DE LA RAMA LINES
EXPRESS CARGO LINER SERVICES
TO AND FROM PACIFIC & ATLANTIC COASTS
VESSEL
DUE
-S.S.-HALEAKALA
M.V. DONA NATI
In Port. 15 Oct.
SAILING FOR
Manila (Passengers only) Pacific & Atlantic Coasts vis
Honolulu & Manila.
THE DE LA RAMA STEÄMSHIP CO. INC.
Pedder Building
TEL: 29676
Chinese Shipping Office · Tel. 23788/20153
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE
1, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL Telephones: 30881-8 Private Exchange.
Agents: CHINA NAVIGATION` CO., LTD.
“HÀNYANG"
TSINAN
"ANHUT"
"NINGHAI" "FENGTIEN".
"ANHUT" "KWEIYANG" "NINGHAI"
SAILINGS TO
Shanghai Noon 15th Oct. Swatow & Bangkok 2 p.m. 15th Oct.
Amoy & Swatow Noon 15th Oct: Shanghai, Tsingtao & Tientsin 4 pm, 19th Oct. Singapore & Penang 2 pm, 22nd Oct.
ARRIVALS FROM
Singapore 15th Oct. bangkofe Saigon & Swatow 18th Oct.
Singapore 16th Oct.. Shanghai 19th Oct. Shanghal 19th Oct, Shanghal 19th Oct,
"SHANTUNG"
"SZECHUEN"
"FENGTIEN”
CANTON RIVER LINE
"FATSHAN"
"
Arrives 1.30 pm, 15th Cet Sails 1 am 17th Oct. Arrives 2.30 p.m. 19th Oct. Sails, 6 am. 21st Oct."
Agents: BLUE FUNNEL LINE
"PROMETHEUS"
"ANTILOCHUS”.
'"SAMAFFRIC" →SINKIANG" ·
"LYCAON"
U, K. SERVICE Sailing
- 20th Oct.
22nd Oct. Arriving
10th Oct.
3rd week Oct.
21st Oct.
For
THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1946.
Weekly Review Of U.S. Business Activity
Ups And Downs
"Detroit, Get. 14. Automotive industry circles said today that more ups and downs in the motor vehicle production are in prospect for the next six months.
New York, Oct. 14.
Steel production equalled the highest level of the postwar period last week but other Indicators of business activity tapered off, The combination of industrial and maritime strikes, growing materials shortages, lack of skilled help and agitation over the scarcity of meats and other foods, were factors in slowing down the industrial world. Confronted by loud yowls from automobile makers and other customers, the steel mills
on produc put catre pressure
Whether the upward awings will bring the output anywhere near the industry's normal peacetimotion crews and stepped opera- evel depends primarily upon the tions up to 90.4 per cent of industry wide "balancing of all capacity, duplicating the high materials needed in motor car mark since the end of the war: manufacture.
In the previous week, the rate Assembly plants apparently was 90.2 per cent and a year were headed for a new postwar ngu, it was only 73.5 per cent. production mark when, Chrysler
Detroit's automobile plants was forced to cut its October pro-
were pinched by steel shortages jections nearly half because of a shortage of sheet and strip metal. aufficiently to interfere with the Some Industry experts' anticip- output at Chrysler, Ford and ste ampe supply of sheet steel Hudson. Production dropped to before the end of the year but an estimated 84,421 units from they are worried about the pos-01,925 units the previons week, sibilities of copper and lead short- ages, also essential in motorear production.
So far the best postwar produe tion mark is 91,360 cars and trucks turned out in the week ended Aug. 24
The Automotive News estimates 83,162 units were turned out last week compared with 88,727 in the preceding week.
Restricted Ford and Hudson operations as well as the Chrysler curtailment contributed drop.Associated Press.
London Money
Port Said, Liverpool Market
via Straits. -do-
From
UK, via Straits
-do- -do-
..
Arriving
From
*GLAUCUS"
3rd week Oct.
Sailing
18th Oct.
New York
For
New York via Suez
*ZURYBATES"
NEW YORK SERVICE
Agents:
AUSTRALIAN - ORIENTAL LINE, LTD.
"YOCHOW"
MYOCHOW"
Arriving
25th Oct.
Salling
1st Nov.
From
Australi's
For
Sydney, Melbourne
All The Above Subject To Alteration Without Notice. For Passage and Freight Particulars Apply To The Above.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
S. S. "Haiyang"
Sailing for Swatow, Amoy & Foochow on the 16th October
Subject to alteration without Notice.
For Particulars of Freight & Passage. Please apply to:-:
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.
General Managers.
P. 'G O. Building, 5th floor. Tel: 23755.
..or
CHINESE SHIPPING DEPT.
20 Connaught, Road, Central. Tel. 24639.
43
BEN LINE STEAMERS LIMITED.
