1950-11-02 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG: TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1959,

EDITORS PRESS SERVICE. ING-NUEVA YÖR

"You're neglecting the brake again, dear!”

The Space Rocket Idea Isn't So New

F

By Aird Lewis

$

ROM, the way great worked by some kind of rocket

rockets have roared action. into strips and scripts, you would think the idea is

new.

FOR THE BUSINESSMAN

Of Tin

Breakd Geneva

Talks In

A Possibility

(from our own CORRESPONDENT)

London, Nov. 1.

United States opposition to the proposals placed before the delegates at the Geneva Tin Conference may cause a breakdown of the talks within the next few days.

Although no details of the proposals are available it is believed they differ sub- tantially from those contained In the draft.

Main points of the differences between the delegates arc over the proposals concerning "control of output and forma- tion of a "buffer" stock.

The Americans are known to be firmly opposed to anything likely to restrict output at this critical time.

seems

Slight Advance

In

London Tin

London, Nov. 1. Prices of tin closed today at the end of the official morning session as follows:—— Spot tin, buyers Spot tin, sellers Business done at Three-months tin, Three-months tin,

090

buyers sellers

995 905 950 960

Credit Agreement

When they saw their rockets They are more concorned free from the weighty pull of with the present shortage than Business done at

165-960 993 the earth it is not surprising the

of a future Settlement possibility

The turnover was 130 tons, that people with the appro- "burden-some" surplus.

mind

now Full agreement turned

including 20 tons for cosh. In point of fact, most of priate bant of

-United Press, shooting unlikely. the European armies had over the prospect of

rockets through space to the According to one report the rocket corps a century ago, moon. From that it was an easy proposals which the delegations and, 50 years before that, jump in imagination to sorne are now studying are "open to planet, to Mars for discussion" but certainly not to Boulogne and Copenhagen distant

supposed fundamental amendment. were plastered with rocket choice, because it is

to be something like the earth. missiles. The imaginative writers of the day toyed with the idea of great man carrying rockets" soaring into the upper air.

And

even then they were Iar behind a certain Chinese mandarin, of the name of Wan Hu, who tried to get himself airborne by fixing gunpowder rockets to his chair.

After that, what could be rocket more obvious than to out an antincial heavenly body? The Americans have taken up that notion and propose to load such a man-made planet with instruments capable of observ- ing all that is going on on the earth-

Light

Trade

In Grains

Chicago, Nov. 1.

Frankfurt, Nov. 1.

S'PORE RUBBER

Singapore, Nov. 1, Prices in the rubber futures market uzre closed today as follows:-~

No. 1 rubber, (per lb.)

November

*Number 1 rubber, De

204 -203

cember

193 -194

Number

rubber,

-100-101

Number 2 rubber, No-

vember

20234-80316

20114-20236

January (1951)

Number 3 rubber, No-

Vember

Number 4 rubber,' No-

vember

20034-20134

Spot rubber, unbated 204 205 No. 1 pale crepe

1 Black crepe

171 -173 203 -211

-United Preis.

OUTWARD MAILS

A lotter and parcel mall for Great Britain and North West Europe will be despatched per 60 Denbighshire OD Novem- ber G.. Although parcels included In this mail will not secure de livery before Christmas in Groat Britain, it is anticipated that letters will do so.

Unless otherwise stated. Re- gistered Articles (by air or sca) And Parcel Posta clone Hour earlier than the ordinary mail. If mails close before 10 B1.10. Registered and Parcel Posts close at 5 pm. on the previous day.

Mails are closed

the

at Kowloon Central Post Once one hour earlier than G.P.O. closing times.

the

The public are reminded that last collection from pillar boxes to connect with Bunday closing despatches is 2 p.m. on Saturdays.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Closing Times. By Air Okinawa, 2 p.m.

Egypt, East & South Africa, Mauri tius, Great Britain, Italy and N.W.

Europe. 3_p;m.

A West German-Yugoslav Burme India, Pakistan, Iraq, commodity credit agreement, under which West Germany is to deliver $35 million worth of

Stem, Malays, Indonesia, commodities to Yugoslavia on tralia & New Zogland. §. p.m. long-tarm credits, was signedapan, p.m.

Formosa, 5 pm. here today.

#.

The argreement, was initiall-j ed September 20 and has Trading in wheat was light.been approvat by the Allied There was по new export can business.

of

in

13

2.25 2.30 - 2.30% -% 2.21

Reuter.

Radio Hongkong

· Closing Times.My Gen

Indo-China, 1 p.m. Glam, 1-p.mi

Europe, a pimeles

Philippines

Ais-

Hawall & U.S.A

letters, second class mall and

σ parcels) Guam (lotters and second class ma), Canada. (letters only), 5. p.m.

H.K.T 6.00,

Calling" "Hongkong Programme Summary: 0.00%

Chil- dren's Story"Said the Cat to the

Formosa, 3 p.m.

Closing Times By Sea Hawaii, USA, Canada, Central & South America, 2 p.m. Philippines, (2)pim. 11.

High Commission Deliveries. --FRIDAY”; “NOTSIMER under the agreement will be

Grosinë (fluses. By "Alf, It is a facile notion, but

Jado-China, French North Africa it be done? Consider the Wheat closed 1 lower to made outside the trade agree

ment of March 31, 1949, and and France, 10)aits. That chairborne effort took rough treatment fragments higher, corn

Ceylon, was to %.

