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ALL ESCAPEES WELCOME
ΤΟ
GLASENBACH
Vienna, Feb. 9.
A new camp for escapees from Communism which the United States Escapee Programme (USEP) has opened at Glascnbach, near here, is helping Austria to solve the problems created by the influx of refugees across the borders from the Soviet satellite countries.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1955.
TRADE
World Cotton
Markets
New York. Feb. 9. Cotten market nelivity today remained on the quiet side with at the opening and close.
most of the action taking place
In between tint, prices driftoy Irregularly over a horrow range
but managed to keep slight over the previous close most of
the time.
Closing prices ruled up I to points. The market opened up 2 40 points. New Orleans closed up 1 to 2 points.
Traders continued to operate menta In the Russia-Formosa Incentives situation, от now
the textile trade. spoi or the export
The camp, a German wartime barracks, and later a "cuge" for German prisoners of war, cost Escapee Programme 100,000 dollars (about £34,000) to renovate. It now houses nearly 300 with caption penting develop- refugees of ten nationalities and eight religions in comfort which the camp's previous occupants never knew.
About half the escapees are Hungarians and one quarter are Czechoslovaks. The rest are Ukrainians, Poles, Russians, Rumanians, Bulgarians and Albanians. Austrian and German women married to escapeos also live there.
The religious grouping of the refugees showed that the largest JORD
Catholes. Wik
with ww wound. The rest belonged
Greek Orthodox to Protestant Churches, Six were “unclazifiod"
two were Ma Jeris.
uri
COST TO TAXPAYER
The Escapee Programme's operations in Austria alone are conting the American about
1,300,000 dollars (about £440,000).
taxpayer
The Austrian contributio5Y
from
markets
stimation.
The markt-time tendency also reflected a desire to swall the report
loan tiris 011
and redemptions, scheduled for istance after the close.
Trading volumes and open in- forests in the Exchangu today
were:
ум
fabou! 22 cents) per refugeu per day for food, which workt out at a yearly total of abxiet
schillings. FL 19,000,000
miso Days for mantenance, Id- ministration, utilities and hout- ing in the organisation's two enmp in Austria, at Glasenbach and at Wels, and supplies bonic
edient services.
Months
Merch
Mas
July
DEL
Mar
May
July
Total
The Exapre Prokramme supplements the rations with food coupons worth 20 schillings (1 dullar) week,
Q
which coenpers can exchange for goods at Salzburg shops, and Issues 'ar, sugar, cheese, schilings carmed beef and gravy, canned milk and rice and soap twice a month,
Government's
is 5.80
Lord Amberley
Granted Divorce
Viscount
London, Feb. 0. Amberley, heir to Earl Russell-Bertrand Russell- the philosopher-waa at the Carnavon, Wales, Divorce Court loday granted a decree nisi be- cause of the achaltory of his wife, Suson, daughter of the late Vachel Lindsay, the American Doct
The decree becomes valid in six weeks' time.
Lord Amberley WAS given custody of the two children of the marriage and costs against Christopher the co-respondent, William Vaughan Wordsworth.
Lady Amberley did not defend
the suit.
Like his father, the 33-year-
old Viscount prefers not to use his title, and he was listed in the petition simply as John Conrad Russell of Belsize Grove, London.
took place in The marringe Washington in 1948, China Mall Specini.
Nehru Not Visiting France
to 10.
Paris, Feb. 9.
camp
coit-
The Glasenbueli siste of 12 large wooden bullit. ing much comprising about 36
Six of TUCATUS,
the buildings Two are tema- troue escape2s. pornzily being used for storage, one contains recreationni and training projects, another holds
करा. 100
25 AU
.300
11,000
4.5500
Valine Ope interest
14,800
$14,500
..เมง 30
D1,300
220,300
134,100
$1,300
3,000
52,000
500
1,000
148,000
2.001 300 bales
NEW YORK
and
COMMERCE SECTION
NEW YORK LIBERAL
STOCK
MARKET
New York, Feb. 9. Industrial stocks resumed their advance today with a push which lifted prices to now all-time highs of the year,
The rails, laggards, neglected In the recent advance, were at their best performance with gain of 2.47 in average.
