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⠀⠀ THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1949.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

MCKENNEY DUMBBELLS

ON BRIDGE

Lay Off Finesse

To Make Contract

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HENRY,

I NEED 10ME MONEY THIS WEEK TO RUN

THE HOUSE!

PATENT OFFICE

YOU'RE GETTING INTO A BAD

HABIT THAT'S JUST WHAT - YOU SAID

LAST WEEK!

Check Your Knowledge

MIDWEEK BOOK PARADE

CALLED THE GREATEST

LIVING NOVELIST

of their elders.

In any event, English readers aro the poorer that Francois Mauriac. who has been acclaimed by our own "the greatest Elzabeth Bowen as novelist living in any country," is Bibli

stranger to most of them. For

has Maurine

been several wels with auntities found something

morg

of

up

BY THE

WAY by Beachcomber

BOY who stole n

stuffed, whale said ho

wanted

it to make a bono handle for a knife.

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

New Aust. Conversion Loan Announced

London, Jan. 4-A new Australian' conversion loan was announced in London today by Mr J. A. Beasley, the High Commissioner for Australia.

He told a Press conference that it would be called "Government of the Commonwealth of Aus- tralia 3 percent Registered Stock, 1972-73" and would be issued at par.

No Leadership

On Rubber

conversion into the new loan;

New South Wales 4 percent in- scribed stock 1042 to 62.

Western Ausiralla 4 percent in- scribed slock 1042-62.

Weston Australla 3-3/4 percent Inscribed stock 1040-60.

OST of America's outstanding ditractive in the world ho pictures, A tooth from the mouth of a MOST

novels appear in An English but none the less his characters are edition within a few months of revealed with a profound and moving

in tho |their publication

Chief of theso in Rose United compassion.

& girl, States More's the pity that the Revolou, a tragic. Agure of same cannot be said of the best who falls the victim of selfish and

"I imagine," said the magistrate, too. Memorabic, fiction by French, German and vielous Intrigue.

"that there are not so many of these It would be redeemed on April

Ifolders of the following stocks, tossed men Italian authors. Perhaps the dearth are the three young

of the for which notices of redemption of competent translators is the ex- ther and thither by the baseness whole-teeth being made nowadays 1, 1974, or at the option

that we can afford to let people jo | Government on or after April 1. | were posted today, are being offered planation

about pilfering them for trivial 1972. Donis Wheatley

rensons."

The only place, according to my Jacket A glance at the dust

information, where false teeth for Denis Wheatley's latest book, THE

whales are being made today in in OF TOBY JUGG. HAUNTING

ubt, where

small cottago at Mevagissey furchtuson, 12/6), will, no doubt,

the bees by backwards) conjured suggest that he has

Pin Cornwall. Here the medieval writing yo

terrifying than handicraft is kept up, no machinery In the work of the great tragle Dickens's "Christmas Carol," but being used. As to "trivial reasons, dramatists, and yet it was only as at least he starts off by telling how what would be considered an over-

Important reason recently as 1946 that the translation n crippled RAF pilot, Toby Jug, ridingly

of Woman of had been frightened as a small boy stealing a whale's false tooth?

"A by Gernrd Hopkins the Pharisees" reached our bookshop by a ghost

shelves, "Therese If you can recall Wheatley's and brary

"The Devil Rides, Out" a piece of followed early last year.

wo have Mauriac's occult netion which invited com-

that when B BET dld THE how

UNKNOWN

(Eure &parison with the classic "Dracula" THE admission

germ- bomber-plane drops a Spottiswoode, s.) and it la hardly you will guess aright that surprising that the Book Society and will encounter someone less friendly bomb some of the germs are bound Into "The to be killed has deeply shocked Scientists the Daily Mall have planed to it than a Christmas ghost, thelr "specially recommended label. Haunting of Toby Jugg" Wheatley severet "humanitarions,"

be are believed to endeavouring Introduced hypnotism,

to Maurine

was born in Bordeaux 03 has, in fact, years ago, and it is the lusts and Satanworship, the nativities of the discover some method by which the

emissaries and also a colo- germs can protected

All very

blast of the bursting bomb, and so countries produce Breeds and dark passions

upper middle class in that French bration of Black Mass

But if you are really to be may survive to bring the maximum elty that he has etched so deeply jolly!

nothing chilled to the marrow, you should infection to "built-up areas." into his story.

be careful to submit yourself to the

A 101

North

Eas

JN. T.

