MARINE INSURANCE,

Marlborough Express, Volume L, Issue 156, 4 July 1916, Page 5

MARINE INSURANCE,

, AN, INCREASE IN RATES.

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: : - WELLINGTON,: July. 4. The Underwriters' Association J has reeeiv.(jd : a cablegram from London stating that- the.'marine 'insurance rate's on the Panama and Mediterranean routes^ have been -; increased from 30$ to £3 per cent. : ; No reason is assigned for the increase. .-■■.'■ '-<;■_ •-. ' -.- ■■.'■ '■.-': -■::.' ■ '.

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Automatic exchanges are referred to in the annual report of tlio Past nvia Telegrapji "Depa-rtment,-- •which .states, that their opening has been serKn;sly. delayed on account vof niai"rials not coming to hand ;iwingto -the- war. . The •';' transfer of the maniifaciure from Antwerp to London did not prove successful, owing partly to the scarcity, of.-'skilled. craftsmen,', aaid: also to the fact that the factories were required' for the manitfacture of munitions of war.^ To meet tho Department's require-' men is .tho "company then transferred its tools for the manufacture of these automatic, .'appliances to their extensive >vorks in Chicago, and although ■tiiis. sWa,s tlono as promptly as ppssib'e, ■there was neeeswinty■ a cpnsiderable time occupied in fitting-; up the 'appliances and adapting: the staif to- the mew requirements.; The la.test atlvice. is that matters axe\; noivf-pror-gi:essin.g; as vwell as .can be reasonably expected in; the /"unique *; oohditions,; arid.that a much'mor.e'rapid delivery; of 1\io; ..equipment'., may he;, lookedyfor.

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