1949-09-23 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1949.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

.MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Declarer Wins Bid In Wrong Contract

BY WILLIAM E. MoKENNEY

I

4

la true that bridge is nelietile pastime, but it is

not a

of game

Businésamen any

perfection.

the 'correct

procedure in businers is to buy

un urticle and try to sell it at

a profit. If it does not sell, take

your lo qulekly, Get as much

DUMB-BELLS

/REGISTERED us!

BUT

DEAR, YOU HAVENT SHAVED!

of your money back us you 1753

can, so you can reinvest in a

profitable articlo.

PATENT DIFICE

NOW COULD YOU TELL?-

FRO

JGLES

A MAN OF WISDOM

TALKS

ROM the great pulpit.in.st Paul's Cathedral, which he left 15 years ago, a frail, grey- hatred old man of 80 preached again a fortnight ngo. And his

theme was love.

Taking the morning service was Dr William Ralphi Inge, for 23 years Dean of St Paul's.

Is text was from Paul's First Epistle to the Corinthians, Chap- ter 13. Verse 1: "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, 1

OF

LOVE

on a plano on which half the keys are dumb."

It was important therefore that our knowledge of God, and of the world, should progress side by side,

"If we live as we ought," said Dr Inge, "we shall see things they are. if we see things they are, we shall live as we ought.

A SIMILE

1. W. Simon, a rezident buyer Check Your become as sounding brass or Beatitude 'Blessed are the pure

York

in New York, brought this point home In today's hand. which was played at the New Bridge Whist Club. Slx spades

can bo made easily because the

rpades queen of drops doubleton

When South bid four hearts, which he used as a mild slam

idea that his he had no partner would pass. Too often when the dummy goes down ruxd ព player finds that his partner has bid the hand badly, he becomes 30 angry that he throws all of his profis away. But not today's declarer,

try

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10000

Dealor 332

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23

Knowledge

1. What do you mean by the French expression "a la bonne heure?"

2.

J.

What is a barcarolle? What is the highest hand in a game of poker?

4. In Mohammedan tries what organisation

coun-

corres

a tinkling cymbal."

The words came softly, the pid volce faltering at times as he said: "Love is the key to the mysteries of things divine.

LOVE ABOVE ALL

"Hope-ture and steadfas-is mid to be the anchor of thu soul. But love admits us into the heart of reallly or nothing Ielse does.

ponds to the Red Cross?

"St Faul put love above faith Can rainbows be formed and hope. For love Is not only by moonlight as well as by day-an activity of our own natures is the nature of God him- light?

0. What does the Gufix "vich"

In nican

Russlan name?

33

self.

"Owing to the Imitations of aur senses, our picture of the external world is like the Im- (Answers et foat of Column 1) pression of a tune picked out

OYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

Teddy Asked Funny Questions

-He Wanted to Know Why Cats Didn't Bark—

By MAX TRELL

EDDY, the Stuffed Bear, asked

TED

some very funny questions. "But they aren't funny at all,” Teddy kept saying to Khorf and

He won the opening lead of | Hanid. "I mean, they don't make the king of clubs in dummy,you laugh.

But I would like to

Why don't cats bark and

Knart said: "Dogs can't go meow, Teddy. And cats can't bark, Maybe they'd like to. But can't."

played a small heart and finess-know why cats meow and dogs

ed the ten, West winning with bark. the jack. Hoping to shorten dogs go meow?" dummy's trumps, West led the queen of clubs. However, de- clarer discarded a spode from dummy and ruffed in his own hand with the deuce of hearts. A wall diamond was played to dummy's queen,

East won with the ace and returned the six of diamonds which declarer won with the jack.

"Tlic gee of héarla was endlied and the third round of diamonds taken. A small spado was led

"Why can't they?”

"They've not different kinds of volees," said Hanid. "I think they speak a different kind of langu- age. Cate speak cat-language, That's a a language where all the words are meown .Dogs speak dog-language. All their words ore barks,"

"Just the same-" began Ted-

"That is the meaning of the in heart for they shall see God.'

