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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1950,

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

MCKENNEY

ON BRIDGE

'Trap Bids' Often Bad for Partner

DUMB-BELLS

REGISTERED US

AS SOON AS I SAW YOU COME ALONG THE ROAD I SAID TO MYSELF,

FIFTY FIVE AT LEAST!

PATENT OFFICE

YOU ARE MUCH MISTAKEN OFFICER! IT'S THIS HAT THAT MAKES ME LOOK SO

OLD!

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The Artistic Gems of Milan

portant in history, one of the earliest of the great banking

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Anglo-American Film Pact Result

Hollywood, Feb 5.-Hollywood may have less than 6,000,000 frozen dollars in England when the two-year Anglo-American film pact ends next June. So said Mr Eric Johnston at a press conference here.

By TEMPLE MANNING

N American scientiat has said AN This unforgettable painting that the composer of the MILAN is an old centre, im-

of the rectangular future will compone

Prestwick, Scotland, Feb. 5.— its the end

n sound-The Chairman of Britain's Dol- refectory of the Church of Santa

track instead of writing down inr Export Board, Sir and industrial centres, and ret Maria della Grazie. Despite the his music in the old-fashioned Weir, returned by ale Its greatest glory centres neither effects of centuries, despite the

the way. As long ns the result is from a ten-day visit to Canada today in history, in Bnance, nor in many restorations on the damp

played intsiness, its great attrnetions, as wall, this greatest of paintings, only complaints are likely to be that the United Kingdom can a cinema-organ, the and the United States convinced is the ease with so many Italian grows oven more sublime.

from Althy Fascist beasts. I think Foll

Mr Johnston, President of town, are ali artistic, with em- really, it is a simple compost-it more likely that the music of more products in the U.S. phasis on the mighty cathedral, tion, except for its theme. But in the future will be composed by

the Motion Picture Associa opern after-thought the beholder be a kind of cash-register-cum- will buy more British products tion of America, an organi house, and one painting, Da Vin. eames aware of its great.psycho-typewriter, which will eiect 60 so that it may dispose of more sation of major Hollywood of its primary conimodities in studios, said Hollywood did the traditional United Kingdom $60,000,000 worth of busi- market.

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BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

ONE of the pitfalls in bidding

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want to imprez upot Your mind today in this: Before you make a bil, nek yourself if 10 will trap your partner in my

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tuted

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1950 - Ansovinter Pres

New York Cotton

Futures

New York,

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rate in 1848, 15

However, many big miils end- ed 1948 with thele books fled foundly through next June with and cold rolled

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ttie It wiek cotton Intmes sheets. --Associated Prese Burr ngtalun fter plating

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GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Christopher Had an Adventure

-It Began When He Heard a Thumping Noise---

By MAX TRELL

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(4) No animal can be registered as a philole list who does not carry collapsible umbrella

45 Any almal tant en speak Banque si eligible for the Tintinintralum Club

eria Cety ammals that are registered philatelics are invited to Professor PIR- dawn's parties

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was found in

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Chemopher Fight," Cricket sand with a hither chat kle daewment It all seems

HOW

and with i benvy glove on top

of a harvel

and it enone from

The bottom of the back leps where

roadway Juris around the circle of trees "

"That's where the children just built the Snowman Knar exclaimedy

Expizate Tushy.

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Christopher Cricket nodded, Do not a bit " Kuart and

That was the very spot where Hond, the Sha-

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know the time I first heard the denly heard. So, after wrapping

14 numer Bround

neck. iny Thotaping noise-per-

putting

on my rot, my Azul woollen cap and my ear-mufts. I crept down to the back door.

was midnight, perhaps It WRN CV later than that tor The house was dark and every one win fast adeep, except the eat, the mouse and me.

Thumping Noises

"Yes, it was a strange thump- jing nola-like someone thump-

"Ther

Rupert and the Snuff-box-

Rupert stares down to where his old friend is sitting and suddenly realises what the odd thing is. Má Mummy's basket,” he exclaims.

floured all this way and now it's safe. Next minute he is racing down the slope and pouring out the rory to the astonished old gentle. man, "Well, if it isn't the little beat

ALL RIGHTS

who returned my silver anufl-box [" eries the Admiral. "And so this is your basket. What a bit of luck! He #aw it and booked it out." listens carefully to Rupert's account of what has happened. Then he seems to make up his mind, shall fish no more today," he de clares, "I must look after you twn."

RESERVED

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quidation Ou Thursday.

Additional uncertainty develop.

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relating faintles allotment legislation

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screage and the

Arab Agreement

Damascus. Feb. 5.--Syrin has signed commercial agreement recommendations made by some with Saudi Arabia, it was offi-

cially

Reuter.

