&
DE LA RAMA LINES
EXPRESS CARGO LINER SERVICES
TO AND FROM PACIFIC & ATLANTIC COASTS VESSEL
S.S. PANAY
DUE
31st Aug.
►
M.V. BENGAL
In Port
M.V. TRAVANCORE
2 Sept.
M.V. DONA NATI
27 Sept.
LOADING FOR
Manila (Immediato
Discharge) Pacific Coast via Cebu Pacific Const
Pacific/Atlantic Coasts
THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1946.
U.S. BUSINESS REVIEW
Retail Trade Shows Marked Improvement
New York, Aug. 26. Automobile production and electric power output climbed to a new postwar high last week. Re- tall trade bounded ahead sharply over the cor- responding week last year.
THE DE LA RAMA STEAMSHIP CO. INC. An acute shortage of boxcars was reflected in
redder Building
TEL: 28676
BUTTERFIELD |& SWIRE
1. CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL Telephones: 30381-8 Private Exchange.
Agents: CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD.
“HANYANG”
"KWEIYANG" "ANTIUI"
"TATSHAN"
"AJAX"
SAILINGS TO
Shanghal & Tientsin 4 p.m. 29th Aug. ARRIVALS FROM
Bangkok, Salgon & Swatow 4th Sept. Singapore 4th Sept.
CANTON RIVER LINE
Arrives 5 p.m. 28th Aug. Salts a.m. 30th Aug. Arrives 1 pun. 1st Sept.
Agents: BLUE FUNNEL LINE
NEW YORK SERVICE
Salling
30th Aug.
U. K. SERVICE
7
lower car-loadings and steel mills were ham- pered by lack of scrap iron.
Stock sales totalled 4,505,580 thares as compared with 0,740,050 the previous week and 5,765,880 a year ago.
Ward's Autoprotive reports an | financing on the docket and estiinated motor car and truck | balanced it against the growing output of 91,002 unita as compar- | reaistance of buyers to low in- ed with the previous postwar high i terest, coupons, of the brevious week of 88,990 unito,
A year ago, factories pro- duced only 14,886 units,
Bradstreet reported Dun and retail sales over the coa
country were 43 to 47 per cent better than in shopping the 1946 week when business turned into a VJ Day celebration. The volume compar ed favourably with the previous period.
Steel Operations Electric power production total- led 4,422,242,000 kilowatts, the highest since Aug. 4. 1945 and compared with 4,411,737,000 the previous week. Steel mills
operated at 89.07 per cent of capacity as compared with 90.3 the previous week and GGD lnet YUBT.
Freight car fondings dropped 12 887,670 from 899,084 a week earlier and 652,832 a year ago.
Crude oil production climbed 4,842.760 barrels daily from 4,821,450 the previos week and 4,033,850 barrels last year.
Soft coal production was 11
with compared 980,000 теля для 12,300,000 the previous week,
For
New York
t
Salling
For
"ATREUS"
2nd week Sept.
Port Said,
Liverpool
"PROMETHEUS”
Into Sept. Arriving
via Straits.
-do
From
then took
U.K. via Straits
-do
dom
do
do
"GLENSTRAE"
"SAMJACK" "BELLEROPHON"
"BENRINNES"
"EURYBATES"
2nd Sept.
3rd Sept.
Early Sept. 5th Sept.
6th Sept.
Agents:
AUSTRALIAN - ORIENTAL LINE, LTD.
"TOCHOW”
""TAIPING"
"TAIPING"
"YUNNAN"
Sailing
27th Aug. 5th Sept.
For
Arriving
2nd Sept. Mid Sept.
Sydney & Melbourne
do From
Australia via Japan. Australia
All The Above Subject To Alteration Without Notice.
For Passage and Freight Particulare Apply To The Above.
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
S. S. "Haiyang"
Sailing for Swatow & Foochow on 3rd Sept.
Subject to alteration without Notice.
For Particulars of Freight & Passage. Please apply to:---
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.
General Managers.
P. & O, Building, 5th floor. Tel. 23755,
40
CHINESE SHIPPING DEPT.
20 Connaught Road, Central. Tel. 24639.
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD.
Speed-Frequency-Dependability
Refrigeration Special Cargo Oil Tanks-Cargocaire-Specie
SAILING
29th Aug.
