THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1949.
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
MCKENNEY DUMBBELLS
ON BRIDGE
Opening Three Bid
Is Controversial
DY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
WE
were discussing the great number of people who play cards. Hildegarde, radio singer, sald interest in curds would never die oul. This is her reason for saying, "Teople are a lot of fun, and bridge especially provides the opportunity for a person to meet lot of people. And if they will play bridge for fun, they will have n lot of fun."
Hildegarde claims she makes a bad partner at bridge.
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even object to the way she plays gin rummy, because she plays only her own hund. "But I al- ways win and then they get mad at me," she cuid.
I can well understand all this when things happen like they did on today's hand, in a recent tournament.
UNUSUAL, ANGLES!!
MARRYING EPIDEMIC
PROVIDES BONANZA
BY THE WAY
by Beachcomber
H
E was one of the last of the
Engilsh 'comedians, by which I mean that he never
THE marriage manla of unwed copy, with advertising price! | Americanfred himself, abandun
Gormans
kos led fans Stong, a former prisoner of war of the Russians, to a lucrative
Marriage advertisements in found the newspapers he also expensive. They were at leust 20 Deutschmarks each,
ranging DMs.
from 1.50 DMs to
but bis
newspaper
He does all the work on the paper himself and takes a per- sonal interest in all the adver- tisements
he is still because looking for a wife himself.
Albert
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
India's New Sterling Arrangements With UK
OUTLINED IN WHITE PAPER
London, Aug. 4.-The new financial arrangements between India and Britain were outlined today in a White Paper which published letters exchanged between Mr Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, and Mr Krishna Menon, High Commissioner for India.
The Government Paper confirmed the terms already announced in New Delhi,
It added: "It has been agreed that, when the Government of India has completed its deliberations, on the alepa recommended by the recent meeting of the Commonwealth Finance Ministers to check the heavy drain of the Cen- the tral reserves of the Starling Area, the need for further consultations on means of meeting India's requirements of 'hard currency can be reconsidered.”
1Fati
U.S.
the gdg for the wisecrack. He belonged to the London of Roinano's, and those chorus-girls nwho were all so attractive be- business. It is n fortnightly Sthing is still looking for
le cause Ho two of them were marriage newspaper which note wite, bim some 1,200 Deutschmarks (3 flourishing, It has a wide eirallke, and because they had a
and lost and Bavaria
indefinable quality Dis
approximately culation outside equals
from called charm. Many people will advertisements (US$1) per month, but no wife. receives
Hamburg, Holstein and Berlin. remember him most vividly as Stang returned from Russin, He reports that the marriage he stood, crouching and clapping and like most returning PW's candidates range from 18 to 60 his hand over his mouth while, wanted to get married. He in years of age, and that slightly dressed in a strange Balkan uni- quired At various marriage more men than women ndver-form, he held up the "Merry bureaus, but their prices were tise their marriage wishes, Widow" and made the Daly's too high,
despite the surplus of women in audience roll in their seats with Germany today.
his- preposterous, utterly irrele vant story of fatty the Hen and Rudolf the Rooster. Echo THE noterloun
echo came in for another drubbing after a recent concert. It was this echo which was
in responsible
1030 for D curious incident. Rustiguzzi was Yolanda. Some of the typical advertise-enging the aria from
After
a dramatie gentleman with his hat on stood up and shouted "I heard you the first Ume!" But no echo was to blame when the same words were used by Brocoli in undertone to Julietto, Fracas) when she had repeated the "Confectioner, 38, unmarried, phrase "Thou canst not be my
from marry love," Catholic, would like to
Il Topolino de la into well-to-do confectioner's Mortola, shop, cafe, cic."
