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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1948.

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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

UNTIL 1934

1

Cleveland, O.

1 may be a Bitle bit blased, but have always felt that Cleveland pro- duced some of the greatest players of all time. At the

State tournament

happy

Henry

HELLO! IS THIS THE CITY BRIDGE AUTHORITY

HOW MANY POINTS DOES ONE GET FOR

A LITTLE SLAM?

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country is

sometimes

1. What enlied the "Land of Regrets"?

2

BIRTHDAY.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

In PORN today, your keennest

terests lie in the fine arts, par- fleularly literature in all its forms, You have an imaginative, totultive, and aterl mind which is able to and see look at the commonplace comething new and interesting. You Anc know how to dramatise life to point un moral without appear- ing to preach.

By STELLA

conic out with by the things you

discussion or in your during

can become a great writing. You force for good, if you hold to your

Your life Ideals.

no doubt, high will be an exclling and interesting one. In the some fashion by which you draw devoted cohorts, you will bitter opposition from also invite those who disagree with you. Don't let this disturb you, for often fame more by the publicity ut is built

the quiet enemies than it is by devotion of friends.

1. during your enrly twenties or mid-thirties, you should receive

not legacy, use it for the development me plan which might of

You have a magnette personality which draws people to you who are always helpful and who want to see you get along. You must avald depending upon others too much. for the time may come when you will have to depend upon yourself, alone, and you will be lost. There la a touch of genius in you; but otherwise be possible. Be especial- which needs carefully enreful in marriage, for only a genius nurturing from earliest youth. You person attuned to similar tendencles find it so easy to do so many things in temperament and ideals can bring well that you may disperse your happiness. energies too widely results.

A

for effective

To And what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your birth- Reint on individualist when it day star and read the corresponding

thought, you. may often paragraph. Let your birthday stari

closest frientis be your daily guide.

Cuties to Astonish even your

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21) - You vinco Aug. 24-Sept. 23)-1

De may

embark oppi Rome new yen- contemplating property sales,

new business or social moderate in your demands. Friends ture with

Outlook is excellent now. associate, may be helpful in business affairs.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Avoid Reconcile any health upset by being careful, arguments. Side-step differences of opinion.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-Not at day to push your luck too far. Hold the line and wait for developments before acting at all.

SCORPIO 1Oct. 24-Nov, 12)- Businers agreements committing you to some new business prrangements may be consummated successfully.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov.

23-Dec.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May Afternoon offers constructive op- portunities for long-term nelivilles. Trading in

Inctory.

GEMINI

land can prove satis-

(May 22-June 22)-A

22)There dealing in property sales judicious decision in regard to the and purchses, should selves in a furtunate position.

And them

CAPRICORN lee. 23-Jun. 203- An important day when your jurt- to be very quick and ment needs

associates Friendly business are helpful.

sure.

POCKET CARTOON

by OSBERT LANCASTER

"Of

course it's extinct, stupid-otherwise we'd have been sold to eat it and like It months ago.”

BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

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we

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Influence Of

Of Russian Rubber Purchases

New York, Sept. 8.-Trading was dull here to- day and the market was weak, with prices closing 15 to 30 points lower. Sales totalled 75 contracts. The weakness was reflected little shipment business done, from the primary markets and nnd that which was done was heightened by the lack of fac-at, sacrifice prices. tory interest here. There was

RECORD U.S.

COTTON CROP

PREDICTED

Russian purchases of 18,000 long

for August dellvery from Malayn are regarded as significant, I la felt that buying from this source, if continued at this rate, will give a strong undertone to the market. Russla purchased only 13,- 330 tons the previous month and none at all a year carller. "

Price closed as follows: Eeptember (in cents per lb.)

October

November

December

Washington, Sept. 8-The Depart January (1049) of Agriculture estimates February ment the 1948 cotton crop at 16,210,000 March

April 30,000 bales May bates, an increase of over its forecast of a month ago. June The new crop estimate is based on July Information as at September 1. It compares with a production Inst year

The of 11,857,000 bales.

August estimate was 15,160,000 bales.

The ten-year average production Is 12,014,000 vales. This year's crop

Aukust

20.05 bid

20.03

kominal

20.02

20.80/90 Iradet

20.82

20.03

20.19 traded

20.13 20.00

noininal

traded

20.75

nominal

20.70

20.6

-United Press.

LONDON FUTURES

London, Sept. 8.-Prices in Une rubber market here today closed as follows: Delober (in peintes per b.) November

is expected to be the largest since December 1937.

