1949-11-21 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1949.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

. MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Neat Cross-Ruffing Insures Contract

BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

TODAY'S hand was laken

from the recent

National

Tournament held in Chicago. As you can pre

кла. _unix Nevertheless, the In for a treat sion.

the contract

finir digimonda...

Some East

bought the

hand came den of discus-

and West pairs contract for diner

henris. If South opened spade this contenot quickly was defeated. The most t

DUMB-BELLS

SO YOU'VE BEEN FARMING

EIGHTY YEARS,

IS YOUR HEALTH

GOOD?

PATENT OFFICE

WAAL, SOME

TIMES I THINK FARMING DOESN'T AGREE

WITH ME

Check Your Knowledge

teresting contract was when lar.

What is pastoral poetry? Which sport, in particu Is the 8th Marquis

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doubler. four diamondla

Fast 3. Name the world's largest opened the three of hearts Ainland body of water. #mall heart was played from 4. What do you mean by "a dummy and Weat played the votre sante (Fr)?"

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ROUND THE WORLD:

Famous Castle in Syria

BY TEMPLE MANNING

NGINEERS and other per

sonnel, who go out to the Middle East to work with the various all companies, either love or loathe the place. Those that coine to like it usually aro the typy that, And something

of Interest wherever they may new

bc., looking upon each place as an exciting adventure. men find it exciting to pee camel trains and mud vil lastes, the slender minarets of Hapeques,lille coffee shops,

that tenk In whres for desert people—the bras, the

water fars and the clothing.

Two men we know who were stationed Ju Syrin mode D

study of the various castles of

the Crusaders that are in the dull region, and never kinety moment. An soon as it was possible to

do so, they drove through the desert to Horns to | visit the famous castle of Krak. They had read much of dusty Homs, whiels under the naine of Emessit in full of exciting kiew all about history, and Heliogabalara, the priest of Baal who left Horns to become Roman Emperor aver 10 cen-

BOYS AND GIRLS

GAZINE

Knarf Started a Business

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"Oh, I'm not going to part the honey into them"

Too Much Bother Khaf Māyank

hend The manh other, and Bol I know Juls of where there's

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of diamonds. Another club, I'll be too busy

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ruffed monda.

ruffed and then a spade

When declarer playest

the nine of clubs and ruffest in

dummy with the eight of die- monds, the

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Chinburg Town near Homs, Syria. turies ago.

And they had read, too, of the tragic armies Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, defated at Homs by Aurelian.

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FOR

THE BUSINESSMAN

BY THE

US Treasury

WAY

by Beachcomber

THE

HE reply of the Na- tional. Association of Brace, Belt and Suspender Manufacturers to the sug- gestion of n doctor that shirts should be worn out- nide 'trousers has been swift and alarming. The association, I read, is going to start a campaign to en- courage men to wear braces of artistic desigır-and-bril--| liant colour. It is obvious that the effect would be lost If these gaudy things were worn under the shirt.

Prodnose: May we revert, for ja- moment, to yesterday's discus- sion? It a man goes out in the rata, wearing n macintosh under This shirt, what happens?

any way

Myself: He gets wet, booby.

The place of the macintosh

Prodnose: Is there fof removing the macintosh, when you go intoors, without frst removing the shirt?

You cas un-

Secretary

Renewed Attacks On Prestige Of

For Manila Sterling Reported

Manila, Nov. 20-The United States Secretary of the Treasury, Mr John Snyder, who is due in Manila cariy this work. will confer with President Quirino on Tuesday mora- Ing, it was learned today.

Matters discussed by the Philippines President and President Truman during -the-former's-visible- Washington East August were expected today to be taken up when Mr Snyder and

President Quirino

These are said to include assistance to the Phillip- pines under Mr Truman'a "Point Font" programme, Industrial and economie Ioans

and more war da- mage payments-Renter.

Big

Buying Cotton

Of

Grey

"TANGIER TECHNIQUE”

BEING USED

London, Nov. 19.--Attacks on the prestige of sterling are once again in full swing, but, in the view of financial circles here, nothing very effec tive is likely to be done about it until after the General Election.

Whenever the Bank of England notices that its world-wide system of exchange control has sprung a leak, it automatically sets its experts to work to find the leak.