The higher the fewer
XPERIMENTS. conducted to discover the maximum height
Newspaper Started
A
So. he decided to publish marriage newspaper, with rea-
4. The inhabitants of what sonable charges for advertise- Island are called Shinghalese?ments which
5. When did Columbus dis- afford. cover Jamalen?
8. Who in World War 1 were called the "Ladies from Hell?"
(Answers in Columa 4)
every one
could
ments:
Typical Appeals
Mad
with
to "Optician wants The result is the "Bavarian lady between 30 and 40 Marriage Newspaper," a fort-
two children, who is in passen- nightly, four-paged newspaper sion
of profitable optician's which sells for 20 pfennig A
BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
Christopher's City Adventure
-He Made Some Sad People Very Happy
By MAX TRELL
SELL Christopher
Cricket to Khart und Strangely enough some players Hanid, the shadows, "I had a will not open with the South very strange adventure just hand. Personally, it is my ideal | night. It wasn't exactly an three-diamond bid, which shows adventure to me, but I saw a six-card it headed by the happen. I was rort ut sad and ace, klng and queen. The de- merry at the same time." clurer I was kibitzing did bld
bid three no trump.
three tilamonds. His partner Knart and and both beg
Red Christopher Cricket to tell them more, "Why was it sad merry, Christopher?"
The opening heart lead was und
Won
with the king. Declarer Knarf wanted to know.
went over to the dummy's jack
of diamonds. The deuce of clubs
"I start from the begin-
was led and when West played [ning," said Christopher, "and low the jack won the trick. Now you'll see why, It was Just
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shop."
carly
"Director of brewery, 50's, unmarried, Catholic, with best education, would like to marry into brewery or similar industry, Lady under 50, dark, preferable."
CAR EXPORTS
DECLINE phrase m
an
ont
"This is not to say," tource declared, "that there is no demand, it's there all right. But It can't be satisfied by the at which mlee can live shows American Industry until the how "air-minded" these little buyers have the dollars." loves have become. But instead
The new agreement does not renew last year's quantitative limitation on India's drawings
from
tho
wrlies
af hard currency
Arca terling
pool, cuter's financial editor.
This is because, as the In- dian Finance Ministor explained earlier today, India has resum- ed nfl the rights and duties of full membership of the Sterling Area,
now
Complaints Over Quality
Of India's
Export Goods
New York, Aur. 4--American
Like Britain, Australia, and car exporti havo dropped
most other members, sho sharply this year and trade has the right to draw her essen- sources believe that currency tial needs, without a fixed limit, difficulties, as long as they exist, but she equally acquires the New Delhi, AUE. 4Indian will keep foreign markets at obligation to keep her drawings | merchants Inve been warned their present levels of replace- down to real essentials and to that they are sabotaging. tho ment purchase only.
make the maximum contribution nations precious expert trade- to the pool.
by shipping dirty and sometimes This can be done Indirectly. adulterated goods to foreign by her supplying to other mem-countries. bers of the Sterling Area essen-| tial goods witch they would'
Speaking bluntly, the Indian otherwise have to pay for in Commerce Minister, Mr K C. dollars, as well as direedy, by Neogy, said the government had raising her exports to dollar received "muny serious markets to a maximum,
plaints" from abroad about the ANOMALOUS LIMIT
quality of Indian cargoes. "Dr.. medical and philosophy, why not provide them at once turers both native-owned and
Last year the fixed limit for 30. unmarried,
firms which Protestant, with tiny oxygan-inhalers? The those
India
States food rather He said United always Who of American Arms bemice on the upper slopes of the sidiaries wants young. pretty lady
anomalous. Originally such inspectors had condemned nu- tween 20 and 30 with best of Himalayas are, of course, accus- which can deal in soft hard currency ceilings applied merous
shipments of Indian character for a wife."
tomed to the rarefied alt, and reacles-will take up the slackenly to Egypt and Iraq, which pepper, cashew nuts and seeds, have lungs twice the size of the mice of the plains.
