1953-11-04 — Page 9

Troops Deliver Petrol In London

"Operation Tanker," in which troops fork over the distribution of petrol supplles in London during the recent week-long strike of tanker delvers, saved the capital's road transport from being completely tied up. Pictore shows troops arriving at a key pelrol depot in Town- mend Road, Fulham; among those who watched outside the gates were some of the strikety.-- Central Press Photo.

Insufficient Reason For

Desertion

Ruches Aires, Nev 3.

An Argentle wife can- her Husband

not leave

merely because he heat up his mother-in-law, the elvil court decided,

A

wife had sued for claiming her separation. husband bad punched her mother and blacked her

husband The ryc. plained that his mother-in- law had provoked him kicking him.

ex-

by

The court. in rejecting the wife's mult, said i wax to be hoped that "Umr. exht- meditation and the ence of A child" waukt lead to a reconellation of the differences arising from the mother-in-law's aggerated intervention."

Diverce is not recognised in Argentina.-Chinn Mail Special.

*x*

Flocks

Of Birds Greater Menace

Than

Locusts

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1958.

Johannesburg, Nov. 3. Flocks of birds, almost rivaling swarms of locusts in numbers and outrivalling them in sheer destruction of crops, are feared to be threatening South Africa and possibly large areas of tropical Africa as well.

A three-man team of South African scientists, headed by Dr T. J. Naude, Chief of the Division of Entomology, has been formed to study the menace and devise methods of control.

of

ге the

Their investigations ro far Auggest that the progress South African farming is

noving Nature's brakes on unlimited multiplication of quelea finches possibly the world's most

Metent destroyers of grain.

01

waxbills

Anglican Bishop Speaks Out

TRADE and

U.K. Balance Of Payments Surplus Down

London, Nov. 3.

Britain's external payments were still run- ning on the right side in the first half of this year, much the Treasury has announced, but by a smaller margin than in the previous half year.

The surplus in the balance of payments during the first half of 1953 was £26 million sterling excluding United States defence aid, or £81 million sterling including aid. In. the second half of 1952 the surplus was £93 million sterling excluding aid, or £156 million sterling including aid.

area.

Spending by United States and

Canada's Dumping Laws

£30

liabilitics.

SOME RECOVERY South America's

COMMERCE SECTION

Giant Floating Whale Factory

Rotterdam, Nov. 3. Shipbuilder' at 'Schebem have bold the keel for a glaus floating whale'factory. the Willem Barendar II.

With a' displacement' of 44,000 tons, the vessel will be Holland's biggest mer- chart verrel when bom. pleted in the summer of 1935.

The whole factory' alone, crew apart, will employ. about 300 men and be capable of producing about 3.000 tons of fish meal a KOREON & well as large quantities of whale oil, the main product-China Mali Special.

Liverpool Grain Market Trading In Wheat Futures Again

Page

Sharp Decline In Orders To Shipyards In UK

London, Nov. 3.

The publication of Lloyd's Register of Ship- building Returns reveals a sharp decline in orders for merchant shipping placed in – Britain during the first nine months of the year to 125 vessels of about 350,000 gross tons.

In the 12 months ended September 30, 166 vessels were ordered (510,000 gross tons) against 310 (1,858,000 tons) for the preceding period and the peak of 730 vessels (8,997,000 gross tons) in the year to September 1951.

This development again brings) to the fore the controversy be tween builders and owners. On the one hand, the owners claim that failure to quote firm delivery dates and prices on the part of the bullders is one of their male difficulties.

This.

taxation

Wheat for Future Fading ordering new tonnage. However,

period

lude to the signing of a new end of 1947 to only £8 million,on ranking with Chicago, million ton order backlog is

worked off, with launchings

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21 12 1825 1370 201015

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FOX Fire....

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UTILITIES

Tran Star Ferry

130

11000 @ 20.20

All the drop of £75 million, from £11 million sterling (30) sterling between the two half-million dollars) in the second

of 1951 to £20 years was due to bigger imports half

million of food and feed. It was the sterling (55 million dollars) in nett result of improvements of the Brat half of 1952, 25

combined

with high sterling £54 million sterling with the million

(70

milling

"and aver-lucreasing dollar area and of 20 million dollars) in the

LYE Eccond half of

costs, is making them think twice Western Europe. 1952, and million sterling

about ordering new tonnage. On sureshed by Weterioradains of (85 million dollars) in the first

London, Nov. 3.

the other hand, bulldiers say the £101 million sterling with other half of 1953. A new item in the

The Liverpool grain

shortage of steel, forcing them

(From Our Correspondent) non-sterling areas and of £34. first

half of 1053 is receipts of

to extend completion fimes, million sterling with the sterling £7 million sterling (20 million market will trade in wheat Inevitably increases production Business done on the Stock

donuts for offshore soles to the futures on December 1 for costs.