S.S. "LOUIS MCHENRY HOWE" 7th Sept.
FOR
5.8. "SAN MATEO VICTORY" 28th Aug. New York & Boston.
Shanghail & San Fran S.S. "GENERAL MEIGS"
cisco.
Colombo, Singapore, Bombay, Suez,. Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Mar- seliles, New York & Boston.
A VESSEL
2nd half Sept.
New York & Boston.
For Passago and Freight apply to:-~ AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD.
St. George's Bldg. -
Tel No. 28172/28175.
Stock Nose-Dive
The stock market loafed all Thursday last, and week up to
one of its sharpest Dose-dives of the year. Widely
six
Telephone stock
points before-
held American lost around steadying.
Corporation bonds backed away for a time as investment bankers surveyed n huge backlog of new
M/S "STANHALL"
Expected to arrive at Hong Kong 30th August
Bond sales aggregated $10,900.- 700 as against $17,439,000 and $42,852,000 respectively, a year ako.
Commodity markets were agitat- ed to a fever pitch in some caso! by the new price control develop- ment.
Bond Issue
Cattle, hogs and lamb rose sharply at Chicago, Gotten prices advanced daily at New York and cotton futures gained ground.
BRITISH COTTON COMMITTEE
Liverpool, Aug, 20. It is understood that the advisory committen which the Government is establishing assist the Cotton Control in buying raw cotton compriace three raw cotton merchants, three spinners and three trade union offiolata.
The committee will function from Sept. 30 until legislation can be introduced to set up the Cotton Purchasing Cómi- niazion which is to replace the Liverpool market-Row- .ter.
Four Missing After Ship
Collision
New York, Aug. 20. Four men are missing as a result of a ship collision at about three miles off Mare Island late Saturday night, the Const Guard reported."
Page
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
SHIPPING DEPARTMENT
18 Pedder Stroos
- Tel. 89811.
General Managers.
INDO-CHINA S. N. CO., LTD.
SS. "WINGSANG"
SAILINGS
to Shanghal 27th Aug.
to Sandakan 30th Aug.
| $.5. "TAKSANG” (no passengers) to Singapore & Penang 20th Aug.
9.S, "MAUSANG"
IS.S. "ESANG"
9.5. WOBANG
S.S. "EMPIRE FARRAR“
5.S. "MAUSANG"
SS. "WINGSANG"
S.S. TAKSANG
等
ARRIVALS
from Straits via Salgon 4th Sept. IN PORT
Kubject to alteration without notior.
Kowloon Dock
Kowloon Dock Buoy A.12.
Custodian Wharf.
Buoy B4.
All intending Passengers are requested to register their names as
far de possible in advance of the time at which they wish to leave
Agents: GLEN LINE LTD.
S.S. "SAMSETTE" S.S. "PROMETHEUS" 5.5. GLENAFFARICH M.V, "GLENARTNEY” M.V. "GLENSTRAE”
arrd. from UK. discharging A10 Buoy.
due from UK. 6th Sept. due from U.K. Mid. Sept.
due from UK. End Sept. Ibads for Rotterdam, Antwerp, Amsterdam and London about 20th Sept.
Managing Agents: AUSTRALIA CHINA LINE
M.V. "KAFIRISTAN"
The Associated Press Index of 35 important wholesale commodi- ties advanced to 147.74 per cent of the 1928 average making an- other Increase from 145.96 per in the previous week and cont
avear a 108.29 per cent a
Biggest financial news item was the American Telephone announce ment of a new bond issue of! The Coast Guard sald they be $351,000,000 and an increase in its leved the men have boarded a S.S. "PERIOD“ authorized canital stock of 10,013,-raft, but no trace of them had 000 shares.-Associated Press.
Shortage Of Rubber
London, Aug. 26.
A letter to the Financial Times today expresses the opinion that tho forecasts made of rubber sur- plus have greatly underestimated the world's restocking require- ments, particularly of Russia's and'
arc
been found early Sunday. Planes and Coast Guard boats searching an area on the south short of Long Island.
