100,000 Workers Are Given New Year Holidays Approximately 100,000 workers in the employ of various industrial con Settlement will be given Jing from five on the veeasion of the Spuns, Festival which begins to-morrow. The holiday will, "however, com: mence to-day in order to allow workers to prepare for the Festival, or to return to their homes, a5 a Kroup of these workers come from the interior, Beginning on Feb. 2, Ideal Chinese newspaper offers closed for the holidays, and only skeleton editions are being issued during the period. Several Chinese shipping firms have also suspended their services.
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