FOR
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Poor Playing Undoes Masterful Bidding
Br OSWALD JACOBY
Hard Luck
"Joe, we have one con-
{JELL,” sighed
solation. We bid The hand right?"
"That's a wonderful consoln- tion," moaned North, "but
have no right to complain. I ought to have my head examined for bidding a tlam when I have you for a partner."
"Ain't it the truth?" Joe as- sented, not without pride. "Other and people get a break now then, but I'm unlucky all the time. Do you realise that, with the spade finesse working all need is a 3-3 break in spoder, diamonds, or clubs. Even If the spinde Bacste lost. It still be all right if either clubs or diamondy broke. The olds must be terrifically in favour of the slam,"
In the play, Went had spened of hearts Dummy the queen won with the king of hearts, and
Joe looked over the situation for
Then he led
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YOUR SPARE MOMENTS
DUMB-BELLS
REGISTERED US PATENT OFFICE
I WISH YOU WOULD STAY HOME SOME EVENING AND SEE
HOW JUNIOR BEHAVES WHEN
YOU'RE OUT!
$002
TWO
BY THE WAY •
by Beachcomber
WWO million, 'seven hun-. Weekly," and Externe Lecturer Mumbojumbo- dred and four thou logy at the
Ir Comparative
of University sand,. three hundred and Basingstoke. He married, In (en dixlemes. noces), forty-one inquiries about Dr 1937
and uglicat Rhubarb's credentials must Thera, youngest
daughter of Commodore and be dealt with.
Mrs Lee-Scuppers of “Mainmast View," Stockingleld.
The hunt is up!
Alfred Rhubarb was R pupil of Professor Pitit in Vienna, nnd studied under Splosch and iugo Burrs a doctorate of Pseudo- Mis nothing to pay-to Bursling at Oberschuffelhausen.
Y greetings-for which there all Psychopathology at Saxe-Flop-
University, and is the button-scrapers and tale-borers, pingen
(with nuthor of "Subliniat Super and a special reverence
cyclilla) minology for Beginners." He upward turn of the
"Bumib" of the "Psychic the hairy great mail-piercers, Brut the merry company of Sack-winders, telescope-fixers, and foghorn-polishers, as also to the purveyors of Greek fire, solid gravy. mercantile wax. bird-seed, mulch-boxes, lard- bags, cats-meat broches, edible scap, boot-fags; ferret-halters, shredded parsley, and windenke You will all be in the Giant Census, category by category; even the plover skinners, mica- tubbers, stackers
of ferap/Po ends, pip-strainers, gulsoners, kettle-coop Ts, nall-wirers, sand- damson- haulers, salierers, Forters, mec-pad stretchers, sorghum-weavers, deiving-pan and clayare testers, hoof-glazers
YOUR BIRTHDAY
IF
By
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
STELLA
to
of
You
und master zincers.
you are born today, you something as nearly perfect us have a sound, all-around you are capable of doing.
You enjoy history and philo- the character. You are more of intellectual than the business tephy. You might make an ex- no cellent teacher in either, neki, are you unn although slouch when it comes to drive provided you were allowed fnf good bargain. You are do as you wished. You would able to get what you want, as not permit any restriction a rule, und the stars stem to ideas by supervisors.
You have a deep empacity for Recipe for venison · favour your projects. You are
although nol the ris and friendship and
I could not love thee, deer, so fond of music, iterature. You will probably rentimental, your emotions are
winch, have talent in the last and deep rooted and lasting.
will make a fine marriage part-Loved I not veulzon mare. should develop it.
her and understanding parent. Your ambition is high and Once you have selected your
JENISON will be in season ven want to achieve the best inate, it is for like and your
any moment now. Here is there lite. If you write, loyalties are unquestioned.
a tried recipe. Hang for 43 And what the stars have days in a cool place. Take To you will write and rowrite un- til vach rentence pleases you, in store for tomorrow, select down tehderly, lift it with care, t:.shioned so slenderly, young, you paint, you will sketch your birthday star and read the
draw my corresponding paragraph.
and so fair. Dip it in a ad bafinium until you are as your
birthday
a bucket of hot water, then baste it with turn You can
Eiquid egg. Roll it. Bore holes in it to let in air. Piug them with bread. Put in oven for 174 minutes, and serve with Till- yard's Topnotch Gravy-Sauce.
and
nake
sured that
the
moment or two. the jack of spades from dummy. East covered with the king and South won with the
лес.
