1950-09-01 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1950.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Joe Could Have Made 'Jinx' Hand

By OSWALD JACOBY

THAT was a very unlucky

hand," moaned Hard Luck

Jor. "There

Lothing I couli

WAS

absolutely

do. it the ro

been one. mon: club in dummy I'd have been all right."

Rurc[ h&

DUMB-BELLS

IT'S BEEN A HALF HOUR SINCE I ORDERED

THAT TURTLE SOUP!

BE PATIENT

PEAR

YOU KNOW

HOW GLOW TURTLES ARE!

BY

THE

@

WAY •

POCKET CARTOON

by Beachcomber

THERE will be Ane stored in tanks. Bul talk of

#

mulde when a plane irrigating the

autore..

Sabura is pre-

on the way

carrying lumps of ice to

rente artificial rain bumps Asperised mustard is into a plane towing a raft from which artificial sun- teams are dropped, especial. ly if rent snow starts to fall at the same time.

(Whom God De Strablante Preserve) of Utrecht has anvented a sigurtle flying water-

Te ironisation of salt and the expected to be much a necess that arrangements nry being The made to asperise mustard. enpleasant

inale,

the ALPECI posible ill-effects nis people who cano! digest asperited

bromisation of pepper are

ink eas, jet propelled which food, will be countered by the will be filled with real

rain knowledge that

aporised mustard contains 2,173 perent This per ounce of ferro-oxyde is a denndgent, 11 Bi reckoned that two ounces of asperised mustard

be twice will

partner YOUR EBNOR'TODAY... By STELLA demulgent 12 ounces

"Yes, +9 "and if you were a bridge player your name wouldn't be ard Luck Joe.

three-year-old Aly drughier With making hands like this tast year."

Joe looked

bewildered.

still couldn't see what he coul have done to make the contract.

aperied

the

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

110

IF you

a born today, ure what is called You know executive.

are happiest you you born midst of activity. how to You enjoy the

is for

West

eight of spares, duuny put in the ten

and Enst won with the queen. East next eashed his ace of spades and continued the suit, allowing dummy to win 1

led trick.

South drew three

tounds of

your

umisperled mustand. Village opera TANGLED In the meshes of

one of those demented cor- respondence columns.

I became it in the uncertain what the majority of people wanted to have: more outdoors, but telephones than Sweden or ht Lance three projects, to pick will consider that living in the opera house

the personnel shrewelly, and plan country

in every village. letsure Give me the village opera toure the schedules so that they work hours. When working you will every time. nut methodically and efficiently, want to be in a large city.

Are we intrical You are

nation? In Just listen in any origlas In your ap

Although

you appear. nt street! The air swouns with proark to most problems. You limes, to be jolly and carefree.us

music. As one devotre put ave often eriticised for this, but badeally you are very serious recently, "What with Barch-and when your why proven to be the and even severe.

You know Showpons and Waggoner you line with yelle

ideas the next as determined to get it, come tone.

what may.

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INTELLIGENCE TEST BICYCLES

By T. O. HARE IT'S mi tum: Deckiieta, where Dickies w Tom. hume at Towarth The tw

birthdays Cal 02 the Kame Jay 4 your az they were twih ven Their bicycle Malling from their reapest ve hammer al the same time they le to meet n another

Fach averaged sust Ba tony miles an hour she war year id So Dirk, whe theder. travelted a quie

a bit o musle don't do no arm. at least no more

than You are very belive and have You will be happiert when your other things I could mention." 'a lot of vitality, Your vigorous have a kome of your own, An shall therefore tell you shortly handling of a job inakes it easy early marringe-and for you to get it done qulekly, om-is iudicated for you.

how to deal Since you know with peple, you are good at To find what the stars have for tomorrow, selert work which brings you in cone in store

art with them. Although you your birthday

and read will want a certain amount of the corresponding paragraph. privacy-erpreially wher you Let your birthetny star be your are working out Fome new idea dody guide.

farther than rom a happy how the inhabitants of Saigele

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

star

Bu

Hure

feld organked an Opera Com- pany which, a visiting critic sniti seicily, "Would have dir- graced Covent Garden."

