A £50 Million Refinery Is Growing Out Of This Destit
Native workers excavating for foundations alongside the cooling water lines at Ader.
The New Anglo-Iranian Refinery Is Going Up:
You Can Earn A Fortune
At "Little Aden"
If You Don't Mind Heat
CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1954. k
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ONEMERCE SECTION
JAPAN FACING "BAD YEAR" FOR
Cows Given Wine
Beirut, Feb. \18. Lebanon cows in moun- of the
villages
Cate Lebanon
were alven hot wino stil verefähle soup mixed with brandy today the fourth numēnive day of bitter cold.-China Mall Special,
Why Russia Wants
Tankers From The West
London, Feb. 16. The Soviet Foreign Trade Minister, Mr Ivan Kabanov, is willing to place orders in western shipyards for five oil tankers of 15,000 to 16,000 tons. This dis- closure was
made in
the course of the recent visit to Moscow by a group of
British businessmen.
Christopher Astwood, the author of this article, visited Aden last year after he and four other Cambridge University undergradustes had completed an expedition to Lake Taga, Ethiopia. In this article he describes his experiences trying to get a job at the new Anglo- Aranian £50 million refinery which is rapidly taking shape at Aden following the closing down of the Abadan refinery. He also describes some of the work going on and ille at the re- Binery.
to Be says "Ville Aden" the afte of the Anglo-Iranian installation is "a masterpiece of enterprise," The refinery itself is expected to be completed by the end of this year after only 27 months' work. By then the pipelines will be handling five million tons of crude oil a year.
Aden
Town la set On п were well guarded by husky hockey, tennia basketball, peninsula cum island. taking Arab
pollee who refused to swimming, table tennis, billiards, believe that all I wanted was | darts, "shove hopenny" and a to call on one of their doctors large brick and glass-plate com-
who had told me of this pro-munal hall where
vast mised land. Anyway they could quantity of beer may be not speak English....
consumed. The latter four are far and away the most popular of the recreational outlets.
the best of what flatland there is below the cruggy hills,
One half of the town sprawls along the fringe
of Aden Auy on constat trip not more than few hundred yards wide, with
a few houses and offers bravely
1
That night after pouring out my troubles to a Scotsman who spent his life delivering vessels of all types to anywhere in the world, I decided
THE ICE-MAN
commodity
flect is
SHIPPING
Less Work For
Shipyards
Tokyo, Feb. 16. Representatives of the Japanese shipbuilding industry and merchant marine expect 1954 to be "a very bad business year." Japanese pessimism over world shipping and the shipbuilding recession has been aggravated by a recent Government announcement that subsidies to the shipbuilding industry would be cut.
Under the 4-year programme mapped out last year, Japanese shipyards were to build
800,000 gross tons of shipping for domestic owners every year. Because of the cut in subsidies, the yards are not likely to build more than 200,000 gross tons by the end of this year.
A spokesman for the Nippon Yusen Kalaha, one of Japan's "Blg Four" shipping companies, said: "Most Japanese ships, particularly those on the Pacifle run, were built after the war and are of good quality. But more are needed."
م
have been operating at freight rates set by the Europe-Far East Freight Conference, of which both was excluded from the conference, are members, their rival, which has been increasing business by
No Address On The Ceylon To
Parcel But
It Was Delivered
Heidelbers, Feb. 10. A parcel from the United Xto Dals- States addressed
bach, near here bui bearing. a small boy's photograph in place of the addressco's name, was delivered by a resourceful postman.
The parcel, containing a toy was sent by an Ameri- ent Sergeant who photo- graphed tho boy while serving in Germany but forgot to ask His full name.
China Mall Special.
HONGKONG SHARE MARKET
(By Our Correspondent)'
Business done on the Stock Exchange this morning amount- ail to $374,899.25. Noon quota- Jons and The dealings:-
morning's
SHARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES
INSURANCES
.. 1035
GOVT. LOANS
31 (1948). 0115
HR Bank
Unión SHIPPING
Arla Nav DOCKS, ETC,
Doelt
charging lower rates. These BANKS three are the only Japanese companies at present running ships to Europe, although eight companies bro operating boi tween Japan
and the United States west coast ports.
