Under the chairmanship of Mr. Oong Wen-hao, Minister of Economic Affairs, a corporation has Just been formed, with a capital of $1,200,000, for the development of coal" mines in south Szechuen Province, in the vicinity of Chienwei, Lostan and Pingshan, Mr, Tang Tse-chang, the manager of the new. Corporation, will Teave Chungking tomorrow for the site of the mines, where he will slart opera tions, It" is estimated that, in ix months' time, coal output wilt be possible, with a daily capacity of from 500 to 2,000 tons—Reuter.
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