Exchange this morning amount- States (sales to the the first time in 14 years. They point out that they have led to $521.476.29. Noon quota- United States Canadian forces in Brian supply to the armed forces of enable merchants to hedge their and material cost increases be- SHARES BUYERS SELLERS SALES Government for This decision which will also had to contend with wage ions and the morning's trans- Britain and other NATO purchases by selling futures, tween the placing of contracts DANKS countries).

thus minimising the risk of price and the delivery of completed Sterling balances increased by fluctuation in whentwas given vessels.

milien sterling during the in a notice released to

Owners have traders

evidently used East Aala half year, from £1001 million by the Liverpool Corn Trade the weapon of refraining from | INSURANCES sterling to £4.173 million Association. Headed

These inbilities are sterling.

| in

this weapon is two-edged and thus la: 2659 million sterling to the notice added that authorised time alone will show how sharp sPPING £845 million sterilig. Morcover delivery mantha will be an- the other edge is--namely how

increase of £130 nounced later. most of the

A decision in long owners will be able to Arla Nav million sterling in the gold and regard to starting trading in dollar assets was cutweighed by corn for future delivery has not in service obsolete vessels with

stand the strain of maintaining DOCKS, ETC May Be Tightened the increase In the sterling yet been reached.

their high ruiming costs and low Before the war futures ear

eaming capacity, Especially in Ottawa, Nov. 3.

markets in wheat and porn view of the decline in the freight Canada is likely to tighteni

sterling existed in bath Liverpool and market. balances which had dwindled London. In each care. trading ins her dumping laws as a pre- from £235 million sterling at the

a Jung Furthermore, was much bigger than will clapse before the current

in other grains and had

6.75 of 1052, Я the end trade agreement, lowering sterling

Bucnos import tariffs on Japanese recovered to £35 million sterling Winnipeg and

Alres Work

1.25 million running at about In

Mest of this in markets. mid-1953. goods, according to usually

tone

annually, even if incoming crense is belleved to belong to

Since May 1, wheat, coarse orders continue jt 30, the fact that

at the present reliable political observers.

Argentine, who has been selling

grains and, animal feed bought low annual rate ΟΙ numbers of quelca flocks

Ground The Japanese trade pact is in more to the sterling area but has abroad by private traders have 500,000 tons. failed to leave the Union

the drafting stage and may be been slow in buying more from

been during the pasi winter for

ready for signing within the their wual breeding grounds in

next few months. But there is". the tropical savannahs ot

growing concern among indus-

countries, net so Bechuanaland and along the

tries that lowering of the tariff overning

which had fallen from £2,195 Limpopo, is the prelude 10 the

It is understood that overseas third quarter wall may invite a return to con-million sterling in mid-1951 to traders as well as British traders year bird damage on an increasing papers supply", said the Bishop ditions of the 1930's when £1,532 million

Hon sterling in mid-will be allowed on the new picture:- scale to

Union's wheal of Exeter, Dr A. C. Mortimer,

Japanese goods flooded the

1952, recovered to £1,785 million | futures market. Foreigners will crop, and probably foreshadows today, when he attacked

Canadian market at rock-bottom sterling in mid-1953, exploiting of sex by "parts of

allowed to remit and receive the and of sorghum growing.

be prices and forced some the national press".*

Canadian

Sterling balances of British

sterling for margins and unpaid Air travellers are finding that

In many parts of the world,

manufacturers out of business. Colonies continued the uninter- differences on contracts remain Deltron a Diocesan Conference He told when making frequent short or

harm-

Non-minenced 1.13 converted

Launched A lightening up of the dump rupted and spectacular postwar ing open for maturity. that protests beginning to come medium-distance lights to and farming hus

specks of Insects

into from within the press itself at the Government's answer to the from

is likely to be growth which has carried then residen's also will be allowed to Completed ing regulations

Under Con- from the Continent they have s

£454 million ster133 Britain.

delivery in and take to degree

make which human

struction This would be the end of ditions under which they

ཆོས་

Industries fears.

