1949-09-15 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1949.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

LESSON HAND

MEKENNEY ON BRIDG. Always Remember The Rule Of Eleven

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DUMB-BELLS

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LAST NIGHT

I DREAMED

I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS!

PATENT OFFICE

WHY DIDN'1

YOU PUT IT IN THE BANK BEFORE YOL WOKE UP

RECORDED MUSICT

SCARLATTI SONATAS BY

WANDA LANDOWSKA

By DELOS SMITH

I gratitude is required even tion

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BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

Chivalry is by no means dead,

(Report of a specchi), `

ONE of my favourite

may be now to some

songs

of

or you. It is called "The Wreck

of the Pomegranate." The Skipper he paced the wib-

bling bridge.

of his ballet Score, for small things, then one "Nobilissima Visione,"

It WOR known has to be

to RCA Francle" grateful Victor for a 12-inch single (or understandingly and ronorously by the Philadelphin 7-inch 45 rpm single) of Wonda played

four

of. Orchestra under Eugene playing

(Columbia; three Scarlatti's 500-odd mandy,

inch.)

Landowska Domenico

CHESS PROBLEM annual prize

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South

West

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North 4N. T. 'Pass

Ent Pors PADS

By P. BARRON

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Opening- ♫

BY WILLIAM E. M¢KENNEY

ONE

NE of the first lessons fur the beginner to learn is the rule of 11, I have written about this rule many

times in my column, and you will find it in every bridge book. It is one

of the basic principles In the play of the cards.

It is true that it is not

plied on' every

your partner may

ip- haud, because

not always

lead his fourth 'best. Bu! certainly Dgainst a no trump

contract, you

have

assume that he is.

1

right to

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White, 7 placca, In today's hand West opened White to play and mate in two. the five of hearts against the six no trump contract. Declarer played

the

for the

Solution to yesterday's problem:

eight-spot from dummy, and without any hesita- tion East played the king, South won the trick with the ace, and 1, B-R7, any; 2, Q, R. B (dis now played West

ch, or dbl ch), or Ki mutes. queen and the Jack of hearts was the needed 12th trick.

One of the players at the table sald to East, "Why did you put up your king?"

**I

have been taught never to finesse your partner's lead," East re- plied. His partner asked him

if he had never heard of the rule of 11. "If you had appled. this rule."

le," he continued, "you would have known that the declarer had only one card in his hand higher than the five- spot,"

harpsichord.

This Is

imaginative

Or- 12-

His appreciation

With his telescope jammed to

hila eye,

The ship she was sinking rapidly, As the storm howled out of the

ky.

sonatas en Ber

Still there has to be regret

accessible caaliy that Victor did not see it to release all 20 sonatas of the Hindemith-ihe Hindemith who

ane watched the rush for the We- European set of which these is at once ·

*boats, And he noticed a peer old and i four are a port and which were penetrating. so good that they won the of the most human of the saints

UTCH, of

at your human roots. It the French strikes

stays with you a long time. On Then a sailor approached and Academio Charles Kos.

the reverse side of the supe

saluted, And thus to the peer he did No greater Interpreter of the P version, you get the

George Orchestra-

zay: inefable Scarlalti exista, but Cleveland tho number of Scarlattl- Szell performance of Hindo

Symphonic Landowska records in the enta- mili's logue you can almost count on phosts of Weber Themes, which your fingers, Comparatively few is an engaging trifle filled with "Prdy take my place in the Wc- record players have the money mockery and wit, more than a for the expensive discs,

Hindemith's St Francis

In addition to this gen. the records tum up Paul Hindemith's own concert adapta-

new

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers

the

1. 0,080 feet. 2. The clock in Westminster clock tower, House of Purllament, London, west England. 3. It is on the const of Africn. 4. Andre Gido (French), 5. It is 5 inches long canine teeth of the and welgias 9 to 11 ounces. The two upper jaw, next to the grinders.

BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

The Song of the Tin Soldier

-Knarf and Hanid Heard Him Singing-

By MAX TRELL

NARF and Hanid heard Gen-

Applying this rule, five from Keral Tin, the Tin Soidler 11 is six, which means there singing long before they reached are six cards higher than the the playroom. They had never Ave-spot in the other three heard him sing before; and they handa. East wan looking at never heard the song he was two of them in the dummy. singing. It was only when they Holding three of them In his got into the room that they could own hand. South could only make out the words of his song.

East have

one. Therefore, should have played, a low heart, and then the contract would not have been made.

