1951-11-07 — Page 9

MESSAGERIES

MARITIMES

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Leaving

Nov. 12

Dec. 7

-Nov T

"FELIX ROUSSEL"

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Nov. 13

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Nov 30

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Dec

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⚫ passengers & freight.

Outward For

Marselles Homeward Fut

Halphons, human

N. Afsen & Europe Manila, Kalguo &

Marselies

N. Afia & Furope

↑ freight for Saigon, Port Said, Tunis, Algiers, Oran, Tangier, Casablanca, Havre, Dunkirk, Antwerp &

Rotterdam.

Subject To Change Without Notier

CIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES

P.O. Box 53. Hongkong

Queen's Building (gr. floor) Tel. 26651 (3 lines).

Cost Of Saigon Living Called

Astronomical

Saigon. Nov. 6.

This capital city of Vietnam

the "Paris of the East"

often called

is, like most of the rest

of the world, daily facing rising costs of living, but somehow, it manages to keep on thriving.

Some of the prices prevailing here can only This is especially be described astrometrical.

frue for the foreigners, including the hundreds of Americans working here with the US. Legation.

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1951.

No Reason To Fear Japan?

Singapore, Nov. 6.

Ispan cannot produce an freely aud as cheaply a she could before the war because her workers now demand more Day and better treatment, says Dr Alagappa Chettiar, a visit ing Indian texule magnato.

Dr Alagappa sald country Beed now be afraid of Japan's coinmersial The change in Competition.

he com- mented. is healthy for all, Including Japan,

outlook in Japan,

Пт

large

D

owns Alagappa number of textile mills. India exports about 1,000,000,000 yards tex- tiles every year, he said, of

production ber annual

of

about 5.600,000,000 yards.

-Associated Press.

HONGKONG

SHARE MARKET

(From Our Correspondent)

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The new 1952 Vauxhall, which has just arrived in Hongkong. It is imported by

China International Motors.

Appeal To Labour On Wage Issue

New York, Nov. 5. Price stabiliser Michael Disalle asked labour tonight to "temper their demands" for but the CIO served more pay notice that it would fight for higher wages and liberal Gov- emment rules on wage stabilisa

tion.

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Mr Disalle told the 131) nual CIO convention that "strong, anti-inflation program- me" needs "a strong programme of direct wage com

controls," addressed the convention shortly after the convention resolutions committee made public a sharply worded criticism of the Wage Stabilisation Bourd and warned that the CIO "will never sub- mil to discriminatory wage freezes or unfair policles of any other kind

A NEW LOOK VAUXHALL

Sleek, streamlined and roomy. the new 1952 Vauxhall which has just arrived in Hongkong has R

different completely

trom appearance

the 1960 model

able

conveyance.

Indonesian Economic

Position

Djakarta, Nov. 6.

world markets

DAL

ARRIVALS

From

Penang, Belawan Beli & Singapore Japan

Macassar, Java Ports & Stogapore Macassar, Balikpapan & Singapore Djakarta & Singapore

Japan

Macassar, Java Ports & Skagupote Japan

Date

Port

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15th Nov.

Ship

"TEGELBERG'' "VAN HEUZSZ

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Japan

18th Nov.

19th Nov.

20th Nov.

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21st Nov.

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& Macassar

Manila, Singaporo, E. 8. Africa Bingapore, Java Poris & MACERAT Singapore, Almira & 8. Americs

General Agents: HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE

ÅRRIVALS

Dato

In Port

18th Nov.

13th Dec.

15th 100.

5th Ja

7th Nov. 22nd Nov.

12th Dec,

19th Doc. 7th Jan,

Dr

was of

In spite of record prices paid The American look, combined i

on war-jittery with British engines, finish and for Indonesian tin, rubber and durability-and at 0 reason-cil, Indonesia's economic pošl- able, middle-car price, make it tien is weak. the ideal family

than This was stard bv Being longer and wider the old inodel, there is comfort- Soroso Wii jodihardjo, head of the Directorate for Trade and seating space for six people,

the Ministry of and more leg room. Again, both Industry of

and Velox have Wyvern

Affairs. Economic

He A conference Identical

bodies, except for addressing quarter of an inch difference in economic officials, height and one or two details He

"Any drop in prices at pre- which are different in the sent being paid for our main Velux. Both have the same export products would seriously horse power as the old models-harm Indonesia's economy," Dr the Wyvern having four Soroso said. cylinders and twelve

and the Velox

factor Another unfavourable power,

was the fact that some products, cylinders and eighteen borse-

rubber, do not reach power. There is a difference of notabiy 140 pounds in weight between world markets directly but via

The the two NOW

ot bruik cars, the Velox Singapore.

