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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

SIDE GLANCES

By

Galbraith

EXCLUSIVE TELE GRAPH'.FEATURE

POCKET CARTOON

YOUR BIRTHDAY.

By

STELLA

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6.

COPR, 1948 BY MEA SERVICE, ING. T. I, REC, LE & MAT, Orez.

8-27

"I hate to tell him you people have come to spend the week-end he seems to be having such a good time!"

• MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Trump Sacrifice Makes Overtrick.

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

The Miami unit will be host to the winter session of the nationals the first week in December.

One of the Miami players who is sure to be on hand for the Chicago nationalo is E. J. (Ned) Tobin, who was the first secretary of the Ameri- Al- car Contract Bridge League. though Ned is getting on in years, he is still active in bridge in, Florida. A few years ago Ned and I won the

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PATENT OFFICE

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I'M TRYING

TO REDUCE!

Check Your Knowledge

1. What country was the first to arlopt the Gregorian calendar?

1. What is the menn diameter of the earth?

3. When and where were first motorcycles used?

Bo

ORN today, you have one of sit back or to "wait and see" how those electric personalities things are going. You'll get into which is emotional, dramatic, and the middle and help them move thoroughly Jikeable. You have preferably in the direction which many Interests and capabilities, but you' most desire. you must make certain at an early age that you do not tackle too many different things at one time. Con- centration on a single purpose con on the straight road to put you Success.

You have ♫ great deal of curiosity in what goes on in the want to know the world. You "why" and "wherefore". This same characteristic, if connned to per- sonalities, could make you come- Being highly intuitive, you should thing of a gossip. But with care, learn to hood these Inner you can nvöld this and use your much more LOT- prommutings. Never go against your natural talents "hunches" or you will be making nstructively. serious mistake. You are more of a lender than a follower and unless you can be given the rein you may all against Pull

direction, You,

The stage may have a real fas- cloatlon for you, and since you have a good penking and -singing-voice; are socially adaptable and make this could be a natutul corcer for host of friends; but this does not you to follow. You enjoy good meas that you will confure your poetry, good llerature, good drama, social pleasantries with profesional and good art. You may have latent interests. The former may be made creative, talent along these lines, too, lo serve the latter, but never the which should be developed.. other way round!

To find what the stars have in

tomorrow, select new store for Rce a

your quick to Opportunity and very fast on your birthday star and read the corres- feet when it comes to taking nd ponding paragraph. Let your birth- vontage of it. You are not one to day star be your dally kulde,

You are

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7

ERIC

COOK

SWAVE

"Keep of the European situation, mate-he shaken something terrible.",

BY THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

MAN

MANY deplore the absence from their newspapers of those gossip-columns which ARIES LIBRA (Sept. 22-Oct. 23)-En-

(far. 22-Apr. 201-Im-used to recount the ludicrous plans already made. Make ployees may anticipate Invourable prove

De cautious, social life of people who man- conditions when requested. Neat them better than ever. tion should be good if dealing with however, in denis involving the op-aged to get their photographs

posite sex.

the pubile.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)—An Inspirational day when conditions improve materially, General mer- chandising is better, too.

23-Dec. are ap-

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22)-Constructive projecta proved. It building for, the future, all is well now. Make progress.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)---- A good tiny for progressive action, especially on the business front. Take advantage of improved con- ditions.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-A turning point for the better. Don't walt for the parade to begin. Start leading it in your direction.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)—A

good day for the promotion of idens. All trades connected with film pro- duction are, encouraged too.

into the illustrated weeklies. TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) "She was looking very fit, 1 Optimism colours today's efforts. If you go out after what you want thought, Her mother was, of and demand it, chances are you can course, a Mosscockle... Major get it..

Forke and friend."

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Cripps On Economic Recovery Prospects

say that we have been very grin, and beng it."

