Canton, June 16.
Following the demands for and the success in getting better con ditions and higher wages by the mechanics in Canton, the workmen in the tea guilds are also out on strike for more pay. The mechanics have succeeded in getting their em-. ployers to recognize that nine hours shall constitute a day's labour; that they shall be fully paid on the eight principal holidays of the year, although no work is required; that they shall have from 2 to 60 per cent. increase on their wages; and that they shall be given double pay, when being required to work in the evenings. The tea guilds workmen are asking for higher wages and shorter hours as well as better, conditions, but their employers hava so far failed to seo the justice of their demands.—Reuter_-
Hongkong, June 17. ment arranged by the Sivit Gov-Despite the satisfacto settle-
ernor in the mechanics' dispute, a number of mechanics' apprentices in the engineering works at Canton are on strike. The Canton Government has issued a notification, prohibiting strike propaganda.—Reuter.
Tus Hongkong Boy Scouts are now to have a magazine of their own. The new publication, which is to be the official organ of the Hongkong Boy Scovts Association, is very appropriately entitled the "Silver Wolf" and will be launched on July 1.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.