I seems probable thata river navigation steamship company will be established in July: This company may be styled the Shanghai Inland Water Steamship Company Ltd., and operated jointly by Japan and China. The Kiangsu-Chekiang Steamship Company, subsidiary of the Nisshin Steamship Compi will be the nucleus of the proposed company.
The Kiangsu-Chekiang Steamship Company has 22 small steamers of its own and 140 taken over from Chinese, It is now operating in Shang-but its activity will be extended inland.
In view of the military situation, the Japanese authorities are planning to place all junks in and about Shanghai under one guild. About 50,000 junks on the Whangpoo River will be placed under complete control by the Japanese authorities, As the first step, a guild controlling 3,000 junks operating mostly on the Soochow Creek, Shanghai, will be established shortly. Establishment of a Shanghai tug and lighter Company is also planned.—Reuter.
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