A
Market commentators sald the carriers had been oversold for in view of their prospects botter carnings continues to expand,
pus
industry
All major group in Industrials the steels, mo- fors, chemicals, alrcrofts, olla, building suppliers, metals - had gains ranging to 2 points or
They fted the MOTIN 402 to 410,32 a new high.
average
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U.S. TRADE
18 Industrial Groups Record Mulaya HONGKONG
Oppose Features Of
#
Ike's
Programme
Washington, Feb. 9. Spokesmen for 18 industrial groups
has made oral or written statements to the House Ways and Means Committee in opposition to various features of the Administration's new liberal trade pro- gramme.
These groups all represented the but made a all-time "protectionist" view point,
wide variety of proposals as to how imports competition might be curbed.
Wall Street concluded, too.
Russian newa yesterday's
to cause for jitters.
UTILITIES NEAR HIGH
WOO
Utitles, with their gain of 03 World Rubber
cents, came within a shade of a
Prices of future closed today new high since 1931. as follows:
put
Maron
May July October December
March
M
Out of a tota 1,228 Issues trudes. 810 wore higher on the 3440-40 day, only 203 lower.
35.000
34.77 35.00
23.10
расс
34.45
Trading continued at a good with volume totalling 3,300,000 shares compared with 3,400,000 yesterday.
NEW ORLEANS
Gains among
carriers ranged
to 8 points in Texas and Pacifle.
Markets
Singapore, Feb. 9. rubber market opened The
und bolter London higher un New York advices but higher levels
brought some offerings which were well sorted. Prices firmed towards the close
מי
split of
political rumours from Formosa, Future closings:
Prices of futures closed today Western Union WEN H feature as follows;
Spri
March
May
July
October
with
Decanter
Marchi
May July
and washing facilities
ย
special kindergarten cooking
for the children,
OFFICES
A building in the centre houses the administrative offlocs and the offices of the Voluntary Agencies such as the Young Men's and Young Wonsawa Chrisilan Associa- tions, Distribution Com- mittes and the International Social Service, which CO-
the work of operate adapting the escapers to now life in the country of their destination.
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Among special
facilities in
the camp are free shoe repair the and sewing shops run by refugees, knitting facilities, and a library.
"Iron
It is estimated that well over 100,000 people have escaped
the
Curtain" through since 1948, not including the much larger number who have fell from Eust to West Germany or to West Berlin.
after i four-for-cne
an even wider rise. U.S. Gyp- on an
sum climbed 7 points Increased dividend. Commercial Solvents went up more than £1 point on
tuberculosis its now
34.29
34.42
34.76
35.00
35.00
35 A1
35.44
~ antibiotic.
39.BA
35.40
LIVERPOOL
Collon futures closings, American middling cotton, 10/18 inch, in pence per fu. were 18 follows:
Mar/Apr.
May/June
July/Aug
Out./Nov.
Dec/Jan
Del values for spot coltona Include:
Others were unchanged.
Many of the statements were
with nc- especially concerned
Tin Output
Singapore, Fob. §. The total production of
concentrates in The Federation of Malaya in 1984 amounted to 60,090 toas a new postwar pro- duction record, according to statistics released here.
The figure was five and
a half per cent higher than ibo previous record of 51,537 tons for 1950, and exceeded the 1953 produo- Lion by eight per cent.
The production of cost in 1954 amounted to 18,244 tons, while bauxite produo- tion stood at 18,624 tons. France-Presse. ·
Singapore
Stock Market
crual от future competition following stock prices:
Singapore, Feb. 10. Brokers toxlay quoted to
from Japanese commodities, due
Feb. 8 Feb. 10 to Japan's lower labour costs
Closing Opening and price differentials, and the British Borneo Petro-
The toum Syndicats that fact
a trade agreement Consolidated with Japan
C
Lid., Ordinary leue $3.00 $1.OR
Neave Fraser and
STOCK EXCHANGE
(From Our Correspondent)
Business done on the Hong- kong Stock Exchango this morning amounted to $877,002. Noon quotations
and
the morning's transactions;
BJARKI DUYERS BELLEBS SALES BANKS
FC Bank
INSURANCES
Union Lounbard
SHIPPING
Waterboat Asia Nav ..
