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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1918.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

CAP. 1943 BY KEA GERVICE, IG T, M. NEC, 12, 1, PAT, OFF.

7-23

"You'd bettor cut off the boy friend and answer the boss's buzzer-we'vo spoiled him by taking letters whenever ho

fools like dictating!"

MCKENNEY DUMBBELLS

ON BRIDGE

This Hand Stumped

Even the Experts

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY Do you become

Uttle bit dis- } couraged when you misplay a hand? You shouldn't, because mix- plays can improve your game. Re- member too that the experts blow many a hard. When today's hand was played, four of the country's greatest card players were at the table, and at least eight Life Ans- ters were kibitzing. When an ex- peri misplays n hand, the others are quick to tell him about it, but not one of them notleed that, this contract could have been made.

East wins the

opening lend

of

the deuce of spa

of spades with the nee and returns the queen of clubs, The correct play is not to win this club trick with the ace, but to let the queen hold. When East con-

with the tinues

clubs, three of

the South should win with

acc which will drop the 'king, Now

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SEND THEM

TO THE BRIDE YOU TOLD ME TO BUY HER A CARVING}

SET!

Check Your

Knowledge

).

Locate Goa.

2.

What is a gobemouche?

3.

What is a micrometer?

EXCLUBIVE TELE GRAPH' FEATURE

POCKET- CARTOON

By STELLA

YOUR BIRTHDAY

BORN

Those you love can do no wrong and you will fight for them against You will be happlest if all odds, you wed at an early age for your social life is more apt to find ita' best expression in your own home You are not one to enjoy circle. going out on the town" very often.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

ORN today, you arc An In

dividual whose word is ns good as your bond. Not one to make careless promises, you can bo depended upon to follow commit-

+ ment through. You may fall Jot-but about things which really don't matter. Those who know you best, disregard your social chalter and wait for some doßnilo, terze When this comes, pronouncement. they know to dle has been cast. This tendency is one which may cause considerable confusion, since your associates have to watch every word with exceptional care. You women, however, must be warned against one thing. Your talent for talk is capable of leading you into gossip which ro bo Injurious if carried to an extreme.

Loyalty to your own kin and particularly your closest family connections is exceptionally strong.

While apparently a rather cary- going individual. you can rise to an emergency with fire and deter- nination, making quick decisions which are fair, honest, and wise business matters are con- when cerned. Although your main interest may not be in money-making, the chances are that you will always be capable of making a better than average living from your talents.

To find what the stars have in niore for tomorrow, select your birthday star and rend the corres-

Let paragraph. ponding birthday star be your daily guide.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

LIBRA (Rept. 23-Oct. 23)--Pay close attention to personal affairs and avoid carelessness in detail. Guard, the budget, too,

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Look over any new project with an eagle eye for any possible defects before

cominitting yourself. Be nstute.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.

affairs 22) Personal

arc more favoured than business plans. Post- pone the latter, if possible.

your

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Those

dealing with members of the fair sex should be particularly success- ful. Be forthright and sincere.

(Apr. 21-May | 21)— TAURUS Confidence in the success of your plans will go a long way toward

them materialise as helping desire them to.

Don't

you

I haven't slept a wink

all nightf

BY THE WAY by Beachcomber

"If we had not started the ground- nut scheme eighteen months ago the rst thing I should recommend la that we should start it now."-Mr Strachey on his return from Africa,

"THAT was a jolly good con-

ference," said the stout Govern- ment official, picking his teeth. “Oh! Ever BO Jolly!" cried a little sycophant "Do let's have another!"

launched

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-Hold

A sleepy Party Whip opened oue the ine

make Today, changes on impulse, but follow the eye. "Remember that scheme we normal development of your plans. | lau

last Thursday-i enjoyed that,

wouldn't mind launching it CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)- CANCER (June

Amid 23-July 23)-again if you chaps agree.” too This can Don't expect Romance to the rescue!

today. cries of "Good egg! Count us in!" ben happy day for you. Don't Follow routine and bo satisfled it and "Oh wizzah!" the great machine burden

once again-slowly yourself with business it produces bustness as usuni. Be of State turns

and backwards. moderate.

problems.

appears

against

budget.

come.

much

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)- LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Domes- In your garden Trading in tand and commodities te and social plans are more

favourable. but guard highly favoured than business HAT is more lovely then to

W over-expansion of your Innovations. Take things as they

wander in the fragrance of a summer garden? Iero the brave new shoots struggle up towards the VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)-light, and below the stem celworm Minor upsets can be exaggerated if and white rot disease gilr from you get emotional. Stay calm, and their winter sleep. The downy

patience. The clouds will mildew of onion exert

is at its best at pass.

this time of year, and the busy to and fro of the bean weevils and the thrips add colour and excitement.

