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“...into
consideration we welcome the change
under prevailing circumstances and we
are sure that the editorial in Great
Britain and the East will continue to be
as instructive as hitherto.”
Mr. A. W. Fawcett, of A. Macfee and
Company, Limited, the exporters of
Guinness, says: “Candidly, I think the
Pocket-size for all magazines is much
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.
JUNE 13, 1942
A DOMESTIC MATTER
better than the larger sizes and 1 think
we have only stuck to the old sizes in the
past as a matter of habit.”
As in so many problems, we shall
better be able to judge when the war is
won. Meanwhile we appreciate the good-
will of the leading British companies
who make this journal’s work possible.
The editorial space will not be reduced;
rather will it...”
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“...was due, it must be
admitted, to special factors which could
not apply to any of the neighbouring
countries. But when adverse conditions
ultimately developed in Palestine Iraq
took her place as the leader of the
economic recovery iji the Middle
East, and the result of the praiseworthy
activities in these countries was that the
depression was less prolonged in that
area than it was elsewhere. This was a
pointer to the future. The natural
resources of the Middle East then being
developed were bringing these countries
to the forefront. No one who knows the
position would maintain for a moment
that this development is more than at its
beginning. In another decade or two new
irrigation works and improved communi-
cations will bring about immense changes
in Iraq which may well become the
granary of the Near and Middle East.
Iraq is perhaps in a specially favoured
position, but there is not one of the
countries of the Middle East that cannot
anticipate improved economic conditions
through increased...”
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“...rubber.
NEW MAN-POWER
DRIVE
The committee set up by the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer under the
Chairmanship of Lord Kennet to investi-
gate what practical measures can be
taken to secure the greatest release of
man-power from banks, investment
trusts, insurance companies, finance and
discount houses, and Stock Exchange
businesses includes
Sir Felix Pole, Mr.
number of business
Lord Kennet is
Treasury Capital
Chairman of Denny Mott and Dickson,
Director of the Southern Railway and
Chairman of the Iraq Currency Board.
Sir William Wood is President of the
London Midland and Scottish Railway.
Sir Felix Pole is Chairman of Asso-
ciated Electrical Industries, Edison
Swan Cables and Edison Swan Electric,
Electrical Manufacturers' Finance,
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical and Mil-
ford Docks, and a Director of other
companies, including British Thomson-
Houston and Westland Aircraft. Mr.
E. H. Lever, F.A.I., was for many years
Joint Secretary of the Prudential Assur-
ance; is now Chairman of Richard...”
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“...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.
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Cargo taken on through Bill of Lading to
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