aot SE Hlarch 22,'n plea Peking, Mar. 30,
and interesting ceremony' to Place at Chiaotso,. Honan, where! the workmen of th Pekin' Syndicate mines paraded the streets for some considerable time. carrying} with them three, tablets. eulogism viretous deeds of Ae. D. Selle ers, the Colliery Manager, well '26 those of Messrs. Wel ad 7 wf the Chinest Staff. The sounds music and the firing of crackers attracted a large crowd of epectators, who followed the procession until it reached the Head Office of the Syndicate, where the tablets were presented with all due cere-
The action on the part of the yrorkmen was prompted by the fact That although the Syndicate has, fon account of the unsetied condi: tions of the country and. the lack of transport, been" compelled for several years to suspend its actual Guining "operations, yet it has re: tained the services of a number of 'Ghem in order to. supply. electric Ahght and water to the. neighbour-Wood, and so has helped to relieve tin a' practical manner the distress Which is go prevalent all round
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