1949-11-16 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1949.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

⚫ McKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Strip and End Play Ends With Squeeze

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

COME time ago I received, a

VETY

interesting

nmothe:

play time from treing Hom berg of Brooklyn, NY. day he rent me another

To

un-

usuel hand, which combines a and end play very nice strip and then, to top it off, a little #queeze play.

Mr Rosenberg won the open- Ing lead of the five of čluki with the king when East went up with the queen. itis next piny was the len of diamonds which Week promptly covered with the lock. Dummy's king won the trick.

DUMBBELLS

- WHAT

ABOUT FORTNIGHT

REGISTERED LAS VIII PATENT OFFICE

IVE SEEN TRYING TO THINK OF A WORD FOR TWO WEEKS!

Check Your Knowledge

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What sonp-bark?

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the fourth heart ile won the seven of diamonds in his own bond with the ace of Almonds

MIDWEEK BOOK PARADE

ELLERY QUEEN'S NEW

THRILLER IS A GEM

CAT OF MANY TAILS By Ellery Queen

(Gollancz, 9/0)

to bis

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

An American manufacturer taj Richard Queen, who is given making pith helmets. In eight the doubtful privilege of being colours, each with a bulk-In "top-dog" In the Cat chase. two-valve radio powered by

pocket, battery. Naturally he turns

(News item.) ANOTHER Ellery Queen de- famous son, Ellery, but Ellery has deelded to abandon cri tective story means another

Tow long ago it seems since favour Ho minal investigation in devotees sensation among the

I was sneered at for rug- The of authorship. But the Cat Is of the murder mystery

far more creating and entregating that one day poopla famous enues in which the

se would have radios in their hats, than a typewriter regularly novelist detective

As to enable them to ruse them ne eventually his resistance finds himself

be musi

among

forces with a musical- accompaniment Joins sapped and he the most Ingenious in modern nction, and renders of "Cat Of once again with his polleemon on meeting Indies: But. I.never Many Tallo" will certainly get

their money's worth in

and mystification.

Ballis

ne

father.

thought of the pith helmet, which makes the whole thing After. Ellery taires over,

even magnstriolated. How long trying to establish some lukshall we have to wait for some- between 1/10 victime, there

one to invent a hat that will do trangulations, and

our talking for us? "And what are more. panic spreads among the pro does your bowler say about it, ple of New York. The victims Mr Kelgerin?

millionaire's dough- includo

ter, an Irish night watchman, Where is Egbeard? woman. n Society a negress,

murdered

FOR

THE

Yugoslavia, Austria Sign

Trade Pact

Belgrade, Nov. 15. Yugoslavia and Austris have concinded a one-year trade pact, Il WBA ''AN- nounced in Belgrade to day.

The pact provides for Yugoslavia to receive ball besringe, ́raw and sheet -motal, electrical equipment, and chemicals. În rekurn cattle food, and other for agricultural products, medi- cal and chemical raw materials.

No

dis. figures were closed.—-Associated Prem

Mr Snyder Opposes Rise In

Gold Price

Over a period of week, five citizens of Now York are strangled by a criminal

The vic- faune calls himself the Cat. Who invented the

tima had apparently inin pen?

nothing in commer. There seemed to be no connection between any and a crippled woman. LOJISTORICAL pageantry seems two of them-except that they gically. Ellery builds up his H

to have got into a muddio. were all #rangled in Manhat knowledge of these

claimed that the tau and the ning kind of card people, searching for that link be

a "Saxon" *** | “Viking" hip was used in each ense.

that must be there the one che that will start him on the ship, and that to dress Boadicea Reporters, psychiatrists, po- licenren, law students, all have trail of the Cut, who has earns a Pict and make her recite their

to explain the ed his title by his stealth, leav-bits of "Beowulf" is to confuse theories

that to talk picka ing no cluo behind him, no dis-things still more, who

Washington, Nov. 15.-A type of murderer

"Hengist and Horsa,"

though This victims a random, but they turbance and never the sign of pointed out

help to Inspector a struggle.

they were a couple of music-hall report by the Secretary of Who is the Cat" What can comedians, in to ignore the fact the United States Treasury, possibly be hits, or her, molive that one of them (historians are Mr John Snyder, said today Those are the ot certain which of them) that it was more important

Ellery never

existed, and that the for America the amazing another was probably A Scottish this new mystery Queen in the time of Cad- general economic welfare in to balance her walinder. And where in all this mind than is Egbeard the Gross?

budget,

5. Name the largest state in the United States of America,

What was the Man?