SAILINGS TO U,E. VIA STRAITS.
S.S." "BENLAWERS"
S.S. "BENLOMOND"
FREIGHT ONLY. VESSELS DUE
LOADING
about 22nd Oct..
14th Oct.
W. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA), LTD:
Tork Building
M. NEMAZEE
S.S. "ORADELL” Loading 14th October Sailing Evening, 15th October
Badgkok
For Swatow, and Bas
For Freight & Particulara Please Apply M NEMA Prince's Buldings,
Tel. 84165
Telephone-311357
to tho
London, Oct. 12. The infiltration of money from the interest disbursements over weekend aggravated excess funds
in seeking accommodation the money market as the week apened. were already Market houses well supplied with maturing Tren sury bills and found difficulty in employing funds, and business was, at a minimum..
Car Loadings
Freight car loadings fell to 906,848. from 916,489 in the previous week and compared with 768,040 a year ago.
Crude oil output averaged 4,736,560 barrels. daily as against 4,777,500 barrels and 2,626,850 barrels respectively a week and a year ago.
shares as compared with 5,114, 691 in the preceding week and 6,672,299 in the corresponding week a year ago.
Bond sales totalled" $27,586, 000 as against $23,968,000 in the previous week and $26,211,- 400 a year ago.
the
As arguments over shortage of meats and numer ous other consumer items grew hotter throughout the country the American farmer came up with heartwarming newa."
The Department of Agricul-i ture figured aggregate produc- tion of all crops this year will, get a new record and top the previous peak of 1942 by 2.5 per cent.
Only Blot Potatoes and tobacco moved the record group this into month, joining corn, wheat, peaches, pears, plums, and truck
crops.
The lowest cotton crop in 25 years marked the only blot in this bright agricultural scene. aAssociated Press.
Soft coal production totalled 12,110,000 tons as against 12,- 690,000 and 8,168,000 tons week and a year ago.
*Retail Sales
Retail sales increased mode- rately over the previous week and gained 22 to 26 per cent over the 1946 mark, Dun and Bradstreet reported.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
HOLDING.
P. & O., B. I. & E, & A BILLS OF LADING
The stock market stumbled Messrs. Goddard & Douglas badly in midweek, but repaired will attend at 10 am on Mon- the damage partially in subse-days and Thursdays within the quent sessions on slightly in-free-storage period to survey
damaged cargo, and consignees! proved volume.
Bonds were draggy most of are requested to have their the time, but sparkling perfor-representatives present. Unless Credit continued plentiful mances in new capital markets consignees representatives are throughout the week and gradual-were staged in the offering of present at the Survey no claims
$75,000,000 in Pacific Telephone can thereafter be admitted. bonds and a sizeable block of MACKINNON, MACKENZIE preferred and common stocks of
& CO. the H. J. Heinz. Company, Bath drew quick over-subscriptions.
ly became more unsable. One big bank withdrew funds around mid- week and two others became short of funds, with the result that some surplus was absorbed.
Accommodation at usual rates became readily forthcoming. As the week closed, although rather less credit was available as one bank called in funds from the market, other institutions, par- ticularly those with maturing re- ccipta, were able to satisfy over. night requirements.
The Bank of England state- ment showed some surplus credit has been taken from banks. De- mand for November and early December bills remained keen throughout the week although conditions prevailing earlier pre- vented a great deal of business. As the week closed, a large volume: of business in bills was reported-
£170,000,000 Application for -Treasury bills totalled £273,000,-
000, the market receiving about. 51 per cent of its applications Reuter.
FIRE INSURANCE DIVIDEND
The General Managera. and Consulting Committee of the Hong Kong Fire Insurance Co., will recommend at the forth. Ordinary General Meet ing of Shareholders to be held on Nov. 12 the payment on account of the yeara 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943 and 1944 of
dividend of $30.00 representing $6.00 per annum, absorbing $1,200,000, to pass $2,194,847,to the credit of Reinsurance Fund, $394,100. to credit of Investment and Ex- change Fluctuation Account, and to carty forward 4843,082.in respect of the year 1945.
a
STEEL INGOTS
New York, Oct. 13. The American Iron and Steel Institute announced that produc tion of steel ingata in September totalled 6,617,000 tons, marking the third successive month, in which output topped 6,500,000. tons in spite of scrap-shortage:
Production in the first nine months of the year totalled 47, 1.343,000 tons, which is less than 2,000,000 tons below the similar. flere for 1029, a High peacetim year for Ingot productionReu- terie
JUTE EXPORT
Calcutta, Oct. 13. The Bengal Prime Minister, Huseynus. Buhrawardy, today cr ticised the Government of India's recent ordinance controlling the export of Jute from India.
har
He said that the order created a situation which neither the Government of Bengal
ror the Jute growers of the province would accent
The Bengal Government was considering what steps It could take to remedy the situation created by what is characterized as a most unfair and unjust order.
