Annual St. Davis id's Day Banquet and Ball Many Distinguished Guests Shanghai, Mar. 2. WITH that intense loyalty and devotion to country that is characteristic of all sons and daughters of Wales, Shanghai's Welsh community, in common with other Welsh communities scattered throughout the world, yesterday celebrated St. David's Day in traditional style.
Although the Welsh community in Shanghai is not a large one this did not detract from the magni ficance of the celebrations, chief among which was the annual St. David's Day ball and banquet, held at the Cercle Sportif Franeai under the auspices of St, David's the day there had been the annum: Cenotaph.
'The scene at the French Club was brilliant. one, guard of Sikh Lancers lining the grand staircase while ladies dressed in. Welsh nation costumes distributed paper' leeks fas favours to the guests, who, as they. arrived were received by Mr.
J.B. Price, President of St. David's Society assisted by Mrs.. S. Powell, wife of the Society's Vice-President, The Guests Society of Shanghai. Earlier in jai wreath-laying ceremony at the Gave him great pleasure as there Were more guests and more members present than ever before. He felt that such difeult times as those through which we were passing, the value of such gatherings, had 3 special significance when guests of all nationalities could' meet in a formal manner and therefore in greater consciousness of the existence and value of friendship than would be possible at less formal social 'The oMeial party at the function comprised: Judge Sir Allan and Lady Mossop, Sir Herbert and Lady Phillips, Rear-Admiral RV. Holt, Caplain' FR. Barry and Mrs. Barry, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Keswick, Mr. W." J." Keswick "(President of St. Andrew's Society) and Mrs. Keswick, Major J.T. Ford (President of the Royal Society of St, George), Mr. WG, Clarke (President of St. Patrick's Society) and Mrs. Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. C, 8, Franklin and the Rev, and Mrs. W. C. Allan, Oiners present included: Mr. P.M. Broadmead (Counsellor of the British Embassy). and Mrs, Broadmead, Mr. A. H. George, HM. Commercial Counsellor; ME. H. I, " Prideaux-
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