THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1948,
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
"MCKENNEY DUMB-BELLS
ON BRIDGE
Here Is Example Of Good Defence
BY WILLIAM E. MCKENNEY
GREAT player must have two qualifications. First, he must play good bridge. And second, he must be able to handle his partner well. One of the greatest players in the country today is George Rapee. of New York City. He never fails to compliment a partner on a good bid or play, and this pays big dividends.
When he gave me today's hand. ho sald "This is one of the greatest defensive plays I have ever seen." The defensive play was made by Sidney Meyer, of Miami Beach, Fla. Rapee said that although Meyer has never played in tournaments, be has nevertheless picked up the knock of instantaneous, daring decl- slon that marks a fine player.
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Declarer played the ten from dum- my, and the natural play for Meyer was to win the trick with the queen. However, he took a quick count. He knew that declarer had four club tricks, South had bid a dia- mond, and with the queen-ten in his own hand, Meyer felt sure that declarer had four diamond tricks. He probably held the ace of hearts, which made nine tricks.
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1. In skiing what is a bathtub?
2.
3. Who Introduced the ceramie Ele decoration Dow popular In Mexico?
AROUND THE WORLD:
A
Trip to Historic Lake Geneva
By TEMPLE MANNING
HEADER writes to ask our.
choice for the most beautiful Ialse in the world. Ito gives, as his choice Lake Tahoe and Lake Como, two excellent suggestions
We have seen so many lakes, sot liko lustrous pearls in green mount-. ings, that it is difficult to make a choice. But we are quite definite about the world's most historyca) inke, for that could be none other than the lake that is Geneva to the Swiss, Leman to the French. Not that it doesn't well qualify for a beauty, for it does. But its histori- cal associations outweigh its scenie charm,
A Largo Lako
It is a large lake, a very large lake. Emptict of Its waters, it would appear as a barren valley of rock 45 miles long and 8 miles wide at its broadest point, which makes it a whopper of a lake. is n'tuated at 1,220 feet above sea level, and its waters are a deep, deep
Looking toward France from the
Swiss side of Lake Govern.
to separate two antagonistic phases of religious thought.
BY THE
WAY
by Beachcomber
VARIATIONS of climate in
Brazil are due to a number of factors. While the Amazon Valley is tropical, the three
States Bouthern
are Bub. tropical.
M: Cool winds blow from the Andes, and there is heavy rain |from February to June, except In such places as Pernambuco and Cears
Sea Ploend's Meteorologie
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
Frankness Expected At EECC Meeting
Paris, Dec. 12-The Marshall Plan countries, baulked by conflicting plans for trado revival in Western Europe, are expected when they meet here on Saturday to con- fine themselves to submitting a "progress report" and estimates of next year's needs.
The meeting of the organisation for European Econo- mic Co-operation Council will, observers believe, produce some frank comments by other nations' representatives on Britain's four-year economic plan, submitted as her con- tribution to the European Recovery scheme.
du Brasil, and Mrs Westcott's Brasil-have been made in efforts to recon- British scheme even more violently ion Days and Drazilian Ways
Narkover
THE
HE scandal of the forged bank-
to -noics
have pre- cipitated one of these outbreaks of such a bad name. Yesterday, dur lawlessness which give the school bluc.
ing the French hour, the whole When the Reformation blazed Upper Fifth came out on strike ns "It is bounded by the Savolo die forth, the north shores of the lake trict of France on one side, by became the advanced Unca of Pro-Fitou, the French master, to accept
a protest against the ref
the refusal of
of M. Switzerland on the other, und, the testantism and the bulwark behind' river Rhone runs through it from which its forces gathered. Across
a forged fiver from a
a boy who had end to end. At one end the Rhone the waters, stood those who manned offered to buy a watch which M. Name the author of "Lycidas" pours in like an icy waterfall, at the clindel of the mother church. File had acquired from a
the other end is the lovely city of Thess upholders of adverse faiths turned out that the
wealthy parent on
Confirmation Day: Geneva.
