1949-06-24 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. ⠀⠀ FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1949.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

LESSON HAND DUMB-BELLS DUMBBELLS

McKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Passing Opening Bid Shows Weak Hand

AA3

10062 ♦J76

Dealer 430 ES.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING WITH THAT

BUCKET OF MOTH-BALLS

I'M GOING TO FEED THEM TO THE ELEPHANT TO KEEP THE MOTHS OUT OF HIS TRUNK!

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West

North

East

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14

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Pass

Pase

14

By G. LATZEL (BCF Tourney 57) Black, 9 pleces,

Lesson Hand-Both vul.

Opening 10

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

OU cannot bid

γου

overy hand

I in contract bridge according

to the book. There are times when you must rely on your own judgment.

In today's hand, for example, South lacks the qualifications for an opening bid. Under the point count system he has only eleven points. If you average the hand out, South is a ten- spot less than average. If you he use the quick trick count, has only two quick tricks. Nevertheless, this is considered a declarer type hand and some players will bpen it due to the fact that they have both majore..

Let us asume, however, that although this is a declarer type

of 'hand, and you have two

CHESS PROBLEM

White, & pleees. White to play and mate in two. Solution to yesterday's problem:

UNUSUAL ANGLES

AN ARMLESS BOY CAN

PLAY THE PIANO

Artifelul

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

BY THE Britain, Belgium Trade Worth

Disagree On

by

WAY

Beachcomber M-Aid Principles

THOSE who hoped that FIGHT years ago a Luftwaffe Henry Keesler, of the Newark the Saucy Mrs Flobster,

bomb destroyed a crowded (New Jorkey) Hospital for refuges irnin fleeing from Crippled Children. Because of lendquarters and Flagship Palermo, Italy, and, among his high 19 he was chosen as of Admiral Sir Ewart other things, blew the arms off a model for the historic medie Hodgson, Governor of Lots a boy named Carmelo Bova. ✨cal test.

Road Power House, would be In a New York hotel recent

limbs of the con ly, the same boy lifted two 30-ventional type ure worked by towed to her last resting- Buitenses, played "Lill, the dipping and shrugging of place, to be broken up, are Marlene" on the plane, peeled a the shoulders, with the left likely to be disappointed. bonona and brushed his hair. hand working by means of She Isto be Bold to

Wag taken to string pulleys attached to the America eight months ago for right shoulder, and vice versp. Afghanistan for £341 12k. an operation which, now that has proved wholly successful,

Grafted Hosh will revolutionise the entire artificial limbs, concept especially the arms and hands,

Young Boya had been

seen in au Italian orphanage by Dr

Carmela

of

Bd.

nor

MINISTERS MEET

Brussels, June 23-Key Ministers of Britain, France and Belgium discussed here today a French compromise plan, designed to reconcile the conflicting British and Belgian views on the financial principles to govern the second year of Marshall aid.

The Belgian Premier, M. Paul Henri Spaak, the Chairman of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, presided over the talks. Mr Averill Harriman, the United States' roving ́Ambassador, attended as an observer,

£250m. A

Year

If Argentino

Pact Fulfilled

Buenos Aires, June 23 British-Argentino trade will be worth £250,000,000 a year if the new Ave-year plan is fulfilled." the weekly review, Economia Y Finansin said hero today,

Authoritative British quartern here agreed that this estimate was "about right."

Argentine

Qualing reliable sources, the weekly roview sald that British purchases in Argen Unia in the first year of agreement would probably totņi £120,000,000, while Argenting would buy from Britain goods worth £121,835,000.

Check Your the main muscles on the left ant poul-worthy. Boys on the defore the Exchequer, repre-inflation policy to support the tinta would comprise £50,000,000

Knowledge

What is a glockenspiel?

2

What is a moot point?

3. To whom, does the quota- tion "the face that launched e thousand ships" refer?'

4. Who was Sáncho Panzo?,

B. Where in the United States is rice grown?

1, Q-B7; threat 2, Q-Q7 (ch}}} 6. What nome was given to R-Q3; 2, Q-Kt7 (ch); the festivals held in ancient QXP(B7), Q-K2, 4; 2, Rome in honour of Saturn?

B-90, 17, KRB,

(Answers in Column 4)

QxQ; 1 XP: 2, B-K13 (ch).

biddable majors, you feel that BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

you want to pass it. The next

ono

hand paw and your partner opens the bidding with club.