£32
1.15 1.90
21.40 550
Provident (D) 13.40 13.00 300
S'hat Dock Wheelock
Float Loan On UK Market
Colombo, Feb. 16. Legishtion is being pre- pared to enable the Ceylon Government to float a loan In the London money mar- kel, it was authoritatively learned here today.
The size of the loan sought and the terms have not been disclosed but it was understood that Sir Oliver Coonetileke, the Minister of Finance, would sub-
Cabinet papër on
his negotiations with the World Bank at Washington and with the Finance Ministers' confer ence at Sydney.
Sir Oliver, accompanied by the Govemor of the Central Bank of Ceylon, Mr N. U. Londen in connection with the Jayawardena, paid two visits to
loan.
It was also learned that the Finance Minister had asked for £150,000,000 at the Sydney con- ference to finance food produc- tion.
Informed sources said that the loan was approved on the con- dition that the United Kingdom- Government and Australia sotia- fed themselves that Ceylan needed the money
11.30 really
1.30 urgently.
13%
1.35
$ 0.10 2000
6.10
2000 * 8,00
it was disclosed that a team
§30 of agricultural experls would be B.in
sent to Ceylon soon to survey the problem of landlessness and
llon of the peasantry with a view.
II Hotel 8.00 8.70 2000 m ♬ 55 | recommend ways of rehabilita-
The spokesman
added
that Japan is now in a position in which she has to hire ships from other countries. Before War II, the could earn foreign World exchange by carrying cargoes of other countries' goods. Experts In the lanker
Japan's present business consider the Soviet
ocean-going decision
up their ships total 2,600,000 gross tons to build tonker
direct con- compared with the pre-war sequence of the embargo placed peak of 3,730,000 gross tons in by United Nations poWCTS
1837. on trade in strategic materials with Many companies would like Ching.
to expand their freight ser- Old, pre-war companies, like
vices
pre-war
level, the Milste Mitsubishi, Osaka The Soviets require tankers but Jack
of ships together Shosen Kolaha and Nippon from Black Sea with Increasing competition carry-oll
in Yusen Kasho, are still the lead- LAND, ETC. ports to Vladivostock, on the the International market, have Pacifc
ers of the industry in Japan. Coast.
The
British restricted expansion plans, Ministry of Transport, which
But newer, smaller, CHARGING LOWER RATES
companies controls tanker charters, will
are growing fast. One of these, Larger license hirings for this voyage, to meet increasing competition nounced plans to run
companies
the are trying
Kokusai Kalun hos an- but not for a call at the inter from small Japanese owners at service to Europe in co-opera- andw mediate port of Dalny, in Man- churia.
at the same time, tion with two Belgion and two In accordance with the United maintain membership in various West German shipping fems.
According will freight conferences overseas. they
Company Two of Japan's leading com- spokesman, the establishmens UTILITIES shipments to
panies complain that while they of this
would Bervice
be the foreruns to a company pro- gramme for world-wide Ex- including the opening of services to African and South American ports.
The new Europćao strvica wil be started with two chips A month, calling 04 Manila, Skog pore, Suez. Alexandria, Bremen, Hamburg and Amster- d'am.
Nations
agreement 1.9t allow oil Chinese ports.
NOT ALLOWED
Because they consider that a stop et Dalny is necessary on the Black Sea to Vindivostock voyage the Soviets are build-
Out of this arises the questioning a tanker fleet of their own. to go ashore of ice, an essential from the ship I was staying on.
in a community that is constantly o'clock was two
the
cross-
unit
Aden port itself 14 ation by lovely indies also in evening This creates
full evening dress and flanked from the local ice manufacturers.
According to British busi- nessmen who have returned from Moscow they now have None a fleet of 22 tankers. of them are larger than 16,000 fons, this being the largest ton- nage that can be accommodated In the Black Sea ports.
home, and,
Canada
Pull
panaton "Must
Up Her Socks"
The leader
the
end
com-
HK Land
... 7815
1.15
1000 8.58
600 + 8,00
000 8 8.00
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100冊
100 27 70
3
400 TT S'hal Land Humphrey 19 20 19.40 150 of 10.20 1000 dr.19.30 Really
· 2.1710 .... 2.10 2.20 4000
100057
Trom
... 20.20 Star Ferry. C. Lim (0) 13.00 16.76 1000 15.00
C. Light (N)
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Electric
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354 @ 31%
to increasing food production....
