Antwerp, Apr. 3.
'The union of Belgian' diamonds cutters decided to decrease the production by fifty per cent. by closing the workshops for a fortnight very month. This decision is to take effect from April 14—Tvane-Ocean Kuo Min, Yawata, Apr. 4:—A. fire broke in the tenzol factory of the ernment iron works here at. con to-da. Thousands of workers assisted in the tack of gushing the fire, which was put cut by 12.40 pom. The damage, it reported, is not verious,—Renter.
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