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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1948.

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BIRTHDAY..

By STELLA

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12

THOSE born on Columbus day will You are capable of a deep and

Once you have many of the same char- lasting love.

Five your acteristics which gave the explorer heart, it is forover. You may not lils success nad fame-vaunting show it outwardly and your reserve hope, ambition, and The will to may be mistaken for cool houghtl succeed. While highly emotional' ness except by those who know you and loving the dmmatke, you seem, well, to know how to channel theso

You men are shrewd when it talents Into progressive paths 50

business and should hơ that you actually accomplish many comes to

to necumulate considerablo ablo of the things of which you dream.

material wealth during your life- Your Intuitions are keen and you time. You

women, оп the other should always follow them instead hand, are more interested in manng- of the well-Intended advice of

Ing your others. Listen, but never act against You are domestle at heart and want your will on anything of im-: portare, or you will and yourself your own nanking a mistake.

ant make en Although you may outward display of your regions and spiritual tendencies, you

he influenced by them inward- ly. Your code of ethics in high, and you believe firmly in the words, "By their deeds will ye know them."

own home with thrift.

home and family. An early marriage should bring you exceptional happiness and content- ment.

To Bud what the stars have in store for

select tomorrow,

your birthday star and read the corres- ponding paragraph, Let your birtiı- day star be your daily guide.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13

LIBRA

(Sepl. 21-Oct. 23)—An active day. Business reorganisation can Increase your profits if you are astute and wise. Advance your In-

terests on all fronts.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov. 22)- Personal affairs may become confus- ed, but if you concentrate on bust- ness matters, you will find all goes exceptionally well.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)--Unexpected benefits may come to you through a business journey, but guard against a personal mishap due to enrelessness.

"When do I stop sucio- Ang? I've swallowed a gallon already!'

BY THE

:

WAY by Beachcomber

S

QEVERAL explanations of the astonishing apparition at the Psychiatro-psychological: cultural congress have been

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)—Power-offered. ful influences are in your favour if

Njunehammer of Oslo says that! you do your full share now. Care- lessness can bring accidents. Don't the Upanishad a.stcam-driven

green egg on four wheels is be hasty or incautious.

fertility-symbol. Tuborg of Luger- TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)--Com-shelm says that drawings of tiny plete ali necessary work before Mongolian milkinen have been found

on-time and then plan to enjoy

the caves nt Puppchen the pleasurable things of Ilte.

Drachenfels, and are believed to be GEMINI

(May

22 June

22)

pre-Plasticenc. But forthright Dame When your mind is at ease, every;

Ottersbody declares that the whole thing clac scema right. Complacent thing is a thought-concept projected calm will make this day

a better

by the innermost ego, like the one than you expect.

eighteen old mermaids who carried CANCER (June 23-July 23)-Im-

a rubber model of a gasworks into pulsiveriess can only lead to trouble the Zebra house at Zoo. today: so be practical and business Disarm the dogs! like

secure the best possible

READ that a dog. carrying a revolver in its mouth, shot a man LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Business good. are

Unexpected the other day in Johannesburg. benefits may come to you from Asked why, the dog sald, "He had work previously accomplished. Re-It wuff coming to wuff-wuff him." wards will be commensurate with Absent-minded your efforts.

THE man who came into court the 21)-( VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)-other day wearing two hats, and

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)— Some unanticipated pleasure my come your way. If a business deal is pending, I may bring increased profits or income for you.

to

success now,

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) matters Better for travel or business than for marriage or romance. Be dipio- matic and kindly with a loved one; you will be rewarded.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar,

reminds me of the enormous amount

you show initiative, you will gain you are alert 10 opportunity, you admitted that he was absent-minded, what you desire even though op- should make a deal which is, high- position appears in your path. Ad- ly profitable for the future as well vantage can offset disadvantages. as the present.

SCIENCE AT WORK:

NEW PLASTIC IRON LUNG

FOR POLIO VICTIMS

By PAUL F. ELLIS

of

PLASTIC Iron Junk that may ingly being worn to prevent black- save the lives of many infan- out of pilots fighter planes tile paralysis patients has been manoeuvring at high altitude and

scientists at Yale speeds, developed by

University.

Same Principle Used

law.

of fun you can have in a court of I have always treasured a cutting which describes how a man, sentenced for being drunk and dis- orderly, clapped his inwler on his head sideways, thrust one hand in- side his waistcont, and said loudly, "Napoleon crossing the Alps." fore they could remove him, he put his bowler back to front, and erled, "Napoleon coming back."

