1948-11-23 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1948.

FOR

YOUR

SPARE

MOMENTS

By Galbraith

POCKET CARTOON

By STELLA

by OSBERT LANCASTER

SIDE GLANCES

9-23

ENR. 1948 BY NTA SERVICE, INC. 7. M. HED, U. 8. PAT. DEF,

"It's all right to have the noighbour's kids in for a meal, but do we have to have them the first night in three weeks we have a stoak?"

• McKENNEY

ON BRIDGE

Bid Made, Despite Bad Trump Break

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

the plensure recently of

W being guests of

great Olimer of New Jersey. Mrs. Ölimer's granddaughter, Miss Joan- ne Phluger of Miami, Fla., is pretty good atbridge.

Today's hand is one that I played with Mrs. Oltmer during our stay at Lake Hopatcong. I had told her that my no trump bids were very good. She had

a problem quite with the South hand when I opened the bidding with one no trump. She did not want to pass; she would not bid no trump with a singleton, so I think she made a good choice in bidding two spades.

I decided against putting any

DUMB-BELLS

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SHES GOING TO MARRY AN IRISHMAN!

PATENT OFFICE

OH! REALLY?

YES, BUT I

THINK HE PRONOUNCES IT O'REILLY

BY

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Check Your Knowledge

1. Why is Normundy so called?

Where was President Truman

2 her. She had more pressure on

originally and kept the born? passed bidding open for nie, and further- more I did not think she would dare to bid spades on the type of

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3. What was Dante's masterpiece? 4. What is a hobe?

are

5. What is a yellow-hummer?

thni d. Name two countries located in both Europe and Asin.

(Answers_on_Columm_3)

CHESS PROBLEM

By A. K. ELWORTHY Black. 7 pieces.

1.

South

Pa93 Pass 24 P3za

Opening-A

Kisal 1 N. T.

Pass Puss 14

2

£

20

MA

four-card suit that she held. Hpw. ever, I stil think it was a good bid.

with

West

trick took the first the ace of clubs and continued with the jack. Mrs Oltmer woll in dummy with the king and din- carded the five of diamonds from her own hand. At this point, she

East should led the six of clubs. have discarded a heart, but he did of din- nol. He lat go the deuce monds. Declarer trumped with the six of three of spades, led the apades, West played the king and dummy's ace won. Mrs. Oltmer! knew now. that all of the spades were in the East hand.

White, D places.

White to play and mate in two

Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, N-Q8. any; 2, R. B, or Kt mater.

over-

EXCLUSIVE 'TELEGRAPH' FEATURE

YOUR · BIRTHDAY.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23 ..

women,

DOIN today. you are an origina- You sense of honour is high and BOR Dlor both in the field of ideas you havo èxcellent judgment. You without strive to be fair to all emotional reactions. You especially, need to cultivato more gentle manners or you will, per- haps, be considered cold and aloof.

and in the world of action. You men have a rather military type of mind. Blunt and straightforward in your speech, you appear to fear nothing except the fair sex whom you do not understand at all. A little more gentleness will be a great help herel

Being highly critical, you must learn to De constructive lir your thinking. Very murta of yourself and your own opinions, you loathe to take advice or suggestion from anyone. Learn that the very wise ram is one who listens to all sides of problem before making up his mind,

With both you men and women, family ties are very strong and your home life will be one which Your loyalty to con bo cuvied those you love is undisputed and sacrifices you will make personal for their happiness and welfare.

To find what the stars have in

for

your tomorrow, select alore birthday star and read the corres- rondine Damagraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily gulde.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23.- Dec. 22)-Adiled responsibility may ap- pear to bring restrictions. Be care- ful and guard health.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)- New friends and a romanco moy brighten this day for you. Take 2 trip or make n change of re- sidence.

10)-

but

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. Business affairs appear good, #vold

Protection overdoing. henith is very important.

of

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)-Be careful of your health as it is im- portant that you do not overstrain yourself just now.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Be your careful in the selection of companionship, especially if travel ling Muke friends slowly.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) - Don't worry too much..even if add- ed responsibilities are heaped upon you Just now. Be equal to them.

