1948-08-06 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH' FEATURE

POCKET CARTOON

YOUR BRTHDAY

By STELLA

FRIDAY, AUGUST 62-

com. 154 BY HEA GERVICE MC. T, M. REC U. N. PAT, OFF.

"That's one place where I draw the line-my wife has to do the housecloaning by herself!"

MCKENNEY

ON BRIDGE

End Play Makes Contract Possible..

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY.

la difeult to convince people

I that bridge in Indianapolis, Ind.,

f different from bridge

in any

olher place in the country. Even

differently the cards rust

in

dianapolis, and Joseph E.

Edson

T.

Calm,

Wood and Walter Pray of that city will tell you that they have to make faney bids,

I recently talked with Mrs. Iteba Buck, secretary of the Indianapolis guyo Bridge Association, and she

hand. How could the me today's

played nt two clubs

hand

be

doubled? Why didn't East bid

Iour spades? Those

questions. But abic

played it at two

played it well.

are unanswer-

Mrs. Buck

and clubs.

che

For some reason East's opening lead was the ace of diamonds. Fer haps he wanted a ruff, but forgot that he had

10 ruff trumps

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REGISTERED Us!

PATENT OFFICE

I MUST BE GETTING ABSENT MINDED =

IT IS RAINING AND

I FORGOT TO LEAVE MY UMBRELLA

AT HOME!

Check Your Knowledge

things,

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ORN today, you have an excep- complishment of which you

tionally sensitive and intuliive capablo.. nature. You sense

You are fond of gathering with a times long before they actually few congenial, friends and conver- happen, ond react very keenly to sing at length upon all kinds your environment. Although you subjects. Be careful that you do. are studious and love books, you are not, in that fashion, dissipate a great 10 so impractical as to retreal to deal of your energy in talk rather. an ivory tower. On the other hand, then in action. you will find that you do your best work when there is, not too much turmoil about.

A happy home life is important. You are very easily influenced by those you love and will make par- them. Loving tonal sacrifices for. and affectionate by nature, you must be sure that any romantic attach- ments you make are not femporary mistake In the infatuations. A selection of your marriage partner could be very harmful to your happl

You are highly selective and will put out your best effort only when you are keenly interested in some thing. A routine, uninspired job a not for you! Unless your mind.can be imulated by what you are do ing, your production Ing Your thought processes are often as quick as Hghtning your aelons, usually much more deliberate. Don't permit store for

disintegrate birthday star and read the corres this characteristic Into talent for procrastination or you ponding paragraph. Let your birth- may not achieve the heights of ne- day star be your daily guide.

To And what the stars have in your tomorrow, select

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)—Definite- ly day of irritations and conflicting tendencies. Hold the line; don't try anything new now,

VIRGO

22)- (Aug. 24-Hept. Make the most of this day to wind the week's business advan- togeously. All felds Eressively active,

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appear

pro-

23)-

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)- The arts appear more highly favour- ed today than some other lines of endeavour. Conduct personal busi- nesa satisfactorily.

"Bother this New Look- I've lost Pinkle again."

BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

I

AM so horrified that I can hardly hold the pen. For PISCES (Feb. 20-3Lar. 21)- Complete work begin yesterday. It some time past I have been idea of sub- might be wise to delay starting a critical of the new project until a little later onstituting an actress

for the

LIDRA (Sept. 23-Oct.

ARIES

22-Apr. 20) Olympic torch, freightage rates (Mar.

and cham- having gone This is not your day! Complete a If this is vacation time for you. Job this morning and then guard visit to the sea could be healthfully

pagne being unobtainable in De cau- invigorating. Try against accident ar waste.

some of the villages on the Hous.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-route from Greece to England. 24-Nov. 22)- SCORPIO (Oct. Continue yesterday's plans

nnuscripts hold without Books and delay. Procrastination is now dan foreground of attention now. Sue- cess in dealing with them is indicat- gerous to the success of the pro- Ject,

SAĞITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) -Minor changes may prove more beneficial than you thought at first.

Advertising is especially, favoured.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan, 20)— Conservative action, pushed methodically in a definite direction, can bring Ane results now.