Joe next cashed and ten
trial
Dat daily gulde.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4
Let
star be your
LIBRA (Seni. 23-Oct. 23). GEMINI (May 22-June 22) – Businest projects should
the queen handled wisely. Write an im- pearance. If you grls need
#
be Take care of your personal ap-
| Twenty Years of Uproar
A
of spades, liacovering portant letter. New work can permanent, get it today! that West still had a high spade,prove exacting. He then hopefully tried three and three rounds of diamonds routids of clubs, discovering in A day t
that Fast controlled the fourth round of the suit. All he could do was take his nee
the Just hearis and surrender two tricka.
CANCER (June 23-July 23)- SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- you at dealing wit the
which distractions may make it difheult to concen- Public, this thould be an at-
spicious day. rate m your major objective, electricity!
each ease
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Opening Itad—YQ
the play? Deelde
before you read on.
for yourself
There was nothing wrong with the bidding. The opening bid of standard pro-
one club is the
cedure with a hand of that type. It is not strong enough for one no-trump, and an opening bid of
one spade might make it difficult
for South to find rebid.
but do it
SAGITTARIOS
Be careful with
LEO (July
23)-
close
મ
21-Aug. (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)-A day tu think things Be alert when writing any busi- over. Go easy on all business es eller. You can
omnilments just now. Be cau- deal to your advantage. tious.
(Dec.
CAPRICORN
23-Jan. 20)-Get working on some re- Kular schedule. Haphazard tug- ites won't bring the right amount of access.
AQUABIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) good day in which to co-operation. how your best You can make gains this way.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21– Don't overextend your retour- Be conservative in your expenditures. Now is the time to save,
CUS
ARIES
(Mur. 23-Apr. 20)- A real day for you
best matters Don't push business unless forced into it. Be friend-
Ty.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)....... You can handle Inusiness mal- ters expeditiously now it you are ready to close some tract.
BOYS'
con-
2.
MUSIC erille writes of *1
violinist that "he played as: drugh he had a dynamo up his leeve. Perhaps he hatt, Buda (the Pest), who was a tenth- rate player really, used to do
POCKET CARTOON
London Express Service,
CHESS PROBLEM
By O, NAGY Black, 1 pieces.
HAK
12
A
White, 11 pieces.
White to play and mate in two. Solution 10 yesterday's problem: 1, B-K13. 1
K-KJ; 2, Q-B5 (ch); ... K-K14; 2, 8-02 (ch). 1 ... BxP; 2, Q- 13 (ch): 1 ... B-Q5; 2, QxB (ch); 1 ... others; 2, Q-82.
CROSSWORD
ICT (4)
(3)
Across
he whole thing by electricity, and bad a small dynamo under
It has other posiblities. (ă) the lapel of his coat. One day
Buney break-up for a bisos 7 (6) he couldn't switch off, and he 10. Prnaliere at the cost of one rill had to play Muson's focents in 12 Went to get an amphibian, (4) A minor 17 times without
D. may be your sole attachment. VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)-se. That made the audience used but not mad, rai
bit suspicious, and on inquiry, Teen, 44 revealed the disgraceful truth.
Start a new project with good prospects for its future sucenss. A day to be progressive.
