Toyko, June 2.
Olt flowed out of the coal lique~ faction plant at Omuta for the first time on May 29 since August 1997 when the Mitsui Mining Company erected a mill in Fukuoka Prefecture, Miike coal used at the plant is not Dest for this work and for this reason, the plant may be moved elsewhere when it attains targo-scale production For the time being, bowyer, it up-Pears to be only for research pur-
Sino-Belgian Bank in tientsin Functions Peiping, June. 2.
Chinese reports that the Sino~ Belgian Bank at Tientsin has closed {te doors are exaggerated, it is point= ed out by the Belgian Embassy here.
The bank, it is stated, Is still functioning normally, and there has been no run by creditors—Reuter.
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