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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1948.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

"THE YOUNG IDEA” By Mossler

4.9

Copr. 13 by United Factura Syndicale

"Okay, gals, you can leave now. Buford's proved to me that someone else would go out with him!”

• MCKENNEY DUMBBELLS

ON BRIDGE

Point-Count Shows. Definite Game Bid

BY WILLIAM E. MCKENNEY

HIS is the third of a series of articles based on Fred L. Kar-

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Bidding

Point-Count

in Contract

been difficult,

says Mr

true

Korpin, to interpret the precise significance of jump bids, but with the point-count system, the meaning of jump bids is no longer ambiguous. To illustrate, he gives today'a hand, taken from the na- ilonal championships last year at Atlantic City, N. J.

In most cases, South bld two clubs over North's bid of one spade. Then North bld only three spades. South, who felt that he had shown the full value of his hand with the bid of two clubs, passed the three- apade bid,

Karpin points out that it is im- possible to miss game on the hand when using the point-count system. South has only a count of 10 and

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therefore must pass, ns it takes minimum of 13 points to open the bidding According to this system, 20 points in the combined hands will produce a game.

North, with a count of 18 points, makes the normal opening blå, of one spade. (The count on North's spade sult is 12, that is, four for the ace, three for the king, two for the queen, one for the jack, and one cach for the fifth and sixth cards in the suit.)

Any response at the two-level in

a new sult shows a minimum of

REGISTERED US. PATENT OFFICE

YOU AND

YES, WE'VE ADOPTED A YOUR WIFE

ARE TAKING] FRENCH BABY

FRENCH

LESSONS.

AND WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE SAYS WHEN HE GROWS

UP!

Your

Check

Knowledge

1. Give the abbreviations Arizon and Arkansas.

2. What are sun spots?

3. Who discovered oxygen?

4. How

many spoken in India?

languages

EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH' FEATURE

». STELLA

YOUR BIRTHDAY

BOR

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10

today, your

talents nra Your ethical code in high and you many, but you must exert your have innato spiritual and religioun which you may not at will power to see that you make the lennings most of the gifts which the stars first understand. If this tendency là In youth, you might be gave you at birth: Undeveloped

cultivated

the Church of genius can only make you unhappy. encouraged to enter

You have a pleasant personality your own faith. and do your

Inclined, at times, to be absent- best work when it consints of dealing. with or working minded about practical things, learn Onco. you have directly with people. Since you to "write it down".

memorandum of needs to be should be able to write well, you made

much more apt to should use your ability to under done, you are stand

human nature by turning your remember it.

wed In selecting a life partner, attention to literature. Fond of books

whose intellectual tastos written by others, develop your own someone talent for writing them, as well, and talenta are similar to your own

WIL! find completo and! Despite being strong-willed, when and you it comes to doing something you lasting happiness. A want to do, you are rather too easily ted by your associates. With you, u frieni can do no wrong. Be careful In the selection of your Triends.

clore

To find what the stars have Jh aloro for tomorrow, select your birthday.'star and read the correspon

Let your birthday ding paragraph. star be your dolly guide.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-Only When it Exert caution In all departments favourable for routine. today! Postpone a Journey, if you comes to innovations, make plana, can, and make sure you are not but postpone any execution of thera

-unul later. expanding too fast.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. GEMINI (May 22)-Matters are confused both on the romance and the business fronts, so be careful in everything you do. Keep each department separate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)— Be cautious in any business expan-

slon, but you are an employee, you anticipate advantages secured through your employer.

may

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)— New friends may influence your future and open up new business opportunities. Be alert for all chances for advancement.

PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar. 21)-Make Make sure of fnst your moorings. what you have and don't be tempted

tn

over-expand, nffairs, only, now.

POCKET CARTOON

METEOROLOGICAL, OFFICE

"ight again, Mrs, Gooch -you certainly have the best rheumaticky lep in the business."

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

ONCE again I read that odd phrase, intended as a coni- 22-June 22)pliment, that a certain horse- woman rides so well that she you are, shrewd, you may handlo some Important business matter, but, be very cautious. Guard all your seems to be part of the horse. I would rather put it that the ascots carefully.

horse seems to be part of her; in fact, almost all of her.

CANCER

(June 23-July 23).

Recognition, now, for past work is in

the alors so be prepared to receive it humbly. New opportunities may now begin to open niso.

23)-A con- fusing day: some good; some bad. Take full advantage of progressive potentials by making actual advances cautiously.

LEO (July 24-Aug.

