Several hundred Chinese employees and workers of the head office of the Shanghai Gas Company in Vu Ya Ching Road called a go-slow strike yesterday because they had not obtained a satisfactory answer to their demand for an increase in wages and rice allowance. They later. presented seven demands including the one asking for a 30 per cent, increase of wages, but it was learned last night that negotiations were still proceeding, The Louza police were on hand and no disturbance was reported. A Chinese employee stated that their strike did not affect customers of the company.
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