This has been done in Sir Stafford Cripps, the Chan- the case of the New York cellor of the Exchequer, pro- "black market" in "transfcases confidence that the re- forable

|latively small market in “trans-i sterling," where

ferable stering" in New York selling has been of abnormal wi

real pressure volume and at far below the upon sterling. official price of $2.80, sug- He thinks of sterling as the; gesting that the technique rrency used by one-nfth of the world's population and in one- already popular in the inter-fourth of the trade of the globe?

Сачко no

Goodsational market at Tangier To the amazement of the city

Their

objective was Krak, that most amazing castle

Myself: Yes mt on a thousand-foot eleva Mon,

button the macintosh, and then unapproachable exvepl from the ath, the head of pull it up through the neck of

being used successfully. of London, he told the Commons glorious and fertile path. Krak the shirt,

Some of the big New York that, because of the situation' guarts the opproach to Tripoli

Produose; But if the coal and New York, Nov. 19.-The banks, it is sald bur, refuse to prevailing in these foreign mar- from Aleppo

Is the

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sterling" kets, something had to be done! development of large senle deal in "transferable gotoplete of the group of castle Waistcoat are under the slur

on behalf of clients because ni|| between Tripole and Latlet Myself: They must be unbut-buying

the activity in

DUMBFOUNDED coolstort raturd on it The French Ereparierent doel, h, s that the macintosh grey goods was spotlighted would not justify them in in

hans run Antiquities

ver the shoulder, to be de-textile market this week.

of England, with whom they du business on an immensely far

raše. KUT

Transferabic sterling" is sterling owned by residents of countries.

cotton

The

mururile job of matering Kiakan be struwn through there, and is the Worth Street basic curting criticism from the Bank founded at this

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one elimla ile

Crack kragazteen take

pack train

the Rught

tapsalteri

The Krupailem

Inll

** perated on the flere bebind you.

shane di Prednost: And, if you go out carried supplante

ntain, how do you get The MRC- he seems to have tech on mudsuwath all There

arments"

the Alam

Tunes so t

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na the lowers ond

castle keep comun

Taten yhew

Terners of fits and visernieks

Myself: Dniy nastygale farly

wwer which are

by undressUR for your X1 to the Some

flocks of sheep heeeling the cutkan, ul your bonizers

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their thepitiere: 1's

pipe, sharing fella of Bize The Two concentric keeps that lead to the prestact for the moat, all these create a med almost eerie feeling.

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strong

temple, of course, munimpose the ddbealty by weaning the metri tosh under the shirt, but over the waistcoat, and keeping if on until they go to bed.

Brighter braces

our shirts

A huge export inquiry for chouls to be shipped to Indonesia

ECA credits

developed under parvultaneously with a rush To:

supplies among domestar

175 th atteigti

| qurements for the spring se

Sun

or other of the

Th live

British were dumb

remark. They were mentally prepared for ded valuation to view of the general suspension of foreign purchased of British guods in expectation jof devaluation, But they could 2165 understand, and still do not intunderstand. group

why the Labour schtel: the British exchange con-vernment looks such a step,

it has divijet the

under intimkiatlon by "transferable td,

"black markets" handling only include the Dutch small fractions of the world's monetary area Holland anal the daily turnover in sterling Dutch East and

Dutch West

the Foreign Hut on Friday indies Scondinavian countries, Egypt.

Secretary, Mr Ernest Beyip, Italy, the Spanish

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The

Countries

The truce effected in the coal strike, coming on the beek of Jabonar ace in the steel dustry, als broadened interest Industrial Subrics.

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Garment manufacturers up- parently became uneasy over being caught with Inadequate

(1)

monetary area, and others in threw some light on the mystery when he said that the Govern- Sutr 17 or 18 countries,

ment could not tolerate the iden of the sterling area and the

NOT "FROZEN"

the

These foreign owners of cur-

dollar area in conflict.

The rently acquired sterling are free drawn that Britain had rickled dextuction WIR widely to

use it for the purchase of drawn Con- British goods and services, 11to Amerten pressure to devalue

is not

pound.

This still leaves "frozes" in any way.

the city wondering whether Furthermore, if they wish, the

will do nny- Bank of England will convert the Government this sterling into an equivalent thing effective in inspire general beyond amount of currency of a coun-confidence in sterling and bring

try in the "transferable account" "black market dents to

level where they yield so little group. The Indonesia inquiry, cen-

they disappear.--- But the Bank makes it clear praft that tring on low count print claths. that it cannot afford to convert United Press.

