1950-06-13 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1950.

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SCIENCE AT WORK

BY THE WAY

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

WHAT PEKING RADIO IS SAYING

State helping

Polio keeps taking a by Beachcomber private traders

bigger toll

By PAUL F. ELLIS

Word

A

PICTURE of a woman wear-

ing a "tin-hat, bowler over

of the dictators

of "fashion,"

in

Chungking

BIG COTTON

HARVEST

IN AUTUMN

San Francisco, Júnò 18- Communist China expected

San Francisco, June 12-Private trading in-650,000 tons of raw coffin. Still wearing my old-fashioned terests in Chungking, China's wartime capital, to be harvested before the pyramidal broken felt over 4 were receiving "practical assistance" from the able natural disasters" - autumn, unless “unpredică. State-owned Trading Company there to tide them curred, Peking Radio report- over present difficulties, Peking Radio said tonight,{ed tonight.

1 retire

guttersnipe hair-cut, from the business,

No Iceland sorrel

for the Dutch

The private concerns ro- ceiving help dealt in a wide-

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on urchin hair-cut" bas couraged me from trying any more to make fun of the clown- number of cases in Ing that goes on at the bidding THE polio season is coming rentrat

Texas, California, up. In fact, it's already New York and Colorado,

Michigan, in New York in some sec-

During the same time last tions of the country.

year 1,137 cases were reported Since the first of the year, and 1049 was the worst year 1,440 new

cases of infantile In the nation's polio history. paralysis have been reported

from the National through the country, with the

Foundation for Infantile Paralysis

the Indicates that 1950 "March of Dimer cam-

and that their light-headed way, are cluding cloth, glass, boots, paign was successful

abolishing rationing and controls. cotton yarn, hog bristles and By STELLA funds, depleted during the bad

epidemics Inst

will be But look at the result Can

goatskins, tung oll, coal, available in help the victims Door working man in France get over critical times. The money-dust or Yugoslav claret? alcohol, rubber, towels and American Can a poor Belgian get whale knitwear. contributed by the

steak or sock? Can a poor Ger- people may reach. $30,000,000.

1231 jet Turkish swordfish or you are born today, impulse You crave love and attention.

SPECIALISTS NEEDED Chinese apples? rather than reason in likely Marriage and having your own to guide your life. Since your family will give this to you in

The treatment of pollo is Infultions are keen, you must fullest measure. You will make

and the doctors will bring expensive and learn to follow their mandates fine parent

it doesn't take carefully. On the other hand, happiness to all who surround point out thint

too many thousands of cases to have a high degree of deter you.

"run through" a sizable amount ntination, and once you get your

of money.

It is for that reasori that the foundation returns most of the collected to the home

It le true that foreigners, in range of commodities in- No duty on

Safety-Play Series-Both vul.

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TUESDAY, JUNE 13

money

The

year,

(Mrs Wretch at Barnstaple.)

Further elucidations

WHAT hav been sald, from

The Trading Company had spent billions of Communist froni dollars in buying gooda

Radio onid.-Reuter,

woollen goods for export

The

]. It said that cotton had been planted on more than 3,185,000. hectares of land, this year figure, exceeding the original plan by over 150,000 hectares.

fons of rad ton exeba harvested before the autumn would ensure jan adequate supply of the com

modity for all Chinese textin mills, the radio added.

It also said that a rebronabio San Francisco, June 12-cotton price had been fixed la the private trading firms, the Exportable Chinese woollen relation to grain prior to the

goods would be exempted planting, many places pur

chose contricts tad boon signöd from customs duty and the between pensants and Govern- woollen textile industry in ment-owned trading concerns. China could apply for im- great encouragement to pea- ports from foreign coun-ints to plant cotton-Reuter trica,

Trade revived

in Szechuan

linen

Radio

and

NY

Foreign Exchange

Closing raton at thờ New York Foreign Exchango yester- day were: Canada, (dollar) England-omeh

VERY day this week I am teeth into a job which you want Although you are ingenious

whatever point of view, going to remind you that in accomplished, you will finish it. and Individual in your ideas. sometimes lack The

makes it inadvisable at present order to be a good card player Tut if you lack interest in a pro- you

to introduce any comment of a revelatory nature you must learn to count your Ject, no prodding will get you agressiveness to assert yourself

into what I San Francisco, June 12- These were two of the decl- independently. tricks. When you take time out even started!

you chapters. Mentally

between Szechuan and Siona taken at

a meeting in are a leader, but your actions Some funds are set aside for may have to say at some future Trade to count, you will find it surpris-

belle to

because the often appear

this research.

