1949-09-29 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1949.

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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEX

SUPPOSE that every begin- her at bridge hears the ex- pression, "There are thousands of people walking the streets of London because they failed to lead trimp."

In modern contract, there are millions of people who fail to make a con- tract simply because they do not count their tricks.

I have taken today's lesson

I JUST

ECORDED MUSIC

SOMEONE VIOLIN-PIANO SONATA

WOULD

BE INJURED

IN THAT FOOT BALLar

GAME!

BY BELA BARTOK

By DELOS SMITH

INTERPRETATIVE musiclan patrick, harpsichord. ship is wonderful to behold bla; four 12-inch na it unrolls from the violin of one 12-inch LP.) Yehudi Menuhla and the plano Give this muste a quarter of

hour Baller

Bel un Adolph of Bartok's frat

violin-pinno doesn't matter. sonata. (RCA Victor; four 12- from the first First note, and inch.)

In

or 20

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

I has been claimed that

if nasal pea-pushing wero really a sport it would be organised. There would (Columbo a sort of golf course, standard or with bunkers, and little

holes into which the

pea hours could be propelled.

To this Evans the Hearse re- Il grips you playing of the plles that a mountain contains for the effort-natural bunkers and holes, and less pleasure you laten to it that sometimes it takes him a again and again The pre-whole day to push the pea out formances але superlative, of a sandy burrow, Again, the and on the LP dine the re-greatest skill is required

manoeuvro the pea cording is that, too.

round Likewise potent to persons larga rock, or to avoid marahy moment such of all degrees are Schumann's ground.

The object "Manfred" overture and Beeth-ground is smelt, the nose is on no less whole than any other, oven's "Consecration of the the alert. "Once when I had a which have cald, and had lost my sense of with contour and dimension and House" overture

First, consider the score lone It Is

Is cross-grained with idiom, seems denso with the inert, ap

unmalleable because

peurs

of

Check Your entwining subtleties. Now hear

Knowledge

1. Where is the trial held fort crime committed on the high seas?

What city is sumellines called the "Parts of the Bal- kans?"

3. Name the two slates 123 the United States

are that peninsulas."

4.

Who was called "Doctor Admirabilis?”

5. At what age do Jewish toys celebrate barmizvah?

G. Give the number of days, hours, minutes and seconds In a Tropical year,

(Aneers in Column 6)

it animated by Menuhin Baller. It becomes an

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FOR

THE

BUSINESSMAN

US Engineer

On P.I. Oil

Prospects

28.Mir

Manila, Sept. Earl Irving, American geologist on assignment to the Philippins Bureau of Mines, was reported today to have predicted good all prospects in the Philippines.

Addresabing inembers of the local chapter of tho American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers last night, Mr Irving mid that since 1873 almost 2,000,000,000 barrels of oil had been produced from the Far East, of which 25 percent, was produced from the Aslatio continent.

The Philippines, added, was near the centro of this great arc.—Reuter.

India's Wheat

Difficulties

Post-Devaluation Problem

ANGLO-CZECH TRADE PACT

SIGNED

£8m. COMPENSATION FOR

BRITISH PROPERTY

London, Sept. 28. A five-year Anglo-Czech trade and financial agreement, under which Czechoslovakia will sell more than £10,000,000 worth of goods a year to Britain, was signed here today.

Czechoslovakia will pay £3,000,000 a year for the five years toward all her financial obligations to Britain, and spend the remainder £7,000,000 a year-on British, British colonial, and transferable Sterling Area goods.

Just

over kalf-£5,750.000 worth: annually--of the Czeclt

goods sold to Britain will be Burma

manufactured goods of the type as "non-cs@N=

usually known

fla},"

The rest-about £4,800,000 worth

and in the first year £1,500,000 worth in the sub- four years--will bo sequen "essential commodities" includ- ing soft-wood and other m- Brid machinery, sugar, heavy other raw materials, manufac- sterling tures, and food.

over

Lays

Down Terms For Foreign Investment

n design of sombre beauty. been howly recorded by amell," sold Evans, "I landed Theirs is the nest interpretative Arturo Toscanial and the NBC the pea in a marsh and it took

recorda on

(RCA Symphony.

Victor; ma cight hours to get it out. My performance

three 12-inch.) weeks.

