Singapore, Oct, 16.
'A plot to blow up the naval base here was revealed to-day at the trial of three Chinese accused. of manufacturing explosives without 'a licence. Arrest of the Yhree accused followed an explosion ina building near the base. All the Chinese were employed as house-boys for British Subjects connected with the base. "United Press, Nanking, Oct. 18 The Ministry of Industry is devising measures for the abolition of the Drehensible system of contract labour (pao-kung) in order to better the eonditions of the workers.
According to this system, a contract concluded between the management and a foreman of the workers" (pa0- kung-tow), to provide labour for the completion of a given project within given period for a definite sum of money. The foreman hires the work: ers at his own rates, which {nthe productive enterprises under taken by the State and workers will henceforth receive their full wages direct, without discount—Kuo
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