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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

COPR, 1948 BY WEA BERVICE, RC, T, MA, DEO. LA 8. PAT, OFF, `

"It's always relaxing to visit you, and not to hear some- body talking about the neighbours all the time, but only

about yourself!"

MCKENNEY DUMB-BELLS

ON BRIDGE

The Expert Players Deviate From Norm

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

IN Cincinnall recently. I met

rising young Cleveland bridge tops stor, Alex Szabo, considered by Cleveland players. I hnd on opportunity to kibitz him for a while and liked his style. Today's hand is an example, of it.

South had bid spades and hearts. This is the type of hand that gen- erally calls for clearing trumps.

However Szabo (West) made the natural opening of the king of dia- monds, which South trumped. A small heart was-led-toward dummy, Szabo played low and the eight-spot held the trick. A heart was returned and Szabo won this trick with

the ace.

The natural tendency at this point would be to lead the last trump and! clear the hearts out of dummy to assure two spade tricks,

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West North

South

Pass

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Double Pass Pass 3 Pass Poss

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But Szabo was also storing at the blank king of clubs. If South had the club queen nothing would do- feat the contract. But it East had the queen perhaps, he could prevent declarer from establishing the sult.

Therefore he led a small spade, Now declarer killing dummy's ace. could

Trump another diamond which he did, then led the nine of clubs. Szabo's king. went on and the ace in dummy won-but there Was no way for declarer to keep from going down one.

While it is true that veridin es- tablished rules of play should be followed, Szabo believes that in or- der to become a successful player you have to know when to viojale the common practice' of play.

PATENT OFFICE

I WAS JUST THINKING, HOW FORTUNATE IT 16 THAT PEOPLE LOSE THEIR MINDS BEFORE

THEY ARE PUT IN

ASYLUMS!

Check Your Knowledge

1. What are marionettes?

EXCLUSIVE TELE GRAPH' FEATURE

YOUR BIRTHDAY

WEDNESDAY, JULY 28

PORN today, high temper is per

haps your worst enemy. Your Intuitions are keen; your decisions almost instantaneous. And if things do not go exactly as you desire then to immediately, you are apt to show quick displeasure. This only tends to alienate those who should remalja your friends earn the lesson that a velvet glove eften very effective, when force Gray increases further opposition

-

Your emotions are near the top and you must learn self-control here, as well. Actually you have a force- ful, brilliant personality and once pour your you have earned to energies into the right channel and direct them properly a brilliant success can be yours. If you fall, you will have only yourself to blame for you are, indeed, the master of your own fato,

By STELLA

always constructive in your criticism and you will improve conditions, It you merely tear down what oxists without making plans for im- provement, you have not achieved any positive goal!

do

personality draws magnetlo people to you and you will be sur- rounded by Interesting people, no You are likely to grow away from matter what your original origin. those whose minds and talents not match or surpass your own and because of this may be criticized for "forgetting" your early friends. This is actually far from the truth but since success attracts success and WHEE successful people, those who have cen unable to keep pace with you Just naturally drop behind.. Even if your early life is difficult, you may anticipate happiness later on.

To find what, the stars', have Ja "store for tomorrow, select your

Your executive abilityfoxcellent birthday star and read the corres- and your crificak, faculties 1⁄4 highly-ponding paragraph. Lot developed. Make sure that you are birthday star be your dolly guide,

THURSDAY, JULY 29

*:LEO (July 24-Aug, 23)-Postpone new ideas until later on. Today, concentrato on some job at hand which needs to be finished first.

then

your

this

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 16)—If } edeking employment, should be a good day to And what

"Never mind the fine-

the uiter? Slowly!!

Ert

BY THE

WAY

You want. It may be Journey by Beachcomber

<PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)-Ently

VIGO: (Ẩur. 24-Sept. 22)-Hold the ins. Consolidate your gains... morning hours are best for decision. AY the sixty thousand and and make future plans but hold their After that, proceed slowly and execution until later on.

cautiously.

