NEVER HAD A BIRTHDAY.
RIDDLE OF BABY BORN AT SEA. Four-months-old Peter Heybroeck is & babv without a birthday. Peter was bom in the China mail liner Nankins on her December trip. The ship was crossing the 180 th meridan. The
day before had been December 24. Peter, in the natural course of events, would have been a Christmas baby, but there was no December 25 in the Nanking. December 24 was followed immediately bv December 26 ft is well known that a day ie lost in crossing the Pacific Ocean to the west. That lost day, apparently, was Peter's birthday. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ernefit Hevbroeck. of New York.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17276, 27 September 1919, Page 2 (Supplement)
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