Don't let anyone tell you that the good player has abolished the rule of 11. He has not,

Check Your

Knowledge---

General Tin was pacing up and down with his musket on his shoulder. But overy time he came to a certain part of the song, he thumped the butt of the musket down on the floor.

These are the words of the song General Tin was singingt. "There was once a little fish Who had a little wish --And as odd little wish had he;

General Tin was pacing up and down with his musket.

little savage at times.

Metamor-

The Unpedantic Rogor

The

common

อ

boat,

Refrain:

'Tis a gesture I willingly make; For I fagged for your nephew at

Repton,

FOR

THE BUSINESSMAN

US Buys Less,

Sells More

To. World

Washington, Sept. 14~-~ The United States bought Jess and sold more to the world in the second quar- ter of this year than slo dld in the first quarter, Department of Commerce figures showed today.

Bho bought $80,000,000 worth of goods less from the Sterling Ares and sold $80,000,000 worth more..

Buying from the Ster- Hug Area fell from $534.- 000,000 In the first quarter

10 to $410,000,000

ilio the De- second quarter, partment's Office of Bus1- ness Economics reported.

Over the whole world the Unlied states cut t buying by $107,000,000 and Increased the sale of its own goods in foreign markets by $254.000,080,- Reuter,

RUBBER

FUTURES WEAKEN

Britain Analyses Cost Of Colonial Development

LONG-TERM PROJECTS

London, Sept. 14.-Britain has produced an analysis of long-term colonial development projects which unofficial quarters estimate would cost in the aggregate from £250,000,000 to £100,000,000, poli- tical sources here said tonight. -

The Economic Co-operation. Administration

invited recently

·all· Marshall Aid coun- tries to submit their programmes for colonial development on a long-term basis with a view to establishing how far the dollar cost of such pro-. jects could be met under any extension of United States assistance.

The British list of projecia, with those of the other Mar- ALME? All countrien, will be transmitted by the Organisation for

Co- European Economie operation to the ECA.

is

It siderstood that the list of a t:ntative character and that sure of the projects might take

д long as 25

25 years to com- plete. There is

breakdown of

the

the

of

US Lack

Passenger

Vessels

Awned

It's the least I can do for his

sake. of And when next sir, business

vou visit our nephew,

htm Fray sing dismissing Max Reger as n

this short severe jolt from pedant gels

refrain: a recording of his Serenade for

the Amsterdaun |"Piddock minor went down like! Orchestra by

The aggregate Agures to show

14. The a Replon mian,

Washington, Sept. Concertgebouw Orchestra under (Capitol-Tele-

New York, Sept. 14-Rubber what proportion of the dollar National Federation of American And gladly he'd do it apalu!»! Eugen Jochum

futures today weakened after a cost of such projects might be shipping said in a statement to- There la funken; Ave 12-inch.)

shaky opening, but regained a

day that the privately-owned practically nothing of the stuffy The Arab to his love pedant in this flowing, moving,

measure of their stability during net from American assistance.

Political quarters suggest that American merchant fleet consiste of newer ships than the British melodious score, richly

some of the projects but HE Ministry of Food warning the last hour and closed steady, in

although still well under tlic orchestrated and that the meat ration may

dollar element would be only 10 merchant marine, but has s vessels. not heavily

notable percent

lack of pORSCHACE making use of involved counter-one day have to be taken in previous close.

President Truman, not for camel would not appear at All point and harmonies

Summariring the results of its A cross section of market odd to the Yemen Arabs, to opinion would

to in- famous "Fourth Foint". of his recent study of the situation re- appear

address, exerulse but for effect.

Inaugural

to proposed dating

privately are a de-diente a probability of further whom camel's cars It makes you want to hear licacy. They eat the whole irregularity until the market making the benefits of Ameri-penger combination and dry

rket ea's scientific advances and in-cargo vessels of 3,000 gross ton more of the prodigiously busy animal except the hump, which position Is technically

condustrial progress available German composer, who died in is Indigestible, and is used for solidated, whereupon

for and above, the Federation soll, 1916 at 43 and left 147 works making paperweights or things turn is expected, based on the under-developed areas.

an up the improvement and growth of that, as vessels of greater in- dividual tonnage are of passenger to stop draughts at pazis hostels. more hopeful business outlook