The next hand bids a diamond, Now what should you bid?

You certainly should not bid South did in heart, no

one

today's hand, East has made a

vulnerblo

overcall IL YOU

Ting-a-Ling Has a Friend

--And the Friend Has a Very Odd Name-

By MAX TRELL

sald Ting-o-Ling. HIS,"

pointing to

a little round

bid one heart, your partnerman coming down the path, "is bid, cannot try for a game. He my friend and neighbour Ringle-

who has a minimum

opening

has fo bo, satialed to buy the contract.

When East bids a diamond, you should tell your partner that you have everything but

Dingle."

Kharf and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-about names, both smiled.

"Ringle-Dingle?" said Hanid,

funny name," "suld

"It's

an opening bid. Therefore, Knart.

your correct bid is two hearts. "Oh, no," said Ting-a-Ling in Now North has a much better surprise. "It isn't a funny name picture of the whole band. He at all. It fits my neighbour very knows you are not afraid of well. He makes bells." the diamond bid.

You have "Oh!" said Knarf

encouraged him to go to gama

"And he makes

them

gʊ

Trying To Bow

Ting-a-Ling's friend,

Dingle.

if he has a good sound bid, so dingle," added Ting-a-Ling. you must have either

control

can feel muro that tho ace

of

in diamonds or a singleton. Ho

from Argen- policies of worth of meat and by-products,

'There was - a scone in the Dr. Keesler, who shared the House" whion a Liberal Member that this was no general dissatisfaction with the proteated

process, felt that certain moment to sell our ships. old

bo Ministerial reply revealed that muscles of the body could trained to do the work more the famous croft could hardly naturally,

bo called

led a ship any longer, neither seaworthy, being He made an incision through river-worthy. Not

Ble Stafford Cripps, the Chan= | nations to adopt an internat *ide of Carmela's chest, lined embankment have removed bersented. Britain. the aperture and covered

M. Maurico | Internal Inflation theatern, bit by bit. There is no Teische, the Kinance Minister, the debtor nations. entire wound with grafted flesh port-side to the after deck. The altended for France, and M

worth of other In the shape of a small bridge. Captain's bridge is a yawning Gaston Eyskens, Finance Blinis sible for administering

M. de Ferig, who is respon- £63,100,000

Belfoodatuita taxi fodder, £10,000,- Ite did the same with the clump cavity. The anchor has no chain, ter, and 11. Moens de Ferale, glum's share of Marshall ald,000,000 worth of other goods.

300 worth of inseed and £19,- and lies in the mud, Indopen- Minister of Foreign, Trade, for said that the French sugges- dent of the ship. When Plastic shoulder guards were Afghans see her, it is doubtful

the Belgium

tions formed "an extremely

Argentina's principal Imports then Atted

M. Fétiche is the author of interesting proposition," to the boy, and whether we shall get the 114 the French compromiso

from Britain would include from them were hung

The results of the Brussels £29,000,000 worth of petroleum

the and petroleum products, 1,800,-

of the right arm.

plan. plastic tins of onions promised in ex-This, it is understand, represents talks will be referred to

orms, lifelike fingers and hands, change. made with the precision of 4 fine watch.

There followed painstaking months of teaching Carmelo to move just the altered muscle in question,

Answers

Did

you see an

elephant? THE E presence of an elephant

many

a limitation of the Belgian "free Council of the OEEC, which is 000 tons of coal, 30,000 tons of. trade, free payment," proposal duo to meet in Paris later, this tin-plate and 100,000 tons of which is in sharp contrast to month. --Reyter.

the British scheme,

The Belgians say that tho European countries getting credits or "drawing rights" from other European countries under the Marshall Plan should bo those where they like, including allowed to spend 50 percent of the United States,

Tha French

RUBBER DEALERS

iron and steel, products.

Although it was still hoped to sign the pact tomorrow, tha British reply to the final point raked by Argentina had not. been received late tonight- Reuter.

would reduce the free "draw-

compromise UNDECIDED NY FOREIGN

EXCHANGE

Closing Rates.

Juno 23.