Pollo date on the subject or subjects northwest China was beginning Peking recently of representa- have given you characteristic. ingly easy then to employ one of

woollen and under

to revive

Peking Radio report- tives of China's consideration-or the many tile gudgets that the diversity of talents and it is up

Develop your xperts believe that the way to then

led tonight.

textile industries, nc- find a cure or party-seeing that they are neu

to expert has in his bag of tricks to you to discover the one which blity to do what you thinkick pollo Is

rather not only premature, but rightly this trade were

Peking Main products Involved in cording will come

of prevention, more means most and sacerss The to help him make the contract.

bring

The decisions WCTC mugar, paper tonight. than just trenting the disease. so, unless reasonably understood and drugs from Szechuan, and Almed You have magnetie quickly.

at the revival Pollo victims need specially or being outside whatever is to cotton and gasoline from the development of the industries,

nurser and physical be done at present

Neverthe personallis. Be sure that your

friends is To And what the stars have trained selections of close wise, for you are inclined to be in

110 | northwest provinces. equipment, loss, it is true that what may be store for tomorrow, select therapists.

The West Szechuan Trading The meeling "recognised that Influenced by them.

your birthday star and read the fuch as run serpirators of developing, if possible, cannot be Company began buying up local China's woollen industry had

Let the iron Jung, is expensive, and connected with anything in the products lost January, and this cen

heavily

dependent On You will want a home of your corresponding paragraph.

your costs money to move around.

Interests of which there is no acted as an impetus to private Imperial countries and that it ccruple own as soon as you leave the your birthday star be

to withhold

would have to tum towards the whatever merchants, the Radio said. could seem to be advanced en protection of your own parents, dully guide.

"Since then, over

market in future st over 500 tons of home any side as a definite statement sugar had been transported by, was to develop," the radio and Involving agreement or illsagree-public and private merchants

Delegates to the conference Denmark (krone) ment in the quarters fully con- to the northwest while in March noted that the linen textile in- Franco (tranc).

West Genjyka and April some 18 tons of drugs dustry, which drew its materials Deutschernar (C. Suet, Etq) has also been shipped.

from and had its market in Holland (guilder) One sign of the trade re China, had a bright future and Norway, (krone)

Italy-oMelal vival was the

Use of was expected to expand an soon Fartugal feserto) Twenty Years of Upræer trucks on the Szechuan-Shensi

supplica were Spain (pepeta), highway, the radio added. as new hemp

available

the market. Sweden (hrana).... Reuter.

Switzerland-free Reuter,

In today's hand the opening happiness, lead of the queen of diamonds is won by declarer with the king, and now he starts to count. trick, two He hor one club diamond tricks and two heart tricks. This is five, so he must make four spade tricks for his

contract.

POCKET CARTOON by OSBERT LANCASTER

lie

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14

morning. Daydreaming GEMINI (May 22-June 22). Nus

Just HOW Be optimistic and you will make doesn't pay But important

und practient, progress. Art

social ho well as

The natural play is to lead the queen of spades, and when West covers with the king, to go up with the ace in dummy. you jeopardise the contract you win the

if literature

first spade trick, aspects are important.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-Lie low early today and CANCER (June 23-July 23)- walt your turn. Ithould come this this afternoon. Seize an oppor-

luaity.

because if East holda four apades, you will then make only three spade tricks and go down Keep the status дио DIC. Make nanfety play by

new letting West hold the first spade morning. Be ready for n

adventure, this afternoon, Good trick with the king.

for romance.

Went will continue with an- other diamond, which you win with the ace. Now lead the live of spades, go up with the ace in dummy and cash the other three good spade tricks.

If the spades were divided 3-3 and you had Kone up with dummy's are at trick two, you could have made four no trump; but the risk is too great And overtricks pay only 30 points.

LEO (July

24-Aug. 23)- stick to routine this morning. Then swing into

aclivity and make up for any time lost lately. VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22) Cheerfulness

can overcome minor dificulties today. Be sure you are right. Then go ahead.