AROUND THE WORLD:

f.

GEMINI (May 22-Jone

the

22)—

up,

But it has now been revealed by

"the fellow-back that

runners will carry, not a little actress, but a pie containing a little actress,"

Be saving of your money; hvold

May I ask, without respect, whose extravagant purchases. Make de- rations are to be cut to make this finite progress in the right direction.pie, and whether the whole thing

CANCER

(June 23-July 23119 not an excuse to give the run- When the surplus tions? pers Slay at home and take care of im- bertant matters if you want today's runners halt, and the actress is lat out of the pie to go dancing, what belger to show a credit entry.

guarantee is there that the ple will not be wolfed by her escort?

The West Country of England

By TEMPLE MANNING

[ANY people planning to visit the MANY

are going to take tours in England or Scotland or Wales, doing speclic areas rather dinn just a swing around the islands. Judging from our mail, ancestral ties play a great role in determining the travel prograinme. Which is us it should be.

Those travellers who plan to visit 1. What countries clicl ancient the West Country, particularly Dev-

onshire and Cornwall, are

going to Gaul comprise?

get a delightful surprise. They will find places such as Toqujay and

2. What is the botanical name for fracombe, where maguinéent paims forget-me-not?

3. By what title is financial minister known?

and sub-tropical flowers, trees and! bs flourish the year around by shrubs the British the sparkling sea, and where there are splendid resort hotels. They will find villages so quaint, so lovely, that they look as though they had been lifted from picture post cards. And they will discover wild, majestic spots by the sea or along the moors that seem as grim, as forbidding, as anything ceric imagination could conjure, up.

4. By whom was Jesus baptized?TM

5. What island has given its name to a variety of rum?

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Opening A

with. Next he cashed hearts, which did not Buck feel badly at all.

East Then

of spades.

cashed

PROBLEM

Earl Double

21

CHESS

The ace of nake

By P. II. BARRON Black, 11 pieces.

Mrs.

the king and when his partner played the jack, the ace of spades Mrs. Buck trumped this followed.

then led with the deuce of clubs,

in

a small club. Finding East out of clubs, she went up with the ace dummy, led a small diamond and trumped it with the four of clubs. She went over to dummy with the queen of hearts and cashed the king of diamonds, discarding the tch of hearts from her own hond, Now she led another diamond and was careful to trump this with the five of clubs.

won

The king of hearts was cashed and a mail club led. West with the king and found that he was end-played. He had to lead away from the ten-seven of clubs into Mrs. Buck's jack-nino,

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White. 10 pieces.

White to play and mate in two.

Solution to yesterday's problem?

the

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2. An overgreen shrub where you.

will find a lone red. (B)

a. Itchen. (4.

With an allowance in the trai its entirely scented. 201

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puttering.

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harsh ofer, could you Y LO

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11:16 and 30 Unseen! #2 HIRE HERIT

legged ruminant, able to run away. Aber 15, Hale: 94, Bre $1, Downl

no doubt. (5)

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3.19: 45 Lista Adromis A and d4, Katend :4-

Aya Esto 19,

on the

Strolling in the country at Corn- wall, England,

white sand backed by all red cllits. very modern spot, but it

It is a

a coat of arms that sports granted in A. D. 1002.

was

Many visitors plan to make Ply- mouth their headquarters for excur- sions into Devon and Cornwall, if

Mention of antiquity brings us of they can manage to tear themselves

course to Exeter, that beautiful and way from that place, especially in and around the

For HOC,

Plymouth historic cathedral city, with build- Is history cume true. It was

the ings such as

Guildhall and lice that Druke played that famous Priory, dating back to 1080. The gume of bowls while awaiting the cathedral is a gem, and one can just approach of the Spanish Armada in

stand and gaze at the priory of St. And also on the Hoe is the

Nicholas. To jump back from yes- Mayflower Stone that marks the spot terday to things more modern, we from whence the Mayflower sailed in 1620 for

America. Although the would like to mention that there are city suffered severely during the war, some 20 superb golf courses within being a favourite blitz target, the an hour's run of Exeter. beauty of Plymouth Sound and foe remains, as does the lovely swim- ing pool and other fucilities for a delightful visit.