LIBRA (Bepl. 23-Oct 23)-Be lactful and use your best judgment in all important business matters. Don't tackle more cfciently do now, “

SCORPIO (Ook

than you can

24-Nov. 22) Think carefully before making ex- panston plans. Impulse has little place in today's decisions.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 1) -Romance and a journey may be for you! Recognise opportunity when i knocks at your door.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)-- Avoid impulsive action la all avenues of approach. Hold on to what you have; plan for the future.

་་

MAX shextovils of Nogent

fale sox are especially favoured, par-

ARIES (Mar. 22-AFF., 20)-Thele-Rotrou run away with me if I can understand the mentality ticularly in romance. A propitious of the man who, the other day, day for a wedding, too.

once more talked of bigger and faster planes ny a "necessity."

负

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-If advertising will help to push product, go all out on a new pub- lidly campaign, for merchandising favoured:

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)--An- other good week-end can be just ahead for those Involved in the hotel, or entertainment Delds. Make plans.

CANCER

carry? Rose-leaves lo strew on an What does he think they will

hopeful then the building of aircraft admiring public? What is far more is the news that an American dog is to play an English dog In a new film, Paws across the sea.

If that

is not the genuine twentieth-century, (June 23-July 23-copper-bottomed, three-ply spirit of Both business and personal affairs plastic brotherhood and prefabricat- may appear confused so handle all ed functional co-operation, you may problems cautiously and astutely; call mo Rover.

MIDWEEK BOOK PARADE. Sir Osbert's Volume 3

S1

is rich and fantastic

IR OSBERT SITWELL is putting out his autobio- graphy by substantial instal- ments. Two of them have ap peared. If you read "Right Hand, Left Hand," and "The Scarlet Tree," you will need.no

3. What is the subject of the urging to get the third volume, statue "The Discobolus"?

"Great Morning," (Macmillan 158.)

3. How many gills in a pint?

If you missed the first two, you should start with this one, then go

4. Name China's chief commercial back to the beginning and read on and industrial city.

5. On what river are the boat races between Oxford and Cam- bridge universities held?

(Answers on Column 5)

CHESS PROBLEM

100

By A. K. ELWORTHY

Black, & pleces.

my

2

RA

White. # pieces. White to play and mate in two.

Solution to. yesterday's problem:

1, R-Q3, any; 2, Q, R, KL, or P matca.

CROSSWORD

Acrost

19 None can light up like this does.

20. Take ina

young Alters from

Watch (8) 31 Rwis invented this island. (8) 22. No entry through this door. (4) 23. They may be made. EDT OF

eaten. (8)

Down

1. gear i bend fabag.); a materiai

difference, (DS"

2. Colloquialis one over and you're.

3. Despite its possessión á needte la'

bind. (3)

3. Unadulterated, (7) (*)

0. Borinda ilke the male i double

up but it's mußibiled, (6)

1. On one occasion lis was a lone

nädigt. (4)

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thing is all. (51

Renwönly twins, (d)

this

Tals kliz e sharp sound

4. Agmf; 'the sort that would not 'something

touch either gstępost. (2-7)

the noise made

by chain. (@).

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brittle blush-white metal,, (0) 17. Zone:14) There's plenty to be seen at rali- 20. Pat appears to be it. (3). -way tariņu)" (71)

·Bolusion of vrsterday's pungle,-- Aeriatr VIENO (KURk hara, pomonagd en }, "Kareinaust o. Beválini; 9. MADE IN strong one to write as he did. (0) Alma, smear:21; PANI-A, PINS,

It looks like a diary mosting of

doctor and sailor. (a)

18. Ardent (8)

until you can say, "This is where came in"-by which time there may be-a-fourth volume ready..

In passing

SEE that "A Midsummer Night's Dream" has been played in imodern dress. But the producers, with singular lack of enterprise, left the fairies in tights, instead of put ting them into R.A.F. uniforms, and providing tiny planes instead of wires. The next step will be Shakespeare in Modern Speech, to "spread the appeal of this popular dramatist."

