The Hupeh Government, with a view to safeguarding the health of! workers, has instructed the Hankow Munleipat Government, the Wuchang Munfetpal Administration andthe! Reconstruction Department to urge the factories under their control to give labourers medical " attention When they fall sick. Meantime, according to an order issued to the administrative commissioners in the various districts by the provincial government, a public workhouse should be established in each Uenpao (or a union of 100 families) area in which the paupers will be compelled. to work instead of loafing or boggin Beginning from January 12, the ong distance telephone service between Hankow and Kaifeng, Loyang and Shenhsien in Honan has been opened {0 the public. The -charges fre $220 for each call between Hankow and Kaifeng or Loyang and {$240 for each call between this port and Shenhsien. This adds another ink tothe chain of modern. come munication in China,
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