Hundreds of workers in Shanghai will be thrown out of work if the Japanese continue to blockade the east Chekiang coast for, in addition to holding Gp steamers, more than 30 silk filatures in the Settlement have been forced to stop operations because they cannot obtain cocoons ing to the blockade, states the "Shing Sheng News Agency." There are more than 40 silk filatures in the western district here and the remaining 10.of them which are still in operation will soon be forced to close if tio fresh cocoons are forthcoming before the end of next month.
During April and May of this year, silk merchants in Shanghai sent representatives to the occupied districts in Chekiang and Kiangsu to collect cocoons, but when they were about to transport their cocoon to Shanghai, fighting in Chinghai suddenly broke out. More than 100,000 piculs of cocoons were therefore' stranded in Chekiang and fears are entertained that if they be kept there any longer, they. may be spoilt.
Fresh cocoons collected in districts near the railway zones are controlled by the Japanese and have been distributed to silk filatures there. Inquiries made by the news agency reveals that more than 30 Shanghai silk filatures, mostly located in Ferry Road, Kiaochow Road and Penang Road have been forced to close their doors in view of lack of cocoons. The remaining 10 silk filatures still have some cocoons to work on, but their ready stock is enough for use only until the end of September.
British Notes Must Be Chungking Orders Bank Of China to Perform Task Kuomintang Receives $1,000 from Hawaii Chungking, Aug. 25. The Overseas Affairs Board of the Kuomintang today received U.S$1,000 from the Hawaiian Chinese War Relief Association for the Society of Friends of the Wounded.—
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