Flared at one another across the blue venithy man had used the money son of this Once, on the south shops, the waters of Geneva until, through the offered by his father as a reward French side, the foudal form of
sane and sensible with the centuries, mora Ravernment prevalled, castle and this noblemen dominating men found it possible
approaches were established and for the finding of the watch to buy
to respect the silence of the boy who saw M. the peasanto
who were in reality another man's beliefs without yield- Fllou take it. The would-be buyer scris On the other side of the Inke, the Swiss side, the contrary condling one fota of his own. And so it was acting for the rich parent's 3013.
should be! with tions held sway,
the people
Co-operation news aut their own bent on working. destiny, an object at which they worked until they established the republies in Europe. Se on one mide of the lake there was enlighten level is Mount Everest, the highest ed democracy, while on the other, the feudal system still held sway, Roynlista and Republicans facing each other. So it isn't very sur- prising that the lake was destined
4. Where is the Pyramid of the Sun?
5. How much coffee is produced by a coffee tree in one season?
6. How many iniles above sen
mountain in the world?
(Answers in Coluinn 5)
first
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
Chirpie Saw Lots of Babies
-But They Weren't în Carriages at All-
By MAX TRELL
make much difference whether or "WELL, Chirple Sparrow
not an extra
trick is lost. The
was
saying to Knorf and Hanid, the
object of defensive play is to defeat shadow-children with the turned- the contract. So Mayer played the about names, "I paid a visit to a lot nce of spades on the first trick and of babies today." immediately returned the king of
hearts.
"Bables!" exclaimed Hanld.
"Were they in carriages?" Knarf
"Were they
with their
nurses?"
Declarer held off untá the third "Where did you see babies? Did you round, and now he knew that he go to a park?" would have to guess the diamond situation-but why bother to guess the diamond when he had located asked. the queen of spades? East would not have won the first spade trick with the ace if he held the queen. So South led a spade and when West played low, he put on dummy's Jack. Meyer won with the queen and cashed his other heart trick, defeating the contract.
CHESS PROBLEM.
By AKTUUR A. PADE Black. 7 pieces.
Waite, 7 oteces
While to play and mate in two,
Solution to Saturday's problem:
1, B--K5.1... KXP'; 2, ¡-KI (ch), 1, KXB; 3, R-Q0.
CROSSWORD
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a. Tala hotia open the appetite. (8)
10. Broken Hrado. (5)
1. Corseta may eren support in this
shape. (7)
15. Plod. I
14. Tu some players it's "the lant
word. (*).
if. The tune ol musical chalm. (9)
38. Error possibly. (4)
19. Change of vome, (B),k
31. Its duty may be to fasten in an
archway.. (0)
22. Tapastry, (5)
Also, with nothing on. (2)
Dowa
Musicni fratrument of siege and moreen. (D) ·
5. should be a good pae, (9)
They, the experts with
pencli.:(7)
blus
4. Bee] 1 'Across
Fierce for a change. (7)
Orsan: Ihe object oi, mich - war,
By ship, (O
11., špecial aptitude, (d)!
15 Agrost-grant may data 1218 -
point a
isi orukan star,, (6),
"She looked like a cow," Chirple Bald.
But the lako WD to witness another profound movement. The great philosopher, Voltaire, lived at Ferney, a few miles from Geneva,
wewe were for twenty years at a period when being expounded and spreading.
17
09
the
AST night Soviet military police disguised as German military police, entered the British zone and arrested Soviet
police military disguised
American military Two Shores Differ
police who had crossed into It is interesting that the two Americon zone to arrest British: shores of the lake differ as much military police who had arrested physically na the people have donu Soviet military police disguised as in their way of life and thinking British military police. Three hun- during the centuries. Mayhop, one dred and rucicen protests from all Influenced the other At any rate, aides were ignored. the
French
elde is luxuriant, lovely, ezsentially simple, without walls or hedges, where things seem to grow as they wiR with apparently litla method or restraint.
