Inaugurating the "Students' Native [Products Year." more than 800 per= sons attended a meeting in the Chijpese Chamber in the afternoon and lurged the students to make a special Jeffort to buy home goods only.
At the Huchow Residents Guild, [Peking Road, a display was given of Jdresses used by different dynasties Jon the occasion of weddings and other The cornerstone-laying ceremony jot the Municipal Hospital and Health Laboratory in the Civic Centre was falgo held on New Year's Day.
Simultaneous with the laying of the "hospital corner-stones in Kiang-jan, Mr. Chen Kung-po, Minister of {Industries, presided at a ceremony which marked the commencement of [work on the laying out of the Ministry's large fishing ground in Shanghai. JO portion of the work is expected to ive completed n June next, The corner-stones of the Central Machinery Works at Peibsingching, near Chenju Village, were laid by Mr. Chen Kung-po, Minister of Industry, on New Year's afternoon in the presence of a group of officials, including the Vice-Minister of Industry, Mr. Liu Wel-tee. The building of the works, which is expected to be com-proximately $700,090, but the machinery has been ordered from abroad fand will cost about $2,000,000.
Russian Christmastide agit Day, dawned on Monday fesidente in Shanghai, who will ele-for approximately asian
irate the great holiday ttl the 25ta, beerying the Russian New Year on Sanuary 18 and t4th with a. ball the Astor House Hotel. A difference 13 days between the oid Russian [aiendar and the Gregorian calendar SSecounts for the Yule of Russia fall-ting in January. On Sunday, the Tediions of aa elf regime ruled Supreme wherever Russians gathered, Hipaly. fasting according to custom, until it was time for the art star to peep through the' darkness of the sky.
The old regime hao become his tory, but ite traditions still remain
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