January (1049)

March

Apri

United

If the predicted yield is realised, N.Y. FOREIGN

Board

EXCHANGE

The Crop Heporting Board placed the estimated yield per acre at TEVER over-inclined to push 313.2 pounds, or alightly below the per acre ourselves forward, and al-estimated 313.5 pounds

forecast. A 21-Ways the first (after Mrs made in the August

bale of cotton weighs 500 pounds. to step Mullins, of course) daintily out of the limelight, it will set a new all-time high. It above the feel, nevertheless, that would be 14.3 pounds

previous record established in 1944. the Royal Com- somebody on

The

said: "Generally favourable weather, in the central mission on Awards to Inven-

losses and castern areas offset the tors might remember us.

enused by the drought in Toxas and Tennessee." It also said that high temperatures and less than average Australia

of the cotton raz!! rainfall over most belt hastened the maturity of the Delgium

no Canada .D011

Chile crop and continued to limit

In many areas the England weevil damage.

usual, France crop is ready earlier than and picking is reported to be "well of recent years-United ahead" Press.

new business may opening augment your success appreciably, CANCER (June 23-July 231-AN printing connected with netivilles and advertising appear especially favoured. Expansion plans may be Developed.

Of course, we wouldn't say that on the little thing netually our no hand in losing it. We invented war, but we can prove that it had it, we seem to remember, in rather a hurry the evening that a rocket de- chased us up Shoe-lane. Few in- firm ventions to our way of thinking dlá Use more to bolster up civillun morale. more than willing to and we are seltle for the price of our gas bili (£2 3s. id.).

24-Aug. 23)-Over- (July LEO AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19)-

now may

itc Don't let minor upsets retard a very aggressiveness right

best interests, definite and progressive advance in feat your

argumentative. Assert yourself but Affairs. important

diplomacy. effectively.

not

MUSIC FOR THE GRAMOPHONE:

LONG-PLAYING RECORDS

ARE A SENSATION

BY DELOS SMITH

Here

are some facts about the one LP Columbia leng-playing microgroove

indicated records. What profession is by the Initials Ph. D.?

Was

a native of For that reason

3. What was the ancient for Ceuta and Gibraltar?

name

card Olle Was

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prizes

5.

Canada.

this year I

Apthorp and to see Carl

team- Jaeger, two former mates of mine and two really great eard players.

famous

We were discussing the Western Reserve team, who won the Ohio State team-al-four tile this year. The leam consisted of Elmer J. Babin, Sidney Fink, A. S. Gold- .smith and O. S. Emrich of Cleveland, and Charles 1. Goren of Philadel- phia. Today's lerson hand is. result of our discussions.

the

the declarer You can ace that has to lose two diamonds and the ace of hearts quickly. He cannot afford to lose any spades. Every- body agreed thut he should play the nce of spades at once. Now should from he piny the Jock of spades

And the ten and dummy, hophig to one on the left?

Emrich, who

played this hand, best advanced the theory that the percentage play is to bang down This the ace and king of spades. protects the declarer moinst a spade

queen Inser if the

and

one

are doubleton on the left or the right. The only time he will win by lead- ing the jack on the second round of spades is when the ten and one are on the left.

This is a neat safety play can be missed easily, but is

tha?

never

missed by good, careful players.

A 12-incher plays for 22 minutes side. The one most. on ut the mhine stops. You get up. turn the 22 over, and it plays for record miules more.

record minutes of music selected for

you.

mean

that

You may

44

have been pre- like most of the pieces and the artists performing them--but on the other hand you may dislike some.

disadvantage, To overcome that

with shiny marked the LP's are bands which permit you to put the beginning of playing needle down at the That approximates the

12-Inch any particular, plece or movement. nive standard time

includ- both the advantages of long playing Name the smallest province of records. But five standard records But when you do so you sacrifice

impose nine interruptions. Ing the one in the middle when you and of the record changer for stan-

dard records. must get up and turn the stock over in the changer.

What is the difference B.

the United Kingdom tween Great Britains?

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Solution to yesterday's problem:

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Therefore, the LP is a sensationwi advance for the home reproduction of any extended musical work hay-

Buch as unity, ing intrinsic symphony or a concerto, ur some- thing repairing continuity, such as No a segne or on net from opera, inatter where the interruptions occur standard records, Uwy

are always in the wrong place unless at the end of a movement and that is where the LP's make their one brenk. The musicians are going to find the LP the best thing for the gramophone since the advent electrical recording.

