1949-08-17 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Shrewd Defence Defeats Contract

DUMB-BELLS

REGISTERED UPIENT OFFICE

HOW

PO THEY

PLAY GOLF

ITS JUST LIKE TENNIS EXCEPT YOU : DON'T USE CARDS!

MIDWEEK BOG

NEW ENGLAND IN THE

FOR

THE

BY THE

WAY..

Jap Invents New Ship's

by Beachcomber

pointed a dressing-

NINETEENTH CENTURY WHO Titian's Venus

THE GOD-SEEKER

By Sinclair Lewis (Heinemann, 12/6)

NEW England

cape, kept his Own Kons in the Uffizi Gallery a year

Elijah, almost In!

Aaron and

Propeller

Tokyo,

16 Aug. slavery.. An incident occurred ago? Why do I ngk? Bc-

Japanese Inventor today claimed to have devised a when Aaron was still a young cause I have just read these

elder words:

now ship's propeller which caused his in the nine- boy, which

leave his

will permit a 20 percent father's the brother to teenth century

BAVIDA. An expert declared, "It's a Impressed itself #ind

in marine fuel Betting of this new Sinclair house,

deeply on Aaron's mind. A Rubens Bacchius all right, but

costs, Lewis novel, and the story is

followed Aaron to same prade has painted on house and he pleaded loin-cloth," God and his struggio against the

with bts father

havo

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of Aaron Gadd, his search for dog had

his own human fallinga.

Aaron's childhood was spent In the grim household of his

CX-

"You know plenty

a

keep it,

to let hlm How many people

CHESS PROBLEM her, Uriel Gadd, who, white and good 1 don't allow

well

helping negro

slaves to

for food sons, and we don't need

and sufcient rea-

dogs,

noticed that absurd M.C.C. cricket cap on Murillo's Fruit- Seller in the Pluskothek, or the

one,

By G. JORDAN

and right

Black, 11 pieces.

I want you should

out

drive and

ко her

away.

for

"Aaron

was screaming, won't, I won'i!'

1

of

the Seven Macintoshes, should

"Silent, hobbling

be wearing an eighth macintosh

ure

BY WILLIAM E. MoKENNEY

A.

CHAMPION without a mag- Ter point would be im possible, most bridge players would GAY. Nevertheless, al- though Neal Lang has no mas-

ler points, he is champion of

tournaments. When I first came 10 New York some 10 years ngo, he wan a hole banquet manager, and he saw the ponal- bridge Balties in tournament for hotela As result he. champloned tournament bridge. Todny bridge is one of the Jargest users of hotel space in the country, with an average of four to six tournaments per week held in hotels throughout

the country. Last year Neal Lang reached the top with tournament players when, as manager of the Roney Plaza Holel in Miami Beach. Florida. be entertained America's finest

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players at their national tourna- ment.

Neal le back in New York now a general_manager_of

of the Park Sheraton Hotal

Neal does not claim to be a bridge expert, but he likes to kibliz. lie was rather startled by West's unusual play when

kibitzed he

hand. today's Declarer let the opening lead of the queen of spades hold the the first trick, but he won

trick with the spade king, then led the seven of hearts.

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Ordinarily recond hand should play low, but if West had done RO in this case, declarer would lave won the trick in dummy with the king of hearts and taken

the "diamond finesse. When this lost to West, declarer would have won the next spade trick, gone over to dummy with club and finessed the diamond again, making rine tricks.

Contrary to the

The rule, how- ever, West jumped up with tre ace of hearts at trick three, patics. Now the cleared then declarer had lost his timing. He went

over to the king of hearts. In dummy and took the

his trick, he cashed his spade tricks and defeated the contract.

White, 7 picers;

White to play and mate in two.

Solution

yesterday's

problem;

to

1. K-Q6, 1

KxK; 2, R-KS; KUZKI; 2, B-01 (ch); 1... Q—Ñ5; 3, R—Q3;

others; 2. Q-K15 (ch).

Check Your Knowledge

1. To

what countries

the following cheeres native? Cheddar and Edam.