Answers at foot of Column 1)

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for

to

murther?

Queen finds

BOYS AND GIRLS MAGAZINE! questiona

A Visit from a Magician

He Did Some Remarkable Things in the Playroom--

By MAX TRELL

MERLIN

the Magician,

Maung on the base of the

bookshelf when Knott

Hantd

came

and

into their room, Knort Fold Then they looked

"Good-evening."

Rod Hand

around the room

"Where's

everybody?"

sud

in in surprise,

"Everybody?" haid Merlin. "Where's ME Punch”** said few

Now comes the end play. He | Hould "He was here played the eight of diamonds. minutes ago.

win the trick forcing Wort to with

the queen.

West wer now stripped of hearts and dia asked Knart. monda, o he was forced to return either a club or a opade, He elected to return o

"And where's General Tin?" "He was eating dinner with Mi Punch. Whero die! they both g?"

'Ani

where's Teddy,

the

Merlin the Magician. spade The seven-spot from Stuffed Bear, and where's the

Rond looked Hank agatri,

sternly "And Merlin, who was smlling morn びくなる the more and more alarmed.

than ever now,

dummy forced East to play the

and Irving

queen

vannry 7"

said

trick with the king. At this wh-where are the dog and the

point he led the nine

of dia- eat?"

monds and West was squeezed, He had to discard either

club or spade. if he discardedi a spade, he took the guess out

Merlin was smiling.

Made A Discovery

It was at this moment

of the spade fineste, while if he discarded club, the Juck Knart suddenly would fall on the ace, pelling covery.

up a good club,

11

CROSSWORD

Acmas

Blue eyes of a robot

6. Shakespeare had much

Loses Tustin 80 BMD

recover it. (0)

Stain

An land in watere near au

goon, 151

T fit artice you want out a

match to it. (47

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Twelfth

Night'

merges aupreme ene

It Depression in

TA Paces Lali to bend

Ferie

Sendis 13)

(3)

20. Phosphates contain 1 445

22. Check it and the game ta over.

(5)

24. Piny on worda. 13)

25. Of greater value than the game

[(8)

20. Door for neighbours, 14)

27. Witness them in courts Di

DowD

1. American politician 19)

2. This crop tears in pieces. (

3. Mistakes are backward about s

TAG. 101

4,200 fàs is bail'enamor, (3)

6. Pisx need. (7) 6. In front

7. This is

down-and out (9)

D. You may do it to tides and the

it in systems. (4)

10: Sevda round tip to make up dur

*salarica (8)

14. Centre that has been sitered-

iately. (0)

10. Rate, uncounested with. 23

DDWT, (4)

20. Henry in short has nothing but

antibus. 1922

21 imitate ten at the tob. (4)

Long suffering. Dryer. (8)

Bolutich of yesterday's pikals –– Betooni 1. Ungle Tong Cablay a Fathi Nay 1 Leaves. ella,0 20, Notary, 91, 23, KO. In the

(10, By and large: 19, CalTEN

Answers

CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE

2

1, Joseph Bromahí 3. Tunt branch" of geology which, trenta of the origin of rocks, 3. The Loner

bark of "Quillaja. saponaria which contains suponin and..lathers la' water Uke /poap/-4. Färle; mejol loud. 5. Toxas, 0, A Sicl 8.0.2.1'est terroristid society, destroyed by Mussolini.

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BWC's

masterpiece.

which

THE PHILISTINES

By Pamela Hansford Johnson,

(Michael Joseph, 10/5)

no

Snibbo does it again.

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BUSINESSMAN.

Anglo-US Textile Discussions In New York

Soon

New York, Nov. 15-British and American cotton industry representatives will discuss world textile production and distribution problems here on November 28.