PISCES (Feb. 30-Mar. I)

ነፍ Romance

highly favoured. Changes in environment, made now, can be definitely for the better, A new job?

UNUSUAL ANGLES:

CELIBATES PREDICT END

OF THE WORLD IN 1950

A

10

(By UNITED PRESS)

Explaining that the members of TINY

of Bociety

Hindu

Hindus, born celibates. whose 72-year-old Om Mandli were

the end of and reared in Pakistan, she

sold: leader has predleted

are vice free

have and the world in 1950, refuses to budge "We

of abode

We in implicit falth in divinity.

do the migration of not know fear ind that is why Hindu co-religionists 700,000

in we continue to stay

Pakistan the Indian Union.

in peace."

4. Name the capital of New Zea- from their pinces land.

5. Define regicide.

G. Are "light" cruisers lighter in weight than "heavy" cruisers?

-fAnswers on Column-5)--

CHESS PROBLEM

A 1008

Soulf

13.

West

North

East

Pass IN.T.

Past

By S. F. E, FLATAU

Black,

Pass Pass

3

Pass

Pass

Pass

Opening-A2

declarer leads the ton of clubs, West discards a diamond, East wing with the jack and leads a small space which declarer trumps with the five of hearts.

Now South leads the nine of clubs, and if West makes the mistake of in trumping, South will overtrump dummy, pick up the trumps and make his contract. If West refuses goes down one to trump, declarer trick, losing two clubs, a spade and the long heart.

of

Later in the evening, one of the experts who had been thinking about the hand, told South how he could have made IL Instead lending the ten

nt trick of clubs East win it with the small

four and uld have led

Jack, he

CLUDE

heart to dummy, led the queen of spades and discarded the nine of clubs from

his own hand. West would have won with the king of spades, but he could not return club.

Declarer would win either

12

pieces.

White, 0 pieces.

White to play and mate in two,

Solution

problem:

to pesterday's

1, RR2, 1 PXP 7. (K:4 R12, 1

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It is true that it declarer had won

the queen of clubs with, the ace at trick two and then picked up the heart or diamond return in dummy, frumps, he could have made the lead the ten of spades and discord hund. But this would not have been the ten of clubs. Then he could the correct percentage play because

four pick up West'e

trumps and it would work only when the clubs make the contract.

are divided king and "one,

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entry do doubt

10. Yraposition. (4)

11. to you it may meen dive to the

underworld a pickpocket.

12. unicions to make one lad two.

(U)

To big mi Westminster. (3)

Damand you might call m Tom B

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20 feet (4)

135

1. Tune in a small way. (4)

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13 on the road. 14)

2. More with a jerk. 19)

Dow

1. From which you

double lob. 14, DE

tural thoroughfare, (4)

tot

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FA1

iU. ADDYO average size. (D)

3. Malo thin, although it sounds, 17 Part by surve. 181

like when you dined.

4. Related, 10)

5. God or she ́sen. (7)

6. Sounds “as though Diach could

blow up. (0)

See Acrom, Verily of apple. (0)

famous for motor-cam. (7)

Botulion of' vostèrday's punkte -Agrokti and o. Crows of AL. Poirier, H. Outre kaira, 11. Nitro) Ad ng AN, Noggin: 14 kami, 15 ang KAZARYAN Kardi 20. Linnetan,botla, te dra, mop

oper 7,

Tue: 10, drilli k10% karthi. 19. Deedt 9ienten, y

Pakistan despite

Om Mandll, she said, was Om Mandi is the name of the founded by a one-time diamond

it and society

comprises 222 merchant named

Dado Lekhra), 62 married known to society members a. members, Including.

102

and virgins

58 Divine Father Prajapati who, At women. married men and youths,

72 today, is healthy and robust, who have taken the

This

leader of 72-year-old cellbacy-the primary

celibate Pakistan's

soclely has tlon for membership.

predicted the end of the world in 1050.

all pledge

qualifica-

of

of

1

Braham Kumari Prakash Mani. a young Hindu woman who is member of the controlling body of the society, made this Interesting

on # visit revelation when

to Bombay from Karachi,

Braham

'FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

BAUXITE

DEPOSITS

FOUND IN FUKIEN

Washington, Sept. 23.-The U.S. Burenu of Mines reported today that bauxite deposits recently discovered in Fukien Province, on the southeast coast of China, offer that country its most favourable domestic source of raw

of an materials for the establishment

aluminium in- dustry.

