THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1950.
FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
. MCKENNEY
ON BRIDGE
Utilise All Entries To Make Contracts
By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
WHEN George A. Alderton 11, of Detroit, was president of the American Contract Bridge Lentue, he did a great deal in proving to prejudiced groups throughout the
thing country fourmonent bridge is one of out cleanest forms of pastime. Clergy al church groups have taken 12 up as it is one game which can be played without any stake.
Mr Alterton tells me that his son, George If, started a dupli- cate game at Bethany College, in one of eir tumes recently Mitelt Bedford of Syracuse, NY, and Arthur Aines of Boston, were too North and South, while Wen Bia mick of Mektesport, Pa., and
ave Dollman Dave
of Niagara Falls, N. Y., were top East and West,
Bedford's father, who is clergyman in Syracuse, plays du- plicate sien. Young Bedford is Ludying for the ministry and has Find a pulpit in Pennsylvania.
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SCIENCE AT WORK
Hippocrates' plant for blood pressure now
By PAUL F. ELLIS
The
FOR THE BUSINESSMAN
BY THE China's coal for S. AFRICA
WAY
by Beachcomber peasants as well IS RID OF
Tation (sic) as industries
10 the egg-marker civili,
owes ital
ability to distinguish be- tween a West African frozen
DEFICIT
Capetown, Apr. 17.- South Africa, will end the
San Francisco, Apr. 17. -The Communist financial year with an esti- mated surplus of £1,500,000 SCIENTIST has now ment for high blood pres-egg and an Icelandic frozen authorities in China plan to distribute the country's instead of an anticipated
CKK. But egg-markers coal output to points where it would serve the deficit Jointed a potent drug sure.
of £750,000, tho. known to exist in a plant
would join the unemployed
nation best. This would be done through the Finance Minister, Mr N. C. drug in isolated form if anything came of Charlie root since the days of Hip has been numed germitrine by Suet's scheme for trans newly-established State-owned National Coal Com-llavenga, suld today.
other early Dr Cakar pocrates and
Wintersteiner, who founders of medicine. The did the research work. For his porting all eggs by air to pany, Peking Radio reported tonight.
the Arctic regions, where development may lend the achievement, Wintersteiner,
scheme new way toward better treat the Squibb Institute for Medical they would be automatically
Research, has been awarded frozen without the aid of all areas would be supplied the William H. Nichols medul For the American Chemical
Society's New York section.
YOUR BIRTHDAY..........
.... By
STELLA
TUESDAY, APRIL 18
IF you are born today, your in- could make you quite unhappy |1′′ fuitions
exceptionally in middle fe unless you fully keen, almost prophetic. You have understand this duality of your extremely high ambitions and nature. the stars have given you the capabilities to realise them.
Your emotions are strong and you fail to reach your objective, you may find it diflcult to select Look in-person for marriage among the do not blame others.
It want and seo where you have any who appeal to you.
would be better for you to wed rather late in Be,
for by then
სი
Gerniltrine la far powerful than its parent,
Music and the orls appeal to your pattern of living would substance also causes
you and you probably have al- in three boes. Whether you develop it will depend to a de- gree, upon your parents. If they do not discover your gift during your childhood, the chances are that your life work will be in some other Beld and your arils tie ability reserved for a hobby or vocation. Then, later on in
turn to the arts life, you miglat as a profession. This split interest
determined and your selection more likely to last. Although you are very critical, you have the ability of
combining critical
acidity with amusing wit
To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the cor- respanding paragraph. Let your daily birthday guide. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19
star be
your
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 2) ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-
domestic and Merchandising, employment Concentrate on
details social affairs and you should be matters and busiere continue to be important to your eminently successful now. future,
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. TAUNUS (Apr. 21-May 21-22)-Clear thinking and con- scientious attention to the job at Be co-operative and you get good results, Combine bus hand pays dividends. iness und social events advantage- ¿CAPRICORN (Dec.
wit
science.
Under the
with local coal as far as possible. Deficiencies would
frozen egg, and the country of distributing
Conl more origin would be unimportant.
This would give us a standard
Venus in the
be covered by the Company's
organ.
was adequate coal for do- mestic users.
Swiss sign
trade pact with India
Berne,
He told the House of Assembly that the inflow of capital from the United States and Switzer- Land wns now considerably more and
the dollar position
was improving.