"All are learners in the things of God. We are still children and need something to make the spiritual world real.

"A lifetime of fallh, hope and love, through joys and zorrows, will teach us much. St. Paul knew that when he spoke of these three, Faith, Hope and Charity,"

The service over, many in the congregation who well remem- bered the old doctor waited to see him walk slowly down the aisle to his waiting cor.

CHESS PROBLEM

By Z. MACH

Black, 6 pieces.

White, 5 pieces.

蠱

囝

White to play and mate in three.

Solution problem:

10

yesterday's

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

ONE of the disadvantages of

living the life of perpetual and uncensing ragamadollo tumble-cum-trivy that Foul- enough has led, is that you never can be sure, in the words of a celebrated bookle, who is doing the old magilvio on you, and who isn't. was going on, Foulenough was evening, while dinner

saulering amiably

among the tables when Rn unbearably pretty woman slipped him one of those enigmatic lools which encourage middle-aged men to Jalve themselves airs.

One

But, accustomed to be master of any situation, our proprietor was caught off his guard.

Was she one of his chickens

come home to roost in this slap- up chicken-house, or was she a clever. woman trying to per- sunde him that he knew her?

Tho

answer was important, as it is no joke having to give people. the run of such an ex- pensive restaurant,

"Chez Foulenough” ROULENOUGH delved

#

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Big Fertiliser Factory

For Calcutta

Calcutta, Sept. 22—AKIA'S largest fertiliser factory. which is being erected at Sindal, about 200 rafles west of Calcutta, is ex- pected to start production at the end of next year. The factory, which Among the world's largest,

desired to

produce 1,000 tons a day. ita cost Is estimated at 150,000.000 Rupeer-Associated Press.

RUBBER FUTURES

STEADY

随

New York, Sept. 22.Rubber futures today closed steady after see-sawing in relauvely. quiot dealings, dominated by Into further

currency adjustments the recesses of his memory, and September Nquidation be- Names jostled each other in his fore the position expires ** hend. Tolo? The mysterious | Wednesday. lady of Uttoxeter? Denise?

Good underlying support was Nella? Cynibin? Certainly sho

Inter dealings and was nobody he had quiet recently, evident in

continued intermittent buying He returned the smile cau- tiously, adopting the air of pro-was encouraged by firmness of prislor to guest. She continued offerings from the East and to smile.

He approached her continued factory interest. table. "19

everything

Prices cluard 35 points lower Salt She did not to six higher on 170 sales, as Madom?"

follow:- reply, but her eye-brown rose September (in cents and the smile broadened. It was per b.)

factory,

November

smile friendly rather than October

So friendly that December adventurous. Foulenough, still

May

unsure of January (1959) Himself, said, "How are you?" February To which the lovely creature March replied, "You haven't a ghost of Apri notion who I am" "Ah, come June

July now!" replied Foulenough, as

August "Don't be so September though to say, ridiculous." Sience fell. Should October he risk a name? No. Not yet. SPOT

November

Too dangerous. "You're looking! frightfully well," be salu. Naturally," she replied quietly, haven't been " "Damna: tion" multered the perplexed

11, Q-KKI, any; 2. Q. R, B, or restaurateur.

Kimates.

-(London Express Service)

YOUR BIRTHDAY.....

5.20

Bo

Teddy plagued Knarf with questions.

"Sails have no legs. They

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

and won with the ace. The king | dy doubtfully, for he didn't think move around. Earthworms havalare ruled by Venus, Goddess of "easy

of spades was caslied, and now all that declarer had to do was to continue leading spades. There WIE nothing West could

mako his king of do except hearts.

North and South were in the wrong contract, nevertheless South displayed sound, business judgment and made his con-

inct of four hearts,

CROSSWORD

Acrosa

1 Coming elsnunen. 19;

8. Give the toper tea and you up-

et both on the stage. (5)

11. Aaceading about ↑ (0)

12. Express & Dreference when the

top spun. 13)

13. Not the expected from

***prom

14. rn wee beastie. (B)

15. Nicholas was the last one of all

the sains, (4)

10. Pun on Lhe Berlin river. (8)

13. Therein i fed-for a start. (0)

22. 1 give a choire to the anaen–

thesto. 15).