From Exeter, which is the country the road winds lown of Devon,

They're calling it “a nasty busincas”

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

RUBBER MARKET QUIET,

STEADY

New York, Aug. 6-The rubber market in spot and futures was quiet and steady today, and closed five to 19 points higher. Owing to the holidays, Singapore traders were not looking for new activity for the balance of the week.

The factory demand for 'actuals' was small, coincident with a pause in stockpile buying, but sellers held firmly.

HONGKONG

SHARES

Shares changing

*00

Dealers generally agreed that the undertone was good and that, the possibilty of appreciablo declines was small because of the Mulnyi disturbances and the attendant threat to production. Prices closed as follows

NEW YORK MARKET August (in cents per lb.) 22.04 nominal

21.03 Did September

October

22.80 nominal

23.75

12.70 bid

22.70 nominal

77.10

22.70

F

22.50 nominat

29.50 bid

22.45 nominal

-22.40

22.35

hands

on the

Stock Exchange this morning total- led $114,725 in value. Transactions 'and noen prices follow:-

November

December

SHARES BUYERS SKLIENS SALES DANKS

January 1940)

FoUruary

March

TIK Dank......

2010

April

INSURANCEs

May

Union .......

765

Jura

XK Fire

230

July

DOCKS, ETC

August

104 150

September

October

2024

4.53

day closed as follows:

16 10

200 1814

September (in pennies per 1b.)

14- 8/16

3500 10

October

14- 3/16

100 10

November

14- 3/16

December

24-3/16

2212

January (1945

13-15/18

2214

23 1700 +7 2225 137

March

13-15/10

United Press.

C. Light (0)

2234 21.00

C. Light (N) .. Electric

1015

423%

Macao Electric 235 349

200 2314

Telephone (NI

INDUSTRIALS

Coment

42

415

43

2007 421%

STORES, ETC.

Dairy (0)

Watson (Old)

40 47 BOY

200 475

01 400

Watson (New) 5015

100

5831⁄2

03:5

15%

SURELY there is some M.P. with decency enough to badger the Ministry of Food for an un- equivocal reply to a very simple Is the democratic way question: of world peace really shown at lis

Apart from best in this incident? that, in Equity in league with the Master Confectioners' Union to ad- vertise (a) a certain type of actress, (b) a certain type of ple?

•

"Oh, you don't know Nenni as I do,"

Sald, the

saucy little

Zilliacus's hat.

Don't blame me

ed

K. Whart (0)

K. Wharf (N)

Dock ......

Provident

S'hal Duck.... LAND, ETC.

14K Hotel

JK Lan Bumphreya UTILITIES

Tram... Star Ferry

Lane Crawford COTTONS

.FWD

1000 or 10

100 2314

1200

2004

Cotton Closes Steady

New York, Aug. Today the market opened two points lower to une point higher. Thereafter prices ranged over 14 points, but closed on note of steadiness with the market to six ruling seven points lower points higher.

Dealers are

not expecting any decided changes until the Govern ment report appears on Monday, but any setbacks below 31 are ex pected to uncover a broader trade demand.

Prices closed as follows:- Spot

August

September

October

November

December

29.25

31.01

31.71

March (1940)

31.76

May

31,60

bird on

July

31.28/20

October

New Orleans prices today follows:

ctored As

Spot

October

December

March (1949)

May July

Oclober December

SUGGESTION was made that the fire-alarm should be sound- once a week in Johannesburg, as a signal for the inhabilonts to shake hands and congratulate each other on living in such 4 lovely If there is a series of fres place. the people will have to keep on dashing into the streets to shake BLACK hands all hours of the day and. won't have An night, and the firemen time to get to the outbreaks. alert matron, out for excitement may possibly cut short the ceremony, saying, "I hope it's not that house at the corner. I've seen that twice." Hippopotamus-control

31.00 31.54/85

31.65/08

31.74/T7 31.04.

31.24 23.20 bid

20.12 bid

--United Press,

PEPPER

MARKET.

22.20

-United PreES.

