Shanghai, Apr. 5.
The deterioration In. the. Jabour situation here during the past. few Jdays had ity sequel in the First [Special District Court yesterday when thirteen tailors who are out on strike were given fines ranging from $10 to [$20 for intimidating other tailors 10 lay off work, "re strikers were arrested in five tailor shops in the Settlement on [Thursday after causing a commotion in the establishments where they unsuccessfully tried to get the tailors Jemployed there to walk out imposing the fines Judge Tau observed that while their demands for higher wages may be justified lowing (0 the high cost of living, they should sock to attain their ends bs [peaceful means, "One of the defend-fants when questioned by the court disclosed that the average pay of a [Chinese tailor employed in a tailoring establishment in the Settlement is $50, which, he declared, fs hardly sume lent to meet present living costs, Drug Adi ts Sentenced Shanghai, Apr. 8.
'Three drug addicts were each sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment yesterday in the First Special Dis {viet Court. One Chinese, who was found operating an opium and heroin cen, drew three years and his wife two! years and six months. A-minor accomplice drew only three months. 'They were all recently arrested in a hut'in' Tonequin Road by the Gordon Road police.
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