LIBRA (Bepi 23-Oct. 23)— Stick to routine and clear your desk this morning. In the even-

Check Youring attend a lecture, perhaps,

Knowledge

1. What part of the eye

la

the iris?

2. What city is called

the

"City of Bells"?

3. From what

ore

13

aluminium manufactured?

4. What is probably

oldest science?

tho

times 5. How many Benjamin Disraeli Prime Minister of England?

6. What is Irving Berlin's

native country?

(Answers on Page 8)

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SCORPIO (Oct, 24-Nov. 22)--

A conservative dny. Don't, at- force Issues this tempt to morning. Afternoon and evening are best.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 5 22)-Patience

needed tu handle this morning's problems. Pay a visit this evening, perhaps,

CAPRICORN (Deo. 23-Jan. 20)--Stick 10 factual matters

CHESS PROBLEM

D; F. HAVELKA

Black 9 pieces.

While, 5 pieces,

White to play and mate in three,

Solution

problem:

to yesterday's

1. Kt-R7, any; 2, Q. or Kt (dbl ch) mates.

INTELLIGENCE TEST

Biddleham's dip

By T. O. HARE

I DON'T really nuid with

gambling="

ฟ the Vicar ** für it seems a harmi less enough plan, Doctor... | 1243 We're certainly short of funds How many tickets did you say You'd said

Two hundred and eighty.” taid Or Diddlekam.

It was indeed a barefaced A number of coins Ramble had been placed, in sepied envolupes-in rich anvelope. one Foth For this purpose

the doctor (had utlined equsi numbers

crowns. Brink sixpences. Moreover, to every

anvelopes cantsimi róľňa heď been added, two more envelopes asch contaİN- thatja, ten-abilting nuts,

Ticket, paid aj ten shillinge esch, entitled the holder to extract iure envelopes troš

Dilkyramiste

Tiliniek print coula the doclar rensonably hope

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- Kelax this morning and be ready to tackle an important Job when afternoon comes.

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)- Be tactful, diplomalle and help- ful this morning. A chance for advancement may come later.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- After a restful morning, employ your best efforts to bring about some happy conclusion.

BOYS'

AND

cerned.

"ONDUCTING from the piano- forte, as Senor Iturbi did last week, is something of an

achievement. But I can recall LONDON RUBBER

a startling occasion

when

et

Tirana, Mme. Shchuseterlik not London, June 12. The

rubber market only sang the part of Rosnelia London

was

оп

HONGKONG

SHARES

Transactions 28-34-23-14

In Ariane, but also conducted closed today with warning to while playing the trombone. It speculators in unrest as follow:- was she who once put her foot Spot No. 1 rubber, in

pence per b. through the big drum at Covent Garden in Act II, of Louise July

August and dragged it round the stage September with her. What a coloratura? October/December

January/March -(London Express Service}

unofficial

30-day futuros 10-day futures

Australia (pound) New Zealand (pound) South Africa (pound)

Belgium (frano)

US$6,90

2.803/10

2.33

14 1.58 oaked 2,3975

2.70-15/16 2241

$150

1455

0037-11/10

4.20

MIDDLR RAST

Feypt (pound) Tran (ral)

Iraq (Ulnar) Turkey (6)

(boliviano)

abim doua a

LATIN AMERICA Argenuine-ocial Brazil (cruzeiro) Bolivia

Jill-free Columbia (peno) Cuba (pen) Mexico (pesa) J'eru-frco

this uruguay (perol

24-2-25 kong Stock Exchange

3-1-2-14 morning were worth $188,205.-

23-15 - 12 22-42-3 2:-21-2 -United Press.

75.

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

The Shadows See Hiawatha

-And He Tells Them All About the Indians By MAX TRELL

NARF and Jonid, the

ought to scold him just a little

for shooting the arrow so close. Had to Shoot

| A Shadows with the furned-

But Hiawatha only said: "I about names, were sitting quietly under the big pine tree at the had to shoot that buffalo before side of the house when an arrow I ran away. My grandfather, whizzed past them and dur who was an Indian Chief, told itself, with a

ngo the twanging noise, me that long, long

Indians used to go hunting with into the tree.

a bow and arrow. They could hit

any animal"

They looked up with a start, which instantly turned into a

smile of greeUng.

If was their friend Hiawatha,

the Indian boy. He had a long

"Even a bird?" asked Knart. Hiawatha nodded.