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FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Britain Stemming Gold

And Dollar Drain

:

London, Oct. 12.-Britain is stemming the gold and dollar drain. The Treasury announced on Fri day night the rate of drain on the sterling` area 'gold and dollar resources had been reduced to £76,000,000 in the third quarter of 1948 as compared with a rate of nearly double that in the first quarter.

Actual gold and dollar holde | he said, "but only because wo pay ings dwindled to £137,000,000 in advance for ERP ald and we have

not yet been reimbursed in full." in the three months July to September, falling off £35,000,- In the second and third quarters,

"we have been al 000-in real payment as dis- he explained,

lowed £183,000,000 'and we have tinguished from allocations.

spent It, but we have only been reimbursed to the extent of £03,- 000,000 Bo that in fact when Wo receive our relinbursement we shall be in an exceedingly happy pusi- tion. Associated Press.

The gross defelt of £76,000,000 compared with £147,000,000 in the Arst quarter and £107,000,000 in the second.

A Treasury spokesman called the report "In fact very good news". He pointed out that the grúss deflel! had been cut almost in half since

the first quarter.

Our

"We have actually reduced gold and dollar reserves as stated,"

HONGKONG SHARES

NO INTERFERENCE

London, Def. 12.-The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps. saict yesterday that American lenders

unlikely to interfere in the Labour Govern- ment's endeavour to nationalise the Dritish steel industry.

are

At his Arst press conference after returning from a trip to Ottawa, Washington ud New York, Str Stafford said that

during le trip "nearly everyone stressed the view that would be unwise and in-. appropriate for Amerles to allempt The turnover on the Hongkong any fund of interference in the Stock Exchange this morning totall-internal economic policies either of ed $330,700 in value:

Great Britain or of other European Transactious mekt 110011 prices country however much they might follow:-

cilifer in theory to the policles being pursued."-Associated Press.

SHARES INSURANCES

Canton Union

BUYERS SELLERS SALES

Underwriters DOCKS. ETC.

K. Whart (0). LAND, ETC. Hotel

TIK Land S'hat Land

UTILITIES

Tram. Star Ferry Electric Telephone STONES, ETC. Dalry (0) Watson (N)

300

375

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4 780 120 775

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800 14.20 500, 14

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14.10 14.40

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192 1500

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3014

4034

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QUIET RUBBER

MARKET

11. The rubber was quiet and

New York, Oct. It was market here today

Traders were not aggressive be- ta- cause of a domestic holiday morrow and at Singapore on

I also admire the Indy who, at Victoria Station, kissed the porter and gave her busband sixpence, No prize for the answer THE British Association has ha

some odd problems to deal with. in its time, but

recently presented with a "poser" that could steady, only have been answered by pretty well anybody in England. Mr Nigel In use is heavy, bulky and diffcuit Dr Lamport said the new respira- Balchin wanted to know why a man to move from one place to another. tor employs the same principle of will refuse to work overtime for 2. Where is the langunge Tagalog The Yale version, however, is light operation as the iron lung. When extra money, but will then go home work in his garden. Perhaps and when in commercial produc- the muscles spoken?

аго for respiration tion may be transported in a suit- paralysed, as in polio, life can be by this time a select committee of case. Furthermore, it is cheap to sustained by subjecting the patient writers has discovered the recondite to rhythmic negative pressure all answer by a series of polls, mass over the body, except for the head. observations, and questionnaires.

The answer is-

1. Give Mozambique.

another

name

for

3. Who originated the well-known comic character Figaro?

NE of the hardest workers for organised bridge in the midwest 18-Harry Lees, of St. Louis, Mo...

5. What American vice president of the Contract Bridge League. He served mentioned in the Bible?

the

for some time

president of

Midwest Conference

of the league.

He headed the St. Louis delegation to the summer session of the national championships tournament Chicago,

in

Although Lees is a bridge leader, he plays torunament bridge just for the fun of it. Nevertheless, he is always in there to take all the match points he can on a board He certainly collected all of them. on today's hand.

clse

n

So far as his spade bid is con.

I think that Lees has cerned, theory that if nobody

bids spades, it might be a good idea to bid them

the spade yourself. But did not stop West from opening the deuce of spades, and that was the opening at practically every table in the room.

Also, everybody pul on the queen from dummy-that is, everybody

but Lees. At all of the other tables East's king won the first trick, the king

clubs came back. And now try to make three no trump!

