More than 500 silk weaver and. women, held "demonstrations. Chinese territory on June 17 in protest against a raid by Chapel police branch office of their union on June 16, About 1,600 of the workers are now on strike, The raid was made of 10 p.m. on the once of the Third District Union, 20 Hung Shing Li, Brenan Road, in Chinese territory, and it is said that the Chapel police, besides arresting 42° persons," seized. a mass of documents found in the rooms.
The reaction to the raid was io strong that striking silk weavers @ecided to walk to the Jessfeld (Zaokadoo) Branah OMmce of the Chin exe Police Bureau to voice their indi nation, Some $00 of them; including many women, formed a procession and Teached the' police station at about 10 o'clock. The station, which Is off Jessfield Road, in the past has been the scone of many mob manifestations and was all but wrecked by demon-strafers last year,
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