He had received a report from the Governor of the South African Reserve Bank that the foreign exchange position was now to strong that on the pre-
bent figure the Government
were con-
could meet its requirements for Apr. 17.-India the rest of the year as far as will get Swiss goods to the import permits, value of 97 million francscerned.
Any Any new Inflow of capital under a one-year trade pact would be available for next The radio pointeei out that announced today. A Swiss year's position. in many of China's provinces official communique
If the position continued to said opel and Homan, for instance
never -peasants had
had that India would "markedly improve as at present, it would
be possible to meet all legitimate- fuel.
would increase" her exports to demands of commerce and la- Coal sufBelent
thits
Avoiding
the Suet fald yesterday: "If a re for railways and industries ront powder of the Helleboreporter can fry an egg on the would be given priority, but plant or veratrum viride, Win-pavement in midsummer, surely it was also the Company's tersteiner ankl. The plant Vis an official can freeze an egg on
that there purpose to spe by the ice in midwinter," used for medical purposes
Greeks, and I will the early cut down high blood pressure.
Ascendant (VI) However, the plant medicine has not been used generally be cause it has a nauseating effect HOPE I shall not be accused on the patient. Tests so for
በ Jansenist and of being show, According to
if Winter- spall-sport 1 remark that ateiner, that the isointed
nted Colonel Erham was not sent all now, however, be delivered to Switzerland, although no dustry-Reuter. nausea the way from London to Tibet these peasants, that It Ja still
to by
Бесте
order the burning of materials which figure was mentioned. the unpleasant
Secret Service take. But with the dru into fondle women's ears
Some could be used as fertiliser.
Swiss
deliveries will te isolation
form, the scientists such thought occurred be able to study
its warrior, for as he bent to brush the China Cool and Buikling values: watches and clocks, 15 may properties and In time reduce the dew from her inviting lips Materials Company, with At | million francs; textiles, 10 million the bad reactions.
he suddenly remembered him- head
in Peking and franes; office
chemicals. 17 million self, coughed awkwardly, drop- branch offices in many parts of francs; aluminium, four million ped her ear, and backed away China, would handle the distri franes; machine tools, 18 million from the divan, like a school-bution and supply of coal franca; rolling stock; five million boy caught stealing far. Quick Throu
The throughout the country,
francs; machinery and appara- changed to appreciate the
of all State-tus, coal production
25 million francs, and for mosphere, Dingi-Poos Fald: operated mines would be under various Industrial and agricul
What have you been zen berete control and contracts could tural for this time?"
"Nothing de allo. be
the francs. signed between the s
Just company and privately-run
Special quotas were fixed for Indian exports of oilseeds, coffee INSURANCES and manganese.
India will Increase her ex- to Switzerland of such ports
FOR INSANITY
In accepting the medal his work, Dr Wintersteiner traced the history of hellebore as a dry and referred to writings
Father of Medkine," in which Hippocrates, the drug was mentioned.
recommend
to the
-
It was further reported that divided Into the following HONGKONG
lied our here.
un
alte," Keneral observation.
Keeping mines.
retorted the pouting vam-
come
COAL EXPORTS
would in
SHARES
Transactions at the Hongkong Stock Exchange this morning were $52,845.
Noon quotations were: products, three million SARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES
HANKS
yes on things, you
"I know. You wouldn't, of pire.
have me to look for u The price of coal course, mysterious building on the fron-future be determined by the items as leather, bides, tobacco,
This, it Was main-tropical woods and Jewellery, LAND, ETC. Egham started, as though company. tler?" stung by a hornet.
Then, re-lained, would help the Govern-was stated. his
composure, he ment
achieve covering
"Building? What stability. drawled,
It was known in those ancient days as a sick-producing drug, the scientists said, and that i was used for various ailments, Including insanity. 23-Jan, Dr Wintersteiner sald that bulkling?" 20) Ambitions should be InDemosthenes once GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-strumented by action today fed the drug for his political op- Epitaph
can bring you want to reap the best pos-ponents, but the early writings Well-directed energy
do not Indicate whether De-Herc about excellent results. Don't alble benefits, waste actions. Make every mo-
AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb. 15)mosthenes was simply suggest- ment count.