Lees went right up with dummy's ace of spades on the first trick, and led the king of hearts.

Why? Because he counted one spade trick, four heart tricks, three diamonds and the ace of club-nine tricks, and that was what he made, for a top store on the board.

C R O

$ 8

Aerone

1. One stego (5)

4. Stone with e. friend at last. (47

. A fruit that acrapeRY (9)

is the first

The conventional iron lung now

build, the Yale scientists said.

The

оп

Threadgold's!

Wednesday.

Sales under the new style contract,

under which dealings were inaugu- rated today, totalled 3.300 long tons.

Dealers were identified on both sides and are apparently feeling the market out for the time being.

PREMIER'S CONFERENCE

London, Oct. 11.-The pressing need ol- every Commonwealth country for capital goods and a keen desire to buy wherever possible from the sterling area were underlined again and adalı, by the Prime Ministers and their representatives at the Commonwealth. Premiers Conference which opened here today.

A

In the discussion which followed

economie general

review by The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the visiting #talesmen expressed their Warm ad- miration, of the long way Britain had zone towards economie recovery, within a short time,

The Prime Ministera stressed (115 Commonwealth countries' appreciation of the "substantial and rapid reduction" of the trade denet of the sterling area.

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Half of this afternoon's two-hour meet- ing was taken up by Sir Stafford Crisps" "comprehensive review" of the world economic situation. Sir Stafford dealt with a number of key factors in the world

Commonwealth ไฟ

economic structure.

One of the themes of Sir Stafford's statement was the interconnection be- Lween the Commonwealth, the Western! Union and the Western Hemisphere, and the problems that arise through their overlapping, but, neverthelem, comple- mentary Interests and needs,

Sir Stafford paid particular attention to the problems of the sterling area countries in relation not only to each other and to the United Kingdom dut Also to the economics of the dollar area. Reuter.

N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

New York, Oct. 11.

US$0.2071 Argentine Peso (Metal)

2071 Argentine Peso (Unofficial).. Australia

The consensus of opinion_is_un-_ changed, with the majority ex- pecting a trading market presently, which will eventually be lower in

production in the Far East, plus tirarl synthetic production and the fore- Belelum cast of a 10 percent cut in dornestic Canada consumption next year.

4. A Philipplan would be an in-

Harold Kroup Includes Dr habitant of where?

Lamport, research associate in For weeks, Dr Lamport and his Ralph. D. associates-experimented-and-found bird physiology. and Dr

Eichorn. Dr. Lamport first conceived that a cylinder can be sufficiently THE crowning of a red fing an the den as result of his work right to serve as a respirator, even Porthcawl "was delayed half an

the though it is composed 0. Who is the boy king of Iraq.at Yale during the war

of light hour because her suspender broke." pneumatic lever suit, an improved weight rubberised cloth, or pliable (a) Why is it not compulsory type of "anli-G" suit now increas- plastic sheeting so that it can be for all "queens" to wear. Thread- view of the sustained rate of rubber | (Anawers on Column 3)

folded compactly into a suitcase for gold's Thorogrip Gartereties? storage or transportation,

(b) Could not the half-hour have been filled in pleasantly by getting The Yale model is 32. inches long someone to play "Piri-Piri Pirl," and weighs less than two pounds, since that nir was first played in In structure, it is something like n Porthcawl by the celebrated flautist, thermos flask, with air-tight inner Mr Gerald "Barry, now Principal of and outer walls, which sustain air the Gong Hall Civic Centre? pressure between them.

CHESS PROBLEM

By A. K. ELWORTHY

Black, 7 pieces.

White. 10 pieces

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

1, K-BJ; threat, 2 Kt-B6 (di ch). 1 . Q-BG (ch): 2. K- Ki; 1% P-BG 2, Q-KI fch):

Q-Ki2, (ch): 2,

threat,

HOA.

сап

24. You

Rypsum. to

160

D

this

through

26. tla bring out a late dictator 7. 18) 27. Oddly enough it's ikka ihan one.

(4)

08. This bear, generally imagtosry,

casleen frient, 13)

10. With his goal in front be lade

Muda. (8)

Down

1. Even trained doctors do it. (8)

2. unicken'w complexion ? (8)

3. Pastime mostly to the fort at

C. (01

8. Taper for change. 161

0. Bomething we all want but are

not prone to. (5)

1. Musically out of true? (4)_

. Had me but differently. 17

10. High for the erudite usually, (4)

10. Like sheep but mostly wine bro-

ducing, to

18. Being now form. (b)

20. It may stop up but swallow back.

wardı. 143

21. With this less you are ruah.

Ja, United. (3)

11. Residuo, to mineral is definitely 15. Bighost. (3)

on load, toi

23. Valley.

Taken from the fair grouna, 13)| Bolusion of yesterday's pussardi 10.