14

1. Name the first astronomer to establish the fact periodic return.

a comet's

Wes!

Pass

Opening S

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

You never know who your next door neighbour is. For a good many years I have been interested in the fight against cancer, especially Recently I was cancer in children.

Ed Weiner, surprised to learn

bridge tournaments, who publicises is the author of the new book entitled

Damon

Story, published by Longmans Green & Co.,

The

New York:

thut

Runyon

Weiner very generously for one-third of the Is arranging

fight against royalties to go to the cancer.

One of Damon Rubyon's favour- ite gomes was kalabriasz, and he used la claim that few people knew

let alone play it how to spell it, Welner does not claim to be a bridge player, and Ruch, things is safety plays and linesses are just tools for the expert, so far as he is concerned. He said that it was purely coinciden- tal that he played today's hand well.

1. What is the meaning of the phrase "bon mot?"

3. How

voyages mony

Christopher Columbus make to the western hemisphere?

4. Name the second largest con- inent.

Academic

5. Name the American academy

enrresponds Francutse.

0. the finest emeralds?

What two

(Answers on Column 3)

There is

of the

OYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

Teddy Was Always in the Way

-But Finally He Found an Out-of-the-Way Place

By MAX TRELL

EDDY, the

Stuffed 13car, was sitting under a tree in the garden. The birds It was a delightful day. were singing, the insects were hum- Nowning and the children, who had

He won the opening lead of the jack of hearts with the nee

the

play with, had forgotten all about him and were off somewhere playing by themselves.

most bridge players probably would brought Teddy out of the house to go over to dummy with the ace of diamonds and try to finesse diamond, which would lose the contrnel. - But Weiner laid down the king of diamonds and then led a small diamond. When the queen of diamonds fell, the Jack became his nloth trick.

was for

As it happened, the way that Weiner played the hand reci, You should cast the king of diamonds and then the ace, be- cause all you are hoping to do is to establish an extra diamond trick.

CHESS PROBLEM

By I. D'O. BERNART

Black, 6 places.

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11.9.

12

White, pieces.

White to plan and mate in twu

Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, KI-Q1

KARIQU.

-Q3. 2. Q-84 (el); } KXK(K), 8-B4, 2, Q R (ch).. R-Q3, 3. Q-06 K-KS. P-B5; 3. (ch), 1. Ki(KS)-B3.

CROSSWORD

Actons,

A turn them (snow.), 18, 4)

A new way to let the rug ilẻ, cô

0. Contend with. (31

10. Fivor covering. 131

12. I'm a chiniges R this

Thalian. 141

13. -Pre-Easter perjos, (SE

14. The giant with Ast appetite.

39), 15. Found in odd pleves. (31

17. Entire. 107

10. They are, in some etrcumstances.

a help towards progress ($)

20. Kats for a clianko, 141,

21. You should and it in Across.

(0)

Down'

1. Brazier for burning dulofectants.

(01

2. Riot rufe innaz.). 181

Bounús no though you try a

A bl. 481

ite angula be on your aida, 101

What trost it is. 14

6. Lying, 101

Bort of Function a ing would go

7 to (4)

9. Profit. 178

1. You get this out of range. 181

10 Burn. (4)

iй. Utilina Gue for change. 131

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"It's nice to be all alone." Teddy was saying himself. "I'm not bothering anyone and no bothering inc. I'll just sit here and enjoy myself"

Just then a robin flew down. "Par-

me," she said to Teddy. "Do you mind moving over a bit? It's a great bother for you to be sing just where you are."

"Oh," said Teddy. "did you want to sit here?"

A Worm Hole

"You're sitting on my worm hole," the robin said to Teddy.

their path. He instantly drew up his legs. "I'm sorry," he murmured.

ON his head.

It was an

you

Danger to germs

for

Market

the

New stock to the full amount of maturing Joans, numely £17,000,187 sterling, 13 being offered in conversion, but to the extent that applications

for con- version fall short of the amount offered, it is the intention of the Commonwealth Government to re- Standard futures closed five points parinte up to £5 million sterling of lower on 10 sales.

York, Now

Jan, 4.-Rubber futures were today quiet and Irre- gularly lower.

the loans to be redeemed.

No. 1 futures closed unchanged to

Any over £5 million sterling will 10 points lower on sales totalling 77be taken up in the new. 3 percent contracts.