Department were members of the Sterling the common complaint being and compiled by Aren but not members of the that they contained
dead bisects, stones, and rodent the Automobile Manufacturers Commonwealth." Association, show the story: Jan. 1 to April 1, 1949 Passenger cars ex-
of subjecting them to dangerous In view of this, the source and perhaps
Europran manufac- unpleasant tests, added,
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Tail-piece
Answers
1. Because they bury tar
3. No, rion. 2. Switzerland. they
from were transported Brazil. 1. Ceylon. 5. 1494. 6. The Scotch Highlanders.
Would it not be well to`abolish the office of Poet Laureate? It now serves no useful purpose inļi a mechanical age,
(Letter to paper).
-(London Express Servlec).
US Commerce gures,
ported
are sub-
53,796
$00,183,500
Dollar value Chrs. Trucks and
accessories..... $305.416,682
Jan. 1 to April 1, 1948 Passenger cars ex-
ported Dollar value
the declarer had nike fricks for about dusk and I started down Christopher walked along the street. YOUR BIRTHDAY.......... By STELLA Cars, Trucks and
By B. F. E. FLATAU Black, & pleces.
910
10 hea
15
"Don't people who live in town ever hear crickets play music?" Hanid asked.
Don't Liko Cities –
and
playing his gultar.
But there
FRIDAY, AUGUST 5
fastidious as well
often
nccessories.
car,
domestic
70,680
she
live
com-
Pebbles had been "dellberate-
It did not work, weli for excreta," Indin. Against # supposed maximum of $60,000,000, apparently drew $144,000,000, or
Including
the from
1y mixed into crates of ground
even more,
her nuts, Mr Neogy sald. Analyses drawings
Inter-of castor oil shipped from In- im- national Monetary Fund, which dia had disclosed "an admix-
ture of water and other Britain reckoned as part of
purities," he added, ond textilo exports were often of inferior qudity or different in size from the agreed specification.
the pool.
If the latter approximated 25,
premonitions which NY FOREIGN percent. of her
"This is indeed in sorry stálo et affairs," he said, "If per- damage is not to be manent dane to the long term interests of India's foreign trade, stopa to put must be taken at once an end to such malpractice
Tea A Valuable 1918 Imports Part_Of_Diet
If her drawings on the pool $102,436,830 in the year up to June, 1950, are $140,000,000 to $150,000,000 hls contract. At another table the road and over the bridge
the Indian Finance Minister $337,361,710 P
Mr. Neogy, added that India's I saw the East and West players into the town. 1 had my
Some government experts are has indicated, they will be more exports since World War 11 had make six spades on this band.
gultar over my shoulder, for I post and played one of my best
quoted us believing that U.S. than what she was supposed to dropped to about 05 percent of But the automobile decided to play some tunes for songs.
exports in general will hold up draw in the past 12 months, but what they were in 1943. who don't
horns were so loud! that hobody get a the people
ORN today, you have n difcult to find the perfection last year's level of $12,000,- not necessarily more than she chance
crickets could hear me at all. Then B
as an you insist upon in all things 000,000 or even reach 13 billion did draw. CHESS PROBLEM singing in the country." went into a grocery store and
orderly mind. Everything has You must remember that per dollara, and they bellove that Her cut in dollar imports may sat on a barrel,
a place and should be in its fection is a hope all may wish
also prove to be much less than Imports will decline. You
attain-but few are to
In do. were so many people coming place at all times.
But in the
a the scheduled 25 percent. industry in and going out that no one very
marriage party sensitive to
our selecting your
MINIMUM RELEASE Your
Is taken by had time to listen.
be they must roundings and
be too particular pessimistic view ner, do not
nearly all observers, although harmonious it you pre to find or you many end up by reject there is considerable optimism other Commonwealth countries United Press.
This cut is conditional on the "Well," Christopher went
Ing someone you really
love
It on. "I rode on a bus and I complete happiness.
sales- ogrteing to do the same, for a minor flaw which could concerning
United Press.
