Thus, at the end of the year, the prospect for the possible re-employment of many skilled wokers was far from bright Since the outbreak of hostilities a number of small enterprises have moved from war zones into the Central and Western areas of the Settlement. The small portion of the Northern district inside the British @etence lines has also had some additions. Some of these newcomers took over premises previously o¢- cupied by factories which had moved their plants to the interior.
260 factories employing 4,206 workers moved into the Western, 138 with 2,085 workers into the Central, while 18 with 213 workers came to the Northern distriet—a total of 422 establishments with 6,884 workers.
Referring to the International Labour Organization and Factory Inspection in China, the report states that an invitation' to the Director of the office, Mr. Harold Butler, to visit Jupan was issued through Japanese delegates, and Chinese delegates renewed an invitation previously given, The outbreak of hostilities precluded the proposed visit, which had been set for November 1937.
'The annual conference of the International Labour Organization passed a lengthy resolution dealing with labour conditions in China, the nal' paragraphs of which are pended:
The Conference, considering that the International Labour Office should Fenew ts efforts to. bring about a settlement which wailld ensure that working conditions should' be regulared on similar lines in the International Settlement and in the rest of China, in order that factories on Chinese territory and. within the Settlement should not derive an unfair competitive advantage by availing themselves of the absence of Labour standard Requests the Governing Body to re-examine the question and to consider the adoption of any steps or procedure which might lead to an effective solution of this urgent problem by direct agreement between the various authorities concerned or, failing such fan agreement, by an International Convention, with a view to ensuring, the application of a uniform system The once-imposing edifice of the Church of Our Saviour, 502 Dixwell Road, stands shell-torg ruin to-day.
'Above, right, views of the damage to the west' wall and the interior, with the stained. alas representation of the Saviour. crashed by a projectile, Left, the rifled ofice suf showing evidence of a hasty but nevertheless thorough search by looters
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