But they will not be

at 30.9.53 2.130 multiply

mid-1953. allowed without the

from Other Countries to re-export -Or-alt-Continentni-services,-.

some national newspapers-were- 35 of the Customs Act, depling There have been some criticisms Billain any wheat delivered to Launched

Commenced ILM altlines

Int meals break of staionul faminica,

a valuable and healthy sign.

with "fair market values."

that the sterling system depends "Christians also have a duty

maturity of futures Completed them on throughout the day--and o

It is feared that South

Dumping regulations in all

Under Con- too heavily on this huge and

ztruction internal servime on which hot

purchases. Africans have removed Nature's here," said. Dr Mortimer.

countries are designed to

to protect

continuous borrowing from the

#1 30.9.63. 3,001 3,805 037% The decision to start, futures Incals are not orved thir: are

suspect that many limitations on the quelcas (0)

domestic industry. Under them,

Colonic which are not self-trading in wheat in December always refreshments,

by providing water, which persuade ourselves we do not the Government can boost tarifts

Export work in UK yards was Passengers who change Bighis they need daily, in dams and suffer harm in reading them. We well above, the normal level if governing-China Mail Special. surprised merchants in London.

of the tonnage under It is thought unlikely that the 27% copata irrigallun several times for a

schemes; (b) by are wrong.

an article is imported bearing a tively short journey may thus giving them an

London market will be ready to construction while in Holland it

Germany 70%: find tome duplication of meals, round food supply by

start futures trading in wheat was

00% While technical Sweden 45%; France 29%. from One passenger dying

by this date.

Oll tankers accounted for 54% for opening the arrangements London market are believed to of the tonnage building in UK advanced, few wheat representing 35% of all tonkers traders are willing to buy wheat building in the world, compared hand in view of excess world with 30% 4 September 1952 and

For 98% at September, 1951. supplies over likely needs.

the first grain these reasons, futures to be traded in London be barley and will probably maize-United Press.

Every Stop Brings New Breakfast

the

furge hove

Many church titillations

London, Nov. 3.

people "enjoy

which

the

the United free to enter

under licence though

so for been permitted.

Sterling balances of the self-ingon of futures marke's has

sterling

time to da little else extent | major pests by providing con- the in, sex was exploited by done through changes to Section on sterling in

cat.

serve

Germany to Paris recently grains.

reported that he ate three break- fasts and two funches.

On long-distance lights there

are some meal-time difficulties.

can

interest

normal

"The almost year-

growing serious.

of us

situation has become too

is the duty

stripe

to

at

price below what is considered Grain Prices

its "fair market value." of every Until 1948, Canada considered

both summer gruns and winter Christion to be honest with him- this to mean a price tog includ

self and refuse to buy the papers ing the cost of prouction in the of which he knows his moral

to dis-home market, plus a reasonable principles force him

margin for handling costs and prot. approve."-China Mall Spezial.

MAJOR MENACE

flocks

If this is the underlying chuse Flying to London from Singn- of the immense damag: done by Jast autumn in pore or Tokyo, the uir passenger quelca

western often finds he is just keeping the northern and for

cnd sun-and Transvazi, north-western with the pace consequently may eat "break-north-eastern Free State, end of fast" at almost every stop on the the way.

Excavations On

Ancient Church

disquieting

presence

winter flocks far and wide, even on the high veld, ready to attack the coming whent har- vost, a major menace to South African food appeared.

supplits

has

Exploit Comes

To An End

Graz, Nov. 3.

Police said that Aluls Sammer,

NEW DEFINITION However, in 1948, it changed the wording, and thereby cared the restriction when Canada and

countries

signed other General Agreements and

In

Chicago

Chicago, Nov, 3. Prices per bushel in cents: Wheat, No. 2, red

Bpor

Dec.

March 1954

May

July the

183 nom.

195 19316 109-1 1991-200

be well-

The Rubber

Markets

Spot

Dec.

14246 147-147

March 1934

May

July

201 1517-152 1813-182

nyc

Dec.

12234

March 1954

Barley,

Dec. 031

March 1954 Soybeans, No. 2 yellow

Spot Nov, Jan. 1954 March May July

Spot

7714-4 7814

272 rom. 275-3

270-794

2001-201

250-28012

270

+

130-100 New York four, 200 lb.

$14.05 Back

United Press.

No, 2 rubber per ib. Nov. 6)-53% No. 5 rubber per ID. NOV. B

Epol Tubber unbaled

on Tariffs Corn, No. 2, yellow

toriffs Trade, lowering among the signatory countries. In dre Fair market value now is de

wholesale fined

as the normal

market, the home A 20-year-old youth who price in Dr Naude estimates that cowboy and rode

dressed up like an American providing it operates under fully about the competitive conditions and has fair-sized flock of quelens, in countryside terrorising

people standards comparable to those In Thus cost of produc- dividually weighing little more has been shot dead by a police Canada, Lavant, Austria, Nov. 3.

tion no longer enters into it. than half-an-ounce, may collec-patrol in Styria, Austria. Archaeologists have ezmpitied | tively weigh 70 tons. If each

Canada hoped by her 1949 excavations on the oldest Christ bird cats roughly its own weight a farm labource, stole a horsC

actions that the United States in Austria, o ifth of grass seed ich church

would follow suit by relaxing or grain daily, and took it to a "hide-out" in building on Kirchbicht which is usual. century

a single flock the woods.

her dumping laws but the United Hill, near Lynnt, in the East could eat up £2,500 worth.