SCIENCE AT WORK:

A

GEMINT (Bay 22-June 22)-

granted-- things for Never inke especially today. If a new job is offered, be sure that it is what you want.

:

23). 23-July CANCER' (June There may be minor delays, but if you consider everything carefully, even added duties are not too much.

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Take a thoroughly practical outlook on life

and your ideals.

"All right, you can laugh How but maybe not January you'n do glad to have someone around who's studiod Indian woodcraft!"

BY THE

WAY

today. Make peuce with yourself by Beachcomber

VIRGO (AUE. 24-Sept, 22)

Morning hours are best for you in I've got a swing-door in my heart, both business and personal affairs. There'll soon be another along. Take advantage of un opportunity.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-Your energy is high and you many lend Be careful of to be overambitious. your health; den't overdo.

SCORPIÓ (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-Be

of all credit issues careful

and follow nothing but conventional and established lines of endeavour.

MACHINE TO ANALYSE

NEW

SEA WAVES

to

apparatus has been de vised by scientists of the Ad- miralty Research Laboratory analyse sea waves, and will be used at a constal station at Perranporth, Cornwall.

sea waves

By MICHAEL GRANT

their size and ported depends on

current rising the strength of the from the bed about the place where the wave breaks. The region which shingle is moved up and down the beach

few is restricted to a yards, while Ano sands may be moved backwards and forwards for miles.

analysis of

sca

The study and waves gained increasing importanco during World War II in conncellon Tho with the invasion of Europe. new apparatus is able to recognise originating in places as distant as the Falkland Islands,

The big waves created by a storm, which may be d

thousand fect from crest to crest, arrive first as an almost imperceptible swell on the Cornish coast. The size of the waves is related to the strength at the wind that has produced them. So the_observations on the waves at Perranporth not only enable the urigin of the storm, perhaps 7,000 discovered, but miles away, to be also the strength of the wind which caused the storm.

Sen woven also govern the farma- Dnd on of sandbanks in harbours estuarles, which is of great im- portance to navigation. The extent

do

not

over

(Byron.)

who HE aquarium-keover

has announced that tish can die of "nerves" was not thinking of whales, which, as nearest (or furthest) the Eskimo can tell him. are very thick-skinned.

Goldfish are a mass of nerves, parily owing to the hideous human faces which stare at them, and partly because of the tension of waiting for the signal of the leader to allow them to reverse and go the other way round the bowl Food notes

1

N Australian sword-swallower A "has been unable to perform in Johannesburg, because ho cannot obtain licence for dangerous weapons." Surely they could allow hem a blunt sword, or a dummy dagger for a kind of appetiser.

There was an unemployed sword- swallower in Ambervieu in my day who fell ill from hunger. When the doctor held out a sword and said. "Swallow this," the man hit him hard in the face. He had been ex- Pecting some dainty titbit, such as slice of Turkish scimitar, and not

Waves travelling through standing water tend to be stopped if they run into flowing water. This explains the usual monotonous diet. why waves

penetrate estuaries when the water is ebbing. The largest of the fair

The new apparatus set up at Per ranporth makes it possible to study all these problems by direct obser- sea and its bed and vation of the not on laboratory models.

Irrigation Control

The water-flow of the tangitata River irrigation scheme in New Zear

and land can be switched on from a central position through electrical remote control apparatus.

off

an

A

MAN who raised his hat to Lady Cabstanleigh in Ryder-street, "Good morning, Moun! saying, Loathsome," has received a stern letter from Messrs Robb, Pilfer, Steele, Piller, Steele and Robb threatening legal ragamadollo unless an-apology-Is-forthcoming. It is only three months since two small roped men, brandishing ice-axes, themselves together and started to climb to her ladyship's north shoul- der.

The water-flow through various | In passing

parts of a diversion race of the river

is controlled by five vertical

of the region over which particles gates, operated by electric motors. A tional survey" has obligingly

at the bottom of the sea are irans-

OUTWARD MAILS panel and its equipment are Install-

Unless otherwise stated, registered articles and parcel posts clave 30 than the ordinary minutes earlier Ball, If mails close before 10 a.m., registered and parect posta close

at

5 m. on the previous day. Mašis Are closed at Kowloon Central Post Omer, half an hour earlier than the GPG closing times,

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Closing Times By Air

Nanking, Amoy, Shanghai, Swalow.