The market Jacked leadership pending developments in Indonesia. Hopes of increased production were offset by fears of an outbreak of

spell of Whentley's horror fantasy Rustiguzzi comes to London | guerilla activities.

closed doors,

the

The physical market was very

of n paucity Eastern dull, with

indifference offerings and

Among factory buyers.

picks

110

stock for cash by the Common- wealth Bank of Australia.

con- Mr Deasley told his Press ference that the outstanding Austra- lian loans in London had been re- million duced since 1030 by £70 sterling, and that the sterling late at night behind

balance in London was now £210 when the windows are tightly shut-TAMILIA RUSTIGUZZI made her

millon sterling. ai Covent tered and all is silence within and first appearance

and The prospects of the wheat without.

Garden shortly before the last war.

Wool crop in Australia were good first rehearsal she song so Richard Aldington

At the

und prices for, wool had reached the thought powerfully that the pollee

Dealers were not willing to ex-highest level yet known in the fils-. His novels, short stories, poetry someone had gone mad. in the

press any long term 'opinion pend-tory of the industry. and biography of Wellington

are vegetable market and cordoned it

Mr Beasley added that in the cloquent testimony to Richardtar

off. But her success was assured ing Indonesian developments, but a Aldington's literary accomplish before

opening

Her lower basis is expected eventually night.

consumption unless In his latest book FOUR publicity agent ments,

organised had ENGLISII PORTRAITS (Evans, 9/6), feric

West

sharply. series of receptions

End he takes a backwand glance at the hot

hotels and had let it leak out that lives of four English personalities of she was connected, in rather a the half century between 1800 and saucy fashion, with an exiled Balkan

February 1850.

monarch. She further won the hearts

SPAR ↑ March well Few will quarrel with his choice. of the public,

in advance of the

April Firstly, there

the in

Prince first night, by saying that she loved May than July Regent, inter to become George IV her cat, Pitapatti, far more

fact, one born to high social and poll- fame, riches, or honours. In

then Disraeli-the there was a moment when it seenied September [tical position";

arttent young man ok apparently that Pittapall would "steal the show" October Insensate ambition... rising from from Rustlguzzi, and the agent had the status of a despised literary and to cut the cat out of several Press political adventurer to be the ruler photographs. of his country" thirdly, Squire

Waterton "the country gentleman,Tail-piece

the sportsman, the naturalist.

the

nt

Prices close an foltaw:- Standard Contract Kubber. January

June

August

November

January 11950)

10.03 nominal

10.00

IBE hid"

10,77 nominal

15.70

10.3

10.60

13.57

10.30

10,45

16.40

December

10.35

10.30

February

18.23

March

18.20

No. Contract Rubber

March

10.95 bld

April

May

Juna

July

August

September

October

16.25 nominat

November December

18.20

18.15

January

18.10

February

18.05

March

18.00

By STELLA

-United Press,

traveller:" and lastly Charles is long upper lip is as mobile as Dickens, because he "loved and ex-u fight of fighter aircraft. pressed su well the common run of (Mr. Harold Hobson, writing of

Barrault.) people of his time."

A few seconds later, something YOUR BIRTHDAY....... "You're sitting on a worm hole," said the robin. "I've been trying to suddenly dropped catch the worm since carly this "Ouch." cried Teddy.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5 morning. With you sitting there, I acorn. From the branches above, a

squirrel called

"Sorry, old down.

of truth you will return. It is likely that can't get at him."

drop that PORN today, your love I didn't mean Hearing this. Teddy qulexiy man.

D adherence to personal in your circle of acquaintances will be

and moved aside. But the worm was acan. You'd better sit some other

an unusunt a large one, although your close his Izole, deep down in

under the place, before you get hit again.tegrity marks you as

individual.

have You

high la friends may be confined to a small will happen. Accidents ground and the robin, after peering Tedu-moved away from the spirational qualities, as well, and group, which shares your intellectual at it sharply for several moments.

tree and trunk of the

promptly unless you are engaged in sonie interests and change little from year inally flew away.

tripped over a root. Before he could type of work that calls upon these to year. Teddy smiled. "I'm sorry ? both right himself, he fell against a slip-talents, you never can be entirely

You will be happiest if you wed at ever at robin. but I didn't mind pery stone and the next minute, he frontent.

quite an early age, for then your This place is went rolling head over heels down Original and, at times, inventive own family will be growing up. Moving over for her.

de goud as the other place, and the hill and tanded with a splash in in your ideas, you can go far in around you and can share in your the field of scientific experimentu: success in you achieve it. They, too, not bothering a ditch.