The north shore, the Swiss side, on the other hand, is neat, tidy, meticulously tiled, the vineyarda so patterned out by formal lines, that they look stiff and artificial, and everywhere the country looks like a ploughed field, neat, nice, but without much harm.
(Tomorrow---Sclence At Work)
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They weren't the regular kind of Chirple Sparrow shook his head. bables. For instance, I saw one set of babies-they must have been fif teen or twenty of them-following their mother as they walked through the field. I watched them for a while. Some of them stopped and nibbled at the grass. Some of them
other kind dramatic, you on, "I saw four fivo went looking for Insects. But most of babies, sitting on the back steps of them just slood and scratched-the-of-their house, washing their faces accept ground."
with their hands. And every now and then, they tumbled on the steps, or pulled each others' whiskers, or rolled head over heels all across the
"My goodness," said Honid. "I never heard of, babica doing thing like that," said Knorf.
.
Chicken Babies
lawn."
"Kittens!” said Honid.
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Answers
1. A hole in the snow where the skier has fallen. 2. John Milton. 3. The Spanish Conquistadors about 400 4. It in San Juan Teotchuacan, Mexico. 5. Only about two pounds. 6. Five miles.
years ago.
BIRTHDAY.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13
No substantial progress appears to
cile other plang with the
British than does the French. plan, which would reduce drastically
for the British market
European foods.
French omelals declare that
ap-
plication of the British plan would force Consiliutional Europe to seek self-sufficiency, ruln all hope of Western European economis
TC-
Faced with these differences, the Council is expected merely to report. to the Marshall Administrator, Me Paul Hoffman, and send in estimates of Aid needs by each country for the second year of the Marshall Plan, beginning next July.
com-
Hopes of n sailsfociory covery and kill the EECC.
promise on a co-ordinated plan have sunk here since Mr Ernest Bevin A second major difficulty in co-spoke in the House of Commons on ordinating the economic plans of the Thursday of France wanting to ex- Marshall, Plon countries has arises port too many luxury goods. from the refusal of the Benelux countries-Belgium, Holland Luxembourg-lo consider
and
FRENCH CONTRADICTION
reducing their imports from the Dollar Zone. The French Foreign Office, In a semi-official statement yesterday. The Benelux four-year plan is contradicted this view, It main- based fully on the pre-war trade tained that the bulk of French ex- pattern and clashes with the ports, to, Britain were today, as be- fore the war, essential commodi- tics, such as woollen fabrics, rayon, Amber and chemicals.
BRITAIN LEANS MORE
ON C'WEALTH
report by
London, Dec. 12-A the Commonwealth Economic Com-
Intest with
A French official said, today: "It the British plan is not modifed, there is a grave danger of France being forced to employ the methods used by Germany in 1938 and sub- stitute home-produced commodi- ties for those which should nor- mally be got through international trade channels.
"We need wool, cotton, jule and oil, for example.
mittee discloses that Britain is leaning more heavily on the Com- monwealth countries for her ment "Before the war wo bad a Sterling Imports than ever before.
deficit with overseas areas of tho Commonwealth British It shows that
but Empire,
this one half of the balanced by a
WOB countries supplied
trading credit with United Kingdom's reduced imports Britain. of all meat in 1947-the figure - avaliable--compared about two Afths before the war and
But Argentina was still Britain's permanent Sterling deblors and biggest beef supplier.
The report graphically illustrates create a Sterling shortage problem as
да serious
the Dollar shortage with charts how the Commonwealth problem the Marshall Plan is is steadily being groomed to become vised to obviate," he said. "Reuter Britain's major supplier in future years.
In 1946-the latest year shown-- Canada had been harriessed to British economy to the extent that the was sending 95 per cent of her ment exports to Britain.
