According to the Chinese Press the Chairman of the Provincial Council end his wife have been visiting the B.A.T. Factory, where they were well entertained and shown all the various processes. 4 reporter states that as the result of the visit the Chairman has sug. gested that the hours of work should be reduced from ten per day to the eight hours called for by "the regulations," and that the conditions under which the women work should -be investigated. If that reporter is not talking out of his own hend, the Chairman has made about as discourteous a return for the hospitality extended to him as one can imagine. well-known that the B.A.T. Factory is one of the best Tun factorjes in China, and the reference to "regulations" which are not observed by any Chinese shop or factory in the city is particularly ill-th
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