Trivia Tansy's future.

NOADED to frenzy by publi- city men, a large public worshipped Mis Trivia Tanss for a full week. Her move- ments were olwerved as closely

BOL

VIRGO (Aug, 24-Sept. 22)- PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar, 21)-n those of the beercrest by any Use this day for pleasure and Lkten to the counset of depend-bird-wateher. She could recreation. There is romance for alle friends,

your pick-up the telephone to order a you if you are seeking 11.

actions are practicnt for the couple of chromium taras with- out becoming almost submerged best results.

lowering wave of exelle- ment. Where is the now?

waitin

for A "vehtele,"

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. the If involved

23)

in

a

in busines affaire ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)

dembleton klug-queen in either

She

band or a sampletion pleture card with a partner, you should get Stek to familiar tasks today.which does not mean she is in a in the East hand. Since he did (things well in hand at this time. Thy to get some pleasurable rest not get wither

of these breaks, Be offelent,

he was doomed to lose two

diamond tricks, and was there- fore set one trick.

$

If you look carefully, you win f A partivecht

and relaxation. braith for the future.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)—

13!fic

Your

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— Elderly

favoured. persons are

In likely to be Patpone impertant decisions if

He cautious you can. Stick

to routine and you won't to wrong.

see how Joe should have played | wel) handled, also,

the hand to make it. Decide for marriage. yourself before you read nr.

Joe made his

SAGTETARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. inistake when

he drew three rounds of trumps. After winning the third

GEMINI (May 22-June 23)-- 22)-A rand day for making Tyke care of your health these trickproperty repairs--perhaps

on days. Blake this a week-end for with dummy's klug of spades,

country, rebuilding your energits. Enjoy the correct plan is to draw caly two rounds of trumps. Declarei Take a trip for health's sake. yourself, too.

then take the top clubs and the ace of diamonds. A diamond ts Anally led from the South hand, and East wing with the queen,

At this point Bani cannor return a red card. Whether he returns a spade or a club, dum- my rufia with the last rep

been which has

Lo carefully left there. At the same time, South discards his remaining losing diamond. South these. fore makes his contract.

It does West na good to put rem the king of

on the diamants round of that West's queen drops, and dum- any's inck of diamonds is thereby sel up.

South cannot be sure that th play will work, It will

fail i

Fast has ald trump. Bal there is certainly no harm in frying this play.

CROSSWORD

13

A. There's nothing temporary about

this. Us

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lă, a neat alteration that inky pro

vide an outburst 147

14. Initially arastolic of the standard

of B Geura (2)

16. It may be into. 131

Your

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In the

bus queue, Horwich is trying

to ft her into, the He story of Homer (with musleal numbers by Tchaikovsky).

-{London Emmes Servies)

Check Your Knowledge

1. The character Rip winkle appears in what book?

The year-and

once In

on their birthday "peatech the

By they

A2: the weed of each y ' miles per heurt eine Animed to his ace th year

r distance which Tom hast Fiverra when tru

thel ex- ercard by a varie the dia tance he had evere the irevious year

Next year they plan, ance star at the BATTLE time, and each wil attemet të Average at sa many fl wer A Vear old

If they

Train their respective konjës nat what time shoot they meet

(Solution on Pape

CHESS

19.

PROBLEM

By A. ELLERSTAN

Black, 8 pieces.

10

FOR THE... BUSINESSMAN

ANGLO-AMERICAN NEW YORK

OIL

DEAL

London, Aug. 31.

The completion of a £10,000,000 oil deal be- tween British and American companies was an nounced here tonight, From tomorrow a site in the Thames Estuary will be acquired by the Vacuum Oil Company, a British subsidiary of the American Socony-Vacuum Company, where in the next three years an 850,000-ton oil refinery for the production of lubricating oils will be built.

when

The deal was first Ar- ranged last March, the British Powell-Duffryn Company sold ita oil storage and blending plunt at Cory- ton, on the Thames, owned by its subsidiary, Cory Brothers, to the Vacuum Oil Company in return for 24 hulf interest in Vacuum Oil.