On

For Short Items

of

But for short pieces, such as items of popular music, the standard re- cord has an advantage. Using this musical fare, you lond your record changer and the interruptions when the records change are not bother- some because each one provides n pause between pleces, Short pieces on

It was, of course, the imaginary portable hole in the ground to be got into in moments of stress,

Freedom

THE G.P.O. ediel that postmen are

The be allowed to wear open-

necked shirts from June to Septem- ber has started a wave of high feeling

among pure-thinking boys and girls who fear that this is the first sign of a postwar laxity in murals in the Civil Service. Ever inclined towards lotus-eating and sun-worship. postmen-all carefree wandering nomads at heart are to be encouraged to lean towards the nudist cult. It will not stop there. Soon they will be running barefoot in the early morning dew up the lawn of "Chez You" to push the day's ration of forms through the letter- shorts with a red stripe. box. Some are talking of little blue

Switch over

TF the British Electricity Board are I tot by into a really serious lum

Playing Quality Good Because the LP record turns at 33 revolutions per minute as op-about the poster of the dear fille posed to the 78 revolutions of the kiddie and his doggle saying "Mum- standard record, you have to have my forgot to switch it off, we will a special record player attached to willingly carry the can for them. If your gramophone to use them. That mummy objects so strongly he can be saying: "That careless old gont, requires an initial outiny, but the other hand, one L costs less Uncle Fred, forgot to switch it off." mind; he can't Uncle Fred won't than its equivalent in standard re-

read. cards.

on

The LP playing quality is excel- lent. On the reviewer's equipment, the it was approximately that of

plastic best standard records with

machines. surfaces. But on many

better. The It will be distinctly record player has a pick-up which is better than most pick-ups In use. United Press.

now

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Answers

OUTWARD MAILS Pers of Hercules. 4. In Stock-

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER O Closing Times By Air Kunming, Luchow. Amoy, Shanghai, Nanking. Hankow, Tsingtao and Pel- ping. 3.30 p.m. Swatow, Hoihow and Talpeh, 3.30 p.m. Bangkok, Singapore. Batavia, Colombo,

Sydney and Auckland, 5 p.m.

Japan (ordinary letters and cards only?. Ping Times By Sea & Train

Shanghai (Kea) 3 pm.

Haiphong (Bea) 3 pm,

4

Macac and Tainshan (Ben) 4p.m. Kongmoon via Canton (Train) 5 pm. Canion (Parcela & 2nd class mad) (Re)

5 p.m.

FRIDAY, BELTEMBER 10

Closing Times By Air Conion, (Kowloon CPO) 7.30 am 10 a.in.. 12.30 p.m., .m.: (OPO) 7 4.30 0.30 R., Boon, 2.30 p.m.

Shanghai, D a.m. (regt: 1.30 am, (ord).

Ilankow, Tsingtao. Shanghol, Nanking.

Poping, Swatow, Amoy and Taipeh. 3.30 p.m

Closing Times By Sea & Train

Marno and Twinshan (Sea) 136 h.m.

Haiphong (Sea) 10 am,

Shanghat (Hea) 10 am,

Macao and Tainahan (Sea) 5 p.m.

Canton (2nd class mali only) (Train)

2 p.m.

Swatow (Bea) 2

..

Formosa VIA Keelung (Sa) 2 pm,

Bangkok (Ben) 2. p.tn.

Manila (Peay 3 pin.

Straits and Egypt (Hea) 3 p.m.

Maeno and Talnatins (ikk) 4 pina

Kongmoon (Bea) 5 p.m.

Canton (Parcels di znd class mall) (Bea)

1. Indla. 2. Doctor of Philosophy. Edward holm, Sweden. 5. Prince Island. 0. Great Britain comprises Englandt, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man and the United Kingdom comprises all of these plus Ireland.

Radio Hongkong

I.K.T.

6. Programme Summary: 0.01, "On the Shelf": 0.30, "Stringtime with Geraldo" (ORBS): 7, "ITMA" with Tommy Handley (BBCTS); 7.30, La Demi-Heure Francaiso (Studio); 9, World and flome News Concert 1London Relay): 9.15. 3r Hall. BUC Symphony Orch, rond, by Sir A Boult (BBCTS); 9.15, A Play "Wanted on Voyage" by Jack Shepherd. Produced for the Hongkong Stage Club by Jack Shepherd: Episode 1: "Referred to you"

Ot (Studio): 0.45, Mantevant and s

10. World and lome News chestra: (London. Helay); 19.15, Weather Report: 10.10, Coleridge Taylor: "Petite Sulte de Concert" London Sym. Orch: 10.30, "The old Rocking Chair Orchestra and Voest. (BACTS): 11, Radio News Heel (London Relay): 11.15, Weather Report and Close

down.