Announcing this today,

the American Cotton Manu-

facturers Tustitute suki no Jap Firms

formal agenda had yet been drafted.

But the subjects Ilkely to

discussed includo work! consumption of colton tex- tiles, recent tariff adjustments and trade treaties affecting *textilen. effects of currency devaluation

and exchange and Japan's role in world cotton goods trade. The international cotton goods trade hnd not yet fully recovered from the effects of the war, Institute

The

controls

75

the present

To Bid For

Tanker

Contracts

Tokyo, Nov. 15. — The National News Agency, Kyodo, said today that two

volume of trade was only about Japanese ship-building com- percent, of the 1939 total, pantes would submit bids to Chair-be opened at Stockholm on

Sir Raymond Strent,

man of the British Cotton Board, will head the British delegation,

Reuter.

November 21 for the con- struction of four larg

Mr Robert Stevens, Chairman tankers for Brazil. of J. P. Stevens & Co., will lend

The agency said that the in the American delegation.ternational bidding would prob

-nbly-be-between -Britain, Hol- land, Sweden, Denmark and other teading ship-building countries of the world.

to keep her HONGKONG

standard or

габе

SHARES

The Japanese Arms sending bidg aro the Kawasaki Dock- yards and the Hitachi Dock yards.

Representatives of the Kawa-" taki Dockyards are to lenvo Tokyo by air today for Stock- 'holm.

noon prices: SHARE BUYERS BELLERS BALES because it

BANKS

HK Dank

1400

10 1400

Mr Snyder Antly opposed

The turnover on the Stock Guggestions thol the United States

should return to the Exchange this morning was Transactions and the $203,395:00, [EARING a noise in the chim- gold

ney, Mrs Bostick thrust her price of gold, But be hinted

that head and shoulders into the broadly

he felt Congress perture and got stuck. The should repeal ail silver purchase family tagged at her legs in vain. laws, which require the Tren-

lowered from the

sury to

buy up the metal at remained wedged. above market prices.

said "Solbbo." A Mr Snyder's views pot of this sovereign remedy was outlined in a report to the Joint Sub-Committer, handed to her. Sho smeared Congressional

opens ila hearings on her face, which at once became which 50 smooth that it slipped free of monetary credit and fiscal poll- the bricks and soot, and she was cles tomorrow. able to extricate herself unaided.

-(London Express Service)

Own

Ropes were roof, but she Then someone

The story of a young woman who, on a Impulse, married into surroundings not her

boredom and who, despite the of the suburban world in which she found herself, yet remained content with life untti, during the war, she fell in love. A Book Society Recommendation.

(Tomorrow--Recorded

Music)

were

Mr Snyder said he did not think that conditions required alteration in the monetary by stein.

an

YOUR BIRTHDAY..... By STELLA price of gold, and the Treasury

more

of

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

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DOCKS, ETC.

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500 12.03

Providing "I mun on record as being opposed to any change in the LAND, ETC. UK Hotel

HK Land S'hai Land Humplireys UTILITIES

1JA

13.20 500 «. 12.00

12.10 13.30 1000. 12.30

500 ur 12.30 1000 12 10

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102%

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Trem ...... 16.90 17.30 2000 4 17,10 200 11.10 200 17.10 Star Ferry 022

is firmly of the view that a gold coln standard should not be re-

in

United the established States," he said. "Mr Merlin," Gald Hanid;

As for silver, the Treasury "did you change Mr Punch and PORN today, you are perhaps you need to be right as often as

"had stated that it would inter- Generni Tin and Teddy the|D

a visionary than is humanly possible. Stuffed Bear and the canary is good for you! Essentially the You have the ability to make pose no objection if Congress

in-

not you wished to repeal alt provisions Whether or dog and the cat into student, your mind sops up money. and the

and will devote yourself to business relating to the acquisition of that Hish? Did you?".

formation Indiscriminately

silver. Mr Snyder pointed oul mnde G elka- "Well sold Merlin, look-

is a moot a store-

question, since you before long you are

that present laws meant that He was pointing ex- lng up at the ceiling. "I don't house for tld-hits of informe- are

more interested in ideas at the aquarium citedly

what see anything wrong with it if tion walking encyclopaedia. than in commerce and finance, practically all the United States

Macao Falso silver production ends up in the stood of the table in the wish I did,'

However, unless you give your As

Treasury because the Alphonce and Suzanne. Chango Them Back dow

some ment price of search for knowledge some very campaig the two goldfish, lived in it.

them into definite direction, you will end worthy cause, you could prove ounce is well above the open "Look Khart was exclaim-

market price of 73 to 74 cents. crted Knarf. up with a scattering of talents Invaluable Log.

