FOR
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1948.
YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
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GLANCES
By Galbraith
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YOUR BIRTHDAY.
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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
your bridge-playing Do you and
orgue over proper bid or discard? If you do, you will like today's hand, which enused a great deal of argument the Mayfair Bridge Club in New Yerk.
First of all, we will look at the bidding. West bid one heart, and North made a very light double. Actually he had no values for the double East-jumped--to-three hearts
and South went to four
He
spaces.
Should West have doubled? certainly felt that he would make a spade trick, a heart and a club, and his partner and given him a tremendous jump. Some of the pointed out that boys at the club West had no right to figure on a heart trick in view of the big jump by East. But others argued that if that were true, West ought to get two club tricks. No, said the first North had doubled and, group, therefore, North must have some strength. So the argument went on ng to
whether or not West's double
was good or bad.
In the play West opened the small diamond and dummy's king won. The queen of spades was led and declarer went up with the act, low spade and West won returrend with the king.
Now the question
what WAD, discard? Should ho Eost should discord the deuce of hearts? It was agreed that if East had held the king of hearts, his proper discard would have been the seven of hearts. - Actually, however, Eost discarded
the five of clubs, and West, reading this as a small club, did not lead a club,
WHEN WE CROSSED
THE DESERT WE NEARLY
STARVED
TO DEATH!
3.
PATENT OFFICE
DIDNT YOU HAVE ANY MONEY
Check Your Knowledge
QORN today' you are exceptionally siderable share of the world's goods conscientious when it comes to during your lifetime, I wealth handling
detall
work. Digmined comes to you, the chances are that and reserved in your conduct, you you would experul a large propor Inspiro confidence. You are cautious, tion of it in helping others less for- almost to the point of timalellty. You tunote.. could stand being a little more ven. turesome.
Косп sense
of
op-
Being exceptionally fond of chil- dren, you women would make ox- Work cellent mothers and wives. in You are keenly Interested human nature and you would do which is devoted to the welfare of well in social work or philanthropy eid in which you would shine. You children, teaching particularly is a since you have a Justice and excellent reasoning have a magnetic personality and are
cause popular with members of the You can estimate powers. and effect, as well as being able to posite sex. An early marriage and wel at underlying motivations of a family of your own would bring human behaviour. You are some you the greatest happiness and thing of a philosopher and if trained contentment,,, A career would al- In the law, would make an excellent ways take second place in your life. member of the bench.
To And what the stars have in for tomorrow; select your In addition, you have a sound store business mind. Were you to devote birthday star and read the corres- your talents to money-making, you ponding paragraph. Let your birth-. might be able to accumulate a con- day star be your daily guide.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30
TAULUS (Apr. 21-May 21)--Bo SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-Be
to careful in selecting new friends to- conservative in your approach le and you can have about what day. Avold all extesses if you wish you desire. Entries are all on the the day, to be a rewarding one. plus side of the ledger today.
AMEJ
"We haven't any bricks but the latest building game doem's · require any.......”
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
GEMINI (May 22-Jun 21-A
and
MAN who applied for nn SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 - Deo. work or profersions having to do
extra cheese ration for a 22)-Emotional upsets can be dis- with the earth's minerais appear singing mouse which he had
cn- especially favoured. Law
trained received a form tressing today unless you gain con- be trol of yourself carly in the morn- forcement is in good aspect too. ing. Adopt a positive attitude.
CANCER (June 23-July 23)--New filled it up thus:
prove very
1. Where was your last concert contacts can today in both real estate and pub-engagement?; In the larder.
thing. Consummate a tract.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 29-Jan. 20)-
can turn Optimistic aggressiveness this into a really important day in your He. Put important plans into effect naw.
4.
valuabic
new con
1 am 6:
5. Present address: Hole-in-tho- Floor, 1, Cranberry-crescent.
2. Father's name: Whiskers. LEO (July 24-Aug. 23) Be
3. Father's profession: Captain of practical in all things and you will AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)—and matters working out to your the Wainscote Rovers. A fair day in which moderation advantage. Be moderate, however,
maidon 4. Mother's in your demands. brings results.
Squeaker. VIRGO (Aur. 24-Sept. 22)-Hard of today's though work is the essence
limitations success. Even are placed on your efforts, progress can be made.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-Pub ARTES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)—You may receive an important cum- telty, advertising and all matters
the a close friend or involving
written word are munication from relative which may prove important especially favoured now. Make an
agreement and sign it, to your future.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)-Guard your health as this is important to your welfare. Be sure your plans are soundly based and then go ahead with them now.