2. Name the Author "Bluebeard."

* Can arca of Formosa?

goloshes on the feet of Van Lyck's Rinaldo, or the farmer's leggings on Raphael's Baldas- sare Castiglione? Why should "Woman Reading" hold a tennis racket in hei hand? And how absurd thai Cuyp's dancer, in the Dance

Vermeer's Get rid of her

good-take a club, hear me?'

One blade of the pros. peller is advanced so as to not the water in motion before it strikes: the other blades, thus reducing over- all friction and permitting a 100 percent increase in propeller revolution speed. The faster-tuning has beck alvena the five-month text by Yokohama University and expected to pass tho Japanese Patents Board examinations' shortly..

screw

United Pres. Hafter discarding the other seven.

In paln old Uriel-hideously old n

forty-five crawled to the Monsieur Gorblehurst

deer-horn rack and took down

of Aaron, and thet at Elijah, DEAR

menacingly. outer door

you

estimate

4.

What are croutons?

5. What is rald to be most intelligent of birds?

0. Name the only living former president of the United States.

the

Run

one of

(Answers at bottom of Col, 1}} dribbled stupidly.

"Aaron wOB staring at the

BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

Swimming Lesson for Ducks

-Knarf Didn't Know They Had to Be Taught-

By MAX TRELL "GOOD-MORNING.

Sharlow,

Mrs Qunek." said Knar, the

"Good-morning, Knarf) re- .plied Mrs, Quack.

"Good-inorning, Kaarf,” joined In the five little ducks who were standing In a ne right behind their mother.

"Where are you going with all your children, Mrs Quack?"

"I'm taking them down to the to teach them how ponds

to

swim," said Mra Quack

"Oh" sold Koorf, "I didn't know thai le ducks had to be taught how to swim. I thought they always knew."

- "Certainly not! satel Mrs

7-2

Enarf greeted Mrs, Quack.

Quack. Swimming is rome-

BUSINESSMAN

Pakistan A Full Member Of Sterling Area

DETAILS OF

OF NEW

AGREEMENT

London, Aug. 16, — Pakistan, like India, be- comes a full member of the sterling area under the new. Anglo-Pakistan financial agreement, details of which were officially released in London today.

For the 12 months ended June 30, 1950, Pakistan will be able to draw from her sterling balances nearly two and a half times the amount she has been entitled, to over the past year; £12,000,000 against £5,000,000.

7-

Pakistan' will be

SIR understand what Yunnan Tinable e in lost year agreement, Pabilon, from

May Go

her balance for importe for the re-settlement and re- habilitation of refugees.

£7,000,000 will be released during the next 12 months breation at the general con- sideration of Pakistan's economy,

learned from authoritative source.

To Russia

It

British Journal's Speculation

Was

an

NEW YORK

COTTON

ls shot-gun. He looked at

opened the the Trowser Press means by na- and, at the sight nouncing that the Lict of Hunt- the of

her Holy Family, Ingdonshire Cabmen

Is being the little dog barked de- translated (le) into French. lightedly and frisked and pat-The names and initials surely ted with her paws.

remain the same in any lan-

The

forcin "Uriel slowly lowered the guage, otherwise

what and blew off the dog's reader would not know

the real leaving

names were. Besides, 2 red mess head,

how would

translate Its neck Irad

you been. where

Biddleton, A. L into French? fleece on

Pakistan stili has to effect a Frem the coppery

The mere placing of M. (signify tho wet door-step, blood

shent dent of development of ing Monsieur) in front of each

her agriculture, as well as her action in this market today was New York, Aur. 10-All the name would make the names London, Aug. 19-British industry, before she Kun get look silly-c.g., M. Pobbett, M.