Hauter
Stock Sales
Stock sales on the New York Exchange totalled 7,910,690
Agents:-
P. & 0; 3, N. Co B. I. S. N. Co., Ltd. E. & A. S.S. Co., Ltd.
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD.
"
Speed-Frequency-Dependability Refrigeration Special Cargo O TenkaCargocnir
S.S. "MARINE LYNX" S.S. "CLOVIS VICTORY”
S.S. "MOUNT DAVIS" 3.S. "MOUNT ROGERS"
SAILING
Specia
FOR
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
SHIPPING DEPARTMEN
16 Fodder Street.
Tel. 80311.
"General Managers.
INDO-CHINA S. N. CO., LTD.
S.S. "WOSANG”.
S.S. "WOSANG". 5.3. "WINGSANG"
S.S. "EMPIRE FARRAK” S.S. "EMPIRE WITHAM” S.S. "EMPIRE FRASER"
SAILINGS
ARRIVALS
to Keelung 20th Oct.
from Straits via Salgon 16th Oct. from Shanghai 17th Oct.
́IN PORT
Kowloon Bay.
(Ben Line Birth) Kowloon Dock,
Cosme Dock
Subject to alteration without notice.
All intending Passengers are requested to register their names as far as possible in advance of the time at which they wish to leave
Agents: GLEN LINE LTD,
S.S. "GLENAFFARIC”
M.V. DENBIGHSHIRE -SS. "GLENSTRAF” -
,Talkoo Sugar Refinery. Now load- ing for Rotterdam, Antwerp, Amsterdam & London. Sails 17th Oct.
due from UK. 25th Oct. due from Shanghai 18th Oct. Loads for UK, Rotterdam Ant- werp Amsterdam-December.
Managing Agents: AUSTRALIA CHINA LINE
S.S. "PERIOD" M.V. NEWBROUGH
due from Sydney Early Nov. ... due from Australia-Mid Nov.
Agents: THE WEST ERN CANADA
STEAMSHIPS LTD.
S.5. "LAKE NIPIGON"
due from Vancouver Mid Nov.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY
AUSTRALIA” "TREVETHOE" "BENALDER". “SAMLAMU”.
20th October 23rd October End October
From
"EMPRESS OF
U.K
U.K.
J.K.
.Bombay
Early November
U.K.
U.K.
Loads For
"GLENIFTER" *TREVAYLOR"
Ship
"SAMETTRICK”.
Straits, Bombay & U.K."
Nowamber November
Ready
19th October
Accepta cargo for LONDON, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM "SAMLAMU"
Early November
Straits, & Bombay
BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
via
SHIP
Francisco 20th Oct. San
Manila. 23rd Oct. New York and Boston via San Francisco, Loz Angeles and Panama. End Oct. New York, and Boston, via Singapore & Suez. Early Nov. New York and Boston' via Singapore & Suez.
For Passage and Freight apply to:-- AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD.
81. George's Bldg.
Tel No. 28172/28175
DODWELL & CO.,
Agents for
LTD.
DODWELL-CASTLE LINE
BARBER-WILHELMSEN LINE
Regular monthly sailings to the U.S.A.
In port:
M/V "Stanball"
Due to arrives
"Rondeau' Park" "Norelg",
S/S "Sammont
Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Bldgs
14th October
Middle October
End October
Telephone 28021.
TAY KEE & CO.
Stevedores, Transporters, And General Labour Contractors:
Suppliers Of
Chinese Crews, Junks And Steam Launches.
5th Floor
No 67, Des Voeur Road
DAVID HOUSE
Tel No. 28836.
"SILVER GUAVA" "BINFIELD"
-"PASHA"
SHIP "BINFIELD"
FROM
Mid rus Kan goon
Calen cte
LOADS FOR
Straits, Mad ras, Calcutta.
DUE
- Discharging
End October
End October
READY
End-October
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD:
SHIP
"EASTERN"
LOADS FOR
Sydney & Melbourne
READY
18th October
For full particulars apply to
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Telephone Nos. 277211
S.S. "SAMMEX”,
PRINCE LINE
Due from USA. & Shanghai End Qet. MID NOV.
'M.V. "SCOTTISH PRINCE"
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. Chinese Freight Agents: CHEONG FAT CO. Telephone 20037
SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.
MV, NAGARA MY, BENARES: M.V. VASAHOLM
MY NAGARA
OUTWARD
discharging Hong Kong 28th October.. discharging Hong Kong 20th November. discharging Hong Kong 25th November. HOMEWARD
loading Hong Kong 10th Novem
Port Said, Marseilles, Antwerp, Rotterdam
Copenhagen, Osto and Gothenburg
(Also Genon for inducement) For further particulars, apply to
GILMAN & CO. LTD.
Agent, Torpaone 27871