1948-10-21 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

COFIT NEA SERVICE, INC. Y. M. KOCOL U, 2, PAT. OFF.

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"Olivor, you're bohaving just like a child!"

LESSON

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MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Be on Lockout

For Safety Plays

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REGISTERED US PATENT OFFICE

"MAN WITH SAXOPHONE ARRESTED:

# HAD AN IDEA THEY WOULD MAKE THAT A CRIMINAL OFFENCE

BEFORE LONG!

Check Your

Knowledge

"Canterbury Tales"?

2. What is a casus belll?

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

3. "Pravda" is the official news. paper of what country?

EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH''FEATURE

YOUR BIRTHDAY

BOR

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21

-STELLA

DORN today, you are a natural clently flexible for a mutual give

wit, and since you have the and, take...

are inclined to be gift of words, 'you might make your You women mark In literature or on the public retiring and timid and if you are lecture platform. You are moody, in business or are working, you however, and sometimes you find must learn to assert yourself more it dificult to cope with the foibles or you will be overlooked, when of humankind without becoming promotions are made. impatient. Learn

to

your keep

sense of humour under all condi- Since you are a good mimic, you tions and you will find Hfe much might find that you are attracted cusleri

to the stage. But you must over- come a tendency towards stage .real Leadership comes natural to you, fright which would be n but if a woman, this is more likely handicap in any type of public to mean social leadership than bust career for which your other talents fit you. Fame, when it charming might леза enterprise. Your personnilty will bring many friends comes, will probably be during the into your orbit and your kindliness latter half of your lite. towards them will hold them as

To And what the store have in life-long friends. When it comes to

for tomorrow, select your marringe, someone born under the store same sign probably would make birthday star and read the corres- you happiest since your tempera- ponding paragraph. Let your birün ments would be similar and suffi- day star be your daily guide.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Be LTBRA (Sept 23-Och 23)-Usa

the heme front, In your very best judgment if called cautious on upon to make an important decision, business, you may follow up' those and moderato gains may be made. plans for expansion. If your pro-

been carefully Guard all assets carefully.

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22)-It

TAURUS job,

gratamic has out.

your

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POCKET CARTOON

Pooh-I've got four anti-tanks,

an anti- personucl

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

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FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Interest Slides Off In Rubber Futures

New York, Oct. 20.-Standard rubber futures to- day closed 18 to 25 points lower on sales totalling 31 contracte. No. 1 rubber futures closed 10 to 15 points lower on sales totalling 18 contracts.

The market was fint, with Singapore and liquidation, dis interest in both spots and couraged speculative dealings in futures at a minimum. The longs. offalido in futures, coupled the declines in London

from

nat Bark In physicals. with

and Calombe and Malaya became Armer in view of fears that Ceylon's out- the Russians, put may be lost to

WARNING TO CZECH COIN

but elsewhere spot activity ebbed.

Factory buying interest was at a standstill, but a few dealers were of the opinion that the recent de-

lines are beginning to look more

HOARDERS demand.

T

that they

| *aning and they sald

not be surprised to see an Immediate plek-up in manufacturer Prioos closed as follows:- Prague, Oct. 20. Czechoslovakia's Standard tubber.

10 October (in cents per lb.) 2107 nominal National Bank has threatened

23.04 November dovalue-or declare worthless--the December country's metal colns unless people January (1940)

February quit hoarding them.

March

April

Coin hoarding Is considered barometer of the peopler trust in May the government and the soundness June of their

In currency-and

July

recent August

terrine September

21.02 bla"

21.15 nominai

21.47

21.40 bid

21.35 nominal

21.30 bid

21.25 nominal

21.20

21.15

amount of hoarding.

works there has been

碰

S110

devaluating paper

October fa no intention of November December currency, how No. 1 Rubber

21,03

1106

21.03 bid

said.

April

21.90 nominal

IL

31.70

21.05

21.45

21.40

21.35

21.30

United Prem

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.

(Apr. 21-May 21)THE musician who played his . violin. to an elephant at a seeking advancement on the

may be slow but then this is the day for you to ask Morning hours

comes, previously Zoo must have been either very ever, the National Bank spokesman March (1940) for it. Chances

will get when afternoon

May are, you

so that tramcar Juno ro- laid plans, probably will develop fond of playing or very fond of has become what you

Soft pedal want.

advantageously.

elephants.

the troms through conductors go

July mance.