About 100,000
expected to be
lanki
Lamilles sellled
are on the
with the aid of the loan. Meanwhile, It was learned that the World Bank has agreed to lend roughly about 104,000, 000 rupees
Ceylan Gov- to the ernment to meet the full foreign exchange cost of stage, two of the hydro-electric scheme, The foreign cost of the
ΟΙ
pro-
ject includes the purchase and Importation of plant and machinery from abread, the
importation
of bullding' and other materials from abroad and the cost of meeting shy foreign technical assistance needed. United Press,
Sth. Korea Wants
800 of 17.70 Extension
28 200 a 27.80
clinging to the rock hill slopes seeking what breeze there might be in the hottest time of the year.
Then there is the Crater town (literally
Lown within crater) where the peoples of the morning. I saw a police launch seeking cool refreshment. Al- furmer half migrated during the passing and I halled it. There though "little Aden" has its own
fere cold storage war to escape
eremy shelling. was rapid fire of
Д
GREATER COMPETITION capable of But many found that after one questioning
which lasted some holding enough neat and
Montreal, Feb. 16, A Transport Ministry spokes- hot day
ten minutes and I found I was vegetables for its own require- in the Crater, enemy
Canodiun of the
man cold that the
Telephone Japanesa shells and oblivion were more peaking
INDUSTRIALS' to the Chief of the ments, the actual blocks of ice
Opposition, Mr George Drew, shipping and shipbuilding in-
Cement .... 20,80 21.10 at the time in for day to day use are brought Harbour acceptable.
Police, at
ald yesterday Canada might be dustries expect greater
Rape
a problem for it
Shipbuilders here do not ex-hit by depression if Industry did petition from the United States, STORES, ETC.
Dairy
27.70 entrepot and refuelling station
and strive for pect to be allowed to tender for not
West Germany entails
"utmost Britain
Watson XD where retail prices in the shops dess. Having decided
was not
bringing the precious
The Soviet tanleer orders. The efficiency" and promote research during the coming fluctuate with the nationality of
suspect seaman"
seaman" who had commodity in from Aden Town
There British
re- to compete against world trade the passenger liner currently dragged him away from his along a route lined with local cently authorlerd the building powers such as Japan and Ger- building companies in Japan, 20 refuelling - never
that "excellent party," he was
of which are ongagad on con- all "Sples" offering good shillings, of fishing trawlers for the So- many. "surprisingly chicap" camera apologies and invited me to a and
and enough to make it worth viet, but this decision was given "We are just entering one of strucling ocean-going vessela when the Stars and Stripes can beach party at Little Aden, the while, for a lump of ice. After with some reluctance and
these the several lumps be seen at the masthead-for it refinery, the following Sunday,
the most of ice had
hope to build an estimated 200 highly competitive or cargo licensing of tankers in this fashion chips away"
periods of international trade in Is not expected until a
" he said.
her Germany was rebuilding truck into the United Nations' strategie
"most fantastic Industry at On landing at the alport the That Sunday and the ensuing town at am.. pick up the
the ice embargo-Router.
pace," so was Japan. Immigration authorities demand-days were an eye-opener to me, and deliver it to the refreshment
But whereas Japan before the ed £100 deposit to justify my Having seen the Americans add centres by six once this was Five Ethiopion dollars two square miles to Bermuda's completed he had the morning
ww free miles in just over was all had, however, but they 19% square
should no further told tow about it; I was were kind
ten months in building their air orders be received for ice, he had the rest of the day off until
buy
authorities
have
will be half the price tomorrow His apologies were accepled-for job was given to an English-general move is made to modify the world's hiswry,, when the ship has departed. the pearly gates were open and the
days in Aden. it was now up to me.
spent nine
entry.
was
fold
I
nold.
an
But
man to 10
and
drive the
This was another simple but essential and lucrative (£20 a week) form of employment that
was available there.
reasonable comfort
and
The working hours are long and hard, for those in'jobs not
The clock is worked around in
a fabulous tale of Aden—a | 100 it high hill was demolishers extraordinary as the ice-man.
dock
found but at the new oil refinery oil town construction community building.
own construction Community building, lasting supplies, and
Grain
additional scattered showers
a
Second World War produced
"tawdry goods at "extremely low prices," the now turned out the "very artist quality of pro ducts in many lines.".
are
60 whip CONFOND
for
ÚDO gross tons for home ship- pers and another 100,000 gross tons for
overseas
buyers The estimated tonnage of In 1953, both ships completed for domestic owners. and exports, is the highest almos the war. Most orders were executed during the first half of the year, however, and were. a backlog from the boom days of 1050-52.