Indonesian smallholders' rubber being slightly heavier.

is processed and traded in the Innovations are Inany

and British Crown Colony. Dr fascinating. Among them

are Soroso said energetic efforts and forward- must be made to process crude push-button hinge doors, sliding locks and rubber at home, because to-

boot which self-opening

18 day "another country controls operated by a button below the

large share of our export pre- which, when ducts." rear seat, and closed down, is automatically

President Truman sent a le ter

to the convention today warning thal "obstruction and confusion and false propaganda" at home will hamper the rearmament programme in the coming "cru- cla!" year

Defence

mann also

horse- 6ix

Production Ad- ministration Manley Fleish

spoke at the ban- quet, telling the delegates that locked. It is an enormous boot, 19 1000 1875

1952 will be a "year of duc sion" in rearming.

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ALL IMPORTED Clang and everything else

de-

in the high mater brackets As one American wand cribed it "You can buy a lar US$2.98 house dress here for US$40 to $50."

Practically everything en sal here is

imported froan France. If you're lucky enough to fed items that come from the United States

or England the pries are skyhigh,

Drinks and entertainment m night clubs also seem to be almost out of reach of The average foreigner,

Fur

rlane, à bullie of wo called American Soft drink. bottled in France, sells for ning

piastres, or U.S.45 cents. A boitie

of French

blake total

17.vat: Ind

Dubin

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wax

for winuming, golf, ten them spurts neer k

A few mile *Patronat

the twin city Choles 400,000 Chast Cogulated be

and entertain- amiine casin

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Cine casino Operator in Cholo; nightly "take" Pearled as high as 1,000. -

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grumbling He remain

Saigon - sade in lote, hundreds of miles to the

French and Vie'names. forces bottle to keep the army Ha Chi Minh of Communist from taking over Indo-Ching Atreated Press.

Railway Strike

In America

Washington, Nov. 6. Alsace beer brings The Brotherhood of Locome-

i

13 plastres, or 65 U.S. conts. Aive Firemen and Enginemen few rounds of imported Scoten today called a strike of about And soda, and you have a b.5.000 men on four major rail- for U.S. $15 to $20.

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was to begin on Thursday.

The Government has already head of the steps 10 strike.

President Turan ercated an Every hotel and apartment

o deal with bulding is seemingly over-mergency board

Finding a place to live Saigon is really the piece de laken

resistance.

crowded. If you're lucky enough

to get an apartment, you must

The strike.

The strike

is scheduled to

pay out the equivalent of thou-start on Thursday birt under the

sands of American dollars 25 tea money" or "key money," in addition to whatever rent may reach.

your

Hotels all post notices that no one is to stay more than

law

the President's action bars a strike for at least 60 days.

suid that Provident Truman

dispute threatened to inter- the rupt inter-Sta.e commerce 90 seriously as to deprive certain sections of the country of essen-

eight days. None of them want tipi Iransportation services and permament residents-that Interfere with the operations of foreigners with jobs here who the railways by the Army may intend to stay a year or so. Rouler.

CONSTANT HOWL

But pressure from the right| sources has broken down hotel managements to the point where they have supplied a number of Buites or rooms to foreign per- gonnel doing a job here in the interest of the French or the Nietnamese.

thode

Sill,

ECA Official's

New Post

2609

Refineries

For India

Earlier,

C10

with a completely fat floor, for the

Dr Soroso further criticised import of capital goods

the spare wheel is stored under which, he said, was positively the car, and slides out when a inadequate. "If this country is

in the boot button

rehabilitated, is pushed, to be fully the car has a smaller turning import of capital goods needed

President Philip Murray formally rejected about an AFL offer to talk

two big labour circle, a merging the

<rganisations.

ventilation for built-in

reconstruction must

an

Ship

“ABENDIKERK"

"KIEL DRECETT "KIELDRECHT”

From

Japan

Europe & Singapore Japan

"ARENDERER" "RIFLDBECKT "ETELDRECHT" "AAGTEKERK" "AAGTEKERK"

Europe & Bingapore Japán

SAILINGS

TO

Manila, Singapore & Europe Japan via Manila

Manis, Bingapore & Europe Japan via Mahila

& Europe Manila, Singapore

MAERSK LINE

FAST FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO: NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE & PHILADELPHIA, via SAN FRANCISCO, LOS A NGELES AND PANAMA.