Biso excludes any rode on a trolley car and I sat
imports You have a steadfast charac- he corrected.
financed "Now
from the by loans then they do, on a sign and I crawled inter and excellent judgment. Both sexes are more then said Christopher, "but most of hole under the pavement. But You can be trusted to give ex- ordinarily
International Bank. ptychic
and the time they don't Crickets it was always the same cellent advice and your friends have don't like cities much. Every Everyone was in such a hurry are very apt to ask for your should be carefully followed. I body walks very fast und and there was so" much noise help whenever they get into Don't go against these or you
hardly ever stops to listen to that it didn't do any good at trouble or
And themselves will regret it. Your dreams anything except automobile all for me to play my tunes.
they cannot are likely to be symbolic and facing a crisis horns and trolley car bells and
solve.
You are energetic and it might be well for you to factory whistles.
"And then finally, I saw a 50 Berides, it's
Rower pot can accomplish a great deal in have them interpreted. So cass to get lost in town. plant standing in a
However, you a given me. Most
much on a window ell. It wasn't a must guard against overwurk crickets would
Fond of poetry, all literature rather stay in
the Belds and very large plant, but it did re-
art,
you might be ablo woods where they
never get mind me of the country. So Iing, for your health is not
excellent poetry wish it might to write
or lost at all.
climbed up to the window slu
be Be careful to get plenty prose yourself. Develop this White, 9 pieces,
and sat myself down in tho
of sleep no matter how hard talent. White to play and mate-in-threer
"Bat I walked down one flower pot under the
plant.
To find what the stars have street and up another, watch The window was open and You are working, for you need Solution to
yesterday's ing all the feet go by. I kept side the room I saw a boy and your rest and without it tend in store for tomorrow select Belgium (frang)
Irritable and cou- your birthday star and rend penmark (krone) problem;
looking nil the while for a girl sitting at a table start to become 1, Q-QKIS, anu; 2, Q. K (dis First 1 stopped under a lamp wasn't very much to eat and highly idealistle
place to stop and play a tune. ing to eat their dinner. There used.
You of the' fair sex aro Let your birthday star be your France-free Uielr mother
camo in, sadly, with the least of all for herself. So," said
Christopher, played them my jolliest song."
ch), R, or Kt mates.
CROSSWORD
| Rupert's Queer Path-5|
Acroza
1. Ila of great age yet loving. (0)
Buggiati wa urò li polecasion, 191
7. It may be a souvenir, 181
kiways been considered
10. I
tighting for, 10)
12. It has succulent stalk 101
Direction, (4)
1. The rajah's wife, (b)
17. Deprive of covering. 15)
Eager Question
T
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robust as you
LEO (July
as and
EXCHANGE
Canada (dollar) England-officiat England 30-day futures England 90-day futures Australia (pound) .... New Zealand (pound) South Africa (pound)
Belgium-INCO
the corresponding paragraph. | France-melai
and And it daily guide. SATURDAY, AUGUST 6
AQUARIUS
24-Aur.
23)-
(Jan.
France-commercial
Holland (gulider) Italy-official Italy--export Norway (krone) 21-Feb. Portugal (escudo) Not n very good day. Guard 10)-Conditions are improved Spain (pereta), Sweden (krona) Avold ́argu- on the home front. You Switzerland-free ngainst accidents.
be extravagant should, find happiness in love Switzerland-unomelal Don't ments.
and romance it seeking it. in your expenditures.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21) Egypt (pound) VIRGO
(Aug. 24-Sept. 22)
Iran (rial) Poor influences are operating Adversilles may appear to deg Turkey (ural
Latin AmeriCA unless you aro in your sphero just now and your footstep
Business can be Argentine-oftelai wise for you to careful. It would be
Argentine unofficial good if you are Industrious. "Yes indeed," caid Christo-be cautious in all you do,
Brazil (cruzeiro) ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20) Bolivia (boliviano) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)- "Hungry as they were, they all stopped eating. They Be careful in all things having Exeri your full energies in be all listened They smiled. It's to do with a journey, Other- half good luck, cried their mother, wise, expect to hear à cricket sing)",
"What
happened?" Knart and Hanid "Did they listen?"
pher,
asked cagerly.
you
Chite oficial
Closing rates|
Aug. US$0.03-J
4.02-25
4.01- 3.01-$
3.22-12
4.02
4.03
.02.25
.20.80
tissems-not--unreasonable, India's total dollar Imports, in
coming 12
the
evidently
1948 level
The
months, could
Colombo, Aug.