August begging people for charge. GEMINI

September The standard coin is one Crown, October worth one English penny or two November American cents. A number of December new silver alloy Crowns have been minted in the last year but there is still a large quantity of

cheap alloy Crown pieces in circulation. These were

during the produced Gorman occupation and still bear German wording.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Dec.

22-June 22)-

described The Incident was 22)-Be tactful with

adjective that friends today. It invited to expand Favourable aspects may bring you

could be na fillingly applied to a your plans or business, think it

previously accomplished. Be ready man who corrected proofs in front over very carefully,

to accept the acclamation.

of an bex, or cured herrings in o The account CANCER (June 23-July 23) wart-hog's presence.

eating" thereby. following you must travel, today is fair enough, says that the elephant, "went

some git-edged example of people for Don't foll

In restaurants scheme, however, which may not be who prefer even whalement SAL- too sound. Investigate.

anges to the death of Saint-Saens'

"good-natured," an long-delayed recognition for work

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)- A good merchandising day if you can avoid dealing with the opposite sex. Thrift is to be desired more than extravagance, now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) If dealing with the public or con- ferring with the boss, ask for what you want, and the promotion or recognition you desire easily be yours.

mny

LEO (July 24 Ar. 23)-Con- swan. tinue yesterday's caution when it comes to business matters. Be sure Mrs Dreacle accused of your fooling.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)-Look

favoured, over any contracts carefully; take artistic professions are

but avoid but it is best to postpone plans for short business trip, expansion unless

positive expansion until later. Complete the

Job at hand,

VIRGO (Auz. 24-Sept. 22)The DEAR Sir,

you are

it is fully warranted,

RECORDED MUSIC:

BEETHOVEN'S

FOURTH

BY CASADESUS

By DELOS SMITH

considerably

the

on The

Nobody seems to have noticed that it was not Mrs Whibster who threatened to use her tongue to lap up ants, but Mrs Dreacle who ac cused her of this

haviour. Mrs Charnatural be-

talk of the humming-bird which stung a reindeer is not only

beside point, but an obvious prevaricu-

the

tlon. Humming-birds do-not- sting, nor are they found in proximity to reindeer. And, anyhow, what has all that to do with what Colonel Sefton-Self satirically calls "human anteuters of the female species"?

Yours, faithfully,

Constance Jumbell.

VOLUME V. (Ruxton-Zoroasters

RTUR SCHNABEL hasn't been have you Bre quite positive | Coming shortly

mentioned in record reviews for Cosadesus has fallen since RCA short of the ultimate. more than five years,

of the List of Huntingdonshire Victor doesn't release his recordings,

only to RCA.

Dormant Subjects for a reason known

Cabmen will conclude this standard Take the first

movement: Victor. He la being mentioned now

the work. An introduction by Mra Ben- 1. What was the destination of because another top-flight

subjects pianist, two- alternating

are not jamin Upchurch describes the usual the

Chaucer's Robert pilgrimage in

dramátic Casadesus, has recorded resolved into a

realisa- alphabetical method used in com

the list, Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto, tion of their opening statements as piling the and pays a graeeful in G Major, with the Philadephia they are in the RCA Victor Schna-

tribute to the untiring efforts of with Orchestra under Ormandy. (Colum- bel recording

Chicago Mr E. S. Nurgin, who tracked down bia; four 12-inch.)

Symphony. Casadesus leaves the many crypto-cabmen to their shel-

the com- partly dormant, fauled in

lers, and tactfully elicited their You think of Schnabel when you plications of arpeggios, scales and

names from them. Unwillingness to think of Beethoven's plano scores. orchestral figurations which Schna-

was a charac He has provided your most memor- bel demonstrates were not intended supply their initialo

teristic able contacts with them.It-il to be ends in themselves.

of young cabmen, a pecu- in weren't that you had heard Schna- In the second movement, one of liarity attributed (by Dr Goltz

Schrift- move his "Kabmannschaft und ONE difference between an expert French expression "a bon marche" bel pity this casadesus' playing the master's finest "slows leko Gemeinenwurs!") to a non-

ments, Casadesus' planissmo is and an average bridge player is mean?

of it, for it is an attractive, even a languid whisper. but Schnabel's is co-operation in personal matters, that the expert does not take any-

cloquent,

to а Medca- subducd amounting ulinost polgnant, thing for granted. The average

5. Which of Christ's apostles was brilliant performance. But you have an

heard Schnabel and because you'volce. And here the much less than complex. player has been taught that when called the Rock?

perfect liaison between Casadesus he

and Ormandy and the dummy hold elght

the

trumps opponents' trumps, normally are divided 3-2. But the expert asks himself if he can make the hand if the adverse trumps are divided 4-1 or 5-0.

