1948-08-11 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

EXOLUSIVE 'TELEGRAPH' FEATURE

POCKET CARTOON

YOUR BIRTHDAY................

“By STELLA

quithmeti

DOPR. 1848 BY HEA BERVICE, IG, T, ME HEG. V, 6. PAT. OFF,

"It always does me good to talk to you, Clom--you'vo usually got an ache that's much worse than mine!"

•MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Know Real Meaning Of Common Terms

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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

THIS is the last of three articles

THIS

giving you a glossary of the

terms used in bridge.

Revoke To fail, when

able to

do so, to follow suit, or to lend or play as directed when paying a penalty.

Ruff-To trump a lead of a plain

sult. A Cross Huff

each partner

occurs when

lends a sult which

the other, can ruff.

Sea Over-ruff.

Run (a mult)-When holding two

or more winning cards of a suit.

to lead them all.

Secondary Bid—A bid made by

a player who has previously passed.

Sec Barr-A cross ruff.

in proximate

nomination.

Bo

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11. PORN today, your convictions are does not disintegrate into a type of

strong and although you have a fuss-budgety pultering. good opinion of your capabilities you urc hot, inclined to boast about them to others. You are not spectacular in your successes as some others bom under this sign, You, however, reach On even greater pinnacle of famo than others,

By nature both you men and women are sympathetic, kindly, and understanding. Your emotional na- ture, while deep, is not the effusive kind. You may love very deeply and yet not appear to show it. You have great sympathy for those_less privileged

than yourself. Even

ed in these fields, you will want to help and encourage, even financially, those who are!

You are efficient and plan every step carefully, working from one

though you may not have had many thing to the next with clock-like cultural advantages in youth, you have an instinctive love for the precision. You have executive ability and can delegate minor work ture. Although not especially talent- beautiful in art, music and illera- others, but you are not one to fet detall escape your eagle eye. Unless someone else can do a job as expertly as you, yourself, you will find an other to do it. In a pinch, too, you enn do it yourself, for you are the type of an executive who knows each individual step from bottom to top. This is a fine trait, provided it

To And what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your birthday stor and read the corres- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star bo your daily guide,

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)Bo co- operative, and by so doing, take full advantage of some new and perhaps unexpected opportunity now.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept 22)--Por- sonal affairs, especially those with a social aspect, proceed normally now. Expect better results.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-It an opportunity is offered you, con- elder it. But don't go out searching for one just now. Stick on the job at hand.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar, 21)~Watch

2. OCULIST.

BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

ro wonder gourmets. sprang

Your step and you will make better and restaurant proprietors progress than you may think at smiled. The news had come first. Cautious, advancement is in that a cargo of "dehydrated LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-Moder- dicated. tion in all efforts pointed toward

whale in powder form" is on familiar, routine work

ARIES will bring

(Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Im-its way to England. It can be belter than average results.

pulsiveness, especially on the social "mixed with water for hashes," front, may lead to disappointment. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) A Select your friends wisely.

There remains of course, the ques-. good day for these on a regulor

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-Bet-with this dish. A kingly Cham

tion of the wine one should drink work-a-day routine.

Attend to

ter today, so you may increase your berth of 33, to stand up to the full new and inter-

infiiative and start moving toward favour of the whale-powder? A some definite objective.

DUMB-BELLS

DUMBBELLS Job at hand. Meet a

REMEMBER, WE MUST KEUP IT A SCCRET!

OF COURSE!

THAT'S WHAT I'M TELLING EVERYBODY)

Check Your

Knowledge

1. In musle what does the letter "algnify?

esting friend.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) -Keep along the

same, normal routine as yesterday but make plans for the future. A break is en route.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)- If you

are tolerant toward the opinions and deeds of others, you wil And all, goes very well indeed.

run. int

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-r careful and you will not

A delinite improvement is now in sight for your activities.

trouble.

more subtle Romance Conti? Still in our hashes live their wonted fires.

Hogwasch

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Siamese Want Trade With Japan Resumed

Bangkok, Aug. 10.--A Siamese trade mission will leave shortly for Tokyo to explore the possibi- lities of resumption of trade between the two countries.

