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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1950,

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

MCKENNEY

ON BRIDGE

DUMBBELLS

YOU SHOULDNT DRINK OUT

OF THE SAUCER

Don't Ever Give Up USE YOUR

On Play of a Hand

BY WILLIAM E. MoKENNEY

THE Paradice Bridge Studio,

operated by Jules Tilles, in the Bronx in New York, pro- duces a great many fine dupli

In addition to cafe players. selecting the annual clubs cham- pion from their weekly games, the members

#

duplicate

play Rreat many team-of-four matches, There is no belter method of strengthening your

CUP!

I CANT

THE SPOON} STICKS. IN MY EYE!

UNUSUAL ANGLES

IS A TAIL LIGHT ON

A HORSE LEGAL? Tefforts VANDERVALK'S Sher Earnest his night watchman's job country attorney for final deel-

may hit a legal snng.

Vandertalk, who makes his nightly rounds on a rubber-shot horse, applied to the sheriffs office for permission to install a a tail light on his steed,

The tail light, he explained, would keep carn from hitting him as Eo toured his beat.

Broughton over to the

BY THE

WAY

FOR THE

BUSINESSMAN

Japanese steel for PI in big

by Beachcomber barter agreement

CSUET, Esq., noticing

that it is unusual to Tokyo, Apr. 20.-A total of $150,000,000 worth commence a buliding opera- of Japanese steel products are going to the Philip tion by putting the dome pines in exchange for 300,000 tons of iron ore on the ground, has composed under a private barter agreement which went into

effect this month.

zion.

"It's the first time a case of this kind has come before me and

whether it would a memorandum. I'm not sure be within the law," the sheriff said.

APARTMENT SHAKER

organ.

Na suggests that as soon as the great aluminium domo on A Japanese trade publica- the South Bank is falshed, ation revealed today a $3,000.-

dome, should bo

SIXTY CARS

IN DUTCH

SHOW

Amsterdam, Apr. 20.- Sixty different makes of private cars are on show at the second annual automo- bile exhibition, which open.. ed hero today.

Britain tops the list with 20 entries, followed by the United States with 17. Dollar shortage and Britain's recent devalua- tion have given the British in- market In Holland, of which exhibitora are expected to take good_ ad= vanlage.

dustry nn afinest open will

second St Paul's the wrong way divisions of the Nippon iron do year's work

Hermes, 23, bought the mam-up, to attract foreign tourists, and tournament and rubber bridge YOUR BIRTHDAY........ BY STELLA moth instrument from a church and make them buy the agri-

which was shifting quarters. He cultural machinery

gume than in team-of-four com- petition.

As Mr Tilles pointed out, in tournament bridge, even though you find yourself in a bad con tract, you do not give up. You play the hand out. Maybe the opponents will make a mistake as they did in today's hand.

Enot hesitated long after North's bid of one diamond, which he did not want to pass;

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Bouth West North East

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EGGS IN BONNET

as the

4

in few days

The smallest car in the show is the Swedish "Svenska Cham- pion". This has a twin-cylinder Iwo-stroke 400-ce engine, giving a top speed of 80 kilometres an hour (30. m.p.h.). It welche 380 kites and scats two,

Melbourne, Apr. 20.-A_robot elcotric "brain"

to is shortly arrive in Australia for the The general keynote of the Victorlan Stato Electricity exhibition appears to be the Commission.

need for utity and handiness The bulk of the cars are on the smali side.