HONGKONG

SHARES

The Hongkong share market was Transactions quiet this morning. and noon prices follow:-

2010

585

*

32010

10 783

New York, Sept B.--"Today's foreign exchange closing rates were:

US$0.2977 Argentine Peso Oficial) Argentine Peso Unodlelal)..

3.2

din

Mex.co

New Zealand'

Peru

Portugal

2005

.0350

022814

1214

0333

4.0312

0032025

3024

1455

4.0312

0700

04044

South Africa

4.031

Sweden

.2780

Switzerland

.2356

Uruguay

4550

Venezuela

2010

Shanghai (per Gold Yuan)

nom,

Netherland

3775

4720

2400

United Press.

1

Batavia

Singapore

Hongkong

ZURICH EXCHANCE Zurich, Sept. -The following, ex- change rates were quoted in the oflefät markot here today:

un-

(Swiss Francay

3.0315

10.00

peso

0.503

0.96

United Press.

Sterling Argentine French franç

SHARES BUYERK BELLERS SALES US doller BANKS

TIK Bank Fast Asl INSURANCES

Union

DOCKS, ETC.

K. Wharf 101 N. Pt. Wharf. Dock Provident LAND. ETC. HK Hotel

IIK: Land S'hai Land Humphreys UTILITIES

Tram

140

1078715

140 50 141

30%

22.80

700297

15.70 1000 101

500 151

70.

312

3000 5.50

22.60

21.80 400 a 2113

134

22 10

Electric

301

Macao Electrie

Telephone 101 INDUSTRIALS

404 1100 @ 397% 200 243% 3л

10.30

Star Ferry

r. Light (0)

#nor STORES, ETC. Dalry (0) Dalry (New) Walton 10RİY

(New) Watsont

London Stocks

Close Lower

London, Sept. -The London stock market was subbued today.. and prices closed lower in sections.

all

The Berlin situation and French political considerations outweighed any

reactions favourable

which might have followed Sir Stafford л the Cripps plain speaking Margate Trade Union Congress and the expectation of an early pay-out for remaining Argentine rail stocks. However, in most sections the dull

ary marking down than

to actual selling.

Gilt-edged securities provided, the firmest spots, with most of them near the fractionally higher until close when the list became irrogular and long-dated issues closed

CHICAGO GRAIN prees were due more to precaution-

PRICES

Chicago, Sept. 8.-Chiengo Board of Trade grain prices closed as follows:- WHEAT (priet per bushel)

May

July

CORN

May

July

OATS

May

July

2.23-1-2-22 Close-2.23 2.25-12-14

1.69-1.08-34

1.40-12-14

72-72-14

72-24-3

United Press.

wheat, futures and

fractionally casier.

European bonds weakened, with sellers of German Potash

seven

percent slocks putting the prico down £2 to £50, while Polish seven percents lost 30/-d. to £22.

Overseas neglected.

ralls

were

ngain

NEW YORK COMMODITIES

New York, Sept. In the train mar ket here today September corn paced a rise to higher nishing at around yesterday's clos- Rruund, but late fiquidation cut most of Ing levels, with the gains. Wheat positions nahed fairly | Steel unchanged. strong-Unlied Press.

BLACK PEPPER

MARKET

New York, Sept. -fack

today closed Inactive nominally unchanged.

futures

Dollar stocks were, steady, mostly,

United States

Press.

al 130.--United

Exchange Rates

Business was done in the locat un- onlelal exchange market the moming at the following rates:-

Gold yuan (per yuan)

pepper CNC (per $1 m.).......

and Sterling bound note (per #1)

U.S. dollar (per $1) Gold bare per tael) FIC plastres (per 100) Slam ticale (per 100) NEI guilders^ipor IG0}

truck striko The extension of the Around New York tended to discourage Apol buying. The demand, however. Indloated that considerable business is likely to develop as soon as delivery is ponsible.

Further interest was noted for new erop Indian pepper, but no bookings could be confirmed.

Prices closed as follows:-

September

October

December

January (1940)

March

May

July

Spat

SOTTORE FRESH ORNVICE. I

Spot (White Muntek)

73.00 nominal 72.00 72.00

$0.00

09.00 ked 50.00 nominal 77.76 asked 76.00 asked -United Freas.

Silver Prices

1.30

New York, Bept. D-50lver, per dino ounce, as quoted by Messrs Standy arch Harmon, 75 cents-United Press.

LONDON SILVER

London, Sept. 8. ⠀ Silver, Spot, per ounce .... Silver, Forward, por ounce.

40 **United Press.