1948-08-18 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

SIDE GLANCES

1949

By Galbraith

COPA 1945 BY NEA BERVICE, INC. T, M. REG. U B. PAT, OFF,

"I don't like the way they changed the grille and head- tamps-give me last year's model;"

• MCKENNEY DUMBBELLS

ON BRIDGE

Endplay Makes This Contract Possible

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

USUALLY not more than one of

two members of a family gain In tourna- three

a national reputation ment bridge, but there are who have done so in the Leventril family of New York City.

Peter Leventrit is one of the nation's outstanding players, and his mother and father, Helen and Leo Leventritt, are known for their ac- tivities in the fight against cancer in children. Not long

the ago

the Leventritt family conducted annual rubber bridge tournament of The Whist Club of New York, as

which a result of

approximately $1,000 will be made available for the fight against cancer In children.

Leo plays a pretty good game of bridge when he sets his mind to 1, and the way he played today's hand proves it. East won the opening lend of the five of hearts with the

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ace and returned a heart which Leo won with the king,

He cashed the ace of spades. and from when the blank king dropped

the West hand, he knew that East and two spade tricks. He had to lose a club and he had already los:

henri trick.

He wanted to make his contract, so he led the deuce of diamonds and finessed dummy's jack, When Jt held. he cached the асс and king of diamonds and discarded his the five and three of clubs from own hand. Then he led the jack of hearts, ruffed it, cashed the ace and king of clubs, and when the fell from the West simply played another club threw East in the lead. Enst was helpless. All he had was the jack, fen and four, of spades. He led the jack, Leo won In Dummy with the queen

and gave East. the ten of spades.

The endplay had cheated East out of a trick.

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Your

Knowledge

1. Name the first island to occupied by the Japs after their tack on Pearl Harbour.

EXCLUSIVE 'TELEGRAPH' FEATURE

YOUR BIRTHDAY

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18

PORN today, you have an alert muri Dinquiring mind which wants to be searching out new Belds all the Ume. Original in both thought and action, you are also quick to give ex- pression to your new ideas and are able, in this fashion to be your own good press agent. Yours is a positive personally and there is. Ettle doubt where you stand on a matter.

You have a rather argumentative nature and will discuss anything, just for the sake of getting everyone's ideas. Then, when it. is all over. you will make full use of the best ones, discarding those you see are at popular for you are quick to catch the public trend. You have a lon head when it comes to business and will probably malto n financial success of almost nnything you

inertake.

STELLA

over-work 14 tho frequently you point of exhaustion. You have the recuperate ability, however, very fast and your best progress.ia intervals of made by alternate prodigious work and thorough re- laxatlan.

Never permit yourself to be helt down by an environment which re- stricts you. If you don't like what

for have, go out

tomething Jou better. Walling for something to turn up will never solve your problem.

You are exceptionally generous to your friends, aven lavish in your ex- pressions of affection. Your love of an. carly nature is strong and

Crea marriage should bring you happiness.

and

To and what the stars have. In sfora for tomorrow, select your birthday star

read the cor- your energy', while responding paragraph. Let tremendous, 1s nat bottomless and birthday star be your daily guide.

THURSDAY,

Your

fund of

1.EO (July 24-AME. 23) Both business and soclat aspects' are equally productive of good results, work them in together advantageously.

SU

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AUGUST 19

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 193- This is not your day to make a change. Stick to the old job and get promotion; results that “way—s mnybe.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22).- PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)-

One minor upset should not cause you to deviate from the path of success. There nee powerful In- Buences in your behalf.

Be on the look-out for now opportunity. It inny Involve it change, probably for the better. Act now,

LIBRA (Sept, 23-Oct. 23)- If this in your vacation time, plan to travel. New scenes and new faces will give you renewed interest in

POCKET CARTOON by OSDERT LANCASTER

"You wenta two nice guinea), seats for the finals! Thirty bob and a packet of Virginia cigarettes! Yes!"

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

P

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Sentiment In Rubber Market Improves

New York, Aug. 17.-Sentiment in the rubber market was, much improved today, and futures closed 45 to 70 points higher on sales, totalling. 100 contracts.