Why are so many people reading his autobiography? I was recently asked to tell the Russians why. It is rot, wrote, because we are all And so forth escapists yearning for a return of the age he describes the Edwardian. Ho has not made that age seem viable; he has made it so fantastic

and

credible.

in-

Win England as the guest of the

the Korean poet Wo arrives

as to be alomst amusing

British Council, he will be given every facility to meet the managers We

are reading him because he of the leading West End hotels. Introduces us to a richly variegated The British Commonwealth company of people in all ranks of Nations is much interested in the society, and because-though in

180me 1 visit." As a prominent New Zea- Such things cannot quarters this may be only dimly lander said: apprehended his work is a work of but succeed in "making us better real literature which all can enjoy I known to. Kores. Nor must one have no means of knowing whether forget that this is what. Far from

The three Sitwells-Osbert, Edith, my opinions dispelled Russian suspl-

and Sacheverell-seemed once to be They have won

courting notoriety.

fame and honour.

Edith Sitwell is (with a few old acknowledged diehards dissenting) to be 'aur finest poet. Sacheverell as a writer on many manifestations of art is without a rival, Sir Osbert, making no concessions, abaling no prejudices, has attained a degrea of popularity which amounts almost to best-sellerage.

ZBW RADIO

III.T.

6.00,

0.01

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

America Buys More Japanese Goods

Washington, July 27. The US. Department of Commerce's Office of International Trade ́today reported that US. imports for consumption from Japan for the period January to May-inclusive, were almost double the total value for the same period in 1946.

Total Imports from January, to May this. US$10,772,477, compared with US$14,698,046. during the same. period in 1947 and US$10,013,- 624 in 1946.—United Press.

HONGKONG

SHARES

The turnover on the Hongkong Stock Exchange this mominat amounted to $280.000. Transactions and noon prices follow:-

DHAKES

GOVT. LOANS

year

were

COTTON FOR JAPS Tokyo, July 27--The Japaneso Board of Trade said that the first purchase of American cotion cotton the $80,000,000 BUYERS SELLERS SALES through

credit granted to Japanese by. U.S. 85,000. 10114 private banks and the Export- 20 2025 Import Bank will be 30,000 bales, and will be made by the Japanese Government on a semi-private 100 700

basis

shortly.

1 (1940)...

DANKS

IIK Bank

East Asia....

INSURANCES

Union

HK Fire DOCKA, ETC,

N. Pt. Wharf Dock

Provident LAND, ETC, HK Hotel IIK Land S'hal Land

C. Light (0) Maes Electric Telephone (0)

Cement

INDUSTRIALS STORES, ETC.

2010

140

བྷདྡྷསྶསོཙ ཏྭཱ, ཙྩུཙྪི

3012

They said that the 50,000 bales 400 0 2% | will be shipped from the United 100 * 201 23 500 € 2216

Slates by the end of September and will be available here by the end of October-United Press.

174.

431

0192 02:5

Watson (Old) Watson (New) 57 Lane Crawford

2800 430

700 F 431% 230 € 431k

200 47 02%

Closing Rally

Cotton

In

N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

New York, July 27-Foreign currencies in relation to the US dollar were quoted at the close today as follows:-

US$0.2017 Argentino Peso (Official) Argentine Pem (Unofficial) 2004 Australia

523

Brazil

Belgium

Canada

Chile

England France

India

Mexico

New York, July 27---Apart from a brisk closing rally the market

slow and featureless New Zealand was again a affair. The volume of business was Faru

Portugal eslimated below the 69,000. bales Bouth Africa

done on Monday, making it one of Sweden the slowest sessions of this year.

Switzerland Uruguay Venezuela

Batavia

The final upturn reflected covering Shanahal (CNC3100,000) by local professionals who sold Netherlands carlier in expectation of a decline singapore on the President's message to Con- Hongkong gress in which the Administration requested the 'reimposition of excess pront

and rationing authority.

taxes, price control

The market opened two to six points lower and dritted Irregularly within a range of 10 points until the last hour when it advanced to close seven to 19

points higher,

Prices closed as follow:- Spot

August

September

October

November

December

March (1049)

May

July

October

34.00 nominal

British

,0350

0223-3/8

02-11/10

$333

4.03-1/4

.0033-3/4

3024

1080

: 23124-1/4

0700

0404-1/2 433-1/4

2789

: 5300

3010

' 1,

3709

2415

United Press.

