'The rapidly increasing number of brave spirits who are determined to make this Christmas as joyous ux any other will find that there is no Teck of attractive articles in the local shops and stores, und that the usual 'Christmas fare' is obtainable fat prices nots ver those of previous years. Turkeys, for instance, are on sale at precisely the some price as Inst your. They have been brought in by steamer from the north. Christmas trees, which: have come in from the country around Shanghai, are on sale at rather higher prices than in previous years, Mistletoe, with its challenge nates both young and old to seize their opportunity while somebody nice is passing underneath, Is sale at lerot flower shops, and one or two were seen to have purchased stocks of holly. Such dainties jerystallized fruits, ete, are rather hard to come by this year, but it is no hardship to do without ther.
Chang district, Tsaokadoo, was also reported to have been arrested by Japanese
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