The Archive · 1939

Hongkew Bus Service Resumed

Intimidated Workers Turn Up for Jobs Services of the Central China Urban Motor Transport Company, operating buses in Yangtszepoo and Hongkew, were expected to be fully restored by yesterday morning after a temporary breakdown on Thursday when Chinese employees failed to report for work after having been intimidated by Chinese terrorists, the "Shanghai Mainichi" reported yesterday.

Worst affected by the threats, the daily said, were the conduetorettes. More than 100 of these, however, had resumed work by Thursday night, with other Chinese employees returning to their jobs beginning at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

Bus services were curtailed to 40 per cent, of normal because of the failure of Chinese employees to report on Thursday morning.

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