*** trading. Indecent talesg that hut once T., and would be like calling and American businessmen are over the pangs of partition, the packed into the last half hour of

wondering what is going to source said, The Pakistan

Enrller been speed and joy. Always, professional cricketers Mr. in

apparently in-

on, the market had all his life, whenever he

one of the quietest and narro- saw descriptions of matches, Hunt-happen when the Chinese Com delegation had

munists take over the Yunnan | dicated Bome fear that the

But anyone mistreated, be would Ingdon is English to the

coretin mlnes.

west sessions of the year. Pakistan food crops might not remember that, torn body and May it long remain so. his father's look

come up to normal expectations the firul spurt was at the ex- of divine

Yours faithfully, The most likely possibility.

pense of values. Justice and divine mervítess-

Arnold Collick. says "Tin," the journal of the during the coming year.

Traders swung over to ness and divine vanity."

Tin Producers' Association, In passing

It was agreed that the British selling alde in company with the would be the transfer of the Government would consider any news that the House Agriculture reaction in grains and the sharp OMEONE said the other day netal to Russin, whose tin ro request Pakistan might make]

Committee that children's

taste in sources are virtually unknown. for additional releases from her skicration of legislation designed. had started the con- sterling bulances to meet "ab- had left in reading; does not change, I won-

It may well be, the journal normal expenditure which might to put now restrictions over der. When you see a small boy |

a sympathetic have to be incurred during the commodity trading. The main characters in the staring at a new motor-car con- continues, that

will lead to temptuously, and

The New York Cotton Ex- perlod on the import of food story

and saying, "I bet gime in Chinn

An great deal of thought and ex- of that old bit of

you can't ret more than 80 out the diversion of ores from the grains."

authoritative change Service Bureau estimated at Hongkong to the spokesman said a better read- today that the domestic perience

scrap-iron,"

ing of this would be "expendi-sumption of all cotton in July such individual and real peo-you may guess that Red Indians Soviet Union.

was 100,000 bales, or 140,000 is no longer his gone, and that

Imports of bales under June, and compared pic. Many subsidiary charac-

metalle ture beautiful tin

with 027,000 bales in July of ters-early settlers, fur-traders, he would prefer the

produced might find its food grains." princess to be turned into

a way to the rame destination.

Just hellcopter or a

The agreement, It was stated, television set than into a rose-bush.

Yunnan People's De. also provides for further con

Corporation hassultation before June 30, 1050 velopment London Express. Servicej

|two-year contract to supply about Palcician's sterling releases

the United

In subsequent years. States Reconstruc- tion and Finance Corporation with Yunnan tin.-Our

thing that everyone has to learn. And Mrs Clucky started walking

her,

little ducks. And off they running all around her.

He dil remember all his life. And

all his life ho the influence

fought against

that his father

his mind.

Belitious,

ls needed

and

to create

missionurles. etc..-have taken from life. ́.

(Tomorrow-Recorded Diusic)

been

smelter

Alternatively,

The

YOUR BIRTHDAY... By STELLA Correspondent.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17

the

are that i

CHICAGO GRAINS

Come along, dears," she said to to the meadow with her chicks BORN today, your potentiali rive, the chances

les are tremendous, but will outlive you. waddied, or after the other, Hardly had they gone when you niust be careful not to Loving and affectionate, you down to the pond.

Kaart met Mrs Roberta Robin scatter

Interests your A few minutes later Konrf met with three of her young robins widely of one time. clear and Mrs Clucky and her five chicks. They were all standing on the mind is

when it comes "Good-morning. Mrs Clucky, grass under the tree. Good-morning, Chicks."

Just "Good-morning, Mrs Robin," problem.

on

not too. are

one to wear your Your heart

alceve and Your

how conelse rarely show

you feel. Shy and timid with members tacking

opposite don't try to of the

SEX. you

to

Chicago, Aug.

on abnormal.

NO LIMITATION

Own

^ release £5,000,000"

16.--Wheat

year,

the

con-

The charp drop in mill use was not unexpected because of milll vacations and the curtall- ment programme.

