THE NEW YEAR

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10474, 3 January 1928, Page 5

THE NEW YEAR

QUIET CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON WEATHER KEEPS PEOPLE AT FIRESIDE HISTORIC SERVICE AT YORK MINSi’iSR

(United Press Assn .—Copyright.) .(Received Jari. 2, 7 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 1. Thri New Year was heralded with unusual quietude in the heart rf the Empire, owing to the wretched weather, snow, sleet and rain prevailing throughout' London. Probably tile smallest crowd on record gathered outside St. Paul’s to hear the great .bell strike midnight. The underground f ailways, oriiljiibuses, and tramways prepared to "cope with the rush, h.ut tho snowfall early in the evening kept many by the home fireside, content to listen to. the universal New Year greetings by wireless. The temperature rose slightly, which turned the snow into slush, and then the frost returned. " , The official forecast is for slightly milder weather, but for a continuance of night frosts. One of the most celebrations was the midnight service at York; Minster, which took the. form of a thanksgiving for 1300 years of Christianity on that hallowed spot., The Archbishop unveiled a stone inscribed “627-J927 Deo Gratia.” Groups of English-speaking foreigners staged fake religious meetings in the neighbourhood of St. Paul’s to make a mockery of the watebnight services held throughout the country. These scenes of hooliganism were resented, and in one instance the police intervened and took the ringleader to the nolice station.— A .and‘N.Z.C.A.

NEW YORK CELEBRATIONS WILDEST ORGY FOR YEARS PROHIBITION OFFICERS PADLOCK CABARETS

(Received .Tan. 2 ' 7.5 p.m.) NEW: YORK. Jan. 1

Despite extraordinary efforts made to minimise the New Year Eve celebrations, the city indulged in the wildest orgy for many years.

The Mayor issued an edit ordering all placed of amusements to be shut at five In the morning, and the prohibition forces padlocked cabarets and night clubs. In one case, under tlie old moonshine law, they removed all the furnishings and smashed up premises of one of tlie most expensive places here.

Nevertheless, the greatest crowds in city history are reported, and' reservations at theatres, restaurants, and other .aniTisement nlaees were at a premium.— ; A. and N.Z.C.A.

DEATH? FROM POTBON BOOZE

(.Received Jan. 2. 8.50 p.m.) NEW! YORK, .Tan. 1

Six persons died from alcoholism as a result of drinking poison booze on New Yen r’s Eve. One committed suicide in a drunken frenzy and three were killed in drunken brnuTs.—A. and N.Z.C.A.

class "war Outside Russia INCREASING

SOVIET PRESS REVIEW OF LAST YEAR

(Received .Jan. 2. 7.30 p.m. 1 ) MOSCOW, .Tan. 1

The Soviet newspapers, reviewing 1927, declare that the Viennese revolt and strikes- generally prove that class war and revolutionary movement outside Russia hs increasing, despite the treacherous Social Democrats. The review adds that “Britain is preparing for war against the Soviet. the fnotherland of the world’s proletariat.”—A, and N.Z.C.A.