-Direct your actions wisely and in the standard treatinent for CANCER (June 23-July 23)- you can improve business condi-insanity, Put forth your best efforts in tions, Bo daring to gain head- your chosen field of endeavour way. and anticipate excellent results.
In today's hand I think Bed-ously. ford (sitting South) handled the timing very well West nade a very mari opening of the king of hearts, which declarer had to The ace of win with the ace clubs was eashed by declarer. The ten of clubs WAS trumped in dummy with the six of spades.
The ning of diamonds was re- turned and overtaken by declarer with the ten-spot. The nine of clubs was trumped with the eight of spades. The king of spaces Mitch then was cashed and played the jack of diamonds, which was overtaken with
king in his hard,
.
LEO (July 24-Aur. 233- FISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21) Concentrate on things which ora Forge ahead in some definite constructive and you will add to direction and demand what you your future prospects. Be pro- want out of life. You can get it
resive.
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)— Dare to start something new and- Volt
Brain work can succeed, counts for a great deal right
the
of
now.
He then rachel the nce spades and led the four of dia-
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oel. 23)-
monds, winning the trick in Partnerships, either business or clummy with the age. fourth diamond he discarded his oil, should add something to
nine
blr:
On the
of hearts and conceded to your future welfare at this time.
opponents the queen of trump
Thus, by utilising all of his entries and carefully timing the play of the hand, declarer made
his slam contract.
CROSSWORD
now.
The drug was used during the centuries, but finally it fell Into disrepute, probably due to its unwise use, according to Dr With it available Wintersteiner, in isolated form, it may make a comeback, he said.
BOYS' AND
A Game of Hide-and-Seek
pany
a Door interred,
white
773
bricken
Who, to his subsequent dis-
lo
tiles
market
year. Swiss
301320
IK Bank Fast Anta
104
Canton Union
LG 318
20 970
DOCKS, ETC.
Dock S'hal Dock
N.. Whart
4
17.40
3,00
IIK Land
14
S'hai Land
1.50
11
Humphrey,
012
UTILITIES
Star Ferry
80
C. Light (0) 10.80
G. Light (N)
0.20
Telephong
17
INDUSTRIALS
Cement STORES, ETC.
11%
2334
2.00
and the
The pact has sill to be rati fted by both Governments. would would then come into force for The export of coal also be handled by the com-12 months from March 1 this It was signed by the also cupply It would
chief trade negotiator, building materials like cement, Herr Hans Schaffner. sicel reinforcement, Umber Indian Minister in Berne, Mr
to public D. B. Debal.-Reuter. utilities und city construction bodies and, eventually, to vill ages too.
thai Peking Radio
hid al- coal contracts many ready been signed with public "Come round and take pot and private industrial concerns
luck, Don't dreas."
+
Took a suave cannibal at his
tuord:
-(London Express Serulce)
and
added
throughout the country by the Company.-Reuter.
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
-To Play It Well, You Should Be Very Small-
hide in, and the harder it is to By MAX TRELL
End you.
Now why don't you as mall as ALL morning long Kart and make yourselves
And you'll see exactly pinying hide- pins and-se.k. And finally, when what I mean." they stopped to rest, ale Punch hald:
Hanid were
But how do we make our- There's no finer game relven as small as plus?" Karf world than hide-and- and Hanid both asked.
10
12
13
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in the
18
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Play
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I've been watching you it, my dears. But you're bath too big to play it as well
"It's
very easy,"
Laid Mr
Punch.
"Spin, spin, spin,
hanic
Rupert and the Dragon Pills-6
NY FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Closing rates at the New York Foreign Exchange
were:
Canada (dollar) England ometal
+
unoflelal
36-day Ntures 00-day futures Australia (pound) New Zealand (pound) South Africa (pound) Dellum (franc) .... Denmark (krone)... France (franci West Geman Deutsch-
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Holland (gulider) Italy-ocial
Erypt (pound)
yesterday
US$0.90-3/10 2.00-0/10 2.14 bid- 2.37 asked 20
2.79-13/16
2.8074
2.701
2.80fi
GING
2455
4.20
2610
.0020-11/10
.00101
Watson COTTONS
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MISCELLANEOUS
Asia Nav
70c. 1000 70e.
