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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1948.

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Check Your Knowledge

which 1. Name the apparatus automatically records earth tremors.

2. When was the Panama Canal opened officially?

CEVERAL years ago Fred Kaplan of New York City started

na two-

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ace-showing convention over

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When did the first wrestling bids that has became quite popular match take place?

In the east. When partner opens

with a forcing two-bid-it-calls-for-4-Name-four-noted designers--of one of the following responses:

With two or more aces, bid

furniture in the 18th century.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19

ORN today, you are one of those gelting something Important accom-

Bilduals whose life may never pisked.

be spectacular although it will be substantial and successful, providerl you make full use of your particular talents. You are conscientious and any work which is yours faithful in to perform. Just see to it that you are not bogged down with so many details as an "old faithful" that you аге too busy to get your Own ercalive work done.

You have definite ideas and plans which you would like to accomplish, but sometimes you don't do much more than think about them. Strike out for yourself and see much better things can become.

You

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You have a talent for business.

should And that February in Usually a good month for you to and that ventures undertake Tuesday appears to be the best day of the week for you when it comes to

new

of books and will You are fond

of your own. want a large library You have n tendency to slip away with a book rather than mingle socially with people with whom you have little in common. You have a certain timidity which keeps you from being the proverbial "good fellow". Cultivato this side of your nature more..

You

women

You are capable of a deep and lasting love and in return will give life-long devotion. make splendid wives, good managers in the home and understanding nicthers.

the stars have in To find what store for tomorrow, select your

star futd birthday

rend the Let your corresponding paragraph, birthday star be your daily guide.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20

LEO (July 24-Aug. #3) Continue yesterday's activities this morning and come to a deflofte de- cision. Avoid over-confidence when afternoon comes.

VIRGO (AVE, 24-Sept. 22) Complete tasks begun yesterday and expect ne results. When afternoon comes, slow up and relax.

LIBRA (Sepl. 23-Oct. 23)- Business affairs Are definitely improving for you. Combine business and pleasure. Enjoy the results.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov, 22)- Consoitdate yesterday's gains and continue in your efforts, Improve- ment in all lines is evident now.

BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) -A stimulating day, Changes and new Beenes may bring increased Measure and very possibly sorte Material gain.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)- Opportunity is really pounding en

Pusin door.

every possible advantage and get exactly what you

your

want.

SCIENCE AT WORK:

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19)—– Still hold to established plans and nvold travelling if at all possible. Otherwise, an excellent day.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- Employees are especially favoured. A good day for a wedding if you are interested in romance.

(Mar. 22-Apr. 20)— ARIES Patience will win the battle today. Restrictions may try your soul, but they can be circumvented if you are

smart.

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BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

THE delivery of the new

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telephone directories cnused some comment. Expert telephonists have failed to per- sunde the Post Office to include La supplementary volume con- TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)taining the most popular wrong Afternoon the best time for numbers. business matters especially if you nre trying to make collections.

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GEMINT (May 22-June 22) General merchandising is favoured. Dest for you to postpone signing documents until later, If you can.

Many people think that the giving of wrong numbers by the exchanges could be speeded up if the subscriber himself asked for the wrong number, and so got the business over quicidy. Having made sure that he had been CANCER (June 23-July 23)-iven the correct wrong number, the Gocial and the subscriber would then ask for the Emphasis is on the romantic. Good resilta obtained by number he first thought of the one following through yesterday's plans. he really wanted.

The Strabismus telephone

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ELECTRIC WEATHER MAN WORKS AUTOMATICALLY

By PAUL F. ELLIS

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HE U.S. Army Signal Corps has a THE

new "electrle weatherman"

infantryman could compact that an carry it around on his back.

However, the device was not de- to the more signed to add

Woo inarching soldier. It la to be in-

in stalled

unmanned weather stations, because it will work auto- maticnily.

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simple system of telephoning. Each instrument was automatically connected with 50 or

60 of the numbers most likely to be required by each subscriber. All the subscriber had to do was to tell dl- the exchange the number required. The machine records wind

He would then be connected in the rections and wind velocities. It uses ordinary way, unless it was engaged.

Baic! ink. Engineers

moving The advantage of this sytsem no arms, connected electrically to a wind that it narrowed the margin of error, velocity measuring instrument, and since the exchange had only 50 or to n weather vane, mark specially-00 numbers to choose from, for each sensitised paper by sending sparks subscriber. through it.

What do Americans eat and why' do they cat?

The questions may soon be settled. A scientific study is being conducted

by the Sugar Research Foundation. based on statistics furnished by the Ellen H. Richarda Institute of Pennsylvania State College.