Britain and the other Mar- or passenger cargo class, the Admirers of Bidu Sayao, There is an Arab love-song and the improving statistical shall Aid countries, in the light shortage of these types in the soprano, will be happy to know which might be roughly

of consumption position

and of the ECA's Invitation to sub- United States feet is illustrateri that Columbia has issued an transinted thus:-

production, plus the possibility mit their colonial development by the fact that only 3.1 album of her encore numbers,

percent. of Increased stockpiling and the programmes, have studied these of

the Uni

United States total fest including "Carry Me Back to

to establish

how of such versely consists of slipy Old

Virginny," which she sings,

relaxation of synthetic regula-programmes

the dollar expenditure could

of 10,000 gross tons or over. Incidentally, very well indeed.

assist in particular projects con- In

have (Four 10-inch standard or one

Prices closed 32 to 40 points | fributing" Immediately to J 21.8 percent 12-inch LP coupled with her

lower On 125 sales.-United general world recovery.

More than 2.5. precent. of "Folk Songs of Brazil.")

Press.

The analysis to be submitted through the OEEC is understood British merchant tonnage coh- (Tomorrow-Unusual Angles)

to set out a list of the projectsists of vesels of 30,000 gross

tona for which, it is considered, a or over, while the United a single ex States does not have the certain amount of dollar

versel of this size. aspenditure might be required.

It is recognized that the Slightly more than 00 percent greater part of colonial de-of the total United States fleet 11-velopment lies in the utilisation falls in the 6,000 to 10,000 gross of indigenous resources and tonnage class, whereas only 65.5 does not call for dollar ex-percent of the total British feet

is of this size. penditure as such.

of the Nearly 70 percent One of the aims of the pre-

feet was com- sent analysis, it is assumed, has United States been to set ou colonial invest-pleted in the three-year period ment schemes as separate pro- 1943-45, whereas only 25.5 per

fleet was Jects so 13 to appraise the cent of the. British effect of a potential dollar con- but during those years.-Unit- tribution. But this has had to ed Press.

Where, my caravan has rested

Bones I leave you on the grass, We made a stew of all my

cantels..

I hope you won't be hungry

when you pass.

-{London Express Service)

tions.

LONDON MARKET

London, Sept. 14. Prices in rubber market here today closed follow:-

YOUR BIRTHDAY........ By STELLA deteber/December (in pence

BORN

likely

THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15

for

per lb.)..................** January/March (1950) April/June

against NY

-United Press.

COTTON FUTURES

ORN today, the forcefulness or prodding-s the key.

your personality is there are few who can be so to carry you for.

stubborn In persistently fact, you may need to guard being led around by the nosel against its carrying you too

You have excellent judg-

In an tär-too fast! The stars have ment.

emergency, you given you many natural talents, can be depended upon to come but they need careful develop up to scratch and do the right

be done without any Indication ment to show their best side. thing. You may get excited

that what

contribution New York, Sept. 14-Cotton of Responsibility is bpl to alt at little things, but when in

futures today moved irregular- would be-Reuter. lightly on your shoulders and the midst of a true crisis, youy in continued slow dealings. your hearty-happy-go-lucky call upon all your reserves nature-is -one which draws and net- wisely. friends to you almost without You have great loyalty ant pending new incentives. your "oye, yes or noi

devotion and your "Achilles

The small amount of business You are born to lead others heel" is the one you love. You

to be mainly pro- appeared kind of per- Just to see if the land is to "Then he tipped his little toil as much through your magne, will make any

Local and tle personality as through your

to those who New Orleans traders switched actual ability. Make sure you bring crifice, if necessary, to fessional in origin. Just then the rain began to fall; keep your ideals high.

to you.

Wed young from alde to side, apparently

The turnover Never are clappiness

on the Stock. greatest permit yourself to be unprin- for

happiness. hoping to scalp a few points.

Exchange his morning Transactions cipled or biased, for you are Your intuitions should tell you

The uncertain status of the $253,327.00. the type who could do as much when you have met "the one." harm as good. Hence parenta

To find what the stars have Farm Price Support Bill and noon prices:

Thump!

1. How many feet in a nau-He said: 'I think I'd like tical mile?

+

2. What and where is "Big Ben?"

3.

lain.

To take a little hike

the sea Thump!

Locale Cameron Moun-"But his friend the lobster said

As she shook her

4. Who was the 1017 Nobel

Prize winner for literature?.

head;

Thump!

sca-green

5. What is the average size The Innd is dry and dusty

and weight of the human

heart?