I'm going into the honey business, Knarf said.

The high tower opposite the

THE National Drapers' Connell | inventories for the bit spring offers # wonderful! kurt afteks and tied them to the Burdurt

has veiced on the advice of merchandise senson as mii de Sur view of the ramparts, the tow-

Hartley Then he poked them

Shawcross--"We | liveries

Klantlard jace

off" --ng structions became harder to and after them, the bastions of this amaz-

must take Rike he cruck, one

ing stronghold of the Crusnd-jevidence that the lekał pro- this side of the third quarter other, very carefully.

who for

two centuries fession favours the plan tor of next year, beer came buzzing out, looking "freed,"

In fact, som:0 truded with, defend-ard

It is poluted sales of rondeloths have been brighter braces. homes quite angry, But seeing only ed and ruled their feudal Latin uut that, if we wore no shirts, reported for delivery

sticka kigom.

Its four principall-we could went our braces out- next June. duin't ties

Jerusalem, Antioch,side our waistcoats aird cools. Kuarf Tripoll and Edess appear in tucking both these garments into

back

the symbolism of their four-the trousers; which starts on- crossed Jerusalem Croad.

other train of thought,

-(London Express Service)

Alara Jurs with

with the six of dia-Anybody who buys

110 with honey right attached to them (they HWILY.

even look at Willy or at "Hand went with Kharf down or Hand). they buzzed the road West over-ruffed with

At the Stone wall

free again. And quech.

there 1 that ran Just alongside of this

Willy left the jars inside the was no way to preveal devineer Joût om trase [he one with Diy trave "Fil come back for them] (Tomorrow-Science At Work) from making another diamond big rack in the trunk Kharf later,” he explained, "maybe in trick and his contract

toppen! De set all the empty a year or two. They'll be olli Jun the wall Then he led up then. 1'} Just pull started shouting. Honey Jars been out again" of honey! Who wants honey"

At that moment Willy Toad eune kopping up.

CHESS PROBLEM

By F. FLECK

Binck, 12 pieces.

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"That's

YOUR BIRTHDAY.

followed ECA had

the s that the

currencies of "dollar Account"

dollars.

nilocated $37,500,000 this sterling lato dollars or into for the purchase of textile pro- count

countries, because it has 101 ducts and rice. Traders un-enough do derstood that the textile pur- Theoretically chase authorisation appro- xinated $11,000,000, with the aside $10,- textile purchases

By STELLA ECA also setting

500,000 for

thorisationa

all central banks have a common interest

JAP

the

EXPORTS STILL LAG

Kuart was delighted,

in reing that each other's rulea arc observed, for "black mar- wonderful, Willy Now 271

Tokyo, Nov. 10.The Minis- you've got to do is pay mo for

In Japan.

kels" are a common nuisance, try of International Trade and MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21

bul In practice some seem 10 Industry announced today that "Ine of honey, Willy?" suld the jars of honey."

close their American Delivery

eyes to transactions export on both

contracts Knart.

"I didn't buy

for August kny Jars of

HORN today, you have a deep ness deal. Avoid cominon fault-

must be which promise profits for their amounted to and Japantoc orders

$37,000,000-10 "H'mm," mtd Willy, peering honey," onewered Wils. "AD Intellectual nature and an Anding as this can become a very completed by May 31, 1950. No nationals and additional dollars percent below the target. hord see the jars but I don't I got

was Jars.

I'll pay you | acquisitive mind. Highly analy disagreeable habit. Constructive contracts dated after December for the central bank itself.

The United States headed the see the honey."

when i get the honey, Or, if teal, you should use these talents criticism is quite another thing!

31 are eligible under the ou- According to discussions in st as the biggest buyer, with "You have to get it yourself u want the jars back. just as a critle of the arts. You are A good conversationalist, you

Parliament, the Netherlands 25 percent of the month's ex- Willy," Hanste troke In. "Knarf lake

the tree not bound by conventions and are niso something of a mimic.

Central Barik permitted such ports. Items contracted for all things that are new interest You enjoy being the life of the There was a widening bag owners of sterling to use it for were mostly textiles, metel you. You also enjoy a change of party among those whose mind, trade demand for sheetings and buying wool in Australla, which goods, machinery and foods. Kepl scene and could learn to be at are us keen and sharp as your osnaburgs, with Indian burlap was perfectly proper, but also home in any part of the world, own. You will make a fine mar-production runaing bulow permitted the Dutch owner of

It so trained, you might seek ringe partner and your home life average.--United Press.

the wool to sell it for dollars in New York. CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE our career in the feit of selence. should be pleasant and charming.