Since then plans for the new rellnery have been agreed with

through its Finance Corporation.

GERMAN-

PERSIAN

ACCORD

COTTON

FUTURES

New York, August 31. Colton futures come back to the track after zooming as much

as $2.45 bate

March d

of

peak when nearby

ton 31 years" very climbert to 40 cents the action as a natural technical pound. Most experts regarded

development after four days" rapid advances.

Fears Bre heightening serious weevil damage in the central and eastern rections. A Texas report empharised ball

damage. Mr J. E. Mo Tesna Agriculture Com- missioner, warned that Text Lyear'a colin erop will

damaged unless proper steps are takes to combat the boll worm pests.

be

Interest is turning more and more to the Government's second crop estimate of the reason, to be published on September 8. Private Surveys usually inued before the omelal Talks on the conclusion of a report are expect d to exert an

of the money required for the Paris construction programov,

Bonn, August 31.

then

re-

trade and payments accord be- fuence on the market before the British Governmeal, who, tween the West German Re-he Government report is

teased. One prominent spot firm for Industry, is providing rome public and Perda will start in estimated the present condition

an September 4th,

71 percent of normal. If this Deonamic Ministry announced ligure is correct, this would in- dicate a crop of niound 10,100,- 000 bales against August. During preliminary negotia- tion: the

The German delegation points off., Prices closed today will be headed by Dr Herrman as follows: Reinhard, Later Dr Hane

Spot

The new retinery will muhly

today.

neat crude oil from the Middle East, and the lubricating alls produced will help to replace faporta from dollar sources.

11:2 year 33rilain spent Strack will Assume Reinhard's October £4,500,000 on lubricating

United States.-R- from the

10).

RUBBER

PRICES

EASIER

market closed at 30

40,25 30,42-33.47

olla

function,

Derember

March (10317 Mav

39.40-3844 39.00-20.0

The Ministry sald the Irade.

July talks with Indla and Pakistan October would begin In

December the middle of September, It cald that Dr Albert Hilger van Scherpenberg, chief of the Sterling bloc depart- ment in the Economic Ministry, tollawa

32 53 -3954

31.30 - 29.50

-United Presa.

New Oricana

Cctober

New York, Aug. 31. Bubber futures elosed toxiny at 25 to 175 points lower. Sales totailed 89 contracts. The easier{ trent r.flected sharply lower) eables from the Singapore and London markets and the lack juf factory demand in the spot

market.

Prices follows:-

September

December

October

Match (1031) May

']bsid

30.37

30.33

NEW ORLEANS COTTON

and his deputy, Alfred Mendel-t

March (1931)

| sơn, will leave for New Delit December

and Karachi on September 18- United Press.

HONGKONG

SHARES

The turnover on the Stock today 25 Exchange

was this morning very small, totalling only

$9.762.55. Transacilons and noon j briens were:

SHARES BUYERS SELLERS GALES BANKS

47.73 bild 45.00 moralital

44.25 traded

41.25 bid

39.25 bld --United Press.

SINGAPORE MARKET

Singapore, Aug. 31. Prices of rubber futures bere cloney today as follows:-

Number 1 August

Von

Number 1 September

19.11

K

Number A Geigber

sunster 4 Abuled spot unbaled

2. Name the author of "A CAPRICORN (Dre. 23-Jan. CANCER (June 23-July 23)-Pair of Blue Eyes."

Intuition Irau There is romance for you today if you are seeking it. Make this plans

tay for pleasure: forget your all should go juhl

201) Let your the way. If your basicaly sound, will with you,

AQUARIUS

3. Name the first ship to reumavigate the continent of North America.

4. Where is Korea?

Name

5,

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-- (Jan. 21-Feb, Bộ thscreet in all you undertake 191-Buying and Seitung. today. You will make the best the relafly in real estate, appears headway by avoiding hosty or repelally favoured at this time. wasteful effort.

BOYS' AND

White, 9 pieces.

