The Archive · 1937

MALAYAN CHINESE

MINERS TO STRIKE — Japanese Iron' Mines May Be Forced to Close

Singapore, Dec. 30 Three thousand workers of the Japanese-owned Dungun "Iron Mines at Trengganu. the biggest in Malaya, to-day passed a resolution to stop work on patriotic grounds.

Workers have' sent a deputation to Singapore to appeal for assistance from leading Chinese citizens here.

Most of the workers come from Shantung Province, and their action is believed to have been caused by the Japanese invasion of their province.—Reuter.

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