The venez-noso was 60 caked with mud able maestro excels even hiru- at the end of the day-that the Mozart Sonatas

"Monfred," well in

to whose pen stuck to It. and I had evening Still you need

are set disqualify myself." with this sonata and to make programmalle pooles

clarity Persian protest it forth with an etched Di cifort of your own,

alt ond achieve maximum force.

THE thred Persian gentlemen you're going to assimilate

That And the "Consecration"!

rises the artists take from it.

In a reasoned, fully just- Issued the following state- inclination. may not be your

ringing fed joy into

exalta-mont to the Press Inst night: If you have no' wish to make

"Ho yes, very likely not, in- not familiar tion. If you're sonatas In an effort, try the

D of Mozart

with this too-seidon performed deed! To have comparing hour as E-fint and

you seesaw play with moving along "Inst period" Beethoven Schuck- played by Alexauler

satisfaction owning a pea with the none of man Kirk- have iter, violin, and Ralph

you,

cannot be. This here peq Angles) movement his not an hart, but this a pharce. Not an insult [his of being intended

Ilauroon, Sept, 28.-Tho Hearse, for we will congratulate withdrawals from her

Burmese Government IN 10 lons of wheat from the United

enough period to on compen-enable them to earn a reason" valuation,

the "Corn Trade mental debts and

sation for British

properly able return on their capital, News" sald today.

nationalized In Czechoslovakia. The Government will nlso One of the most perplexing

Under the problems arising out of devalun-

compensation allow them to remit dividondan as from the country and take out fion was that of India's bill for agreement, Czechoslovakia

pay a sum of money for purchasing capital imported wheat, the newspaper undertaken to raid. This must have averaged 28,000,000 during the next 10 equipment and renewals, Pre- mier Thakin Nu said in Ban- factory (1) about £50,000,000, and would Years.

goon today,

The Premier was placing

bo- THE first principle in the now rise to about £70,000,000.

over a foro the Burmese Parliament a organisation of a Kypsum The report said that, judgingvides for repayment

of Czecho-statement of "Industrial polley" factory is to ensure smooth run by official announcements, this number of years

slovak Government debts to showing the terms and condi-

hand from an article written BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

for "The Bridge World" by

John C. Stablein, Washington

of Seattle,

When the dumny goes “down, declarer la con- fronted with a situation that might seem hopeless. But bé- fore we play any cards, let us take a quick count of the tricks we have.

Teddy Was Just Terrified

:

-An Elephant Was Loose in the Playroom-

By MAX TRELL

ME children were carrying an

armful of books and they dropped several of them. Before they had time to pick them up Mother called out that dinner was rendy. So out they run, leaving the books on the floor. It was only after the house dark and everyone was that Teddy the Stuffed corner of

If we find the queen of spades right. we have three spade tricks five hearta are eight, two diamonds are ten and a club 11. Let us count the hand other way. If the clubs are split 4-4 and the trumps 3-2, we can win the opening lead nsleep with the ace, ruff out three Bear, who slept in clubs, making four tricks, and the the ace and klug of

diamonds

playroom, quddenly cried

will be six. The queen nine out in alarm: "I just saw an elephant! There's an elephant

Everyone looked at Teddy.

eight of hearts will be nine loose!". tricks. the ace and king of spades will be 1 and the Jack of spadcu 12.

As

'Teddy.

"But-but I'm sure I Kaw

n Hon,"

CHESS PROBLEM

101

By A, K. ELWORTHY

Black, 5 plecks.

London, Sept. 28.-India wllt bers, further Mislerave to make

him on his being a nose equally balances ar borrow millions of Included in the pact agrant foreign concerns security

19

hard by konereal, but so this is a trick for a foreground, but

the

not any counterbrution to sportiv haris of the universe. There his not enny beauty In pressing peas with a nose, nor not

Bry skill. Honly fawse, ho yes."

brunt

How to run a gypsum

be

states as a result of sterling de-agreements on inter-govern for a long

The debts agreement pro

tailing £28,000,000.

annual

ning. The factory should

sum was beyond India's ability

tions under which foreign close to the quarries, and the to pay. and would "involva

capital would be acceptable for The heavy withdrawals from India's

of payments

country's rehabilitation and sterling balances, or alternatively £3,000,000 over the next five for

for the development of its both industries. a loan of 1,000,000 tons of wheat years will go to reduce from the United States."

these liabilities.

the crushing and calcining of material should be undertaken by workmen who know what they are

no no doing. There is short cut crushing or calcining, so that effective inish is botter than speed. The various execu- Live positions should be filled by men of experience and tact, who will be popular with the 1, PXP, any; 2, Q; R, or P (crushers and calciners. or Kt) mates.

