Very Few Left at Harbin and Mukden Changchun, Mar, 5.
A further half dozen British subjects have left Harbin. Their decision to depart was made sometime ago and is in no way connected with the Tokyo Embassy's latest evacuation advice to Britons in Manchoukuo.
Unless the Far Eastern situation becomes really drastic, it is doubtful whether any more people will go, it generally being felt that those who were in a position to/ leave have already done so.
Only small communities remain in Mukden and Harbin, mainly menfolk engaged on essential tasks. Very few British women are left in either Workers to Transfer To War Industry London, Mar. 5, Many factories in Britain will be closed down so as to release workers and machines for the production of vital war material, according to a statement by the President of the Board of rade, Captain Oliver Lyttelton, in the House of Commons, As a result of this scheme, 100,000 workers will be available to man ammunition factories,—Reuter, Tientsin American Newspaper for Sale Tientsin, Mar. 5. The American owned "North China Star," one of the largest English language daily newspapers published here, carried an advertisement in its issue today, announcing that its owns will sell part of their ownership to any person regardless of nationality.—Domei,
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