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By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

ONE

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ROMPING AROUND WITH

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BEVERLEY NICHOLS

the door opened, and Majesty, the

"I rose to my feet, suddenly realis- ing the enormity of the situation.

COULD NEVER BE, by Fugue when Beverley Nichols, (Cape, 158.) looking up I saw is one of the most entertaining and Queen. readable_autobiogmphries of recent years. Reading it, one realices how Beverley Nichols remps through life, meeting a continual parade of the great Agures of the day. Armed with a gift for cryslalifstrig events in an easy-to-read style, he has travelled widely and recorded here some of his notable memories.

In the early pages of the book he describes an Incident during a week- end at Polesden Lacey (once the house of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, author of The School For Scandal). Guest of honour was Her Majesty the Queen, at that time si Duchess of York.

'But please do not stop' she said. And then 'What was it you were playing?*

It was... it was something of my own, ma'ami

'I sec. Somehow it sounded... faintly familiar. Can you play again?

זי

play some

would rather Chopin, ma'am/* 'Yes, perhaps it would be better". "She sat down, and with a sigh of I took a hender into relief

the Scherzo in B flat minor. It seemed the most suitable music for the

tivated inrgely

"Since this was a happy moment In Java. 2. To for the presence of the Queen seemed bulld and repair body tissues. to permeate the whole house--I began

to compose variations on the grand occasion." Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, old tune of 'God Save the King'.

the style of Debussy'n 1 turned t Jardins sous la Plufe,"

Indigo and vinlet.

Petersburg. Petrograd

grad.

NE of the New York star players who entered for. the nattonal tournament at the Roney Plaza Hotel In Miami Beach, Fla., the first style. werk in December

Samuci WAN Slayman.

I met Sam on Broadway the other day, and he gave me today's hand. He sold, "If my contract had been four hearts, there would be no story In this hand. You could cash the king of spades, chuck two clubs on the spades, and then start cross-ruffing." But Sam got into four spades and made it.

He won the opening lead of the nine of cluba in dummy with the see, then cashed the king of spades. The deuce of hearts was led, West

continued with the queen.

5. In a 0. Moscow.

4. Three-Saint{played it in

and Len-

into funeral march, switched it into ninging, flowing

Chopinesque mazurku, and had Just begun il in the form of a Bach

a

AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

People Are Very Intelligent

-But Birds and Animals Are Smart, Too-

By MAX TRELL

to

won, cashed the king of clubs and «PEOPLE," said Mr Punch

Knarr and Hanld, the shadow- with the turned-shout Sam suddenly realised that West children probably had held the singleton ace names, "have thought of a lot of of hearts. He knew that the queen very clever things, like acropinnes of clubs would be over-ruffed, and jund trains, and houses, and boals. if he allowed East to over-ruff it,

animals But bugs and birds and West would get a ruff in hearts, have thought of those things, too." So Sam ruffel with the queen of

spades. Then he eashed the ace of Knart and Hanld were very sur- spades and led a mall made, theprised to hear this. They begged My Jack and ten falling together. When Punch to tell them what he meant. à club was returned, he ruffed it.

Due to the two-club vulnerable overcall, West undoubtedly, held the king of diamonds. At least that was the way Sam decided to play the land. Also. he felt Bhat East Was muriced with four hearts. A! This point Sam was down to the five of spades, the king-ten-eight of hearts and seven of diamonds. East had kept three hearts und two diamonds, while

ny's

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"Well," said Mr Punch, "I once knew a Dragon-Fly. He didn't bother making an aeroplane for himself. 1e just made himself into an aero- plane."

"My goodness!" exclaimed Janid. "That's right. Dragon flies look ex- actly like little acroplanes!"

"They

Regular Acroplanes

dummy had the queen and one heart punch! They aren't as big as regu- do. Indeed," sold Mr and the bee-queen-ten of damonds.