-{London Express Service)

White, 9 pieces. White to play and mate in two. Solution to ucsterday's

problem:

The

conditions included, India's problems was rendered more difficult by Pakistan's re- Czechoslovakia will thus have frstly, that no unskilled labour to spend an- should be imported unless un- fusal to devalue her currency, so over £7,000,000 that India would have to pay nually. She has agreed to buy available locally, secondly, that and the British the Government would not more to Paltistan for food grains from Britain

concerns and her unexpended credit

foreign in colonies goods "in easy supply" nationalise Pakistan would be reduced by to the value of £1,500.000, within a period to be determined discussions in each case and, by one-third.-United Press.

These goods include phar-

that each enterprise un. thirdly maceutieni and laboratory equip- dertook to train Burmese in ment, colton yarn, artificial silk, both administrative and techni and building and heavy road-

Stop dreaming. Just sleep YOUR BIRTHDAY BY STELLA NY FOREIGN machinery.

"An elephant?" said Hunid. "In this playroom, Teddy?"

"He was just here a minute "There's an elephant loose," cried Stablein points out, win

said Teddy. ago. I felt him," the opening lead with the aco

"He ran under the cofal” of clubs, Trump a club wilh

Rag Doll the king of hearts, Play a

Knart and General Tin and small heart to dummy's nine-

doll, all and don't dream." spot.

Ruff another club with Mary-Jars the rag

Teddy couldn't promise not to the ace of hearts. Lead the looked under the sofa. Not that ten of hearts and overtake it they expected to find an ele- dream. So he made up his mind in dummy with the queen. Tuff phant there. But they looked to stay awake. Meanwhile it wasn't long before everyone the last club with the jack of anyway. hearts. Lead a spade to dum-

There was no elephant, else was fast asleep all except You've been dreaming," said Knart and Hanld, who decided Lead dummy's last Trump and discard the eight of General Tin. "But why do you to stay awake, too.

have Play the ace

to dream about elephants? The next moment all three of spades and then a small spade Dream about something else, them were chouting.

"A zebra! I just saw a zebra!" toward the jack, and you have please."

shouted Knart. your 12 tricks.

giraffel" shouted

my's

kink

filamendis.

of

Tn this hand the four and five sota convention, not Blackwood. no trump bids are the Culbert-

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

BORN today, you have a strong will. You are very positivo about what you want and will go all out" to get it even against the most bitter opposition. For tunately, you have a sharp sense of humour. This helps lighten He who the burden of living! con laugh also can get over a lot of the rough spots in life. Your

tually you will get what you pathway to success may not be

entirely one, but even

want.

quently you must be very careful in your selection of a partner for If you make the wrong life. cholce It can be harmful to your career, for you cannot do your best work when emotionally dis- turbed. You like to receive the approval of others for what you do and, hence, if you have large and admiring family loop

attention. plaud, you are not so likely to go outside of your family group for

EXCHANGE

Canada (dollar) England-official

Closing rates

,1400

col feks.

The statement sald that the would welcome for entering into

The remaining sum (£0.050,- Government 000 in the first year and £5,- proposals 750,000 in subsequent years) partnership with foreign enter Czechoslovakia will be able to prises on a mutually beneficial spend on anything, she needs basis.--Reuter. from the transferable Sterling Arca-Reuter.

HONGKONG

SHARES

No UK Approach For Dollars

London, Sept. 28-A British Treasury spokesman sald today the Treasury knew nothing of Canberra reports of any British the Stock approach for dollars from the morning was International Monetary Fund.

Sept, . US$ 3.90-1

2.30-

2.75 bid-

2.80

2.25

2,00-

2.00-

0203

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2010

201

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The turnover on

.1410

Exchange this

D300

$49,700.00. Transactions

1040

noon prices:

2010

MIDDLE

EAST

2.00

GOVT. LOANS

DJ12

2.80-14

35% (1040) 100

30%

100

DJ75

BANKS

.030

ELK Bank

15.30.

0039

INSURANCES

.0230

Valon

1-14

1.00

DOCKS, ETC.

