Post by nzbc on Apr 4, 2024 10:39:45 GMT 12
WELLINGTON CHINESE HONOUR THEIR DEAD
Three-Minute Silence
OBSERVANCE IN SHOPS AND MARKETS
Customers stood unserved in Chinese fruit-shops of Wellington at. noon yesterday. while the greengrocers stood silent with bowed heads, iu respect, for compatriots who bad fallen iu the SinoJapaue.se conflict. In shop and mart and market-garden, tbe anniversary of the outbreak of war was marked by Chinese throughout the world by three minutes’ silence and a partial fast. Tbe proceeds of their abstinence were devoted to buying gifts for soldiers at the front. In Wellington the collection for this purpose was handled by the Chinese Association. DOMINION, VOLUME 31, ISSUE 241, 8 JULY 1938, PAGE 12
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19380708.2.116
Three-Minute Silence
OBSERVANCE IN SHOPS AND MARKETS
Customers stood unserved in Chinese fruit-shops of Wellington at. noon yesterday. while the greengrocers stood silent with bowed heads, iu respect, for compatriots who bad fallen iu the SinoJapaue.se conflict. In shop and mart and market-garden, tbe anniversary of the outbreak of war was marked by Chinese throughout the world by three minutes’ silence and a partial fast. Tbe proceeds of their abstinence were devoted to buying gifts for soldiers at the front. In Wellington the collection for this purpose was handled by the Chinese Association. DOMINION, VOLUME 31, ISSUE 241, 8 JULY 1938, PAGE 12
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19380708.2.116