Sam led the seven of diamonds, lar aeroplanes, but I'd like to see a Ensi played the eight and dum-regular aeroplane that could fly won. The queen of dia-around the pond in and out among 20v's monds was led back. If West cov the 'cat-tails, and land as light as a ered with the king, it would drop feather on top of a water-lily leaf." East's Jack and Sam would cli-

"I don't know of any birds or bugs card a heart. West made it as tough

s possible by refusing to cover the or animats that have trains," said queen, but Sam let it ride and dis- Knart. carded a heart-making four' spades. ¡

Check Your Knowledge

1. "The vanilla" plant in-native of what country?

2. Why are proteins needed in our fondì?

3. Give the order in which the colours of the rainbow are always arranged.

4. How Many names has the Russian city of Leningrad had?

5. In music, what is ineunt by Cantabile?

6. What eity is called the "nerve centre of the Soviet Union"?

(Answers in Column 2)

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Across

1. 31 will change & rogue clip, (4, 0)

6. Dopravad. (0)

and i1, it makes WALLS DOOM. 12. GAY. (S)

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14, Tuska. (3)

17. Dry up. (0)

20. Junglory, (5) 21. Bes

18. Possess. (9)

19. Invested. (4)

21. Wooed. (7)

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2. Just a simdi hall (8)

and 12 They or it take a lot of

getting over. 13, 41

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6. Pia inat; Howera when the

allows appear and dies who

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10. The god of marenandlas. (7)

11. Beo ACTOR,

10 Rn this could be toimuneration.

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2. Klemental: 3.

Acrop Nam: 16 Boomt: 18 and g). Take haubi 13. ward: ka rodni iN LANGK

Mr Punch smiled. "The Anis never went to the trouble of build-·

ing themselves a train. But they do their work just as if they were a train themselves. They go out in a long line, one behind the other, as straight as a train running on trucks. Then they load themselves up with bits of food and come rutt ninit back, one after another on the same tracks again. And sometimes, like trains.

they pass each other, dne train of ants going, the other train of ants coming."

Rupert and Margot-56

Next day Margot puta a ribbon in her hair and comes to tea with Rupert, while Mrs. Dear, who has prepared a lovely meal, tens to the exciting story again. I'm coming to school with you soon." aaya Margot. It's me I learned to spell. Isn't it? Then it i write any more signa 1 can do them properly." "It was your sign-board that started the adventure," smiles -Rupert. "If it hadn't looked so funny we should not have explored that little path, and then we might never have found you!”

...

THE END. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Another exciting new adventure

begins tomorro

RED RYDER

12-22

When birds nee a cat, they know it's time to fly away.

"Who are Jinnid.

the boats?" asked

"The Ducks and the Geese," zald Mr Purich. "They float on the water and parkle along. As for houses, the

per

The many colourful places which the render visits in this volume include Venice, the Riviera, Australia, New York, Palm Beach and the Holy Land; and among the notable sonalities who pass ncross the scene are Winston Churchill, Noel Coward, Somerset Maugham, Dame Nello Melba, Serge Dinghileff, C.B. Cochran, P.G. Wodehouse, Ramsey MacDonald, Sir Seymour Hicks, John Gielgud and Hugh Walpole.

A light-hearted book, packed with Interest and worth the price.

FALSE BOUNTY

By Stephen Ransome

(Gollancz, 810)

1949.

BY THE

WAY

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THE best-kept secret 'co tury may now yenled. Waggling Parva deserted.

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Prospects Of Wheat Agreement "Bright"

Washington, Feb. 1.-Chinese and Filipino delegates to the International Wheat Conference believe the outlook is bright for world agreement on the international trade of wheat.

LITTLE TRADE When the Food

IN RUBBER-

Tho conference is awaiting able for export or import re- estimates from 55 participating quirements. Dr Strabismus

Godnations as to the amount (Whom

of The delegates frord tho, Preserve) of Utrecht met nut a month their wheat expected to be avail- Orient said they believed an ago to explore the unheard-of islands

agreement would be renched which He in the unknown tributaries

"within a few weeks." of the Amazon. The Doctor hopes, to find that strange and rare bird

torticollis) the huacap (huacapis which is

is a cross between an owl and a parrot, has a spiral neck, and lays between 35 and 38 barely edible exis each day. The expedition consists of the Doctor, Professor Blatteaux. Mrs Rawlins, the Doctor's man Bolsover, and a Mr Henry Hownde, find its object is to capture and bring back to England enough of the birds to start breeding them and so supple- ment the egg-ration. Order your copy yesterday

despatches THE Doctor's

have begun to arrive, and tomorrow shall print the relevant portions of the first to be sent.