Exchange Rates
Turine was done in the local unofficial
market exchange
this morning at the following rales Sterling pound nole (per C) 13.50 U.S. dollars (per 12). NEI gullera (per 100, Slam teal (per 100) Singapore (Straite) FIC pinetree (per 100)
At London
0.17
24.50
10.22
11.30
London, Apr. 17-Prices in the rubber market here today eloved as follows:-
Spet No. tin pence per
1.)
May/June
July/September
October/December January/March (103)
Norway throne)
.1403
| Portugal (escudo)
0348
May
|Spain" (pesela)
Sweden (krona) Switzerland-freq
.CAIR
937
2331
MIDDLE EAST_
2,0014
Iran (rial;
.03124
Irny (kart Turkey (1)
2.80
3370
LATIN AMERICA Argentine-Tr}=1
1120
.0330
1170
Columbia peo)
5115
1.00
20
3329
2010
2100
2032
1760
3040
3253
360 yen to US$1
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as I used to play it."
Too big?" said Hanid In a puzzled velce.
Too Big
Mr Punch nodded. too big. hide-and-seck
"Much
12 Bounds as though you may be shouldn't be much bigger than
Tulased in 15 (3)))
13 Aromatic ointment. (4)
In thumb. In fact," he added,
the best way
to play hide-
Pull yourself in, Thin as a thin as o, Thin as a pin.
That's all there is to it," said Air Punch.
Hanid did what Knarf and Mr Punch cald. A few seconds
Now Punch,
"Who'll Innid,
a pin.
The smaller you are, the more places there are
to
14. This man has no will of his own and-reck is to be no mall us
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10 Cheerful kind of wild cherry. (5)
20 in 431
22. Bingular second person, (4)
23. Conmanity and fault. (3)
24. To long, (DI
23. Although not always scored by
ninyar, it count
(8)
2 Kept is it is hidden. (6)
Down
'na change of manbei so easily identifies the foreigner, 18)
a. agrees with the rules at the
metra, (5)
With one of taçae the AmericHI
soldier returns by car. 101
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nest, coi
and it to a
swan'a
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Suppiled the first apron, (8)
10. Backward space
of Deafy soli.
(4) 11. Bring like a Báh, (4) 10. Discarded material and to al
In. 14)
Repoard. (3)
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Ts was the final "League Table" of the Fur and Feather
League:
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find us?"
As they approach the house 'oughin't to Ruperi hesitate. spend the day with you unless
he ll my daddy where I am,' saya. "Shill run home and then come back to you?" "No. wait." answers Pong-Ping. *། want to give my watch-dog a run
round the garden. Then I'll come with you." And he runs into the house. Rupert, following behind. peeps round the corner of pas sage and stops suddenly. "Gracious! Is that his watch-deg ?" he gasps, For Pong-Ping is being welcomed by his fierce-looking pei dragon i ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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Tiraz (cruzeiro) Пativia (boliviano) Chile-bee
Cuba (pes0) Mexico (pero) Per-free
bruguay (peño) Venezuela (bolivar)
FAR EAST India (rupee) ... Pakistan (rupeol Bungkong
To be able to play later they were both as thin as
properly you pins. It certainly was easy,
go hide," said Mr
specks of Netherlands really only cliff. The floor itself, where it were
Indtes dust. arked wasn't covered by the carpel
Singapore like Wag
road an enormous
guess the house isn't Japan with great deep ditches run cleaned "very well," iland cald These aloud. She was surprised the ning alongside of it. "I will," said Mr Punch.
the cracks next moment to hear the pins Knarf
looked ditches-they were und Hanid
the floor-were the room.
Being as in around
and needles Inughing. "No- small as pins made everything hiding-places of all So Hankl body can find us-not even the
stretched herself broom!" from immediately appear much different
the way it usually did. The out in one of them.
carpet, which seemed Smooth when you were your ordinary size, now was as rough (Bnd ng big) as a meadow.
the best
Curious Thing
And now Knart and land at them he didn't
them
RUBBER
FUTURES
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TUESDAY, APRIL 18
Closing Times By Ai:
Kolhow, 4 pan,
Japan, 8 p.m.
Manila, Guam, Honolulu. USA and Canada, p.m.
Air Parcel Posts for kanils, Hono Zulu and USA; B. p.m.