Successful in

New York, Oct. 5.-The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, said today that the present efforts to wards economic recovery should bring about "some slight improvement" In the standard of lying in Britain by 1952. He told a press conference in, appreciated the necessity of the Now York: "I think we can like it, but they are

situation. I do not say that they 'prepared. to

reversing the Sir Stafford said that the present growing unbalance in our trade British rentrnament steps would not figures and bringing the figures be such as to provide any major

the British more towards a point at which interference with

covery programme. We can now foresee that by

He added that if much greater 1952 the theoretical end of the rearmament was imposed then "the Marshall Plan period-we shall whole picture would be altered."

not be It would

advisable or be able to achieve a balance of possible to devalue the pound ster our trade without any extra-ling under anything like the present: ordinary external assistance." world circumstances. The present value was, from a British view- Answering a question that the point, not too high und it might present standard of British living, be too low. was slightly lower than in 1942 or 1040, he said: "The British people

Efe hod had no talks en .the possible resumption of a militory lend-lease programme,

A report that there might be a sceret Ünited States loan to Britain was "quile and wholly untrue."

WALL STREET|

TRADING AT convertibility, Reuter.

STANDSTILL

He had not negotiated any change in the terms of the original Ameri- can loan to Britain with regard to

RELEASE OF FUNDS

Washington, Oct. 5.The Econo- mic Co-operation, Administration New York, Oct. 5.-Trading ол today announced that Britain has the Stock Exchange came to a vir- tequested the relcase of £50.875,000 tual standstill today when Russin sterling of counterpart funda is Indiented that she would take no the ERP to repay part of its debi part in the United Nations discus- to the Bank of England. slons on the Berlin blockade. Trans- actions only totalled 50,000 shares. All sections of the list took part

mild

after moving trading cautiously in the first two hours after the opening.

ure

in

4 GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-A

But occasionally such notes new enterprise, Involving social

stilt to be found, like the prints of evolvexi associates,

can be

very seme dinosauric foot on the rocks, satisfactorily now.

to remind us of old times. I have CANCER (June 23-July 23)-Ajust read about "Handsome Mrs good day for a wedding. In fact, who has been performing yawning a good clay for almost anything your exercises since before the war. The

is based heart desires Business shows an art of fatigue..

on the optimistic uptrend.

principle of purposeful relaxation."

LEO (July 24-Aor. 23)—New ex-

should be mat with Suet's unromantic wooing pertences salmness and steadied, emotions. Elderly persons CAR assist your efforts.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)-Plans for designing and decoration, be it of your home or ofilce, make suitable progress now.

MIDWEEK BOOK PARADE

you

£30,000 PRIZEWINNER WRITES ANOTHER

By DANIEL GEORGE

Still, read

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near

T is not easy to imagino C. Suet, Esq. as a philanderer. Hitherto his only known love-affair was with

daughter paric-keeper's Sherleid. He proposed to her after during which he endeavoured year, during

staggering to explain his scheme for schedules under the four-way re- gistration plan. Being a curly, ugly girl, she thought this her last chance, and endured even his remarks freightage rale control. But he went too far. One evening he took her to a restaurant, and there, to the Hiti of Sammy Zockinger's Yachting Orpheans, he told her his fleas on group-categories for output-targets. She burst into tears of rage and dia- appointment, returned his ring and seme three hundred letters and notes

On

about the export drive, and married Grailway guard.

Elizabeth Goudgo's murderer-reminded me of the dnys Sequel to Suet's indiscretion Green Dolphin Country's before shockers me of the cy

UNDERSTAND that the Ministry the won a £30,000 prize with it) you able by going psychological.

of Bubbleblowing has issued a will like, no doubt. her new novel,

about Rumbold. You directive to its officials. It says: "THE NERB

OF GRACE" (1fodder and Stoughton, 10s. ed.). may think you have seen relations It is not thought expedient that units You may see of personnel who have formed of the The girl who opens these proceed of his on the screen. ings-Sally Adair brightened this Rumbold himself there one day. I friendships with members dull town for me with her "glorious going to say as a corrective after

rious prescribe "Brother Death" I was opposite sex outside the department- sphere should utilize the official mop of redbrown curls, the white The Herb of Grace," but I do not tiles for documents concerned solely skin that goes with such hair. and

the with the names and telephone family circle. golden eyes like a lion's." I liked want to make mischief

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sectional open pair championship, and he helped us to win it with, a very fine play on to- day's hand.

favour-

The Jack of spades was able opening. Ned (South) won it with the queen, but he saw now that he still had a spade 'loser and two club losers. And he had no assurance that he might not lose a heart. Of course, he could bang down the ace and king of hearts and try to drop the queen, but that might leave him with three club losers.

Ned made a rather unusual sacri- fice play. He led the four of hearts. West had to go in, with the queen. If he had not, Ned would have won the, trick in dummy anyway.

