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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1948.
ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINES
lecorporated in the Netherlands as,
KONINKLIJKE JAM-CHINA-PAKETYLART LIJNEN Í. V. AMSTERDAM
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN SERVICE
Due" from Loading for
"TJISADANE"
In Fort
"TJIBAÐAK"
Amoy
11th March
Japan
"VALERIUS"
Stl: March
·Batavia, Semarang, Sourahaya
Macassar,
14th March.
►
Amoy 13th March,
Salling for
Manita & Amoy
17th March
Manila, Macassar. Kourabaya, Semarang, Batavia
13th March,
ASIA-AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA SERVICE
"RUYS"
Due from
In port
Salling for
Shanghai
6 p.m. 191h Mar.
Loading for Manila, Singapore, Batavia, Mauritius," Lourenco
Marques, Beira. Durban, East London, Port Elizabeth, Mosselbay, Capetown, Buenos Aires, Monte video, Bantos, Bio de Janeiro,
25th March,
Transhipment cargo on through bill of indlag accepted for
Dar-Es-Salaam, Mombasa & Zanzibar,
"BOISSEVAIN"
South America
South Africa
Mid April.
South Africa South America end April
SUMATRA-MALAYA-CHINA SERVICE
"HEINRICH JESSEN”
"VAN HEUTSZ"
Agents
"MEERKERK”
"GAASTERKERK”
"ALPHACCA"
Due from Swatow & Amoy 11th March
Belawan, Deli,
Kenang
Singapore
21st March
Sailing for
Swalow & Amoy.
Sailing for
Singapore-Perang Belawan Dell 12th March,
Singapore, Pepang, .Helawan, Dell,
31st March
HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE
EUROPE SERVICE.
Due from
Loading. for
tu port
Colombo/Bucs/
Europe.
on or about
12th March
Europe,
on or about 2nd Apell
Dianlia/Singapore
Port Buld/
Alexandria/
Genos /Marsellies/ Antwerp/Rotterdam /
Amsterdam /Hamburg/ Copenhagen/ Gothenburg /Oslo 6TH & 7TH MARCH
Manila/Singapore/ Colombo/Spex/
Port Said/
Alexandria'
Genda/Marselites/
Antwerp /Rotterdam / Amsterdam/Hamburg/ Copenhagen/
Gothenburg/Oslo on or about
6th. April.
Mania, Singapore, Colombo, Sues,
Fort Sald, Alexandria Genoa, Marsellies, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen,
Gothenburg, Oslo.
early May.
Agents: SILVER LINE LTD.
"HENDONHALE"
ATLANTIC COAST SERVICE
U.S. Atlantic ports, U.S. Atlantio Coast
Due from
on or about
19th March,
"Sailing for
Ports via Singapore and Suez,
KING'S BUILDING, CONNAUGHT ROAD TEL: SHIPPING DEPT, 28016 PASSAGE DEPT. 28017.
Chinese Agents, No. 82 Connaught Road, C.
TEL. 25133.
DE LA RAMA LINES
EXPRESS CARGo liner servICES
TO AND FROM PACIFIC & ATLANTIC COASTS
U.S,A, LOADING DATES
Loads
Pacific Coast Atlantic Coast
Los Angelea
TITOJA
via
Atlantic Const
Los Angeles Pacific Coast
For
Manila
atlantic Coast
Los Angeles
Ban Francisco)
& Los Angelea)
Base
Mid March
Late March
Vol
m.v. "ANDAMAN”"
m.v. "BALI"
:
ARRIVALS.
Date
7th March
m.r. "TONGHAI”
20th March ni.v:- "DONA"ANICETA"
Early April.
SAILINGS.
Date.
Dth March
m.. "HEMLAND”.
Vessel
8.3.: "ESCALANTE"
25th March, my. "DONA ANICETA”
2nd April
Mild: April
"TAMARA”
my. “BATAAN?
BOOKING AGENTS for P.A.L
THE DE LA RAMA
(Incorporated; in
AMSH CO., INC.
MARINA HOUSE AGRI) CHINESE SHIPPING OFFICE
Tom, 28676 22674
CHINA MERCHANTS S.N. CO.
15. Connaught Rond West
PLETY
FINANCE AND
COMMERCE
CONFIDENCE IN THE SLOW TO RETURN
Parla, Mar 6.