AGREEMENT

ON ECA AID

TO BRITAIN

Washington, Aug, 10-Britain has renched agreement with the Econo- mic Co-operation Administration on the terms under which she will ac- cept Marshall Plan loană.

So far, Britain has been allocated a total of $185,000,000 in terms of loans under the Marshall Plan but has not touched any of it.

For these loans, Britain will be charged an interest rote of approximately 24 percent. This is less than the three percent imposed on the Icelandic Government by ECA recently, but more than the rate of less than

two percent charged on Britain's original postwar United Sinles credit.

Luang Thaw Sethaphanit, Director-General of the Foreign

Trado Section of the Ministry

of Commerce, who will head the mission, said that the mission

will acek pern (ssion for Siamese

traders to purchase Japanese goods with sterling.

At present, although Slam is in- cluded in the Sterling area, the with sterling has not been extended, priviligo of buying Japaneso goods

to her.

Luang Thowit sald that there was no question of bartering' Siamese rice Siam, as a member of the United for Japanese products ainco Nations, had agreed that all surplus rice would be allocated by

her

the International Emergency Food Council to defielt countries,

The trade mission would, however, explore the possibility of selling to

other surplus Japan

foodstuffs. including peas, soya beans, and salt-Items not subject to inter- national control,

additional clause which will enable of Siamese

Luang Thawll said that Siam still The loans will also carry an needed dollars, and if any purchases Britain temporarily to suspend re-arranged for in dollars, Siam would products could be payment in years when her balance thus beneft.-United Press... of payments problem is too burdensome.

Mr Paul

G. Hoffman, Economic Co-operation Administrator, mean- United States was sending a mission while announced today that the

to Paris to discuss with the Marshall Plan countries the provision of strategle materials by them to the United States.

N.Y. FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Now York, Aug. 10-Foreign exchange rates closed today as follows: Argentine Peso (Ofielai)

CANCER (June 23-July 23)-Con-poor old Hogwasch has decided Strategie Materials Division. It is Argentine Peso (Unofficial)

MIDWEEK BOOK PA

PARADE

that there is now only one thing ditions are becoming better but still to do with English films. He has an be cautious when it comes to making idea that a fim could be made of the increased business commitment. life story of n a great composer. But Interwoven with this would be a second strong theme-the composer's trousers are stolen by the girl he has. lited, on the morning of his wedding to George Sand. As the Jilled girl is Wagner's daughter. Bach pays n call and plays so much of Wagner's music that Schubert is carried out in swoon, and Gounod is free to marry George Sand. Who is

this best man who keeps his face hidden at the altar. Beethoven, old, lonely, and disillusioned. And who is the hero, the composer who never appears until his trousers

but are stolen, James Branch Cabell in "THERE whose tireless voice explains the film? AFTER a bout of heavy

Can it be Yes, Is-Brahms, or reading I catch myself WERE TWO PIRATES" (John Lane, repeating some lincs by the. Jose Gasparilla, 18th century Spanish

18. Od.) lands-bis Jurgen" style to rather Mr George Haft, brought over

specially from Hollywood. Irish poet Mangan:-

King of Pirates, who uses it to re- What on earth--? Everywhere the world is man fate, with brazen polish, his adven-

and woman,

tures where all in fair-love and war. Everywhere the old sad sine

find room,

do without

Everywhere The World

Is Man And Woman

What would novels

The mission will be headed by Mr Evan Just, Director at the ECA expected to leave Washington next Australia Saturday. Talks with American, Brazil British and French officials will Canada

Belgium

Chile

open next work.

England Among the materials needed by France the United States for stock-piling India

manganese and palm oil

pro

Reuter.

HONGKONG

SHARES

Business was again on the quiet side on the Stock Exchange this morning. The turnover was 3,123 shares, valued at $131,000.

Transactions and noon prices follow:---

BUYERĄ BELLERS SALES

SHARES

of

Д

BANKS

"Try

2. Which sport is older, greyhound man and woman and the old sad pressive story of a British lance biting something as small as yourself,

Sequence-Two

or more

cards relation as to de-

racing or horse racing?

