Wreath Laid on Cenotaph: Interesting Evening Function The feature of the St. David's Day. celebration was the dinner held fat the Majestic Hotel on March 1, when the St. David's Society were hosts toa number of prominent people.
Tu the morning before a lange gathering wreaths were placed on] the memorial on The Bund, by the president of the society, Mr. Davies, as a tribute to those who fought' and succumbed in the Great, 'War, Many Welshmen were to be seen' wearing leeks during the} course of the day.
Mz, and Mrs, Davies received the quests in the evening and they were played into dinner to the tune of "Men of Harlech."
The toast of the King was given by the president, following which the vice-president, Mr. K. E. Newman, gave the toast of the Prince of Wales.
Mr. Davies said: Members of the St, David's Society we are again on our National Day gathered under tthe Draie Coch in the?.appy position] of welcome our guests.
We being Welsh, know what this day means, but as our guests do not, we hope that some day they will have the privilege of visiting Wales, thereby obtaining a better idea of what Wales is, have cabled our) greetings to our Prince and our Kindred societies, which societies are scattered all over the world. And it is doubtless of interest to our guests to know that this year we must be firmly established as it is the first time we have been able to}
Todge with the various Cable Companies telegrams to our compatriots which have not been returned marked, "Deferred are not received code." Tt has been necessary for several years to explain to the Cable} Companies in China, that Welsh Tanguage, not a code, and of our latest experience we feel we] have accomplished this fact, It is]
great pleasure to have so many] guests and members with us tonight, in fact a few days ago the Seating Comimittee was extremely Puzzled how to get the required number of people into this hall, visited the hall some days azo and thought it to be very small; now at this" moment I think it is the biggest hall I have ever stood up in.
We are glad to be in a position to welcome: our distinguished countryman, Mx. Justice Feetham, and also] Mrs, Feetham, Tam sure it great honour to the Welsh that Mr. Justice Feetham has been infited to Ohina in these stirring times, and] we hope that Mr. and Mrs, Feetham will be with us and give us their company on many St. David's days to come.
It is of particular pleasure to us! to have our Consul-General with us. Consul-General and Mrs. Brenan are honouring us with their first pearance at a St. David's Dinner in Shanghai. In the past we have been particularly fortunate in having the whole-hearted support of Consul General Brenan's predecessors, Sir Sidney Barton in partiewiar, and 1 that in future we will receive! from Consul-
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