Pennsylvania was chosen, according to Dr. Robert C. Hockett, because it has the most widely representative type of population of any part of the country.

6. Programme Summary; 4.01. Child-

Through the Looking 'ren's Story:

Carroll Episode Glas" by Lewis

meets the White Queen and "Alica Itumply-Dumpty

(BBCTS); 4.30, "String the with Winge (ORDS: 3ma" with Tommy Handley (BBCTS): 730. La Demi-iteure

**(Studio); 0 Francaiso World and Home News (London Relay); 5.15. British Concert Hall 1DUCTS); B30, searchers

four 5. For whom was the Taj Mahal no trump. With three or more erceled? kings, or the king-queen of one sult and the king of another sult.

6. How many times does This bid denies human heart beat in a day? bid three no trump.

shows a trick and an ace but half. With one sce, bid the ace.

(Answers on Column 5) With four of partner's trump and a singleton, or a king and one, jump partner's sult. With anything less than the above you are required to make a response of two no trump.

today's As an example, South in hand opens the bidding with two hearts. North responds with four no trump, showing two neer. South now knows that the worst he

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By K. MAKOVSKY Black, & places.

can

get is a possible finesse for seven- odd, so he immediately bids seven hearts.

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The technique of the play also is interesting. The opening lead of the four of hearts should be won dummy with the five-spot, the ace of diamonds cashed and a

smnit Declarer then

diamond trumped. Joads the six of hearts, overtakes In dummy with the queen and rutta

has no further

the seven of diamonds. When the king of diamonds drops, declarer problem as he can discard the queen of clubs dummy's queen" of diamonds.

on

If the king of diamonds had not dropped, declarer might find West with both the king of diamonds and king of clubs. In that case he, could run off the whole heart sult get a possible squeeze on West,

and

White, 3 pieces.

White to play and mate in three. Solution to yesterday's problem:

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A Play: The Shirt" by Francis Dillon, 12,000 persons, getting information

by Cord Davies for Hong Kong Stage Club: 10, World and on the actual food consumption of all Relay): 10.15. members of 450 familles averaging London Home News Weather Report: 10.16. Music for Dan 4.2 members. cing: 18.45, "Blue Suk" A Short Story

Radio The by Jonathan Sly (Studio) 21, News Reel (London Relay); 21.10, Wen- ther Report and Close Down.

The result will be telephoned to me direct, and will appear In

thifa colunin in all editions of tomorrow's paper.

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One of the objectionable charac- teristics of the English is to think, or to pretend to think, that every foreign name is screamingly funny. Docs it not occur to you that to Mr

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your own nome, may sound excruciatingly comical?

Yrs. truly,

B. D. Huxtable."

Yes, sir, and when Mr Phthph group, Dr Hockell said, starts a column in the Goinad Ex- embraces 100 urban non-metro-press he is welcome to make fun of politan families representing Incomes my name. Then some countryman of ranging from those on relief to $30,-his will write to say that "to Mr

Morion 000 annually: 100 rural families re-

no doubt your own name, presenting a broad range of Income Phthph, may sound excruciatingly and different types of farm enterprise funny". And there we are back

Д where we started from.

OUTWARD MAILS and 100 village familles covering

Unless otherwise stated, registered close 30 articles and parcel posta

ordinary minutes earlier than the

all close before 10 a registered and parcels will close as 5 p.m. on previous day. Malls ar closed at Kowloon Central Post Omee, ball an hour earlier than the G.P.U. closing times.

Parcel Post Uni further notice Bervice to the Province of Henan, China, is suspended.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19

Closing Times By Air

Kunming, Liuchow,

Атоу. Shanghal, Nanking. Jankow, Taingiwo, Peiping. Swolow and Hollow, 3.30 p.m. Bangkok, Singapore. Batavia, Colombo,

Sydney and Auckland, p.m. Saigon and Paris, 6 pm.

Japan (Ordinary letters and cards only)

d p.m.

Closing Times By Sex & Train

Manila (Sea) 3. pan.

Haiphong (Bea) 3 p.m.

Shanghai (Bea) 3 p.m.

Macao and Teinshan (Hea) 4 pm.

Kongmoon (Sea) p.m."

Canton (Parcels and 2nd Claus Mali) (Bea)

6 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20

Closing Times By Air

10

Conton, (Kowloon CPO) 7.30 a.m..

am., 12.30p.m.. 3 p.m.; (CPO) 7 àm.... 0.30 am.. Noon, 2330 p.m. Shanghai, Da.m., (reg); 630 a.m. (ord). Shanghai, Nanking. Hankow. Tsingião, Peiping. 6walow, Amoy, Foochow and Talpeli, 3.30 p.m.

