1950-09-18 — Page 7

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1950.

FOR YOUR SPARE MOMENTS

JACOBY DUMB-BELLS

ON BRIDGE

Expert Succeeds With Bold Finesse

By OSWALD JACOBY

THE average player takes many nesses that the ex- pert avoids. The reason is that the expert tries to develop other resources in the hope that something better than a trosse. will turn up.

This does not mean, ever, that the expert has

une for a finesse.

In

how

no

many

STU. LESTER SYDRATE. HAVE YOU'

NO TRAVELLED

WE EXTENSIVELY, ALWAYS TRAVEL EXPENSIVELY

PEGG ST.LOU

BY THE

by

WAY

Beachcomber

SEE that Mayfair is Konrad of Welssenau-Aufwle- suffering from an epi- dersehen booked the table and demie of bogus noblemen, cune to make all the arrango- That surprises me.

Asked to

There ments for flowers, etc. were 4 guests. When the bill In the old days you could

was presented

the secretary easily get asked out to dinner could not be found. or even to a country house- party if you called yourself strm it, the archduke besitatce, Baron von Schneckelsdorf grew very red, and finally made hocistein. But I should have a cross at the foot of the bill. thought people were less early I don't believe hea impressed today. Оле West

west genuino aretiduke at all. End restaurant has reason to remember a party given yearn

ago. The secretary of His Im- Opera at Snigglefield perial Highners the Archduke

THE Landurister, THE

who

Was Đ

WAD

als the blacksmith, laugh- | l reality when Elfrida

attacked

AreYOUR BIRTHDAY.......... By STELLA Thwacker fact, there

bonds it is the normal play. As a matter of times when the expert takes a Ancase that the average player wouldn't dream of. An exam- ple of this kind is shown in to- day's hand.

contract

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

"We're all right at a march +1

b. rousing

or selection on the

POCKET, CARTOON

"Not likely-his is my

[own chair;"

London Essetia Latvice.

green," he

he said. "But I don't Check Your

Knowledge

bandmaster.

to

surfaces.

I

our lot at Covent Garden. Thousands of vircling.** -a༩tསྶ You may appear quite stay and shall begin In a small way,"

14 superficial since you are rather

raid Thwacker, - "No wonder," gregarious in your habits. En-replied

the derneath, however, you are n "There's not many da determined peron. If you de-

that alt didn't cicle something, and make plans,

say, old nothing short of a major entan- trophe beyond your control can couldn't blast

*em trombone, but call that opera, said Elfrida

d you," said

swerve you from your goal.

borni IF you are

today, you South's Jump to four hearts

have a strong will and the conquer showed a very strong hand. 11

to face und courage was not an attempt to "close" adversity. You are studique and the hand at a game bid. South quite careful in delali, Although wanted his partner to continue in the main you incline toward the bidding if he had A good

hopes, you do have optimistic happened, however, fans of depression. There can hand. As

han and is traced, as a rule, to North had a poor

some therefore passed.

If you take rainor physeal R. care of your body, your mind unrea-will remala cteur and active. But i don't become over-cautious of wold your health, for you could easily

become a hypoelioneirtae,

You cannot be driven against the West hand instead of in the your will, but are entity in Eust fund; or if North had heldused by thone you love or A kind word of ene admire.

To And what the stara have will

more in store for tomorrow, select #rt couragement

hair a response than

dozen your birthday Aar and read the seobings. Parents of children corresponding

Let paragraph. born today should always keep your birthday står be your daily this in mind!

Although the final was shaky, it was not sonable. The contract have been made easily' of the in of diamonds had been

ace

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Both vui.

South West North 1 ❤

Eazi Poss Pass

AKQJOGZ

A54

Pa69 14 Poss Pass Opening lead-♦ J

the king of clubs Instead of the king of diamonds. With either of these slight changes i would be impossible to defeat a con- track of four hearts.

In the

jack of

pins

West opened the diamonds, dummy put

up the king, und East won with

the nce. Fast

cashed the quien

Kindly and sympathelle, you are generous and devoted. Take enre 1 selecting a marriage partner, for it must be someone with sinalar intellectual and cultural tustes or you cannot and permanent happiness.

stalde.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

24-Sept. 32)---

VIRGO (Aug

GEMINI (May 23-June 22)- You may need to alter your New contacts and business plan this afternoon, but if you aftales must be carefully ar- are co-operative ad will turn ranged. Just right.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)- If you can manage The afternoon hours profitably, the results for the day can be stond,

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— If you arrange your time and efforts effectively.