1830.00

4.03

4.00

The result was dramatically

in a procession organized unveiled recently. The dex to encourage eaution among terity of the grinning boy pedestrians has puzzled brought gasps from witnesses. people. In parts of the Punjab Seemingly with no effort, he where there is traffic congestion, worked his plastic Angers, moved his arm quite naturally, there is a saying, "Where an and good-naturedly showed the elephant can cross a human be- tricks he had learned.

ing will be safe." But that has ing rights" to 40 percent of

New York. June 21-Rubber no application to English towns the total amount,

futures today closed steady that

after a shaky start, but failed to CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE unices the suggestion is

Sir Stafford Cripps opposed wips out completely the early every crossing-place should be

the Belgian plan, which he is losses. Trading was quiet. tested by an elephant before understood to consider dan-

A steadier close at London and 1. A musical Instrument of being used by human beings. Cerously premature..

Hig

own firmness in securities helped 10 bells played by a keyboard at Perhaps the elephant

is for continuing stiffen the undertone,

Canada (dollar) tachment 2.

.airply preference

Equally England-official A. question or

payments influential was evidence that one England 30-day futures the bilateral trade and point open to argument. 3 joined the procession at

between agreements

dollar- of the "big five" factories was in England 90-day futures 3. Helen

Troy. 4. Don last moment; and nobody, dared aided countries during Quixote's squire and servant to draw attention to the beast, second year of Marshall ald, quantities of physical rubber."

the the market for moderately Targo Australia (pound) .... New Zealand (pound) 5. In the bottomlands of the for fear that it might not real- beginning July 1.

South Africa (pound) Mississippi River,

While prices wore slightly Belgium (franc)

than on Louisiana and Texas gulf coasts 1 be there.

lower

Wednesday, Belgium fros It is understood that Sir dealers and in California. 6. Saturnello.

wero Stafford has not so ter yielded indication of better underlying France free

encouraged by Denmark (krone)

France-official to the French compromise sug-demand.

France commercial gestions,

Market sentiment appears to Holland (uilder) M. Peteche, presenting his be undecided for the moment, po

Italy-official proposal today, sald the British with many dealers pausing to Norway (krone) view could not be accepted. It await further developments. Portugal (escudo) would, he said, force "creditor Futures closed five to 10 Spain (pescia)

points lower with sales totalling 40 contracts, as follow:-- June (in qorztá per.1b.) 10,40 nommal July

of

on

the

---(London, Express Service)

YOUR BIRTHDAY.

By

STELLA

FRIDAY, JUNE 24

BORN today, you have an ex-

effect it

CHICAGO GRAINS

You women are good home- cessive imagination which makers and managers and will can lead you into all kinds of know how to decorate your trouble unless you learn to curb house tastefully, Bo warned Ringleit with reason! To control against the collecting" manta. means you learn how to use it however. You can't take it with constructively in writing, in- you and possessions can becoma! At this moment Uttle round most to make," he went on, "are venting or creative art-but not a burden. spades has a fit in the South Ringle-Dingle came waddling up. blue bells." hand. The king of clubu could "Good-morning," he said, trying

Your intuitions can Hanld was about to say that daydreaming or extravagant

storytelling

be used be wrong, but North Is per- to bow. He couldn't do it very blue bells weren't really bells thing just for the sake of

will produce, as a good guide if you allow taking the well on account of being so small either. They were flowers and Parents of children born on this them to work for you! Your and round. But he managed to they weren't made; they just day must appreciate this life seems to operate in cycles lp himself over a bit, which was grew, But Ringle-Dingle was characteristic of their progeny, and you will and that January In the play of the hand denimost as good.

starting to explain

aro usually for- clarer trumps the second dis-

Knart and Hanid asked him "First," he said, "I get a big Be reminded that a child with and March

a vivid imagination may need

tunato months. afteenth of

The mond, goes over to dummy's what kind of bells he made,

pair of scissors and cut off a

to be told tactfully how to dis- cach month seems to be a key ace of spades, leads a heart,

piece of blue sky."

Knarf asked eagerly how unguish between a "story" and day, also. Everything happen SPOT

then-good or all Be prepared to July a "fact". Ringle-Dingle got up high

meet whatever comes at much September enough to cut off a piece of sky.

times. Long Ladder

fectly justified in contract to four hearts,

CROSSWORD

any

Rupert & the Arrows-25 there.

you

Bc

that

August

18.40 bid

'16.33 nommm)

September

10.30 bid

October

November

1015 bid

December

January (1950)

February

15.85 bid

Chlongo, June 23----Grain | March

April prices today weakened after a hesitant start.

