THE NEW YEAR

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 3 January 1929, Page 2

THE NEW YEAR

CELEBRATIONS ABROAD. (Per Press Association-—Copyright' LONDON, December 31. Die Oid Year closed with snowstorm.; throughout the country. It is generally agreed that the New Year revels broke nil records. Every hotel, restaurant, cabaret, and night club was crammed from ten to twelve. Thousands drifted in the direction of Saint Pauls, where there was some old singing and dancing, the good-natured crowd stretching from Ludgate Circus to Cheapside. SYDNEY. January 1. The year 1928 departed unmourned, but not unsung, as many crowds last night put the period to old times of halting progress, and welcomed joyiu ly the New Year. The weather was beautifully fine and cool, after a hot day. Many thousands of people were abroad. the various churches held watch night services, which were well attended. NEW YORK, January 1. The New Y’ear celebration was noisy and “net,” until midnight, after which it became subdued, because a police raiding squad, supplemented by a large lorce of Federal agents. entered appicx.mately 30 night clubs and ■s.Joons within an hour. Some of these were most popular broadway resorts. The result was that the streets were soon filled with revellers hurrying homewards long before the expected time, despite the tact that some had paid as much as 100 dollars ior reservations.

However, up to midnight it was probably the “wettest” New Y'ear’s Ev e since prohibition.

Theatres, night clubs and hotels had been sold out fo>- a week, and it is estimated that 100,000 persons from other cities came to New York for the festivities.

Liquor was plentiful in ether sections of the United States, but the combined forces of the Federal, Citv and State officials made the celebration one of the quietest in the history of the country. All public parties were abandoned before 1 o clock, in some southern centres bv order of the authorities due to the danger of spreading influenza. LONDON, January 1.

It is generally agreed that' New Year revels broke all records. Every hotel, restaurant, cabaret,, and night club was crammed with guests. Ten thousand _to 12,000 people drifted in the direction of St. Paul’s, where there was the same old singing and dancing, a good-natured crowd stretching from Ludgate Circus to Chea pd de. The Old Year closed with snowstorms throughout th© country.