White to play and mate in two. Solution to pesterday's

opera "Parsifal,"

the composer of problem:

(Answers on Paye 8)

GIRLS'

Squire Squirrel Had Trouble

--It Wasn't Easy to Run a Boarding House-

By MAX TRELL

INAHF found Squire Squirrel

K

ting under the Maple

Tree Summer Boarding House

at the end of the garden wall.

"But I thought your ked

to

in it,"

Across His forehead

Squire Squirrel rubbed his "My Squire Squirrel was the owner FW serong his forehead.

of the boarding madache is getting wore. Do

beta

and manager

house.

here for o to the drugstore thrushes, sparrows, an owl and and get a pill or something" now and then some other birds who came to visit. exipmunks

He owned the tree. His mind sillyg boarders were robin, wrens,

Kmart said he didn't mind at A farmly of all. Sa olt weal Squire lved in the cellar Squirrel, down the road to the of the boarding house--that is drugstore to get sometnog for to say, in the roots of the tree; his headache. and Squire Squirrel lived up.

stairs in a hollow in the innin Knarf sat quietly under trunk.

Crough,

the It all free.

seemed pleasant Up among the heaty "No. I'm not happy at all." bunches of the summer board- Squire Squirrel said to Knarf. house he could hear the

1, Q-RI, ang; 2, Q, R, Kt, er 1

Palcs.

MAGAZINE

Rupert and the Back-room Boy-35

Bot

From Billy's anos expres Rupert can see that he is pulling his top and he charts fo join him and together they go higher. There they ducover post Grannie Gost firmly wedpect is the mp branches. "How on earthy did shishappen ? ** criesRapert, " Welli

ALL. RIGHTS

dny. I can't," he sald,

Coing on!**

I'm getting a headache from boarders chirping

and singing, all full my troubica."

apparently in te best of spirits, "sleep at all with this noise "I don't see why he should get headache," Kharf started say-

"There's ing to himself, trouble running this boarding Louse"

"Whint troubles?" said Knart. "Troubles running this board-

18. Little Margaret returns the jewel | ing house."

(3)

17. Nothing upsets the sale like they

do, (5)

19. Legend possibly (8)

20. It may ught the tone night. 14.8)

22. Coneless content (3)

23. A type of acid. (8)

24. Extran or sundries (9)

OUWD

incination (8)

2. Nothing could be

Rolling down to

4. Vim. 18)

6. Sext up.

(0)

7 Allotted punishment. (8)

D. Vehiclo. (9).

10 Region north of the Diack deu

17)

12. Also. (3)

13 A descendant of them (0)

JB. itend. 447

21 Bort of cet offoen are brought

up 10. (9)

dolution ut veszgyday's Duxala, —Antent: 2. All 17 +382 6. Navar more: 33" Dairy FEATHER" VOS" frase.) 14. Ring: 15. 22nd Y ion; 1. Teuton: 40. Nod. FR Gerola; 24, treased: 25 MAILED:

Mara: 4

$5, 138 4.

Learner A

wing TheRes. 7. Vindret

♣ Brẻ V. Merinoe; 10. Uyion; 10. Mary:

17. Nosa

"Hoo an

are you?"

Knarf Jumped

"Who are you?"

It was the Owl.

110

д

"What nuise?" asked Knart.

Lo

his feet. quiet

once!"

we had 21st set pot for the village and had paused for breath on this hank when something seemed to move right under our feet.” saya Billy. Before we could get away this tree shot out of the gmund and caught up in ita branches and carried is right up into the sky 1**

RESERVED

Number Augu

Number 3 AUTUM

Loutk cique

No. 1 pale crepe

1 Bank East Anla

INSURANCES

Union DOCKS, ETC. JC. Wharf

.. 1720 in

..

G15

Ga 70

N. P. What +42 Provident 1.60 S'hai Dock 2.85 LAND, ETC.

UTILITIES

300 290

130-131

IK Land

13!

125-128

S'int Land

1.10

122-127

129-130

Humpless

7.00

100+ 7.30

500 7.70

128-129

120-120

Tram

100%

130-321

Star Ferry

GO

103-107

C. Light (0) D

140-143

United Press.

