The Archive · 1925

STUDENT AGITATORS

Those responsible for the strike at the mills of the Nagai Wata sha are continuing their agitation, with threats towards the peacefully disposed, and they have been joined by a band of some 20 so-called students who are urging perseverance in the strike.

On Thursday morning, three of the [company's mills, two at Ferry Road and one at Pootoo Road, began work practically at full strength, while about one-third of the 1,500 employees vat the No, 9 (Markham Road) mill returned to work. Of the 3,000 hands employed in mills:

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