The Dutch man then handed Loves

bla dollars to the Central Bank and received guilders in

is afraid of getting stung The again."

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Panitary In that cruck in the But Knarf licles't darn elm tree. But I don't think the Hanid thought Willy was right. bees are going to wond anybody

She laughed at Kmart all the 1 take T."

Thought a Moment

"AIL

way home.

Answers

Suce you have It high de To find what the stars have in rustle gree of originality, you should do store for tomorrow, select your well in the experimental labora- birthday star and read the cor- tory. Your business astuteness responding paragraph. Let your your dally lake advantage of you in a bust- gulde,

Willy thought for a moment or two. then he smiled,

1. Poety dealing with right, I take all the jars,"

Kart was glad to give them Sea, hounded by

2. Boxing. 3. The Caspian Russia and to Willy. "How my you Retut Iran 4. To your health. 5.

the honey?" White, piroca.

to get

he asked treatment of disease by physt White to play and rate in two, curiously,

eal ngents such as heat, mas- simple," sold Willy.enge. exercise, water, radiation, Solutio76

"Just watch. Willy got sofae ele. 6. 30 degrees below zero F.

probics:

co

Saturday's

1. Ki-K4, any; 2, Kt (ch, dia ch, or tibi ch) mates,

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Rupert & a Mare's Nest-6

Full of excitement, Rupert hurrica off again, and thla time he spica two more of his friends. Algy Pug and Willie Monte. "I say, you chaps," he calls. "have you ever seen a Mare's Nest 7 My daddy says he will take me to the seaside if I can show him bne, so I must find ane 1"

. ALL RIGHTS

BRONCHO BILL

FLEBING FROM RANGER BOYS, THE HIGHWAY- MAH RIDES FOR

HIS LIFE?

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** 'That's silly," ays the little mouse. "How can there be such a thing?" And he attolls away, but Algy looks Interested, and, with Rupert, he walks to the top of the slope. **) wonder where we ought to mart searching," says Rupert. All at once. Algy gets an idea and points across to some buildinga. RESERVED

in keen and you never let another birthday star be

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov, 22)— If driving a car, be cautious. The other fellow may not be as CRTC- ful! Avold carelessness to avoid

mishap.

The total of export contracts concluded from January to August amounted to $374,000,- 000-United Press.

HONGKONG exchange. But this transaction OUTWARD MAILS

SHARES

was at one

remove from con-

verting into dollars, which was precisely the thing which the Bank of England had said It could not afford la permit.

and The Bank of England was the Netherlands aftreed to and stamp out the practice, but as recently as September 13 the Sydney Bulletin reported purchaser of AUG- tralian wool, naming specifical- ly Dutch, Belglan, French, It-. altan and Egyptian purchases, which were being resold for dolinrs in New York.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-

The turnover on the Stock Bo sure of your emotións. Don't Exchange this morning make an error in judgment when $144,420.00. Transactions it comes to love or romance.

noon prices: GEMINI (May 22-June 22)- ADARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES European SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. Postpone a journey. Otherwise, 22)-Personal integrity, no mat- your day should turn out rather DANKS ter how much you are tempted better than average. Employment by excess profits, is the best way, improves. always!

CANCER (June 23-July 23) CAPRICORN

(Dec, 23-Jan. If denting with the public, you 20)-Play a waiting game for should be more than ordinarily now, If planning some move, successful. Use good judgment. either at your office or home, de- lay E 11

11 урц сап, AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb. 19) -A fairly good day for every thing but travel. You'll find the greenest grass at home today! Stay there.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- Be cautious if travelling. Other wise, th

this day can bring you a number of interesting benefits. ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr.. 20) Avold having to make any de- cisive change today. Best for you to hold to the status quo, if you can.

Tricked!

Bu

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Sud- den changes are bad polley today. Guard against impulse or haste in any of your actions. patient.

IK Dank

INSURANCES

Untor

DOCKS, ETC.