UNUSUAL ANGLES:
"BOUSE" TAKES CARE OF
14-MEMBER FAMILY
the
The result was "the bouse," with three doors, one of them like usual bus door at the right of the driver.
6. Religion: Cheese-worshipper.
7. Dependent relatives: father, disabled in trop.
Grand-
8. Professional name: Pittapalta.
9. Height: 1ina. Age: 2,
Dinner at Boulton
TOULENOUGH'S
flon
course,"
Wynfevers
luggage had been brought from the sta- During dinner Lady Short- cake suggested that the matter of his engagement as tutor might be settled the next morning, since neither man seemed inclined to dis- cuss businesi mütfärs that night. In fact, they were engaged in an in- conclusive argument about shooting MR and Mrs Laurence Tippmann VA of Fort Wayne, Indiana, had so children they didn't know
tigers. You must get near enough many
to see 'em" said Foulcoough. "Of what to do about transportation, so
"I repiled Shortcake. they bought a bus.
loods you're on an elephant's back," con- Every Sunday, Tippmann The family bug' is no idle ex-
three tinued Foulenough. "you can 14-member the living room'davenport, the pression around
card that chairs, two mattresses and a Tippmann household, because
over bushes and things and shoot Mrs Tipp-
down at the beast. Friend of mino is just exactly what it is, a cross be- table into "the bouse."
mann packs
14 enough food for
shot tween a school bus and a Grey- people. The little Tippmanns queue in the regiment
too much hound bus.
down, and plugged his own foot." The twelve little Tippmanns call
"Careless devil," said Shortcake. de-it a "bouse" because it's neither a bus nor a house-it's both. Three reasons out of the year it takes them on-week-end-excursions to lakes, to state parks or to exhibit their three western riding horses.
Tippmann, 39, and his wife, Mary. 41. tried every way to get all their children into the family sedan, but they just didn't at,
1. What city now stands on the ancient cily of Car- site of the thage?
formerly 2. What country was called Cathay?
What
docs
interim" "Ad mean?
Where is the native home of Jersey cattle?
5. Why does the Suez Canal have no locks?
From what 1 camphor 0. rlved?
(Answers on Column 5)
4.
CHESS PROBLEM
By G. FANO Black, 13 pieces.
White, 11 pleces. 19e to play and runte iu rien.
Solution
to yesterday's .
problem:
1. Q NG, any: 2, Q, R, Kt, or P (dii ch) mates.
with dummy holding the nine-eight- seven. The West player in the case West decided that the discard of the said that if East had discarded the small club confirmed that East held deace of hearts, he would have ploy. the king of hearts, so at this point ed a club, although 11 1s doubtful he underled his see of hearts, allow- that a doubler would lead away ing South to win the trick with the from the aee-queen. If he had read king. Then South made the whole the five of clubs as a come-on card, hand, ... It was argued that West should would. have returned a heart, and have read the discard of the five the contract would have been de- - of clubs on a high club, cspcctally feated:
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led terro, 12, 4.43 Regularly. (0)
Father Resourceful Feeding and clothing 12 children have made
Tippmann resourceful. and Re bought a new bus chassis took it to a body factory to get A custom bullt body.
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FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Strategic Minerals For U.S. Stockpiles
Washington, Oct. 28.- Aubrey H. Harwood,
Administration, Director of the Economic Co-operation said that ECA had offered to help United States mining companies to expand abroad. In order to gather strategic East stockpiles, and listed China and the Netherlands Indies as sources where they were hoping to obtain ores. He told the monthly meeting plans to stock up such scared of the ECA's Public Advisory materials as lend, manganese, Board of the United States' nickel, chrome, antimony and
Siam Expects To Meet Rice Export Target
64 other critical materials. Among them were bauxite and tin from the Netherlands East Indies.
Simultaneously ECA announced that it wag making efforts under the China Recovery. Programme to secure large supplies of its tungsten, in and antimony.
1
After the meeting, Harwood sald that already' $18,000,000 worth of strategic materials-natural rubber, steal, and diamonds, mostly Britain-had been contracted for.
from
Bangkok. Oct. 29-Certain now that they can deliver 1948 export goal of 700,000 tons of rice to the world market,
He said that ECA bad advised Slam's agricultural officials pre-all lending mining companies that dict that rice exports in 1949 it would help them to gain access will exceed 1,000,000 tons.
to minerals abroad and would aid them Arancially in expanding their operations under the Recovery Pro- grammes for Europe and Asia.
Under the Recovery Act five per- rent
1:4 of
counterpart funds by recipient nations against United States dollars spent to help their recovery is earmarked for United States strategle defence needs.