In today's hand West cashes the king and ace of clubs, and declarer wins the third round, Ho leads' a small spade, West plays the nine- spot and dummy's king wins, East playing the three. Now declarer leads back the seven of spades and East puts on the eight. If South reasons that the trumps are divided 3-2, he will go up with

the nee,

expecting to drop the queen or jack. If he does that on this hand, he will lose two trump tricks.

He must make the safety play of covering the eight-spot

ten. When West

with the chows out, do clarer lays down the ace of spades. Thus he loses only one spade trick and two clubs.

There

are, innumerable

4. What does the common

(Answers on Column 5)

CHESS PROBLEM

By H, THORNTON

Black, 9′ pieces.

White, & places. White to play and mate in two.

Solution to problem:

safety

, Kt-Q07.

plays of this type, and you should always be on the lookout for them.

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yesterday's

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21. A cleria from Aden. (4)

·22, teamed. (5)

Dows

Where a loud bravo may waḥe, _(0) According to mythology be had one hundred yea

To me it's herb. (5)

Type of bomber to ant you tre

D. It's an order.

6. Soe 1 Across, 8. Chut off, (9)

10. Hanging in suspenes, (0)

15. The artins I sin against. (8)

18. When following t taŭt 15% noÖGLIONE

repetiloa.

17. Bounds as though I had a girl

15, Tune, -(4)!

Bpletion of saterday'a pyesis

Animositi

12 Black; Läge

delighted

becomes

Eu

a bit jar- The lively mind of

OUTWARD MAILS Casadesus is more subtle thun, he is

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 Closing Times By Air

Luchow, Amoy. Kunming.

Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Taingtao, Pelping. and Hollow, 2.30 p.m.

Batavia, Colombo, Dangkok, Singapore,

Sydney and Auckland, 5 p.m.

p.m.

| ring. Then in the third movement,

robust. Schnabel conveys a ringing exultation; Casadesus transmits.

exultation, along with

a wearted questioning.

Early Quartet

Strabismus

ALUMINIUM PIECES. A number of aluminium two-crown Other also have been minted pieces coins are 50 foller pieces (halt Crown) and 20, 10 and Ave Heiler pleces.

A year ago the government topped Bod minting aliver alloy half-Growns substituted copper ones instead.

five-Crown An enormous number of notes have been printed, and showered on tram conductors, who dig vainly for the two Crowns 50 Heliers change.

The recent hoarding was the second portous Occurrence this year. How serious it was the National Bank Vealed by its threat.

точ

LONDON FUTURES London, Oct. 20-Prices in the rubber are here today cloned as follows October/December (in pence per

33.3/18 tb.)....... January/March

April/June

13

12

United Press.

HONGKONG SHARES

There

was some activity on the Stock Exchange this morning, and the turnover totalled $333,900.

Transactions and noon prices were as follows-

BILARES

GOVT, LOANS

BUYERS BELLEBS SALES

5195% (1548) ...

The value of the coins may-be cut, or they may be declared entirely worth- tho spokesman Bald. “ the people don't want to have bags of use. less metal lying around, they had better| INSURANCES alart using the coins"-Associated Frem.

N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

Argentine Argentine Aurimilla Brazil Belgham Carinde Chile

Peso

New York, Oct. 20. (official) US$0.2971

Peso (Unofficial)

Union DOCKS, ETC.*** K. Wharf (0) K. Wharf (N) N. Pt. Whorf Dock

Providen! -S'hal Dock LAND, - ETC.

HK Hotel HH Land

Shal Land UTILITIES

1011 30,000 mm 100 plus interest

768 77714

29.40

100 201 200 m 29.70O 300

1300 20

200 20.10

600 20.20

1000

-2014

200 or 20.06

101 t

0.00

+

2001

Tram - 9

3.23

0650

0229

Star Ferry

0430

England

4.03-14

C. Light (0):

Franco

..0032-14

307 # 20.

