Fortuitous Snowfall Before the New Year Snow fell in Shanghai on Saturday afternoon, not heavily, but most noticeably la the Western District the Hunglao. area being particularly favoured. Through this, the tradi-tonal fear of luck, according, to Chinese ideas, has been averted, the age-old theory having it that, should snow not fall before the China New Year, it is an ill-omen for the year to come.
Snow was not expected that day by those whose attention was foeus~ sed on thermometers and the like, for the maximum temperature during the day was 13 degrees Fahrenheit higher than that of Friday, $53, grees being registered at Siccawe! The minimum for the day was, how-aver, a good deal lower, dropping from 33 degrees for Friday to 28.4 in the early hours of Saturday mornning. The forecast promises "cloudy, rather "if, a few years ago, missionaries ne, and colder weather, with strong northwesterly monsoon.
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