THE NEW YEAR.
The now year was uihiMfd in at Hamilton with little of the umi.il noisy ck-iii<>iHtr.i-kinnii. The oldest rc-»i*l«-*nt c mnot recall ti> mind a quieter celebration. So far ns we have been able to le.un in it a hinj, r le c.ise <>f lanikinisra, even of that u.ild foiin which ■nisht be condoned, mcuned. Those \vh<> were disposed to look at the event in it* •niiiou', not necewuilv it> <li-m '1, aspect, -.pent the cloning uurmt's of 1HS") and tl.< first few minutes of IKS.J in pi.iver, beiiiK held in the Anf,'bo,»n, Wi»>»li'yaii .unl Piesbytenan Church - At S. Peter-, •< shoi toned form of semen was used, con -i->tin£ of a hymn ntrl the Lit\ny before l'J •'duck, and the Te Doutn after th.\t ln>i" The incumbent delnei"d ,i Muut but practical address on the thoujjhH suppe«tod liy the event. At the IV^l.y tei i.m Clmrdi lefroshments wero piovuled, and, aftor the iiMial service', an hour w.ib spent in -ocul intercourse. At Tiinity We-ley.m '"'hurch the cmipi'eg.ition paitook of tip -.^orament. Some of those whose incluw tions led them to other i>ursiiit-;, d'lncud the New Year in, while otheis were con tent to welcome the infant with squibs ,m<l ci ackers, though the pyiotechnic di-.play was not a brilliant succe^-..
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2104, 2 January 1886, Page 2
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212THE NEW YEAR. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2104, 2 January 1886, Page 2
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