Dishes rattle and chairs move replica of St. Paul's Cathedral, 000 agreement was signed by "Brain” in an apartment house In Wis-minus the consin when Fred Hermes, a reat erected on it, upside down. The Eisenberg and Company of estate salesman, plays his $31,000 whole effect would be of a the Philippines and four Steel Manufacturing which we Company which split up on

[April 1. pald

$300 for It and installed it are too busy to use ourselves, FRIDAY, APRIL 21

the basement of the building

The dome, I see, is to be 305 Your sense of justice is excep- housing his office, IF you are born on this first day

The apartment house tenants feet in diameter, one foot for of the incoming sign, Taurus, tionally strong and you are the you are ruled by Venus, the rst one to take up the cudgels can feel the bass notes in their each day in the year,

bones when Hermes gels down entomologist Enid to the three Goddess of love and beauty. for the underdog. You are a You have'n magnetic, loving per- natural student and when into the end of the keyboard. So centipedes. "Your arithmetic is terested in a subject want to for no one har complained but bad," said the youngest of the somality which draws people to

"Keep them

for the next 45 you. You are steadfast and learn everything there is to know Hermes hasn't tried playing late three. "There are 65 feet over." leap years," snapped the humi- know that about it. You are seldom salighed at night, enduring and like

liated professor. you are making something con- with superficial facts. You want structive out of your life. Being proof. Yet, once you have made born on the cusp, however, you up your mind, your loyalties ore Those you and those born during the next likely to bind you. few days will inherit some of the love can do no wrong. cutgoing characteristics of the

Be cautious in marriage, for sign, Aries. This will give you the power of leadership in ideas. you have a rather dimeult and Wed temperament Make use of this gift if you want exacling

successful in someone born under Capricorn to be thoroughly

or Virko for your best happines life.

You have a tremendous amount although you can harmonise with

Ellis described the hen never will Pisces, Cancer or Scorpio. of self-reliance and

"singed and pretty bedraggled." ark help of anyone, no matter

To find what the stars have inte calculated that he had how hard-pressed you may br. Sometimes Ula

can be false store for tomorrow, select your driven about 80 miles with the pride. Often belter results may birthday clar and read the cor-hen under the hood, be attained from co-operative responding, paragraph. Let your

from individual birthing star efforts thon plugging.

guide.

SATURDAY, APRIL 22

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- Cunserve neryous energy if you want the best possible results. A free mind brings happiness and contentment.

ro he bld one no trump, You cannot blame West for jumping

GEMINI (May 22-June 22) to three 10 trump,

Morning hours are the best for

South

the normal you to execute difeult theks, made

and relax when opening of the queen of clubs, Plan to rest

afternoon comes. which declarer won with the ace

CANCER (June 23-July 23)— in dummy. He led the king of

Do your shopping early to that diamonds and North won the

evening trick with the ace, returning the when afternoon and

may join others in six of spades, South

won this come you

social pleasures. and trick with the queen

23) now LEO (July 24-Aug. be made a mistake. He thought A routine day with more than

of hpartner had the king clubs, so he led back the nine-ordinary favour on your behalf if spot. Declarer played the ten you exert yourmit to the utmost.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) from dummy which held the Be neighbourly. Help someone Finish shopping begun, enrifer. Now declarer proceeded to Find what you want,

I have cash

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)-

trick.

Fle

and your will he rewarded.

his diamonds. underlined the last five cards in Adverstising will augment mer- all four hands. When declarerchandising, if shopping find good fed the three of diamonds South bargains his morning. was a little embarrassed.

SCORPIO (Oct, 24-Nov. 23)-n! discarded his seven of hearts; Hold fairly clow la routine and club was discarded from you will accomplish a great deal. dummy and North let

for social to the Evening hours are

affairs, jack of spades.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)A day for entertainment. Make a short journey or write an important 1:tter which

Declarer then cashed the king of clubs and now North was really squeezed. If he discanted the king of spades declarer would have two good spade tricks, while if he discarded the eight of hearts declarer could take the heart finesse and cash three heart tricks,

So on a hand in which do- clarer should have been down one trick immediately, he made Ave-odd.

CROSSWORD

2. One

Brass.

АСТОВО

ot preserving

7. It may become palo, (4)

answering.

INTELLIGENCE TEST:

needs

Friendly rubber

HARE By T. O. essa. Agent Banker, Chemist and Ductor were playing Bridge at the club last night. Each Is the Hamesake of the voeation of one of the other three.

Mr. Banker's partner was the banker.