Shift-To bld or lead a different

sult.

3. Does an epilogue precede от the follow a play? cards

4. What was the Mna?

bul con-

Short Sult-One in which player originally held three or less.

sins? Take today's batch.

"THE EUFFE INHERITANCE (Secker and Warburg. 10s. 6d.) is by Gabriel Chevallier, who wrote |"Clochmerle," that droll story of a French village, in which private in- terest was subordinated to Public convenience.

suffering from corporal memory in post-war Greece. DOUBLE

DARKNESS" Press. 10s. 6d.) is a forcible Grst at-

tempt.

THE three-year-old child A new novellat, Edward Fenton, Texas woman no doubt in a fit

im of temper, but a Great Dane. offers uz an unrestrained but

loss of you bully," the mother probably "THE cald. Whereat the child, I hope, (Cresset went out and bit an elephant. And there was a psychiatrist in the place. I'm sure he said that the child was "allergic to elephants," and Frank Singleton's-affablo-thriller, a dentist commented, "If every child "INDEPENDENT MEANS”

(Chatto bit elephants we should soon be out the and Windus. 8s. dd.), is told by the of business. Nothing so hardens the aller now lets us into

demure Mary Jessop, whose aunt guns and strengthens the teeth." intended to convey United States during the Spanish-slightly more salubrious scandals of left her a small fortune. Unwelcome Yest, yes. Our prehistorie ancestors Grenoble, where the numerous Eufte attentions from a dilettante art critic were eating dinosaurs in their fingers family, in a wickedly amusing but come to a timely end. What had long before knives and forks were occasionally bitter satirical novel. Mary to do with his death? You'll invented, so the question of good the survives the war by treading de-

table manners is merely relative—as Heately between Collaboration and Resistance.

By comparison, Bernard New-the eccentric peer said when he threw man's "MOSCOW MURDER" (Goi-a cutlet under the table to an actress lencz, 8s. Od.) is an unabashed thril-who had gone down to reirleve a ler, though it carries a large moral couple of pens, and Mr. Gollancz himself. In carnest

Sigual-An

irregular

ventional play

Information.

Salid Salt-One of such length and strength as to be practically sure of wianing every trick In that suit.

Stopped (sult)—A guarded suit. Stopper-A guarded card.

Take-out-The overbidding (in a different suit) of partner when no adverse id has intervened,

Tenace-A card with the next higher card but one, or the nex! suit, minor,

lower but one, of the same

Major tenace, ace-queen; tenace, king-jack; double tenace, ace-queen-ten; Imperiect

tenace.

ace-jack, king-ten.

A

Throwing the lead-Playing card which compels another player

to take the trick.

Top af Nothing-Highest card of

n holding which contains no card

of that suit higher

than the nine.

Two-sulter-A hand containing

two suits both strong

on original bid.

enough for

Underplay-To duck when fol- lowing suit.

Undertricks-Those: won by tho opponents beyond - their, book.

Vulnerable-Having won a game towards rubber.,

Yarborough—A hand which con- tains no card 'higher than o nine.

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5. Who was President of the

American war?

0. What name is given to selence of human development?

(Answers on Column 5)

CHESS PROBLEM

By E. LINDQUIST Black, 6 plece.

BONE

BIL

01.0

White, 12 pieces. White to play and mate in two. Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, K-48, any; 2, Q, R. or Ki miates.

CROSSWORD

17.

19

18

Across

5

14.-19lot the cattle, bokt? (5).