The sharp pick-up in textile buying in recent weeks, how-

ever in

"ot of

least guarruulced Was

expected to be reflected in heavier consumption totals,

Prices opened two points for the year ending June 30, tugher to three points lower and 1951. Because she is now a closed nine to 12 points lower,

as follows:-"' full member of the sterling dctober, (in cents per Ib.) 29.04

anca

no limitation

in placed December upon

the amount of dollars | March (1050)| and other hard

July currencies May Pakistan may draw from the October sterling area's central pool be- December

SPOT fore June 30 next.

It was agreed, however,...that

29.06

20.00

29.77

20.09

27.10 Ind 27.02 bit 02.10

-United Prera.

amond finesse; but when West"Good-morning,--Karfan-sand- Knart."Good-morning solve loomany-at-once-might-let-the-one-and-only" prices weakened at the close the need for further consulfa-NV FOREIGN.

won

CROSSWORD

Across

I. It proves "stars auco bad' these

Tume coops something made us

at various parta, (9)

10. The prophet John was so catiea

171

11. You may think of this ma a corn-

grinder but it can thicken cloth by fulling (4)

12. Make an equal division. 181

13. Sco 2 Down.

14 This meting in, a very

embly of people. 14)

tarer

10 Briefly a mekun of communica

tion. (b)

19 Natural for 15 to bolt. (3)*

20. What you may expect from le

Across. 151

21. Anout turns to opera, (8) 22. The Indy of penni servitude. 19- 11 for the life of a butterfly: 101

204 13.

person 16-31

Do you expect a crunt; to demand this order

2. In thong, what have you 1. (7)

4. This heavenly (57)

Plity compete to

entire, 195

make

thu

8. In Japan you will notice is waist

high, rai

1. A man in lame disguise, 19)

9. Native of Thailand. 17).

9. Every Kanushman is. (by

15 Traditionary portion of Monom

medan law. (3).

16 Stay ? Well it doesn't necessaris.

remain. (43)

He has possessiona in, the World. 137 10Tow Diten from a saloo colo-

brity." (4)

Golution at pruterday's pitale -- AeroIB) 3 and 4, Outh az-delivery15, Bujt

· 18. Parasolst 1, 1

• Chore; 18. Han, 21, Bolag? 27. Tera: US KWA) 247 Dim, Downg 1. Capaj 2. Anoth 5. Apreight 4. Beejá Actors: 5. Byelem

to Lord

Nee

How

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE ¡Answers

1. Cheddar is native to Eng- land and Edam to the Nether- lands. 2. Charles Perrault, 3. 18,600 sq. miles. 4. Small.cubox of fried or toasted bread served with soup; 5. The crow. Herbert Clark Hoover.

swered Mrs Clucky and her little robins." chicks.

Go

want του

the

light of the

the weans of the

in-

EXCHANGE

. Closing rates

Have confidence in your own in your life pass you by bo of trading today, retreating than in this respect is to be con- "Good-morning, Khart," they abilities. cut after what cause you were unwilling to rather sharply under liquidation Where are you going with all all answered.

rather than walt reveal

affections. your

You by longe who had become is sidered in the women are loyal and constant couraged by the slow develop.

Pakistan your chleks, Mra Clucky?"

"What are you doing, Mrs for it to came to you.

in your devotions and would ment of now export buying. on Catching Bugs

Robin?

Capable, by nature, you prob- make fine wives and mothers,

recent meeting of Common- "I'm taking them out into the "I'm teaching my 11te ones ably will have others come You know how to make ¤ Com prices showed relative wealth Finance Ministers, meadow to teach them how to how to fly."

to you for help. Since you home comfortable, charming steadiness

because of the wide cluding the provision for limil-Canada (dollar) catch bugs," sald Mrs Clucky. "What!" exclaimed

Kaart.ore obliging and good-natured and attractive and can bring discount of present prices under ing dollar expenditure during England-oficial "They have to learn how to eat "Can't birds fly without being you are much too inclined to great happiness, to all

the government loan rate,

the current year,"

England 30-day futures by themselves,"

taught?"

take on their troubles, some- To find what the stars have

England 90-day futures times at Everyone Must Learn

at in store for tomorrow, select

Under last ycor's agreement, Australia (pound) .... Frices closed as follow:- expense

Now Zealand (pound) star and read WHEAT-price per bushel.

was limited to a net South Africa (pound) bugs and cat by themselves." "I should say not! Flying is neglecting yourself. Don't let your birthday

yourself be imposed upon. the corresponding paragraph.September

SPOT

1,034

of £5,000,000, plus Belgium (franei 1.081-71 Your success may not come Let your birthday slar De December

2.0012-1

for her defeit with Denmark (krone) early.