The
merchant shin Midland Victory and an Armypply ship collided in the dark. The supply was badly damaged and is. ahip
The shipping water in the stern. Midland Victory was not damaged and took the supply ship in tow.
due from Melbourne 2nd Sept. loads
for Shanghal mid Sept. and for Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide early October.
due from Sydney 3rd Sept.
Agents: PRINCE LINE LTD. Chinese Freight Agents: CHEONG FAT CO.,
54 Bonham Strand E. Tel: 20087.
Agents: THE WESTERN CANADA
STEAMSHIPS LTD.
later turning it over to a Coast- 8.8. HASTINGS PARK
ard vessel,Associated Press.
N.Y. Metals
Europe's and Russia's future in- Review
dustrial requirements.
Russia is at prosenet only get-
A General Average has beenting about 250,000 tons of synthe
one
New York, Aug. 26.
urrd. from Vancouver-A13 Buoy. | S,S. "KITSILANO PARK" due from Vancouver/Shanghai 12th Sept.
PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY
Ship declared by the Owners of this tie and natural rubber annually Steel: The scrap shortage com vessel and consignees of cargo whereas her motor vehicle output tinuea to dominate the steel situa
"STANHALL" and fion and it is generally belloved are required to sign the Average will be doubled next year
that if the industry is to main "SAMDARING" Bond and pay 6 deposit on the quadrupled by 1950.
Russian plants are working full tain its present high operating "ATREUS" CLF, value of their goods be-
million fore delivery can. be effected blast to produce
capacity, something must be done
"BENALDER" from the Hong Kong & Kowloon vehicles annually honceforward rate of around, 20 per cent of "SAMETTRICK”
flow of steei increasing about an
"TREVETHOE" Wharf & Godown Co's godown. and new plants are being built,
Russia started to grow rubber making Beran.. Any damaged packages will be
in the south but it will be two Some steel mills have alreads "GLENIFFER". examined by our Surveyors,
ur three years before there is any curtailed operations slightly to
Ship Messrs. Goddard & Douglas, on appreciable yield. Consequently, conserve supplies while others are Mondays and Thursdays within Russia will be driven to buy rub-dipping deeply into stocks in or
"SAMSOARING" ber in the open market from the dor the free storage period. signees of damaged cargo should end of this year onward. arrange to attend survey, within this perio. Claims will not be recognized unless notifled within seven days after completion of discharge.
Con-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE
& Co., Agents.
to subcort
nchedule.
their present production schedules
Frim
Karachi via Shanghai Karachi
U. K. KARACHI & BOMBAY
U.K.
U.K.
U.K.
Loads For
U.K. via Straits
BOMBAY
Due
27th August
27th August 29th August
End-August
Early September
October October
Ready Mid-September
Accepta cargo for LONDON, ANTWERP & ROTTERDAM
Mid-September
Meanwb are being disrupted "SAMNEAGH"
quant while, all European cous qualifying
The demand for natural and synthetic rabber in Russia in 1947-in
by numerous preference ratings on should approach America's, name-
and in 1948/50 orders for the fourth quarter and ly 900,000 tons WDI considerably exceed that further serious delays are anti- cipated in deliveries to consumers
for
preference. tries, excepting perhand Sweden Tin Plates: Freight car short- and Switzerland. have a famine age is delaying loadings and off-
*RITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Passengers and Freight-to India
Hong Kong, 26th Aug. 1946. in natural rubber. Thus there le cials predict difleuities at conning EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES—
"AJAX"
Damaged cargo ex M.V. "Ajax"
will be examined at Holt's of Wharf between the hours 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 Noon on and 27th and 28th August, consignees' representatives are requested to be present at the time of examination.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents. Hongkong, 27th August, 1040
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES 'HOLDING
·P. & O., B. I. & E, & A, BILLS OF LADING
likely to be no surplus but on the contrary a dire shortage of na- tural rubber, anyway for the next three years.--Reuter.
WOMEN FLOCKING INTO INDUSTRYTM
plants relying on peak shipments at the height of the packing sea.
gon.
Copper: The Metal Reserve Company's stock pile of foreign copper at July 31 was 256,000
as compared tong
with .323,000 June. tons at the end of
Spelter: A decision by the Office
SHIP
"NELLORE" "EASTERN"
SHIP
of Price Administration on a new "NELLORE" ceiling price for spelter is ex: "NELLORE"
shortly. Meanwhile, ad-
New York, Aug, 26.
nies of Loroiga metal are Women are flocking back into reported at 10% cents. industry in greater than pre-war Lead: The Civilian Production numbers, particularly to precision Administration has allocated 21.
