The crackle and explosions of firecrackers made the wharves and jetties of the Shapghai waterfront noisy and gay yesterday afternoon and there was even some shooting off of firecrackers from small boats in: the river.
One: of the main centres of celebra-lion was the Customs Jetty where so many firecrackers of all kinds and types were set off that the flat roof Of the building, outside the first floor Offices, was heavily. littered with paper debris,
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