A certain William Merrill weighed 3031b5. his wife 264, his eldest daughter 300, his youngest daughter 260, and his son 215—13421bs of family! A Chinese child is considered a year old set its birth, and its age is reckoned not from its birthdays but from its Nerw Year's Days. If it happens to be bom on February 1, the day before the Chinese New Year's Day, it is said to be two years old when it is two da} r s "Id. Tt is one year old when born, and another year is added on its first New--Year's Day.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 183, 4 August 1931, Page 5
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