Mr. Agent wps the chemist's right-hand neigh- bour.

The ngent had Mr. Doctor on his left.

What is the name of the doctor 7

(Solution en Page 81

Check Your Knowledge

opa's

1. What is an honorarium? 2. What and where is Louvre?

the

river

9. As this would be separately. (51

10. People still sak if it is used to

push or pull. (3)

11. Change of route for the targeOL

(0)

19. Littor to ber is not untidy. (3)

14. The amallant iiquid measure, (5) 15. avea ahot at this, but only one

barrel mind you (3)

15. low plan to learn the hills.

10)

10. Only a small space of time. 10)

22. A portion of piston, plesen (81)

23. 8pinners, (6)

2 Appeal of the 200% ostrich. (3)

25. tollievoa.

(5)

20. Zena's cape. (a)

27 Eden's requirements, (8)

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1. A lot of this track is not worth

much. (8)

2 The amallo pig in the litter in

the this by

3. Bort of fallow to play the tool.

(B)

4. One is givna up to a certain tize

to WOITO 12 (0)"

5. Politician's garden. 14)

C. Tate shows harsh severity, 181

B. All about a circle perhaps. (5)

12. Gang it may be, but it sounds a

Tos. (7)

17. A lateral division of a chreb.

781

16. The very image of a cola 7 (4)

19. What's in a name to signity 7 (4)

30. If it good one it may be

valuable. (4)

31. to the in 'în exdatemica.

(9)

Bolution of yesterday's puzzle. Across:

Adare!

3. What is the sacred

of the Hindus?

4. Is Shippo a ship?

For three days W. H. Ellis had endured the burning smell com- ing from the hood of his auto- Ho thought it was mobile

pilled oll

Then Ellis ifted the houd 10

ng

Venur in the

Ascendant (X)

snld the vilc

! FUD-

NOT FOR SALE

NUTS AND BOLTS

Japanese steel products to be steel wiro, Iron, nails. chipped include

The £40,000 maclune will shovels, bolts and nuts and raile. galvanised sheet

The Trade Ministry announced solve, in a few days, problems power systema the nation's steel mills produced in complicated 23 percent above their goal which would take two skilled

Racing cars are also exhibit- with an output of 2,264,000 tons electrical engineers

cd, although none of them, during the April to March fiscal work out.

under existing currency rules, year which Just ended.-United

The analysing machine com- are permitted to be sold in Press,

Ing here from the United States Holland. The Fiat ap rig car in technically called an "alni 25,000 guliders, 1 Simca ternating Current network Gordini, with a speed of about analyser.”—United ·Press.

220 kilometres (137 m.p.h.) and costing 32,000 Muilders, are examples of these unobtainable cark.

up at the window from which N.Z. might raise

overseas loan

checks. He found a white leg-"Hulgarian, "Love, horn hen atop the motor and two breken, the other perfect. White erks on the manifold, one pove," and he jerked his thumb. our hero had been so ignomint- ouly lowered. Egham regarded No. the intruder haughtily. business," he raid, "Ah," said the Bulgarian, "1, too. My name is

Wellington, Apr. Stincz,' "Mine in Shra Hul," Stin said Exham. The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Mr Skiney G. darted a swift lock at him. "Not Holland, sold tonight that New one of the Shra-Huis of Pugri-Zealand might raise an overseas Skul?" he inquired politely. loan in addition to an internal

loan, "No," said Egham.

be

"And did that hen drink water your dally after we caught her," Ellis sad.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)-Clear up detalls on comme important project so that when can enjoy afternoon comes you yourself socially.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) -Stack up this week's advan- fages and consolidate your gains this morning. Evening is for pleasure.

PISCES (Feb., 20-Mor. 21)— Make the most of a fine day for all your major Interests. You can get what you want now from life.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)- Romance is waiting if you are searching for it. Don't look too far afield. It can be someone you already know.