+

6. What are eye-teeth?

(Answers in Column 3)

CROSSWORD

B

Астове

The Fringes Regent, was drama- Keally the pr „...Heryant or feo (di

10. Wall-ertor, 101

12. Honest almost sugarod, 103___

10 1909), (3)"

BY: Hollywood Whirlpool,, ($1,

ibe Baboad, the emphails for the

Curl (3)

10. Largely Cheltered arimace. (6)

word on Westlaster

Bridg

21. Nautical Bower, (3)

24 Attilota 20. One 10ffer or another in this

King, (

26. Two-thirda.or.un.opening divico.

Down

- Withous 'charm or cricketers (9) Tas saling win at the start, may Ariabru bakina tiine. (6) Sinturbed fitte -Timothy after nity-one. 183

10F

6. liypnotio rostars to be prostive, (a)" Abay-bike." 10)

.Angryho hire and ten are

papalated. (8):

11. Full of cargo sna, destination

16. floralz in bold. wet wasther?

17, dhj ́ts followed: so two directions

781

19. pečialjo in ke Bootkiabʻinks, 10)

25. Associated Uno. Hoiters ́and

Drevaricaceae (3)

You'll return all brown and

crusty Do stay here! But the little

fish, cried: No!' Themp!

and

He landed on the land and

Thump!

conal

with traders

aloof kolding

HONGKONG SHARES

and

1. Contrast the British

in this category.

CHICAGO GRAINS

Chicago,

Sept.

.14.----Grain

prices today moved Irregularly In quiet dealings.

Wheat eated anally under was hedge pressure and liquidation, reflecting a slowdown in do mestle and export flour sales and the consequent let-up in de nund for, cash grain.

20 1600

And everyone he met Fishy dear, please do not go! Was dripping, dripping wet

No single spot could he find of children born on this day in store for tomorrow, select the ECA appropriations bill, SHARES BUYERS BELLEKS SALES

new untertainties Over BANKS dry at all Thump!

need to make sure that the your birthday star. and read plus progeny

paragraph, sterling revaluation given carly the corresponding guidance in the right direction. Let your birthday star be your fresh threats of strikes in the steel and soft coal Industries, Gentle guidance-not pushing daily guide.

dampened new speculative in terest.

Rupert's Queer Path-40

Rupert is thrilled at his new adventure. "This is the first good thing I've found in Crazy Land." he laughs, "Look, by waving my arms I'm going higher."" Wait for me!". Frits Bill. must try this. really easy

He, too, taken a breath and Gnds himself in the air near bla

Is it

topping "My, this is perfectly

he cries. "I don't miss my shoes at all, now." The frog watches them sleepily. There you are. It's the simplest thing in the world."" he says. Then he again takes of and glides around with them.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

· BRONCHO BILL

TETHERING THE

"And so the little fish

Went squishy-squishy-squish

As he splashed his way back

to the sea. Thumpl

And to Loster he sald Right to her sea-green hend:

You're as absolutely wront

as you can be!' Thump! "The Innd's not dry or dusty, Not musty, fusty, crusty,

I believe whatever I can see;

Thump!

are

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16

4

and the

JK Bank.

INSURANCES

Union.

IK Fire. DOCKS, ETC. K. Whart

in October de Evening up PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar, 21)- VIRGO (Aug. 24-6ept 22) ---

situation may livery before the first notice day Harmony, happiness and suc- An unexpected cess on the domestic scene are bring minor difficulties In love on September 27 furnished one indicated. A marriage today and romance. Be prepared to trading feature. should be a happy one.

meet them calmly.

Prices opened one point higher LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)— ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr, 20)--- A new romance may prove You need your

best judgment to one point lower and there- A Interesting and even ex- today.

complication may after backed and filled within a

to

C. Light (0) 11 close six

C. Likat (N) 4.10 0.40 Control 10-point range Unforeseen changes arlss in romance.

to three points

Electric XD 3024 Macao Elec. 10

very clung.

in personal matters can be for your emotions to solve problems. points higher

From the ground up to the scythe best

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) lower, as follow:- In the valleys and on high

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov. 22) Don't take on responsibilities October (in cents per ib.) 20.15 It's just as wet na the bottom-Unexpected actions may which will over-burden your December

beans

Corn cased on more favourablo

news, while soya

technical replace-

steadied on

inent buying.

Prices closed as follow:

WHEAT-price per bubel.