Funds

In Canada

London, July 27.A statement about the investment by Brilish en- terprises of funds in Canada Wäs nominal made in a written Parliamentary

New Orleans prices today closed as follows:- Spot October December

December

32.15 31.33

20,42 Did -United Press

reply by Mr Douglas Jay, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, today,

accruing Ho aid "The dollars from the sale by United Kingdom residents of Canadian market" se- curities or from redemptions Aro due to bo used by us in repayment interest-freq of the $700,000,000

loan made to us by Canada in 1942, "The Canadian Government, fa besides these dollare the cost of new direct Investments in Canada by United Kingdom residents."--Reuter

not, as some say, enabling us to BLACK PEPPER December, 1940, set fres

clons that Idolisation of plutocrats is Therefore one can but say that" one of our national pastimes. In the Wo's best-known poem is a one- present volume Sir Osbert is seen line salute to Korea, which begina moving through his youth towards "O Korea the eve of what he calls "the 1914-18 (Next week: Cardif Through the

Eyes of a Persian Footballer).

tracan."

On the way ho gives us further accounts of his remarkable father, Sir George, whose ruinous extrava- zance ran side by side with parsl- monious treatment of his children.

To the reader his eccentric tyran- ny is laughable. He once said: "I some people make out I'm dieult to get on with, but I don't agree with them!" Could he in fewer words have exemplified his muddled obstinacy?

know

with

moneylenders.

Str

Programme Summary: Children's Half Hour: "The Black Abbot by G. M. Wilson Part 3: Spooks or

Lady Ida Sitwell was no less of a Smugglers

Wednesday (DUCTS): 0.38. Serenade; 7.00, "It's in the Air Variety "character." She got heavily in- Request Programme Presented by Bumin volved Howard. (Studio): 0.00, World and Home News (London Relay): 8.15, Vocal Recital Osbert's portraits of her, like those with Plano of his father, are etched with after- by Gus D'Aquino (Tenor) secomp. by E. O'Neil Shaw. (Studio): tionate candour, 8.30, Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery" by Francis Durbridge Episode The book is embellished by photo- I: "Having a wonderful, tirne"?. (NECTA); 0.00. A French Programme: 9.30, Antho- graphs and by reproductions from logy presented by Clifford Davies the paintings of John Piper. About (Studio); 10.00, World and Home News the latter I have contractest London nelay): 10.15, Olymple Games the provalling superstition. On the London Relay); 10.44, Dance to Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra: 11.00, Radio day when the storm clouds roll away News-Hoel (London Relay); 1.18, Wea- from the Piper sky something good-- ther Report and Close Down.

OUTWARD MAILS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 Closing Times By Air Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Teingiao, Pelping Amoy. Swalow and · Tainan, 3.30 p.m.

Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Bahrein, Calro (Nairobi. Johannesburg, and Marseilles via Cairo), Augusta, and London, (Kowloon CPO) 30ými (GPO) 5 p.m

Japan (Ordinary letters and cards only)

6pm..

Closing Times By Ben & Train

· Macao and Temahan (8es) 0 4.3%. Shanghai (Bea) 3 pats.

p.m.

Macao and Thinshan (Sex).4 p.m. Kongmoon (via Canton) (Train) Canton (Parcels & 2nd class mali) (SRM)

and Foochow (Sex) 3 p.m.

Amoy (Sea) 3 p.

Branils-(Bea) ♬ p.m...

THURIDAY, JULY 1 Closing Times By Alz Canton, (Kowloon CPOJ 720 42110 am. 12.30 p.m. ♬ pm; (GRO),7 km, 0.30 mm. Noon, 250 p.m.

Shanghal, 9 a.m. (reg); 550° a.m., (ord);" Dimentin, PE, 11,30 km, bet kur Lductaw, Kunming, Bhanghai,, Nanking,

Felping, Swatow,

Amoy,

· Talaso, and Hollow, 330 pm. Bongani migapore, Batavia, Colombo,

ZETODANCE Aberkland, D pm,

Azman By Tea

Output and inpat

in'

the

THE units of evacuee personnel

domiciled beretofore village of Imber, now a satellite of overall operational planning, may make application or applications to be placed on a walling-list for re- transference back to their former domiciles within à potential period of ten calendar years, unless priori- is established by a ty of claim Government department functioning in that locality or localities.