23. Our addition to, the shell-fish

produces a tumult. (4)

54. Pretful. 17)

25. Conservative -maxes

Greece perhaps. (4)

weight-in

26. This noirder contributen. largels

to unhappitem, (6)

Down

1. An old fair 1 . Coult, be. (9),

1. Pian post sticks to the point. (a) 4. One of Neptune's subjects? (8)

& Wooden

5. Found

In the

ACARON, (5)

(5)

thunder-olata

1. Teas are digested and give satis-

taction. (s

9. Crop It for a change at Osacer

or Capricorn. (0).

10. Excursier coita

Jonian signpost. (4)

be Baby-

15. Provides a bat riding to on

of the six Counties. (4)

10. Aarociated with cakes partiou

larly by Maugham, (3),

20. Associated with put. (á)

21. Rosowe the činzučen prince from

the mire. (A)

Solution of yesterday's puzzle —Aaronsı thed: 15, "20wi 14, tropis: 16" Art 27 and 10. Kievitjë bare: 165, Atae; 2) yan? Downs 2, Rheumallo: R. Osat 3. Scholar:

Vers: 9%. Now; 24, Aus.

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE Answers

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1. Luckliy; in the nick of time, 2. An Italian boat song. 3. Royal straight Dush; king, queen, Jack and ten of the same kult. 4. The Red Crescent. 8, Yes, but the colours are very faint and difficult to Elatinguish. 0. Son of.

very much of Knarf und Hand's explanation; "just the same think that

F

Another Question And then Teddy thought of another question.

Why don't trees move?" he asked. I mean, why don't they walk and jump and run, or even ly like birds do? Why do they always stay just in one place? Why?"

That's the way they are, Ted dy," said Hanid. "They slay wherever they're planted."

"They don't move around be- cause they haven't any legs," said Knort

مر

By STELLA

17,25 traded

10.00 nemtral

10.56

10.2 inded

18.11 nominal

10.05 blu

13.77 bid mutilated

17% nominat -United Prem.

LONDON MARKET

London, Sept. 22-Prices In the rutilier market here today closed a

follow;-

October/December in pence

per tb.) January/Maret (1956) April/June

13-0710

London Price Of Essential Silver Reduced

London, Sept. 22. The London price of essential silver was today reduced from 64d. to 623⁄41⁄4d. per ounce.

Bullion brokers said that this was caused "by

the natural laws of supply and demand."

Before devlaution, internal silver (derived from

auch sources as scrap) was so much in demand as a devaluation hedge that its price was above that for essential silver.

Since Monday ibe situation has changed, and it was after- Inks of internal aliver at today's fixing which led to the exces sive offerings over and above demand for essential needs.

The total amount of demand was, as usual, rather small

Brokers said that "something of n free silver market" had now returned to London.

Internal

silver

can, under certain conditions, be exported. There is, therefore, the possibl- ifty of a price range between parity with the New York price int present 734 cents

re-sale

per

Govt Urged To Lift Ban

On Indian Cotton Yarn

of

Representatives of local textilo ounce, giving a Sterling price And weaving Interests have of 84d.), and a price at which

writies to the Colonial Secto- is profitable to buy silver inary, the Ion, 3. F. Nicoll, urz- London for

to New The Government to lift the York.

restrictions on the Import It is beileved here that there Indian cotton yarn imposed on are at present ho New York September 1. buyers at much above 724 cents. It would, therefore, not lon of local weaving and knit- The letter says that the post- be profitable to buy in Londonting industries has been for re-sale to New York at any-teriorating steadily over the last do- thing above 61%d-Reuler.

Devaluation

A Blow To

Oil Company

year, and a number of factories have been forced to close down.

