CHRISTMAS ABROAD
XMAS IN PARIS. GAYEST SINCE THE WAR. PARIS, Dee. 25. It is agreed that Christmas was the ; s-ayest in the French capital s'nee the | L aY. Perfect weather aided _the cele- { 1 minis, who crowded all places or i amusement and in the restaurants I champagne flowed as never before, al- : though three hundred francs a bottle was the usual price. Tire boulevards I were crowded by Americans. EnglishGermans. Scandinavians and other foreigners. It had been reared the Communists would organise a protest against the display or luxurj, but nothing transpired. The richer ; nlaces were elaborately protected by ! police.—A. and N.Z.C.A.
SYDXEY NOT LIVELY. EARLIER SHOPPING THAN USUAL. (Received Dec. 23. 5.-5’ p.ui.) SYDNEY. Dec. 23. The crowds which visited the city and suburbs on Xmas Eve showed a ; marked reduction compared with previous years. This is, to some extent, ! accounted for by the cold southerly I wind. j Inquiries among retailers showed I that the volume of business, in most ‘ respects, had been up to the average* of previous years, but- tlie Xmas shopping period commenced muchearlier than usual.—L.P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXI, Issue 9896, 27 December 1924, Page 4
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