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THE CHINA MÄIL, NOVEMBER 14, 1988.

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PARIS LABOUR CHILDREN'S PUZZLE | SPAIN GETTING

DECREE ENDS 40-HOUR WEEK

Paris, To-day.

The Ministry of Finance has issued a statement regarding the measures which the Cabinet has approved and which will be pub- lished in the “Journal, Official.” Among the most important these measures are those dealing with hours of. work.

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The fort-hour week is retained in principle, but the, five-day week will be progressively abolished and replaced by a six-day week or, in certain branches of industry, by а 5-1/2 day week.

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All undertakings are granted so-called "credit of 50 supplemen- tary hours per week and will not in future, require special authorisa- tion to impose extra hours.

Henceforth, it will suffice if they! inform the Ministry of Labour of other intention. In the case nf necessity, undertakings may

re- quire a further 10 hours of supple- mentary work provided they simi: larly inform the Ministry. Should the latter not reply within ten days this must be interpreted as approval. Hence the system of un- limited hours of work is reintroduc- ed in practice, and the intervention of the Ministry of Labour will be limited to removal or prevention of abuses.

HIGHER WAGES

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ARRANGE EACH GROUP OF LET- TERS TO SPELL ELEVEN WORDS PERTAINING TO THE WEATHER.

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.1 “L. RAN” FOR EXAMPLE,

WILL SPELL “RAIN”

CONFIRMATION OF HEAVY

CANTON CLASHES

Shanghai, Yesterday. Indicating that there is some truth in Chinese claims regarding heavy fighting in the vicinity of Canton, the Japanese military. authorities state that Chinese ir- hours regulars who have been harrassing Wages for supplementary will be from 10 to 25 per cent Japanese communications along higher than those paid for normal the Canton-Kowloon Railway, east hours and employers must pay of Canton, as well as south of the special tax of 10 per cent. on profits East River, have now been routed. derived from supplementary work. It is further stated that part Workers delegates in A.F.L. un-of a Chinese division, as well as a dertakings must be French nation-service battalion and a number of als and foreigners will henceforth armed Chinese civilians, have been

active in this area. be excluded.

Workers in national defence in- According to reports from Ca dustries who refuse to do extra ton, publication of a newspaper in work will be summarily dismissed the Chinese language under

supervision of the Japanese author- and may also be deprived of .un- employment relief for a period of six months. Propagandists who incite workers in armaments indus tries to refuse to do supplementary hours will be liable to imprison- ment and fines.--Trans-Ocean;

GAMELIN TOUR

Paris, Yesterday.

The Chief of the French Gen- eral Staff; General Gamelin, who had made a several days inspection tour through Algeria and Tunis, visiting in particular military de- fences on the border of Tunis, and Tripolitania; has returned to Algiers.

General Gamelin had conferences with the Governor-General of Algeria, M. Le Beau, and General- in-Command Cartroux, and will sail for France to-morrow.---Trans- Ocean.

LOCAL DOLLAR

The demand rate on the Hong Kong, dollar to-day was 1/2-27/82+

"Spot" silver was quoted in London at 19-5/8 and forward at 19-5/16

The London on New York rate was quoted at: £—US $4.78.75 and the New York/Londom rate at

-U.S.34.72-15/16.

the

RAN

2 OWNS

3 TIMS.

4 ARMWER 5 LOUD CY 6. SHE ROWS 7 LET SE .8 LED ROC 9. REAL C

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IF RA II NOT ROAD.

Answer to-morrow.

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NEW LOAN OVERSEAS?

Burgos, Yesterday,

The Spanish Nationalist Ministry of Interior announces that Republi- can Spain is about to raise a new loan abroad.

The Nationalist Government in this connection reiterates the previous declaration that they must repudiate all such loans,. since they were contracted by an "illegal government."

Propaganda, they allege, was endeavouring to get a foreign loan for alleged reasons of hu manity for feeding the popula tion.

The Nationalist Government protests against granting of such a loan, since it would mean only prolongation of the war and was therefore anythings else but human.

tions, according to Chinese ports received here this afternoon. It is also stated that the Chinese in Yungyuen confirm the reoc-longation of the war. cupation of Lungmoon and Wai- chow by the Chinese forces.

Nationalist Spain must con sider all nations subscribing. to such a loan as guilty of pro-

The situation in Republican.... Spain was that of a besieged for tress, provisioning of which was fantamount to partial interven- tion.

The forces at Walchow are moving to contact the Chinese who have recaptured Pok-lo Hsien.

Japanese troops in Tung Shan The statement concludes by have been despatched to the repeating the Nationalist Gov- three different fronts to streng-ernment's offer to receive all then the Japanese defence lines. civilians from Government ter- The Chinese report that Fat-ritory willing to return volun- shan is now in the hands of tarily, and to feed them suf- Chinese forces, but this has not ficiently. Trans-Ocean.. yet been confirmed.

Japanese troops have been ar- riving up the Pearl River and landed here.-Our Own Corres- pondent.

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