This is blamed on the high prices local manufacturers have 10 pay for yarn, both from Government stock and in tho local free market,

Jy

"Indkin spinners have recent

offered us cotton yarn of good quality at considerably lower prioca," the letter says. "We see at once that there lies Loudon, Sept. 22.-British olla chance to even ap the odds trade experts estimated today against us and to improve our that devaluation of Sterling had position.

raised the Anglo-Iranian oll

The Government's embargo,

Company's costs by about 18-however, had destroyed

000,000 a year, one of the biggest chance.

nhacks of the devaluation.

this

This is because Persia has not The letter claima that the devalued her currency.

13-0/10

The Company in which the 13-0/16 British

Government the majority shareholder, lus {T} exclusive ht concession In Persia.

United PreAS

Treasury's Profit From

Last year its net profits were more than £24,000,000,

weaving and kaliting Industries in Hongkong are the biggest employers of labour and that the success of their trade would contribute immensely. to the prosperity of the Colony.

It is signed by Shum Choy- Today, its shares fell slightly wa, chairman of the HK Chinese to £74. In unofficial dealings Manufacturers" Union, Yuen on Monday they had reached Shi-foon chairman of the HK. £8 when it was thought that Chinese Textile Mills Association, devaluation would benefit oil and Wan Tat-ming, chairman of companies by raising the Ster-the HKC Cotton Weaving Manu-

facturers' Association. At one time last year these London, Sept. 22-The Bri-shares stood at more than £10, Treasury itself is belleved and in 1947 at more than £11.

Reuter. in London financial quarters to

Gold Shares ling price of oil.

CHICAGO

GRAINS

PORN this day, under the in your scattering of benefits or

coming sign of Libra, you you WB1

considered ди mark"

by many Wito Beauty and Love, and have may not be worthy

of your no legs. They move around. to07" been given the highly judicial help.

"Snails slide," Bald Knarf

of criticism powers

nnd You have a grent capacity "Earthworms wriggle."

statesmanship which will for knowledge. Your mind "All right. Why don't trees malce you a ruler of others sors it up like a sponge and slide? Why don't they wriggle?" withla your own sphere. then stores it away for speedy

Knarf couldn't say.

Whether this field be large or referenco whenever you are in be among those who have made Then Hanid said: "It would be small is largely determined by need of Information.

Teddy, if trees got up your capabilities to develop to very funny, Te

useful profita out of this week's Your nfections

boom in gold slurek. put of the ground and started go- their fullest the talents which

for a walk. Ing.

You'd see them the stars have given you. in deep and your anarching down the road on their profusion.

1940 the türe is quite strong. You Bank of England has held they went. They'd go to visit and personal magnetism. roots,

swinging their brunches as

You have tremendous charm must be very careful in the blocks of South African gold-

Al selection of a mate, for upon

producing shares for the Trea- cach other. The big elm tree in though you have the ability to finding the "right person" Sury,

The shares were requisitioned

Closing rates livery mix with all kinds of people will not only depend our ca-

tire happiness-blat you are somewhat aloof with

your sue from French owners an innate dignity which makes cess in life.

board. by the You cannot do French Government and handed people look up to you no mat

your beat work unless you to the British Treasury in part ter how hard you try to be ro

emotionally settled and payment of France's deficit with on "one of them.”

You have

balanced. ព

Britain.

are very passionate na-

Since

the end of

our garden would go to visit the willow tree down at the brook, you And the button-ball tree would walk ull round the hill and visit the oak tree.

"And somedays you'd look out of your window," Hand went on, tremendous store of human To find what the stars have The British Treasury fixed But Teddy shook his head and and see your whole garden full sympathy and always are ready in store for tomorrow, said that couldn't be the only of trees. They'd all be having a to step in and give assistanco your birthday

select price limits at which it was He said lots of things PERSON,

star and read prepared to sell the shares, and didn't have legs and moved Picnic. And maybe a great, great to any or all who need it. In the corresponding

many of them would all come to- fact,

paragraph.this wecke, it was believed, some you must learn to be a Let your birthday star be your market prices roce above theso around quite a bit.