France-oficial But when it does ar your daily guide.

2.04

France-free 1.00

France-commercial THURSDAY, AUGUST 18

(July 24-Aug. 23)- Rupert's Queer Path-15te ones flapping, and flutter-Everything is slowed down to

day. Be patient for best re- ing, through the air behind her. Kaart shook his head. "Little sults. ducks have to learn how

"Oh," said Kaarf, "I thought all chicks knew how to catch

"Not ot

everyone munt all. Catching bugs something that' and eating by yourself are things learn. Come, tables, bent your that everyone has to learn. wings up and down. Ah, there Come darlings, hurry along," we are! Very good! Of the

ground

gol We

And away went Mrs Robin with her three

LEO

March (1050)

May

CORN

SPOT Beptember -Matters on

AQARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10) December

the home front March (1050) need careful

May attention. Bo

RYE diplomatic, co-operative and September to VIRGO (Aur, 24-Sept 22)- sympatheile with others.

December swim.

Little chicks have to You may be restless and dis PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)-| OATS learn how to eat. Little birds satisfied today. Analyse your Avold extravagance in all ex-September

December Postpone find a solution. penditure. have to learn how to fly," he troubles and

begin- NEW YORK FLOUR- sald to himself. "And I always You can, if you try. thought those were things they LIDIA (Sept 23-Oct 23)— more propitious-time. ald by themselves, just like Watch all business details

walking. No one has to learn | carefully. II possible, avoid to walk, of course. Every committing yourself in writing

how

one can do that.

lady

on any agreement.

attention

ning anything new unil

ARIES. (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-

1.25

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1.41

GAYL

Pakistan conversion £750,000

Japan.

A recent authoritative report Holland guilder) from Karachi said that Pakis- aly-omicial Italy-export tan would be able to spend Norway (krone) US$65,000,000 in western heml-Portugal (escudo) sphere countries by June 30, Spain (peset) 1050.

Aweden (krena? Switzerland-treo

MIDDLE EAST Egypt (pound)

CUT UNDERTAKEN

This was because Pakistan

Iran (rial)

Turkey tra

LATIN AMERICA

Argentine omelal

per 200 10. sack... 11.3 dollars had undertaken to cut her doi

lar expenditure by 25 percent | Argentine-upomelal Winnipeg Market.

of the 1948/49 total of US$87.- Bolivia thoilviano)

Oneral matters will go along NYE

don't attempt) October normally, but anything new or startling. Be December

May (1950) conservative,

BARLEY At that very instant Kaart saw SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov. 22) TAURUS (APK 21-May 21) October the lady who lived next door-Definitely what

poor day. Pay Your personal atuitude is December suddenly clapping her hands in close

to all detail important. Don't

count your Say (1350) happiness. Standing in front of work. Adverse trends call for ex- chickens before they aro her In the garden was her little tra caution.

hatched! Be moderato in your baby. "Look at baby!"

the

23. anticipations. next door

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. was exclaiming. "She's

GEMINI (May 22-June 22) conservative. In standing up all by herself! She's Dec. 22)-Be

This is an erratie' day. Be today. learning how

Strict at warned against upsets. to walk Shell actions

Ex- rently learning how to

tention to detail will pay the pect the unexpected and you walk!" Poor Knarti Ho. Just had to

best dividends.

won't go for wrong.

CANCER (Juno" "23-July: 23) keep shaking his head.

It CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, seemed that there wasn't any" | 20)-Slow down to a walk! If you can postpono, making Your thing that anyone knew all by Don't, aftempt anything very decisions today, do so.

today, himself. Everything had to be important

Keep to judgment "may not bo of the learned,

routing. Be cautious.

best right now.