September shipments brought the total so far for 1948 to 597,644 tons. Another 70,000 to 75,000 tons is ex- pected for this month.
Ministry of Agriculture officials deposited said they were confident Slam would ship not only the 700,000 tons pro mised for 1048, but also the 18.000 tons by which Siam fell short of last year's export target.
If the year's commliment is filled, It will be the first time since the war that Siam has made good on her export quotes for the International Emergency Food Council.
REAL INTEREST
He said, "We found that in most cases recovery nations want United States participation. They all seem to appreciate that the United States is the arsenal of democracy, and that what we get to build up our defences will also help them."
with the
The further increase in 1940's ex- ports is based on estimates of a crop totalling 3,575,000 tons. Of this, the Agriculture Ministry anid, Slam her-leading mining companies "they all self would consumé 2,300,000 tons.
He said that in talks
evinced a very real interest
The larger production, according to proposals." a Ministry spokesman, would be due to more land under cultivation, re- sulting from a return to the land of many farmers who, during the war, switched to other occupations.— Associated Press.
HONGKONG
SHARES
A feature of this morning's' trad- ing on the Stock Exchange was the concentration of interest in China Lights, both Old and New, with a marking up of prices.
in our
He also said that ECA hoped to get nickel from the new Caledonia substance used in brick Kyanite
from Konya Colony, refractories lead and manganese from Morocco, chrome from Turkey, platinum from the United Kingdom, and graphite possession of from the French Madagascar-United Press.
N.Y. FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
New York, Oct. This
US$0 2077 morning's turnover was Argentine peso (Omcial)
and $868,154. Transactions
Argentine peso (Unofelali ncon
Australia prices. follow
'Brazi Belgium Canada Chlo England France India
500
SKARES BANKS
HIK Bank
BUYERS BELLENS SALES
INSURANCES
Canton
Union
DOCKS, ETC,
K. Wharf (0) Dock
S'hal Dock
take off for the day, John, 7, Vincent, 6, Helen, 6, Jerome, Getting down to busincas 3, Dennis, 2, and Virginia, 1, usually asleep before the bouse" TN the drawing-room Lord Short- LAND, “" ETC. rolls back into town on Sunday nights.
winter During the autumn and months the house" will be at the disposal of Mary Ann, 10, Laurence, Jr. 15, and Donald, 13. Instead of the living room furniture they'll load bales of hay Into the back and cover them with blankets.
you
cake had one of his discon- certing periods of lucidity. He re- membered why Foulenough was there, and in the middle of a long story about a Maharajah who shot Jaguars from a captive balloon, he
what could suddenly said, "what
Mortimer?" young
Here teach
"First Lady Shortcake Interrupted. of all," she said. "he needs dis cipline. He must be kept in order." Foulenough, recalling the antics of Tippmann will take them and 25 himself and his host in the library or 30 of their friends to football coughed indiscreetly in front of his hand, and said, "Department" "Pre- "We want our children to have cisely," said Lady Shortcake coldly. all the fun and recreation we can give them. Having a big family is no excuse for neglecting them," Mrs Tippmann said.
games.
Football Games, Too
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5. Programme Bummary; 0.01, "Travel- ler's Joy A Comedy Thriller by John
The Jowett (BBCTS) Episode 6: Italian
other Tippmanns Garden" 6.30. "Platter Time" Presented Joseph, 11, Bob, 10, and Gene, 9. by Philip Burn (Studio): 7. George
Tippmann is in the refrigerator and Fix Metachrian
Orchestra; 7.15,
support his family "Talk on Sports" (Studio): 750, "Band business, but to Stand”...... Doghouse and Rastrick Band be has "a few sidelines."
He delivers (BBCTS); 8, World and Home News
newspapers on Sun- Landon Relay): 0.18, Song Recital by day mornings. After office hours on Hotberi Janssen (Daritone) Maryska (Soprano): 5.20, New Concert week days he loads a spray paint- Orchestra; 0.45. Choral and Orchestrating outßt on the bus and rolls over Concert..Bymphony No "Choral" by the countryside painting houses and Beethoven...Leopold Stokowski & Phila-
barns. delphia Orchestre with Vocaliste: 10, World and Home News (London Relay);
Barnans that 10.15, Weather Report; 10,10, Von Geery and Ills Orchestra: 10.30, Music for Dancing: 11, Radio Newsreel (London Relay); 11.15, Weather Report and Close Dawn,
he could have led a club safely, Eart OUTWARD
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10, Who made the indy calm ? (4) 20. Bog'I Down. 222. Fonalled." (81 23. A gato in Boctiasa (4)
Down
1 and 20. Colloquially it brings to
a sudden stop (na many a boxer
has discovered), (5, 2, 3, 4)
The citadel ul Moscow (3
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4. A court circuit. (4)
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sounds edentato. (4)-
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Wook
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MAILS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19.