EFFORTS

TO SAVE

HARVEST

London.

Aug. 17.-The Army, Navy and Royal Afr Force today sent men on an emergency loan Into British storm-strewn harvest. felds.

What three weeks ago was pre- dicted as a bumper crop of whicat, oats and barley has been turned into gale and rain-whipped fields of mud.

Shipment offerings were taken up, and inquiries from factories were reported for low- priced material,

It is understood that the Hussin credits have been arranged and the Soviets will take up the heavy August commitments.

"יזיין.

Wall Street reported speculative |buying there, both covering and new Investment, and it is predicted that the new advance has a fifty-fifty chance of carrying on tomorrow.

Prices closed as followal- August (in cents per )b.) September

October

Jonary (1049)

21.10

noininal

21.00 bid 31.07 nominal

21.34

21.40 traded 21.14 nominat

21.07

21.00 traded

21.00 nominal

21.00 naked

November December

February

March

April

May

Essex, where prospects had brightest.

Damage was heaviest in the Eng- Esh bread basket" area of York- shire, Lincolnshire, Devon and September

June

July

Aukust

2083

20.00

been

October

20.75

Jalled. Press,

20.95 nominai 20.00

Could They N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

worked alongside students, Land Army girls and thousands of city folk who volunteered,

Battalions of soldiers, sailors and airmen moved into many fields to- DICULASTERERS and day with old-fashioned scythes, to.

what they snorlingpipers having dis-salvage ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-covered that it will be possible Business improvement may be noted. for private motorists to remove Your dreams may appear significant the red dye from commercial

The Army arranged special leave just now. Regard them cautiously.

petrol, # strange and raro

for soldiers to go into the fields, with farm ex- SCORPIO

(Apr. 21-May 21)-chemical is to be added to the especially soldiers TAURUS (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-

The RAF granted 23 Opportunity may beckon. Combine. If needing legal advice reek it today mixture.

perience. soctul business

contacts and

days leave without pay to men excellent anticipate

formerly employed on farms or mar- advantageously for the best possible from your efforts.

kei farms. results.

life.

romance

and

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) -Make a new beginning in either work. This is a or your dny for trying something different.

23-Jan. 201 CAPRICORN (Dec.

good ---A

day for partnerships. especially those of marriage. A new Job might turn out well. 1oo.

MIDWEEK

ODYSSEUS

results

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)- If you are planning a new store, office or business, this would be on suspicious day for a beginning.

CANCER

(June 23-July 23) One of those days when everything seems to turn out to your advantage: romance and business, both good.

BOOK PARADE

A Novel of Modern Times By Rom Landau (MacDonald, 1276) THAT the author of such books as "God Is My Adventure" and "Sex, ultimately Life and Faith" would turn to the medium of the novel was be only to be expected. Roma Landau al-

ia a humanist, a seeker after spiritual truth, whoce beliefs can perhaps find their fullest expression in a living

arrative.

2. Name the earth's only satel-

lite.

3. Name the composer of opera "Parsifal.".

John Pilgrim, the Odysseus of the individual intensely titie, is an creation. He is a cosmopolitan, half the English and Half Russian, who, like

Greek

Journeys Odysseus, through a life of adventure in search But it is not a home

the

4. Where did India ink originate? of his home.

of

5. Why was the Free City Danzig created by the League of Nations?

G. When did Palestine become a mandate of Great Britain?

Answers on Column 5

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19. Ben 1 Down. 20. it's drab without a allor. (2) 21. Up and coming Inland 1. (D)

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days. 151

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ZBW RADIO

JL.K.T.