BOYS'

PAINLESS TATTOOING

London Express Sercio,

AND

come from Kol. My Then;

20.~~~Tho

who is also

a year

N.Y. Foreign Exchange

10

Closing prices at the New York Foreign Exchange dry were: Canada (dollar)

England-

unofficial...

One of the

most attractive of the costly luxury care is the Jaguar, al 15,000 guilders.

The revival of the German yester-motorcar industry is shown by nine makes of cars, compared with 10 from France and three each from Czechoslovakio, Italy and Holland,

US$30.00-7/16 2.80-3/18 2.33 but/- 2.57 naked

2.59-% 2.72-13/16

"I

30-day futures

D0-day futures

7124

22.79

South Africa (pound)

have

known the must you

Mr Holland, cald Mooks,"

the Bulgarian: "Only slightly," said Egham, Finance Minister, said his an-

of a substantial" Australlo (pound) beginning to feel uncomfortable. nouncement By this time they were outside internal loan to finance capital New Zealand (pound)

works did not mean that the Belgium (frane) the Panda

Compasses. Government intended to restrict Denmark (krane) Pray allow me to offer

you a said the loan operations to the New Zea-France (franc) glass of hemp-wine," Bulgarian Egham accepted, and land market. they went in and sat down at

and

a small table. "What business

are

In due course

In?" asked Egham. conakter

"Fire" All "Fish?"

West German

Deutschmark

said the Bulgariau un loan for essential capital goods Spain (peseta)

queried such as a hydro-electric plant. "11ow Egham.

uncommonly! odd Fresh water, of course?" "No, dirty water," said Stinez enigmatically.

-(London Express Service)

The Internal loan is for new power plant, building of schools Egypt (pound)

Iran (rin) and hospitals and land develop-Iran (dinar) ment, Reuter.

2.BO-

0109-3/0

150

1455

.0024-11/10

Holland (uilder) Italy-oficial they would Norway, (krune) raising an

4.20

.2030

,0010.2

overseas fortugal (escudo)

1435

.0310

Sweden (kruna) Switzerland-free

.0037

MIDDLE EAST

2.00-1

.03124 2.00-15 .3375

LATIN AMERICA

Argentiae-official

.1120

.0350

1170

51-

1.00

.1200

0650

3320

3010

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Teddy Had a Generous Idea

-But It Didn't Work Out As He Expected—

And Teddy said, after peering By MAX TRELL

out Brough the window again: 15 walking THE mow had fullen all day " Ruc nobody

and all night; and by the around looking for food, because any footsteps any- next morning when Knarf and I don't see Hanid, the Shadows, and Teddy where."

for a mo-

the Stuffed Bear, and Mary-Jnne There was silence the rag-doll locked out of the windows, all they could see was ment or two. Knarf and fanid and Mary-Jane all looked at whiteness.

Teddy ud shook their heads in There were no paths, no roads, a sad sort of way. "What's the no steps. The bushes were just matter?" high round heaps of mow. The alarm.

WTON!!?" branches of the trees were bent

"Well," zaid Hankl, "you didn't down with snow. There was show everywhere you could think of, mean to say anything wrong. and in lots of places you couldn't Tedky. But what you said was

think of.

Texidy finally said in "Did say something

wrong. Because there are lots of creatures walking around in the "I'm glad I don't have to go now, looking for things to cal”

in this walking arowni looking for something to said Hani.

snow, cat.'

"So am I," agreed Knart. "Me, too," Said Mary-Jane.

"I don't see them," said Teddy. "They're under the snow," said Knart.

Rupert and the Dragon Pills-9

While the pri dragan is doing may coniz in useful some day il my He some per forgets you agam, the rounds of the garden the two

Limes gels very fierce, and it he pals roll about quietly. "These

finds a stranger here he may All at once pills are wonderful." says Rupert

breathe Great him." The little Peke opens the it and he breaks off and looks frightened.

three of them into isis hand. He seen the dragon rounding You'd better keep these in your edge and dashes off in Durauit.

They "Stop him!" he cries. pocket." says Pong-Ping.