NEXT SAILINGS

M.S. "SALLY MAERSK"

the

M.S. "LEXA MAERSK”

Nov. 16 Nov. 30

MS. "ANNA MAERSK”

Dec. 16

be

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ARRIVALS FROM U.S.A.

M.S. "ANNA MAERSK"

Nov. 16

M.S. "LEISE MAERSK"

Nov. 80

M.S. "GRETE MAERSK"

Dec. 20

Decrease In Earnings

up considerably," for stepped control system, Theostat adjusting the brightness of pane! said.Associated Press.

and

eleven-gallon resolution lights wage The CIO's which was revealed today and petrol tank among the many new

is expected to be ap- features. which

the delegates also proved by

Colours are the same attrac- made it clear that the CIO wil not take a no-strike pledge it tive shades used on the present bul the Velox Government officials reek one. Vauxhall, The resolutions committee said upholstery has a distinctive two. New Delhi, Nov. 6

or instance the of the

the CIO will not permit any tone finish; establish- Prospects

The Mediterranean blue body has "undermine thing ment of three oil refineries in

fundamental rights of workers two shades of grey inside. India in the next three years.

to organise 16 bargain colles- are bright.

tively and take concerted action

mutual protection." in their United Press.

Three world oil companies -- the Standard Vacuum and Cal- tex companies of Americs and Burmese Oil Company of Bri- lain had offered to build the relineries in India at an estimet- $30,000,000 each. ed cost of The

combines BTL operating in opposition to each other but in conjunction.

Officials of the Minis vy Na ural Resources and Scientif Research held a three-day con- ference recently at which they

representatives

to

Pittsburgh, Nov. 6. With the new length and all

The earnings of US. steel these additions, there is only a companies are decreasing al- matter of pounds between the though sales and production weight

old and пеш of the

are booming. Vauxhall. Compared with every other make of car in the game class, the new model certainly emerges on every score with

Grain Prices flying colours.

In Chicago

Chicago, Nov. 8. Prices of grain futures closed. today as follows:- WHEAT-price per bushel.

Spot

December

March (1982)

May

July

of the mel Standard Vacuum Ou Company. Dr Shantiewarup_ Bhatnagar, of the Minis ry, was secretary reported to have discussed de- tails of the refinery projects | CORN during his recent trip to the United States United Press.

The Rubber

Markets

Lendon, Nov. 6. Prices of rubber futures closed today as follows:-

in cents per iv. Doomber

2.534

2.304%-% 2.59%-

2.4735-5

Spot

1.7715

Number 1 rubber,

and Europe. --

December

1.18

May (1952)

1.844-1

July

1.83

January March

RYE

December

201

March (1962)

1.99

DATS

December

0755-82

Returning

Normal

To

New York, Nov. 6. Mammoth New York Harbour is slowly coming back to life, with more and more AFL long- shoremen returning to work on the strike-bound waterfront.

Customs A check by U.S. officials showed that at least $,000 stevedores worked on Mon- day on 31 ships-arid at 21 piers, exclusive of Army plera. Li was. the busiest day in weeks.

Meanwhile, a New York State, fnct-Rading panel started its investigation of the 33-day-old, billion dollar wildest wall-put by insurgent members of the AFL International Longshore- mon's Association (ITA). — Associated Press

United States tomorrow vin Exchange Rates

March (1952)

New York. Fou

per 200. Ib. mack -Gotted Prem.

Syndicate Buys Firm

London, Nov. 7.

A British syndicate today bought for £300,000 control 'of Darwin's, the Shefeld atcel

April/Jime July/September

45-40 48-31 (1932) 442-

43-4332

411⁄2 nominal -United Pres.

SINGAPORE MÁRKÉT -

Singapore, Nov. 6.

Prices of rubber futures closed

Soday as followe

Number 2 rubber, për ib.

November

Desember

Jamuny (1062)

Number: 1 rubber,

November

Number 3 guliber,

November ** Number 4 rubber,

November Spot Fubber, unbated Black crepe (No. 1 palé crepe

are

For Freight and Further Particulars please apply to:-

AGENTS:

JEBSEN & CO.

Pedder Building

Tel: Nos. 36066-9.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES | NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

Income reports for the third quarter of 1951 how the tour

CONSIGNEES PER dargest steel producers making more and more Steel AUSTRALIA-WEST PACIFIC LINE but showing dwindling profits.

m.s. "AROB

.