.1100

N. PL WATE

5.00

1850

Dock.....

13

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Provident

12

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1000

Austraila (pound) New Zealand "I-I'm sure I saw him," mure

(pound) mured Teddy. Then, seeing that

South Africa

.....{point}}).. no elephant could be found-he-Hanid

Delgium (Crane) A Zew moments later he was shouting oss! And I've got one of them shut his.cyes again.

Tekly was shouting loudest

Denmark (krane) Just saw three mon

France-free

commercial Ngain:

"I just saw a lon" keys

Holland (gulider) There's a Hon here!"

by the tallf"

While you have a great deal of italy-official

export in the play- everyone

Sure enough, Teddy had a

nervous energy, your health is Norway, (kronet You have a methodical mind not always of the best. You are Portugal (excudo) jumped up again.

monkey by the tall. The mon "Allon, Texidy? Where did key was doing its best to get when it comes to business mat- apt to work too hard and not play Spain (pereta) you see him?" Hanid asked, away. It pulled and yanked ters and always take care of enough. Make sure that you take Sweden (Krona)

"He was in my corner, right and darted from side to side.

Car time out at regular intervals to Switzerland-free next to me. Then he dashed And then, before the others Yet, you have a. tendency to ex- rest and relax. In this way, you Egypt (pound) neross the

Ite's hiding could help Teddy hold it, the tremes. One moment you are on will store strength for use in an Iran trial)

monkey broke loose. under the carpet!"

the heights, the next in tho Cultivate But when General Tin pulled hustant it didn't seem to know depths of despair. the edge of the carpet back, which way to go. Then all at emotional balance to reach suc there was nothing under it but once a curious thing happened cess at a steady pace. the floor, "Dreaming again" he a really extraordinary thing sald to Teddy. Rupert's Qucer. Path-52

happened!

On The Floor

For

on

From inside one of the books on the floor an elephant, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, two monkeys and

Geore of other animals all stuck out their heads. "This way, Monk! This way" they

details with the greatest

Domestic happiness is of great Importance to you and conse-

Iraq (dinar) emergency,

To find what the stars have in Turkey (ra)

LATIN AMERICA store for tomorrow, select your Brazil (cruzeiro) birthday star and read the cor- Rolivis (boliviano) responding paragraph. Let your Chile-official

***free birthday stor be your daily guide. Colombia (peso)

Cuba (pesa) Mexico, ¡pero) Peru-omiclat * free.. Uruguay (pese) Venezuela (bolivar)

FAR EAST India Trupee) Hongkong

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

23-Oct. 23)- cure all their demands if made LIBRA (Sept. Merchandising is good. Make full now.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20) use of your imagination in all advertising and promotional pro- Anticipate business success. You jects.

can even make spectacular gains now if you work things right.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- Business affairs take an upturn for the better.· Bo guarded in personal affairs, however. They may be erratic.

3010

2113 J800 United Press

CHICAGO GRAINS

and

He added that Britain could not, of course, speak for any

BHARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES other country and, equally, that

LAND, ETC.

1x Hotel

HK Land

UTILITIES

Star Ferry

000

50 70 4 50

C. Light (0) 10.80 11.30 C. Light (N) 7,00

Electric

Telephone

30 200

INDUSTRIALS

Cement. 103% 10%

called. The monkey gave one SCORPIO (Got. 24-Nov. 22), hugo jump and disappeared in- A line all-round day. As good for side the book. The other marriage and romance as it is animals instantly drew back for business plans. Take your their heads and disappeared, choice!

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23.Dec. |100,

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)— Knarf and Hanid and Teldy 22-A ẞne day for all your in- and General Tin and

terests. Make business gens Marriage plans are successful, everyone On catching sight of Rupert and else in the playroom all looked and secure an advantage in love, Anticipate success at home on

the domestic front and an upturn Chicago, Sept. 28.-Grain Bill the two grown-ups are very at each other, None of them too.

CAPRICORN

prices today moved irregularly | STORES, ETC. (Dec. 23-3m, in business offairs. knew what to say. It was only 20)Make progress on the busi- startled, and before they can ask.