4.The Arm
be maintained at the nual Report of the Board of the Ten Research Institute of Cey- ihat a food exchange
letters on for 1947 anys of
in the United stipulated a maximum stiditional investigation release of £30,000,000 for Kingdom during the war showed bridging the transllion from In that tea
of Riboflavin (Vitamin dia's open general licence No. 11ource
(now cancelled) to the new 32) which standard maximum of £50. contribution
was
a considerable
made 'n valuable to the balance of classes of
009 mo a year from July 1. 1947 diet among certain
Thus the
maximum Sterling workers. releases will be £100,000,000 in
STILL NEED FOR
It is estimated that 80 per
the year to June, 1950, - and
£50,000,000 in the year to June, cent. of the vitamin in the dry leaf passes into the cup... when .00.17-1 1051-Reuter.
the tea is brewed in a teapot. Tens which had been stored for a year, It is stated, showed New Delhi, Aug. 4-Dr John practically the same content as Matthal, India's Finance Minis-fresh teas,
Middle East
4.13
.20.123
.35,73
.20.77
.20,92
.03.23
.02.50
.03.34
.02.20
.01,30
.12.44
.15.30
.05.03
.38.00
.30.24
.30.30
-24.5
Chile-free
Far East
that of something es- want very much Indeed. You Colombia (peta) happiness,
Mexico (peso) can got what you want now,
Peri-official 1 guessed it was good luck,Pecially in love.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) Peru-treo SCORPIO (Ool. 24-Nov. 22)
especially in Uruguay (pero)... The following morning Rupen. Christopher added,
and changeable -A partnership. "because An erratic stands and waits impatiently by his
intul business, cor Pay attention to
prove profitable. Venezueln (bollvar) even while I was singing, the day. garden gate until the forty appeara neighbours came in to listen to tions and use your best judg Marriage and romance are Both India (rupee) from town bringing the slabs and
well favoured, too.
Pakistan (rupee) While they are being un *and.
my tune, and when they sawment in all things.
(Nov. 23- SAGITTARIUS
GEMINI (May, 22-Juno 22) ilongkong (dollar) how little the mother and her
Netherlands East Indies Loaded he notices a friend. Tiger
a happy sur-
Singapore (dollar) two children had to eat, they. Dee. 22)-Count ten before you There may be lily, the conjurer's daughter, watch-
Guard prise when it comes to a ro. all hurried out and came back give a hasty answer. ing inquisitively from a shor
Being tactful mantic-episode. Anticipato an distance, and he runs to her. **Larry
with more food. It was a re your temper.
exciting and pleasant time.. will bring the best result. pring stone. You going to build new gular party.
CANCER (June 23-July 23) (Dec. 23-Jan. CAPRICORN nouse?" asks the little Chinese grel.
been worrying are definitely If you have "No," laughs Rupert.
"And that," sald Christopher 20)-Impulses "We're
Cricket, "was the adventure I not to be trusted today. Be over a loved one, things are saw happen when I went to careful at home. The domes better now and you find life town."
tle scene may be trying. much happier..
14 Sho takes on to become a water only putting down some crazy
101 (31
(12) Petsbilanca that, the
AT.8
fasted. D
Dirty. (4).
21, All right? reversa the count 124
I suppose you could call it even wag dress (0) -
EWN
They be most of the game. 13. ite is obviously banished. (7) Deceptive art of bird 7), (4) Ever change direction this way
Pound in the Arctic circle. (a) A song" (3)
bald up as the beginning of an accumulation. (4)
19.-itopedriv (anag), (7)
15% BOURGE se though theja 19 always
side eight on the Money-
18. It has its ups and downs (1894
15. nubbish 1. (8) M
15. 106, cryzikle will surround the
noon with one. (4)
20. PYUTE, (3),
soldston of ratágday'a punale. —Aktorgr
Jude
MiToucht! R. Reci
Adverse)
paving. To his surprise. Tigerlily getə very excited.
