'To show what modern Malaya is becoming, T have to tell about a strike of' tailors in' Kuala Lumpur} (the capital of the F, which sted @ week. The men went on strike and made the following "lemands:—That there should be no more work on Sundays; that their wages should be raised 45 per cent., and that they should in future only work an eight-hour day. At first the employers refused to. parley, and then (seeing the valuable work that was being lost to them in a time of coming boom), they gave in and consented to most of the men's ldomands. Now the position is that, [the men no longer have to work on Sundays, that" the has been made a nine-hour day, and their wages have been raised by 40 per holders in Java and Sumatra have cent, Proved one of the greatest stump-|""Personaliy, 1 am glad of the seem as it we should have ling-blocks, but now it really docs} meny Inid future even some of our humblest means that Ddefore us a workable restriction] workers are going to know the real scheme, and it is to be hoped that meaning of the words "spare time," ft may' help to save the rubber in-land they. are going to benedt, ase
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