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DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1936.
Shooting Season Opens
NEW POST IN MADRID
GATHERING AT GORDON CASTLE
MIXED WEATHER CONDITIONS" MARKED THE OPENING OF THE GROUSE SHOOT- ING SEASON RECENTLY, DRIZZLE AND MIST PREVAILED IN A NUMBER OF AREAS, BUT DESPITE THIS GOOD SPORT WAS OBTAINED GENERALLY.
Heavy bags for an opening day were fairly numerous.
These were forthcom
ing in many areas, and included 1414 brave of grouse in Morayshire. 135 and 1271 in the Lothians, and 103 in Perthshire
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Bath Princesses "wore Fur. fox A box cuntaling four brace of, yal St George's Golf Club at Band-
wich in the week beginning May 24. coals of grey tweed. Touse shot on the moors at Bal-
Shonly before the train arrived thick morning mists lifted, moral, Deeside, was despatched to and that the Open Championship Queen Mary at Sandringham. The will be played on the Old Course the Duke of York and the Duke and at Carnoustie in the week begin-and the sun peeped through,
that the royal visitors were greeted out ning July b. Duchess of Gloucester were
with fine weather.conditions. with shooting parties.
GALLIPOLI GUNS BLUNDER
The qualifying rounds in the Open Championship will be played
SO
While the royal party was walk-
on the Old Course and the Burn-ing along the platform to the exit the doors and windows of the train side Course at Carnoustie.
passehgers with were crowded eager to catch a glimpse of their distinguished Iellow-passengers, and to their delight the Duchess before leaving the station turned and smiled and waved them au re- voir.
This arrangement of dates, it was General Sir Ian Hamilton re-pointed out recently, will give the speech players of Great Britain and the cently commented on
United States an opportunity of made in Sydney, New South Wales,
Sir Charles playing in the championships of
both countries. by Major-General Rosenthal, in which he complained of the lack of howitzers at Gallipoli
Bir Charian, quoted by Reuter,
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said:"Australia carries a responsibility for the falture at
Gallipoli I howitzers had been the Anzacs on landed to support their first day in the Peninsula the war might have been shortened by two or three years.
Sir Ian Hamilton, who is la 8cnt. land, said: "I know all about this. It has been the main conimen military circies in Australia 1 many years. The guns were land- ed, and then, when things looked a little anxious to the officers on the beach, they were sent back.
"If the guns had not been sent back they would have made a very great difference."
SCOTS NEW POST IN MADRID
To Take Charge Of Embassy
On the only previous occasion that
the "Open" has been played at Carnoustie, in 1931. part of the qualifying competition took place at Barry, The Burnside Course; which adjoins the Championship Links. has recently been lengthen- ed and brought up to date.
The last Amateur Championship at Royal St George's was that of 1920, when Cyrt Tolley defeated J. N. Smith Earlsferry Thistle) the final.
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COMMAND OF THE LONDON SCOTTISH
In
THE GORDON CASTLE GATHERING
Fine Weather In The „Highlands
FLAGS FOR CORONATION
Greatest Number In History
from the coration. M
schemes for
more ever
For the Coronation next year
be will London buildings Dedecked with flags than before in history, according to dag manufacturers, many of whose frms have been in business over 100 years. This is quite apart street de- Already there is a great inrush of private orders for flags varying in size from six square inches to 12 square yards. There is a great demand for flags bearing a por- trait "head of King Edward, and for banners bearing such loyal inscriptions as "Long Live the King,"
One firm has had an inquiry from a large store for a banner a quarter of a mile in length. Many of the manufacturers are so book. ed up that they are now forced to consider part-orders.
KING'S HARBOUR
MASTER
of
Ü. S. BASEBALL TRINITY
New York, Aug. 26.
The following were the results the major League baseball- matches played to-day:-
COMD. C. W. A. G. HAMLEY APPOINTED
-Commander C. W. A. G. Hamley. who has just completed the senior omcers' war course at Greenwich is to be Commander of the Dock- yard. Deputy Superintendent, and New York King's Harbour Master at Olbral-Cincinnatți tar. Commander A. J. Wavish has completed the usual two years in Phladelphia this appointment. Commander Chicago Hamley. specialized in-navigation
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COLLEGE
OF MUSIC
Results of June Examination
The following are the results of the local Theory examination held in Juzie, at the University of Hong Kong as supplied by the Local Secretary of the Trinity College of Music, London.
SENIOR DIVISION
Lilian Eu.
Honours
Dorothy Jeanne Henderson.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E
Brooklyn
9 Bordagaray and Phelps homered 3 12 ย Pittsburgh
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Emma Lim
Violet Tse.
Wong Yautal.
Cleveland
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Margaret Botelho. Kathleen Dedeoglou,
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Chicago
0 6. 12 Zeke Bonura hit two home runs. Philadelphia
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Crosetti homered.
1923-24 and also qualified as a Philadelphia......
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the East Indies when she brought home.his present" Majesty Boston from Dar-es-Salaam owing to the St. Louis....... illness of King George in 1928. Since his promotion in June, 1930. been Commander Hamley has Assistant to the Director of Navi- gation, executive omcer of the Washington........... Navigation School, and fleet navi- gator in H.M.S. Kent on the China
Station.