Malaya, Indonesia, lower to future annual agreements.tralia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, place about five hundred years matter from outer красе get lower, oats

Egypt, East & South Africa, Matri- when they plunge through ago. A century before that, an

Hus, Great Brita, Italy and the higher, rye % to 3% lower and

N.W Italian named de Fontaria drew earth's atmosphere. If they do soybeans 1% to 3% lower.

closed today Prices up plans for a rocket torpedo not go into dust, they land and a rocket-propelled car. fused lumps, mostly of iron. follows:-

Long before

the that,

Wheat-price per bushel wiped December Chinese and Arabs were shoot- However, after being

weapons arrows out as military

by March (1951) ing off jet-propelled

*May and, away. back several cen- more precise artillery, rockets

July: made a

come-back Corn amtable

sufcient turies BC,

philoso-

to en- Spot **** the during the late war playing with

let their December flying machines courage people to

March (1951) minds riot in fancy. Nor is May July merely a question of that.

Rye December If you can put up a

May story; you might get inoney

Dats and jobs out of the politicians December who control the purse strings March (1951)

New York flour-per 200 lb. sack, and

death have the fear of

$12.40.-United Press. was upon them. After all, it

set enthusiastic amateurs who the Germans

to on the way frightening V-1

phers were

notion

of

Aggressive Bidding

By M. Harrison-Gray

S. 6 4

W.

Dealer: East, Game all.

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develop the

and the V-2.

S. K 9 8 5 3 2 H. 7

D. A 10 9

C. A 7 2

H. AQJ 103

D. Q 6

C. Q & 6 5

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S. A 10 7

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good

1.54-1/3 1.54% -3% -1.5756

1.58% 1.584-%

1.45%

1.51%

84% - 8416

METALS IN NY

Dob 17 Martin Armstrong. (Part

B)

Time

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER A

Closing Times By Air

Formosa, 3 p.m. Slam, 6 p.m.

Closing Times By Sea

Australia

Kerry (BECTS): 6.30, Scottish for Music"-BBC Variety Oroh (BBCTS): -7.00, World News and News Analysis. (London Relay) 7.15, Victor Her- bert Melodies, 7.30, La Demi-Heure Francaise (Studio) 3.00, "From the Editoriala".

a.m. (London Relay): 8.10. Local Studio Concert-Richard Lin (Tenor) with Plano Accompaniment by Betty Drown: 8.25, "John Bull's Band" British Hits" of and Today: Bill Philips.

8.55, Sports,

& New Zealand, 11

Malaya & Burms, 1 p.m. Formosa, 2 p.in. Japan, 2 p.m.

.Pakistan,

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3 Closing Times By Air Philippines & B.N.B., 10 a.m. 9.10. "Thursday Serenade"-A Pro- Formosa, 10 a.m.

Siam, Burma, India, Cramme of Continuous Music Ar- ranged by Betty Drown; 9.30, Book Iraq, Egypt, East & South Africa,

Mauritius, Dekker. (Studio); Talk by Alleen

Great Britain, Italy & New York, Nov. 1. 9.45. Sidney Torch and His Orchie- N.W. Europe, 5 p.m.

Japan. 5 p.m. Not that even they were the Prices in the metal market stra: 10.00, Radio News Reel. (Lon- Re 10.15, Weather

Closing Times By Bea An obscure | here fret in the field.

closed today unchanged don Relay);

10.10. port:

"At

Formosa, 10 n.m. the Opera United with the following exceptions: Tannhauser" Wagner. Over-

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6

Closing Times By Sea States in 1919 by a man nained

A (99.8 percent ture and Venusbery Music and Act Tin, Grade

Principal the

Artists,

Ceylon, With

Malaya.

Madagascar, R. H. Goddard sketched

higher) New York, per lb. 1.

Chorus and Orchestra of the Bay- Arabia, Egypt & Great Britain, 10 plans for rockets capable

reuth Festival; 11.29, Weather Rea.m. (par): 11 a.m., (reg); Noon,

Save the carrying

King; 11.30, (ord), Instruments

port; God Close Down.

paper published in the

the upper air.

out or

of 126

beyond

New York, Lead, Common, per lb. 16.80-United Press.

BACKGROUNDS: Douglas MacArthur

.

Burma. Inila, 2 p.m.

No. 2 By MELVIN K, WHITELEATHER and NORMAN MYERS

H. K 5 2

D. 7 2

C. J 10 9 43

European Championships, 1950 --Britain v. Norway. Our team gained points in both rooms through aggressive binding, al- though the Norwegian East One opened a semi-psychic Diamond. West bid One Heart, North One Spade, East Two Hearts, South Two Spades, West Four Hearts in North Four Spades, doubled by West. East led S. K; North won and: promptly returned S. 2. He allowed for a 3-1 trump break and a Club ruff was unlikely to do him any harm. West won and elected to return D. Q, so North made 11 tricks. *

In Room 2 the British West opened One Heart after two passes, North bid One Spade, Brid

Jump to Three East's Hearts silenced both West just made ninë Britain

When he was four years old Douglas was destined to fol Arthur was four

in

years old Justice MacArthur had been he had his first narrow escape low and surpass his father's when the family settled in Wis a great admirer of the lanky

career.

His His father: Arthur consin.

father (Douglas Lincoln, and young Arthur from death-there wore many

Lincoln his Milwaukee made Repo-Grandisar Douglas, in such escapes to follow over the MacArthur, nilsted in the Grandfather) became lieutenant ents years. While the barracks was Union Army, at 11 and beramo governor of the state, then a His turf, absorbed the Linton being attacked by san Inown as the boy colonel of judge, and when General Grant Spirit.. When the Justice died in

father Douglas become President, he appaisted Afantic

Aasobištë Ilistice, af sjho wan come from him

1678 but subreme Court of the District champion

privileged.

-{London méprész -Kevolza) ̧

Marrow with

head, RA, se

the boy and

na komoguti Mas

under