Ordinary Air Mall (Printed Mat
and Small Packet ters. Samples
Salphung, and Saigon, Bangkok, 5 p.m. Taipeh, pm,
p.
Closing Times By Sex Bangkok, a pan.
Korea vua trichon, 9 pm Straite and Djakarta, 3. p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10 Closing Tienes By Air Manila. 11 420 Ifolkow, p.m. Talpeh. 5 pm,
It took Air Punch quite a ness in the London and Sin-ts) for Manila, Guam, Honolulu while to find Knarf and Hanid, gapore markets provided the and USA. 5 p.m. Even when he looked straight |maln influence In the rubber
teem to be market here today.
Prices closed 20 to 40 points There were millions of threads discovered a very curious thing. able to see them. It was only
when Knarf and Hanid sat higher on pales totalling 120 and
knots, like grass and They saw that all around them, straight up and
waved their contracts, Knart saw at once among the threads in the carpet arins that he was able to notice brushes
Prices closed as follows:- that by lying down among the and along the cracks in the
centa per at hil. And even ro, he April (in threads, ho was practically out floor, other objects were lying had
1b.) deal of trouble May E KOOL of sight. It was a wonderful in hiding. There were several
them Ketting
between hia Juna hiding-place. So he instantly real plax and needles, a tack,
nek, tingers. hid himself.
a piece of rubber-band, a tiny Hanld looked
some bit of paper, a broken match- "Nothing like being a plo October more. The chair and the table stick, the end of a string, the when you're playing hide-and November were liko glant trees. There stem of a dried leaf, and seek," he said. And Knarf aud December
that Panch told the shadows to make was a boolt lying on the door quite a number of things that Hanid agreed
he was January and it looked like a great red looked themselves small.
balls but absolutely right.
BRONCHO BILL
FLEEING FROM HOSTILE INCIANA, BRONCHO BILL HIS HOFÈRE AND LEAD- (PREETS HIT THE WRITER
WITH A RESOUNDİNG
GALABH
around
Ald en Route
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WHILE OTHER RANGER BOVE COVERING THEA” FROM UP IN THE HILLS LEAVE THEIR PLACE OF AMBUSH
{E WE DONT STOP THEM BUNS
FROM CROBBI INS RIVER, BILL AND LEADPANTE
ARK BONERS
July August September
SIOT
22.00 nominal 22.70 bid 22.47 nominat
21.75 traded 21.23 nominal 20.79 tracked
20.23 nominal 20.00 К
19.03 nominal 23.00 -United Press.
Closing Times By Bes Straits. Nooa.
Aden, Egypt and Marmelles, 3 p.m. Manila, 3 p.
THURSDAY, APRIL 20 Closing Times By Air Canada & USA. Noon. Okinawa, 2 pm,
Hollow, p.m.,
Rangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Baarn, Calro (Nairobi, Mombasa. Daces. Salaam, Mauritius and Johannesburg via Cairo). Roma and London. 8 p.rd.
China Plants Hempk, Singapore, Djakarta, Co-
And Cotton
17
San Francisco, Apr. Poking Radio sald tonight that peasants In China's two great collon producing areas-Central South China and North-West China--were
receiving much ussistance from local authorities in
the initial work of cotton and hemp planting.
The arcas almed to produce
Bydney and Auckland, B'p.m. Taipeh, 4 p.m.
Cloung Timun Dy Bea Bandakan, o am
Halphons and Salgon, 10 43. USA. Chanda, Central and South America via Ben Francisco (No
Parcels for Canada), 2 pm.
Jagrate, 3 p.m.
Manus, Rabaul, Australia and New Zealand via Bydney, 3 pm. FRIDAY, APRIL 21 Closing Times By Air. USA and Canada, 1 pim
alhow, 4 pan,
Manus, Quam, Honolulu, USA and Ceneda. 8 p.m.
Air Parcel Ponts for Manila, Kono
123,000 tons of cotton out of the luta and USA. 6 p.m- total national target of 450,000ters, Samples and Smail Packet Ordinary Air Mall (Printed Mat- tans, the Radio said, adding that a) for Manila, Quam, Honolulu the Buthorities had formed and USA, 8 pm, teams of various experts to direct the planting of cotton. Auckland, & p.m.
Reuter
Sgapore, Djakarta, Sydney and Haiphong, Hanoi Baigon & Parla,
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