18. Drieds, Mr. Strachey's workshop.

設

....17. GIED UP. (4)

Missing, (4) ***

154 1000

bean (B)

and doway in the

20. Euggeste there's more. (3)

Only A

part of spectaclem. 13, 81

Down

J. Put back in a street. (2)

2. Aitonlih. (2)

3. Los Cars" (knag.). (1

Aum, (6)

5. To the, marksman this does

not suggest a mean girl, (4, 4)

d. Tedy a place for exercine, (3) 11. SIATAS. (7)

10. Iroperty. 171

13. Low it may be, but 12 DRO HEL

elerniing effect; (4)

16. Just a fragment. But what rot

il could be (1)

Bolsitor of resterday's puzzle, mežerooni

1. In which you... can easily, trace] 2 »pad Natiupy Chimp: 6, Quri 1, Roame

Glett (9)

Please obangs' here... (0)

6. On the way back you find

deviation from the course, 131 -V. Boo LA* opening words (0) 42. Governor of the shire. (7)

Organdio: 11, "brand": "19" Bloxxing: ved lod

Fooda surdier & Dadi 4. Amid; 900 3 Actors) Large:

Mamedi 11, foram: KK. Ölenty 14, Autis

sec.

ZBW RADIO confabulation with Papa Pontivy The march of

1.KT.

9. Programme Summary: 001, Chi. dren's Story: "The Black Abbot" by 0.

progress

and Mr. Newman, the publisher de- cides that Germany, having suffered, "THE shadow of the atom bombin must now be saved.

over the world."

keep un I Now let me with brevity but reading that sort of thing. But a warmth

has said that a blography: reassuring American recommend ht. Wilson, Part 3 Out of the "CAROLINE NORTON," by

destructive Alice the atomic bomb hs a Pan (BCTS): 80, "Wednesday Bero- nade"; 113 in the Ale Variety Re-Acland (Constable, 168.)-the life of weapon Is already

almost old- quest Programma Presented by Busan

fashioned. There are three weapons Howard (Studio); 6 World and Hamsa granddaughter of Sheridan,

They News (Londen Helay); 3.15 Marcelle: beauty, a figure in society, a nove-more powerfully destructive. Concerto in C Minor d

...Philharmonie list, and reformer, who got herself are described De bacterological, Orchestra; 830, Paul Temple and the involved in many affairs of her day, biological, and climatological. I sup- Sullivan Mystery (DDCTS), Episode and lived again as Meredith's "Diana pase that just about covers every- "Introducing Colonel Marquand"; 9, A

the Crossways.

Thing. And no Bong Recital by Keith Falkner (Bart of

doubt progressive tone); D.15, Viennese Waltz Orchestra; And, since at the moment there's scientine thought is still continuing. 9.30 Anthology presented by Clifford Davies (Studio); 10, World and Home nothing like leather and willow, let and News (Landon Relay) 20.15, Wanthere leave the world of man Report: 10.18, Grieg: Peory dynt Gulto woman and the old and sins to call No. Bymphony Orchestra 10.30, attention to "FROM HAMBLEDON March of the Movies (OnBS) 11. Radio TO LORD'8" (Christopher Johnson, News Reel (London Relay); 11.15, Wea-

10s. Gd.), in which John Arlott edļ- ther Report and Close Down.

forlally introduces those classics of cricket literature written by Nyren,

and Mitford, Pycroft. OUTWARD MAILS Every player and watcher of hound racing is at least 1,000 years cricket and every indoor student. older. It was originated by the of the game and its history should ancient Egyptians. 3. It follows ircaaure this reprint of books long the play. 4A Bicilian secret fer- unobtainable.

roristle society,

by suppressed -Daniel George 6. Anthropology.

Mussolini. 5. William McKinley.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11 Closing Times Dy Air Shanghal. Nanking, Hankow, Tsinglao, Peiping, Amoy, Foochew, Swator, and Tainan, 3.30 p.m. Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi. Dahrein, Cairo (Nairobi, Joliannesburg, And Marolles via Cairo) Rome and London, (Kowloon CPO) 4.30 p.m.;

(OPO) 8 pm letters and cards only) |

Украл

Posing Times By Ben & Train Shanghal (Sex) 3 pmn.

Manila (Bea) 3. p.m.