You can be assured nt excellent results.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 3-ĺkc. 32)-Traveling salesmen andl all their business deats favoured. Afternoon is but he tactfu

arc

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Sabotage Giving Trouble At

Ploesti

Oilfields

Vienna, Sept. 17.

WEEKLY

REPORT ON COTTON

New York, Sept: 16. Cotton futures settled back

after Boaring to a new thirty- your peak, but' old erop dél- veries at closed on higher

Sevict technicians and equipment are being used for the crude oil output in the rich Plocsti territory at the end of the week. fields, but newspapers from Rumania unintention- Prices al the close on Triday ally give away the information that sabotage and were 21 points higher to al points lower or up $1.05 to off abstentecism are giving trouble.

$1.00 a bale from the previous weck. March 1951 position on There is no question that Monday soared to 41.45 cents a there has been an intensi-pound, which was the best price fied drilling

on the board since 1920, when programmo

July was sold at 43.78 cerita, directed by Russian muper- visors and using much Soviet Technical realimtion and per- lots against cotton purchases marginal out of government stocks acter!

Italy Buys

Wheat From equipment. Hundreds of sistent hedge selling in small

Soviet Russia

abandoned sub - uften have been redrilled. to check the up-turns. Con- versely, the underlying demand The 1950 production schedule from mills and other trade in- called for an increased outputterest brought frequent rallies. by 32.5 percent over 1949, and

scrno

Rome, Sept. 27, Italy has contracted to in- by December production was to The unwillingness of port 200,000 tona

Soviet equal of

the highest level before buyers to follow the upturni whent and other bread grains the Communist

possibilities of addi- took over, reflected 1. Name a sold that has two at "lightly more than the However,

guarded press re- tional government selling and. world price," it was learned

poils ndmit the schedule hnd the imminence of heavy new

crop marketing this season.

Soma traders believed that in was 1943, view of higher prices prevalling Allied bombers in the open market, producers raids over the would

put more cotton into eff commercint chamels over the

2. Stote the difference be tween lines of longitude and lines of latitude,

3. In what ocean is monsoon bell located?

here today.

It is understood that under

not been met.

The peak your the agreement, which was just

before signed on September 12, Italy

inade shuttle the accepted the Soviet price, which feks. After Ave years

sinkin.

Fred Cox his with

wouldn't "I woulder," "Mid Grimly.

bandmaster. "we'd be in tune all right, but- 4. Who was known as the

thing very

sweet, if yourou Man of Baseball," take me. Our audiences ake the hearty stuff. Give 'em 3 5 What is the name of the solo on Charlie Tunder's Cute character otherwise known and they start yelling for Count of Monte Cristo? Soldiers of the Queen. You wouldn't want that to happen in an opera Not with actresses there

am scenery and sell." "The audiences," said

Edu "must be trained to be bet-

music." "Who's ter musie

10 goin' train 'em?** asked the band master. "Ian," snorted El- frido. The bandmaster scratch- rel ts tirel and laughed merrily that Mrs Thwacker re- Ured in anker to And a coprano.

CANCER (June 23-July 23)—| Don't br over-sensitive. Some- thing you consider a social slight may not be that at all! Merely Parrot on a tightrope

thoughtlessursst

LEO

23)-

0

He had tried to teach a dog to (July 24-ADE.

to an im- talk the tightrope, but had fait Pay sirlet attention

Don't get ril. portant job at hand.

into an argument, hours are the best.

Evening

(News Item)

TE probably forgot to give Hanese runthate.

CHESS PROBLEM teaching a social,

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan.

can

of diamonds and then shifted to 20)-Personal affairs

the queen of clubs.

handled effectively during the Exert caution South took the are of club, Morning hours.

noting with deep regret

thats afternoon.

ho was apparently doomed to AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) lose two club tricks. Since he

could afford to lose only

more

trick,

ed hopeless.

one

the contract seem-

South's only chance

and

was to

set up lont spade in duminy discard one of eventually the losing clubs on that spade.

ly had to In order to do so,

છ

-You can be tactful and at the anme lime aggressive in getting what you want. Be positivo.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 31)-- Think before you act. There are better days coralnit!