The report was made in aannlyst at the US. Consulate survey of the light metals in-In Shanghai.

Omeint_reports of the Bureau of dustries of China released by the Bureau and baard on - Mineral Explorations of China's Na- tional Resources Commission in- porta compiled by Richard E. dieats that a 600,000 ton reserve of Kleinhans, senlor economic aluminous material, chiefly Gibbsite, was surveyed in the Fuklen deposits.

"The impelling need to foreign exchange now expended for imported bauxito will no doubt eli- sure continued efforts towards self- sufficiency in the domestle supply of alumina ores," the Bureau. added.

CHINA EXPORT

BUSINESS AT

STANDSTILL

ave

Prior to the war, China Imported bauxite for domestic needs, prin- cipally from the Netherlands East Indies, and will continue to do so pending development of a domestic Industry, the Bureau said.

DEPOSIT AREAS

New York, Sept. 23-A Shanghai survey toxlay revealed that Chinese export business, whose prospects Deposits of alumina bearing ores were initially improved by the cur- of varying composition were re- rency reform, has now been driven ported from widely separated areas into a state of virtual standsilil as of China, including Cheklang. a result of the heavy price increases Anbwel, Liaoning, Hepch, Shantung In the producing areas in the interior, and Yunnan Provinces. However,

the As an exampic,

price of those deposits have not been fully

reserves estimated, Chungking bristle has increased to explored or reserves GY1,580, compared with the cur- The demand for aluminium rent New York quotation of GY1,China is relatively nt present

small at 470 or US$395 and US$365, respec-estimated at between 5,000 to 10,000 tons annually-but is expected to in- The survoy explained that the crease materially as plants destroyed reason for the situation was that, during the war and others formerly while selling prices as of Augus! 10 | operated by the Japanese are rebuilt, were enforced in Shanghal and other the report said.-Associated Press. eltles, no such measures were taken

in the villages and in the interior where buyers must goods,

to

go for

their

Tay addition, farmers are reluctant accept gold yuan, Insisting on silver coins which are very scarce.

Shanghai businessmen, in_recent conferences with Major-General

HONGKONG

SHARES

.

in

on the

Chiang, Ching-kuo, brought up the Business That through mpossibility of the government grant- Stock Exchange this morning ing a request to untreeze US$100,- totalled $3144,010. Details of trans- 000,000 worth of commodities now actions and noon prices follow:- stored In Hongkong. These com- Shanghat Arms but modities were originally ordered by were diverted to Hongkong when imports prohibited.-United Press.

On summer evenings it is pleasant to watch the common scab and the mangold fly resting after the day's work is done, to see the gay colours

were

of the Colorado and listen to the N.Y. FOREIGN

leather jackets chewing into the rows of turnips. Spray with creaylle acid, metaldehyde and D.D.T. Heading

SHOPPERS CAN BEAT SHODDY GOODS

NOMEWHERE there is a jolly good

joke here about utility carpets, but for the moment it escapes us.

EXCHANGE

New York, Sept. 23-Foreign exchange

Canada

France India Mexico

SHARES BANKS

HK Bank..... Tant Anis INSURANCES

Canton Union Underwriters DOCKS, ETC

K. Whart, 10) Dock Provident LAND, ETC. UK Land Sal Lond Humphreys UTILITIES

Tram

Star Ferry

BUYERS SELLERS RALES

1900 2010 100%

2010

150 141

500

67383

77:3 100

* 700

7%

240+

2015 1500 614

.2214

C. Light (0) 27 2119

Electria

Telephone

INDUSTRIALS

Dairy (0)

Dairy (New) Watson (Ok Watson

(New)

COTTONS

closing rates were:-

Argentine Peso (Unofficial)

Argentine Peso (Omelal).... US$0.2074

2002

Australia

3.23

(0)

Brazil

.0550

Belgium

0220

Cement

DALL

STORES, ETC.

Chile England

0335

4.0314

0112

24

.1430

4.0314

Ewo

OTTO

04042

4.03%

Sweden Switzerland

2700

1555

Uruguay

4550

Venezuela

3010

Shanghai (per Cold Yuan)

nom.