DOCKS, ETC.
K. Wharf Dock
2128
7 # 2138
200
40
00
སྐ
00
24
Providens (0) 18.00 15.79 300 Wheelock
24.20
7% 7.40 2000 «Þ
LAND, ETC.
F
HK Hotel
10.20 15.30 2000
10 in
process of
negotiation.
Smelters, Ordinary Truxer
29 Dd 20% D
and
Noave
HK Lond
+
Among the important com- modities discussed before House Ways and Means Com- mittes
optical were scissors,
715% cum pret
13.00
$3.00
Humphreya Realty
the
Hongkong & Shanghai
Bank
Corporation
(Colonial Register)
118"
#1110"
Malayan Breweries $4.06 $4.05
$70 $4.70
South
$1.00 $1.95 M. British
$26.25 $26.25 Straits Trading.... $21.30 600.30 Steamship $10.50 $10.50 United Engineere
Ordinary daye
$13.00
$13.00
Wearne Brothers
$2.89
$2.48
En d Bad
$3.657
goods, jewellery, porcelain in-ffice Hotel sulators, electrical goods, clocks, Singapore Cold
Storage Highbers, elgarde
sowing machines, rubber footwear, ply- murance wood, mlap, tungsten and No, 1 rubber per 1. Feb 1041%-10495 | manganese.
Mar. 104-10415 Apell unquoted No. 2 rubber per Ib. Feb. 103-103 No. 3 No. 4 Bpos rubber unbaled Blanket Crepe No. 1 pale erepe
Steels were strong. Aircraft gains ranged to 4% points in general Dynamics.
The New York Stock
bond change
Terminal market responded to the action at London and reports $4,070,000
The American Stock Ex that Germany was a buyer in change volume
1,180,000 the British market. was
volume 3:
DOW-JONES AVERAGES Dow-jones
closing
CONCERN
of
are con-
of
2012-101 15
Carroll D. Representative 1004-1001
Kearns, Republican of Pennsyl- 104-10614
946- 2015 | vonia, ctarted the day's hearing 10045-10015 with a statement that Pennsyl- NEW YORK
vania manufacturers cerned about competition closed Futures today
un- various Imports from Japan, changed to 20 points higher with such as zippers, rayon products, Ex-sales of 106 contracts.
and toys. He said that electrical goods factories are also affected by competition
imports, including plectrical generators from England
Rep. Kearns sald that the United
States must havo reciprocal trade prógramme, but
that he recommended
the "escape clause provision of the law should be strengthened so that no United States industry shut would be compelled to down.
sales
wad
fair-sided business A consummated in the spot market, mostly to dealers, with sales estimated around 400 to 500 averages toms. Suect today were (13
included: Reported March one sheets at 30% and 410.33 later sales at cent higher. April three sheets were done at 15132 35% cents with further buyer. 109.4 Similarly, June three sheats sold 169.08
Spot No 1 Rss at 33% cents. -United ProBS.
were quoted 36% cents a pound,
33.27
3221
shares.
41-80-32.00 31.20
American middling 15/18th luch 22/3 American D. L. midling 7/8th
Inch
on Wall
29.33
follows:
Mexican middling
34.41
30 industrials
Colton
BAO PAUTO
futures.
20 rally
ulicies
05 stocks
in cruzeiros
40 bonds
per kilo were as follows:
March
20.80
May
20.80
July
29.30
Del Dec.
30.80
31.20
Ir2 the United States. the average price of 15/18 middling cutter at ten designated spot Sales markets was 34.18 cents.
at these centres totalled 10,000 bales-United Press.
Many thousands have already been resettled through the of international and privato refugee assistance ur- Kanisation. remain in Europe, and other cont continue to arrive at a rate of In several hundred a month, spile of ever-lightening controls These along the Iron Curtain, have to be cared for in the they country of asylum until
be can
integrated or
But thousands stili New York Foreign
The Indian Embassy hare to- day confirmed the cancellation of the projected visit to France of Indian Prime Minister Jawa- harlal Nehru from February 14
Simultaneously, the French Foreign Ministry announced that Mr Nehru's visit had been can emigrate. celled by joint agreement bo- tween Nehru and French officials,
Exchange
Now York, Feb. 8.
