CO129-500-2 Canton situation- governor's despatches 30-6-1927 - 8-11-1927 — Page 17

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Enclosure No. 3.

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Translation.

Extract from Man Kwok Yat Po, Canton. 15th August, 1927.

The workmen on board the steamers of the Hong Kong

Canton and Macao Steamboat Company turn out victorious

in their strike.

The strike of the seamen on board the steamers of the

Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company was properly

settled between both parties on the 6th instant, and an

agreement was signed on the 6th floor of the Asia Hotel

(Canton). At 11.30 a.m. on the 14th the Seamen's Union

convened a Grand Conference in celebration of their victory

in the strike. Those who attended the meeting numbered over

400. Lam Yun

Lam Yun presided and Wong Long made a report as to

their victory. Speeches were delivered, and after a tea-

entertainment and the taking of Photographs, the meeting

took a drive round the City in 45 motor-cars decorated with

flags, firing crackers in celebration of their victory.

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