SPOT

September

2.03

2.00 - 2.00-

2.09.10

454 1503

10 130

crop

GGO

220

100

N. P. Wharf, Dock

2

10

Provident, 11.10

Wheelock,

700 @ 2355

December

2.11-12-

LAND, ETC.

starch (1950)

HK Hotel. .10.20 101

Moy

HK Land. .4555 UTILITIES

July

2.00:0 1.84-12

Tram XIX

Star Ferry

10.40 200 10.20

103

600 11.30

32 200 @ 31

CONN

SPOT

September

1.27-%

Docerlier

1.10-15

March |1050)

1.18-34 bid

Telephone

..19.20

20 50 10

200 & 1915

May July

2.02.45 1.21

2010

RYE

20.73

**

1039

GEMINI (May 23-

about some sure of your

acting impulsively. liberation is best.

May July 22-June 22) October

Be December emotions before Coim de-

20.03

20.00 bid 77.33 + 27

11.00

37

September December

B00 a 37

1]

OATS

31.14

United Press.

NEW ORLEANS MARKET

Closing prices

Sept. 14.

Watson

COTTONS

Evro

41

4.00

29,74-0

20.00 bid

23.59

For India

FT1.23

Washington,

30.03

-United Press

of the sea (Thump!)-Sce!" bring about a long desired capacities. Wisdom is needed March (1050)

Be direct in all your in deciding. wish. activities for success.

(Nov. SAGITTARIUS

"My goodness!" said Knart, when General Tin had finished. "That's certainly a curious song Dec. 22)-An unexpected situa- Romance is in the air. Spot Did It really happen?"

BIDE STAND ENTERING CAMP UN- OBEN, THE BOY, RANGERS ARE AEROIN WO

T

USTLERS-

tion

may bring chonge In your emotional at "Certainly," replied the Gene titude. Meet it wisely. ral. "And forever afterwards that

CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan. CANCER (June 23-July 23) little fish told everyone he met 20)-Things should go well If tokion Journey, on. that the world was exactly the for the feminine members of ticipate an interesting adven- October (in cents per 16.) 2001-2 same as being in the water. I the family, A ladies' day in fure. Activate previous plans December

March (1950) goes to show-how wrong all aspectst Just

furthering your ambitions,

May AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. you can be if you aren't careful.

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)—July Tin 19)A change of residence or

October But of

course," General

unforeseen romantic December added, "the old lobster known sudden jourricy can prove An

bring unusual spot .may future. terlude better than to bellove him. For beneficial

mature happiness. A change may be may

definitely for the better.

'to

ho knew that it didn't rain evěty Pending plans day in the week."

naw.

Of All People

your

By Harry F. O'Neill Pound

HONOU

ABE

LANGLEY

INDUSTTUALS

Cement

Rope

STOLLES, ETC.

Dalry

371

504015 September

Further Loan

1.45-14 1.46-33-1.40

50-16-34 December

67-% New YORK FLOUR-per 200 36. sack. 11.30 dollars.

WINNIPEG MARKET

October

December

Sept 14-Mr May (1950)

of

for

Eugene, A. Black, President

Book the International

October Reconstruction and Develop December ment said today that a further atey, (2050) loan to India of between $10,-

Advances 00,000 and $16,000,000 would

probably be approved days.

Sharply

within

30 October

December

The loan would be used to buy tractors to clear weed-in--

The Bank made its Arst loan

NYE

BARLEY

OATS

70-5$

-United Press.

With Iran

New York, 14-Quotations of tested land for crops.. the pound storing for future delivery in New York have ad- to India of $34,000,000 for rail- US Firm's Contract vanced sharply in the past two ways development on August days.

Salem, (Ohio) Bankers attributed this to the boller that devaluation of the

18-Router:

Sept. 14 Omdals of the Salem Engineer-

pound had been pushed further Exchange Ratesing Company: sald today that

into the background. .

the company has signed 'n Business was done in the local US$1,800,000 contract to build a exchange market this cement factory: near Teheran: Sterling for delivery in counemelet

morning at the following water t days rose nearly two cents to-kus pourrd note (per 10 The plan will be designed to day after a rise of over three 19, dellars per $118.01 produce about 300 tons of conts yesterday, and is now bistros persoon is 12.20 cement a day for use in Iran's

MEI. qullders, per 4100)=175*12*: 25,2 industrial: dhd efvlt":"Improvo quated around 3.94 dollars lain: Lenin (per 100), STATION 20.30 Associated Press.

Singapore (Streita) - 1921 ment programme-United Press,