Canada England official
1.03-1/10
278-5/18
can
unofficial
2.70-9/22 30-day futuren 90-day future 2.70-1/33
278-11/10 233114 2090 enchanged-United
2.06-2.07
The United States Escapee Programme, founded in March Both the Indian Embassy and 1952, helps the governments of the countries of nsylum to to
the French Foreign Office said maintain the refugees and the dates fixed had proved in- convenient for the Prime Mini-assist in resettling them over-
BOLLS, or In ster.
Mr Nehru had planned to countries.
como to France on hila way to
Free European
India from London where ho More than 39,000
refugees
attended the Conference of have been registered with the Commonwealth Prime Ministers. Escapes Programme and about -France-Presse.
15,000 of these have boen re- gottled.
SUGAR
RAW BOUGHT BY US
of
The remaining 34,000 are be- ing rosettled at tho rate of about 600 a month.
The highest Individual medical bill which Escapes Programme has been paid in Austria waa for Mra Geza Kopus. A mino blew off one of her legs and injured the other while she and her husband were crossing_the The Department offel said border from Hungary. The Pro-
Washington, Feb. D. The Department of Agricul- lure has bought 10,000 tons raw sugar from a Cuban Arm for shipment announced today.
to Iran, It
the Commodity Credit Corporn-gramme paid 6,000 dollars (over
tion
per 100 pounds for the sugar
the Little and war to Christman Company of Jucaro, Cubs. The sugar will be din tributed in Irun by the Foreign Operations Administration, which horfien foreign, ald.--United Prem
EGYPTIAN
TRADE FAIR
Washington, Feb. 9.,
£2,000) for treatment for her,
of
LARGEST PROPORTION
Americs takes by far the largest proportion. sscapees who emigrate from Azutela. Of the 3000 re settled from hero, 912 haYO rone there, Canada follows with 699 and Brand is talra with 239. Australia, "Tarsal, Italy, Argentina sad Eng- land have also taken' con« sidorable' numbers, ・・・
South Afric Switzerland Frulin
Other
Prese
were
London Foreign Exchange
Now York Montreal Dels Copenhagen
Orlo Paria Stockholm
Other Pross
London, Feb. 9. 2.78-470-8/10
Comm, future price Index
141.10
Malaya Rubber Exports Up
Singapore, Feb. 9. Rubber exports from Malaya last year amounted to 913,114 tums, compared with 847,211 tons for 1953, according to qffle sl statistics released here.
nom
Future closings were:
March
27.33
May
39.50
July
11.00
Вер
34 04
Dec
34.80
Mor,
33.00
LONDON
The market
was very stendy. Prices closed today in pence per
b. as follows No. 1 R pol Bettlement house term: Of the rubber exported
fra March 1954, 201,781 tona went to the April/Juna
July/Sept. United Kingdom, 148,804 tona det./Dec
to the United States, and Franco General markets," clf” busle, and Germany Look 87,714 tons Tob. and 74,750 tons, respectively. Apri France-Presse.
CHICAGO GRAIN
MARKET
Chicago, Feb. 9. Soybeans held Arm, but other grains had lower under ton.ca
on the Board of Trade today.
The advances th
soybeans
Mar,
Ealato crepe
thin
AMSTERDAM ·
30-3915
a
The Shears, Scissors and Manicure Implement Manufac
Association said
that turers annual sales of its members declined
from
$23,415,000
in
1850 to $11,800,000 in
in 1954, and
that in five years Imports have about 500 per cent. increased United States wage costs were sald to be at least four Umes higher than in Germany.
SERIOUSLY INJURED
The Association said that this Industry has already been seriously injured, "and with continued low tariffs there can be no future for us."