India

3024

500

Mexico

C. Light (N)

.1430

New Zealand

4:00-14

Electrie

37

1400

Peri

.0000

Portugal

.0-403-2

South Africa

4.03-14

Rweden

2783

Switzerland

2300

Telephone INDUSTRIALS

35

Cement

3014

J010

2650

3775

3T5

Elope

10.80 1014

4735

STORES, ETC.

21.00

Dairy (0)

***

--United Press,

Dalry (New) | Watson

415

Waleon (New) 321 54 COTTONS

100 @ $135

2003

10%

Uruguay

Venezuela Shanghai

Netherlands

Datavia

singapore

Hor.gkong

POUND, NOTE New York, Oct. 20-The British pound note was quoted in the unofficial market here today at US$3.70-United Press.

SINGAPORE RATE

London, Oct. 20.-Another adjustment in the Singapore exchange rate was announced here today.

MISCELLANEOUS Entertainment

The new rate is 2/4 to 2/44, compared CHINA PRODUCE

with the previous rate of 3/331/33 to 2/47/32--- United Press.

His latest in NEW YORK METAL

BITTER complaint that selen- Atists concentrate, too much on destruction, and that their inven- tions seldom benelit the ordinary man, could be easily answered by Dr Strabismus (Whom God Pre- A second current Beethoven re- Japan (ordinary jetters and cards only). Icase is of his early quartet, No, serve) of Utrecht.

such harmless in B Flat Major, played by the ventions include

ал Incandescent cat- Budapest String Quartet. (Colum- things bla; three 12-Inch.) It is tentative leash for use at night, a waterproof Honolulu, USA, Central & South America rather than final; filled with Bec-egg-cosy, a single scissor for cut- for ex- thoven's young seckings

ting cork, a curled pin for his wellsprings rather than with a tracting bent whelks, a rubber lasso later power. But it has the un- for cheese, and an amazing tin sau- mistakable touches of greatness cage which tells the time like a (86) which makes its music way above sundial.

Closing Times By Sea & Train

Canada via Vancouver, B.C. (Sex) 3 p.m.

via New York (sen) 3 p.m.

Straits (Bex) 2 p.m.

Alacao and Tainahan (8va) 4 pm. Kongmoon (Sea) 5 p.m.

Canton (parcels and 2nd class mall)

5 p.m.

+

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22 Closing Times By Air Canton, Kowloon CPO) 7.30 a....

10

Shanghal, Nanking. Hankow, Teingtoo. Felping, Swatow, Amoy and Teipch,

3.30 p.m.

Air Parcel Post for USA only. (Kowloon

CPO) 4.30 pm. (GPO IK) 3 p.m.

and beyond the ordinary. Needless

Arc

rulle. "From the Middle

MARKET

New York, Oct. 20-The following prices wer quoted in the metal market here today:-

Animony (American, 991⁄2

percent in bulk of car- load lots, FOD. Texas. US$ 0.3835 Tin, Grade "AZ" (99.3 per

higher)

percent!............

Wolframite (Chinese are

containing Tungsten Trioxide)

pald F.o.n. New York, per short ton

SCRAP METALS

1.03

2,00

23.50/24.00

The following prices were quolad for BOTAD:--

to say, the Budapest quartet plays With Roberts to Kandaharnalen, powdered, (8-20 it with exquisite musiclanship.

Quite ordinary

Alexander THERE will soon be'd' row be

tween hostors and timber 6.m., 19.30 p.m., 3 pm: (GPO) 7 am.. Borodin's Second Symphony and

Alexander Glazunor's orchestral merchants. Tho discovery that 0.30 am.. noon, 230 p.m. Shanghal, am. (rog); 9:30 am. (ard).

Ages," stockings can be made from wood Swalow, 11.30 am.

Which, shabby for their years, have has been followed swiftly by the lost the power to excite and now discovery that wood can be made fall in the category of the tedious

from stockings. music of the Russian programme nationalist school. RCA Victor has new recordings of both; the Boro- din by the Chicago Symphony CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE under Defauw (three 12-inch); the by the Indianapolis Glazounoff Symphony under Savitzky (three 12-inch). They are sound Ings of, competent performances.