New Zealand sent 98 per cent and
BY STELLA Australia 85 percent.
a
ORN" today, you have a serious Shrewd, by nature, in business Interest in the problems of matters, you are considered "lucky" mankind, but are able to dilute your in your ventures. If you were bent reforming nature with a delightful on mere money-making, you might sense of humour and a love of easily accumulate considerable
Poetic, beauty.
and at times fortune. But this probably would are able to couch not appeal to you По п a life ambition. your words of advice in highly Teaching, and the study of history acceptable form and early gala the for the writing of 11) are two sub- reputation of having kindliness and jects close to your heart and you would do well in either as a life sound judgment. the occult, you may make.
Intrigued by the mysterious and career. Happiness in marriage will depend upon, your selection of an study of this at sometime in your intellectually compatible mate. life. You often appear to "jump to To And what the stars have conclusions," but actually this is a
and in store for tomorrow, select your ot experience
Argentina sent Britain 69 per cent of her exports that year, compared with 80 percent in 1938.-United Press.
HONGKONG
SHARES
Several large lots of China Light Rights changed hands this morning on the Stock Exchange. There was some interest in Shanghai Land,
Jess.
"The British plan would make us, other European countries,
de-
Big Czech Textile Deal
With Soviet
Prague, Dec. 12.-M. Ludwig Kalina, director of the Czech State textile combine, today announced a £22,500.000 textile deal with the Soviet Union the biggest single deal in the history of Czechoslovak foreign trade.
The Soviet Union will supply 45,000 tons of raw cotton and will receive 8,000 to 10,000 tons of
products from Czechoslovakia In payment.
otherwise the market was feature finished. textile serious
Chirple Sparrow chuckled. "They
"That's right," cald Chirple combination were chicken bubles," he said. "You Sparrow, "Cat-babies. And then I intuition which gives you the ability, birthday star and read the corres certainly would have thought it SOW
a rule, a big baby-she must have as strange if you had seen them in
weighed at least two hundred direction. carriage, being pushed by a nurse; pounds, standing in a deld with And then," Chirple Sparrow went
cow. And every now and then, the .cow would give her some milk to drink. She looked a good deal liko n cow herself.”
Rapert and Margot-15
When the hillside has stopped shaking Rupert again wants to take Margo away from the wood, but she insists on showing biza what the has found. They climb a few yards higher. Those earthquakes don't seem to hurt anybody," the 'and, look, there Izyi.
Is my secret. Jan't it lovely?** And in front of him, under the shelter of a huge overhanging cliff, Rupert wees a tiny square house, painted in bright colours and tooking quite
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new,
RED RYDER
1 AIN'T SELLIN' MY MEDICINE
TO TOU RIDERITAKE
CARE OF HIM.
KILLBEAR!
"Calf!" cried Knarf.
Like A Cage
"And then I saw a baby, sitting all by himself in something that looked like a cage.
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to jump in
Lel the right ponding paragraph!
your birthday star be your dolly, guide,
Tho furnover WAR $205,500. Transactions and
noon follow:-
BILANER GOVT. LOANS,
(1934) 3% (1040) ...
BUYERS BELLENS SALES
1012
180 100
BANKS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14,
UK Bank
1770
INSURANCES
Union *******
DOCKS, ETC.
N, Pt. Wharf.. Dock Provident
27
500 10.
Shal Dock....
B
30 0
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HK Holel
1314
1000
13.30
HK. Land
4.00
4 5000
1000
3
3.70
SAGITTARIUS
(Nov. 23-Dec. GEMINI (May 22-June 22)- 22)~~ Exert special care in all Avold being too adventuresome matters involving both business and when it comes to new projects; your affections,
better follow regular routine" just
now.
CANCER (June 28-July 23)—A fairly good business day, especially In the employer-employee relation- you love. ships. A salo at auction could bo
beneficial
CAPRICORN (Dec., 23-Jan. 20)- Expect the unexpected and you
bo won't
Loo surprised. Re There were diplomatie with those wooden bars all along the sides. The Consider their feelings. top was open but he couldn't climb out. It was sitting there, playing AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-A. LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Guard with a bear, a dog, a giraffe, a Hon, poor day, so continue along familiar against over-expansion in business.
monkey and a panda."
of endeavour and don't try Be thrifty, too, in personal expen- ditures, even if Christmas is coming.
