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“...GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EAST
INCORPORATING “THE NEAR EAST AND INDIA”
Telegrams : Eastaprox, Westcent, London
Telephone : Holborn 8254-5
Subscription: 30s. a year
Registered as a Newspaper
The authority for 30 years on the industry,
economics and current affairs of Great
Britain, the Balkans, Turkey, Egypt, the
Sudan, Malta, Cyprus, Palestine, Syria,
Iraq, Iran, Arabia, India, Afghanistan,
the Netherlands East Indies, the
Federated Malay States, China and Japan.
MAY 16, 1942
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE EAST, LTD.
133 -136, High Holborn, London, W.C.l
No. 1616—Vol. LV1H
Postage: Inland l|d., Abroad Id.
NEW GOVERNMENT EXPORT POLICY?
‘THE British Government is thinking
* about industry and trade after the
war. There were official statements some
months ago that any consideration of
post-war trade was premature, but Sir
Kingsley Wood, repeating and expanding
his views on future monetary policy,
shows that considerable thought and some
preparation are going on now in White-
hall. And what Whitehall thinks...”
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“...mining methods of the ancients were
crude; they confined their attention to
large nuggets, throwing aside material
that with modern treatment would yield
a substantial proportion of ore. It is not
surprising to learn, therefore, that when
the mine was again worked the accumula-
tion of ore has yielded gold dust to the
value of about £600,000. The Standard
Oil Company of California is now pro-
ducing increasing quantities of oil at
Hasa—it has a sixty years’ lease of the
field—and as in the case of Iraq Saoudi
Arabia is looking to this concession to
provide the necessary funds for works of
development. This oil concession might
have fallen to a British company but the
opportunity was not taken, though the
oil-bearing regions elsewhere in the
Middle East might have been accepted as
an unfailing guide to probabilities. The
existence of these two minerals does not
constitute a proof that Saoudi Arabia
possesses other, as yet untapped mineral
resources, but there are good grounds
for the assumption...”
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“...(late MOHAMERAII) and BASRA.
Subject to the terms of the Company's usual form of Bill of Lading.
Cargo taken on through Bill of Lading to
BAGDAD, TEHERAN, QUASR-I-SH1RIN. KERMANSHAH,
HAMADAN and TABRIZ.
Vessels loaded regularly at London. Glasgow. Manchester. Also occasional
Sailings from Cardiff. Newport and Swansea.
For Freight and Passage apply to Loading Brokers :—
FRANK C. STRICK & CO., Ltd., 117/121 Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.3
FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA), LTD., P.O. Box 49, BUSIIA, Iraq
ST" NICOSIA, GEORGE HOTEL
* I '1ME counts as never before—that
-L is why so many progressive garages
build their servicing methods round
electric tools. The ‘Wolf’ Valve Refacer,
for example, will grind with precision
accuracy the valves of motor cars, lorries,
motor cycles, etc.; taking valves with
heads up to 4in. diameter and valve stems
Jin. to |in. diameter.
Whether you need valve
seat grinders, drills, bench
grinders or sanders, specify
‘Wolf’ and enjoy the best
value in electric tools....”
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“...IMPERIAL
BANK OF IRAN
(Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1889)
CAPITAL (fully paid) - £1,000,000
RESERVE £760,000
Reserve Liability of Shareholders,
£1,000,000
Branches ;
Ahwaz
Arab
{Sultanabad)
Baghdad
Basra
Bush ire
Hamadan
Isfahan
ffermansbah
Khorram Shahr
Kuwait
Meshed
Resht
Chief Office : — TEHERAN
Teheran
{Bazaar Office)
Zahedan
Shiraz
Tabriz
The Bank transacts banking business of every description in
and connected with Iran and Iraq ; and in London, grants
Drafts, Telegraphic Transfers and Letters of Credit, and
negotiates or collects Bills on Iran and Iraq.
Head Office 11, TELEGRAPH ST.,
MOORGATE, E.C.2...”
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