Kether, and you'd have a great little more discriminating "What things?"

in daily guide. big forest."

Hmits, enabling the Bank of SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

England to unload

Market reports suggest that

Rupert's Queer Path~~

Bill soon catches Rupert. up, in spite of the dationean. ""This" in a queer place." be arya." These rocks don't hart my fest half as much as they would at home." Feeling them way along, they become used to the gloom, unil, on rounding a corDET, they we blare of light ahead. 1 wonder if there is anyone, there,” whispers Bill."You never can tell, murmers, Rupert.- "I do wish Crazy Land wisn't so silent. No. body, has saidia word ewoept that frog and the flying kitten. Let's pa an quictly so we can and And

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED,

BRONCHO BILL

WHIL

THE

Rapping On Door

SCORPIO (Oct.

nature

-An unexpected bring a pleasant ship Into

your life.

new friend- Accept

NY FOREIGN EXCHANGE

Sept. 23

Canada (dollar).... US$0.09-3/16 England-ofciat England-unoßelat Australia (pound)

New Zealand (pound)

South Africa (pound)

Belgium (franc) Denmark (krone) France-official

France-commercial 11citand (guilder) Italy-official

Italy-export

Norway (krane)

Portugal (excudo)

Spain (pasta)

Sweden (krona)

4000 Crown Mines and 100,000 | Switzerland-free

Spring Mines, involving almost Forget £500,000-Reuter.

offered business £3m. Dam For

Q

Uganda

Chicago, Sept. 22.-Grain prices were today irregular in. quiet dealings, dominated by do- evening up in September

before it goes of the

Corn weakened, but wheat managed to hold small gains on 2.75 asked further mill buying.

2324

Prices, closed as follow:- WHEAT-price per bushel.

SPOT

Beptember

December

March (1950)

July

CORN.

APOT

September

December

2.80.3% 2.60 bid

4.24

2.00-

2.00-

0202

.1430

0020.J

.0028-

2010

MAY

,0018

.Dala

.1420

.0030

.1940

no10

1.659

March (1050)

May

MIDDLE EAST

July

Egypt (pound)

2.07

Iran (rial).... Iraq diner)

.03125

2.00-14

Turkey (ra)

.3375

OATS.

LATIN AMERICA

September

Brazil (cruzeiro)

.0050

December

Delivia (boliviano)

.0333

sack. 13.03 dollars.

.(23)

WINNIPEG Market

.61-16

2.00

BYE.

.1150

October

1.107%

Derember

174304

.1650

.0510

May (1050)

.3625

1.4405

,3010

1.31

2115

.1800

United Prem.

Chile-official

Chille-froo

Colombia (peso) Cuba (peno)

Mexico (peso)

faru-oMeist

Peru-free Uruguay (peso) Venezuela (bollver]

FAR EAST India (rupee) loat Roar

RYE.

September

December

1.40 2:44-1.444

671

G6-22

NEW YORK FLOUR--per 200 lb.

BANLEY.

October December May (1950) OATS, October December

1.3316

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-—- ARIES (Mar, 22-Apr. 20)-its sales this week included 80,- "And one of them." Knarf put New opportunities of a rather A possible trip in, "might want to come into this

can bring adventuresome

may romantle house right here in this room. be opening up just now.

surprise. Not Bo good day for business. You'd be sitting here, Teddy, and

careful Guard money and It! Enjoy yourself. there'd be a rapping on the door,

valuables

TAURUS (AP You'd open the door and in would

24-Nov. 22) Romance is ali right today, 21-May 21) come a great big tree! It would

journey may but suddenly knock the whole house over!"