2000

Netherlands

3770

Batayin

3700

Singapore

.$735

200

United Press. -

Reproduction in whole or part of any New Zealand material in this column" would be Peru considered a sign of madness. In- Portugal quiries for permission should be South Africa made to Twinkletoes," Third Toad- stool on the left past the Fairy Ring, Fleet-street, London, E.C.4.

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answors

the

1. A tiny strip of land on southwest coast of India belonging to Portugal. 2. One who swallows Steeped in Ignorance

any gossip; credulous simpleton. In Kumari gave a reason French 'gober' meaning swallow and for the exodus of the Hindus from mouches' flies. 3. An Instrument Pakistan. She

"The explained;

for measuring minute distances very people arc materialistic so accurately. 4. Wellington. 5. The steeped in Ignorance that they murder or murderer of a. sovereign. cannot think nud acquiro self 6, Not necessarily. The ilghtness realisation, which is necessary for does not refer to tonnage but to the shedding fear and acquiring peace

size of the guns carried.

OUTWARD MAILS of mind."

and

Asked if the society could use its influence and creed to stop the flow of Hindu migrants to India, Braham Kumari said: "We cannot bring self-realisation to the masses unless they show Post

on interest In their own welfare."

Unless otherwise stated, registered closs 30 Aftities and parcel posts

ordinary than tho minutes earlier

I mail close before 10a.m., TITA!l. registered and parcel posts close at B-p.m. on previous day. Malls are

Central Kowloon at closed Once, Itall an hour earlier than the G.P.O. closing times.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Closing Time By Air Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Tringia, Peiping, Swatow, Amey and Talpeh

3.30 pm.

Closing Times By Bea

& Trala

Macao and Talnahan (Bea) 4 pan., Kongmoon (Ben) 6p..

Radio Hongkong

A

HKT

6. Programme Summary: 0.01, "Travel- Jer's Joy" A Comedy Thriller, Episode 3: "Swedish Drill (BBCTS); 836," "Patter Time" presented

Durn by Philip Braham Kumari said that the (Studio); 7, "Sco Fee" Taika on soclety had married men and Sports (Studio.; 7.30)

Saxophone Salonga, with Recital. by Emilio women Os members. However, Piano secompaniment by Vicente Cristo. these men and women did not live, bal. (Siudio): 725, Maxle of Adam, and as husbands

Legende (Wieniawski)-Yehudi Menuhin and wives,

The Orch; &, World and flame News society taboood vice. Sho claimed London Relay); 8.15, Sulte Espagnole that the celibates were happy and Albeniz)-Rawicz and Landauer (Two contented because they had found anos); 0.35, "land Stand"-Band of the peace of mind, "which is not

Irish Guards (BECTS): 9.05, "The Art A of Living" No, 1: by Harold Nicholson salable commodity,"

|(BECTS): 9:20. A Délus Programme in- cluding "Soa_Driftain Brownlee with the London Select Choir & Philharmonic London Relay): 10.15, Weather Report: 10.10. Albert Sandler Trio; 18.30, Alusio for Dancing: 11, Radio Newsreel London Relay): 11.15 Weather Report and Close Down.

"The wheel of eternity moves without stop and a change comes "The

Conton iparcels & 2nd class mail) ((Ben) | every 5,000 years," she said.

next change is ordained for year 1950."

4 p.m.

SATURDAY, BEPTEMBER 25

Closing Times By Air

Canton, (Howloon CPO) 7.30 #m.. 10 a.m.. 12.30 p.m., 3 p.m.: (GPO) 7 a.m., 9.30 am. noon, 230 p.m.

Shanghai, am. (real: 0.30 am. (ord), Manila..., Honolulu. USA and. Canada,

0.30 am. (regi;, 10 am, ford). Amay, Shanghol,

Nanking. Hankow. Chungking. ·Bwatow

Thingtao., Fejo D.

and Foochow

Dangkok,

Rangoon. Calcutta, Karachi.

Bahrein, Caire (Nairobi, Johannesburg and Marseilles via Cairo), Home and London, (Kawtoon CPO) 430

(aro) a pan.

Salgon and Paris, & p.m.

Closing Times By Bea & Train

Macno and Teloshan (Sea) 7.33 a.m.

p.m.!

Manila. Aden, Egypt and Marseilles (Sta}

10 a.me

Shanghal (8sa); 1│p.st.