Congressmen for a cut of 25

announced today. The funds this agreement, the first of its kind pereen In EC.A. yeur. Traders emphasised that

between Syria und another a great part of U.S. cotton ex-State. will Inst one year.

orla poris

E.C.A. depend

upon Chief interest, how- financing.

centred upon the Com- Credit Corporation's

for programme "pooled" 1948 crop stocks.

modity selling

est

levels

the OUTWARD MAILS

On Saturday nearby cotton deliveries closed near the high- for the day, but deferred contracts came dowu slightly. At the close of tradi- ruled three points point lower, as

found the eat, She had also built holding hands with Ave "they spied us. We tried to follows:-

or six

March

Un cents per

31.2-KI 3137

We saw the right! curious

euddenly," said the list

higher to one to my surprise, I Snowman that the children had Christopher Cricket excitedly,.

beard the noise. And finally a

other

but they seized us. Knowinen~~~and run away,

10.) mouse came along. She didn't snowladies - and thumping Oh, how cold their hands were! | May come too close

The Dance with us! they all cried. July to the cat, of slowly round and round, courge: but the eat said there wind made music as it whistled 'Dance, dance! Yes, they made October

December was no use chasing a mouse to through the bare branches of us dance with them...all nightstarch (5) nicht It was much more im- portant to find out who was

30.10 20.94

28.83

28,80 bid

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the trees.

It was like a dance long." ... dance of the snowpeople.

Any

July

or what was-making the noise.

Cellar Window

Frazen Brook

"The mouse, continued Chris-

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and more of the who

ed like dozens of hands thump- Round and ing on dozens of barrels.

Christopher stopped

Sand smiled. "But a wonderfully odd thing happened. The faster they. NEW ORLEANS COTTON "We stood and watched. From danced, the warmer they be

And the warmer they

Closing prices topher Cricket, "told us the cel over the hill, from across the came.

brook, from behind the became, the smaller they grew Morch in cents per lb.) .. 31.10 lac window was open on a frozen crack. So we all three went trees and bushes; all white with They were melting away,

the morning when

sun came, † July squeezed ourselves frost, through it, and come out at snowpeople came to join in the they were just tiny little heaps October

You can see the March (1051) lost on the back steps. Then dance. Some wore hats and of

heaps

of snow-in Siny we carefully walked

Some car now-the down. some wore shawls, Meanwhile, the

Eticks and come the road at the bottom of the July noise became ried wooden

It's the only thing that SPOT pipes In their mouths. steps. louder and Jouder till it sound- had

round and round makes my story trie." they went, thumping, thumping.

SPOT

-United Press,

Feb. 4.

And May

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smiled

The snowman the children bullt.

down and

"And then, as we reached the thumping with their heavy feet bottom step, we saw the most of snow.

BRONCHO BILL

HO!HUM: (VAIDO)) I'M 90 DERNED SLEEPY! RANGERS GIT UP TOO

BARLY

Sleepy-time Girl

LOOK! MARY JANE AIN'T WIDE AWAKE YET ~ IF SHE GOES OUTSIDE SHE'LL GIT INTO TROUBLE ~

YEH!

FALL DOWN THE WELL, OR SOME-

NOW YIHO LEF' THIS ROPE HERE

PER TIMP OVER †)

And Christopher again.

By Harry F. O'Neill

TS A WONDER DOME FOLKE

LIVE LONG ENUF TGROW UP

December

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from Commenclag

Monday, January 23, mall for Shanghai will be forwarded via Canion. The mail will close at 0.P.0, Kongkong dally (except Sun- days and loudays) at p.m.

The Public are reminded that only

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Unregistered Letters only for Foo. Canton, Bwatow, Amoy, chow, Shanghai, Tientsin and arcopted at North China can senders' risk, and will be ter- warded as opportunity offers.

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6. Closing Time By Air Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Basra, Cairo (Nairobi, Mombasa, Dar-es- Salaam, Mauritium and Johannes- burg via Cairo), Rome and London. 28.72 bid Kowloon CP.O. 4 p.m.; G.P.0.5 20.08 bid p.m. 28.50 bid

20.00 bld

31.34

-United Press.

WORLD BANK DIRECTOR

Washington February 5.-Mr|

Japan. & D.m

Singapore, Batavia, Sydney. and Auckland, & p

Bangkok and Colombo, 3 pm.

Talpet, 3 pin.

Closing Times By Bea Inphong. 3 pm.

Manila, 3 p.m.

Aden and fam

TUESDAY.

Closior Times By Air Manila, Guam, Honolulu, USA and Canada, pan

Air Parcel Posts for Manila, Ilonow (Kowloon CPO) 1 Louls Rasminsky, alternate tutu and USA.

pan. (GPO) | P., chairman of Canada's Foreign Ordinary Air Mail (Printed Mat Exchange Control Board, has tere. Samples and Smail Packet Posts) for Manila; Guem, Ionolulu been elected executive director and USA. (Kowloon CPO) 1 p.m.;

Hatphone and Salgon, B p.m. Bangkok, 5'p.m.

of the World Bank, it was an-} (GTO), 5 p.m. nounced bare tonight. He will succeed Donald Gordon, resigned to become President and

who

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Talpe Color Times By Res Strails, Batavia and Soursbaya,

Xangkok, 1 p.m.'.:

Board chairman of the

p.m. National Railways. Canadian Nat Mr. Rasmine

Rasminsky will reprosent and Iceland on the Cohodn executive board of the World

both

Banic. He is already serving as executive director of the Inter-

Manila and Marsellies, 2 p.m. Ceylon, Madarsazar, Aden and Egypt. 3 p.m

Korra và Inchonia Bima

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY: ST Closing Times. Dy Air Manila, 11 a.m..

national Monetary Fund repre-Taipeh, o pame

senting the same two nations United Press-

Closing Timis By 'Sea

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