CHINESE POSTAL STRIKE.
fBROKEN BY VOLUNTEERS AT SHANGHAI. (Tinted Press Association—By Electric lVlegrupn Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) SHANGHAI, Oc-t. G. The local postal strike has been broken by volunteers, principally foreign Boy -Scouts, undertaking sorting and delivery and maintaining essential services. The strikers have returned to work. At Peking the strike continues, the strikers demanding complete Chinese control and the discharge of all foreign employees, also the adoption of Chinese as the official language, excepting in matters relating to the International Postal Union. No statement regarding the demands has been issued by the authorities. It is reported that the Koumin-tang (the Nationalist organisation) has advised a return to work, promising to secure a favourable consideration of the demands.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 October 1928, Page 5
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118CHINESE POSTAL STRIKE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 9 October 1928, Page 5
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