Cowl. (7)

Conductor: B, Acoruj

pusala-Aarosji

19. Without her the smoke become distin: 13 A14. HOJE, D

14. Colour. 1316, 20: Delrings 59, Telow: 82. Ferg: $3. iwan: a drooling, hwnt

18. Company, (3)

17, A slippery customer, (8)

3. NojstirË

Oet and deri 9. Oseid tawoni Chews 5. Terms &. Qu

10. A mischievous child wandorediji,"avari, -35. Heo: 1

and became better. (8)

down: 19.

OUTWARD MAILS

Unless otherwise stated, registered articles and parcel posts close 10 minutes earlier than the ordinary

nail. It mail close betora 10 A registered and parent posts clasa at 3 pm, on previous day. Malls aft closed at Kowloon Central Post Once, half an hour earlier than a G.P.C. closing tires.

Swatow,

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12

Closing Times By Air

Amoy, Shanghai,

how, 330 p.m.

Nanking

Air Parcel Past for USA only. (Kowloon

CPO) 430 pлn; (GPO) 8 pm.

Tried On Animals

Dr Lamport said the

mode of

Radio Hongkong

evacuating the air-supported cham-KT,

& Programme Summary: 0.61, Children's ber to induce rhythmic respiration story: Buter Arain by Elf Lewis need not be different In the new Clark (ACTS): 6.15. The Mills Brothers

6.30, Boston Promenade Orchestra: 7,

Hankow, Teingtao, Peiping and Holmodel from the methods at present and Louis Armstrong and is Orchestra: used, such as bellows, diaphragm, "See Tee Talks on Sport (Studio): 7.10, or vacuum pump with a dexible hose. I desired, he said, a double walled diaphragm or bellows can be driven by air pressure alone inslead of by the usual electric motor.

Closing Times By Sex & Train Shanghat (Bɛɛ) I pm. Halphtong. Pakhoi and Hothow (Bea)

p.m.

Japan (ord letters, cards and parcels)

(Sea) 3 p.m.

facao and Tainshan (Sea) 4 p.m. Kongmoon (Sea) - p.m. Canton (parcels & 2nd class mall) (sea)

5 p.m.

The Yale model has been tried on animals, and is not yet ready for human use.

The eventual manufacturer, Dr Lamport sald, will have several For technical problems to solve. Instance, how to provide proper portholes for patient care; how best to get a person in and out of the respirator, and, whether to use it Manila, P.I., Honolulu, USA and Canada, with a standard hospital bed or as

9.30 in. (reg}; 10 a.m. Lord);" Ordmary Airmail Printed Mattera, Sam-R self-contained unit.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER. 13 Closing Times By Air Canton. (Kowloon CPO) 1.30

a.m., 12.39 pm, 3 pm: (OPO) 8.30 am, noon, 2.20 p.m. Shanghai. a.m. trey): 9.30, am." (ord),

10

am

pies and Small Packels) för USA only, (Kowloon CPO) 9.30 amg (GPO) idj

am.

Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Tsingtvo, Pelping, Amoy, Taipeh and Bwstow, 3.30 p.m.

Bangkak, hangoon. Calcutta, Karachi. Bahrein, Catra Nairobi, Johannesburg and Marsellled vis Catre) Rome and London, (Kowloon CPO) 4.30. p.m (GPO) D

Japan (ordinary letters and cards only).

Closing Times Dy Sea & Train

Macao and" Teinshari" (Hon) 740, a

Bwatow and Amoy (Bea) 0,022. Swatow (Bea) 1 pm.

Macan and Tatoshan (Ben) 2.0.m. Canton (2nd class mail` only) (Train)

z p.m.

Macao and Thinshan (Bea) 4 p.m. Kongmoon vin Canton (Train) 5 p.m. Canton (parcela & 2nd clam mall) (Hex)

.& p.m.

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE. Answors

1. Portugueso East Africa. 2. In the Philippines. 3. Beaumarchais. The character was adopted by Rossini and Mozart. 4. Of Philippi, a_elty of Macedonial : 8. The raven, (Gen. VIII:7), 0. Fabel II who is 11 years old.