GINTELLIGENDETEST##
RUMOUR
By T. O. HARE
IN the world of politics—as
to ther
world-muur keeps cara tuny just some formidable, slander in circula- tion, and to punch it as any- thing bui sumpio let's go and
the truth The soy sonk cu that, like cowardly, liara die biten before theit drubs Bero are, dit were, their deposi tions. let's keep ralin and de what we can in dientangle them"
in ract sentence two or muere envrentiye words are an Anagram of the gate of a Prime Minister.
(Solution on Page 3)
451
17. Til a standaro. (41 in Disigured by eruptions but cow
he seat, 441 XU Search, 15 Part that way trap Vow int
bring enthralled. (4)
23. Now you may 1. (7
Relice.
The 25 Western Zone policemen who were arrested by "the East Zone. authorities in Berlin were "exchanged" for the six Eastern policemen arrested by the Western Zone nuthorities after protests and "trials" on both sides. shows Eastern police on their way home at the Brandenburger Gate after the "incl-
dent."
(London Express Service).
FOR THE
BUSINESSMAN
'Picture
INDO-PAKISTAN MALAYAN
TRADE IMPASSE
New Delhi, Oct. 1.
BLUEPRINT
Singapore. Oct. 2. The nationalisation ol tin and rubber, ant al
public
Trade relations between India and Pakistanutty services in the Federn
came to a standstill today on the expiry of the sixthe months old trade agreement between the two blueprint countries.
Indo-
last
in deadlock ^ Pakistan trade arose September when Pakistan
devalue declined to
her rupee, but it was broken to a limited extent by a tem- porary agreement made on April 1 of this year.
RUBBER FUTURES
tion and Singapore, is one of recommendations of # drawn up by the Economic and Political Com mittee of the Labour Party Singapore.
of
The Committee thinks that all land is national wealth and cannot, therefore, be perman ently alienated from the peer plc. Planned distribution ሰ.
Is land on an equitable basis recommended by the Com- milice, According to the mittee,
no
comp
Own New York, Oct. 2.
person should The recovery
movement in more than five acres of land in rubber This agreement expired yes-the
futures market Malaya. started inte last week and terday.
"good improvement" gathered momentum rising to
With a
The Committee also calls for the immediate unification
of
and supply the permissible limit of two the Federation and. Singapore
In the production of raw Juto in India Itself, the cents a pound. Saten totalled into a single political entity for Indian Government is not in- 108 contracts,
ex-
cronomie, culturul and admiri. strative purposes.-Reuter,
DL #
loss to of
Tome
clined to renew or extend the
Traders were principle of the balanced change of commodities which explain the sudden turn
associated governed the April agreement, events, but
part of the buying with covering Is stated here.
is on arbitrago
with Government
positions Tie Indian
the dwindling rald to prefer to wait until the London and
offerings International Monetary Fund volume of shipment has settled the par value of the
from the Far East
Prices
closed Halay
Pakistan rupee before resuming
with Pakistan normal trade
Check Your Main to be on a our wits Reuter.
1.
Knowledge
Name the capital of Bolivia, South America,
2. What do you understand by "clap-trap"?"
3. In genealogy what is re- garded as the surest proof nt Ledigree?
1. place.
Name the world's golden
5. What is the length of the Panama Canal?
In commercial Language
you understand by
4. what do
"lare."
(Answers on Page 8)
AND GIRLS'
opening with one chib, South Mrs. Punch Was Baking Bread
has no problem in rebidding.
hnd
every
-She Said It Wasn't a Bit Hard
By MAX TRELL
"Is it hard to bake a bread?" Ilanid asked Judy.
North certainly right to wind up in a slam con- tract when he held 4% honour tricks opposite an opening bid. The slam at no-trump was a sound contract, and no suit con- and Hanid, the Shadows with how to do it. But you must be
tract would have been any tetier.
