1961 Enters
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[?]ith A Bang
ie new year opened with a in some parts of the South ic.
NESE communities in many laces had their usual troubles dth dragons (dragons bring luck) which tried to enter is and shops. ; the goodies were ready for and let off great strings of arks to keep the bad old ms out. Some of the strings as much as £lO, and went up loke within seconds.
Rabaul, New Guinea (where Iragon above is really finding in the wars) the Chinese de rs joyfully reported they had ssfully warded off bad luck for nother year. svas hard and noisy work for ragons, who had to be changed regularly as the job wore them Nevertheless, when the smoke id they were, by tradition, able iproach the occupants of the ded buildings and receive a donation for their services.
Noumea Celebrates
; previous week, in Noumea, Caledonia, the Catholic Girl JS celebrated Christmas this by enacting a tableaux in the ds of the Roman Catholic idral, with the children dress as different peoples of the , followed by the release of oy balloons, each carrying a ge of peace. The balloons exactly head for the heavens doves of peace, because the dropped at the crucial moment. everybody had a lot of fun ling the young squaw at right.
Photos: M. R. Hayes and Fred Dunn