CHINA'S NEW ERA.
PARLIAMENT OPENED. AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Peking, April 9. In 1 celebration of tho inauguration o£ Parliament tho city is decorated with triumphal arches and flags, and the streets arc thronged. Ono hundred and eighty-seven senators and five hundred members of tho Houso •of Representatives assembled in the Lower Chamber out of a total membership of 870. Nearly all woro frock coats and top hats. Tho senior member of the Houso of Representatives declared Parliament opened. Tho. ceremony was simple, but impressive. ■ • There aro great rejoicings throughout China.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1721, 11 April 1913, Page 5
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93CHINA'S NEW ERA. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1721, 11 April 1913, Page 5
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