K.C.C. TOURNEYS
Playing a remarkably good game: E C. Fincher (holder) defeated F. Grese 6-0, 6-2 6-1 in the first round of the Kowlooon C.C, senior singles tennis championship yes- terday afternoon.
E. Moore, Wally Berger and Lee homered.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York
Detroit......
W. Ferrell pitched. Boston
Router.
INTERMEDIATE-DIVISION
Honours
ADVANCED JUNIOR
Honours
Merit
Verna Rodrigues.
JUNIOR DIVISION
Honours
Natalia" G. da Silva Rozario.
Cecilla PassOS.
PREPARATORY DIVISION
Honours
5
4
Eileen Aslett.
11
1
Violet Cullen.
Helen Lou
Claro Loy
They estimate that the demand for flags is very much greater than before the Jubilee celebration, and before the is in excess of that Coronation of King George.
"Britain is not ag-minded' to the extent of America, Germany. and particularly Sweden and, Den- mark, where there is a small flag upon every bicycle and a banner in the middle of every hotel table,"
In the first round of the Pre-E. C. Fincher 21-10 at the K.C.C. the manager of a London manu- facturing firm sald to a represen-sident's Cup. R. G. Craig defeated tative of The Daily Telegraph" will always recently. "But she rise to the really big occasion."
The orders for Coronation bunt- ing from overseas are stated to be much heavier than anticipated.
Those who attended the Gordon Castle Gathering recently cannot fall to have recalled memories of kenzies were imprisoned and, with that meeting two years ago which all means of escape cut off, perish- ed in the flames. It is on record was cheered by the kindly and un- assuming presence of the late Duke that the family piper of the Mac- donald of the Isles played this of Richmond and Gordon.
The Castle grounds, as formerly,tune at Armadale Castle, in Skye, were thrown open for the benefit on the visit to that place of Dr.
Samuel Johnson. of the public, and the family was represented by Hilda Duchess of Richmond and Gordon, who was present at the gathering through- out the day.
Gordon, Castle. the
Dukes of home of the
The command of the London Scottish Territoriais by Colonel L D. Henderson, M.C., has been ex- telided by another year. The usual term is four years and Colonel Henderson has been Commanding Officer for the past six years. The policy Involved in the extension of his command by another year is to keep the services of the young experienced officers of the regiment Britain is to send a new dipto- matic representative to Madrid. Mr who would otherwise pass out of
the Territorial Service on comple- the territory of the Chief of the Scut, G. A D. Ogilvie-Forbes, a who has been Counselier à: the ion of their normal term of rom- British Embassy in Madrid for the mand while they were yet under 35 last two years and is now on leaver 40 years of age. Colonel Hen- derson was in the ranks of the in London, will return shortly 10 Madrid to take charge of the Em- London Scottish for several years before 1914, when he was asked to bassy.
take a commission, in the 4th Sea- forth Highlanders at Bedford, with whom he served throughout the
The piper to win third prize was Pipe-Major Logie, of The Seaforth Lament for Captain MacDougall," Highlanders, his tune being "The of The Seaforths ancestral As Pipe-Major
Gordon, Logie wears a very old belt which stands beside the Spey, the swiftest has on it the letters "R. M.,“ signi- of the Highland rivers. It has as-tying that it was once the property hire Multia. Celebrated pipers in sociations with, the West as well of the long since disbanded Ross- as with the Eastern Highlands, for
turn have worn this belt, and there Clan Gordon formerly extended is a photograph in existence show- from the Moray Firth in the easting it on the person of Pipe-Major across the wild corries and high Ronald Muckenale. Pipe-Major of
at Gordon Castle, tops of the Cairngorms to Mamore, The Seaforths and afterwards piper
arm of the distant Atlantic. which overlooks Loch Linnhe, an
Every year the British Embassy as do the other Embassies-goes to
summer quarters in the neighbour hood of San Sebastian. When the civil war broke out it was' impos- sible to get any diplomatic repre- sentative from 8an Sebastian to' Madrid because part of the Inter- vening country was in the hands of the Insurgents and part in the hands of the Government.
whole campaign in France, ending up as their Commanding Officer.
EARL HAIG'S STATUE
The national memorial to Earl Haig, in the form of the equestrian statue that has been designed by The British Embassy has there- Mr. A. Hardiman, will be cast from fore been in the charge of the Act-plaster into bronze within the 'next ing Consul: Mr. Milanes, but it was felt Lecessary to have a senior officer on the spot to watch affairs. There is a Consular and Embay stan of about 25.
AMBASSADOR AT HENDAYE When Mr. Ogilvie-Forbes arrives Londoni
[ew months, but I understand that
it will be a considerable time yet before it will be ready for the un- veiling ceremony writes a corres- pondent. In view of the tion next year, there is a sugges- tion that the setting up
Corona-
the sta- tue in Whitehall may be delayed
in Madrid he will probably comfor probably a year, so that the municate direct with
occasion of the unveiling may be rather than through the British one of national individuality and Ambassador. Bir Henry Chilton,
not clash with any other events of who is as Hendaye. Facilities for
outstanding importance
communication with London are country.
