Avoidance of Competition and Mutual Assistance, Aim Preparations are being made by Chinese coal mining companies in the country to establish a joint once in. Shanghai for the purpose of devising such' measures as to be of mutual benefit and helpful to. the steady development of the industry. 'A meeting of the preparatory com= mittee was held on Monday, June 8, when it was decided that regulations governing the organization be drafted within a week, The office is to be established within three months.
The decision to organize a joint office was reached atthe National Coal Industry Conference which closed on June 3 at Nanking after three days' deliberations, "About 50 representatives of the Ministries of Industry, Finance and Railways and coal mining companies attended. DiMeulties encountered by the coal mining companies due to competition and other factors were discussed. It Is hoped that the establishment joint office will solve many' problems, Particularly the avoidance of competition,
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