The irrelevant

and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nationa met in November, President Truman predicted that the United Sinter would ratify the new wheat pact.

This caused delegates at the con- ference to feel that an agreement was reasonably sure of being attained if the U. S. would sign it.

The New York, Feb. 1.-Number 1

Filipinos ore asking for contract rubber futures today closcu | about 225,000 metric tons of assured unchanged to 10 points lower on yearly, wheat imports

the Under proposed agreement. sales totalling 72 contracts.

FUTURES

commodity markets.

other

slow.

The Chinese declined to

J

state

similar." the price

Standard contract rubber futuren closed 15 points higher on sales their import request, but their re-

quest Inst year was totalling 34 contracts.

for 400,000 inetric tons. They

indicated ikat Trade in futures was quiet and their present request Influenced

in by casiness

adding that "the lower the more we can buy."

Both the Filipinos and the Chinese recalled that last year's proposed pret provided a price range trom $1.10 to $2. They said they hoped that something similar would be arranged in the present negotiations,

portions deal with an argument be- tween Professor Blottenux and Mrs

The physical market way Itawline as

as to whether the leaves of offerings from the East were light the giant garlic-tree (Allium Prac-and the quantities available were at grandissimum Boncelli) were edible unworkably high prices. or not. The argument ended when both were sick after angrily enling part of a leaf.

The Brazilian crisis

PROFESSOR SHY'S timely revela-

Apart from small buying of off- grades, domestic

factory interest

was purely routine.

Petron cinsert as followe

10.25 traded

No. Contract Rubber Futures, March April

May

10.07 nominal 10,80-19.00

traded

10.3 nominal 18.73 bid. 10.60 nominai 11.65 traded

19.60 nominal

10.25

July

un

September

November

December

10.50

January (1950)

10.45

February

18.42

March

28.35

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Blandard Contract Rubber

18.30 Futurei.

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January Touruary

March April May

10.23 nominal

19.15

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that Mrs. Rascal is #n amateur wind-lover, and is not a paid Brazilian agent, reflects credit Here we have a thriller that opens the Professor aptly calls "the un-

on her good sense but not on what August, with a bang!

The first lines read: English attitude of the "By two o'clock Thursday afternoon towards the Andes. Turpenhow in

Brazilians October I had completed my arrangements his "Up for murdering

Down

the Amazon," Lydin."

And from "Up and there to the last page suspense and dry wird, off the Andes, which the mentions Mra Rascal's love of the excitement never flag.

the natives call the Ponaho. He quotes Mr Ransome's characters are Admiral Burlap as saying that nine vitally real and his situations Brazilians, out of ten dramatic and convincing. What ever enddish

were utterly about you do, don't

the this fascinating attributed this callousness miss

Andes. Ho story of an American lawyer's plan use of cats

to their to murder bis former wife.

to haul little logs In the in the forest of Anduna. complicated string of adventures that follow his decison, we perience the tremendous emotional and mental upheaval which occur in He was present at the unveiling of

ex-Oh, I say, look here!

the mind of a man determined at all costs to murder.

This Ane thriller deserves a high place in your book list,

(Tomorrow-Recorded Muxle)

one of the new East widows in the transept. (Morning paper.}

your yashmak.

"Znroulon," cried the vicar in

with

faultiess Turkish.

