Manchester, Mar. 27.
The Cotton Yarn Association today considered a scheme for amal-gameting the cotton-mills in the American section of the industry under the title of the Lancashire Textile Corporation, Ld.; 200 com-panics were represented at the It was explained that the scheme would involve the formation of a holding company with a large capital, and individual concerns would be asked to allow their shareholders and toanholders to decide whether to join, It is understood that the scheme will be supported by some of, the lending Banks heavily interested in the cotton industry and that preference shares will be issued as 9
Lonvon, Mar. 22—The British Legion Appeal Fund announce that, £504,000 was received as a result of the Poppy Day appeal in 1927, in cluding £03,891 contributed " by Bi overseas.—
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