There he put on his cowboy States declined to do so. Now, Tyrol.

agreement including

with the Japanese broad- П Observation on the Springbok dress. The church, believed to have

that ave suggested the Flats in the northern Transvaal brimmed hat and a bright red coming up, various industries in been the headquarters of Bep of the Celle-Roman city during the past harvest, the Brat handkerchiet.

He armed himself with an old Canada

Canada revert to the pre-1948 of Aguntum, Is 40 metres (120 rood one after years of drought,

Others have sug. London Foreign German army carbine, a pistol, regulation. feel)

and 10 metres (30 largely bears this out. long

One 250-d

field of sorghum stiletto and

cartridge gested that Canada impose even feet) wide with an adjoining bapilstery, Close by is on old which

a magnificent belts filled with ammunition stiffer dumping laws.

Observers expect the Govern- a.compromise, castle which may have been yield of 12 bags to the acre was China Mail Special.

ment to effect connected with the church.

making things a little harder for completely stripped of grain in Archaeologists now plan to three weeks, despite stops taken

the importer but not as hard as to prevent it,

some Canadian industries Would excavate completely the remains by the owner

like. China Mall Special.

out

of the adjoining city of Agun-Eighty-four-acre crops of miilet tum, Celtic centre in pre-historic and sorghum were cleaned times occupied by the Romans a in 10 days-China Mall Special. few years before Christ-China Mail Special.

Gandhi Memorial

3.

Increase In Tokyo Telephone Rates

Tokyo, Nov. 8

two

Girl Bigamist Convicted

Melbourne, Nov. 3. Dorothy May West, 19, of Carlton, weat to gaol for four months on two charges of hav thg

committa

Canada have

¿

LONDON TIN MARKET

London, Nov. 3. The tin market was quiet. Ahmedabad, Nov. The house where Mahatma "A spokesman of the Telephone second while on ball awaiting Turnover was 20 tons of which five, tons were for cash. Closing Gandhi stayed here In 1015 on and Telegraph Corporation sold trial for the firit offence.

Police evidence said West told prices at the end of the official his return from his campaign in telephone rates in Tokyo would them the married, the bird morning session were as fol South Africa has been bought by be raised from January next

lows: Government the Indian memorial and museum.

It

as a year.

lime different, that Omee phone rates would be him.":"

becaure

I'm

chap'n spot 120. going to keep buyera metern

was in this house Gandhi first propagated his ideas increased by 100 yen a month The fudge gave her a lightni abcut the spinning wheel, uplift and homophones by 70 yen. sentenco because she had not buyers for the "untouchables" and the Public telephone fees would not harmed anybody particularly, lors use of Hindži as an all-India be affecied, the spokesman sald. and because her background B language.-Chima Mall Special, 1-China Mail, 'Special,

was tragic-China Meil Special,

Settlement

01752

Exchange

New York Montreal Amsterdam Brussels Opto Zurich Copenhagen Paris Blockholm Eliben Homburg Blocked-Murk

Singapore, Nov. 3. The market Bluctuated widely but pleadied toward the close with some trade support.

C. Light (0) 13.50 12.00 1500 17 13.00 C. Light (N) 9.30 9.60 1000 2.00 3000 9.50

Electric ....27.20 27.40 Macao Elec 0.00 Telephone 23.80 24.20 INDUSTRIALS

... 10.30 18.00 200 18.40

17.20

LATEST RETURNS

Cement Nope Meanwhile, returns for the STORES, ETC.

Dairy of the current present the following

23.10 23.30 1000 100

Texule Corp: 243 2.60

101 2.00

100007 0.40

Watson

23.10 200

1.324

(il ,000 grats tons) 12 months ende

ft of Sept. Sept, World Total 1953 1932 1933 1032

1,150 27% 50% 3.301

L Sinceres COTTONS

Ewo

Crawford 23:40

23 04 22.30

5000 2.90

74

2,002 37

3207745

3,013 1,802

2,016 73 2,109 75

****

Or

2000 0.45

Thyssen- Expansion

Scheme

Bonn, Nov. 3. Part of the steel empire built by Fritz Thyssen, the Ruhr-In- dustrialist who helped Anance Hitler, is likely to be expanded with the help of a $10,000,000 from the (£3,570,000) loon ANOTHER WARNING World Bank. The plant is the A further warning on the August Thyssen Mill at Dute disastrous effect on shipbuilding burg-Hambom.