You must learn to be a little United Press, to the aquarium and and be a specialist in none. around two gold. swinning

Into the six strange The mystic

rezi holds A

moro tolerant of those whose fish and six other kind of fish!

fascination for you. Also, you minds are less fluid and active Look at them!"

back!" corn-

NY FOREIGN Your Ideale in in the are interested

social than your own. "Change them betterment of all peoples. A love will be exceptionally high There were eight fist in the back at once, do you hear"

boru reformer with more than und few will ever come up to Urey like be

"He did change Auth! Ho did!"

are cight Ash running ***There

waving

sange them

Handt looked Sure enough, mande Hanid,

WGS

where, just a little

EL prompter

funda

to for

Govern-

10,3 cents an

average magnetic pendous perfection!

your expectations. You expect EXCHANGE

you can become

I1

isn't every-

probably

sure

that

Remember

those

"But-may be aquarium while ago, there were only Al- ing Ash?" said Merlin. phorum and Suzanne.

But finally he said: "Oh, all force in the world. You have you love can be human, tool Hald noticed

But I'm sure they are strange right. something about the other six ash. One having a wonderful time swim-a good speaking volce, too, and

the To find what the stars havo will not know rather

for tomorrow, and fat and ming around. round had a long noge. Another

who gets a meaning of stage-fright when in store was body, you know,

star and straight very long and

to E it comes to facing an audienco. your birthday and chance to be changed

Just make

corresponding your moved stimy. The third was fish.'

few ideals are held high at all times. Let your birthday star bo your mumbled puffed up and

just rolled through the water. The fourth words, And the next moment Because you pre a born leader, daily guide. seemed to be a flying-fish, for Mr Punch, General Tin, Teddy. it had wings and kept trying the canary, the dog and the cat 10 leap out of the water. The were all standing in the room fifth Was dogfish, and the agnin, soaking wet, and moving sixth one had whiskers like a their arms around

were swimming. cat,

Morilu

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) as if theyThere are apt to be restric- tions in your social life, so be guarded when malding engage meats, Romance favoured.

i

SAGITTARIUS Rupert & a Mare's Nest-2

Runtung down the hill and across

towards the wood, Rupert cells out

Look, we've got a basket to carry home-the eggs." "But Rupest steps says, but why rob neats 7 t'don't think the birds would care makli tor bethan, di'k'a horrid ides." But the lone only laugh at him, and move

to the faxes and they wait for him... back. i love climbing trees," he

"it's a topping day.” cries the little dear, "Let")" "comb same trees." "Why, yer. that's just what we're going to do." says Freddy. "Come away as it, they don't understand

P

with us. We're going birdsgusting. what, he is talking about.

BUL" RIGHTS (KESERVED.

BRONCHO BILL

{WELL*

(Nov.

(pound)

South Africa

Closing ratet

Nov. 15. US$ 0.80-7/10 2.80-3/18 2.45 bid/

2.40 asked 200-7/10 2.40-$

select read paragraph.

Canada (dollar} Fingland-official ***** unofficial .....

**** 30-day futures

**** 10-day futures

Australia (pound) .

2,24-

New Zealand

2.79-

2.10-1

02.00-12 .1400

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2437

1aly-official en-export ....

.0016

0918

Switzerland-free

Norway (krone) Portugal (escudo) Spain vesela)....

.1410

0300

3040

320

(pound) Belgium (frane) Denmark (krone) France-oficial

be land guilder)

MIDDLE EAST

2.68

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- Be tactful in both business and social mutters. If they must

avold undue combined, Det tertainment extravagance.