(Tomorrow-Unasual Angice)

Closing Times By Sea & Train Macao and Trinshan (Sea) 7.30 .. Straita (Be) 9 am. Shanghai and Canada via Vancouver, D.C. (Bes) 9.30 am, ipar & red): 16 a.. (ord).

Radio Hongkong

UKT

5. Programme Summary: 6.01. "Oh the Shelf": 0.30, "Strings wiiti Wings" ON chestra and Vocal (ORBS); 7, "Trafalgar Day" A Commentary on the Ceremony when I, the Duke of Gloucester, Lyall the Memorial busts of Admirals of the Fleet.

Bently & Earl Jellicoe London el La Demblleure Francale (Studia); B, World and Home News London Relay); 0.10, University Programme. Bocial Science No. "AD- plied Economies by Pratemor P. Sar- **Con- gent Florence (BBCTS); 9.33. carlo...... Concerto No. 2 in C Minor (Bedner) Nicholas Mediner (Piano) and the London Phiihsamenle Orchi 17.15. A Play "Wanted on Voyaga” by Jack Fhepherd (Studio) Part dilchard, the Second Produced for the IIJK. Blake Club by Jack Shepherd; 0.43, "Berenade to the Star (ORB91 10. World and Home News London Holay): 10.10, Wes- ther Report: 10.10, New Light Symphony Orchestra 10.30, Dance to Chiapple D'Amato and lila Orchestra: iuncFRE 11. Radio Newanool (London Relay) 11.13, Weather Report and Close Down

recprd-

Answors

1. The shrine of Thomas a Becket at Canterbury. 2. A cause justifying A WET. 3. Russia. 4. A

good bargain; 5. Saint Peier.

"Glamour

∙194812

The Amesloan biagazine,

Copper F.O..per

fon.

QUOTATIONS

New York, Oct. 20, Aniseed Oil,' per b. T.O.B.

New York”..... •••• . • UB$0.00/82 Cansia Oll per ib. F... New York. TOD

Agar Agar per 1.

New York

Sandalwood, in drums, de- Dending on quantity & quality

2.00/2.30

3.15/3.25

13.00 nominal

per

0311⁄2 10m.

Tung Ou, in tank cars,

F.OD. Now York Ib.

Beryllium, (10 to 12 per- rent) per ton ... Molybdenum, (60 porcent)

per lb.

24.00/20.00

0.45

United Press.

Hongkong Teaseed

Oil For U.K.

London, Oct. 20.The Ministry of

(ght)................. US$18.50/18.00 | Food announced yesterday that, in Lead F.O.D. per ton, (heavy

agreement with the Board of Trade, 28.00/10.50 applications will be considered for 3000/30.00 the import of further quantities of United Press.

ienseed oil from Hongkong.

Steel F.O.D. per tom, (No. I

heavy armolting)

The maximum price to be fixed for imports will be announced later.

BLACK PEPPER-Associated Press.

MARKET

New York, Oct. 20-Black pepper, futures today

nominally unchanged..

Prices closed as follows:- October (in cents per lb.) December

January (1940)

March

Sepleinbor

Spot

May

July

closed

Inactive and

"{

01,50 nominal

69.00

FF

76.00

6300

5050

Spot (Whtie Muntok).

00.00

*

00.00

93,00 naked

01.00 nominal -United Pro

Exchange Rates

Business' was done in the focal un- official exchange, market this morning at the following rates)

Alerting pound nole (per 1) *** 13.04 U.S. dollar (per #1), „Gold bars (ber tasl)

TIC plastres (per 100) Alamicals. (per 100)

·Net guilders (per 100)

Dutch Buying Jap Textiles

Tokyo, Oct. 20-Allled occupa- Wednesday tion Sources said.on that the Netherlands is discussing the possible purchase of 200,000,000

of cotton textiles from. yards Janan within the next year****,

Dutch and Indonesian delegates tunve been discussing Anancial arrangements with Allied foreign trade, offelalsAssociated Press.

:

Bombay Cotton

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Dombar, Oct. 20-Today's quotations. for Jarilla (in rupees per candy), wer) 3.

February (1049) 4.

8.200

308.30

25.40

July

33.10