D

814

9% 103%

207 * Cse 2000

se

500 F 65

252 1

LONDON FUTURES

London, Aug. 31. Rubber futures closed today 13 follows:

per 15.) October November December January/burch April/Juna

3514-5

42.12

37-34

25-341 342-4

United Prest.

CHICAGO

GRAIN

Chiengo, Aug. 31. Gral futures dropped toxy, upward ending a three-day move, Wheat lust more than any other grain. Corn tried to hold Some small gaing but gave up. traders bought corn in anticipa- tion of export sales to Itly on Friday.

Prices clored as follows:-

WHEAT

Spol

September.

December March (1951) Xiny

Spot

2-23-2244

C. Light (N) Electric Tetephan

INDUSTRIALS

Ceint STORES, ETC.

Dairy Dairy Ris

Watot ... Sinceres...

Crawford 20

COTTONS wo

2.00

2%

700 4 260

Exchange Rates

Ining

U.S. dollars (per 613"

was done in the focal unofficial xglange market

morning at the following rates:- Sterling note (per 21

1:5

134%

0.35

Indónenda qusfders (per 100,

3

Siam teols (per 1091

Singapore Straits)

PIC plastres (per 180)

As not

May

July

Octobry December

prices clused

AE

30.10

39,41

20.31 -39.36

3052

30.42 -30.45

38.03

36.33 bid

34.01 bid

United Press.

Bank Of England Statement

jor

London, Aug. 31.

The Bank of England state- ment

the week coding August 30 reads as follows: Notes in relation £1,302,031,000 Public deposits... Private deposita

Goverment reunities

Other securities

Receipts

Donk ralio

250271,200

374,470,000

139,150,000

50,217,DOO

$3,250,000

United PT KS

5.4

OUTWARD MAILS

A surface mali to United King- dom per L.. "Canton" will be closed on Saturday, September 1. This mall is expected to arrive in Londos un of about October

Enregistered Tetters

printed matter for China main- jand and athan Jaland can be Accepted at senders risk and will be forwarded as opportu ally offers.

and

a.m.. Registered and F'arre)

Unless otherwise stated, #a- glstered Articles (by air or sea) Parcel Posts close One Hour earlier than the ordinary mall. I malis close before 1

Post close at 5

p.m. sh tha previous day, Maili are closed at Kowloon Central Posi Ome one hour earlier than the G.F.0. closing traca.

FRIDAY, September 1 Closing Times By Air

U.S. A. & Canada, 4 p.m.

Japan, 5 p.m.

Manila, Honolulu 17.S.A. Del- teis, second class mall and Par- 1705 Feel 5 p.m.

Relaxation Of Controls

1320

Ottawa, Aug. 31. Canada today anouncel

化

Charp reduction In Import con- trols on United States goods, restricted because of the dollar shortage.

The relaxation becomes effec- tive on October 1.

It was nanounced that 45 of the 95 capital goods items now under quota would be removed from the controls. The capital goods items

were the biggest part of Canada's dollar expendi- tures in the United States.

Freed Trum controls., were

2.20

2 30-2291 2.35% 2.30

CORN

September December March (1901) May

1.55% 1.531 3.4670-12 1.501 1.31

DVE

September

ruch building

DATS

Tell him to stop hooting all night! He keeps us awake!" December

Knarf was just about to Ko

and fell Owl

1

December

items 01 chemicals, 1.37%

stone, road-paving 1.0-140 machinery and railway equip

ment.

All of these Items are needed in Canada's construction Programme.-Reuter,

7012-

BC

down when

everyone in the wholeSeptember tree, including the Owl, set, up New York flour toer 200 lb. sack) "Keep her away! was qualed at $13.50.-United Press. shrieking.

let her Ket

up here! Don't

Ol!"

