At a meeting of the Cantonese Provisiow. Merchants' Guild, reported in the Chinese: press on Tues. day, it was decided to draft a letter to be sent to the local shipping companies to the effect that consignees would hold_ the shippers responsible for delay in the delivery of perishable cargo caused through the seamen's strike in Hongkong.
On Monday two representatives of labour organizations supporting the seamen on strike in Hongkong interviewed an official of the Municipal Police. The delegates were given to understand that the authorities would countenance—the organization of various bodies in sympathy with the aims of the men, but were warned that immediate action would be taken against any movement threatening the peace and good order of the Settlement.
The Shanghai Labourers' League has sent. a gift of $1,000 towards the relief of strikers in Hongkong.
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