The Archive · 1940

Regime by Ta Min Hui

A fireworks display will be staged between 4 o'clock this afternoon and 9 o'clock tonight by the Ta Min Hui on the Pootung side of the Whangpoo in celebration of the reorganized National Government at Nanking, local Chinese authorities announced yesterday.

Foreigners and others will be able to witness the display from the Bund. it was stated. The exhibition will reach a climax about 8 o'clock tonight when fireworks depicting six Chinese characters "Kuo Min Cheng Fu Huan Tu," meaning "Celebrating the return of the National Government to its capital," will ignited.

Similar fireworks displays will be staged in Hangchow and Soochow tonight under the auspices of the Ta Min Hui in those places.

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