In the old days in India tactless people would have said that when she went tlger-hunting she seemed to be part of the elephant. And I am sure she was part of the camel when she visited Luxor. And now she is part of the bicycle when she rides to grocers. Foulenough loses a job VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)-~

MR FLATTOCK was Interviewing MR Giving everything a second thought possible tutor in the lounge of inter on the Monte Carlo Hotel at Shingleton- ninor today may save trouble

Caution is your watchword just now.

on-Sen. Foulenough, sipping. a glass ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct.' - 23)—An of revolting beer, had just guaran- 20) Be thrifty if you must make ex- excellent day for the consummation teed to teach Julius Fattock,

aged penditures, Accidents are usually due of a new contract. If. algned now, it nine, the elements of English gram- to haste, so, be cautious and look should be definitely in your favour.mar when a coarse voice shout,

Be alert. where you are going!

"My word! If I aren't the and him redocced to beer!" Mr Flat- tock raised his eyebrows, and Foul- enough, recognising the red face of

Handle

MIDWEEK BOOK

CAN YOU FACE A NEW

LOST WEEK-END?

BY DANIEL GEORGE

men begins

of THE STORY OF MRS MURPHY

by Natalie Anderson Scott (Macdonald 12s. 6d.)

A

LL those great American novels which, like ancient British are woad, painted fe in the raw-can

you remember their titles?

new one. Never mind. Here's a

to 5. What country produces the "Few who read it are likely largest crop of cotton in the world? forget

eminent Ameri- says one can testimonialist. He is right, too 6. Loente Mount Sinal.

if, as another says, it is the kind

the of book which "hits

(Answers on Column 5)

CHESS PROBLEM

By G. HEATHCOTE

Black, & pieces.

เ

4

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White, & piccer.

White to play and mate in three

Solution to yesterday's problem;

1, B-Q6, any: 2, Q, R, B, Kt, or P mates.

9 points. Therefore, when South Of course the four spade contract blds two clubs, North adds D points is made casily. As a matter of to his own 18 for a total of 27. fact, five is made If East, after Now he knows that there is a game cashing the king and queen of dia- in the combined hands, so instead monde, 'coatinges with a diamond of bidding three spader, which South instead of cashing the ace of hearts might pass, North Jumps to four Now declarer can discard his three spades.

hearts on dummy's good clubs.

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Acros

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usually be found in the nursery, DETACHRossi 24. Pestival. Įdi

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service nata can be. (SN:

26. If Molotov said no to this whore.

would you bợ↑ (8).

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ke They could play a live que‡ for ';

2. Initially to the Chancellor, the

nationalised pot. (a).

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said, "I think there's some "The mistake's youts, came the reply, if you icebox over think you can come the Een Chizzler. You'll tell me next as you don't remember Maggie." At that moment a florid young lady squealed, "De Courcy! You old raff

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Record Maize Crop In United States

Washington, Nov. 9-By the middle of November the United States will have completed its harvest of the greatest maize crop in the history of this or any other notion. Department of Agriculture experts say that it is no longer possible that Autumn frosts could seriously affect the total crop, estimated at 9,567,058,000 bushels. This tremendous malze crop problem. But high oficials of the will be accompanied by near Department of Agriculture and the record production of other food public at large generally regard the immense production as providential. grains, such as wheat, rice, and Omcials said that, it assures

an buck-wheat, which will bring abundance of grain the aggregate of United States undernourished ture; soundstock.

secondly, it enable repopulation of food grain production to 41,200,-erdr

especially cattle, a reduced 000 tons, second only to the during the war; and, thirdly, it tenda record of 43,600,000 in 1947. to relieve Use "high cost of living,"

which has been a

chief factor of national economic concern.

The record maize crop has raised many new agricultural problems of storage, finaricing, and in incipient fear ameng farmers of a "surplus"

RUSSIA STEPS

i

UP BUYING

OF RUBBER

Washington, Nov. 0-It has been revealed that Russla has increased sharply her purchases of Far Eastern rubber, and may be building up an emergency.

for

EXPORTS TO EUROPE Of the huge United States maize supply, Department of Agriculture experts estimate tint about 125,- 000,000 bushels will be exported to Europe during the year commencing October 1, 1940, Allocations for export of about 19,000,000 bushels were made for the fourth quarter of 1948, but the heavy export move- ment is not expected until the new men malze is dry-from January, 'onward.

sorson,

As Europe has had a good wheat

this crop

reileving the food supply, it urgency of human

belloved that European interest in United States malze next year.

