (par 21) purchases, although some ebservers U.S. dollars (per Usi were conndent that financing could gold bars (pet tsell be arranged through E R. P. funds.instres iper, 100)

Slam ileals (per 100) -United Press.

INEL Euliders (per 100)

3.00

14.00

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320.00

11.40

20,00

10,00