ARIES (Mar.

22-Apr. 20)-—

good day to combine social and business activities. He care-

ruff three spaces in his own hand

and still

get back dummy to cash the last spade, Therefore South would have times three to enter dummy outside of the spade suit!

ful not to offend during the

afternoon.

se your progress toward your ace of main goal.

TAURUS (Apr. 21, May 21)- Declarer began his campingDon't let yourself get to a by leading his singleton spade argument which would jeopar to dummy's ace and ruding

with the spade return trumps. He then led the fly of trumpa towania dummy. When West played the seven it hearts, declarer nessed cum- my's eight of hearts!

When this finesse succe drd, West clutched his cards closely

al to

n Hared his chest deelorer. He was wrong to be

BOYS'

suspicious. South mal not The

sure hin fesse would sucered. He had been willing to risk a two-trick defent in order to

play for the contract.

South continued by ruining an other spad with the kirut al

G SH

By U. NERONG Black, 11 pieces.

toje.

A

White, 10 pieces.

As

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6. Noune the continent that is sometimes referred "Island Continent,”

1

(Answers or Page 8).

CROSSWORD

Across

.. 101 9. To this use is waste. 193 11. Unusually active, (6)

Naif so, 10 gel tits gk (0)

13 The greeting of a cheerful

haven. (3)

old caller did oure suceced in

parrol to walks the t tightrope. He invited in a few friends to

per see the bird furm. They All roared with laughter at the absurd spec taelo, and the parrot, half-way across, stopped, tossed its head, and shrieked, "Very funny, no would-be ere upset the cat. doubl, but damnably difficult!" in. Spasm once allered to go round.

10)

14. Reiver that provides & Hen. (4) 15. Mines only for this gato (5) 10. See 3 Dawn. (4)

(3)

has not been disclosed, to help repair and new drillings, pro- complong weeks. Other observers build up food socker and also duction has not been increased, insisted that after the peak of to obtain, payment from Rusala and newspapers carry almost the marketing season, the sup for machinery and other goods dally articles putting the blome ply situation would be tightened

he has had from Italy.

un various matters.

| progressively.—United Press.

It

wan offeintly

announced

that the latest contract with the Soviet Union will bring the total Russian shipments nf

The Commimist Party seren. tary in the Dambovitza district recently put the blaine on lack

of

wheat in the last 18 months to swellings and supplies in the but also denounced ell felds. 438,000 13.-Reuter,

"elements who look toward the In various ways ure still manifesting their hostility: towards the regime, going an für as cabeloge."

Devising Method To

Defeat

past and

CHICAGO

GRAIN

Chlengo, Sept. 16, Despite the good war news The newsDADET Semmicia de some strength crept into gmin scribed cases of sabotage in the futures, following foreign in- Prava district, including cut-quiries for United States grains, ting of a compressor bel, poor England, Norway, the Nether training of

lands anci Yugoslavia

to be seeking of Alter water, which reported put a boiler out of commision. this prompted some buying.

American grains or flour, and

a

Vetoare to

new workers

and

Another writer in the same

New York, Sept. 17 The Assistant Secretary of newspaper raid absentee bours State, Mr John Hickerson, cald in the

oillek were

fuday that the United States high-United Press. would submit proposals to the

United Nations to enable ยาย

General Assembly tu

act

suppressing agresion i

the

Security Council was paralysed

by the Soviet velo.

Mr lekerson

was speaking to the American Association for the Unlied Nations and the National Citizens Committee for the United Nations on the forthcoming General Assembly meeting scheduled to open here an Tuesday.

13 A neavyweights fo the world

tot ong, 101,

your

boots?

23. Well-known Victorian Buthor.

(b)

Mr Hickerson told the ing that the threat or the veto In the

use

Have you Racined

It reported that when Mim.

(3)

additions to comfort.

sje Slopcorner

Was ap. proached by The British Council, with a view to a series of lectures on Havine in Swedish Lapland, she said, "I Racine is wonderful stuff. [use it every day, and so does 1. 11e could pare

White to play and mate in three. Muminy.

