Tokyo, Mar. 18.
To promote shipping in China waters on completion of the first stage of the Sino-Japanese hostilities, the" Ministry of" Communications yesterday decided to increase finan-lal grants to shipping companies, already approved by the Ministry of The Government will grant Y.190,- 000 to the Kinkal Yusen Kaisha to {increase its sailings on the Tientsin line while "¥.200,000 will be allotted the Yamashita Kisen Kaisha and two other firms for increasing sailings on the Tsingtao. run.
Funds also will be granted to the Nisshin Kisen Kaisha to assist in the salvage of three sunken vessels and to build five new ships to be used the China river and coastal ser-
Tokyo, Mar, 18, Liquefaction of coal hag now been placed by the Korea Coal Industry Company, with all-Japarfeso technical equipment, on a commercial basis, a spokesman of the Admiralty announeed last night, The Naval Fuel Depot in Japan proper succeeded in producing liquid fuel out of coat on a semi-commercial basis in 1934. The Korea Company, assisted by the Navy, launched its operations two years tater.
Machinery, capable' of a capacity output of $0,000 tons of all annually. was instanced early this year. Trial operations, the spokesman revealed, have been in progress since the end last month "with satisfactory The plant_was put on full-time on March 16. The liquefaction plant at Fushun, built by the South Manchuria Railway Company, will begin to produce oil from coal this autumn. Domei.
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