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auto-parts to be despatched urgently by parcel post.
22.8.42
(b) C oal ,
In a letter dated zz.o
Idohd. liar z ook 9 Kara chi 5 Sa
himself as an old customer
addressee for considerable
and sailcloth.
(c) Gunny bags for Ba
.c) The following is
Noorbhoy Alibhoy Halai & S
Nisa T T ia Street,Khank Road
t icber , conent, etc . - largo orders frgn-B agh&va. -
(which was recently seen in the Bureau) to
leh Abdul Sagar, Baghdad, after introducing
of Jethabhai Gokal placed orders with the
quantities of coal, timber, cement, long cloth
3 rah —
a n ex tract f r ori a 1 e t t^ er d a t ed •18.9.42 t r or i
ons, Karachi,to Adamali Roorhhai Halai,
, As hear, Basrah ;~
»«I have heard that export of empty gunny bags from Bombay
has been stopped and such a time will come, when we.will hardly
be able to export a single gunny bag. It is also said that empty
gunny bags will also be controlled by the Government. There is
already commotion in the market about this. Today’s rate is
53/8/-” The writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. encloses a rough invoice for 300.bales of
empty gunny bags (value Rs.58,900/7/6)exported, iron Karachi to Basrah.
(d) Spare parts of Lin otyp e - to be despatched, in the^.naine, of
ar my offic er — In a letter d a t ed 17.9.42 to. 1 /s Linotype and La chi-
nery"Ltd,, Bombay, the-Times Press, Baghdad, while placing an order
with the addressees for spare parts of Linotype to be despatched by
parcel post in the name of l ajor J a C.Wilder, British Army Public
Relations, G.H.Q. , Persia and Iraq Force, Baghdad, stated as follows:
”We are asking you to send these parts to the address given
above to avoid the necessity of an import permit. There is no
customs duty on printing machinery imported into Iraq. Your
bill should be sent direct to us, not to Major Wilder”.
(e) Tea - despatch to Basreh agai nst old permits, - ^ The
following cable was sent on 21.9*42 by Alkazi, Bombay, to Paha<l .
Alrashid, Sulaiman Aldukain, Kheclair Attar, Basrah I
"Some exporters shipping to Basrah about twelvethousand cases
tea against old permits in future export prohibited.”
C. BAHRAIN * '
Trade i n Persian curren c y notes on a considerab 1 e s_cal_e - Tin
foil owing extract from a letter dated 7.9.1942 from Kewalram & Sons,
Bahrain, to Haridas Kewalram Bhatia, C/0 Kev/alrar & Sons, Tatta
(Sind), is of interest
«#\
"At present the rate of Persian Currency Notes is 1,030. In
this mail Pahanal received eight parcels of them valuing
Rs.20,000/-. You have also the licence for Rs.3,500/-. If you
can buy them at this.rate, please send them by post parcels,
after having them censored by the Censor authorities. Please
have all our parcels insured ....o You write t hast irate
■ of Persian C/Notes at your end is 1,175/80. You have the
licence for 3,500/- and if you can buy that much goods at tMs
rate, please send them by air mail parcels or else by post
pa reals. You may also try for some more, licences or ask Messrs.
Ramchand Laghanmal to help you to secure some new licences.
As mentioned above, please try to send me some more parcels of
Persian C/Notes. They come cheaper by post-parcels. Please
try to send me as much as possible, Panamal also received hi«~>
eight parcels valuing F-s, 20 , 000 /- which he had bought at the
rates of 1,115/- 1,170/- and which he has 1 been able to dispost
of at 1,037 and thereby has been able to make some- good' profit.”