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LOADING HONGKONG 31st JULY

FOR

Those who cannot pay the full fare of about £60, in cases the Canadian endorsed by

be authorities, can

ient the balonce they put up £10 of

The loan is LONDON, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. their own money. repayable over two years.

Chief attractions for mos newcomers are Canada's rapidly expanding industries output has almost tripled in

valuc over the 1939 level-the high wages paid, and the high san-

VIA MANILA, CEBU, SANDAKAN,

PORT SAID. STRAITS, ADEN AND

dard of living, which is prac. W.R. LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD.

tically on a level with that of the United States-London Ex- press Service.

Buying Plan

Upset By Rising Price

Washington, July 30. Colonel A. L

Marshall, Chief of the Budget and Fiscal Division of the

Quartermaster Services, has requested the ap- propriation of $181.009,000 to compensate for the higher cost of wool under the Army pur- chasing programme.

York Building.

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& ORIENTAL

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STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY

R. M. S. "CANTON"

The Houst Appropriation Committee on Monday publish nominaled Colone: Marshall's testimony SAILS:

Contract No.

September

1.30..

€5

5.00 bild 3.00 5.50 traded

September

which was received in a closed

session recently. He said the

origical authorisation for wool

8,80 traded. purchases calledi for the Army

NOTICE TO PASSENGERS

5 nominat to buy 100,000,000 pounds of BAGGAGE:

8.67 nominal

New York, July 30 World sugar futures closed to- But it is felt that the existing day 7 to 24 points higher, with 4 to 1 cent to 442 cents for Advisory Commlitee reported to-

July shipment-United Press.

situation will make less pain sales totalling D1 contracts. day that world cotton production.

LONDON MARKET

Washington, July, 30.

Contract No. 6 closed to 10 taking a turn for the better, will |

less the switchover to heavy de- Department The Commerce

throttle points higher, with sales London, July 30.

total result in ☐ surplus this season.

that 0,329,- fence output once the

ling 143 contracts. Prices of rubber futures closed announced today slumped

and can be pulled out. 000,000 yards of cotton

The defence allocation for Pricas closed as follows:- seriously last year but, necord- today here as follows:-

synthetle broad fabrics were

million

Contract No. 4 (world) (about 1951 Is $1,30 to the Committee, It now has Number 1 rubber, in ceats

September

0.35 traded bleached, dyed, printed

£433,334,000). In the first six January (1053)

5.84 bid so well that it will September recovered

finished in the United States outstrip consumption by 2,000,- October

months the outlay was only $500 March in 1950. This was 13 percent million, and most of that was May July confined to very few industries. September

The defence authorities make Spot

end reported clear that that synthetic fabrics, whichghting in Korea will have na January ( Because of the better outlook Pepper Market accounted for 18 percent of the retarding effect on the Canadian March

July total in 1943, Increased to 24 defence build-up.

WARM-UP BTAGE - percent in 1950. Bleached and

commitment Spot This is a dem made up white finished fabrica

Pwith Canada's allies under the total. 37 percent of the 1950 New York, July 30.

North Atlantic Treaty Firmness In the Bombay plain, dyed and finished fabrics duce a military, potential which Sales C market and

printed accompanying 42 percent and

and will det

deter aggression once and reports of Russian buying there, finished fabrics 21 percent, imparted a steadier tone to the United Press. Washington, July 30, local black pepner market. The House "unanimously ap

Business locally remained on proved a stop-gap money reso the slow side but sellers adopted illon today to keep the Falerni a firmer attitude on prices with Government operating through few making their schedule on August 21, while the Congress spot supplies up to $1.70 a cleans up a huge backlog of pound. Other sources reported pppropriation bills. The row on a nominal basis at around Tutlon also make $2,000,000,000 ($1.08. n pound for spot, with

at Indonesi older (per 100) in nid avaliable to refugees August/September delivery

now $1.07 and July/August shipment num cals per 100) from Palestine. The bill goes to the Senate for action at $1.60 pound, on an ex-docic Bingapore (Biraita) United Pres

basis. United Prest

„Vicmplasirasi (per 100)

the Committee said, "the world cotton picture is shifting difoulty in obtaining raw colton to selling of cotton texilles made of higher priced raw materials," -United Press.

Steadier

for pil.

to 'pro-

0.00

raw wool or equivalent in cloth, Last year's -United Press. yarns or textiles

appropriatlon bill granted $350,- 000,000 for that purpose as re-

Of Copra quested.

New York, July 30.

Colonel Marshall' added:

Instead

THURSDAY the 2nd August at 5.00 P.M. for the UNITED KINGDOM vin Straits, Colombo, Aden and Port Said. ALL passengers baggage must be sent to the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf Cola Godown at No. 2 GATE, CANTON ROAD ENTRANCE BY NOON on Wednesday the 1st August.

carried by passengers themselves, - ALL BAGGAGE. must pass through the Wharf Co.'s Godown for loading "on board by ship'a ́slings only.

Any truce in Korea will make that build-up that much Dealers reported uncounmed "However since that was done SPECIAL NOTE: With the exception of hand packages caaler. But it will certainly sales of copra to Italy at $175 the price of wool has gone up have no effect in reducing its per short ton, C.I.F. the Pacine considerably, and

to buy 100,000,000 Exchange Rates ope

count. Other European countries being able All slack in industry, ranging nro belloved to have made pur-pounds, we have not been able Business we done in the Jocal from shoes, textiles and petro-chases $170 while sellers to buy that much, and therefora CARL RCTI marke this learn products to the great offered the material at $100 par thie #101,000,000 would be the more at the following rates motorcar plants, will, it is preslit ton or $7.50 higher than funds necessary to complete

ihto

wool and wool cloth programme sterling note (per, E Dollars (per- $1)

621 dieted, be taken up before the Felday" nominal quotation.

Cocoanut oll way offered again to arrive at the 100,000,000,- year is ended and the present

United Umitation. 17.00

en slump is merely wrinkle in ant 134 cents a pound, F.Ö.B. pound

Kamilla,United Press. 1213 long-range industrial boom.

330

at

the

EMBARKATION:

Will take place on THURSDAY. the 2nd August between 2.80 P.M. and +4.00 P.M.