The

LONDON TIN

MARKET

Chirping and Singing "You hear it as well as I do!" At that moment he heard volec calling

snapped Owl. "All this chirp clown Ongrily:

I can't wicep you! Hey you Hoo ng and singing.

with chirping and singing. Teil

Knarf looked down. there

kerp other boarders to

out at cat, who lived in a house at the move or. I'll

other end of the road, was starting to climb up the tree! "Why-yes sir. I'll see what Knart climbed down as fast as "I'm taking Squire Squirrel's I can do." Kald Knarf. With he could and chased her away.

London, Aug. 31. place while he goes to the drug- that Knarf climbed up higher

The London in market today Poor Knaxf! In the few minhad the busiest session for more his headache," store for

raid into the tree to have a talk Kharf. "Is there anything

utes that he took Squire Squirthan a month. the with the other birds.

The tumLOVET rel's place he had more trouble was 220 tons, matter?"

Keep qulei" several thun most people have in A "What!

Prices closed as follows:--- "Come up here.". Kald Owl, robins and thrushes all shouted year. He climbed up and down

Sool buver "and I'll tell you.”

He had *We'll do no such the tree a dozen times. at onco.

Apot Hollers Knarf climbed up the tree. thing! Tell that horrible Owl is to mind baby birds; he had 16 nusiness done "T

cn berpillars his work in the daytime drive anybody," do the Owl. "I'm a quiet and sleep at nigt, the way knew now why Squire Squirrel Three-manthe sellers hird. I go out at night. I sleep everyone viso does, and he got a headachy." all day. I mean, I try to sleep won't be bothered by any noise!

Raid

Squire Squirrel held his head.

don't bother

Bank

Gun, letters and second clam mall) 5 p.m

Canada, (letters only) 5 p.m. Singapore.

Tjakarta, Sydney

Auckland u.m.

Taipeh, 3, p.m.

Closing Times By Re

Straits, Rangoon & Calcutta Noon. Farmona via Keelung. 2 p.m. Manila, p.m..

Japan. 3 p.m.

BATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

Closing Times By Air

Saigon & Paris, 10 a.m. Maria. 31 a.m. Talpeb, p.in. Bangkok. p.m.

Closing Times By Bek

Straits, Ceylon, India, Madagascar. Bombay, Aden, Egypt & Zutode via London, 10 nm, (par): 1 p.m. (reg):

m.ford). Bangkok, 10 am.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER J Closing Times By Abr

Manila & Sandakan, 10 a.71. Taipeh, 10 a.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Closing Times By Air

Talpeb, 9.30 am.

USA & Canada. 7 p.m. Bangoon, Calcutta, Karachi, Basra, Cairo (Nirobi. Mombusa. Dar es Salaam, Mauritius & Johannesburg

Singapore. Djakeria, Bydney & Auckland. p.m.

Of France via Cairo). Rome & Landon, B p.m.

Statement

Paris. Aug. 31. The Bank of France statement for the week ending August 24 rends de follows:- Total gold holdings Fr. 182,794,771,248

of alher Total

Currencies Sight balances

3,022,687,030

abroad .....

183.350,341,253 Advance to cut- tency -tahitien. tion fund

abroad

Mille discounted in

France and

220

Away.

He Three-months buyers He was glad Business dona when he came back againi

*789

703

730-155

Belllement

Notes in etrenia-

tion Current accounts & deposits...

14

си

Bangkok & Colombo, 5 p.m. Japan. p.10

Closing Times By Sex Strafts 11 4.1.

Canada via Vancouver, B.C., 3 p.m. Formosa via Keelung, 7 p.m. U.S.A., Central & South Amer

via San Francisco 6 pm.

Tuesday, September 1 Closing Timia Dy Als

Talpeh, 0.3d a‚m.

Mania.

Honolulu

V.B.A.

42,000,000,000 { (letters, second clam mall and Par

celn, Guam flețiers and socand claw mail), Canada (letiers only).

370,270,823,657 (6 p.m.),

1,408,175,701,685

273,408,334.146 -United Pres

Patron & Paris, 6 p.m. Tangkak. 3, n.m.

Taipeh Japan. I p.m.

Close Tutores By: fan Formnom vis Kostung, 2. p.sh.