ALL RHINITY RESERVED

went to the kitchen and stuffed his pockets with crackers, then be put on his cont, his muffler, his rubbers and his ear-muffs "Buga'n beetles'n things," said and slipped out through the

hack-door. Mary-Jane.

"I didn't know about them," said Teddy, sounding very sorry,

I hope they find something to rat," he added.

But neither Krarf nor Hania nor Mary-June thought that the bugs and beetles and other crea tures walking around under the snow had much chance of finding anything to eat at all. In fact, they were quite certain that they would all have to stay hungry until the snow all melted down

was the wall at the end of the bumped against something. It Hero was where he garden. wanted to bel

"Beetles!" shouted

Teddy. Caterpillars! "Bugs! Grasshoppers! Crickets!

Come crackers!

Turkey (ra)

Brazit (cruzeira) Dolivia boliviana) Chille-free

Columbia (peso) Cuba theso) Mexico (peso) Feru-tee-.. Uruguay (pro) Venezuela

india trupee)

(bollvar)

FAR EAST

Pakistan (rupee) Hongkong Netherlands East

Endles Singapore Japari

2100

2033

1150

3010

3:05

300 yen to US$1. -Uritted Press.

GRAIN PRICES

SEESAW

20.--Grain Chiengo. Apr. prices today seesawed In quiet dealings, with Onta showingt relative sleadiness because of conditions wel soll

delaying sceding.

Wheat met technical realizing and liquidation,

Prices closed as follows:---

Como July

Teddy stopped when he reach fazed as hard as he could, But he said a voice. It came ed the top step of the porch. He and get

he couldn't see the second step.

September

December CORN

Snails!

WBEAT-prico per bushel.

SPOT

2.31%

Come May

2.201

2.07%

07

2,00

1.44%

1.3010 - 12.

September

1.34%

120%

1.30 -1.31 1.34

781%-72 723- NEW YORK FLOUR-per 200 tb.

July

It was dawn somewhere, under from near Tecky's feet. He knelt spOT the snow. However, he knew it down to see who was talking. It May und to be there, so he put out was a beetle. "Sh-h," said the July his foot, shut his eyes and took beetle again. "You're waking us December

NYE all up."

"But I brought come food," stay step down.

Opened His Eyes maid Teddy. "I thought every- DATS

The beeto May When Teddy opened his eyes body was hungry." again, he could see nothing but looked at Teddy in surprise. "We July snow. It was in front of him, be- are," he said. "But there's no use hind him, under him and over trying to look for food in the sack. 12.15 dollars-United Preet, him. He walked down some moro snow. So we all went to sleep. For the rest of the morning steps, and finally his feet felt Thanks just the same for bring Teddy thought about these poor hard ground. He was on the path ing it. Leave it here. We'll cat Only it in the Spring, when the snow creatures under the snow, craw- leading from the garden. ling around with the whiteness the path was all covered, and so melts." So Teddy left it but he all over them, trying to find was Teddy. He couldn't see any was a lile disappointed. CHESS PROBLEM Teddy thought of all the animals something to eat. And suddenly thing except snow. But he knew thought, after

Teddy made up his mind. He where he was going. Then he they should have eaten it now lower to 15 points higher, with

5. Name the two sisters who "Jone Eyre" and wrole "Wuthering Heights."

#, Why is ribbon Ash seldom

scen?

(Answers on Page 8).

By C. V. REDE

Black, 10 pieces.

White, 12 pieces.

White to play and mate in three. Solution to - - yesterday's.. problem:

1, R-Qs, any; 2, Q, or Kè (ch or Vilppan địa ch); materia pff, ATO

3-3

out in the snow.

BRONCHO BILL

again.

Increasing Odds

Ho

At Now York

New York, Apr 20-Rubber

all his trouble, futures today closed 5 points

By Harry F. O'Neill

(GULP) GOLLY HERE COMES

BRONCHO BEL'S FAITHFUL MOUNT SINDS ANOTHER SPARKLING WITH HIS HOOPG, AD FOR MUNITIONE BORD. FOR A TALLEN "TOMAHAWK

THE WEAREAST WARRIOR

BILL CUPS WITH HYB

FIST P

PHOTHER GANOS LOAD OF EM,

| BEL -- WEWE DOHERS A

sales totalling 109 contracts, Prices closed as follows:-

April (la cents per

b.)