Hothow, Pakhol via Holbow and Ran-

Koon (Sex) 2 p

p.m. Macao and Tinhen (mm) 4 pm Canton

2 p.m.

(2nd class mall only) (Train)

Btraits and Batavin (804) 3 p.m. Formosa via Takao (Bea) p.m. Japan (ordinary letters and cards only).

(Box) 3 pm.

Macro and Tinahan (kon) 4 p.m. Hongmoon via Canton (Train):6 pin. Taamikong - (lex) 8 pan.

Canton (paroola & indt, elass\mali) (Sen)

B. p.m.

the

Drcherlin: 10, World and Home News

TEON ŠERVICE. "What on earth are you doing, Milton?”

812

Hongkong

POUND NOTE RATE New York. Bept, 23--The Belilah pound note was quoted in the unoficial market here today at US$245.-United Press.

LONDON STOCK

ernment

EXCHANGE

stocks

mono-

20.00 1000 20.60

350 30

42

- 100 € 54

17.30

Rubber Market

Inactive

23.-Rubber

New York, Sept. futures were inclined to be lower today in slow dealings. The market affected by the declines in

was

London and Singapore and the un settlement in securities commodities.

and other

Interest in the futures market is

tapering off as dealers are destrowa of establishing positions in the new standard contract when trading be-

'London, Sept. 23-British Gov- gins on October 11.

virtually

The spot market was dull, with

and polised Stock Exchange attention į factory

government buyera today.

holding off, hoping for a reduction Investment buying started slowly in, shipment offerings. but increased steadily until, at the Prices closed as follows:- close, Transport 3 percent had risen October 1/4th to

September

n

new peak

of

approaching the

bmuch

DD-1/2.

November discussed December

par, after having been

Afarch

as low as January (1045) 2-1/2 percents February 03-3/4. "Dalton" also rose 1/4th to 78. Old Consols April closed Arm at 78-1/8, up 1/8th

Industrials were devold trend except "rearmament" which were up sixpence or more. with Rolls Royce up 7-1/2 to 18/9.

May

June of any

July shares Auxust

September pence October

November

rubber

steady-United

Oils were neglected and issues were barely Press..

21.70

21.01 nom 21.03 non

2145 bid

21.40

21.33 nom 21.30 bid

21.20 nom

21.28

21.23

210

21.13

221.00

20,96

United Frem.

London, Sept. 23-Prices in this market etored as follows:-

LONDON FUTURES

Prices Steady On Pennies pe: lb.). 11-3/16

Wall Street.

New York, Sept. 23,-Tlie Stock

market mattitained a steady price

Jamiary/March April/June

13-1/3 United Frem.

13

level on a quiet opening today, with CHINA PRODUCE

small plus nad minus signs, about evenly divided. Brisk initial busi- ness soon thinned to slim volume. Associated Press.

Bank

Of England Returns

London, Sept. 3-Dank of England return for the week ending September

23 were as follows:-

Notes in circulation

Pulille deposit

Private deposits Government securities Oller Murities

Receipts

Dank

ratlo

Scrap

£1,237,023,000

00.043,000

• 393.254.000 360254,000 20,434,000

03,730,000 13.7

United Press.

Metals

ton

New York, Bopt. 23-The following prices were quoted in the scrap metals markot here today: Copper. F.OB. per

(light)

.............. US$15.75/10,00 Lead, 1.0.1. per ton theavy

wort Steel 7.0.3. per ton (No. 1

heavy meltioa)

QUOTATIONS

New York, Sept. 2-China produce was quoted in the New York market los

tays as follow

Aniseed Oil, par ib. F.O.D.

New York

0.80/05

Cassia Oll, per, ib., F.O.3,.

New York

2,00/2.50

4.30/3.70

Agar Agar, par ib. F.0.0.

New York

U

Tung Oll, in tank car.

P.0.1, New York

0.21 nominal

13.00 nominal

Sandalwood, in drums, de-

bending on'quantily' quality Beryllium 10 to 15 per-

cent) per ton said.... 20.00/28.00

045 Molybdenum, (00) per ID..

-United Press.

Exchange Rates

Business was done in the local un official exchange market this morning at the following rater;— Sterling pound note (per 1)" V.A. dollar per 83)

17.00/17.30 Gold bars (per tanl)

FIC plastres (per-106)- 18.00/30.00 | Ham ticals (per 100) alted: Press. NEI guilder (per 1001

0.31 203.00 10.90