Figertily is so upset at happens that site cutis home at top speed. Just then Mr. Bear saunters up. "Your little friend is in a great hurry," he says. "What's the matter?" "She saw our lovely new paving and said it won't a real craty path" says Rupert, "Then the waved a wand and said tharshe was making it really crazy, but in tanks just the same to me except that one of the slabs has split."Well, she needn't have got so worried over that," says Mr. Bear genially. **Let's go and look at it.”

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

BRONCHO BILL

THE INJURED MOUNTS BUSTAINED ONLY BÜYÜRE SPERING WHILE BRONCHO BILL AND CHISELTOOTH WERD BADLY BRUSNOM

BOBET MY HIDE THOSE

STRANGERS STRETCHED THE ROPE THAT TRIPPED, *--* OUR HOSSES #just

LUCKY (HO CHORLEYB WILL YUH GIT WILL

Worth a Trial

M+M+MP

{(NO WORKĮ

'NOW WHERE (IS THAT CHILD? CHE HASNIC. PARED, ONB

*POTATO — MAREY

JANKS.

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NY BLACK

PEPPER

Brazil (curzeira)

000,000 and not by 25 percent Chile-oficial

of the 1940 calendar year total | Chile-free. of US$40,000,000.

Colombia (peso)

Mexico (peso) Peru-metal

Peru-free

August 10

14.03-1/16 3.98-19

J.BOY

3.23-3

4.02

4.03

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888888888588AJENA ABR ARBERE===BAR ARRA,

Venezuela (bolívar)

FAR EAST India (rupea) ......... Paktales (rupeo) Netherlands East Indies Singapore (dollar)United Preas.

How much of the US$65,000, .000 Pakistan will need to con- Uruguay (peso) vert from the central pool de-

on how many

dollars penda Pakistan cars herself.

It was understood today that in the 12 months which endled on Jung 30, Pakistan's net con- version from the central pool was little, if anything, above

£5.750,000. the agreed

Pokiston will be able to pay for the net dollars she converts either out of hor withdrawals from the

sterling

.30.24

30.30

24.03

37.07

H.K. Realty Dividend

The Board of Directors of the balances or Hongkong Realty and Trust Co., New York, Aug. 18.-Blackout of her: net sterling carnings Ltd. have decided to rectm- pepper futures today elozed from other sources.

mond at the forthcoming annual Inactive and nominally - It was understood today that general meeting of shareholders most of Pakistan's het sterling payment of a dividend of 10 earnings were derived from her cents per share, free of corporn- trade with India-Router, tion profita tax, in respect of the year ending April 30, 1840.

By Harry F. O'Neill changed to 200 polnis lower.

The Spot market was dull and nominally unchanged.

DIDJA CALL ME, MAMA

Bum B

Buying Interest on the part of grinders and other consumers slackened near halting point, while sellers were equally slow to offer because of the higher replacement busin In the primary markets,

Prices closed 'ns follow:

September (price

per 1b.)

October

December

March

|January (1950) _*****

Bror

Black Lampong) BPOT. (White

Munton)

More Japanese Controls Go

Tokyo, Aug. 18-SCAP int }

Japanes

BRITAIN SHIPS GOLD: TO U.S. Washington, Aug. 18, Britain shipped gold worth approved price decontrol for $00,802,704 (£5,223,190) to the 2,800 items on the

United States during the week market, chiefly chemicals and ended July 27, the US Census

Bureau reported today. waste textil

Tisis nction indicates that pro- | | In the same period, $2,223.- duction and consumption are 710 world of allver was ship- coming into balance,

& SCAP ped from the United States to oficial said Last, week con- Hongkongdao wa 1.37 nominal trols con': 430 commodities, in- There Vlg, no official, explank-,

were Iftedtron for either shipment

1: Axadciated Press. (

31.42 naked

140 skąd

1.28 nominal 1.18

1.03

“United · Pres

aluding ment, Reuter.

M.