Bees build beautiful ones called YOUR BIRTHDAY. hives, while the Moles build their houses underground, and the Birds build them out of straw and leaves and string, and lots of other things,"

"But bugs and birds and animals can't read," said Knarf.

on One

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

By STELLA

your most outstanding charac- offered. VERSATILITY is probably one of full advantage of all opportunities teristics and since you can do so If you do not get what you want many things well, you must make out of life, it Mr Punch was silent for a mo-

will be entirely your sure that you concentrate sufficiently own fault, ment. Presently, he said: "I'm not

for you have the to become outstandingly potentialities and the will to succeed. too sure they can't. They don't read proficient. You have the gift of the Just don't sentter your energies.50 books as people do. But they read what the leaves say and know when written word and your flare for widely that you lose effectiveness winter is coming. They rend the vivid, dramatic writing is outstanel by dispersion. black cloud in the sky and knowing You are as critical of your own it means rain. They read the rosy work as you are of that of others. Be warned against one thing, check of an apple, hanging од л Thrifty bynature you can make to you without effort, just because Don't expect the world to come tree and know it's sweet to ent. And a small income go a long way and you are elever! birds can read the look on a cat's even buy the minor luxuries as well procrastination

To give in to face and know it's time to fly away. ns the necessities of life. You are for you.

.or laziness Is fatal And all of them, think, can find conscientious about your work and their way home, no matter how far will always be capable of holding a off they may be by reading the trees good job. No matter if you start store and stones and hills and even dalsies and the blades of grass, just as easily as we can read signs." long. That is, provided you

:

CHESS PROBLEM

By V. RACEK

Black, & pieces.

ແຫຼ່ງ

White, 7 pieces.

White to play and mate in three.

Solution to yesterday's 'problem:

1, B-K3, anu: 3. Q. B. or Ki

• Indien.

DONT TRADE YOUR` NO, RED GUN TO ACE HANLON RYDER: FOR WATER FOR US./GUN ONLY

RED!

CHANCE TO

GETUM OUT ALNE?

10-21

IT'S NEARLY DARK NOW! MAYBE I CAN GET OUT WITH -

CUT ACE SEEING

To find

for

what lie tomorrow.

stars have In select your

the on the lowest rung, you can advance birthday star and read the corres- fast and will land on top before ponding paragraph. Let your birth-

take day star be your daily guide. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb... 19)-- Advertising and promotion will help out your business. Romance appears well-favoured, also.

PISCES

20-Mar. 21)— Avoid being impulsive in making decisions especially if they have to do with your affections.

(Feb.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr 20)-Be diplomatie in matters at home and count ten if tempted to make an answer when angry. Be patient.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)~ Definitely a "stick to routine" dny. Don't try to mix business and pleasure. In fact, work should come before fun.

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-A good marriage day, or an excellent one for business. Whatever interests you inost, concentrate on it; get results,

Change

VIRGO (Aug, 24-Sept. 22)- of this day. If a contract is offered, is likely to be the order it is likely to be a good one for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Something exciting for your future may occur today. Be prepared to lake full advantage of it. Act now.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 23)- New plans, perhaps involving Journey, could be excellent for new prospecin. Not so good for romance, however.

LONDON MARKET

London, Feb. 1-Prices in the rubber market here today closet as follow: March in cents per ... 111/18 April/June

1112 July/September

11 Unked PrexES.

HONGKONG

SHARES

turnover on the

This morning's Stock Exchange Wos $530,110.00 Transactions and noon. prices:

JUYERS BELLEKS BALES

1020

SHARES

DANKS

1K Bank

INSURANCES

Canton

Union Underwriters

401030

3:03

730 750

GON 740

514

has Dock**** LAND, ETC.

DOCKS, ETC.

K. Wharf 101 Dock

244

20

11

IK Hotel

15 60

10

500

15.04

1000. DE. 15.00

HK Land Sibal Land Humphreys (0) Humpliress (Ni

UTILITIES

Tam

Star Ferry

C. Light (N). Elettric

3.30

3.30

13

22.10 211

500 13.00

200 10

1200 2121,30 300 130 500 13.20

C. Eight (0) 19.10

11.40 1114 404 301 250 3515

2014

Macao Electric Telephone (N) 3341⁄2

INDUSTRIALS

Cement

Rope

STORES, ETC, Dairy (0) Dalry (N)

SVAExam

800 12 4032

405 412

21

1000 41

44 4472

44

Bank Of

44

2004 4442

1000 or 0233

500 €24

7M 40 700 to 50

10005035

China

Repays Loan

Both delegations indicated that a four or five year pact would be acceptable.--Associated Press,

S. African Wool Brokers'

Complaint

Capetown, Feb., 1.--Wool brokers are complaining that South African wool is being used a n Currency rather than a commodity.