tion if so trained. A born leniter of can help during the disappointments, He sat up in the ditch. dripping A that moment, *Teddy WAS

you are one who needs the Slammed to hear a number of tiny

with muddy water, "Well," he said her, you will always inject your for

personality wherever you are comfort that

close-knit family vnice, all shouting: "Get out of our to himself, "this isn't

good Literature, diplomacy, teaching-y elrele brings. sitting under a tree but I'm tare I way! Move aside, you big thing!"

of these fields would satisfy your inner desires of self-expression and Teddy looked down. A whole he won't be bothering anyone here!" of ants were trying to climb over

at the same time, do n great deal of Teddy's legs which

good in the world. just across

aww I'm anyone."

sure

I'm

JAY

aa

Angry Bull Frog

Anithardly bad he said. these words, when there was a great

Rupert and Margot-33 threshing of

Roger, ruggies up the broken suter of the great rock on which the casite is built until he reaches a point from where he can look around. The vast, dark towers seem more forbidding than ever. **1 can't ce any way in at all on this mide," le murmurs, "but there must be sonte sofi of door somewhere. W be tough work going round to find

There don't seem to be any. paths. One thing I don't under stand. Why did the lizard tell me

It,

to wear Wellingtons ?

clumsy for climbing.

They're

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

RED RYDER

GETTUM WHITE

COYOTE,MISST BETH?

water under him and an angry bull frog stuck up his head.¦ "Go away!" roured the frog. "This In my ditch!"

To find what the stars have in for tomorrow, select your store birthday star and read the corres- You are fond of travel, but always ponding paragraph. Let your birth- will want your own home to which day star be your daily guide.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)-

CANCER (June

23-July

23)-

Be optimistic today, for conditions Business is better, but don't be over for you. ambitious. Too much hasie can lead Poor Teddy, he was glad when the are definitely looking up children found him and wrung the You can make more progress than to accident. water out of him and put him back you imagine. in a corner of the kitchen. The

PISCES

23)-Guard LEO (July 21-Aug. ugainst emotional upsels today. Lat reason, not impulse, gulde all your actions.

10.00 nominal 10.00 bld

16.77 nominal

18.70 traded

1130 nominal

10.30 k

LONDON MARKET

London, Jan. 4-Prices in the rubber market here today closed as follow:- January/Marcir

Apru/June

July September

11-7/10

113!! 1672 United Press.

HONGKONG SHARES

The turnover on the Stock Ex- change during this morning's short Transactions session was $100,611. and 1000 elcslag prices were!

SHAREE · BUYERS SELLERS SALES

1820 143

BANKS

HK Bank Fast Asl INSURANCES

Union

IK Firs

140 g 143

733

2004 270

DOCKS, ETC.

K. Whart (0)

130

715

20

N. P Whart Dock Proviilent Shal Dock LAND, ETC.

IIK Hotel

1 Land

Sal Land UTILITIES

Tram

15 15.60 1000 15.30

the three years 1945 to 1948 a total of £145 million aterling new capital for Australian Industry

was either planned or issued.-Reuter.

To Discuss Jap Cotton Competition

London, Jan. 4.--Sir Raymond Street, head of the British Cotton Board, was due to sull for the United to States today, where, aerording City reports, he will discuss with

American cotton men the question

of Japanese competition,

tho

In-

Twelve Amerienn experts, headed

of Mr Harry L. Bailey, by United States Cotton Textile stitute, discussed the same problem In Britain last April. I was sug- Rested to the British and American Government afterwards that the Japanese cotton industry should In

limited future be

to 3,500,000 *pindles.

"Nothing has yet been done about tite these recommendations," Evening Standard Bald today. Cotton men fear that their sugges- tions about the size of the cotton industry in Japan may be ignored by General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacife, who is pushing head with his own plans for the rehabi- titation of Japanese industry," the Evening Standard added. Reuter.

