Shanghai, Sept A {otal of 4,095 passengers were carried from Shanghai to Hangchow by the Shanghai-Nanking Railway during August, a Chinese report stated yesterday.
Goods brought by trains to the lakeside city during the same period included 18,049 bags of rice, 1,226 bags of sugar, 1,200 tins of petroleum and a large quantity of cigarettes North China Plans Peiping, Sept. 5.
Simultaneously with the establish ment of the ¥300,000,000 North Chit Development Company on Oct. 3 a large number of subsidiary com: panies will be organized in accord. ance with extensive plans mapped! out by local authorities subject approval by the Japanese Govern ment, it was disclosed here: today.
According to the plans, coal mines In Tsingching, Tzuchwan, Pangtzu. Tatung and other places will managed by a combine of six cou Industriatists, The number of com panies to operate the mines will be limited to six 1941, 10,000,000 tons of coal will }ve exponed and 20,000,000 tons will be consumed at home, according resent plans, Two projected telegraph and tel phone companies, including the North China and Monkiang Telegrapl and Telephone Companies, will be brought under the control of the Nortlt China Development Company.
As regards the management of the electric power industry, the Monklans Electric Power Development Company will be established under control of the development con pany, in addition to the Nort China Electric Power Company ant the Tientsin Electric Power Company One company to specialize in coal Uquefaction projects will be est ablished in the Peiping-Tientsin i trlet—Domel.
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