West lett back u spade, Ned won with the ace, led a small heart over to dummy's jack and cashed the ace, king and

diamonds, queen of discarding three of his losers. Then he led a club to the nee, plcked up tho other trump and conceded another trick, making five-odd:

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blaced, so)..

medicines

"His had

her father 100-an artist.

iweeds shabby, loose-atting been expensive once, and he wore them with a carcieys grace that was almost regal."

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equivalent to about US$205,000,000 if all of the counter- part fund which the United King- dom has been depositing ngainst United States recovery dollars is authorised for her By ECA:-

By law, local currency, matching Despite the sell-off, a few indivi- every ECA dollar spent must be dual issues managed to brighten a deposited by each recovery nation

These funds сал dull session as a result of favourable of Europe. corporation news. Florsheim Shoe unfrozen for speelle recovery · pra- States stock rose half a point on a new jects whenever the United extra dividend. Plitsburgh and approves.

An ECA spokesman said "indica- West Virginia Railway gained two points to 23-14 when the directors tions are we will go along, with the dechired a $1 dividened, the first request."

Earlier. ECA Administrator Paul since 1931.

Hoffman had announced France of 45 Industrial Issues led the decline, will be permitted the use In this group United States Steel. billion francs, or about US$150,000,- Bethlehem Steel, Youngstown Sheet 000, of her counterpart fund

ashing and Tube and Republle Steel all rebuild her merchant and

fleets and to re-equip basic. Intus- Automotive stocks, were mixed, An ECA spokesman said another with Chryster dropping n major 45 billion Francs will be released fraction and General

Motors during October to help to frm up showing a slight gain.

case.

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Among specialities, American Can and Dupont were each down 14.

Southern Railway led the decline in carriers with a loss of 14 points:

Of B10 Issues traded, 430 were lower, 250 unchanged. and 227 higher-United Press.

HONGKONG

SHARES

to

the French monetary situation. Ko said such release is contingent upon the French Government taking its own measures to bolster its financial/ and

monetary situation-United

Pros.

N.Y. FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York, Oct. B-Closing rates for foreign exchanga were:-

Argentine Peso romcial) Argentine Peso..(Unofficial).

Australia

UB40.2014

2002

|

The turnover on the Stock Ex- change this morning was valued at $223,235.

Brazil

.0050

Beiglin Canada

0300

Tronsactions

prices follow:-

BHARER

and noo:1 closing

DUYERS BELLERS SALES

Chile Endland

.0037-

4.00-1%

France

India

2324

DANKS

Mexico

1450

03

141

New Zealand

4.03-1

Peru

,000

3174

Portugal

01853

700 7.180

South Africa

4.03-

Underwrllers

7.30

Sweden

$2700

DOCKS, ETC.

-Switzerland

K. Whart (0)

140

N. PL. Whart Dock

28

20

Shanghai 500 28%

LAND, ETC.

18

G8

Singapore

5.65

5.93 1000 ve 32%

Hongkong

20.30 2800 20

such documents marking

and Confidential" is "Secret"

do to lead to plored as being likely TY own choice

Book PR (and the

the assumption misunderstandings, be Society's) would

"THE being either that the documents are WALLED CITY." by Elspeth Huxley of the kind that might be valuable Lucilla I did not take Is one of those graciously domincer (Chatto and Windus, 10s. 0d.). A

to the agents of a foreign Power of good, sold, well-constructed novel ing grandmothers living in one

that they concert secrets of a more per- those charming old country houses, this, about an outpost of Empire in Fowers, (I should have felt more at

Nothing los romanile here, scandalous home Africa. there had I known for sure how to and no conscientiously manufactured stual nature.

Printer's frolic pronounce its name Dameroschay.) realism.

There are dogs in this novel-an

It is essentially true," you feel, old sheepdog known as the Bastard, this account of an attempt to civiliso African Protectorate. The the Children Governor, his aide-de-camp,

political officers, the witch. doctor- all are recognisably real.

u chow called Pool-Bah, and Mary an

snow-white peke.

the too? Yes, five of them; Ben, Tom Curoline, and the twins Jerry and Jose.