Knart and Hanid gazed at Chirple Sparrow in amazement. "What kind of a baby could that be?"
"Silles!" said "It was baby."
Chirple Sparrow. a real regular ordinary
Iines
anything new. Be conservative.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Blar. 81)- Although domestle, affairs may be comewhat tangled, mirior business matters proceed normally your ultimate advantage.
S'hal Land
Humphreys
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VIRGO (Aur. 24-Sept. 22)—If you exert your best judgment in all affairs this day can turn out much and to better than you had anticipated. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 28) ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-You Temper all discussions with friends can open new business if you arp with conciliation and tact, to avoid very careful about all agreements arguments. Guard Avold differences of opinion by tact. promises.
against false
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May '21)—.
Watson SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov. 22)-- Moderation ́ ́in all festivities in Check up on things. If production advocated. Straighten
minor is lagging along some definite line, all stuffed," said complications on the romantle or speed it up. Take a short. trip if
domestic fronts.
necessary.
"But that cage?" said Hanid.
sald "That Wha
a playpen," Chirple.
"And those, wild animals?" said Kuart.
:
They
were Chirple..
A Quick Sale
out
By Fred Harman
IT TAKES A GOOD SALESMANTO
· MAKE HIS CUSTOMERS FIGHTJ
TO BUY HIS STUFF;
HERE'S YOUR DOLLAR!
STORES, ETC 3372 3011
Dairy (0)..... Watson (Old)
(New) Bit COTTONS
Ewo
8.30
500 714
300 # 10%
1500
200 #103 500 14 868 @ 6.10.
1000, 6 8:30
333 66 0.40 3000 ) 0.40 1000 0.70
11086
B00 6.80 1000 do 3.00
1500 8.00 140 to 351
4235
20052.
Exchange Rates
Bustees was dorie in the locklub official exchange market this morning as
the following ratos:
Sterling pound note (per . £1) V.B. doilar (por 81) Gold bars (per tiel) 200 plastres (per-100) Stations (per 100) Mex güldeni (per 100)
Russia will also furnish 1,500 tons of wool, 300. tons of camel hair, 600 tons of flux Obre, 150 tons of jute, 60 tons of animal hair and skins for hal-making.
Prague
today newspapers
em- phasised that the present Soviet- Czech talks in Moscow were taking. place on the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Soviet-Czech friend- ship pact of 1943, and predicted new steps to reinforce the friendship of the two countries-Reuter..
HUNGARIAN
COTTON PLAN
Budapest, Dec.
12-Hungary is successfully experimenting with cot-
ton growing, according to an official report of the Hungarian Supresne Economic Council, the highest plan ning body of the country.
The report said the results so far nchloved Indicated that within a tow years Hungary would be able to cut down her cotton
consider
cotton. ably · by Musing
home un
During
the present three-year plan, the yearly
collon target. 18 stated to be 25,000 tons. This is to be Increased to 65,000 tons during the five-year plan to begin January 1, 1030, after the completion of the present plan.
or
Under the now trado
agreement with the Soviet Union 75 to 60 per cent of Hungary's cotton import needs are to be satisfied, while ... 1420 Hungary is to expect large quantities of ready mado toxilles to Russia in 291.00
84.00 mxchange. 23.62 33.00
8.03
GOLD OUTPUT DROPS
As a result of the agreement cat ion Imports from. Rumla, are to be increased. Soviet shipments other textile raw materials, such **
wool, fax and came hair, will also be increased. (P
Canberra, Dec. 12-Australian According to 'official sources the gold production for September this price pl. Soviet cotton under the year dropped 8 percent against proximately 25 por cent below that of
Soviet-Hungarian pact is appro duction for the same month last the world market
your.
Production
"year
In September thlit
It is interesting that the current.
was 70,804 ounces, worib.
£125,000 sterling, said the gary are being conducted largel
(with Soviés seeds, nadithi nyblicks monwealth Acting Statistician, 3 Ar- tions of previou a Boviet se
periments/Router. 37)
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