MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED
FORTY THOUSAND ON STRIKE. CHINESE MINING AREA TROUBLE. By Telegraph—Pres n Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7.55 p.m. Peking, Jan. 28. Martial law was proclaimed in the coalmining districts of Tangshan, 80 miles northward of Tientsin, when the majority of the Chinese-British-Kailan mining administration’s 40,000 Chinese workers joined the strike, which was started by a small group of colliers three weeks ago.
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Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1934, Page 7
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