TERE was a nice smell of
Perhaps Jue was unlucky in like finding no suits breakin. Ilow- ever, he should have made his contract in spite of this.
brking in the house, Knarf
Must Be Careful "Not hard at all, if you know
100
he turned-about names, noticed careful how much yeast you put it the ininute they walked in. in. Yeast makes the dough rise. July is baking a bread." Mr l'unch onen baked a bread. He Punch cald, "There's nothing put too much yeast in the dough. to inuch us home-made Then an awful thing happened, Mr Punch pretended not to bread, espreinily when it's baked didn't it, Punch?" by my July."
hear this. But when Judy said Judy was Me
an awful thing Punch's wife, again: "Didn't After winning the first trick Knart and Hanid went into the happen. Funch, when you once the much yeast in with the king of hearts, Jot kitchen to see how Judy was put should have hd a low spade from baking the bread. It was already tough" Mr Punch finally said: finesse of the the oven, turning brown. But "Hmm, it did indeed, my dear. dummy. The quern or ten of spades would Judy's hands and the front of It was the awfulest Wing that loaf of hold, and Joe would get back to her apron were while with flour. could ever happen to
When It's done and cooled," she bread. But it really wasn't my, dummy with a diamond to lead dummy's remaining low spade slice of this wonderful home-
said, "I'll give you both a thick fault, you know,'
"You'd better tell Koarf and East would have to play his
Hanid ing on this, and South would made bread."
Judy
Knarf and Hand, whose curio sity
was now aroused, begged Mr Punch to tell them the atory from the beginning.
win with the acc. Dummy's
jack of spades would therefore make a trick. With four tricks
in spades, Joe would have hail in taking twelve no trouble tricks.
arc
necessary to It is sometimes lend a high card for a daèsse.
when you For example, short of entries to the dummy, the high card should be led. It enables you to hold the lead in dummy, if the honour is not covered.
When you have as many entries as you need to dummy, however,
there is no need to lead a high card. The low card should then be led ou the chance that the missing honour will fall on the first or second round,
others.
Posts
4. Mae inkestudy of it
2. Pater is required for the
$31
(31
3. Arranging to do this is a serAYE
undertaking t
⚫. Pruit usetų) for a gova chicer, 431
3. tighly distasteful. (0)
7 Can you see a plover in this hik
of extra cover † 17)
2. Witch aircraft (5)
11. Nations of a knight errant.
(8)
13. npetust, I'm off, leaving a mix
up. (5)
Unmateurd. (6)
10 Change of route, (5) 1. Could be a pure country. 41 21. Thus alde is usually sandy (3)
Solutions of restarder's puzzla. Aero 1. VARIOni H. Nes; 9. Onion E T 12, 14 Eradicate: 18. Blun
19 OM, Chitral 21 M Edict; 25. Quirider: 24 Escital, Dowa: 1. Jpiererde; 1. Kenre: 3 Vexato Aeldulale: S
6. Ere: 7, 85: 10 TUBA: 13, BADES 15 Totem; 16. Credit: 17. Ent: 19. Orld: £1, MU..
MAGAZINE
Rupert and the Sketch Book-16
Inside the wood Rupert goes old man. "Oh, please, do tell me."
he cries. Have you seen Rosalie rather more slowly and he keeps
And who be pass this way?" on calling, but without hearing any
"I've Rassic wheeres Galler. reply. Feeling more and more wor
never heard teli of sech, unten you ned he gets right through. and in
Ditan one of Varmer Green's cows." the open country beyond he spies "No, she's Poday's little cousin." Then he the small, bent figure of Gaffer Jarge. says Rupert anxiously. Hurrying forward, he reacties the Ke an idea.
ALL RIGHTS RESKAVED
"Just us Judy fold you be up on the shelf to have a good
HONGKONG
SHARES
follows:-
Spot December
49.75 batt
CHICAGO
GRAIN
Chicago, Oct. 2.
Groin futures here today
closed as follows:
5414-55
SINGAPORE MARKET
1
WHEAT
1,5311-4 134-1.844
March (1951) May
44.53 bid €1.50 bid
Spot
2,10%
December
2251-4
L'alled Irena.