Mr Drow, who is leader of the Conservative Party, said: "Surely
The following are Ogures these are unchallengeable facts, it, they are, then, the time has issued by the Transport Mine come for every one of us to pull istry, showing the tonnage com- since 1940. up our soaks and get a move on "pleted each year
(All figures in thousands of China Mall Special,
gross tons): 1950-367 1901-413 (20 exported); 1952-541 (169 exported); 1988 An estimated
total of
over parts of the area brought New York Metal
Futures
Copper Feb.
250 to
Corp 140 256 37 O TEI
Of Tungsten Pact
Tokyo, Feb. 18." : The South Korean Govern- ment today called for the
Singapore Rubber version of its tungsten agree
The
· Market
H
ment with the United States, cue to expiro at the end of March, saying that, lack of such an agreement would "frustrate" Singapore, Feb. 10.
the whole programine of res rubber, market Was
habilitating
Korean qulet. Future closings WETË:~~~
economy. Industry and No. 1 rubber per Ib. Mar. 3412-557%
Commerce Apr. 5816-564 Minister Ahn Tong Hyuk, said May unquoted in a while paper on lungsten No. 2 rubber per Ib. Mar. 55-2514
South No. 3
Korea's biggest foreign 34-8412 No. 4
32-525 currency earner -- that "con- Spot rubber unbaled ...
5415-5494
patent high-ranking American, 47-48 Blanket crepe
authorities in Korea" told the No. pale crapa ****** 04-05
United Press. Government that the United NEW YORK MARKET
States had no intention of re New York, Feb, 18, newing or extending the Rubber futures today closed B
tungsten
agreement with to 20 points lower with sales of
country.
Minister Ahn said the Ameri- can authorities "suggested" that Korea had better develop. a new free market.
11 contracts. (98 exported);
€26 (258 exported).
China Mall Speelni,
New York Sugar Market
י די
Any
Under the existing agreement concluded on March 11, 1953,
Evening up operations in the nearby March delivery was the 3010 feature to the limited volume of business.
The
spot market remained. dull, apart from a light interest in No.1 Res for April-Maye United States gives tech- June delivery.
mieni, financial and other as- sistance necessary for tungsten bound to, sell the output of mining, while South Korea: Ve
́concentrates, lo
cente
Buyers dicated Interest - at 19% with
sellers holding for higher.
Spot No. 1 Ras were quoted at 10% cents a pound. Future
Land Fab
New York, Feb, 10. 11.001
11500
5,800
20.306 28.20b
---United Fresh.
London, Feb. 18
July
43
2:30
230
327
2014 2013
No. 6 sutar futures closed un-De chanted to 3 points Higher with Marth sales of 440 contracts,
Sept.
LONDON MABEST
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET to report to them within three and naval bases, I have always the following morningi days us to my movements and credited them with being the
Chicago, Feb. 16. offered me a further seven eighth wonder of the world in they
prices continued to days should I still be undecided. the engineering
on the board Aden After that time, the Government Britain's Ille
move-downward was
of trade today as markets shared offering to pay for my masterpiece of enterprise.
about equally in the decline. keep and passage home, to be
BLEAK DESERT paid back in installments at a
Having built up a picture of Reports of moisture over the Inter date. With all this
resouthwest winter wheat belt and Ιη December 1952,
across muneration, however, I shall now the five-day forecast caling for Bolicitude
well-being Adan for my
Bay from Aden behind me and no fear of the
Town have to explode some of it. there was a corner of bleak future I decided to look for
desert and salt pans with 200ft work.
most of the selling in the bread from Jagged crags protruding It. When I was in Asmara, I was inside 12 months
cereal.