BRONCHO BILL
JAS LEADER OF THE BOY RANGERS, SADNÉHO BILL HAS TO CVERLOOK
HUMILIATION BY TWO STRANGERS
MAN AT THE INN
SAID THERE 18. A HEAP
{U CATTLE "ROUND HYAR.
RIPE FER THE PICKIN
·
Practical Jokers
HEY? THERno THEM DANGED KIDS IN
|_ BUCKSKIND AGAIN~ STILA. HUNTIN' WOLVEB ***
LETS GARÐ
ONE O THE DRATS
AND THROW A SCARE, INTO HIM,
OKAY
.37.65
.47.54
SEVERE ECONOMY
ter, warned today
that India The Vitamin B2 Inherent La would still have to maintain the tea leaf is therefore- avail- Devere economy in expenditure able in the beverage as con-
of foreign exchange, despite the sumed--Neuter.
new Sterling agreement with
Britain.
Dr Matthai said at a press conference
that the
problem OUTWARD MAILS
was not so much at what rate! Britain was prepared to make releases to India, but at what rate India could afford, to ex- pend her foreign exchange re- sources.
Referring to India's attitude towards the Sterling-Dollar re- lationship, he said, "We, as the largest single holder of Ster- ling balances, are perhaps mare United Preza, interested than any other mem- ber of the Sterling Area in maintaining the strength
and stability of Sterling, and are obviously bound up with the of the Sterling dollar reserves Arca"
Praise For
Finland
New York, Aug. 4. The
IMPORT CUTS
Ho said that India would have to tako every possible. step in reducing imports from
By Harry F. O'Neill New York Times today so the dollar countries and, to-In-
LET'S 08/
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-FRIDAY, AUGUST Closing Times ity Air that the $13,500,000, toan grant-
anton, (Kowloon CPO). to, a.mi, World Crease her exports to the dollar a p.m., p.m.: (GPG) 030 BMG ed to Finland by the
countries that the deficit | 136 "pra., 3.50 p.m. Bank carried "not only Ameri-
FoDehow, follow, Swntow, Amoy,
wealth's
os
decision
Canada, 8.p
Ordinary Airmail (Printed dialbers,
ean faith in the Finnish people may be reduced to the lowest Tlpet, Chungking, and Chengtur ano
possible minimum. but a degree of international Referring to the Common- Manila, Gusen, "Honolulu, USA and approval."
of cutting Ale Parcel Posts for Madila. Hona. "The toughness of the Fin-Imports from the dollar ares lulu and USA, (Kowloon, CPO) 4.30 nish people was proved when treed upon at the Common-p.m.: (080) 8 pm. they defended themselves wealth Conference in London, Samplen and Small Packet Posts for ngainst Russia in 1030 and Dr Matthal said that India pro-Manila; Guam Honolulu and "UBA 1940. They lost but they lost posed that the reduction should (Kowloon CPO) 6.30 p.m.;.(GPO),
distributed ometig the PA NAK herolently," the newspaper add-be
shaiphong and Hanol. 5 pm. Sterling
countries according to Closing Times By Ben their lying This little country offers
standards.and example of what can be economic resources. achieved by 'n few people who
That considemtion.- accepted by are not afraid to work and who generally. believe in liberty," the news Commonwealth conference, paper anid.-Reuter,
stated:-Router.
ed.
an
the
Manija, Honolulu, USA, Canada, Central 'and: Bouth-America via Sen Yrancisco. (No Parcela for Canada))'
Japan, a p.m. NCER Habau Australia" and "New "Zon- and via Sydney, p.m.
Bwatow kid, Amoy,: 3 pm
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