.. 1420 1475

N. P. Wharf Dock Provident Wheelock XD Bo LAND, ETC.

HK Hotel.. 11.70

S'hat Land

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)- General affairs can be adequate- ly controlled if you make no sud- den changes. Avoid taking a trip, UTILITIES

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-- Use every precaution when mak- ing any changes, Avoid them un- til later if you can. Be conserva- tive.

By Harry F. O'Neill

OB THEM INTO.

FEUR (WHICH R

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XD

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1000 50

AUSTRALIAN WRATH A week or so later the Aus- trallan Government announced in wrath that two-thirds of all West European purchases Australian wool had been resold In New York for dollars, which Australia. thus never reached

West 500 @ 11.00 Yet every one of these. 000 11.80 European buyers, it la cinimed, 600 11.00 had solemnly promised that the wool would be used solely for West European consumpion:

to According

Sydney 400 g Bulletin, Russia was the only buyer of Australian wool dur- to adhere ing the past season to the agreement..

The Bank of England is again discussing the situation with ali central banks whose nationals have seemingly found loop- holes in tho rules of "transfer- 100.244 able account" sterling. 400 on 24 200 @ 24

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11%

Telephone..

INDUSTRIALS

Cement.

10

500 a 9.30 200 400.40 32 600 @ 14

1000

Rope

....... 2033 STORES, ETC.

Dairy

Wation

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United Kingdom vis Posts per INUS Corfu will be closed as follower Gro-Parcels, November 24,

5 p. g., November 25, 6.30 a.m.; rd., .30a.m.

Kowloon CPO.

Parcei November 24, 4 pm. Nek., & p.m. rd., November 23, 9am. This mail is expected to ar rive at London on or about 28 Uecember 26.

Unregistered Air Mail (Letters only for Chungking, Kunming. can be accepted at senders' riak, and will be forwarded as oppor- tunity adferu. -

Unregistered Lettera only for Canton, Swatow, Amoy, Foo- how, Shanghai, Tientela and North China can be accepted at senders lak, and will be for warded as opportunity offers.

Unless otherwise stated, Re- gistered Articles and Parçal Fosts clase One Hour earlier than the ordinary mali ir malis clone before 10a.m.. Kegistered and Parcel Ports close at à p.75, on the previous day. Maila are closed at Kowloon "Central Post Oface half an hour earlier than the G... closing times.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Closing Times By Air Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Basta, Cairo (Nairobi, Mombasa, Dares Salaam, Mauritius & Johannesburg Cairo), Ilome and London, via

Kowloon CPO) 430 p.m.; (GPO) 1 p.m.

Japan, 8 pm

Singapore, Batavia, Bydney and Auckland, 5 p.m.

Bangkok and Colombo, 3. p.m. Taipeh, 5 p.in.

Closing Times By Sa Canada Via Vancouver

B.C., J

Permons Via Keelung, 3 pm.

Stralis, Nongoon and Calcutta, Salgon, 3 p.m. Japan, 3. p.m.

This dissipation at potential dollar earnings of the sterling | pm. area through "black markets" 3n "transferable sterling" in Tongler and, New York is pel- marily the concern of the Bank

of England.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Closing Timos By Ale Mania, Guam, Honolulu, .“ UBA

and Canada, .p.m.

Ar Parcel Poate for Manila,

But these raids by West Honolulu and USA. [Kowloori European countries upon one CPO) 4 p.m.; (GPO) I p.m. another's limited dollar resour

Ordinary Air Mail (Printed. Mate ters, Bamples and 8mail Packet

Exchange Rates ces are contrary to admonitions Posts) for Martis, Guam, Henoluit

morning at the following, rates

by the Marshall. Plan adminis- Business was done in the gcal trator, Mr Paul Hoffman, to "got whoficial exchange marketle together" and the International Sterling bound note, (per 41 13.10 Monetary Fund, which frowns US. dolabs (per #1) in 6178 upon "black runrket" denilngs in 120 plastrea. (per, 100)

1100 gold, may sodid thy take ometal NEI gulders (per 100) Blanca (per 100)

28.00 potica of the "black market" in Bugspora (Strala)

goods,

****

21.80

and USA, (Kowloon CPO):« p.m.; (OPO) 6p.m.

phong and Balgon, 5 p.m. Alan kok, b.p.m...

"Closing "Tinies. By, Box" Japan, am

amate

Straits 1 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 Www Closing Times By Alr. Menila, 11. AM Taipeh,"8 d.m.