Willingness to comply with the requirements of the Shanghai Municipal Council is being shown by the majority of the factories affected by the recent closure and removal notices. Official statements on. the Situation, however, are limited by the fact' that the matter has now reached the stage where writs will be issued unless satisfaction is The Rev. V. G. Sutcliffe arrived hereon duly 29 in the N. ¥. K. a5- Nagasaki Mara from a month's fnoliday in Japan, M. Etienne Lardy, Consul-General and Charge d'Affaires for Switzerland, arrived here from Japan in the N.Y.K, s. Shanghai "ton July 26, Sir Robert Ho-tung, the Hong-ko London nursing. home.
Hig. con tion was reported by Reuter on July, 26 as showing some improvement.
The China Ping Pong Ca. Lane 849, Yuhang Road, " Hongkew, originally ordered to remove with: fu three weeks in the absence of improvements to premises, is now planning the building of a new fac~ tory. Sketch plans have been sub mitted to the S.M.C. for approval or suggestions.
Chinese sources state that the works of the Yee Song Vuleanising Ca, Pessang Road, are voluntarily carrying out necessary improvements. In the case of the Yee Yuan Valeanising Works, North Chengtu Road, which is suspending work for three months as from July 1, the Social Affairs Bureau has negotiated a settlement to the effect that a food grant be issued to each worker, with a further sum as loan, to be deducted from wages on_restimption of work.
"The French municipal "authori ties, it, is reported, have permitted the Dah Chung Vuicanising Works, Route de Zikawei, to postpone the removal of its boilers and furnace.
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