SHIPS AT JAVA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2506, 6 July 1915, Page 7

SHIPS AT JAVA

. s: Y . " ' THE LATEST 'ADVICES

Tho Sydney Chamber of Commerce has advised the 'Wellington Chamber of Commerce that the position of-ships at Java is: "After authorising Mr. Allen (who represents the Australasian consignees in Java) to pay tho. four por cent, demandedj the committee ondcavoured to overcome tho demand mndo by the companies for tho supply of bank guarantees against missing bills of lading. In this the comraitteo was not successful, and is now negotiating with the Bank of New South Wales oil a basis of a guarantco to local agents of tho Gorman-Australian Company, and a guarantee to a neutral bank in Java for tho N.D.L. and Hungarian Levant Companies. Directly this is arranged you will be advised, and necessary arrangements made for an indemnity to bo signed by all consignees to tho committee. Our last cable message from Mr. Allen was to tho cffcct that tho Jjiibcck cargo would in all probability be delivered undor the same conditions as that of the Stolberg. This has boon borne out by tho local agents of the Gorman-Australian S.S. Company. As far as Mr. Alien is concorned, however, ho has been instructed to go right ahead with the payment of 4 per pent., and any time taken at this end in regard to the preparation of indomnity, collection of signatures, etc., will not affcot him in any tva#. 1 ' ' Thin letter k daUi ,