Macho and Telnshan (Box) 4 pm. Kongmoon (via Canton) (Sea) 5 p.m. Canton (Parcels as and class mail) (Sex)

3 p.m.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 Closing Times by Air Canton, (Kowloon CPO) 7:30a.m., 10 p.m., 12.30 p.m. 3 p.m.; (GPO) 7 a.m.. 9.30 a.my Noon, 2.50 p.m. Bhanghat, m. (reg); 630 a.m. (ord). Manila, 11:30 am,

Lluchow, Kunming, Amoy, Shanghai, Hanking, Hankow, Teingião, Peiping, Bwatow," Hjolhow and Taipeh, 3.30 p.m Bangkok, Singapore, Balavia, Colombo,

Bydney, and Auckland, 8 pm.

„Closing Tinies By Bei & Train Stralia, Egypt and Europe via Liverpool (Bea) 0.30 m.tr. (reg): 10 am. (ord). Haigon (Be) 10

Swallow Chea) 2 pm.

Bhanghai (Hon) = p.m.

UBA, Canéda, Central and South Amarlen

Via San Francisco (No Parcels for Canada) (Ron) 2 p.m.

Macao and Tainabian (Res) 4 p.in. Canton (Parcele and End Cinsi Mall) (Box),

8. p.m.

Ca 2+ 774

KOSTORA BAZÁS SERVICE.

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE.

Answars

1. Forte, meaning loud,

2: Grey-

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There are plenty of tigers in these parts-al

(week we've lost thras men.”

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United Preka.

Rayon Factory

For Austrália

Sydney, Aug. 10-A British textile Arm Courtauld's, is planning to establish a £10,000,000 rayon factory in Australia.

They will send a technical mission here in the next few months.

Mr. F.

Williams, Courtauld's Australian

representative, said that the firm. sent a mission to Australia last October, but because of lechnical and other difficulties the project had to be discussed the building of 150

further In London.

One problem is key workers' homes, and the com- pany may consider setting up its own brickworks. The New South Wales State Government, Williams wald, considered that the homes should be bulit by the company- United Press.

BLACK PEPPER'

*1045

MARKET

New York. Aug. 10-Black pepper futures today closed inactive and nominally unchanged to 100 points higher. Sellers raised their offering for May delivery by 100 points over Monday's price,, otherwise the altualion reported that the spot market was very was completely unchanged. Dealers dull, Apparently buyers were satisfied! to draw upon their stocks rather than to make new purchases at the current market levels,

Prices closest as follow September

Australia

Canberra, August II-A Cabinet sub-committee 14 looking into television possibilities in Australia. The Committee was formed in May. 1947, but deferred action until tho return to Australia of L. B) Fanning, Director-General of Posts and Telegraphs, and other officials.

Fanning reported favourably on October the progress of television

in the December U.S. A., Canada and the Unliet January (1949) Kingdom, and the Committee hus March put his report to the Cabinet Mar July United Press.

Spot

postal

Price Subsidies Withdrawn

Canberra, Aug. 10-Pricey'sub- sidies on raw cotton, imported tex- tiles, yarns, goat skins and pickled pells have ceased.

Spot White Muntek)

50.00 nominat

64.00

04.00

69.00

50.00

54.00

04.00

60/70.00

73.00 -United Press.

Buyer

In Jewellery

Resistance

New York, Aug. 10-Departinent stores displaying Jewellery This is the first step in the Ca- quanlity for the first time since binet's decision to withdraw the sub- before the war reported today some sidles on certain commodities, which buyer resistance was being on- had been bubsidised tostabilise countered.

prices.

The decision followed the The stores said this resistance was country's, overwhelming "No" voto not due to prices, even though they in the referendum on whether are three to four times higher than price controls should go on--Unlied prewar, but is noted on the part of. Press,

war veterans or relatives of dend servicemen and former prisoners of war-United Press.

Silver Prices

New York, Aug. 10-Bllver, ver fine ounce, as quoted - by Messrs. Handy and Harmon 74% containm United Prosz.

London Prices

London, Aug. 10-Bliver Spot, per ounce 150, Forward, per, ounce 45d-United Press.

Exchange Rates

* Buninden / was done in the local un- ofcial exchange market this morning in the following paleo: Chinese dollars (per C281 m.)" Sterling note (ber £1), **** U.B. dollars (per US$)) Gold bars (per lav))) fim deals (per 100) Piasizes (per 100) NEK gulders (per 100)

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