The No. 2 Ewo mill was forced to-close down yesterday morning asa result of a strike in the spinning department, which started on September 9. The complete cessation of work in the mill was not the result of any dissatisfaction amongst the workers, but because the other departments rap short of material when the spinning room workers struck. The mill is in the same compound at 46 Yangtszepoo Road as the No. 1 mill, where a lockout was declared on July 26, In the neighbourhood of 5,000 workers are affected by the strike and lockout,
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