Sung Shih.chien (adviser to Gen. Sun Chuan-fang, Tupan of Ché- kiang), left for Hangchow to confer with Tupan Sun on Saturday morn rs relating At a meeting of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce on Saturday afternoon, "it was announced that Mr. Vu Ya-ching and Mr. Fang Chu-pah, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, would return to their posts and resume their duties. This announcement was received with applause.
Two clerks of the Yangtszepoo shipyards were assaulted by loaters on Saturday for carrying on their work in spite of warning to them to desist. It is believed that the loafers were in the employ of the General Labour Union.
Owing to breakdown in the temporary machinery installed by the Tobacco Products Ca., 60: Yulin Road, and not because the workers To throw sand in the eyes of the Inbourers, the Provisional Relief Commitee has issued a statemort thad it has received further contributions. This may be so but cer-[tainly none has been distributed Jamong the labourers. The Associa tion has rejected an application of the General Labour Union tov '$4,000 but on the other hand it haw Jasked the members of the Chinese General Chamber of Commercs te Jadvance $400,000 for the strikers. support, The members of the committee have also decided to allot {themeelves "locomotion allowances" (in Chinese it is "horse and car riage fee") and decided they wild help thamsclves to. this from the funds of the Association.
At a meeting of the Genera? will resume a8 soon as the machines Viare repaired.
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