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COLDSTREAMS AT
SHANGHAI
MARCH THROUGH
SETTLEMENT,
ENTHUSIASM OF THE
POPULACE:
wore
Wa ΠΟ
Shanghai now has seen the famous Coldstream Guards, says the North China Daily News of March 19th,
And there
disappoint ment, for, except that the bat talion
the -dull Bervice
khaki instead of the gay gold-faced scarlet and the imposing bear-ins the men were seen at their best. They were just as the Londoner always has known his tonated Guards and that is saying some- thing which sends a thrill through any Briton, be he English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish, for the Guards are the pride of all
The Truth at last-
Hegistered as a Newspaper at the
Post Office in the United Kingdõi
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Molly Kennedy
(See Page, 6)
MACAO'S YEAR BOOK.
INTERESTING AND WELL
PRODUCED VOLUME,
MINE OF INFORMATION ON PORTUGUESE ACTIVITIES.
We have received from Macao a copy of their Year Book for 1927 and would heartily congratulate the Authorities upon its com pre- hensiveness and the admirable way in which it has beet produced. It ja a large volume, well printed and prefusely illustrated and is cer tainly credit to the Imprensa Nacional de Macau.".
THE WEEK'S DIARY.
To-day.
B.K.CO.
Tenuis Tournament (details in sports column daily).
Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 430 p.m. Rugby: Club v. Titania, Happy Valley, 5.30 p.m.
Musicale, Helena Mag Institute, 5.30 h.m.
St. John's
Cathedral, 5.45 p.m. Choral Evensong,
Dinner dance, Cafe Parisien, S
p.m.
Boxing: Hermer e. K.0.8.B.'s, on HMS. Hermes, 8.15 p.m.
Debate, European Y.M.C.A., Kowloon; 9 p.m.
Queen's
n's Theatre: "The Flaming Frontier."
The.. Lost
World Theatre: World."
"
The English section is only a Star Theatre: Bride of the arall one but is very informative. Storm; Waking up the Town." The Guards trooped ashore, well There is also a Chinese section contralis, etc. (Aki Maru). Outward: Principal Mails:-Inward: Aus
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of formality, lined up in column of fours under the lee of the line of godowns
It was bitterly cold, but apparent ly nothing on earth can make a Guardsman hunch bis shoulders. Still keeping their places, the men at intervals engaged in voluntary "P.T." to warm up a little, then resumed their stolid "stand easy," which with a Guardaman is little more than stand at ease with permission to wink And sing! They did that lustily, introducing many songs new to Shanghai, but the Froth-Blowers' Anthem "was
not in the repertoire. "Tipperary
was, to the extent of one verse, after which it was smothered with, "Oh, my, what a rotten song!"
"J
as translations from several Portu guese articles..."
Friday,
H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament
(details in sports column daily).
Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Cafe Parisien. 4.30 p.m. Savoy King Edward Hotel, and
Football H.K.F.C.. Royal Navy, Happy Valley, 5.15 p.m.
Society of St. George Annual Meeting. Messra Jardine, Mathe- son's Board Room, 6.30 p.m.
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Recital, St. John's Cathe sow assembled for the benefit of
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Lantera Lecture: "Glimpses of The most important of Indian Life," by Rev. J. C. Knight these commercial sections are Re- Antsey, Wesleyan Sailors and
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The March Commences. After a while the drums and files doubled out, the one touch of coloured and approached the saluting base in the old admired way, moving the in the whole battalion, and shortly densley packed crowd to loud bursts
long march.
the
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of cheering.
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Star Theatre:
Storm;"Waking up the Town." Principal Mails: Inward: Canada, U.S.A., etc. (Empress of Cannde). Outward: Australia and New Zer land, etc. (Taiping), B50 m.
Saturday. Entries close for 1st Extra race meeting, noon.
Football and Cricket: Details in Saturday's issue.
p.m.
"
Yachting Service Members' Pre- sented Cup for racing yachts. afterwards the three bands came
Golf: Bogey Pool, Fanling. Macao Inaugural Race Meeting. on to parade the Royal Marines,
Tea Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel Vice-Admiral Sir the Beds & Herts. Regt. and the
Savoy and Cafe Parisien, 4.30 p.m. Border Regt.-lining up in rear of Tyrwhitt took the salute, being ac
Dinner Dance, Cafe Parisien, 8 a sergeant and four Sikh troopers companied by Major-General Dan-
Warden and Members of Morrison of the S.M.P. and the Guards can. As company followed company
Hall
(University) convert and drums and files. Then the Adjutant cheers rang out, and these were by dance. City Hall, 6 p.m. simply signalled to Drum- no means confined to the people of Hong Kong Amateur Dramatic In fact it is Club present The Last of Mra major, the battalion was called to any nationality. attention and at once set off on the doubtful whether any crowd has at Cheyney," Theatre Royal, 9.15 p.m. Queen's Theatre: "The Flaming great dimensions in Frontier."
World Theatre: "The Lost The head of the column only had Shanghai as did this. For at least
World." a quarter of an hour before the
Star Theatre: "Bride of the got to the end of Kungping Road, turning on to Broadway, when the columa arrived there was a tre-Storm: Waking up the Town." Principal Mail:-Outward: shrill sound of the fifes was drown-mendous block of traffic, as motor Europe via Marseilles (Mongolid), ed by round after round of genuine cars were arriving at every moment bringing those who wished to see British hurrahs and if one can
the Guarda The police ancceeded judge from the fervour of the cheer-
in distributing these along other ing, and the answers from the sectors of the Bund, and the Guards Guards (they then were marching
marched past uninterruptedly. The at ease) the soldiers and the ship'safe and drum band of the battalion company of the Kinjauns Custle wheeled to the left on react ing the must have got on remarkably well
saluting base, and there took post together. At the corner there were gathered a group of the firemen and while the remainder marched past, then joining up in rear. Swinging into Nanking Road renewed cheers
school-children, whose shrill wel- come mingled with the deep throat- ed cheers of the dungaree-clad stokers,
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Sunday.
Golf: Bogey Pool, Fanling. Yachting Club. Ladies, Macao Inaugural Race Meeting
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Monday. H.K.C.C. Tennis Tournament
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Dinner dance, Cafe Parisien, 8
p.m.
Jascha Hicfetz, Violinist, # Queen's Theatre, 9.30 p.m.
Tuesday,
stewarda from the ship and they gave each company a rousing fare.
were raised, partly by a contingent well and then concentrated on par- of the Ancient Order of Frothblow. Savoy, King Edward Hotel, and Tes Dances: HK Hotel, Hotel ticular individuals. On the other side was stationed a group offers, who are now doing a very great Cafe Parisien, 430 p.m.
Kowloon Golf Club annual meet- deal for the waifs and strays ofing, Central British School, Kow. London. The coluran carried on as loon, & p.m. far as the Race Course, and here the men were halted and allowed to fall out for an "easy" prior to the re The Saluting Base.
mainder of the march to Jessfeld Just short of the Astor House Park At the Race Course colours (details in sports columa daily), Hotel, the word was passed along were also cased, and the remainder Banitary Board Meeting, 4.15 to tighten rife, slings and the of the march had leas of formality P coloura were uneased. Going over about it than had been previously the bridge the man were called to the case. The remainder of the attertion and then one saw the real route was in places well lined with Guards. Instinctively they stiffen spectators who gave full vent to
(Continued on next column).
their enthusinam for the Guarda
H.K.C.C..Tennis Tournament
Savoy and Cafe Parlimen, 4.30 pm. Ten Dances: H.K. Hotel, Hotel
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