Tokyo, Jan. 30.
Shipments of miscellaneous goods destined for the interior of China through French Indo-China are increasing steadily and in recent weeks have exceeded arms and ammunition in volume, the Harfoi correspondent of the "Nichi-Nichi's" chain of newspapers reported today.
Motor trucks were being used to transport the goods. The correspondent reported that the authorities of French Indo-China restricted the use of motor trucks last November on instructions from Paris but lifted the restrictions in December.
More than 10,000 persons were reported to have been given jobs in connection with the transportation of goods from Haiphong to China by way of 1 Transportation companies and branch offices of the Central Bank of China and the Bank of China were being established in Hanoi and Haiphong to facilitate shipments of goods on a large scale, the correspondent said.—Domei.
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