ALAY June There was realising and hedge July selling in wheat on reiterated August reports that stories of rust SPOT damage in the south west have been exagerated.

Prices closed as follow:- WHEAT-per bushel in cents,

December March (1950) May

15.70

Switzerland-free Sweden (zona)

Bwitzerland-official MIDDLE EAST Egypt (pound) Iran (rial). Turkey (iira)-

LATIN AMERICA Argentine-official

Argentine unoficial Brazil. (cruselṣo) Bolivia (boliviano) Chile-official Chile-tree Colombia (pero)

15,73 nomina) | Munico „Akr Per official Fen-free Uruguay (peso)

15.05

1031

-United PrepVenezuela (bolivar)

YAU EABT India (rupee) LONDON MARKET

Pakistan rupee) London, June 13-Prices in the Netherlands East Indies

odgkong (dollar) 2.02% rubber market here today closed as singapore dollar) 1.9714-24 follow- 1:0014-1 July (in penca per lb.)

2.00 October/December

January/March (1988)

10.3/18 10.1/10 10

United Press..

HONGKONG

1-0

1.2412

1.3032

July

3232-

December

1.1831-1

Let March (1050)

May

1.1912

your

RYE.

July September DATS.

1.3044-24

1.4115

July

September

NEW YORK LOUN-per 200 lb.Exchange suck in dollars 11.08.

WINNIPEG RYE per

5094-00

50

The turnover

cents.

October

"All kinds of bells," Ringle and when the king goes up Dingle replied. "Church bells, South wins with the ace. The school bells, door bells, rag king of spades in cached and peddler bells, bells for cats, cow

All of you born. today have, the gift of making moncy and ruffed in dummy. bells, gont bells, dumb-bells” a spade Then declarer can ruff a dia-

should be able to accumulate To and what the stars have CORN. "Dumb-bells! Those aren't mond, ruff out his last spade, beils!" Hanid interrupted.

something of a fortuno during in store for tomorow, select Su "I have a long ladder, I lean it your lifetime. Don't hoard what your birthday star and read the September lead a trump back to his hand

Ringle-Dingle tried to bow against a cloud. Then," he con- and take the club finesse. When again.

have-but "i beg your

learn pardon. (inued, "I spread the piece of money put into circulation for corresponding 'paragraph. the queen of the clubs holds, My dumb-bells are

regular blue sky over a meadow. I care constructive production can in your birthday star be lie cashes the neɑ of clubs, and bells, They ring whenever you fully smooth out all the creases But the bells I like and wrinkles, and brush out the gives up a club trick, mäklog lift them.

crease your capital,

daily guide, five-old.

star dust. But if I happen to find

SATURDAY, JUNE 25 sunbeams, I leave them

Then I cut the big plece CANCER (June 29-July 23) CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. inta Uttle pieces, and each little-An excellent doy for a 20)--A short business trip to nicco I twist and turn and spin business and social events. sign a new contract or start o until it has the shape of a bell. Tako full advantage of offered now project may be in older

July And finally, when they'r all opportunities.

now. Be efficient. done.

I hang each one

LEO (July on a

24-Aug. 23)-- AQUARIUS (Jan. #1-Feb. December {stem.".

aggressive. Go after exactly 19)-Plan a sen journey with WINNIPEG BARLEY.

Justy "And they do ring, don't what you want, be it in the highly favourable results. Fer October they?" Ting-a-Ling sald. "They realm of business or romance, haps you can vacation abroad | December do yo dingle, don't they?" and you can get it.

"DI course," said Ringle- VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) FISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)— Dingle, "Each

one has a different-Follow up and finish what Happiness on the home front. sound. When the breeze is blow-was begun yesterday. Then, if News from a distanco ing and they're all dingling at you can, "get away from it all" bring you exceptional happl the same time, they mark the-Into the country to relax, ness, too. Realiso a wish. most delightful, cheerful, happy-

LIBRA (Sept. 28-0ch 23)— ARIES (Mar, 22-Apr. 20)-

at resort places to find the atrow and to claim the footballs promised by the Professor

ne your own ability and you will should They're the only ones discover that it is possible to do season is on. Make a week-end that they make very slow progress who Can hear them 'plainly.

perhaps NAURUS (Apr. 21-May · 21). There's a lor of ground between us When you hear the bees hum the impossible. and Nutwood," says Podgy. We ming." Ringle-Dingle sald with Merchandising, especially A new field of endeavour for *must look very carefully, we go."

connected with resort projects, your business. energies chn highly favoured. This should bring excellent results at this

time, Mako progress. a good week-end. ringing....