New crop wheat contracts paradise where one could earn and the debris was used to re- two ten-hour shifts with four
bore the brunt of the selling £20 a week, have air-conditioned claim the salt pans and generally hours set aside for maintenance
with more nearby months meet- quarters, and the best food in raise the land above sea level. to vehicles and machinery. Pips Arabla. Where was it to be
houting,
ing some cracker-erecting
export covering. Yugoslavia and Antwerp took the Anglo-Iranian Oll Company arose and
grain overnight. even administration some 7,000 persons even he
are exact- WAR building.
The only sung were housed in air-conditioned ing tasks in 80 to 110 degrees F.
Yugoslavia purchased an e-bid. was the 18 months' contract one
this houses Through
perpetual heat
work must All the
progress smoothly, wheat and limited amounts were With the chain taken by Antugoslavia has 1bes for one delay starts. a more réaction all along the line.
overnight travelled up and dyeing works,
cleaning
total to 1,344,000 Front the technician to the bought the
Copper spot! Water Fi
and
sinco late last week. Capetown in a sampen, sewage system, a power
labourer there is little chance of bushels system and demanded work.
Exporters said that the country ing with generators capable of sup- relaxation during his ten hours
a balance of 072,000 Lead Feb. plying Aden Town as well; this and at the and of it, should he still has
· POSTED. MİSSING
1tg May was only temporary, so I was feel it for some form of enter bushels to buy against At that time, any able-bodied told, though it looked no more tainment in the evening, there is driginal programme. United All prices in sterling per long lon. body was welcome to help build temporary than Battorsed power utile except the bar, which no Fresi. the now refinery, no matter how station.
one objects,
fects, lo, but it does be- green, he was. So one of them
was also a hospital come, monotonous
There arg Prices pet bustiet in penis! was employed in the stores, and bulit on ultra-modern lines set some who at the day's end the others digging ditches. off from the refinery on the collapse
llapse exhausted Into Bed and That went on for ten months reverse slope of a hill overlooks so begin another day somewhat and then suddenly after one ing an inviting bedclined life must have something to
There refremmed.
form of restriol they
more aches, breaks and part imagine offer fu return to anyone who
able, for a large and extremely subjects himself They are now comfortably recompetent stm, Euhedtrand rebum, Div clining in various universities in Indian, with all the mort Up 10 draw to most England will their booty £800 date, equipment : lang sonstant even the va ça head--for they were strong." attendance.
rooms or,
K married, house had to sign. However that was with all mod cons. Including and an ever present dust haze,timated 880,000 bushels of red simply overcome apparantly, refrigerators.
three South of
mien
provided.
African students had arrived on
for only last year
the site, having
from
woro
There
440
There is, w
Pay and was en of them in ported one could redline with ́pli;)
l whilst in. Adəmə tongzhong, who woulé
minded enough not to drink lt treadicha: No
all
With periape the same läes in to langulam in the inwards gon
mind” thought I would try my pering beer and wrthi herudit
at the
Dest attempt; there are recnational drie trots
"
Wheat,
pok
All pisode in US Des par 16,
KÖNDÖN PRICES
astnited Přem,
*Now York, Feb. 16. World No. 4 sugar futures to closings: day closed 1 point higher to 12 || March
May points lower with sales of 90 contracts,
18.00
London Feb, 16. Ditarte contracts, moved Irre
in a slow and generally
index Indore:The rubber market was quiet featureless, portedly is expected to be in the with market ("goryigbended,
Chicago, Tex 10 New York Strele withough the tarteand-quente penco per lb. Prices:
Prices
Market
New York? Feb. 183
[No]1 "Res (apőt·
"Befllernest, house „Jern Het were fot disclosed;;4 game of March
Domestic furture steadied April/June with the friero, raw-markets, July/Bapt.
Осі. Дес Future closings were:i:
FApri
6-18
ston
the States. Under the terms of the RZTAL- mont, South Korea was to sell 13,000 short, tons of tungsten to
United
"Stang,
Ita "total" however,
amounted to only 7,418 short South Korea plans to ex- part the output this you to iq,000
194 The renunciation of A
at
"would" "daßlet a vital" blow” in to se
Korean tungsten export which carnéd 80 per cent of the total: 'forolan "burteney, obtained, "by' South Kores $91,260,000. Reuter,
London Förelgn