CANCER (June 23-July 23)— in sporadically active trading. Watsons Any questions the little bear porrs Mary-Jane the rag doll who

Wheat futures faltered after

COTTONS Gut the story of his extraordinary thought of looking at the title ness front now. Your affections Opportunities offered to you now

the are likely to be highly beneficial. several deliverles had risen to When he has finished of the book on the floor.

may be Influenced In

Ewo Take a short trip for pleasure.

Increased new seasonal highs. the conjurer makes him sit down

"No wonder they went there," right direction. and go all over it again. This

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-A fine hedge selling developed when "It's the very bad says the man.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) day, This is the time to reach earlier commercial demand YouNatural History Book. They all-Push plans now. Benefits from some definite objective. Cict what subsided. drop into Crazy Land, and you say Bill's shoes stick 10 path? That spilled out when the book was past work ore likely to come to you want out of life now. meag much magi- much strong dropped. Teddy," she said you now, also. Make the most of magi. My Tigerlily very naughty putting her arms around him, all potenilais. girl. She know too much | Come, you were right the whole time. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 31)- we find her quick."

You weren't dreaming at all, A beneficial day. Employees are Iwell favoured and you should.ac- you poor denr."

adventure.

ALL RIGHTS RESEnvio.

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With a Cloud of Dust

THE OUTLAWS

THE

AND

VIRGO (Aug. 24-8ept. 22) Energy and optimism can be the essential elements of success for you. Push everything and get excellent results.”

A firm Spot situation bolstered corn futurea

Prices closed as follow:-- Wheat-price per, bushel. SPOT

December 1944PA March (1950) ********* May July

December

March (105

May

July

OATS

May (1930)

07-%

By Harry F. O'Neill conn

OLD TORNADOS

GONNA METO

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no other country could speak for Britain-Reuter,

House Query On

Jap Mission

London, Sept. 28--Mr Stanley is to Prescott, Conservative,

ask the President of the Board 0.00 of Trade, Mr Harold Wilson, in Parliament on October 18, what decisions have now been reach- ed regarding the proposal to send a joint Anglo-American, textile mission to Japan, and st ho wil alve detalls-Our Own Correspondent.

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Stock London Exchange Drop

2.17 2.10-

London, Sept; 28-Stocks in 214-34-4 | British arms dropped sharply on the London Exchange today 1.09

after the increase in dividends taxes announced by the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, Bir Stafford Cripps, yesterday.

After a heavy breake on the Now York Your per 100 lb. cleopening of the Exchange, how- 12.05 dollars-United Press,

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whose fag the ship in sailing.

1. In the country under

every, prices rallied slightly, and heavy selling did not develop Associated. Press,

OUTWARD MAILS

Hat

A surface mali to United King». dom via Porta per RMS Canton will be closed as follows:

.P.O-Parcels, Beptember 22, 5 p. Reg. September 30, 1 a.m.; Ord., 8.30 .m. Kowloon C.P.O-Parcels, Reptember 19, 5 pm. Rer. Beptember 30, 8.30 a.th. Ord., 9 a..

This mall is expected to arrive at London on or about October 31 1940

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Closing Times By Atr Bwalow, Am, (rug); 9.30 1.112. (ord).

Canada and USA. Noon. Taipeh. Hothow and Kumming. 3.30 p.trt.

Rangoon, Caleutia. Karachi, Baren, Calro (Nairobi,Mombasa, Dar-be Balaam, Mauritius and Johannesburg via Cairo), Rome and London, (Kow~ Hangkok, Bingapore, Batavia "and Colombo, & p.m.

Exchange Rates Loon pm.

Bucharest, capital of R Business was done in the local mania, 3. Florida and Michl- | unemetst

archange market

TP.

Labuan, Sydney and Auckland, 15.

· Closing Times By Sex Parcels only for Canadà gia Van- Tamkang4p.m.

gan. 4. Roger Bacon, English morning at the following ratame Philosopher and man of selenco Sterling pound note (per £) 15.60 couver, B.C., & pm, të because of his extensive knows. dollars (per #1) ....

Tic plastres (per 100) ledgo; B. At the age of 18, 0. NEL gliders (per 100) 365 days 5 hrs. 48 mlin. · 46.5 Stam, tlesta (per 196).

Singapore (Stralia)

Hwatow, - 4 pm.

6.00

11,40

23.00

Strails, Cazon, Madagascar, Born- 2430 bay. Aden, Egypt, and Europe,via

18.37 | London; 8 pm. (par),