Solution

ዘቦ

Ilut

think

(3.6)

STOCK

far to

MARKET

ACTIVE

were

Dlupatcher from Rome Italy had signed to buy 200,000 tons of wheat from Russia,

Some buying was also en- the forecasts Di couraged by cloudy skien and cool air over the comm bett

Wheat closed at 3⁄4 to lá cent, a bushel up, corn wàɛ 3⁄41⁄2 up to 5% off, cats were 5 up to off

a. rve was 104 off and soy. beans 1 to 2 of

Prices plored as follows:-

WHEAT

Spot

September December

March (1963)

2.17 2.21%

2.39%

Ziay

FORN

September

December

4,5516-1.0014 2.54- 1.48

March (1951) ktay

131%

RYE

1.3012 bid

December

142

QATA

1170 September

December

zi 0212- -Walled Presk

£30

The Hongkong stock market

this opened

morning with arel-rong buyer interest, and un- usual activity was maintained of throughout the mornit resalon. Security Although business, wits spread Spot 24. Proves when it was WOD back. (Counell should not render over the whole list, great

the United Nations Organisa-Interest was in the Utility sec- 15. The ranaters in making these tion powerless and deter peace-tion.

Prices

advanced alt loving members of the United round. Duwb

Nations froin finding ways La The turnover for the morning 1. Pruit, qui 2. Seemingly... utzia credit upset preserve the peace.

was $524,428. Transactions ami | September. Beine. (0)

noon prices were; 3 and 16 Agriai. Not a depot dagen The General Assembly - would | SHARES BUYERS SELLERS GALES

hut an American craze, (B).

want to examine its own ex- BANKS Brkono 131 5. Fruit, 197

.. 170

501170 UK Bank perience and authority in the or ht of the lessons of Korea to

Fath Asia..

103 devise effective means to sup- INSURANCES

Unloa press nggression when the {Security Council in paralysed, wood,

The Korean situation has provides revealed that most of the mem- bers of the United Nations will respond favourably to a United Nations recommendation that assistance be given a victim of aggression.

4 Fruit (9)

really dont man. 141

.ucdents of Bteyeti y know as I ought to adve the 10. Occupy all the space. 4) Saturday's ke this in Swedish Lapland. 19. Huoou,

17. Canco perhaps z Just say 1 hope all the people. This

(41 coal comes from whereas

43 1. 9-117, onu: 2, Q. or Kt (ch, there will use it like I do."

household coat

(45

problem;

or dis cit mates,

AND

-(London Express Servlet.)

GIRLS'

11

AD

MAGAZINE

Toys' Yearly Meeting Rupert and the Sketch Book—3

-Punch Told the Shadows About Ilm

By MAX TRELL. the toys meet. I know I was never able to guess. Usually t

trumps. He next let the ala GNOW I

of hearts to dummy'a tea and

queen of hearts,

"NO don't suppee you ist in some poor little house, know." Mr Punch was where poor little children live ruffed a third. opade with the saying, "that once each year all who have never had any toys the tops and rubber balls and of their OWI But sometimes Jnck-knives and they meet in great rich houses, By now all of the spades and marbles and

where there are no children at trumps held by the opponents doils and tin soldiers mai hobby had been played. South could borses and all the other toys all." therefore lead his deuce of the whole world over, come to-

Knarf and Hanid wanted to hearts to dummy's three of ether for a meeting."

know more about these meet- hearts.

Knarf and Haniel, the ings of the toys, so Mr Punch lead

shadow-children with

himself the settled

down com his chair and con-

This gave dummy the and enabled declarer, to Cash the last spade, South then one losing cheerfully concealed club, and scored Fame Rnd rubber with great satisfaction.

INTELLIGENCE TEST

THE BATTY PLAN

By T. O., HARE MY plan for maintaining world prace 16 very

■imple one. The speaker was Professor Batty. propose to divide the surface o

earth into twelva

dentical in shape and size. Each will be separate province, administered by the Security Council. AT SICH Doint where three provinces meat there will be a global strongho: the headquartere of the World Security Palice. The Paz itumana, you may recall was maintained in much the WTO WEY."

be

САП

ize hardly

satil

someone The earth Jan's nerfect uphere. you know.