1lankaw, Teingtao, Peiping and Hollow. 3.30 p.m.

Canada, Manita, unutulu. USA and

1.01.

cct.

PPARENTLY the latest "nutri-

All the gate positions are linked by

Improvement in revealed that the overhead pliot wires to the irrigation children's physical development in beadquarters. where the control

being maintained. This recent im- provement is obviously due to lack

fats and of butter and

eggs and What an other deleterious foods. On this panel cach gate is repre-

outery there will be I ever real food What warnings sented by an indicating lamp and a

are returns in plenty! lever type "select" key. There

cgg-dust and push buttons marked "up" and against abandoning

sham butter! "down" and "stop." and an indica- tor showing the position of any gale. To "select" a gate the appropriate "select" key la depressed, so that a "start" signal transmitted to the central equipment and the "sending" selector is adjusted for the particu- lar station required.

Supervisory equipment at all the gates is set in motion by the trans- mission of another signal over theif pilot wires, The Indicating lamp

Air Parcel Posis for Manila, Ionolulu

an! USA, Kowloon CPO) 430 pm:adjacent to the appropriate "select"

(GPO) 5pm.

Air Mail Ordinary

(printed matters. samples and small packet posts) for USA. Manila, Guam Honolulu and (Kowloon CPO) 430 pm; (GPO) § p.m. Closing Times By Sen

She led back the eight of clubs, East trumped-with the four of and Mrs. Oltmer spades Sho enshed the ace and queen of hearts and led the third heart, trumped with the eight, She led a winning in her own hand with the diamond, East trumped and TC- of spades. De- king. When West showed out, de- turned the saven clarer

of hearts, dis- clarer's queen won and she, led her led the ten carding dummy's four of diamonds. Jact diamond. trumping in dummy, Shanghat. 3 p.m. ̧ Her next play was the eight of din with the jack of spades. East had Japan. 3 p.m.

to under-ruff with the nine-spot, Rangoon, 3 p.m. monds which she won in dummy

and. Mrs. Oltmer made ve-odd. with the ace.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Closing Times By Ar

Canlon, (Kowloon CPO) 2 a.m., noen. 2 p.m.; (GPO) 8.30 a.m., 11.30a.m., 1.50 p.m. Shanghal, 8.30 am. (regit sm. fard). Swatow, and Amoy, D a.m. (reg): 940

an, (erd),

Monila. 12.30 pm.

Twingtoo, Shangal. Nanking. Hankow,

Pelping. Amoy, Taipeh and Swatow, 3.30 p.m.

Closing Times By Bea

Japan, 10 nm.

Bangkok, neat, Sondaksti, 3 p.m.

Munda, noon.

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Answers

1. It is an ancient duchy formarly controlled by Northmen of Normans, hence the name of Normandy. 2.

media" Missouri: 3. "Divina

or

Divine Comedy." 4. A tramp; professional species vagrant. 5. A ainging-bird;

of the woodpecker. 6. Turkey and Russia.

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Shanghai Factories

Threaten

To Close

Shanghai, Nov. 23.—More than 10 factories threatening to close down as

labour

are

agitation

for

higher wages in the present difficult times continues. These includo tobacco fatories, cotton mills and machine plants.

It is understood that several other factories are also plan-

PAUCITY OF ning to shut down in the near

RUBBER OFFERINGS

New York, Nov. 22.--Standard rubber futures today closed 15 to 40 points lower on sales totalling 20 contracts.

No. 1 Rubber futures closed seven to 12 points lower on sales totalling 10 contracts.

The market was very dull, with a paucity of shipment offering and a Inck of interest' on the part of factory buyers and dealera.

There was easiness in December futures, coupled with hopes of an early settlement of the East Const shipping strike..

future, owing to their inability to meet increased labour costs. One factory owner told the Social Affairs Bureau that the workers of tu factory had recently raided the larders saveral times and eaten up all the food prepared for office стрівусен.