(Tomorrow-Book Parade)

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Maurice Gamer at the Flans 15tudio. 7.15, New Concert Orchestra; 7.36, Stage and Screen Favourites presented by Alleen Woods (Studio): 8, World and Home News (London Relay); 8.15. The University Programme-Medleine No. 2 "A Consultant Physician" by the Right on. Lord Horder (BUCTS): 2.33, "Much Binding in the Merah" (BBCTS); 9,05, Walz Aovements from Act 3 “itosenka“ valler....Berlin State Orch; 9.10, A Message of Welcome on the Occasion of

- Prices closed as follows:-

October tu cents per b.) mutilated November

December

January (1945)

March

April

May

Juria

July

August

September

October

November December

Chile England France India

1.23

.0030

0220

0236

4.03-32

.0037-14

3024

Mexten

1450

New Zealand

4.03-2

Peru

.0075

Portugal

.0403-

$1.40

South Africa

4.03-%

Sweden

3704

21.07

Switzerland

2102

21.03 bid

Uruguay

4300

21.00 nominal

Venezuela

2010

20.03

+

Shanghat (per Gold Yuan)

2350

20.00

++

Netherlandi

.5775

20.63

Fistavia

3774

20.00

+1

Kingapore

4735

20.73

2400

Unlled Press.

Unlied Press.

LONDON FUTURES

London, Oct. 11-Prices in the rubber market here today closed as follows:- October December (in cents

13 (per 18.) .......

12-15/10 January/March April/Juns

1272

United Press,

MARKET

the Commonwealth Meeting in London NEW YORK METAL by the Prime Minister The_Tight lon. MA, Hondon "Don Juan" (Richard Btrauss)....LON- don Philharmonic Orch; 1,50, "Elements of the Orchestra Talk by the Rev. Father T. F. Ryan, B.. No. 6: Clari

net and Bassoot (Studio); 10, World and Home

News (London Relay) 16.15, Weather Report: 10.10, The London Pal- Jadium Orchestra; 10.30. Variety at the Moulin Rouge: 11, Radio News Reel (London Relay); 11.15, Weather Report and Close Down,

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POUND NOTES

New York, Oct. 11-The British pound note was quoted in the, unofficial market here today at US93.74-United Press.

London Stock

Exchange

1930's checked the London stock market. at the opening today.

London, Oct. 11. Churchill's New York, Oct. 11-Prices in the metal ominous speech recalling his warn→ · market here today closed hs, follows:-ings about Germany in the middle Copper (Electrolytic. Export),

LAS. New York, per +Ib. 23-15 cents Zinc, (Prime, Wertorn, New

York), per in, Monganese, Electrolyte, 99.9

Manganese) percent

de- livered east of Mississipp! filver, per b............ Unavailable kon, or (8-15 percent tmn) delivered lower port Lake Superior, per tong ton.

(Mossadi-Bessemer).

Copper

• SCRAP METALS^^.

F.0.3 per ton

US$4.35

(Light) ********.. Usa15,50/18.78

Leal FO.D, per ton (heavy

BOIT)

Steel Fo.n. per ton (No. 1

heavy molung)

17.50/10.00

38,00/30.00

United Press.

Exchange Rates

Business was done in the local tin-

Later, however, the market evon- tually threw off the effects of the speech and allowed the weight of Jdle money to lift prices somewhat.. This was most、 conspicuous In British Government issues, which in the majority enjoyed of 1/10 or th. There was also some buying of leading industrial issues, particular- ly motors, tobaccos and road trans- port issues.

Gold shares continued to · drift lower, and even the New Pioneers was closing below the day's best Iove).

Nows of heavy: American pur- choses of industrial. diamonds liftact

oficial exchange market, this morning | De Beers some 10-1/2d, to 40/0.

At the following rates:-

Sterling pound nots (per el)

U.S. dollar (por #1)

Gold bars (per tac)).

FIC plastres (per 100)

Siam Beals tper 100)

NEI guilders (per 100)....

GOLD YUAN

Oils were rather mixed. Dealers 312.00 xay American operators are selling

100 Shells and buying

25.50

30.40 in the hope

Anglo-Iranions

that they can carry prices sharply upward owing to the

The Chinese gold yuan could be bought relative smallness of suppiles. But

in the open markež, this morning at 34

cente (fongkong) to one Yuan, piicial rate is Hiitsize to one yuan..

Anglo-Iranians remained unchanged Thant 100/3, while Royal Dutch feil 1/8th to 23-4-United Press.

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