Two large Japanese mills in the Western district resumed operations on Feb. 1.
The _N.WK. Mill No. at 14 West Soochow Road, it is understood, will operate day and night Abc 700 work:
The Kung Dah Cotton Mill No.
136 Jessfield Road, saw a slightly smaller number of hands return to their jobs. It is believed that only a day) shift will be maintained there for the, present. this fs not the ease, because rice and vegetables being "daily necessities, were formerly not subjected to taxes, while the old business licence. tax yer, employees of business concerns, first responded to the call for refugee feller and other war-time service in the first Sinowapanese hostilities in Shanghai six years ago. The members were divided into the following four units: refugee relief; transporta-rescue of the wounded In the and service.behind the lines.
While attempting to rescue some refugees from Hongkew, four of the members were reported to have been seized by Japanese soldiers and never seen again. The four members were: Mr. Lo Yung-hsiang, Mr. Ying Wendsh, Mr, Mo Chen-hsiang, and Me.
Bao Crun-wu Undaunted by the tragedy, members again left their jobs and enlisted themselves for war service on the outbreak of hostilities for the second time. Mr. Ho Kuo-shu and Mr. Tu Hsiangehsion lost their lives while attending to their work in the war zone, while fifteen others sustained wounds of varying degrees of severity.
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