A fow minutes before ihe departure ota steam launch for the Interior by way of the Soochow Creek, a woman was arrested with two loaded pistols, by, the River Police on April 29. 'Three' men, said to have boarded the launch together with the woman escaped. The launch was moored alongside the Soochow Road shore, when the police conducted their search, Tue Mayor Silk Mill's Nos, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and ® factories resumed opera tions on May 2, the labourers, who recently declared "a strike, having called off the walk-out by order of the Chinese authorities. The No. 10 factory in Chapel is expected to reopen in the next few days.
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