Director sald "We of high taxation in the UK has

con- that the loon been given by the President of Adently expect

forthcoming". the Chamber of Shipping, Mr will bo Donald Anderson. Ho said that Adenauer's Government, which relief must be granted and that e backing the negotiations with the basis of taxation or deprecia- the World Bank, will guarantee

for this the loan. tion must be altered

Dr

branch whether or not it could With the loan financing it, he altered for all industry. He the Thyssen Mill hopes to speed be the pointed cut that there was no output to around 1,000,000 tons

that spent

will be great of steel yearly. This industry

part of West Germany' drive a part of its profit an de-

QS did shipping, to boost total production to an preciation

anmua! festimating this expenditure at

20,000,000 tons within Ko. I rabber per lb. Nov. 6423-55

Dec. 543-841 3 times the average

Clasing prizem

Estimated output for this year is already 18,000,000. When

tion for all industry propor- the next year or so.

Mr Anderson challenged the No. 4 rubber per ib. Now view that shipping could not be the West allies still controlled

treated as a special 43-44

Blanket crepe No. 1 pale prepe

00-02

United Press, LONDON MARKET

London, Nov. 3. The rubber market was carler with No. I has spot quoted 10-1/18 penge per lb., lowest London, Nov. 3.

in March, 1, 1950: Prices 8.815-2.811

..... 18-16) 3375 3/15-3.10.0/16 Epot No. 1 10.831-10.6312- Hotlement House

Dee. 140.15-14020"

10.383-10.3834

22.10-12.194S,

30-381-10.30

377936-97934 14.42th-14.4BL

19.82-80.10 11.701-12.7034 15 7/10-18 0/16 -United Press.

JAPANESE Japanese bonds

"B" (4 of 1910)

KCH (35 of 1007)

London. Nov, 3.

73 094

Yon/Mar.

April/June

July/Sept.

Cit base ports, Nov.

Dec.

Ketate wepe thick

Jan.

thing

industrial announced early

Cese for output the permitted limit was He contended 11,500,000 tons, taxation relier.

The Duisburg Mill is one of that "enormous help" was being given to other branches the air- the 20 into which the British, Thyssen Combinej under their craft industry in particular by French and Americans split the the Exchequer, in various ways,

for plans both direct and indirect.

concentration deserted that shipbuilding this year.

to special a"great claim

The operation meant £13,000,- treatment sizes it produced motel 000 each

in shares to Fritz foreign exchange than any other Thy seen's widow' Amelio and 164-157aingle British vessel the

their doughter Countess Anita Ilving In Buenos

101-18

1814-1846

101-384

10-1814

18-10 14-161 unquoted

'He had

Another inge

passenger motorship Vchts, be-after, longing to the Bergen Steamship

The

10% nomin

United Press, AMSTERDAM MARKET

Amsterdam, Nov...

called the

"now

bulk of the two heiresseR* Is to be Biled, with a holdings are in other successor

stablilier. The vessel is of 0,212 1orks gross... The companies but each also have a

limited number of shares in, company decided on this slep the Duisburg. plant-London No. 2 rubber per D. Nov, 136 veld Ulner of 114 cents, wild the Express Service. BONDS No. 2 rubber per Nov. No maid view of experience

No. 3 rubber per 1b. Nov. 193 Com. Leeds, also filled with the No. 1 crepe rubber per lb. 1,73 nom.

device. United Press,

The Clan Stewart has been launched by the Greenock Dock- for Clan Line

Business was done in the local exchange market thin Steamers Ltd. It is of 8,150 tons unofficial

merning at the following sales ma and is The pepper market was easter gross (11,100 DW)

V.a. dolar (per $1) Ent 78 today. "White Sarawak was equipped with Parrons turbines sterling notes (per ci) 10.78 851aupted at 0/40 and black of 0.400 shp driving a ringle Indonesian ruilders (per 100) 18.50 032 Serawak 8/9 sellers.Unira sere Service feed is 6% Blam Eticals of per* 100) 924

Singapors (EkrMta). Indo-China plastres (per 160) United Press,

"A" (is'of 1809)

«!»ƒ” (68»-of-1924)

**E" (51⁄4%* of" 1030) ....... 1401⁄2- Tokyo 51% or 1920)

•"G" (Tókýa ön of 1912

His Consola

Pepper In London yard Company

Press

London, Nov. 3.

knots-China Mall Special.

Exchange

Rates

30.00