Six weeks since devaluation haye brought some,
***But not many, signs of urgently needed"
stability. Prices were still, pressing, upwards and demands for higher wages were intensi- fying unless pricess can be reduced. The strength of the free gold market and black market for foreign bank notes indicates that confidence in the franc is returning only very slowly at the best. Exports and repatriation of overseas assets have not yet benefitted much. On the contrary, the free gold market has facilitated gold imports for private hoarding. Nevertheless, it remains to be Offerings of free dollars were seen what will happen when the generally below one million dollara free market really gets going. Aja day, which was disappointly. sight easing of the free dollar amall but might be enlarged as is not significant since the demand the United States Government' for free dollars can come only scheme for forcing the disclosure from holders of Import Licences of rome of the concealed French which are not yet baina issued assets in the United States exerts it Influence during the next thirco freely.
months,
London Money Market
disbursements on National war bonds,
Internal and International pull- tical uneasiness and the seasonal winter aggravation of food and other shortages wore a further handicaji to "M. Mayor's plan.
|
of 'account
Offers: To "Die Usefully"
Vienna, Mar. 6.
FRANC
A. Polish, displaced person, sentenced, to death for murder, "käs offered to “dio usefully" by steering. atom bomb to its target for the United States War De- . partment.
He said in a letter, to the U.S.War Department 'that' he had a "strong disinclinax- ilon toward being hanged" and, volunteered, bis services as a sufelde pilot in bomu tests-United. Press.
Karens
Deny Plan To Rebel
Rangoon, Mar. 6.
Government, a Karen "parail:
a
No.
tate-
Burmese
STOR
Inquiry tuto Devaluation Rumour
Brusela. Mar. C..
Government The Belgian has ordered a judicial inquiry into the action of the Belgian press agency. "Belga" in report. ing rumours of an eventual devaluation of Belgian rency.
car.
Belga reported on Thursday that one of the delegations to the five power conference now being held in Brussels, would make proposal! for the simultaneous devaluation of the British pound, the Dutch florin and the Belgian frane. Both the British Embassy and the Belgian Finance Ministry denied this report.
'The Belgian Government has decided to deprive Belga of the privileges it has had as an offl cial. Government news agency Associated Press.
Air Signals Experts To Go On Tour
on
London, Mar. 6. A parly of RAF and civilian,
Lon signals experts will leave
Sunday to Inspect the network of aviation signals' and communications which has been manned. for the past six months by foint RAF and elvillan per "Bunnel.
The virtual exhaustion of France's official gold and dollar
The President of the Karen Na- reserves handicans imports, zinte U.S. Interim aid is inadequate. tional Union, Saw Ba U Gyi, unday On the other hand, there are denied that the Union representing London, Mar. 6.
of Improvement, which in Burma's largest racial minority, The feature of this week's clude a quieter, labour, eltintion.was organising an armed insurred. money market was the huge Everything depends on reversing tigh to turnover in funds, occasioned the up-trend of prices, by the repayment
Gold of the
produced in French Competing on 'yesterday's Government 3%
by the ment by Thakin Conversion culonies will be bought
Central Bank Loan, Argentine railway
of Trench Overseas Premier, that the Government out on takeover by the Argen- United States dollars is quoted fans and as, probably to stage
ren Territories at, the rate which the aware that the Union was collecting tine Government and dividend on the Parle free franc market, indurrection, with a view in catablish,
in, at around 305 francs per ing parallel Government," Saw con that
1.S, dollar.
Bď V Gyl told. Reuter: The new price, a In all, Rome £490,000,000 | spokesman for the bank stated, "We do not want to fight anyone, were involved in one of the lar-will be retrospective to January and at the same time we hope that gest turnovers In the history 20; the date of the franc devaluato one will fights."
The Premier's charge was. of the market. Heavy payton.
time According to the Bretton Woods advised and ill timed" at a ments for new Treasury bills helped to absorb surplus credite agreement, France has to buy the when negotiations were going
output, of her gold mines at the while most lendora dispose of their funds although spokesman said, but since doyalux- in some cases lower rates were on, the price paid has been ban ruling,
el on the official rate of 214.30 Demand for April and May franen per dollar. In application bills remained at a fairly high of this rate, the Bank of Krance level but was not always met has fixed its buying price for fine in view of the abundance of gold at 235,000 francs pur kilo, By paying gold mines at the fres rate, the price will be return showed another reduc tion of fiduciarý Issue by kilo without
per
breaking the £50,000,000. Active note cir-Bretton Woods agreement.