"Even a fish?"

Again Hiawatha nodded. "Didn't

they have regular

Dow slung over his shoulder, fish-hooks with string and a and a quiver filled with arrows, pole?"

"I was pretending I was hunting Illawatha shook his head.

a buffalo," he explained. "The Here Hanid interrupted to tell Trunk of the free was the buf- Kuart that she had read some- falo."

Rupert and Miranda-12

Rupert reads the label again and gain. Then in great excitement he races home with his foorball and tells his mother all that has hape pened; "Poor Jennifer didn't hava present at all at Christma,“ ba разів. There was only a mysteri our piece of paper addressed to her.

Noon quatalions were :

SHARES DUYERS SELLERS BALES BANKS

KK Bank .. 1205 1200 20 1213 Netherlands Bal

at the

Hong-

Venezuela

(bollvar)

FAR EAST

India trupee)

Pakistan rupee)"

Hongkong

East Asia

INSURANCES

Union ***

101

363

Indies Singapore Japan

1000 a

70

...

S'hal Dock

314

8.10

1200 3.30

IR Landl .. 3016

Underwriters

DOCKS, ETC.

K. Wharf Dock

LAND, ETC.

IK Hotel

Bhal Land,

UTILITIES

Tram

1.30

...... 31.60

C. Light (D) 10.30

C._Light (N)

Flectric

Telephone

333742 1000 1.33

3200 113

1000 31.70 5000 6 10 4XD

500 € 10.20XD

TXD

.... 2234

INDUSTRIALS

Comment

STORES, ETC.

בו

23 100 23

1900 ST 12XD

10.10 10.40 2800 10

500 10.10

Dalry. ¡3XD XRT*, XB

000 25

Watson

1. Crawford 2115 2215 100 22% COTTONS

Ewo

He

says

and look what I've found."

It wasn' shows her the label. under the snow. It was on top 1" "This is very odd indeed,' Mrs. Bear.The brown paper and the label must have been fastened to a present at first. Who can have taken it? And where can it be now?"

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

MISCELLANEOUS

Asia Nov. 675c

3.40

2000 r 78c

Exchange Rates

B.235 2.20 26.20 1,78

1,20

London Tin Market

Business was done in the local unofficial exchange market this morning at the following rates Sterling pound note (per C) 18.30 where that the Indians didn't free next to Knert and Hanld, thin string made out of the hair US dollars (per $1)

without a sound of some animal; and sometimes tam ticals (our 100)

NEI guliders (per 100) "You shouldn't have shot at have regular fish-hooks because and listened

a bone-of a Bingapore

(Straita) were made while Hiawatha explained about they would take it while we were sitting under regular fish-hooks

and the Indians the fish-hooks,

bird or an animal-and care- FIC plastres (per 100) it," Fland said, thinking she out of tron

didn't know anything about

fully file it with a stone until "Hanid is right," he said it was the shape of a hook. But making things out of iron, to

had finished Hiawatha is right, too. a minute!" Hiawatha fler Hiawatha

They "Wait a

"The Indians of long aften slood in the shallow water said"

Hanid. " talking. suddenly to call

and he'll go did not know how to make of a lake or river and shot the my grandfather

things out of iron. They could fish they saw with an arrow." He likes to tell us all about it.

weave, they could make baskets, "That's a funny way to catch tell about things like this."

and

bows canoes, and Hiawatha put two fingers In

and fish," said Knarf. and wig-wams, and and gave mouth

n low arrows

and many other Grandfather Big - Sen - Water whistle. The whistle sounded moccasins,

Then he smiled: a things. But they did not know frowned. a good deal like the hoot of an how to make things out of iron. the sea-gulis and the king-fishers session!

very kindly old smile. Then end of the official morning owl. A minute or so later the But," he added, "They did have tall stalks of corn in the Bleid 4 Bah-hooks." few yards off parted, and out

Big-Sca Grandfather Water. He was a tall old man with

a blankes

blanket which he wrapped around him. He had a

Grandfather Big-Sea-Waten.

his

came

л

n

kept

"Oh!" said Knorf and Hanid together, quite surprised. "How did they make them?"

"Sometimes,"

catch their fish in a funny way,

in

London, June 12-The market broke heavily at opeving | but steadied at lower level.