+*

Meanwhile, workers ot many plants, including various four millo and hosiery factories, continued to press their demands for readjust- ment of wages, but all of them have resumed work after a one-day strike.

Customs employees are still in their alt-dawn strike, but workers in movie houses resumed on Sunday a settlement of afternoon pending: their demande.-Reuter.

ILO CONFERENCE Lake Success, Nov. 22.Round fable discussions in several Far Eastern countries will be the high- next Asian Regional While current prices are expected light of the

of the International to stimulate the consumption of na- Conference the general opinion is that such a vealed In tural rubber over synthetle rubber. Labour Organisation. This was re- a dispatch from ILO move would take some time to de- headquarters in Geneva.

The consultations will be velop.

cerned with

the general range labour problems. The ILO Director- General, David A. Morse, explain- ed at Geneva that the consultations

The consensum of market opinion indicates that the market. will be taking broath after the recent sharp decline, but the majority still inclines to the bearish side in regard to long term positions.

Prices closed as follows:- Standard Contract Rubber. November

December

January (1949)

February

March April

May

June

July

10.35 nominal 19.10 bld 19.00 nominal 19.25

18.73 bld

18,70 hominsi

10,61

10.00

10.595.

AURUST

10,40

September

11.45

Delober

18.40

November

10.35-

December

10.30

January (1030)

18.13

No. 1 Contract Rubber.

Atarch (1940)

10.90 bid

April

Mny

June

July

August September

October

November

December

January (1955)

18.00 nominai 10.80/83 traded 10.72 nominal 18.65 bid

con

of

would enable the ILO to provide on-the-spot surveys for its missions. The conference is scheduled to be keld in China-United Press.

HONGKONG SHARES

The share market this morning wha dull, with tow, deals recorded. The turnover this morning $47,480,

was

Transactions and noon pelees

follow

DANKS!

RK Bank, East Asia, INSURANCES

Union.... DOCKS, ETC. Provident, S'hal Dock,

11 1010

14015

18: 141

745

10.60 nominai

10.55

10.50

10.13

10,40

18.35

United Press.

LAND, ETC.

13.90 6716

03

UTILITIES

Traft,

50 a 20

Star Ferry

134'

Electric,

RUBBER FUTURES

London, Nov. 22-Prlees in the rubber market here today closed unchanged as follows:

January/March, 1943

fin pence per tb.) April/June

July/September

11-3/18

TIK Hotel, HKC Land, Humphreys,

(8) ·

10-10/10 INDUSTRIALS***

10-13/14

United Press.

N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

Argentine Peso (Oficial) Argentine Peso Unofficial)

Australia

Brazi

Nov. 22. US$0.2077

2003 3.23

.0600

Belgium

13229

Canada

Chile

England

4.0314

Franco

.00073

India

3024

Mexico

New Zealand

4.0312

Peru

0000

Portugal South Africa Sweden Switzerland Uniguay Venezuela Netherlands Intayta Singapore Jongkong

Cement.

Rope, STORES, ETC.

40

Lane Crawford

(Tits)

17 100

HK BANKS DOWN

IN LONDON""

London, Nov. 22-In the London

today, Stock Exchange

shares of the Hongkong and Shanghal Bank- ing Corporation dropped £3- to 102. They touched 00 a fortnight ago The decline was attributed to the Communist advance in North China.

In the oil section,

reports of a threatening right wing revolt Social Democratie Venezuela caused 04031 shares of Vacuum Oll to fall 3/9 to

4.03%

2785

.2541

AZZI

3010

3775

3775

4735

2490

United Press.

Radio Hongkong German Dock To

8.0.

H.K.T.

Children 12.15. Religious Talk to (Studio): 12.30, Dally Programme Sum. Romance Music

for mary: 12.32.

