A NEW CHINA
ABOLITION OF ANCIENT LUNAR CALENDAR. ABORTION OF WESTERN SYSTEAI. FIRST OBSERVANCE OF NEW YEAR'S DAY. United Press Assn, by E'. Tel. Copyright SHANGHAI. Jan. 1. China to-day joined the Western world in the observance of New Years Day, having decreed the abolition of the ancient lunar calendar and the adoption of the Western system. A mammoth programme of festivities was earned out locally, in Nanking, and elsewhere. Nanking's influence permeated tlie celebration of the epoch-making change. The oldfashioned moon month was officially farewelled by tens of thousands. Western-cultured Chinese last night vied with European? . Americans and other Westerners in celebrating NewYear’s Eve. Unprecedented crowds jammed the streets, and in scores of ball-rooms, cabarets, and night clubs there were the wildest celebrations since the Armistice. These were accentuated from the foreigners’ viewpoint by the receipt of messages from London and Washington that these powers were not submitting to an immediate- cancellation of extra-territorialitv.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11095, 3 January 1930, Page 5
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155A NEW CHINA Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11095, 3 January 1930, Page 5
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