A WAY THEY HAVE IN CHINA
(Received 13th November, 10 a.m.) SHANGHAI, 12th November. The largest Chinese printing works" in the country, valued at several million dollars, took fire this morning. It is situated outside the foreign settlement, and was only -attended by the Chinese Fire Brigade, who duly arrived on the spot, and raised the question of the non-payment of arrears of salary, refusing in the meantime to do a hand's1 turn. The lire burned for an hour and a half until a settlement was reached. The brigade is now; busy extinguishing the flames. __-, si
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 11
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96A WAY THEY HAVE IN CHINA Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 11
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