Consignees per

"BENCRUACHAN"

are hereby notified that their cargo is being discharged into the Hong- kong & Kowloon Wharf & Codown Co's godowns, where it will be at Consignees risk and subject to the

and What's terms

condition of storage, and where delivery may be dbtained:

Net profis of the Big Four dropped a total of $38,105,407 are hereby noted that their cargo during the quarter ender is being discharged into, the Hong- September 30. Their combined kong & Kowloon Co's godown where It will be at consignees rick and income in the quarter was $66, subject to the Wharf's terms and 994,195 compared to $105,099,-condition of storage, and where do

Doniaged packages are to be left 802 in the second three-month very may be obtained, period.

Damaged packages are, to be tefd in the Godowns for exmination by

Carmichael MegaTs The same Arms earned $73,- in the godown for examination by Consignees and the Company's pur- 600,943 less in the 1951 third Connect and the Company's mir Clarke, at 10 an. 9th November,

veyors, Mesara Carmichael & Clarke 1951. quarter than they did in the a: dpm. on the 7th November. third

of quarter

1950-A-1051. sociated Press.

veyors,

and

To

with the General cumply Bonded Warehouse Regulations the To comply with General Consignees must have a Revende Bonded Warehouse Regulations, con- Officer in attendance when damaged Aignees must have a Revenue Officer. dulable goods are examined, in attendance when damaged duti

No claims will be admitted after NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES able goods are examined.

the goods have left the stedmer

goods remalang No claims will be admitted after godowns, and alt the goods have left the steamer's undelivered after the 10th November, Rodown, and all in goods remaining 1951, wie be subject to rent, undelivered, after the 8th November.. 1951 will be subject to rent.

/Y "DONA NATI"

All claima against the steamer must be presented to the under- Damaged cargo ex this vessel will

All claims against the steamer afgned on or before the 24th Novem- te surveyed by Messrs. Goddard &mist be presented to the Underber, 1561, or they will not be re Douglas at Holt's Wharf from 10 am: "ned on or before the 15th Novem- Cognised, on November 8, 1951 and consignees ber, 1961, or they will not be re- are requested to have their represen-cognised. 1819415214 tatives present during the survey. 162-16895

15236-46

34854-1672

24136142

1914-12

10835-100% -150×150 -United Press,

firm whose former Chat, LONDON

An

Dr Narayka Das Chopra," Indian, is serving three year in prison for fraud.

The controlling interest was formerly held by the Nakrab di Prince, Indian Bhopal, on Durough the Habon Coffipar

A London frui

Thompson Sc brokers, and Co., is bood which bought

Tulpel. Nov, 0. Dr Raymond, T. Moyer retiring director of ECA in But, even them, there's a con- Formosa who rotilmed here stant howl about prices from

from a Manila enough to get a yesterday Jucky

meeting is Jenying for. .the Hotel

robm, v

A little wonder. fairly decent room with bath at Hongkong to take up fils new the best of the els run Post with the Ford Foundation.

BusinessWA done in the local), B. Allen Gritin, programme ANAMANIAüxchange- market this for 125, idh e mare. ground a total of 310 plastres, ur U.8. $15.50 per day for the director of the Far East section morning As The blowing sets Darwin's

of the Mutual Security Adminis 3. Bolum ber 11, These costs of living have fralion, has flown to Bangkok Indona Wilder meant that foreign governments and is expected to With TOMA per 2005 have to pay big ol' and livlily at a later date United Previ FID pingūros (par. 300)

/Sterling" NODEVA PERI

Ringapore

Neuter.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents

No Fire Insurance will be effected,

DODWELL CO., LTD. "Agenth

Hongkong. November 1, 1951.

Hongkong, 1st November, 1951.

No Fire Insurance will be effected,

W. R LOXLEY & CO., (CHINA) LTD. Agente,

Den Line Steamers, Ltd.

Hongkong, 4th November, 1951.

Pacific Far East Line, Inc.

·Fait Regular Trans-Pacific Service

TIN

MARKET

DIRECT

BAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES

OVERLAND

„NEW YORK-CBÍCAUÐ-DETROIT-TORONTO MONTREAL AND ALL AMERICAN & CANADIAN CITIES

London, Nov, ů. Frices of in were firm this morning Tumover was 80 tons, Guam, Marinas Islands. Alloranesian, Kalands - Régulár Bervice direct or with Transhipment. including 15 tons for cash,

Steel

of

Prices cloned at the end of

the official morning session, as

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