Ararat Advertiser and Chronicle for the Stawell and Wimmera Districts (Vic. : 1899 - 1918), Saturday 28 December 1918, page 3


CIIRISTMAAS EVE. On Tuesday creening, Christmas Eve,, l3arklv street was crowded fromn end to -end with people, the influx of visitors being very heavy, and it may .afely- be said that a roaring business iwas done by tile business people, for the large staffs in the shops were kept going till a late hour. It was about ,midnight before the crowds dispersed 'or their homes. ' Carol singing was indulged in to some extent, though the carols were not so InumIerous as in past years.