0, Programme Summary: 6.01. Children's Hait Hour "The Black Abbot by GA Wilson (BBCTS) Part 0 "The Abbot Un- Serenade"; masked: 39, Wednesday

7. "' in the Air Variety Request Pro- gramme: Presented by Susan Howard. Newx and fame (Studio) . World

London Relay): 8.15, New Records; 8.30, "Paul Temple and the Sullivan Mystery by Francis Durbridge Episode 4: "Cairn" by CBBCTS): 0.15, Harmonien Recital Chamber Huang, with Pinna Accompanie iment by Clara Stansfeld, (Studio); .30, "Anthology" Presented by Clifford Davies (Studio): 10, World and Home News (London Relay): 10.15, Weather Report,

ABCIS): 9. Fred Hartley and is Music

Mayfair Orchestra: 10,45, A

10.1. Nery luc 58k by Jonathan Sly Studio: 11. Radio News Heet (London

Relay 11.15, Weather Report and Close Down,

OUTWARD MAILS

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST is Closing Times. By Air

Telogiao, Shangiral, Nanking, lankow,

Pelping. Amoy, Foochow and Swatow, 330 p.. Bangkok, Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi. Bahrein, Calro (Nairobi, Johannesburg. and Marsailles via Cairo) Rome London, (Kowloon CPO) 430 (GPO) A p.m.

And

p.m.

Closing Times By Sea and Train

alohon (Ben) 1 pin.

Shangha! (Real 3 p.m.

Macao and Tsinshan (6ea) 4. p.m. Kongmoon (via Canton) (Irain) □ p.m. Canton (Parcels & 2nd class mail) "(Sea)

8pm.

THURSDAY, August 19

Closing. Times By Air

Canton, (Kowloon CPO) 7.30 am.. 10

ajn, 11.30 p.m., a p.m.; (GPO) 7· 9.30 am, Neon, 130 p.m.

Shanghai, D a.m. (reg): 6.30 am. (ord). Mania, 11.30 am.

Kunming.

Lluchow, Amoy. Shanghai. Nanking, lankow, Tanglao, Polping. Swatow and follow, 3.30 pm. Dangkok, Singapore, Colombo, Sydney

and Auckland, 5 pm.

Balgort and Paris, & p.m.

Japan (Ordinary letters and cards only)

Closing Times By Ben & Train Macao and Tainshan (Ben) 7:30 am. Etrails, Mauritius and South Africa vla

_Durban (803) Noon.

Formosa via Keclung and Honolulu (Ben)

1 p.m.

swalow (Sex) 1 p.m.

Macsa and Talnahar (806)..2 p.m.

(2nd class mall only) (Train)

17. Atend. (4)

Canton

2 p.m.

18

U.B.A., Canada,

and

|Manila (den) 2 pm.

MAS 1. bottom: 23, 4.0.:

Fricking 10 24, Curley! Emphasise

Thistles: 17,

15. Loom 120 Edent

Spectacle:

0.1 Iemitted:

1 Tar: 20 KOFFE: 201loomi

T.

4. DAN: 22 Orsa: 24 Cop

Central

America via San Francisco (No Parcels

for Canada) (Sen) 3 ́p.m.

Amoy (Koa) 5 pm.

Holhuw. and Balgon (es) 2 DL

Shanghai (Ben) 5, p.m.

made of brick and stone that he than the Becks; it is nothing less haver of spiritual fulfillment.

In turn he tries to and such a haven in love and eroticism, in art, In economic success, in political and to activities only humanitarian realise in the end, thot spiritual security is to be found neither th material success or failure, nor yet in religion. What the key to that security finally proves to be provides the main theme of this novel.

But by the time the secrot apothe cariat of chemical police has tested the private motorist's petrol, to ascertain" whether the dye and removed, the chemical have been

users of commercial petrol will have thought of a way of dyeing have private petrol, in order to get back what the private motorists ilched from them. And all tho

will while

be laughing pirates careering about the country with a source mysterious yellow petrol, unknown.

(For those who want to make thetr own gas turbine engine, I recom mend teak for the shaft-casing. The two-stage driving compressor should be ABOVE and not BELOW the cen tral combustion chamber, thus isola- ting the Balmain cleaver-roller, and giving space for the air-intake.)

Smaller art?

