"Unless accompanied by a Chinese translation, letters in English from the Shanghai Municipal Council shall not be accepted in future." Such is the order contained in a citcular letter addressed by the Shang. hai Machine-Made Goods Merchants Association to its member factories, The action by the above Chinese association has been taken as a result of the efforts of the Council to compel certain factory owners to move structures which constitute a menace to, the safety of the factory workers. The Council recently gave warnings in the form of letters to a imber of Chinese factories, the structure of which was considered inadequate.
The circular letter of the above Chinese association states further: Factories which have no translators will have to ask somebody to trai late the letters of warning from the Shanghai Municipal Council, but a Chinese translation of the letter may not give the proper meaning of wording. Through a. wrong trai lation of the meaning, a factory may be caused to suffer." Hence Coun cil's letters in English shall be reaccompanied by Prominent passengers en route to England are Mrs.
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