BIG NITRATE SHIPMENTS
Cargoes to France and Russia
SCRAP-IRON FOR JAPAN
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright SAN CRISTOBAL, Feb. 20.
A sharp increase in the carriage of nitrate by ships passing through the Panama Canal en route from Chile to Europe has aroused comment.
The total tonnage of nitrate usable in the manufacture of explosives to pass through the canal this month reached 93,604 tons on Tuesday. Half the shipments have been consigned to the Azores for orders. Shipping officials say that these cargoes will bo ro-dirccted from there to Russia. France also is said to be buying large amounts of nitrate.
On the other hand, vessels in transit from North America to Japan almost daily carry scrap-iron, steel, lead and cotton, which also can be used for making munitions,
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 61, 22 February 1934, Page 9
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