All had been brought up on -and were pruetically word-perfect in-Kenneth Grahame's "Wind In the Willows." There is also Smith the cat.

too

And

other attractions

mention. Nadine, numerous to for example, the beautiful mother of, the children; her retired Army

George officer husband,

(Nadine Annie- his brother David);' preters

ax-music Laurie and Jim Malony

barge hall artists who live in a пан

П bathing-machine equipped with for living quarters; and, of course, there is The Herb of Grace itself an exquisite antique riverside hos- telry which George had precipitately purchased.

On Christmas Day all ends hap- plly.

Long before then I had de- elded that for this to be my cup of tea it should have had only half 'n I can stand its dose of saccharine style-I am always pleased to greet the old familar phrases.

FTER the tender the tough. John Lodwick's "BROTHER DEATH" if (Helnemann, D. (d) is well,

I called it a dolled-up penny dread- ful ho might like it. But his

character. lending racketeer, forger, spy,

Rumbold- blackmailer,

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Answors

1. Italy in 1582. 2. 7,020 miles. 3. About 1885 in France and Germany. 4. Antonin Dvorak. 5. Thomas A. Edison' In 1877. 8. Buda, an ancient city and Peat, a modern city, on op posito banks of the Danube...

(Tomorrow-Record· Review)

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He was reported to have a sceptle right foot.

(News Hem)

FIVEN if it had known what his left fool was doing, it woukl not have believed it.

East Asla INSURANCES

Canton Unlun

- HK Hotel HK Land S'hat Land UTILITIES

Tram Star Ferry

C. Light (0) .. Electric 'Telephone INDUSTRIALS

Cement

STORES, ETC.

Dairy (0)

Dalry (3)

Watson (0)

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Rubber Market

New

Still Dull

AL

York, Oct. The rubber market here today was very

Uruguay

Venezuela

Netherlands

Datavia

United Press.

PARIS RATES

Park, Oct. 3-The following unofficial exchange rates were quated fiere today: Free market UB20 (gold pieca), 27,760_FIB,

313 .. Free market US$1 [note)

Black market USF1 (note)

United Pres.

NEW YORK. METAL MARKET

New, York, Oct..5 The following price, 'were quoted in the metal markat here

today:-

Copper (Electrolytic, Export)

FAS, New York, per lb. 2344 cents.

Zine. (Primo. Western, Lew

York) per. Ib,

Manganese, (Electrolytic, 09.0

percent Manganese) livered east of Mississippi River, per ib.

Iron Ore (514 porcent

13.65 cents.

10

32,00 cenia.

US$ 63

- delivered lower port Lake

Superior, per long tin

SCRAP, METALS

lut), with sales of futures tolailing only two

contracts. Satisfactory Interest In "physicals" was practically non- existent. -Plentiful shipment offerings at reduced prices are up- parently holding buyers, off in the hope of forcing further condesalons..

The reactionary trend, In the so- curities market and in most other commodities: Is acting to damesuc consumer resistance. Steel F.O.D. per tan (N80. X Dealers are of the opinion that, un-heavy, melting)

less factory demarid quickens, a

further sell-off is impending,

Prices Closed goven to 20 points' lower

as follows:-

October th cents per jb.) .. 2146 comin

November...

Daktember

January (1949)

February

March

Apeli

May

June

July

Augint

Bantember October November

21.41

2140

21.30

21.33

21.40

21.20

21.10

21.00

21,00

2003

20.90

20.83

-20.80

United, Press.

LONDON FUTURES

The following prices are quoted for ttap Copper F.03.

Der ton Lead F03, per to

(light)

US$19.50/13.75 par, ton theavy with... 17.50/18.00

3800/30.00 -nited Pres

Silver Prices

New York, Oct, Silver. per ing ounce, as quoted by Mesars. Handy and Harmon, 71-1/4 cents-United Press.

LONDON SILVER

London, Oct, Bilver, spot, per ouncesTIA Silver, Forward, per ounce

470. 470.

United Pres

Exchange Rates

·Buaineis was done in the local un omiclat exchanga markot le morning London, Det, S--Prices in the rubber, at; the following raten:-- market here today closed (as followem | Atoriing pound note (per 413 October/December "****

18-10/18 $379, dollar (por. $1) ་་ཟེ་ MIJA"

fin cents per

January/March -April/June

United Preme

Gold bars, (per Lon)) 710 plastred par 100)

Blam: tiesin.... (per 100) NEI gulders, (per 100)

333,00

10.00

31.00