May

Juno

July

August

Beptenber

October

November

December

January (1931)

ΑΠΟΤ

23.75 poratnal 23.55 bld 23.23 nominal 22.35-00 traded 22.10 nominal 2155-65 traded 21,40 nominal 21,20 nominal 21.00 bid

20.00 nominał 23-

-United Fres

London Silver

Prices in Londen”were unchanged Youlerday;

Silver:

SPOT per ounce vesse Eilver, - FORWARD, per oungt? I

The exhibition will remain open until Aprli 20.-Reuter,

Singapore Rubber Futures

Singapore, Apr. 20,-Prices in the rubber futures market here today closed as follows >>-

Number 1 rubber,

May (Straits cenis

per lb.)

Juno

July

Number 2 rubber, May 63-63-1

Number 3 rubber, May 60-3

Number rubber, May 50-

Spot rubber. unbaled 07-1% - 60-75

Blanket C. Hep.

No. 1 pale eripe.

64-05

United Press.

Now York Silver

Prices

remained

New York yesterday.

unelinnged St

Silver, per fine ounce, as quoted by Mesars Handy & Harman was 72 cente-United Fres

OUTWARD MAILS

Unregistered letters and print- ed matter for Chin mainland can be accepted at senders' risk and will be forwarded opper tunity offers.

Unless otherwise stated, Te- gistered Articles (by Air or Sea) and Parcel Posts close One Hour Paller than the ordinary mail If all close before 10 am.. Registered and Parcel Posts close at 1 pr. on the previous day. Malls are closed at Kowloon Once one hour Central Port earlier than the G.P.0. Closing Lumer

FRIDAY, APRIL 21 Closing Times By Air

Holhow, A D.m.

Manila, Guam, Honolulu, USA and Canada, 3 a.m.

Air Pareci Ponts for Mantia, lula and USA,

p.m.

no-

Ordinary Air Mall (Printed Mat ters, Samples and Small Packet Posts for Manila, Guam, Honolulu and USA, D p.zn.

Singapore, Djakarta, Sydney and Auckland, 5 p.m.

Haiphong, anol, Saigon & Paris, B D.17.

Japan, p.m. Tulpeh, & p.m.

Closing Times By Bea Formosa va Keelung, 3 p.m Canada via Vancouver, B.C. .in.

SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Closing Times By Air

Manila, 11-a.m.

Bangkok, 3 p.m.

.

Closing Times By Sea Saigon, n..

Rabaul, Australia, New Zealand via Sydney. 3 p.m.

Ilangkok, 3 D.M.

Japan, 1 p.m.

Straits, Ceylon, Madagascar, Mauri- fus. Aden, Egypt and United King dom via London. 3 p.m. (par); v.m. (reg); 5 p.m. Jord).

SUNDAY, APRIL, 21 Closing Times By Air

Salgon and Paris, 10 a Hollow, 10 a.m.

MONDAY, APRIL 24 Cloding Tunes By Air Manila and Jesselton, 110 USA and Canada, 2. p.m. Hothaw, 4 pin

Taigoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Baira, Cairo (Nairobi, Momba, Dares- Salaam, Mauritius and Johannesburg via Calrol, Ilome and London, &p.m

Singapore, Diskerta, Bydney and Auckland, D..

Bangkok and Colorabo, 5 pm, Japan, 5. p.m. Taipeh, 8p.m

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Closing Times By Bea

Stratis, Diskarta. Macamar, 5 p.m.

Bourabaya and

TUESDAY, APRIL Closing Time by Air

Follow

4-1.10.

Mankie Chiam, Honokitu. USA and #PRAF ParroƑports the Manila. Monoj