"Oh!" exclaimed Teddy, not

plans are to be investigated liking the idea at all.

very carefully, It gratefully. "And think of how the birds

GEMINI (May 22-Jane 22)— would feel if their trees all of a SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 23- Be sure you know where you 22)-Talco E

postponed aro sudden got up and went off Dec.

going it you make somewhere," Hanld said again. trip now if it lo essential. business

change right now. London, Sept. 22-A ̈£3,- They'd have their nests in the Guard your possessions, how Don't be deceived by a friend. 439,640 contract to build a giant trees and they wouldn't be able ever, to avoid losses.

power dam in Uganda has been to find them.

CANCER (June 23-July 23) awarded to a CAPRICORN They have to fly

(Dec. 23-Jan.

group of British starting on a Thoughtful conservatism in and Dutch arma, the Uganda around and around searching for 20)-If you are them."

new job soon, make all final appraising any new business Electricity Board announced

A "I never thought of that," zald arrangements now.. good schemes 5 definite "must" today. Teddy.

day for cloring details.

for today.

The dam will span the Nile at "It's a good thing that trees al- AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, ways stay where they are. You 19)-Guard your business pros. Surprising nows"

saki the dam's may change spokesman Make know you'll always find them pects carefully,

sure the

Tin Fixed Yet entire picture of your planned length is 2.725 feet, It where you saw them last. You you investigate all propositiona

life. Changes mada today will be 85 feet high. know they'll be there, waiting carefully,

London, Sept. 22—A spokes- Work is to start in about twoman for the Ministry of Sup for you to climb into their PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)— should be beneficial ones.

many hasty branches, or to pick the fruit Don't make too

vindo (Aur. 24-Sept. 22)—months and continue four years. ply said tonight that he did not they've been growing. You promises today!

very Unless mo- Business

active, but The dam is expected to pro- know when the Ministry would wouldn't Uke an apple tree to deration

careful in vide cheap hydro-electric power your watchword, you must be very

announce Its now celling price

London, walk off with all your apples, you could get yourself badly nit detalls involving expansion. for the British protectorate and for tin.

Graham . Cunningham, The Ministry has suspended Chairman oh no!"

involved, And Teddy agreed.

Guard your assets.

ald development of the area's

· Dollar of Britain's rich phosphate and Iron dotin sales since last Saturday to posits, the spokesman saldx a new price in view of the Export. Board, sold here today that "Canadians as well as Pound devaluation-Associated people in Britain have to be By Harry F. O'Neill Associated Press,

Press

Turn of Fate

HE TRIPS OVER A LOG, STRIK- [ING HIS. HEAD ON A ROCK =

REİS OUT!

HOW TO FIND HIS LORDIED

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Owen Falle, Uganda, "A Board No New Price For

I HEAR KM CALLIN' PER THE BRATA WAL, THEY'LL FIND

Labour Leader's Recipe For UK

Threat To India's Jute Market

May (1050)

United

Anglo-Canadian Trade Mix-up

Sept.

22

Sir

1h0

fold a few home, truths" about. Britain's export drive.

7

One British cotton goods Arro, he said, had employed Canadian girls to design goods for the Canadian market, only to Ho London, Sept. 22-Sam. Calcutta, Sept. 22-Pakistan's told later by Canadian buyers Watson, Chairman of the Belsicciaion not to devalue to that they wanted British styles. tish Labour Party, sald today rupee may mean that jute mlils When I go over there they that Britain must recognise in Calcutta will, bava to close nak for Canadian styles," he that success in the export mat- for a month or more.

added. The Britial manu- kot depended on selling her According to a jute spoker-facturer does not know whether

goods at competitive man, the immediate effect on the he is of his base or in apex.

local market, now elased, will On American and Canadian He told a Labour Party meet- be a rise of 44 percent. in raw criticism, that - British; mánu-: Ing in Yorkshire flint if Bocialism Julo prices and India's attempt facturers were late in tliot was to be a success, British to boost her fute market with deliveries Sir Graham pointed fodustry, musí. improve Its America by devaluing the out that the Canadian, and technical efficiency and lower rupee will now be "completely | American seasons, changed very costs-Reuter.

nullified."----Associated Press. | rapidly-Reuter,..

uality

prices.