Gold on the free market is quot culation, however, revealed, that the recent steady contractioned at present at, around 530,000 has censod, the weak showing franes
kilo and
for д
nh
manage to rate of US$36 per“înë ounce, the Karen settlement of the the war by the RAF. With the
credit, The Bank of England to around 340,000 francs
an increase of around, £6,000, 000'.
producers
#
for a separate state. He admitted that, there was deadlock in the negotiations but said that, further discussions with Cabinet ministers would take place ext week-Reuter,
BAYONET CHARGE
The Joint service arose from the network established: during
increase In civillan airline re quirements after, the war, it was decided to pool
and services civilian resources as an expert- ment.
The party will be led by Air Vice Marshal. W. E Thenk, CBE. Director General of Signale, Afr Ministry. He will be accom- panied by Group Captain C.S. Morton, CBE, Deputy Director of of Signals and, Navigation.
New Delhi, Mar. 6. After a bayonet charge by Sha Lost Her Indian troops had cleared the raiders from the hill north Heart In Uri, 'Kashmir,, the tribesmen
want paying according to the free counter-attacked, using 10,000 Heidelberg
market price.
Under present, regulations, gold
rounds of small arms fire and 60 mortars,
Frankfurt, Mac. 6. Applications for £170,000,000
Mines
must deliver their total out Indian troops, supported by An American girl who fell in Treasury bills tutalled £202,685, put to the Central Bank of, French artillery, broke up the counter love with a German trolley car 000 of which £170,000,000
Overseas Territories, and are, not attack and counted 89 dead conductor in Heidelberg when she were alloted-at-an-average rate authorised-to-sell-on-the-from-among-the-raiders the Indian boarded the wrong trolley told the of 10 shillings and. 1.10 pence market or to foreign countries. Defence Ministry stated today.— "Stars and Stripes yesterday per cent-Reuter.
Reuter.
U.S. DOLLARS WON'T HALT COMMUNISM
San Francisco, Mar, 'Claro, Booth Luce, playwright. and former Connecticut "Con gresswoman, said she is con vinced American dollars" will not halt the spread of. Com munism
The "salvation of Western Democracy los, in a spiritual. „ré-birth among all peoples, she said. Unless there is auch."ü rbawakening, war will blaze out once again,
Reuter,
Weekly U.S. Bond Review
that they were married on Febru
21.
25-year-old, Brooklyn girl, former Miss Gertrud Hilbert, asid. she met her husband, 28-year-old Walter Wagner, when he told her the way home after she boarded: wrong trolley in Heidelberg "Ho Was no good-hearted: that I could not forget him: I met him again later and he told me ho loved me."United Press,
New York, Mar. 6. Sharp declines in various European obligations featured trading, with pressure particularly heavy on Danish and Norwegian Issues, re- flecting increased concern over the possible spread of Russlan, domination in, western Europe. Renewed' talk of currency devalua- tion was an additional unsettling factor, with Belglans, Dutch and Itálians joining the down- ward movetnent but to a lesser extent, Latter- ly, prices turned, slightly, firmer but dealings
are hereby notified that their were sharply reduced as traders were inclined cargo is being, discharged, inte to be cantibus,
the Hongkong," &
Notice.To. Consignees... CONSIGNEES: PER SS, BENVORLICH"
Kowloon
South Americans, were easy,|, United States Government Wharf & Godown Co.'s goɖown, with Brazilians and Chileans |losues' worked" "hlgher on "Im-|where if will be at Consignees" "If dollars alone were the leading the decline, inidadbted proved demand,credited to risk and subject to the Wharf's answer, Czechoslovakia would ly affected by the action of Eu-Saving banks and insurance terms and conditions of stor nht have gone under. Czecho-ropeans. Australians display companies
age, and where delivery may bo World Bank Issues were also obtained, slovakia is a prosperous coun-red softness in fairly active deal try. It was not. misery that ings. On the other hand, frip on increased activity, with bred, Communism there; it was Canadians developed a firmer 25 year 3% selling within easy Damaged packages are to be striking, distance of their 1048 left in the Godowns for force--the invisible force of tone,
Domestle rails developed ang. top level of 96-3/4-Reiter. examination by Consignees, and the Russian Army," she told in terviewers.
ging tendención "affor* "carly
the Company's surveyors, Bangkok, Mar, 5, Mesare. Carmichael and Clarke, She said it was Impossible firmness, attributed to sluge "for, the most intelligent criticish conditions in the security A Joint session of Parliament, at 10 am. 12th March, 1945. of our times to make any real market and, lack of investment after five days of debate, today MANA appraisal, of what tis likely, to interest.