March (13)
May
2.30-1,301 2.20%-4
July
2/17%
CORN
December
Singapore, Oct. 2. Rubber futures closed today
March (1051)
152 -133 14075-14015
Stay July
May 1435-14015 December
RVE
December
1.436 1.49-1.404
OATS
151
-152
150 -131
-150 140
151 -14
13:
The Hongkong stock market as follows:
вет
this morning was rather quiet, Number 1 per ib. Oct. compared with the past two ruber 1 November 2
A selling trend
due
Was | Number 1 December weeks. evident
10 proût-taking. Number October The undertone, however, was ander 3 October Number October Spot unbaled steady.
Wils $113,080.73inck crepe The turnover
prices No. 1 nu crepe Transactions and noon
were as follows:
SILARES BUYERS GELLERS SALES BANKS
IIK Bank
INSURANCES
Union
Underwriters 34%
# Fire137
DOCKS, ETC.
K Whart
N. T. Wharf B Dock Provident ...
LAND, ETC. HK Hotel
S'hal Land..
UTILITIES
Train
700
1841 6 35% 750 60 35 1000 3.60
-134 157 -103 United Frees.
Gold And Dollar Reserves
London, Oct. 2. Britain's gold and dollar re-
10/500 12serves. are expected to show
unprecedented
100 € 14 1800 6.20
4000
an
8.70 500 8.70 500 0.10 500
increase when they are next published.
Unofficially they are expected 8.0 to have reached the largest to- 300 650, tat strice 1937.
44 300 61 $4 100 us 42
14.00 1000
14.70
A British
Treasury spokes-
man ihtimated ́tonight that the
new figures would be publish- { 15ed late tomorrow,
013
15-1 May
New York Flour per 200 lb, rack, was quoted at $133.-United Prem.
OUTWARD MAILS
offers.
Unregistered letters and pțiab ed maiter for Chins mafninud and Stainan Kaland can be se repied at senderr risk and wifi be forwarded ย opportunity
Unless otherwise stated. Re pistered Articles (by air or sea) And Parcel Posts cions Ozi Hour earlier than the ordinary mall. If malis 'close' before 11 -1.0. Registered and Parcel
Post close
onths,
previous day.
al Kowloon
$
Mafia are Speed Central Post Office
BAB hour Carlier than
0.1.0. closing times.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3
Closing Times By Ale
Manila, Honolulu & U.S.A. (0-
fletters and cela) Guam,
second
The increase during the past ten second class mali and Par quarter may have been even class mail) Canada, (letters only). bigger than to huge Increases for $200,000,000 in the first
uarter ond!
$438,000,000 in
the second quarter.
p.m.
Saigon de Paris, 1 p.m.
Bangkok. 8 p.m.
Taipeh,^ Japan & Bealtio, p.m. Closing "Times’By Ben .......! Parcels for Canada' via Vahrnuver.
This would bring the total to 15% around $3,000,000,000 compared.c.. 3 p.m.
with only £1,340,000,000 on 11 the eve of devaluation a Jent
ago.-Reuter.
Star Ferry C. LITH
(0)
14
C. LIM IN)
Sectio INDUSTRIALS
ID 1000 10
700 2014 300
Cement www.
13
LOO 13.
1500
2100 of 13.
700
400
300 ur
1412
300 * $!!
1000 14
GD0 - 27!
3
Rope STORES, ETC.
Dalry (0)
Dalry (N) 12 L. Crawford.. 233
Watson MISCELLANEOUS
Hongkong
Construction
Revaluation Denied
New York, Oct. 2 Brich offeinls here today
the whole story," said fore," continued Me Punch: it look at the yeast, and quite by Exchange Rates I, Mours that Mr Hugh
wasn't
you forget to pul yeast in, the culdent (and while dough won't rise, Then, instead looking), she pushed the yeast of having bread, you get come with her paw and it all fell into thing hard and lumpy. On the the dough." "And what hap-i other hand, If you put in the pened?" Hank asked..
becomes fine yeast, the bread and light and delicious to eat.
