The Archive · 1897

Another Cotton Mill for Hongkong

A second cotton spinning, weaving, and dyeing factory is likely to be started in this Colony. This company is being promoted by one of the principal piece firms, and the prospectus is expected to appear ery shortly. I hear i is proposed to start with -50,000' spindles, to be increased as circumstances may require, The promoters have already secured the refusal, from Government, of a suitable site, with a plentiful water supply. There have been rumours of a third cotton mill, but these have resolved into thin air,

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