“A triviat point,” repiled Batty Birliy

for my pur- Roses it TA For how

"label mkny Mrongholds * does the Tinity

Plan provide t

(Solution on Page 83.

tinued.

turned-about names, said they fortably in were surprised to hear this. "A meeting?" said Hauld. "A meeting of the toys, my dear," nodded Mr Punch.

"Where do they meet?" asked Knart.

Vary Odd Thing

Mr Punch smiled. that's a very odd thing. never be able to guess

Hurrying into the cottage Rupert unpacks Aunt Bruinella's present. "Ch, look," he cries. "A lovely sketch book and a box of crayons! They're just what I've wanted. 1 must start at once. What shelf I draw firm ?" "Why not draw your Daddy?" suggests Mrs. Bear.

"l'an aure he'd sit still for you."" I'm But Mr. Bear only laughs, much too bury for that,” he says- " tell you what, Rupert you take one crayon and draw something in the village. Then bring it back and see if we can guess what it's meant to be."

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

"I was a small boy myself when I first heard about all this," he said. "One night, just before I fell asleep, I was suc- prised to see my teddy bear tip-locing softly toward the toy teddy bear on the shoulder and chimney of a little house where locomotive that I had in my asked him the minded my a sick little girl lived."

room. I saw him climb aboard

there?"

"A wonderful thing." replied

The

of

to

"Wel, it. In a moment the locomotive like the idea of my going along Knart, asked.

You'd

started running.

next where instant I had slipped out hed. I was just in time

being along.

At first he didn't

"What happened

with him. Finally, though, be

I said it would be all right as ·

instead of a boy.

Hard to Do

The toys had a meoling.

If

Mr lickerson suggested that a Security Camel resolu- tion were to be voted in future case of opgetolon action might be taken through 3 7. rolution

General As- sembly.-Reuter.

in the

Hopes To Contain Korean

Wa

ar

Washingtoh, Sept. 17.

Mr Dean Husk, Assistant Secretary of Stale for Far |Eastern Affairs, sald tonight that |Amerten hoped that the United |Nations offensive in Korea "wijl not tempt others to intervene" Ich the side of North Korea,

"If that should happen," Mr Rusk sald in a broadcast Inter- view, a very series situation

would be created".

"It would be foolish for any-

jump on the back of the loco long as I pretended to be a toy Mr Punch. "When the sick little one to suppose that United Na-

motive myself, right behind the teddy bear, when the locomotive went sailing out through the open window!"

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girl saw all the toys, she instant- tions action in Korea could con- ly smiled. She forgot all about being alek. All the could think celvably endanger Korea's of doing was to play with the neighbours." "Well," Mr Punch went on, I toys, for there were more toys

The United States had no in- In her room than she had ever promised to pretend to be a toy exclaimed Knarf and instead of a boy. That wasn't seen before. But instead of her terest whatsoever in setting up Unlied States milltary as hard to do as it seemed. All playing with the toys, the toys any to sit very played with herf

can't You I had to do was

The United "Yes, my dears-out through

guletly and not say anything. Imagine how happy she becametases in Korea.

rubber Nations wonkd decide the future the open window went the loco Hardly hati I made this promise The balloons and the motive. It flow through the air, when I noticed that the whole balls danced for her; the tops of Korea. over

spun for her; the dolls walked garden-over the sky was filled with toys, Thero

"Wo wish to stop the aggres- trees-over the

IL rooftops..

and talked for her; the inck- were dolls and all sorts of stuffed

Business was done in the local was a wonderful trip, of course. animals floating by on balloons. knives opened and shat for her; slon in Korea, and as quickly as

exchange Unofficial

market Bila the possible. We have been disturb- Only I didn't know where I was Thero

shooting and the tin soldiers and wero cors

morning at the following rates:- ed over the help which the Harling, note, (per &) ...... 15.61 crowded with monkeys all sang a eơng going.

through the air,

6 127 Us. dollars (per $1) Tops And when moming came, they aggressors have been receiving Indonesia uilders (per 100) monkey's and marblen.

to their régular "We were just sailing across wont spinning by. Rubber bails all returned

added.-Reuter, the town on the other side of went rolling by. And all of a houses. The meeting of the toys from the outside," Mr Rusk Sumticals (per 100) the river when I tapped the sudden we all went down the wax over!"

the

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Mantts, Honolulu & UMA. (letters,

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