A slatement for the Ameri- can Optical Company emphasised the importance of this Industry to national defence, and pro- posed an amendment designed to protect industries vital to defence,
The
The rubber was firm. Prices
Clock Manufacturers closed today In guilders per kilogram, Cir Feb. as follows: Association of America in
203 buyers statement said that the recipro- 23 buyers city trade bill would provide 2.99 buyers 307 buyers | for special recognition of the -United Press. Įrequirements of national defence as bearing on the administration of the toada agreement's pro-
No. rubber
No. 2 rubber
No. 3 rubber
No. I crope
reflected covering by exporters New York Sugar grommo
sgainst sales of 600,000 bushelis
2.64-16/16-2.30-1/10 of beans to Formosti,
139.38-139,30
103721-4038
20.0114-20.0136
€716-97036
142114-14.0296
were unchanged United
Selling and scattered hedging depressed the other markets,
Wheat closed off 1⁄4 to 2%; virons up to 2 cents, United Press),
Farm Products For
Market
"The critical time, for the American clock Industry approaching with far greater speed than did the crisis for the witch industry, it said,
The statement cald that United States imports of plocka in 1054 were about double of New York, Feb. 9. 1053, and that Imports of clocks World No. 4 sugar futures increased at double the rate of today closed unchanged to ? | imports of watches. points lower with salon of 255 contracte,
Domestic No. 8 sugar futures closed 1 point lower to 2 points sales of 140 con- higher with Tracts,
Liquidating and hedge sailing
CIGARETTE LIGHTERS orders in world futures mot an indifferent trade demand.
The Cigarette Lighter Manu- Heiner buying interest ground
Association' asked the 5.05-cons lovel for delivered facturers
to provisions raw sugar slcadied the domestic special. altention
of the pending bill which affect Havana trade report said the United States-Japan Credit strike which had affected a few long. It alleged that manufa
Cuban poets had been settled. turers and importers of Japanese Corporation has been authorised to exchange However, the Puerto Rican portlighters so unfair trade prac surplus wheat, corn, and dairy products with 16 or de-up was reported still going does which give more countries for tin, zine, manganese and other une clothge
Contrses No. 4 (world) strategic materials, it was announced today.
Strategic
The
Goods
Washington, Feb. 9.
Commodity Government's
contract,
March
Tussin and other Communist many, Indli, Ireland, Italy, the July countries are not included in Netherlands Norway, Britain | Teptember, under ind Yugosilvia.
spot (copia per ib. tot China). the new programme Programme which the QCC will for the first Itoms that the U.9, surphizen
Contract No. 6 The Commerce. Department maintains installations. 37 Con time: own, faj: own, stodicpils can be exchanged for include announced. the United many, Austria, Italy, Turkey, Digstrategic materiale, da pla mariganese, jouine,. landi, į erickuku - your States Government will
Trieste, Iran and Greece, but it parti
| Under the new cipate in the Egyblion Inter- | niso helps refuznes in the Fas the CDC may - temi Programine, | opium, piatimit, tin and Line:
national Trade Fairgearting in Zwas pod in other Europe | Belgium, Brazil Juruary 1980- arch that United 'countries,
Brit
Including
sonra Mention. - Corns may be
"Stolm industry and buster Pollum, Holland, Brglardan will be invited participate the loandinavian countries
China Mel Bowell,
with BTT Deperlunset: noted thất
| at least 50 per · cert of strategic
doqüiend, under
programme hinged here in American ves
Improper
them nn United
Statepdvantage over-
The Hardwood Plywood In sie stituta, claiming 57 member 3.17 companies, opposed the pending *cź bill, and announced that it 9.27] preparing for an escape clause" sotion before the United States
Commission. The Instituto mlá that im
Are ported plywood's swplying; độ per comb of the Triind ficktes maricota, and that Unlock Blated: plywood produc
declined from #512,000,000
Hongkong TINY
Petaling Tin
83.631
cum-dly Curn-capital issue,
1 with "div-China Malt Special.
Exchange Rates
2238
UTILITIES
07 0715
22.00
Tram. 21.20 21.40 2000 @ 2140
151
Star Ferry ..
Yaumati Perry 183 180 200 181
C. 1 10 17.70 17.00 600 C. Light (N) 14.00 14.00 Electric
3712 Telephone
INDUSTRIALS
Cemem
40 401 2500
STORES, ETC.
Dairy
Watson
22.00
14.80 13.10
Business was done in the local
exchange markot U unofficial morning at the following rates:- 1.5. dollar (per $1) Sterling, notes (por £1) Indonesian rupiah (per 100)
iam ticals (per 100) Bingapore (Bfruiter Indo-China plastres (per 200) 10.05 Allied
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