The Archive · 1940

Local Situation Better

P.W.D. Dispute Expected to End Today; French Tramway Official Hopes to Have Buses Out Shanghai, Oct. 1. INDICATIONS that Shanghai will revert to complete normal were in evidence yesterday when all the P.W.D. highway and transport coolies resumed work after four days of strike. The coolies returned at 6 am, and there now remain but about 100 Chinese, doing odd jobs for tue P.W. stu These, however, are expected to return this morning.

Nevertheless, a minor incident was reported in the morning when several of these strikers overturned a few garbage carts in Markham Road at 5.30 a.m.

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