Madrid, so far still fairly good.
as is known in London, is still the headquarters of the Spanish Gov- ernment.
in the
THE DUCHESS OF YORK
Arrives At Glamis With
Young Princesses
In the competition in open mar- ches Wilson was again the winner, There are more cars than ever in the Highlands this season, and at his tune being the classic known as "Leaving Glen Urquhart," and with Dornie a line of cars was waiting Bruwn was a good second
In "The Ross-shire Volunteers." patiently on either side of the ses toch while the tide ebbed. In the the strathspey and reel Wilson was most unfrequented giens were to
the winner with the strathspey be seen small tents with cars be- The Piper's Bonnet" and the reel side them. Along narrow and tor Pretty Marion," and Brown was tuous roads omnibuses passed, and second with the strathspey "The alse private cars with caravans on Shepherd's Crook and the trailers. There were also many
"John Mackenzie," cyclists and bikers enjoying the
Competitions in Highland dan. fine weather which has rarely leftcing followed the piping, and there the West this summer. The hea- ther was nearing its season of full were the usual events of tossing he caber, putting the weight, throwing the heavy hammer, and bloom.
.wrestling.
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PIPE MUSIC The Gordon Castle meeting, fav- oured" with a warm summer day, attracted a large gathering tromt the valley of the Spey and beyond it. The piping competitions did
ad
reel
TREK TO THE NORTH
The "trek" to the North for the
not bring so large an entry of pla.Twelfth" has already begun. yers as usual, for a number of
:
This season grouse moors have let better than for many years past. The average price should work out at about 30s, a brace. Thus a moor expected to yield 2000 brace should fetch £3000 for the season.
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I should put Hunthill, in Angus, at about the top price, writes a cor-
It usually lets respondent, about £600. It has yielded some wonderful bags, and in good years the cost to the tenant has been faz less than 30s, a brace.
These prices are in startling con- trast to those prevailing even 50 years ago.
pipers chose to compete at the Strathpeffer Games, but although numbers were lacking the standard of playing was good, and there was tedious tune heard scarcely 2 throughout the day.
The meeting opened with a com- petition in classical pipe. music is a Mr. Ogilvie-Forbes, who
judged by Dr. Simpson, Mr. Beton member of a well-known Aberdeen-
Gordon, and Pipe Major Andrew shire family, was born in 1891 and
Macdonald, a brother of Pipe Major was educated at the University of
John Macdonald, who last year was Bonn and at Oxford. He was a
The Duchess of York and the appointed Honorary Piper to King captain in the Scottish Horse (Yeo- mary) and served in Gallipoli, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret George. The first place in this com- petition was given to Piper J, Wa-
£20 FOR THE SEASON Egypt, and Mesopotamia, being of York arrived at Glamis, recently
son, of Edinburgh, who had just When the train halted, the Du-
The first shooting run let was in the twice mentioned in despatches.
He entered the Diplomatie Ber- chess, leading a favourite dog, step- Arrived after competing st vice in 1919 and has been stationed ped from the train and shook games in South Uist, in the Outer about 1813, when Glen Dye, a 36,000 There he secured only acres moor in Kincardineshire, was at Stockholm, Copenhagen, Hel-hands with the stationmaster (Mr. Hebrides. singfors, Belgrade, Mexico, and the Tom Prentice) and Mr. D. C. Chris- second place againat local talent, leased by the Hon. William Maule,. Sne but here he played his plece subsequently Lord Panmure, for Holy Bee, where he was Charge tle (the Chief Constable).
In 1828, too, any sportsman ven- d'Affaires from 1930-32. He was remarked that she was happy to "The Lament for Padraig Og Ma- £150 a year. Acting Counsellor at the Embassy be back at Glamis, and was look-crimmon”-tunefully and correct-
"Crunluadh Amach,” The second shoot over Bowes Moor, the pro- At Baghdad subsequently, and later ing forward to her holiday in Scotly, ending it with a finely played turing into Scotland was allowed to
land. went to Madrid.
The Princesses followed their place in this competition was gain-perty of the Duchess of York's mother from the train. Princessed by Piper, Brown, one of his Ma- family, for a payment of £20.
There were two reasons for this Elizabeth holding tightly to the Jesty's pipera on the Balmoral Ex-
tate, a pupil of Pipe Major John amazing cheapmess. In the eary lead of her terrier.
The Duchess was in semi-mourn Macdonald, of Inverness. The tune part of the nineteenth century the taliored which the, Judges asked Brown to Highlands were little known and ing, and was wearing a suit in black, relieved with tou- play was "C Chriosd, sometimes travelling was slow and expensive, The Championship Committee of ches of white about the collar and known as "Glengarry's March" and in those days, too, the Bcottish
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senach, let alone St Andrews unnounced that the Breton straw had a touch of white composed and played by a piper think of letting a moor to a Bas- Amateur Championstilp of 1897 will trimming at the crown, while while his clansmen set fire to a
be played on the course of the Ro- across her shoulders was a niver Highland church where the Mac-Anancier.
to an American
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