Kite season is here and wilh the good windy weather prevailing full advantage is being taken of this sport, these parts, One may see kites of all sizes ranging from small ones of one foot square to the large ones: teen or twenty fect long. Every. Say, when it is not raining, several hay. be seen in the sky, no matier where one is, even in' the fairly; thickly settled districts of the city. AIL shapes are discernible, from the simple square kite with a few! Streamers for a tale, "to more elaborately designed "and "coloured models of birds, dragons and aeroplanes.
The warm weather, while encouraging kite-flying has also made possible a continuation of good business. for] the peop-and side-shows which boast all sorts of attractions from Siamese twins down, some merely depending on photographs of strange and. wondrous beings while others have a. few aelual specimens to present to their audiences, "Thus the amusements, minor gambling of all sorts and other festival accompaniments of the Chinese Now Year held over for Usually Jong period and combined. with other forms of recreation com~ ing naturally with the fair weather have given us a period well filled with gong beating, lantern parades and general festivity.
The first full moon of the new year according to the lunar calendar, com~ ing on Feb.29, brought with it further celebrating, I am sure most of the heads of families of this territory who live and conduct their businesses elsewhere must have, ccording to custom, returned to be with their wives on that night, for the railways found their facilities in certain me stances entirely InsuMelent to meet the demand,
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