N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

Argenting Pera (Official)

Argeation

Australia

Brazil

Steiglum

Canada Chito

England

Closing Rates

Jan. 4 US$0.2977

100% (Unofficial)

323-27

0650

.02.20

02-7/10

71. 233 ef 67

0230

100 0715

4.03-1

a

3.70 1500

3.00

France

.0031-

India

3024

2013

Alexico

.1430

Star Ferry C. Light Electric

134 130 10

New Zealand

4.02-12

Peru

.0070

D0% 100 385 300 30%

Portugal

0404

South Africa

4,03-1

Sweden

2703

Switzerland

2502

1300

3010

****

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)- Pittens played tag over him, and one Conditions are still foggy for you.

head. Mother so of them sat on his

mark time until the skies are walked up and down, making din- clear again. Be wise; be conservative, ner. The grocer boy came in with ຕ

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) Macan Electric 201 big box and almost set it on his toes,

Telephone (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)—If Advertising and publicity, especially Pooh-Pooh the poodle came in and tob-hunting, get an early-morning if your

work

18 in the field of leked his face and the tea kettle start. That is the best me of this literature, will bring excellent

results. kept whistling right over his head. day to do anythingt

But Teddy was happy of Inst. "It fen't quiet here," he said, "but I'm This is the not bothering anybody. best place of all."

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Answers

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20) Changes may bring about a more social ilfe, which can be of distinct advantage to your future plans.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-The tido seems to be turning in your direction now. An unexpected honour may come to you, too.

.1. Edmund Halley. 2. A wit-

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-A teis, pun. 3. Four. 4. Afries. 5. Academy of Arts and Lettern, test of your devotion to a loved one founded in 1901. 6. Colombia and may come today. Make sure you are Peru.

Jup to it in all regards.

EAST, BOT? I'M NOT

GOING TO HURT YOLA

Fresh

YOU'RE MORE WOLF THAN, COTOTE TRYING TO KISS ME THE FIRST TIME WE

MEET HOLD SOLL

I WANT TO SEE

IDUR COLLARS

·

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)—In:- pulsive actions can bring nothing but trouble today, especially if you are dealing with the opposite sex.

SCORPIO (Ont. 24-Nov. 22)-Be thrifty, particularly if you embarking upon a journey. travagance 'nover. really 'pays.

HAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)-Anything having to do with the or legal public, with government matters, appears favoured.

By Fred Harman

INDUSTRIALS

Cement STONES, ETC.

Dairy (0) Dairy (N) Watson (0) Watson (N) COTTONS

Ewo

42

3415Uruguay

Vencrucia Netherlands Batavia

Singapore Hongkong Sitanghal

59

200 € 01.

58

Exchange Rates

aro Ex-

Jusiness was done in the local un official exchange market this morning

at the following rates:-.

Sterling pound note (per, £1)

14.13

Amoy and Japan,

US dollar (per, #1).

3.023

Goki bars (per teel)

200.75

75.50

26,00

39.30

A0

FIC plastera (per 100) Slam teals

per 100)

NEI guilders (per 100)

Gold "yuan

$600

0173

United Press.

ECA Authorisations

OUTWARD MAILS

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY B

Closing Times By Air Shanghai, Nanking, Bankaw, Taingtao, Pelping, Amoy, Talpeh, Swatow and

Foochow; 330 p.m.

Closing Times By Sea

Joochow, pan.

.Shanghai, 3 pm.

p.m..

Austrails and New Zealand via Sydney,

B p.m. (par, reg & ord),

THURSDAY, JANUARY

Closing Tinies By Air

Shanghai, 0.30 n.m. trexí: 0 am. (ord). Bwalow and Amoy, 9 am: (rog); 030 a., (ord).

Kunming. Liuchow, Amoy, Nanking.. Hankow, Taingtao, Pelping. Swatow, Chungking and Kwellin, 3.30 p.m. Washington, Jan. 4.-The Econo-

Saigon and Paris, 6 pm. Panghat, 3. p.m. mle Co-operation Administration

Karachi. Bahrain, Rangoon, Celeutia, today announced recovery authori-Alexandria, (Nairobi, Johannesburg and sations amounting to $17,130,000, Marsellies vin: Alexandria), Rome and London,. (CTO) 4.30 p.m.; (GPO) 5 p.m. bringing the total to date to $4,204,-angkok, Bingapore, Batavia, Colombo, 001,000,

Sydney and Auckland, 5 p.m.

Japon, pm.

There is no decrease.

authorisations included

The $1,500,000 for China. Recovary ofcials announced that the money would be used to purchase crudo | oll and petroleum for fuel and elec- irle power generation and to fuel vessels in river and coastal shipping, -Unlied Press.

Closbig Times nea

Ceylon, Madagascar, Mauritius, East and Bouth Africa, Egypt and United Kingdom via Bouthampton, 9 a.m. (par); 10.30 a.m. (ref); 11 um,, (ord),

Swatow, 10 am, « 2

Biralt, 30 art.

Batavia, Sourabaya and Macassar, Noom, Awalow, 2 pm. Bangkok. " p.m.