CHINESE DRIVE EVIL SPIRITS OFF SHIP
SYDNEY, May 11
Chinese seamen and passengers early today celebrated the re-entry of the reconverted liner Changte into the Sya-ney-Hongkong service by letting olf firecrackers on the decks, and sending skyrockets over the vessel's masts and funnel.
The Changte had been two years in dock in Sydney. Flag-bedecked, she left Circular Quay at midnight with every light blazing.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22663, 14 June 1948, Page 6
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