The Archive · 1938

Glenapp on Sunday

The Glen Line s. Glenapp, it was learned yesterday afternoon, will probably sail for Home ports on Sun day afternoon; there is a possibility -she may not get away till early Monday morning, but at the moment she is listed as "due to sail" on Sunday. "The Glenapp, which will be berthing at Holt's Wharf (Pootung), will be sailing with cargo and passengers for Hongkong, the Straits and usual ports, and Casablanca, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Antwerp.

Sailings in the early part of next week will also include the Messageries Maritimes liner Aramis, due to arrive from Kobe on Monday and to be sailing on Tuesday for Hongkong. Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said and Marseilles. She will probably by tying up at the Shanghai Hongkew Wharf Co.'s Hongkew Wharf, but details of tender service, etc, have not yet been finally arranged and will be made public later.

Chinese cotton mills in the western area—hit hard by the absence of demand for their products—may be taken over by Japanese interests, the "Shanghai Mainichi" reported yesterday.

Eight Chinese plants are now in operation in the district,.—including the No, 2 and No, 9 mills of the Shunhsin Cotton Spinning and Weaving Company; No. 3 mill of the Yungan Cotton Spinning and Weaving Company, and No. 1 and No. 2j mills of the Hsinyu Company.

Unable to transport the produced textiles to the hinterland or abroad, these concerns are faced with serious financial difficulties, which may compel the sale of the mills to Japanese interests, the daily said.

Japanese mills here, the "Mainichi pointed out. are in a better position, since they are able to export their product to North China, India and the South Seas Islands.

Hundreds of Chinese workers daily besiege the town offices of the Japanese cotton mills in search of employment, the daily reported

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