'A cheerless Christmas awaits memers of the foreign colony. in Shi moon, with the an.touneement that the oar! River will be closed to shipping, from December 17 until the end el the year owing to "military necess-
Pearl River Not Closed To Japanese Canton, Dee, 17, 'The announcement that the. Pear! River would remain closed to. all shipping, from December 17 unfit the fend of the year, does not apply to Japanese vessels, it is vellably learned here today.' Japanese shipping companies are continuing their regular schedule of ailings to and from Macao—Reuter.
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