000 tons for September against work in which they made their mark during the war,
consumers' requests for approxim Many women are entering the ately 79,000 tons-Router, drafting field, engineers, |
ability as others showing
researchers. Bald analyste, and Edward Helt, production super- visor
of the Brown Instrument
Philadelphia, Company.
Post-war labour analysis by the
and F. Industries
ies Incorporated, Indicates that by 1950 approxim- ately 17,000,000 women will be holding jobs, only some 2,000,000 less than during the war when, a third of the nation's workers were women.Associated Press
S
MORE PAPER
THE SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. Messrs. Goddard & Douglas exclusivo
Outwards
1.V. "TRAVANCORE”
Homewards.
H.V. "NAGARA"
<
M.V. "MINDORO"
MV. "NAGARA”
..dae. Hongkong 2nd Sept. ........ duo Hongkong early Oct,
... loading 2nd halt Oct. ..... loading 1st hall Oct.
Loading for Port Said, Marecilles, Antwerp, Rotterdam," Copenhagen, Oslo & Gothenburg. For further particulars, apply to:-
GILMAN & CO., LTD. (Shipping Dept.
Phone 27871)..
State Trading In Argentine
Buenos, Aires, Aug. 26.
FROM
Australian Porta Australian Ports
LOADS FOR
SHANGHAI
SYDNEY Passengers & Freight For full particulars apply to
DUE
Discharging Early Sept.
READY
End August Mid-September
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE
Telephone No. 27721-4,
MAERSK LINE
M.S. "TREIN MAERSK”
Salling on 28th August.
ť.
Co.
According to a Government de Loading for Now York, Atlantic Ports via Los Angelos, Panama
ctee lasued yesterday, the Import and Export Department should only grant, permits presented by the "Argentine Institute for the Promotion of Interchange" for tho extract, export of quebracho butter, checas, potatoes and alcohol from molasses, New York, Aug. 26. Under the same decree, tho -United States paber production, Department of Industry and Com- of newsprint for, the merce is authorised to extend the will attend at 10 am. on Mon-wook ended Aug. 17 was 104.5 list of products, if. circumstances
comparo days and Thursdays within the per cent of capacity
with 100.4 per cent the precedin
A
to the decree states fras storage period to survey week and 67,8 per cent in the cor- that the Government's Intention damaged cargo, and consignees responding, wock a year ago, the is to obtain max benefits for are requested to have their American Paper And Pulp Asso- tho
nation's
Interests i representatives present. Unless
and under the present circum consignees representatives are
was stances, it Absolutely reconnary present at the Survey no claims
that the export, trade should be can thereafter be admitted.
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.
Agents:
P. & 0. 8, N, Co.
B.I. B. N. Co, Ltd.
· E. & A. 8.8. Co., Ltd.
ciation reported.
' auch · measuresi
wat preamble to
25th August. (No Passsges available)
for Particulars please apply to:-
JEBSEN & CO., Agents
Pedder Building, 7th floor, (8hipping Department Tel. No. 92862)
BEN LINE STEAMERS LIMITED.
DE FREIGET ONLY,
SAILINGS TO U.K. VIA STRAITS.
"BENRINNES" loads for U.K
second ball" Sept.
mid, Bept.
VESSELS DUE
inid.' Bept.
For particulars apply korom,
capacity Tho: industry's based on the normal six-day opera- tions but many mills are operating through organisations, able to "BENCRUACHAN” on a a basis of seven days a week. make antes direct. Therefore the "PIRE WITHAM"
Associated Press.
Argentine Institute for the Pro- motion of Interchange chosen as it
The newspaper
Oregon, Aug. 20.
• The Juan N. Sequin“, arrived
has
been qualified.
Nacion"
here yesterday, from Yokohama, comments that this step in tend- while the steamship Fort, Coning towards, the state becoming molly" left for Houx Kong-An- the sole exporter of the country. Hoolated Press
7. R. LOXLEY & CO. (CHINA), LTD.
Tork' Building
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