London via Bombay, 7th January.
There was an extraordinary demand on the Cardiff Coal Exchange yesterday for tonnage for the Far East.
In addition to six large vessels previously chartered by one firm for Japan, four others were fixed on Monday The British Admiralty is also acking for further tonnage for Hongkong and other Eastern depots.
The Admiralty agents have paid twenty shillings a ton for a 5,000- ton vessel for Hongkong.—Reuter,
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