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

Answers

perhaps the dawn of universal peace A discus-thrower in action. 3. Four.

-will be at hand.

-DANIEL GEORGE

EDITORE PHETS BERT

1. Puppets worked by strings, 2.

4. Shanghai. 5. The Thames River..

"I had a wonderful time, Mr. Ackerly and just forret about the twenty cents I lent for carfare home.”

MARKET

New York, July 27-Black pepper futures today closed generally 200 points higher, with no sales ro- ported. Prospectivo buyers again bid nearby positions up to the dolly, permissible limit without dislodg- ing offerings. Sellers' wariness re- flected the strong spot market.

Barring

the resumption of ex- ports from Indonesia, which is con- sidered a remote possiblilty at the moment, importers, were warned that the arrivals over the remainder of the year were likely to be small.

Prices closed as follow September

October

04.00 bid

63.00

60.00

55.00 nominal

N.Y.

RUBBER MARKET

New York, July in the rubber market today, spot Tubber was 15- active, but the undertone was steady,

futures was Speculative interest in negligible and the small operations were of -mainly producer hedging. Buyer

"actunts" were hesitant about meeting the higher basis, but sellers were not pressing because of the uncertain. poll- ilcal conditions in Malaya and the higher Tate, of domestic use.

Prices closed five points higher to fiva points lower on sales totalling 37 con. tracts, and were as follow: July (in centa per lb.)

August

September

October

November

December

January (1049)

February

December

January (1949).

March

52.00

H

May

B1.00

July

$1.00

Spot

67.00 asked.

Spot (White Munink)

April

-United Press.

May

Junse

July

NEW YORK SUGAR

FUTURES

sugar

Now York, July 21.-World futures today closed unchanged to two. points higher on sales totalling 17 cúne tracts,

Domestic sugar futures, closed two to seven points lower on salem totalling 231 contracts.

"Prieca closed as follow:- CONTRACT NO. € (World) September fin cents per, lb.) 4.25 trasted March (194)

3.77. nominal

September

July

SPOT .....

CONTRACT NO. 5.

September

December

Merch (1940)

May

July

Beptember

SPOT

"

Bz0 traded 5.09 nominal

4.30 nomina?

2

United Press;_;

Exchange Rates

· Flunitiems - was "dorrefutise Local -vas- amcigi exchangu market this morning in The following Trates;

Chinese dollars (per, CN1 mi): Storting note · (per (£) UB. dollars (per US$1). Gold bars (per fact). Plastres" (per) · 100) - Bismicals (per 100) NEI Huilders (per 100)

1.20

March

August September

Spot

22.09 bid

22.00 nominat 21,70 vid

22.75 nominal

22.73 22.75 bid"

22.72 nominal

22.70 brd"

22.07 nominal

221.13

22.60

17

—United› ·Press.

LONDON MARKET" A London, July 27Rubber futures day clawed as followe

September. In pannica pet (Tb.) October

November December January March

..

(1040)

United

CHINA PRODUCE

QUOTATIONS

t

New York, July 27—China produce was quoted in the New York, market today, as followatej

Anlized Oil, per lu"F.O.B.

New York conglaj., 0,70/083 Camila Oil, per lb. F.0.3.

New York.....................................1, 2.00/2.50 Tung Oil, in lank cars,

FOB. New York, per lb. 0,22) Sandalwood, in drums, de- pending on quantity, & quality.

Agar gear, per b. F.O.D.

New York

Beryllium (10 to 12 percont)

por fon KARIAKOND

| Wolybdenum .... (00 - percent)

parb.

BRISTLES

13.00 nominat

3.15/3,40 20.00/24.00

Belatics, FO.11, New Wġik: per: 1by- follower

· 1420 | Hankow, regular assortments

170 Chung

33600 | Shaoghal

#1950 - Tientain,

30's abort

2000 | Tientsin, 20% regular