These brokers believe that the Union is losing. millons of dollars because European countries are buying South African wool and later reselling to the United States.

They refuse, however, to identify tre European countries they claim are involved in the operation.

The Continental countries tho brokers say, need dollars more than they do South African wool, so they have. In some instances, sold the wool in the US nt prices lower than they paid in South Africa.

Thus, the brokers said, the wool is being used as currency.

"One result of this practice is that the U.S. is unwilling to bid jogainst countries from "whom she obtain South African wool at can a lower price than she can buy It in South Africa,” ono broker said. "Unfortunately

can do about it."

there is little we

The value of South Africa's wont

Is

£22,000,000,----A-

clip

about

sociated Press.

AUSTRALIAN

EXPORTS

Sydney, Feb. 1.-Figures relcased by the Australian Statistical Burenu for wool exports in the five months ended November 30 show that Franco took 104,638,000 pounds of greasy wool-more than any other country.

The United States took 24,132,000 pounds; Russia 15,711,000 pounds; Italy 39,989,000 pounds and Britnin 102,148,000 pounds, Associated Fress.

N.Y. FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

Argentine Peso (DMeinl) US$0.2077 Argentine Perp (Unofficial)

Australia Brazil

Yellin

Canada

Chille

England

France

Indio

Alexico

New Zealand

Embassy

Washington, Feb. 1.- Chinese Prru

spokesman today

an-Portugal nounced that the Bank of China had Sweden

South Afrien GEMINT (Mny 22-June 23)-

paid $21,000,000 to the Export Im- Switzerland Things seem to work at Cross SAGITTARIUS

Uruguay port Bank in repayment of interest

Venezuela purposes today so be extra cautious 22)-Be discreet, especially when it and principal of the cotton loan. in all matters involving friendship or comes

Netherlands to deciding on business

Batavia your job.

expansion. Think everything over ), with

He said: "The action was in Une Singapore

the policy

Hongkong of the Chinese Shanghal carefully.

Government to meet all its financial

CANCER (June 23-July 23)- Promotion and advertising can irit-

prove business. A business trip may pro-

speed things up, too. Act gressively,

. Checked

HE'S GONNA TRY TO GET OUT! NOW FOR MY LITTLE

SURPRISE

(Nov.

23-Dcc.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)— obligations fr full. The whole Personal affairs to the foreground. amount of the cotton lonn of $33. If you receive a legacy, make the best possible use of it.

By Fred Harman

BANG

RED.

ACE HANLON'S

SHOOTIN' AT

OUR HOSSES!

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Tea Auctions To

Be Resumed

Kirachi, Feb. 1.-Pakistan

and Ceylon's

900.000 was made by the Import

Bank early in 1840. The repayment had been regularly effected until Inst year, when the balance due was extended by mutunl agreement and the obligations of India have decepled repaying it were assumed by the proposal to resume ten auctions in Bank of China on behalf of the London, instead of the present bulk Central Bank of China, It was purchases systern. stipulated in the new arrangement These three ten-producing along that the loan would be repayable in will probably hold a conference at nine monthly Instalments, beginning New Delhi.carly in March to work In February 1949,"-United Press,

Exchange Rates

Business was done in the local un-

out a common polley-Associated IFC55.

Order For Jap Ribbon'

New, York, Feb. 1-Japonese

officiat exchange market in morning at ribbon manufacturers have received

the following rates:-

Sterling pound note (per 1)

1,5. dollar (per $1

Gail bars (per fael)

FIC plastres per 100)

Siam tients (per 100) NEI Cuilders (per 100) Gold yuan (per yuan)

18.20

orders for 7,000,000 yards of taffeta

D.14 ribbon from the United States,

317.00 reports the New York Journal of

0.60 Commerce. The paper

24.50

32.00

Di

adde that India is also interested in Japan's ribbon-Associated Press...