The Sleeawel Catholic Orphanage employees were working as usual yesterday after a brief strike a few ays ago, although there was little trouble with workers in the drawing department where working hours were reduced, which meant deceased Pay for the workers. Another short-lived Inbour disagreement was re-Ported to have taken place at the Siccawei Middle School for Girls where maid-servants declared a go-slow strike on Wednesday, asking for more pay. 'They were promised an increase in pay' if they went back to their work, A complete settle ment is very jukely inthe near future.
0, Workers Seek Increase Hospital Strike Deadlocked It ig understood that employees of the Chinese Post OMice have pre~ sented demands to Mr, A.-M, Chapelain, Director of the Chinese Post Offl¢e in Shanghai, asking for 150 per cent. increase ili pay and living allowances Mr. Chapelain has communicated these demands to Chungking, and. is awolling the reply, The Post Office workers were granted a 75 per cent, increase Tecently, and the. new demands, it 48, believed, require that this" be raised to 150 per cent.
Trams Resume gan, 10, Thousands of Shanghai residents were pleasantly surprised yesterd: morning to see trams in the streets after a one-day strike on Wednesday The strike at the Ste, Marie's Hospital remained deadlocked, but hopes were expressed that an agreement would be reached in the near future, The Political Department of the French Police is said to be con-neting negotiations between the management of the hospital and the strikers.
Chinese circles also believed that a Settlement would be reached, state ing that most of the strikers' were Catholics and that the French fathers: were for an early agreement. Many Chinese bodies and individuals have contributed money and rice to the strikers, some of whom, it is report-are' in @ very sorry plight.
The employees of four main hire car companies and the Commercial Press were awaiting a reply to their
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