Hithertocked figures com- will be largely for livestock feed-

than the

amount

that

purposes. The branch piled by a

of the United g

is likely to bo Statce Dopariment of Commerce Europe will take

financial capacity show that the Soviet Union bou-ht Influenced by

than by the need for the 45,000 long tons of natural rubber rather

three- malze, and ECA operations will be from Malaya duringseptember 30. factor. month period ending

Feeding of livestock within states

expected to consume

about

ing the year which ends October 1, 2,700,000,000 bushels of maize dur 1910. This abundant livestock feed

The United States public, as it as supply will be of timely beneat. to sures plenty of maize for pig pro- duction.

CATTLE FEED Farmers

to feed are expected. cattle more liberally, with the pros pect that beef cattle will be market-

fore.

That is 0,000 tons more imported during the whole of 1047.5 and is 20,000 tons more than her during the frat aix purchases months of 1948.

Soviet imports, however, are still far below those of the United States, tho

has been stockpiling rubber since 1946. The United States con- sumed 154,000 tons during the three months ending September 30, and its average monthly imports remain at about three times as great as ed at heavier weights than hereto- Russia's.

The cattle population cycle -an upward ALSO BUYING Wool is expected to start United States offelals, who de-swing, of which large effects will clined to be quoted by name, noted not be apparent for several years.

The United States livestock popu- that the stepped-up Russian pur- choses coincide with well substan- lution, as at January 1, 1948, was

Is estimated to includes that Moscow reports

Dairy

cattle: Cows, 25,165,000; wool abroad, especially in Australia helfers. 5,085,000; helfer and New Zealand. There have been 0,485,000. other less well substantiated" ports that Soviet purchasing agenta have been shopping around the world markets for sizable quantities of tin.

*ated"

and flung her arms round his neck.buying unusually large quantities of

Mr. Flattock rose and walked away. "Not my idea of a tutor," he muttered,

News for Colonel Egham

Cutting from the Kueniun Times.

smariest woman THE

at the Changlang yake races was Ding- for hunk Poos, the belle of Dung, Accompanied All allowances made

hy three merchants, each of whom Jinny Murphy was a sot and

of being her had had the honour slow his father's pet Ho brute.

husband

at one time, the toast of the parrot and ran away from home.

wearing one of the Thereafter, such is the potency of Himalayas was

new one-piece djibbahs in stout's canned beer, he was able, at com.

fawn lapels and to breath grey, with paratively negligible expense, drinks himself into beggary, crime.notched undercuts. When she led in

tremens,

Karakorum Joe, the yak which won and "

the 3.15 smelling plate, the paddock prison, delirium

re-echoed to a blast of goat'e-horn Intervals, and During his lucid

trumpets, sounded by the Tsong Just how many casualties were between Ats of ungovernably fero-

Scouts. charmi. Inflated by The

Story of Mrs clous temper, he radiated Murphy" we are not-told-Nor is it Charm? It must have been magle.

whether, as the result of Everybody, inside his family its moral being taken to the ever- out, adored him. open hearts of impressionable mul- titudes, consumption of hard liquor

public with the force of a reading better. land.

in the United States dropped, and

of lost the

Week-ends number dwindled almost to vanishing point. Murphy's Wifo

We stand in no urgent need of such a distended temperance tract. Most of us who succeed in keeping can. risk water our heads above taking more than a naturalist's in- of terest in the crapulous career

WAS Jimmy Murphy, to whom it

and

Women? No!

women

In passing and THE craze

were

pos

Icast four At

simultaneously de- slavishly and voted to him, Treated outrageously, 'robbed, assaulted, humillated,

graded, and deceived in all the pod again sible ways, they came back

again for the same treatment. I do not believe in him. St I believe in his women. less do

Sue, Katharine, Dolores, Kay-no, not have been in one there should book so many women subjected to said: "Booze is your wife, Booze, that .pecuilar and pernicious that's what you're

American literary process of fal- (Hence the Mrs Murphy of the sification which, for the credulous,

Uc).

makes real life with real

Even

married 10.

detached, quasi-scientifle

concern with a woman novelist's #cem so humdrum.

women

notion of the minds of degenerate (Tomarrow-Recorded Music)

for long-range forc- casts of weather is great fun. II I say that Tuesday, March 19, 1949, will be warm, with a slight westerly breeze, clouding over at evening, overybody will acclaim me as a wizard, and by the time that date arrives nobody will remember my no more need be said about it. If prophecy. If it turns out to be wrong, right. I claim the credit.

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers

1. Ariz. Ark. 2. Violent eruptions which take place on tho БИЛ. 3, Joseph Priestly, English selentist. 4. At least 220 distinct languages. 5. The United States of America. 6. It is situated on the peninsula to tho east of the Nile in Egypt.