Closing Times By Air
Shanchal Nanking, Hankaw, Tsingtao, Pelping. Swatow, Amoy, and Talpeh, 3.30 pin.
Air Parcel Post for USA only. (Kowloori
CPO) (30 p.m.;. (GPO 8 p.m.
Closing Times By Ben & TALO
Shanghai (es) 3 p.m.
Amoy (Bea) 3pm.
Bangkok (1) 3-p.m.
Macao and Tuinshán (8ca) 4 p.m. Kangmoon (Box) 5 p.m.
Canton parcels & and class mail) (BoR)
p.m
Straits, Ceylon, East Africa, Madagascar, Bombay, Egypt and Europe via London (Sca) p.m."(par): 0.30 am.. trek to. morrow); ID a.m, ford, to-morrow).
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30 Closing Times By Ale Canton, (Kowloon CPO) 7.30 am, 10 4.m., 12.30 p.m., 3 p.m. (GPO) 7 a.m 0.30 am. noon, 230 p.m. Shanglulam, (regi: 0.30 a.m. (ara). Mantia, P., Honolulu, USA and Canada,
0.30 (reg); 10 am. (ord). Ordinary Ale Mad (printed matters, sam
ples and mail packet posta) for USA anly. (Kowloon CPO) B30 a.m.; (GPO) 10 A.m. Amoy. Bhanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Tuingiao, Petping, Chungking, Swatow
Foochow, 330 pm,
Karachi,
and
Bangkok Rangoon, Calcutta,
Pahrein, Alexandria. (Natrobl, Johannes- burg and Marsellies via Alexandria), Home and London, (Howjoon CPO) 435 p.m.; (GPO) 5 pm.
Balgon and. Paria,” 8 pun
Even 50, Tippmann contended
his week-ends
were more strenuous than his weeks,
"But we have so much fun with the kids that I wouldn't think staylag home," he said.
HOLIDAY
of
"The classics," said Foulenough. Ai thud- that moment a catapult slug ded against the drawing-room door. The classics can come inter, sald Shortcake, and, raising his voice, he shouted, "Mortimer! Why aren't you in bed?" A waterside oath was the only reply, Lady Shortcake winced.
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BLACK PEPPER
MARKET
New York, Oct. 20-Black pepper futures today closed Inactive and nominally unchanged.
In the pet market dealers reported considerable activity at lower prices.
Prices closed as fuilowa:-- December in cents per lb.) 25.00 nominal January (1948)
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2430
mited Press.
Small Recovery
New
In Rubber
York, Oct. 28,-Rubber futurus closed here today 15 to 30 points higher, with sales totalling 32 contracts.
:
The market was steadier, but the recovery was regarded as a largely technical reaction after the recent declines.
There are fresh misgivings over
picture
after the international Stalin's war-fomenting accusations, and these helped to stay any new, selling pressure.
Factory demand was slightly im- proved in physicals, but sheets were tho of condition neglected. The market is sill considered debatable, and a further test or its ability to absorb selling is awaited..
Prices closed as follows:- November (in cents por
1.)
December
70.00
March
43.00
January (1949)
May
17.00
+
February
July
60.00
March
September
April
4
October
54.00
May
Społ
20.00
June
Spol (White Muntok)
£10.00
July
United Press.
August
September
October November
December
4741. 47d.
Spol
2120 nominal
1
12-16
12-1716 17-0/10
-United Prots.
TOSTORK PIROS SERVITA.
Silver Prices
Silver, Spat, per ounro Silver, Forward, per ounce
United Press,
NEW YORK PRICE
New York, Oct. 28-31lver, per na ounce, as quoted by Mosnes Handy and Harmon. 77 centsUnited Press,
London, Oct. 20.
Jute-Rice Deal
Now Delhi, Oct. 20-The Govern ment of India last night denied re- pls published in Cairo that India And to export 20,000 tons of $20,- faw Jufe to Egypt in return to GOD tone of rico-Associated Press.
--Valted' Pres
LONDON FUTURES
London, Oct. 28-Rubber, futures, to- day closed unchanged as follows:- October/December (in pence per
January/March April/June
Exchange Rates
Business was done in the local' UN- n'helal exchange market, this morning at the following ratos: Carting pound nata (per £1). 18 dollar per $1)
aid here (pee thell FIC pinstre (per 100) Hiam Heals (per 1001. NEI guilders"(per · 190]
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