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And once more the little round Dec. 22)-A new job might be Use sonic new iden for profit man smiled and tried: to: (but offered. You can afford to take to its fullest advantage. Now is couldn't) bow, and turned and the chance that it is better than your Ume to make good par

the old one, waliced slowly away.

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That's why the bees are happy.

smile to Knart and Honid, “and

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the blue-bells

his own. "The other arrows, felf. -tairly near together and they were

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SHARES

on the Stock this morning Wed bushel in $80,800.00. Transactions and

noon prices:

1.224 SHARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES 1.33% BANKË

1.3414 JIK Bank,

East Asia.

2.151 INSURANCES

1.07 -1.08 1.0815

United Press.

Jap Textile Exports

tile exports for April topped Toky, June 23-Japanese tex-

the monthly averago for. 1948, announced today. Gen. MacArthur's hearquarters

Cantor,

Union, XXX Fire, DOCKS, ETC. K. Whart. N. P. Whart

Dock

Provident, S'hai Dock, Wheelock,

LAND, ETC. HK Hotel RK and. UTILITIES

Tram,

Star Ferry, C. Light

The monthly toxtile bulletin.c. Light revealed that 69 percent oz. the total of $24,708,808 In1tex-

Electric, Telephone, file exports went to buyers in

INDUSTRIALA the sterling area.

Coment STORES, ET

Dairy, Watson,

Raw silk purchases by Egypt and Britain, and silk fabrie asles to the United States, boosted sales above the presci- By Harry F. O'Neill ing month, although overall tex- tile exporte were slightly low- er than in March,--United Press,

Indian-German

Pact Renowed

Jų Frankfurt.! June 23 The "trade agreement between India and the Anglo-American-Elzona was renowed, today-for another: year and extended to include tha French Zone, the Joint Exe port-Import Agency announced - hore, Total, - tande under the new agreement, both ways mis expooled to amount to £6,250,

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PRIDAY, JUNE SÅ – Closing Times By Air

Foochaw, Holbow, Swatow, Amoy. Talpeb, Chungking and Chengtu, 350

pum.

18.40 19.20 200 ₫ 189á Manila, Honolulu, USA & Canada,

18012114 pm..

Air Parcel Posts for Mandia, Hono-- Tutu and UBA, (CPO) - 4.30p.m.j (GPO) & p.m.

11.30

1313.40 500 13.10 19.10 600 @ 1350

2014

-500 ED DIS

500, 0.20

33.

Exchange Rates

Business war done in the local unofficial

exchango - market • this

| morning at the following guthaben

Sterling pounds.note (per £} 17.08 VA. dollar (per $1)

710 plastres (per 100), Blam' tionis (per 100) NEI guilders (per 100) Singapore, (Bern(tu) 20%)

Ordinary Airmail (Printed Matters, Samples and Small Packet Ports) for Manila, Quam, Honolulu, kod USA, (Cro) 4.37. p.in.: - (GPO) §. p.m. Hatphong and Hanof. p.m.

Cloring Times My Bes Honolulu, USA, Canada, Central and South America: via San Fran~. cisco (No Parcela for Canada), 3

walow, 3 pix,

Manila, Caylon, Madagascar, Adan and Egypt, à p.m. SETS

-

4. SATURDAY, JUNE 25 2

by Closing Times By Alr.

Awatow and Amoy, 830 am. (Peg); Dam. (ord).

Manila, 11.30

Kwelle, Kuzaning, Calcutta, Tal=" peh Hothow, Bwatow, Amoy, Chung- king and Cheiztu, 2520 p

Dangkok # ¿D

A Cloning Times by Hoà?

Iphon 3 D

facamme, 3 pan.

Struts, Bombay Gand Harqeht,” pim.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26 - 13001

Closing Times My Alt, 20.00 | Tanalok, Singapore," Balavia,” 10,70. lombo, Sydney-arid Auzilárd,

“Baigon; and · Paris, 10 am. - Conad Closingy Times By Br

Japoni, {9^ \nJES

BEAST MONDAY, JUNE 273

New York Oils).

Paamit olj per New York

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