CTS: 1, "Fais" Waller (Piano) and Rhythm.: 1.15, News, Weather Te 20. From Foreign Lands; 3. Close down. port and Announcements; 1.25. Interlude: 6, Programme Summary: 0.01, Children's key shows the operator that the stair Hour: Toytown No. : "The gate required has been properly showing up of Lorry, the Lamb" by fulmo Beaman) (DUCTS); 0.30, chosen. He then depresses the "up"

Lecuona Cuban Boys: 0.40, Terry Lou at or "down" press button, energls-ario (Studio); 1, World and Home Ing or de-energising a master relay, News (London Relay): 7.15, "See Tee so that the gate motor is run in the Talks on Sport (Studio); 7.25, Interlude:

7.30, Stage and Screen Favourites PTO appropriate direction or stopped

sented by Alleen Woods (Studio); '8. From the Editorials" (London Relay); Medicine When any selection or operation10, University Programme: has been completed, the equipment No. : "Full Time Research" by Sir Henry Dale BBCTS): 830, New Concert is restored to normal by replacing Orchestra: 335, Plano Recital by Vladi the "select" key on the control inir Horowitz: 0.15, A Story: When panel. The system does not inter- fere with local electrical or manual operation of any gate; and any operation of this kind can be check ed from the control panel by the position Indicator.

(Tomorrow-Book Farade.)

DAB and FLOUNDER

was Dourd Apprentice Written Read by Jack Shepherd. (Studio): 9.30, "Ele- ments of the Orchestra" Talk by the Rev. I. T. 7. Ryan, (S.J.). Final: The Elemente Combined" Studio): 10, Radio 10310, Now Reel (London Relay): Weather Report: 20,16, Belections from Muste of the People Opera: 10.5,

Report Weather (NCIS): 11.10.

Clone down.

-by Walter

Be Demolished

British Hamburg, Nov. 22-The

on Thursday Nuvy will demolish and Friday the 80,000-ton dock at Wilhelmshaven, the principal naval base of Nazi Germany. Forty tons of explosives will be tised.

About eight thousand local resi- dents will have to be evacuated The local au- for the demolition. thorities tear that many buildings in the part area, already in a shaky condition a result of the war-

me raids, may collapse.

in

120 shillings. But these were op- parently the only issues in the whole long list which were affected by the current "spot" news

The rest of the market moved in

u vacuum in which pressure of idle money seeking a small return could play its part-United Press..

Sale C

Of Gold

And Silver

Shanghai, Nov. 23.Gold bullion and silver dollars sold by the four Government banks yesterday, on the of these Arst day of public sate metals as recently decreed by the National Government, amounted to 358 ounces and 7,414 pieces, it was reported today.

Gold was sold at the rate of GYI- 000 per ounce plus another GX1,000 for deposit in a government bank for one year at the annual interest rate of 2 percent. Silver dollars wery sold at GY10 a plece, but a deposit 'The town authorities have

by the pealed to Mr Ernest Bevin and Mr of GY10 had to be made Winston Churchill ngainst the buyers-Router. demolition but have Ikile hope that this will have any effect-Reuter.

BLACK

and

·

PEPPER

MARKET

·

New York, Nov. 22-Black pepper and Inactive today closed futures Rominally unchanged to 25 points higher. In the pot market, ellere quoted 013 Lampang, black pepper at around cents and white pepper at around 2 cents a pound or dock.

09

for Buyers idleated tentative. http

x1 shipments December

conto. Dealers were wary of the East and West const shipping strikes. Prices closed as follows:- December

July

(in cents per lb.)

30.00 nominal

"January (10)

78.00

Marel

30.00

May

32.00

50.00

ftentember

October

47.25

Spot

14.00

Bpot (White Muntok)

D4.00

Prim

Silver Prices

London, Nov, 22.

453. Silver. Soot, per euince ALTER

€34. Silver, Forward, por ounce.....

--United Preak

NEW YORK SILVER

New York, Nov, 2-Sliver per fine ource, ai quoted by Mesars Handy and Harmen, 74"-conta—United PresK.

Exchange Rates

Toxiness was done in the local un- ometal,"exeliango” market this moming

L the following rates:

Sterling pound "nete (per 41)

US, dollar (per (1)

Gold bare (per tani)

PIC plastres (per 100)

Riam ticala (per 100): NKI' gutidara (per 100)

Gold "yuan