Somo Yoast
"The dough began rising," said Mr Punch, "quickly put it in the oven. Then, to my astonish- ment, the oven began rising."
"Ch" cried Kharf and Hanid, "Then the whole house began risingi We all went floating
"Well," caid Mr Punch, "I ence decided to bake a bread. I was sure it wasn't very hard, So I went into the kitchen and got together all the things I needed come flour, some milk, some water, some salt and some cook- ing oil. I mixed everything to something like cheese, but away, like a balloon!" Mr Punch gether, and by and by I had a isn't cheese. One big lump of dough,
"So I hurried to the grocer's and "got some yeast. It looks
the loc market
in Burniness was done unofficial exchange morning at the following rates:
Sterling hots (per £) US dollara (per S Indanesla guilders per 100) Sam tlenu (per 100) Singapore (Straits) Fic plustres (per 100)
N.Y. Cotton Futures
Manila,” 3 p.m.
Straits, & p.m.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
Closing Times By Air Singapore, Djakarta, Sydney Auckland, 9,30
Talpen D.M
Cloat Times By Sea Strata Sandaken. Noor. Japan, Noon.
V.8.A.. Canada, Central & South America vin - San Francisco, (Ho
Parcels for Canada); .1 p.m. THURKDAY, OŠTOBER. I Closing Times By Air Canada & USA. 10 am. Okinawa, 2 p.m. Hangoon.
Gaitskell, Minister for Econo- mic Affairs, would discuss the Hara, revaluation of
Calcutta, ·· Karachi.. Calro Nairobi, Morban, rterling during | Dures Salaam, Mauritjur & Johans ls visit to the United States. netburg via Cairo), Rome & Lon 15.10
Mr Galiskoll is viriting this doa. 6 p.m、
Bangkok, 1.3125
Singapore, and Connda 28.00 country
from Bytney & Auckland. 5 p.m.
Halphang, Hanat, Salzon & Paris, 2020 October 8 to 14,-Reuter," 17.10 12.03
New York, Oct. 3.
It's yeast. The grocer, who was a good friend led, "But we all came down again! And when I took the "I was just aboul to put the of mine, gave me a big generous bread out of the oven, it was the Cotton futures closed today dough in the pan, for I had plece. Just use a little bit of it, lightest and fluffiest I had ever: Sist
n foliowa
Lasted.
kneaded it, and squeezed it, and he told me. When I got back to
It was like eating a october rolled it and anally shaped it the kitchen I put in a little bit. sice of a cloud?" Info a loaf and it was all ready The rest I put on the shelf over
!
and
December MATCH !! (1981) May July Ca
to be baked. And at that mo- the oven to use' another time. And Knarf and Hanid ment I suddenly remembered But my pet cat, who was watch. Judy and Mr Punch too--all October Mr. Punch kneaded the dough.. about the yeast,
Ing me bake iny breas, jumped laughed,
Zinc Prices Revised
London, Oct. 2.
5 р.м.
Talpeh, 5 p.m. lie
Djakarta,
Cinsing Times By ‘Eok
Balgon, 10 a.m.
Manlia, 10 am, Brisbane, mi
Straits.. Djakaria, - BoMTBRÝ Korach. p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER -4 Closing Timer By At.' U.8.A. & Canada. 6 p.m.
Bombar
The Ministry of Supply ans · Slagapore, Colombe nounced today that the pilces of Estra, Calro Wairobi. Momt a
12.05
xine sold by the Ministry had Da Balaam, Maurition Johan nesburg, via Catrda Noma::ResɛLon GOB been revised
Prime dos, pam 40.5-40.83 Western will be based at £161 SATURDAY, 40.35-49,30 sterling against £147- pre-Cunetagirinat my Bo 4000-40 lously, and Reflped and Elec-
4trolytic it £158, against € 114: Ader
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