I'MANY

critica have mentioned that the great big picture, to disappearing A once so popular, from the Academy. The cruze is for Iess smaller pictures, which take the time to look

there at Next year This modern Odyssey takes render from Tsarist Russia to Ger-will probably be

may, to the Arabian desert, to Lon- miniatures (der nothing men out

by a rather visitor last year 118 small, but not bad, all

top Will sculpture become

don and the English countryside as they were between two wars: Italy, Hollywood and the Far East in these changing scenes we meet saints and fixols, the great and the humble.

the

no longer be judged by its weight smaller and lighter, so that it will and bulk? At present critics delight Towering above them all is Pligrim to give the measurements of bits of all his sculpture, and "Rugged strength" is- himself-Pilgrim who, for individuality, is something more than the highest praise-usually mean-

ing a shapeless" lump. a single seeker.

Rom Landau has indeed made of him a symbol of the present struggle between man the individual and the personal forces that close in on him from all sides. That in the end he prevails over these dark powers, and the unexpected way in which la victory is won, may well be con- sidered na portent of still wider significance.

THE

SONG OF THE FLEA

By Gerald Kersh

(Heinemann, 12/6)

Big thinking

The Admiralty, although short of men, said it would make men avail- able for off-duty work near naval baces--United Press.

HONGKONG SHARES

The Hongkong Stock Exchange passed another sluggish morning. Little business was. registered, the turnover being valued at $150,000.

Details of transactions and noon prices follow:-

SHARES BANKS

DUYENS SELLERS' SALES

HK Bank..... 2000 2030

10 2010 10 © 2015

700

INSURANCES

Cantor Union

Hi Fire

DOCKS, ETC.

K. Wharf 101

C. Wharf {N} Dock

Provident

N. PL. Whart LAND, ETC.

HK Hotel HK Land

Hunroys UTILITIES

Trám Star Ferry C. Light (0) C, LGHT (N) Electric

Macro Electri Tolephone (0) INDUSTRIALS

Cement

Rope

200

15.18 1340 233 6 77E

2012

21.30

130 134. 21 21.40

JD 3024

40

5012 40

300 78

600 @ 21

250 + 30

1003042 400 (40 1750 175

New York, Aug. 17-Foreign exchange

Argentine Peso (Official) US802077 Argentine Peso Unofficial) Australia braat

closing roles were as follows:

Belgium

England

Canada Chile

France India

Mexioo

New Zealand

Peru

Bouth Africa

Portugal

Sweden

Switzerland

Venezuela

2005

0550

0228-1/2

02-3/4

0333 4.03-2/4

,0932-7/8 3024 .1400 1 3.23-1/4

..0700

0404-1/4 4.03-1/4

-2734

*5777

Uruguay

-5300

3010

Shanghai (CNC1100,000)

0145

Netherlarda

3777

3750

.4725

2436

United Press.

Latavio Singapore Hongkong

POUND NOTE RATE

New York, Aug. 17-The pound note in the unofetal market here was quoted today at US$204-United Press.

PARIS FREE MARKET

market WAN

Paris, Aug. 17-in the free here today the US$50 gold pieco quoted`al" 20,400 francs. The US$1 nate was quoted at 300 franer against the black market rate of 363 francs-United Утем

London Stock

Market

London, Aug. 17-The London stock market moved slowly

but

warily today, faced with the flare-up between possibility of a East and West Europe or,

alter- natively, a period of international relief and cose.

Brokers and dealers kept a wary eye on the illuminated notice board with lts travelling message of dividend announcements and pre-

ET us never forget the wife of NEW YORK METAL Uliminary earnings reports.

a sack of money, who pur- chased a tiny water-colour to fill a space on the walls of her boudoir. to her, The suck of money said "Damn it! We can afford something bigger than that."

time Some

after that his son asked him for a violla. The proud sack of money promised him instead

"the biggest cello I It was the same man who, when his wife engaged string quartet for a party, said, "Only four? Didn't it occur to you to get a really big quartet, with

can

There is that touch of the serio- comic, which is perhaps Gerald Kersh's most brilliant asset, in this story of the meanderings of a very brass and all?" decent fellow who has fallen very low through his own bad luck and his own kind heart. Also it 13 arresting as a study of the wonder- ful and fearful ways of chance,

Begin at page one, meet Busto, the meanest landlord of London's middle- class underworld; and after him, n succession of those amazing char- acters which only Mr Kersh can fish murky so inexhaustibly, from the

and yet display BO dc- depths lightedly.