Prices closed as follow at the

*eller

005-11

100

000-605

1oo. For they use thele blits like Spol tin, buyer

the head of an Business done at an arrow-like arrow when they swoop down Three-month tin, buyer 00-34

weiler 201 into the water."

BOB-1-507 answered

And Knart had to agree that Business dene "at

000-1 Settlement Prices large cogle feather in a band Grandfather Deep-Sea-Water, Hiawatha's grandfather

United Pres. around his hair; and he wore a "they would make them out of right. It wasn't a funny way at pair of moccasins. He smiled long thorns, which they would all-and certainly no funnier and sat down at the foot of the carefully bind and tie to a long,- than using a hook.

BRONCHO BILL

Runout Powder

"TO GET SOME WEAPONS, MILL DEMO HELP AND

„PAN ET

Was

Sugar Inactive

New York, June 12-World sugar futures today closed in

By Harry F. O'Neill active and nominally unchanged

TUK VYOH ENDER A PUN DA MERELY |BYNDING THURS, BRONCHO BILL. BEN

300 yen to USHI -United Premi).

New York Tin

New York, June 12-Prices

with

tho

in the mcials market hero today were unchanged following exceptions:-

Tin Grade A (19.00 percent

or higher) New York per, ib. 78+ Zinc, Trime Western,

York, per lb.

New

10,23

-United Premi,

OUTWARD MAILS

Unregistered letters and print- ed maitere for Chiss mainland) Hainan Island can be accepted at senderr rick and will be for 'warded as opportunity offers.

Unto otherwise stated, Be- gistered Artseles tby air of wa) and Parcel Ponte clone One Hour raziler than the ordinary mali, If manis close before 10 ... Registered and Parcel Posts clown at p.m. on the previous day. Malia Are closed at Kowloon Central Post Odice one hear earlier than the G,P.0. closing times.

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TURSDAY, JUNE JJ Closing Times By Al Manila, Honolulu and UBA Bel- ters, second clam mall and parents); Guam (letters and second ma), Canads (letters only), 5 p.m.

Saigon and Paris, 0 p.m.

Banzkok. 8 pane

Talpeh, 8. p.in.

Closing Times'By Kes

Amigon, Dim

Straits. Stangoon and Calcutie, z p.m.

Canada

p.m

via Vancouver, 'D.C., .& WEDNESDAY, JUNÈ ja

Closing TimÉE BY ALL Manilo, 11 3.1.

Taipeh, p.m.

Closing Times My Sis

Manila: 10 à.ut.

UBA, Canada Cembrit and Boully America, via 5mm

Francisco (NG Parcels for Canada), 3 p.m.

Straße, Mauritius, Mornbasa, Lou- renco Marqués and South Africa vis Intrban, 3 par.

Bangkok, 3 p.m.

THURSDAY, JUNE 15 Closing Times By Air Canada and USA, 10 à.10, Okinawa, 1 pmi

Roogoon, Caleurs, Karachi, Baara, Calm (Ntirobi, Mombasa, Despor Balaam, Maurilists are Johannesburg via Carol Bonds London, & Pans

Bangkok, Bldgapore, Djakkeža, Dov Jombo, Sydney did Auckland, a pim: Haiphong, Hanai, Balgon & Paris, & P..

Taipeh, 3 p.m.

"Cloding Trias By'ten Manila. 3 p.m.

with no sales reported.

Domestic sugar futures today closed inactive and unchanged with no sales reported.

Contract No. closed today unchanged to 1 point higher with sales totalling 56 contracts."

Prices closed as follow:-- Contract No. 4 (world) July in cents per b.) 4.18 nominal||ters,

4.13

4.20

Beptember

..

4.13

January (1961)"

March

Spot

4.18

Contract No. 5 (domestic)

July

6. nominal

September

Contract No.

·July...

· 8.95 tråded

September November January Spot

Japan. 3 p.10%

VRIDAY JUNK DE Glosing Wishes By Air USA and Govida, 1 P.M., Japan. 5. p.m.

mcond slam,rdaja-mand 1902 DRA). Manila. Honolulli” and -"URA”...llet-

Guam Cleitars, and, second, elm Imall), Cariada Gellers only), 6 p.110

Singapore, Djakarta,, Bydogy: and) Auckland, Pam

Hankoor-01, Calestia. 10 8.m.