Work at Three Depots is Affected by Walk-out Some 1,00 road and transport coolies employed by the SMC. Public forks Department went on strike at o'clock yesterday morning after they had made demands for rice allowance and other ments in their conditions of" work. They were still on strike at a late hour yesterday.
The strikers are men who have been employed on the staffs of the P.W.D. depots in Penang Road, Brenan Road and Shunteh Road, some as casual labourers, No disturbances took place at these depots as the coolies walked out.
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