"Nowru-Cuiwa Day News"
Sin—With the help of Christmas donations received" from' kind indecency, or sih often disfigured them, new into the world, no longer dross fand rubbish, but the purest gol 'As in England, whenever the author of a fine poetical passage ts unknown the company in which It is quoted, 14 In june eases out of ten attributed "Shakespeare, © so" in' Scot Whenever a seoitith song ts sung oF entloned-of which the paternity Is doubtful oF wholly unknown—It_ ts Generally credited to Robert. Buras, safer supposition than any other.
nis manner, the songs of Caroline Oliphant, Lady' Nalene, who began to us "aller Herrin's" "The Lass o° Gove equal merit snd beauty 'y-the lapse of time—vith fan ever-green and ever stowing fame Sinats tong. before the centenary. fils birth, in 1889, his imersory. had decome—not alone' in his native land, Dut in every part of the world where Beotamen are, {5+ be found-—the synonym patriotic ardour. Not only tu Brith Tales, but in every city or mailer "town in Canada" and" the United States, in the Afrtean and] 'Austeatian colonies, and even in India and. China, a Burns' Club assembles fon the 25th. of January to drink foast tothe poste memory, and. Keep alive In the hearts of the com any the patriotic glow that helps Berpetuate the "pertervidum togenium sympathisers, 80 (eighty)—hampers were sent out from the Employment Bureau on December 24th. 15] (it teen) of these hampers were! generously donated by. several gentlemen, In addition, "19 "(nine-fen) families received hampers from the US, Fourth Marines, <o POO that in all about 100 families were helped over the Christmas. season. Each hamper contained:—1 Turkey: Christmas pudding, Vegetables: Fruit; Sweets! Milks' Rol Butter: "Sugar; Tea: Mince Pies Nuts: Toys, There were over thirty at Hostel for. Christmas Day and] Christmas fare was provided for them. We have at present about fifteen men and each received a suitable present.
We should like to give our warm-fest thanks to all who have contributed, whether in cash or kind, Gitts of all. descriptions—turkeys, ducks, provisions, fruit, etc—were Yeceived and greatly appreciated.
We are also indebted to:—The Rotary Club. for toys: The Taylor Garage, The China" General Omnibus Cou Lid. and Messrs.
Marden & Ca, Lid? for the loan of ars, trucks and. chauffeurs forthe the Henningsen Produce Ca, for ce cream, We also had the pleasure of making arrangements for at least four: parties for children, so. that about 100 of them had a good time over have made all this possible, T am. hough one have attained his excelence, unless It be Sir Walter Scott Shanghai, Dec, 28.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.