Welshmen all over the world will to-day be celebrating the day of' their national saint, St. David, and in Shanghai they will be no_ whit behind the observance of the event. There hot a great deal known about St- David; very few historical facts emerge from the mystery which shrouds the age in. which he lived, concerning either his life or his actions. The' dates ff his birth and death, even are conjectural, and believed that he was born somewhere! round 500 A.D. and died at a good just. before ihe close of the sixth' century. 'According to some biographers he was' the son of Sandde, a prince of the line fof Cunedda, his mother being Non, who Fanks as @ Cymric saint. Of the little which known about him it seems fairly certain that! hig, was a leading spirit in carly Christianity in Wales, and it is recorded that he took a leading part in the celebrated synod of Llanddew!-Bret End later presided over the "Synod of Victory" held at. Crerleon-on-Usk. Again at some unknows date St. David became primate of Wales, moving. the seat of ecclesiastical government from "Crerleon to the remote headland of Mynyw, which, ever since, under the name of St Davie's has remained the seat of the western see. He is said to have founded a large umber of churches throughout Wales, whereof ft the present moment over fifty still recall his hame. "Following his deajtt the saint's fame grew rapidly and his shrine at St. Davic's Became A notable place of pilgrimage, so that by the time of the Norman conquest his import. ance and sanctity were so fully recognized that fon the request of Henry I, he was by! Pope Calixtus TI, early in the twelffa, century. Telittle is known about their patron saint, much is known of the Welsh, and the small community in Shanghai who will to-day be thinking of thei homeland and all that it means to them, will rest assured that in their rejoicing they Will have the sympathy of other nationals who understand pride of race and it that it stands for.
The annual general meeting of Major Brothers, Ld. will be held on March 25.
The Linsi Country Club in Hungjao is reopening to members from March 1.
The om less of Messrs. Algor & Con been removed to 206 Sassoon House.
An advertiser in the "North-China Dally News" wants to buy a complete barber's shop. Adklress. Box 1182, Messrs. William Rae of Kobe hive opened a branch store in Shanghai at 217 Rue Cardinal Mercier.
The annual general meeting of the Shanghai Dock ce Engineering Ca, Lid, will be held March 15, Owing to the advanced state of the crops the Shanghai country is now closed to cross country riding.
The annual general meeting of the New Engineering & Shipbuilding Works, Ltd,, will be held on March 14.
A final general meeting of Robert Anderson Ca, Ltd., (in voluntary Liquidation), will be held on March 31.
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