LONDON MARKET

London, Aug. B-Rubber futures to-

N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

New York, Aug. -Foreign currencies

It relation to the U.S. follar

Argentine Peso (Oficin!)

Argentine Peso (Unofficial) Australia

"Irazil

Belgham Canada

quoted today as follows:

жето

USTO.2977

2003

323

.0530

022016

03-15.15

Chile

0135

England

4.0312

France

00347

India

3024

Mexico

1400

New Zealand

Peru

0700

Portugal

.04174

South Africa Sweden Switzerland Uruguay Venezuela

Shanghal (CNC3100,000)

Balevla

Netherlands

Singapore

Hongkong

2760

.4725

2403

-United Press.

POUND NOTE, RATE New York, Aug. 8.-The British pound nate was quoted in the unofficial market here today at US$3.00United Press.

|CHINA PRODUCE

New

QUOTATIONS

York, Aug. 5.-China produce was quoted in the New York market t the following rales:

Aniseed Oil, per lb. F.0.0,

New York

Cassia Oil per ib. F.O.D, New York ...........

Agar Agar per 1. 7.0.0. New York.................................** Tung Oll, in tank cars F.O.B. New York per 1. Sandalwood. In drums, depending on quantity &

quality Beryllium, 10 to 12 per-

pent) per son,

Molybdenum, (90 percent)

-por-ib.

BRISTLES

0.70/0.83

2.00/2.50*:

2.16/3.40

0.22

13.00 nombul

20.00/24.00

0.45

Drisiles. F.O.D. New York per lb. nư follow

Hankow, regular assort-

menia

Chungking regular assort-

pepper And

Trichts Shangnat regular

men's

4.00/4.10

2,00

ensort-

2.75 0.45 10.25

Now York. Aug. 5-Black

closed inactive futures today' nominally unchanged.

Black pepper stocks in leensed ware- houses as at July 31 totalled 10349 bog. The New York Produce Exchange re- ported the arrival in July of 2202 bags, plus the end of Jung stock of 11,720 boxs, which made a total supply of 13,987 bags. THERE is likely to be a row in from whicht 3,733 bags were withdrawn

East Africa over the proposal during the monili

Priera closed as follows:- to allow hippopotamuses to use September

October "It will be pedestrian crossings.

December commented an

January (1040) rhinoceroses next," angry draper, The trouble started March when a cow was knocked down by May Spot

a hippopotamus which had ignored the frame lights in Beira.

I

(Beachcomber News Agency.)

across the open expanse of Dartmoor | Pretty Polly to Plymouth, that same Dartmoor whose grim prison has figured in soTHE magistrate who told a woman

THE Fascinating Place

many crime stories, real and con-

who had ill-treated a parrot that Irived. Crossing the moors one can she ought to behave better to dumb Tintagel is always a traveller's almost see escaping prisoners and animals must have been hard of "must", one of the most beautiful, hear the bay of hounds in pursuit hearing. If a parrot is dumb, then isolated and cerle plates in Corn- The grim moors contrast splendidly

the reigning Queen of the am wall. "Wild Tintagel by the Cornish with the leafy lanes, the rich red Philippine Islands, a proposition so Seas" is incredibly fascinating. On earth, the white-washed farms and Tintagel, Head, a 'promontory con- blooming orchards of Devon and its extravagant, so patently in confilet with all the evidence, that it has nected with the mainland by a rocity neighbouring county, Cornwall.

only to be stated to be instantly neck.

against which fierce breakers

rejected. forever dash, are the ruins of a castle, which legend, early chronic- CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE |Caught Iers and modern boetry conspiro to accept -as the birthplace of King Arthur, he of the Round Table.

Answors

ד די

60.00 nomlosi 03,00

04.00

69,00 47

50.00

43.00

July

34.00

Spot White Muntok)

73.00

United Press.

Tientsin, 25.4 shorts Tientsin, 20 regulas

Unlied Press.

SUGAR MARKET TRANSACTIONS

New York, Aug. 5-World. sugar futures today closed unchanged to Ave points higher on sales totalling 80 contracts.