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-- 23 New ideas should be tried out Dec. 22)-If you plan to make today before going all out on

Feypt (pound) Make Euro you silck to production. business gains

Tran trial) Iraq (dinan) business! Limit social. pleasures know where they are leading.

CANCER (June. 23-July 23) Turkey (ra) until your work is done.

LATIN 23-Jan-Possiblo' difference of opinion Argenting omciat CAPRICORN (Dec.

and Braz (cruzeiro). 20)-Tact will smooth out many might arise. between you a minor difficulty today. You your family. Be tactful to side-Bolivia

Be step arguments. be difficulti

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Not Columbia (peso) 21-Feb. your day! Unusual incidents Cuba (peso) AQUARIUS (Jan.

for Mexico (pen) 19)-Harmony with others and can make things difficult thorough co-operation will solve you to comprehend. Patience Peru-free

Go many a problem today,

friends can patient.

(boliviano) Chille official

33

Kyodo said that the outcome, of the bids would be viewed with keen attention in Japan

would indicate to. what extent the world recog-' nises the country's ship-build- ing technique-United Press.

RUBBER

UNDER

PRESSURE

New York, Nov. 15-Rubber Katures remained under pressure today, but activity slackened on the recession.

Market sentiment was shaped;

London cables, plus by lower weakness in the securities mar ket and a pause in taclory de- mand for physicals,

Shipment offerings from the enst were still on the high side as price is concerned, C. Light (0) 13.40 1900 13.30 as far

trading 100 13.30 but some Inter-dealer C. Light (N) 9.00 10.30

was reported at "reasonable Electric

100 @ 32% prices," Elte Tek phone

Market sentiment was mix- ed, but, some observers contend INDUSTRIALS

that the technical situation has improved by the new Cement Ilope

cession, and that a further likely to see a recession, is STONES, ETC.

stockpile buy- resumption of

Dairy

19.30

2415 10.75

4414

Watson . 474 475%

La+ Crawford

COTTONS

Ewo

300 29

500 24;s been

88888

44464

ing.

Prices closed 19 to 23 points on sales totalling 73

lower,

contracts, as follow:

November in cents

per 1b.)

December

January (1930)

February Morch

485

300 @ 1

100 6 7

ADMI

May

July August

Granted Visas

For Russia

Helsinki, Noy.

Wis

15,-It learned here tonight that mem- bers

de- of a Finnish trade legation to Russia have been granted visas and will leave as soon as possible.

10-men delegation, handed by the Foreign Trade Minister, M. Uuno Takkal, wes to have left for Moscow last night, but a postponement "for was ni- technical reasons" nounced by Helsinki Radio to-

The

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Uruguay (poso) ... Venezuela

(bolivar)

2400

3010

against overoptimism.

FAIL KABT

2100

Hongkong

your share of the way pallently! VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)-

is needed.

Guard

PISCES (Feb. 20-inr. 217-- Don't let self-delusion cause heartache. Face-facts and you Look on the bright side, but Indie (rupee)

don't expect miracks! Palicace will be wise Examine all.

pays.

promises astuliply.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)- ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)— Postpone

Important commit Delay important plans if they Conserve menta

and stick closely to call for expansion.

resources, both mental routine

Follow Your right now.

and material, established lines of activity.

The Target

ON A ROCKY LEDGE FAR ABOVE BLASH MORLEY RIMS AND PIRES --

'By Harry

O'Neill

HOBB COULP) BOMI BODY'S

- BHDOTIN' AT

1800 United - Prem,

CHESS PROBLEM

***By B. J. M. MARR

Black, 5 pieces.

White, D pleces,

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Earlier reports said that M. had been refused a Russian visa although he had already gone to Russla neveral times as the head of Finnish trade delegations-Reuter,

International

Bank Post

the

June

SPOT

10.47 traded

14.44 nominal

16.40 traded

10.42

16.30 nominal

$0.20 traded

16.17 nominal.

16,03

10.00

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to

yesterday'sunomcial

tala

1, KI=K2, 1,

KK5; 294:(ch) olliers,42, KD4,

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