(EDITORU PARSI MERVİER,

calves,

Other cattle

beet (mostly animals): Cows, -10,047,000; heifers. 4,570,000; other Calves, 12,016,000; steers, one year, 0,758,000; bulls, one year, 1.789,000; hogs, 55,038,000; horses, 6,607,000; mules, 2,544,000; sheep. 36,332,000,

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Chickens, 402,070,000. Except for sheep, these feed largely on com,

The officials emphasised that the actual volume of Russian rubber large imports was still not very particularly in

with comparison

It is the rate at American imports. which the Soviet Imports have been Increasing recently that is regarded as significant. For example, For Eastern producing centres reported Fales of 5,500 tons to Russia in June, 13,000 tons in July, and 18,100 tons In August-United Press.

HONGKONG SHARES

The turnover on the Stock Ex- change this morning was $413,132,50. Transactions and noon prices follow

SHARES BANKS

Колк

Canton

BUYERS SELLERS SALES

20 1075

40 GE 1975

18 G 1975

INSURANCES

750 700

11752

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INDUSTRIALS

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STORES, ETC,

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Watson ()

PROCESSED ARTICLES Agriculture exports, estimate that ›› nbout 237.

7,000,000 bushels of malze will be used in the United States. next year for processed articles, in- cluding starch, syrup, malze sugar, breakfast foods, and maizo metal.

About 35,000,000 bushels will be used in the manufacture of alcohol and distilled spirits. This is below the 55,000,000 bushels used in 1940, when distilled spirits stocks

were

low, but above the 30,000,000 used' In 1947. Reserve maize for seeding purposes will take care of 12,000,000 bushels."

Present estimated needs for

year during the next

in maiza dicates a probable stock for carry- October 1 of about over next G00,000,000 bushels. That compares with a Ave-year prewar annual average of about 550,000,000. It is not

alarming considered as "surplus," in view of the growth in and the need for re- population serves against a small crop or other emergency in 1919-United Press.

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N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

New York, Nov, D.

Argentina peso (GMetal)U8402977

23.25 1000 a 23,40

100 23.40 1000 G 23

30

Argentine pero (Unofficial)

2007

Macan Electric 242 Telephone

Australia

3.23

Brazil

0000

3774

Belgium

0220

Canada

0200

200 4252

Chile

20.40

England

1.03-32%

Franco

India

Mexico

.1450

563

New Zealand

4.03.

Peru

.0710

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Portugal

.0403-3

Routh Africa

1.03-17

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OUTWARD MAILS

WEDNESDAY.. NOVEMBER 10

Closing Times By Air Shanghal, Nanking, Hankow, Taingino, Pelping.. Amay, Talpeh and Swatow. 4.30 pan. S

Closing Times Dy`Box & Train', Macao and Tsinahan (Bea) 4 pm. Kengmoon (Box): p.m.

Caston (RN) 5 mm.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER IL

Tosing Times Dy Air

Switzerland

Burnelial (per Gold,, Yuan);

Sipensare Hongkong

PARIS MARKET Parle, Nov, $.The following rates were quoted in the markot here. "foday:--

unofficial

Free market US gold piece) 20,800 Free market US$%, instela 304.20

109 Prese.

Cantori. (Kowloon CPO) 10:am, noon, I Black market: USA-

a_p.m.; (GPO) 830 : am, 11:30 am.

3

1.30 p.m.

Shanghai, 8.30 .m. (reg); d'am (ord). Swatow and Amoy;10 sam. (reg); 820

.m. ford).

Manija. 11.30 am Kunming. Luchow, Amay, Shanghai, Nanking Hankew. Taingtao. Pelping, Swatow and ttelhow, 3.30 pm. Kangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Bahrain, - Cairo, Alexandria (Nairobi, Johannes

burg and Marsoliisa" via Alexandria), Rome and London. (Kowloon CPO) 4.30 p.m. (GPO) §. p.m. Bangkok. Singapore, Batavia. Celombo,

Sydney and Auckland, B. pmid Japan. 8. pm

Saigon and Tarta, 4 p.m. A

· Closing Times By Bes

Amoy, Holbow and Pakhoi via Hothow,

Rangoon, 10 KM))

| Straits, and Calgulta,-1 pana

Swetow

pa

Batavia Squrabaya and Mát:

ZURICH RATES - Zurled Nov.-Unomelit dichange rates quoted in this market today, were as follawikain 1.8, - dollar : (noto) N27) 3.93 | Swiss WIE. Sterling... Argentine peso

United Pream

Exchange Rates

· Tominees' was "done" in the focal time ometal exchange market this " morning st the following raters po potr Sterling Mound note,per::21). US dollar, (port #1)

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Stam tenta : (iber(100) WEER Builders,(per? (69)

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