CELLICH'S

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Answers

a

1. Wake Island. 2. The moon. 3. It Richard Wagner. 4. In China. has been in use there since 1200 B.C. 5. To give Poland a port on the Baltic. 6. In 1023.

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EDITONG PARIS SERVICE,

"They're all sall, but only one of them shakes,”

MARKET

New York. Aug. 17. — The following prteen were quoted in the metal market here today!--

DOIS (American Antimony percent)

In hulle of ear- lois, F.O.B. Texas USI0.35 Tin, Grade "A" (09.8 per-.

cent or higher)

Tungsten powered (09.08

percent)

Wolframite (Chinese ora containing Tungsten Trio-

xide) duty paid F.O.D. New York, per short ton

1,03

2.00

0.26/28.

re-

British

slocks Government mained quietly steady, but whether this was due to intervention by a not government stockbroker, was entirely clear.

Among industrial issues, iron and steel shares showed a hardening tendency but others were moslly down a few pence.

Tobacco issues sagged from carly

in the day until just before the close

The following prices were quoted for when they recovered, apparently on

scrap:--

Copper F.O.D. per ton

"lights

Lead F.On.

Chravy sotit

per

ton

Steel F.O.B. per ton (No. 1 heavy Melting) ......

US$15.75/18.00

bear covering.

Road Transport shares were weak, with British Electric Traction falling 17.00/11.50 20 pounds Sterling-United Press.

31.00/20,00

United Fress.

BLACK PEPPER

MARKET

New York, Aug. 17-Black pepper futures today closed Inactive" and un- changed to 200 points higher. Potential buyers bid up the dally permissible, riso, but Bollers remained unattracted 'due to the strong Epot situation.

Bellers asked 75 to 10 cents for Spot

Muntok Spot Lampong. While

| available from 18 to 37 cents.

Prices closed as follows--

September

October

December

January (1940)

March

May

July

Брот

Spot (White - Buntok)

WAS

CHINA PRODUCE QUOTATIONS

New York. Aug. 17-Chinia produce wae quoted in the New York market

follow

Aniseed oil, per b. F.0.5.

New York

Cana oll, per ib. Fo..

New York Agar Agar. per lb. TO.D.

New York

0.75/77

2.00/2.50

2.05/4.85

Tung oil. In

72.00 bld

FOB. New ib.

Jank

York per

0.25-1/2

drums

71.00 1

04.00 nomlaal

61.00

50.00

71,00

18

18.00

15/70.00 75/77.00 United Press.

Taft-Hartley Law Inyoked

Washington, Aug. 17.-The United!

Sandalwood,

depending on quantity & quality

Beryllum, (10 to 11 per-

cent) per tan...

13.00 nominal

20.00/28.00

0.43 United Press.

Molybdenum (00 percent)

per ib.

Silver Prices

New York, Aug. IT-Bliver, per fine ounco, as quoted by Mesra Handy and Harmon 72 cents-United Press.

LONDON SILVER

London, Aug. 17,

443.

United Press.

States Government today sat In Blver, Spot, per ounce ....5********* 410. motion the Taft-Hartley" law ma- Silver, Forward, per ounce chinery to prevent the East Coast dock strike set for midnight on Sa-

turdayent Truman's next.

under the law will be to appoint a

and

Exchange Rates

Thistness was done in the local 'un»

fact-finding board de investigate the official exchange market this morning in dispute between East Coast shippers the following rates:

Chinese dollars (per CNJI Mð............. the A. F. I International Long-Sterling note (per .....

The Taft-US,, dollars, (per. Ušķi) shoremen's Association. Hartley law forbids a strike whiled bars (persely

Pikstren (per 100)..... the investigation is being carried stem ticam (per 100)

- Ngi guilders (per, 100)- out-United Press..

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