London, Feb. 3.
His Majesty's Petroleum Department, in a report on drilling operations during 1920, shows that pro-
A deputation from the Trade-Union Congress to the Board of Trade has protested against the employment of Chinese and_ other cheap Asiatic labour on British ships, and asked that the Government introduce legislation to repatriate Chinese who fail to produce satisfactory evidence of British nationality, and to prohibit the employment of Chinese British ships west of the Suez Canal.
Sir Robert Home replied that he was unable to promise the legislation requested, but the Board of Trade would do all in its power to meet the points raised. He pointed oué that the number of Asiatics employed had declined since 1915, and now only represented three per cent. of the total.—Reuter.
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