The Archive · 1937

(Snow Flakes) Hong of India Rimsky-Korsakoff

Selection "No, no, Nanette"... Youmans _Excur valuable articles, including a celadon incense-burner, worth in all about ¥150,000, were stolen from the famous Tojiin temple in Kyoto, the theft being discovered last week, The room housing these and- other treasures was opened for public inspection on July 4, and it is presumed that the articles were stolen some time since this date. The thief carefully replaced and locked the padlocks on the cases after removing the articles and it was therefore only accidentally that the theft was discovered, Sremes and labour disputes in Japan during the first five months of this year totalled 1,332, almost double the number for the same period of last year, a survey by the social bureau of the Home Ministry has revealed, Participants numbered 169,797, which was five times as many before, when the total was 93,476. During May alone, the country experienced 280 strikes, in contrast to 134 during the same month of last year. The participants numbered 35,70, almost exactly double the total for May, 1936

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