Domestle sugar futures elosed two .sales lower higher

on to one totalling 250 contracts,

Prices closed as follow:- CONTRACT NO, (World) cents per lb.)

Another Ford Car September (in

Price Hike

Detroit, Aug. 5.-The Ford Motor Company has increased the price of its cars by US$75 on all but one

of "increases model because material and labour costs."

March (1040)

May

July

September

Spot

443 bla 3.00 nominal 3.00

CONTACT NO.. 6. (Domestic), Beptember

7 December

March (1940) This May

September Βροτ

is the second such percentage price Jul rise on each model, for the Com- pany boosted Ford prices eight per- cent when the 1949 Ford was pro- duced in June. The lowest priced Ford, the business coupe, is in- Freased by US$6.United Press.

MAN whose clareite-lighter. searched and found to 1. North Haly, France, Belgium, was

and contain red petrol pleaded that ha Belwo Plymouth and Exeter is paris of Holland, Switzerland

Chan-used the machine to light a dra Bank Of England Teignmouth, a call, most pictures- Germany. 2. Myosotis. 3.

4. Saint a factory office, and not for pleasure. que shore resort with glistening cellor of the Exchequer.

John the Baptist, B. Jamaica, B. He was cautioned, warned, fined,

Imprisoned,, flogged, and sacked. W. I. 6. Norway.

ZBW RADIO

UKT.

Intro

Summary: 0.01, Programine Children's Story: "Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Graham. Produced by Members of the 11. Staga Club (Studio): One Night Stand Presented by Pulp Burn (Studio): "Beo reo" Talks on Sport (Studio) 7.10. "Taging Mr Puraglove" and His Orchestra. duced by Anona Winn (PROS): 7.28. Musle from Mozart's Serenades: Jarnabas Von Geczy and 1fla Orchestra; B. World and Home News (London Re- 10. A Play "Very Good Br McAndrew by Moray McLaren (DDCTS) BAD, Leoncavallo: "I Pagliace!"... Wilh Beniamino Gigi, Ive Pacetti Mario Bastoll and Members of the Charts & Orch, pondueled by Maestro Franco 10, World and Home News Chlone; (London Relay): 10.15, Weather Robot: 10,10, Munie of Chopin played

Plano 16.35. Alexander Bratlowaky "Composer Cavsicade" A Hoffmann ORBS): 11, Radio News Reel (London Relay); 21.15, Wather Report and Clo Down

ONLLIERS

FICK STROME”,

“No, George, I hav en't forgotten you?”.

Returns

New York Metal Market

New York Aug.- bịThàdų“ following prices were:quated. In the; mojai mārket

•here today?

Antimony (American 2015-

percent ing buth_of": car bad als..0.0. Texas Tín Gia" (0) Diệt

London. Aug. 5Bank of England re-cent, or higher) 250 turn for the week ending

were as follows:

Notes in circulation

Publie deposits

Private deposita

Government' securities Other securities Receipts"

Bank Of

August 4Tungsten powdered

percent); ABRAZDA £1,258,249,000 1,Waltramite (Chinese

Trioxide) duty

.....

42,010,000 300 500,000

containing

pak

FOB New York,

hort, ton

405,199.000 37,925,000 12.782,000

Untied Prosa.

France

Statement

Farts, Aug, 1.-The Bank of

stulament for the week ending Jul

reads At follow-

Total gold holdings... Fr. 52,816,556.218 Total of othar currencies

Bight balances Abroad

Dilis discounted

France and abroad,

in

Notes in circulation ... accounts and

Current

deposits

934,07631

200,874,581,247 830,561,777,315

Prices for scrap today were as folk/wa→→

Copper, T.O.IL®, per

Land 1.0.1, per tor

Steel F.O.D. per tot (NG-

L'heavy melting)" ay

243,00

/10.00

Exchange Rates

-

Business was done in tits Toes) oficial exchange market this morning int the following rate:

213,772-Chiness dollars (per CNET.m.) Aterling note (per &1) U.S.: dollars (per UBs1) Geld bars (per: UBS1) Blam dala (per 100) „NEI, guildoen (per, 100).

228.018.300,034 United Prem.