Bagayo Premior Khuang Aphal-To comply with the General, happen between the United High grade: Industrials and nonga. Kovernment avate of Bonded Warehouse Regulations
Conair been rust "in confidence." 122 td: 23--United
£ have a 'Re States and, Rusals"—Associated ulilifiés "drifted 'irrég
Venue Officer in attendance, Brent
Blow, dealings
when: damaged.. dutiable?'zbads:
examined.
Pacific Tas Can Lipu
Fast Regular ...
NEW YO
MONTREAL
-Pacific
Vice
ANAD ́AN CITIES
No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Loteamer's, godowns, and,, all goods remaining undelivered after the 18th March, 1948 will be subject to rent t
kAll claims against the steamer..
presented to the under-
on or before the 1948, or they
bised
Insurance will be
PRESIDENT LINER SAILING 5
REFRIGERATION-SPECIAL' CARGO' OIL TANEB-
CARGOCAIRE SPECIE
TO SAN FRANCISCO .
6.5. "President, Cleveland?....... (vla Manila & Honolulu) Mar. 13 8.5 General Meigs" (via Manita. Only)
April 3 B.S. "General Gordon" (vin Manila & Honolulu)... April 24 5.6. "President Cleveland" (ylä Shanghai) (%
Moly
TO SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ÁNGELES (VIA KOBE & YOKOHAMA)
8.8. "President, Pierca".
Mar.
8.6. "Arcadia Victory" (Also, Cally Shangha) & Honolulu)**
8.S. "Prealdent, McKinley" 8.5, "Prealdent Jefferson”
Mar-16
Mat. 23 Apr.
TO NEW YORK BOSTON AND HAVANA VIA MANILA, SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, COCHIN, BOMBAY, SUEZ AND. MEDITERRANEAN PORTS
68 "Marine Leopard"
8.8. "President ·Buchanan” (Ex “Skidmore: Victory")· 8.5, President, Fillmora". (Kg. “Rutland, Victory"); kum 5.8. "President, Tylers: (Ex "Iraq' Victory") in
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES,
St. George's Bldg.
Tel. Nos, 28178/28178
40%
Abnericam Pioneer Lane.
Arrivals from New York, Boston, Other Atlantic Ports via Panama
3.5. "COURSER"- 8.3 "PIONEER WAVE
Sallings to Manila "COURSER" 5.8. "PIONEER WAVE"
D.3.
A
Duo Mar. 11's
TE
201
Salls Mar 1873
Sallings to New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore. &. Other. Atlantic. Ports. via
Panama Canal
-Special Cargo Olf Tanks-
21
6.8, "AMERICAN MERCHANT".. Dus Mar, 20, Sailh Mar,‹21、posi
- For Full Particulars Call
"
UNITED STATES LINES
General Agents
Queen's Building,
Tel 81251 (3. lines)
KLAVENESS LINE
SAILINGS
Direct to LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO. “PORTLAND, VANCOUVER, & SEATTLE. I ms, "BOUGAINVILLE”.
SAILING & APRIL “ARRIVALS FROM PACIFIC COAST - "ROSEVILLE”
DUE 2nd, APR.. SAILING FOR SINGAPORE PORT SWETTENHAM,'
PENANG & BATAVIA.
3rd AFR..
- m.8.
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION. BULK OIL TANKS
Chinese Freight Agents.
HOO FOOK PING THE BANK LINE (China),Ltd.
Applys--
THE BANK LINE
(CHINA) LTD. *-- King's, Building, Tel. 277
BARBER WILHELMSEN LINE
"MY. "TAMERLANE”.
́ ́Loads 19th March 1948
for
NEW YORK via PANAMA calling at
RAS
Yokohama, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Panama New York, Boston, Philadelphia & Baltimore
For freight and further particulare upstu "fo:.....
DODWELL CO., LTD., Agents Hongkong & Shanghai: Bank Bldg.
THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LTD.
M.Y.
"MONGOLIA'S
Loading:14th/15th March
ADEN, PORT SAID,
ERPA
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