· Clouing Times Ny Hea and Train

Maeno and Tainahan (884). B. KATI, Canton (Parcels & and Class Mail) (8x)

Stralia and Macasser (Bea) Noors.

Amoy (Res) Noon.

Macão & Tairishani (Bea) # p.m.

Canton (2nd class mail only). (Trata)

a p

Bangkok, (Sex) 3 pm,

Shanghai (sex) ↑ pm22

Macko and Thinshan (888) 4. p.m.

· Kongasoon" (via (Canton) (Trida) 8 pan.

Canton (Parcola, da and class miatt) "(Ban)

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considerable income and occupation spread.

In addition, he said, the major food the calorie content and the types, nutrients in the diels of approximate- ly 10,000 individuals. from 1,000 different families will be measured.

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CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Answers

1. Seismograph. 2. In June, 1820. The study, it is hoped, will

3. 720 B.C. at the Olympic Games. termine what amounts of various 4. Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Adam

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

HONGKONG SHARE

MARKET

Slightly more buyer interest was discernible in the local share market this morning, following the lull during the earlier part of the week.

Better Feeling On London

Stock Exchange

住

London, Aug. 18.-The London Stock Exchange today ended in cheerful mood, though for no reason nnybody could find. The turnover remained low and the vast majority

better

ot operations were professional. Nevertheless, there was n feeling in the air.

British Government securities Im-

proved very little on investment buying.

Among Industrial issues the "blue chips" were up a few pence.

Oll shares were another good Anglo- feature In the market. Americans rose 1/3 to reach 100/-

tx-

and others closed a few. pence

Royal Dutch was an higher.

with the quotation un- ception changed at 23%.

Rubber shares were dull as were also South African industrial issues. Gold mines were steady though featureless.-United Freas.

N.Y. FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York, Aug. 18-Foreign exchange closing rates are as follow:- Argentine Peso (0Melal} Argentine Peso (UnoMcial) Australia

Brazil

US$0.2077

2009

3,23

0530

023015

0214

4.03%

Electrics, China Lights (old) and Cements were popular. Trams have risen alightly sinco the announcement of an interim dividend.

This

and noon

Business totalled $403,000. morning's transactions prices follow:-

SHARES DUYERS SELLERS SALES

DANKS

BK Dank

INSURANCES

Canton terja

31.3

2010 2040 10 @ 2020

30%

45 385

Union.

760 750 200

HK Fire

DOCKS, ETC.

K. Whart (0) Dock

Provident ..... LAND, ETC.

HK Hotel

HIK Land Humphreys UTILITIES

Trem

100 2012 301210

22 2015

16.40 10 30

10 2011

211;

BG F 150

382

160

ສສ.

1000 21

4:00

C. Light (0)... 2155 215 3000

C. LEM (N) .. Electric

500 @ 23

171

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500

500

250 ## 2414

Macao Electric 14

500

Telephone (0) INDUSTRIALS

Cement

250 € 30

4035

1500 40 1000 à 40

300 4815

100 g 534

Repe... 1733

STORES, ETC.

Dairy (0)

4014

Watson (010) Watson (Rights) 25

Rubber Prices

Advance

New York, Aug. 18-In the rubber market today, consumer interest was advances in further stimulated by

local Spot and Futures markets, plus higher prices at

the

primary markets. Behind the current rise was the re- 2014 sumption of Russian shilp loading following the placing of a credit by that country with the shippers.

Traders said that still higher prices seem certain.

Sales totalled of contracts, and prices closed 40 to 60 higher as follow:-

Belgium

Canada

Chile England

Franco

India

3165

Mexico

New Zealand

3.2314

Peru

0700

Portugal

040414

South Africa

4.0314

Bweden

2783

Switzerland

2577

Uruguay

.5300

Venezuela

3010

Shanghal (CNC$100,000)

0145

371!

5760

October

.4725

November

22405

December

United Press.

January (1010)

February

March

British June

Netherlands

Batavin Singapore Hongkong

POUND NOTE RATE

August (m cents per ib.), 21.75 nominal September

April

May

New York. Aug. 19-The pound note was quoted in the unofficia July market here today at US$2.03.-United | August Preis.

September October

PARIS FREE MARKET

Paris, Aug. 18-In the free market here today the US$20 gold plece was quoted at 20,300 francs.

The US$1 note was quoted at 305.0 franen. against the black market rate of 360 francs-Unlied Press.

ZURICH EXCHANGE

21.63 ki

21.07 nominal

21.07

31.00/70 traded

21.84 nominal

21.03 21,60 bid

2137 nominal

21.65

21.00

21.43

2140

21.33

21.30

Press

LONDON MARKET

London, Aug. 18-Prices in the rubber market here today olowed an follows:- September (in pennies per lb.) 12-11/10 October.

13-11/10

November

11-11/10

December

13-11/16

January (1040) March

17-13/16

13-15/16

Swiss France)

United Press.

~10.09

LITY

Zuriclų Aug. 10-The Hollowing ex- change rates were quoted in the ofletal market here today:- US Dollar

Sterling-room

Argentine peso.....

-United Press,

NEW YORK METAL

MARKET

Short Covering

On

New

Wall Street

York,

August 10 There was on early rally in the slock.mar- kot today on

short covering, but later the market slipped back, and turned enty.

Steel

Issues displayed strength early in the session, but reacted 1.03 near the close,

2.90

New York, August 10—The following prices were quoted in the metal market hore today Antimony (American 80-15 per- cent) in bulk of carload fol FOB. Texas

......................................... 173$0.35 Tin Grade "A". (99.8 percent or

higher) Tungsten, powdered 109.90 per-

ceni) Wolframite (Chinese ore con- toining Tungsten Trioxidel duty paid F.U.B. Now York, per afort lon Iron ore' (0-15 per cent Iroo) delivered lower port Lako Superler, por leng ton........... Copper (Bectrolyte, Export, FAS. New York) per 1b... Zinc (Peline Western, New

York) per lb. ............... Manganese (Electrolytic, 90.0 percent Manganexe) delivered cast of Afisalssippi River per 15

-Upited Press.

0.20/28

Santa Fe, Great Northern, Now York Central, Pennsylvain Railroad and Southern Paciic dropped fruc- Lions in the onsler railroad group.

Dow Jones averages at the close. of the session stood as follows:- 30 Industrials

182.12

0.35

20 Ralls

2316

16 Uulition

40 Bonds

15.00

22.00

foods are caten at different times of and Sheraton. 5. For the fahan U.S. Foreign Trade

the day, and also find the intake of wife of the Emperor of India (Shah it times and calories, protein, carbohydrate, fat, Jahan), 6. 100,000 calcium and essential acids and

pumps more than 10,000 quarts of blood vitamins they contain,

KONIDAS PRIES SERVICE,

THE SATURDAY

SWIFTING PORT

“A thousand down, and the rest in twelve backbreaking

payments."*

Decline

59.37 34.09

-18.5B

-United Press.

CHINA PRODUCE QUOTATIONS

New York, Aug. 10,China produce was quoted in the New York market Washington, Aug. 18-The Census today as follows! Bureau of the Department of Com-Anfaced Oil; per Ib, 8,0.0.

New York ...

0.75/77, merce today published June figures for United States foreign trade, Cassin Oil per lb. F.0.1,

New York 3.60/2.50 giving details of a trade decline from Agar Agar, pet lb. F.03. US$1,102,000,000 in May to US$1,- 013,100,000 in June.

New York, 4.00/4.00 Tung OIL in tank car

F.OD. New York perib," 0.25×15)

As far as Asia is concerned Cx-Sandalwood, In drums ies

ports exceeded mostly the average, pending on, quantily "h of 1047. But even so they slipped

quality

from US$180,800,000 to US$160,700,- | Bervillum, (10 to 12 per

000.

* 13.00 nominat

cent) per ton ............. 20.00/24.00

por ib.

0,45 Unlied Press. BRISTLES A Bristles, -7.0. New York perib, as follow: Hankow, regular: ketortments

00/4.10

regular, smortments 2,79,

Imports from Asla rose from US$104,600,000 to US$121,000,000, Mclybdenum, (10, porcent) Prominent among the Imports from Aain were the rise in purchases in illions of dollars of Philippine products.

Hongkong shipped barely US$200,- 000 worth of goods in May but tripled this figure in June. United Chungking, regular, assortments 1,00 States deliveries to Hongkong, how shanghai over, dropped- from '$0,000,000 to Tientain, 20′ shortage,LAYIL GAS $3,200,000.—United Press.

Tientsin, 20′■ regular 10.25

United Press.

Exchange Rates

Busines was done in the local un-

official exchange market this; morning in the following rafer:

Chinese dollars (per CNS in.)TM

Sterling note (per, El) ·

U.S. dollars (per USHI)

•Gold bare (portal) Plastres (per 100)

Barn thesis (per 106) NET gulders (par-100):

Silver Prices

London, Aug. 15, Silver, Bpot per ounce ................ 400,- Nilver, Forward, 'por aungo.

“United Frem. W NEW YORK SILVER:

New York, Aug, · 18,----Bliver,- per fire eunce, as quoted try Memera., Handy and 2016 |„Harmón, 1954, penta-United Pro,

0.80

14,30