THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH.... SATURDAY,
APRIL
Shore of Glorious Memory EPSODENT
GALLIPOLI, has been in men's
minds, much of late, now that the ground on which, twenty-two years ago, our men' Landed and fought and died and .passed away, leaving behind them nothing but an epic, is once more fo bo fortified by Turkey, nów-fortunately our firm friend, as she was then our gallant and chivalrous enemy. by
Twenty-two years ago "to-morrow British soldiers, British sailors, and men of Australia and New Zealand, Arst set foot on that shore of bitter yet glorious memory. And all over to- Australia and New Zealand morrow will be celebrated as Anzac Day
There will be celebrations here in Hongkong, too, for the Australian and New Zealand community of this Colony will remember the day on which their nations "attained man- hood," Wreaths will be laid on the Cenotaph at 10 a.m., and a Memor- ial Service will be held at the Union Church, Kennedy Road, at 10 o'clock.
It was a great feat of arms, this landing at Helles on April 25, 1915, within sight of that epic battlefield of Old Troy, where Achilles fought and died and Hector bade his poign- ant last forewell to weeping An- dromache, and Helen presided in city on Arc.
Homer and Euripides sang of it all in their deathless poetry, in the deeds of these men of ours, so many centuries later, they might have found no unworthy rival theme.
The fanding of the Twenty-ninth Division took place on five widely
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separated beaches at the foot of the
Helles cliffs, where the Turks lay in waiting in their trenches, ready to sweep away with fire every living thing that set foot ashore. Barbed wire lay hidden below the water to clutch at and drown our men as they waded in from their boats,
One man out of every, four of that astonishing lofantry was cut down before the day was finally won. The rest pressed on undeterred to victory,
At the two beaches on either Blank, Y beach in the north and S beach in the south, our task was compara OFively easy.
The Turks were not expecting us there, but as soon as they realised thni we were ashore, they hurled themselves upon us in fierce coun- Reduced 6 lbs. and Stiller-attacks which we were hard put
to to repet, Enjoys Her Meals
At Y beach, indeed, we were later forced to relinquish our aim and re-embark.
At S beach we held on, but our Immortal beauty over the stricken field, and Hecuba passed to captivity by. the light of the flames of the tall
Gallipoli, 1915.
on the central beacher away to the South.
Here on these central beaches was the main focus of the struggle.
At X bench, on the left, the land- ing was again effected without, too much dificulty. But our further progress was fiercely contested, and it was not till darkness fell that the ground gained was securely con- solidated.
At W beach there took place the most spectacular episode of all.
chief laurels, and ever since their remembrance of that day has heờn one of sorrowing · pride.
Crities say that more might have. been done; that errors were com mitted; that chances were lost. True enough, no doubt these were com- mon men that fought there, not eple heroes or immortal gods," and it is. the lot of men to make mistakes and to fall short of perfection.".
But to-morrow the old comrades of Helles and Anzac will remember only the glory, the heroism and the [ grief of that day twenty-one years ago, and, will re-visit in spirit that quiet Gallipoli shore where there lles "in that rich earth a richer dust concealed,"
tween her decks, they were swept away in scores by blasis of bullets,
A handful got to land, but their comrades were slain,.ntricken down, or drowned in heaps, and the attempt | had, for the moment, to be given up.
It was renewed again and again' with no better fate.
How these People will Celebrate the
Coronation
I
TN Penzance, some 280 miles from the setting of the There were prodigies of unavail- Coronation proper, the job of ing gallantry, but the task was too catering for the entertainment much for mortal man.
of the town's 20,000 celebrants It could be accomplished only late has been tackled in imaginative Here the first battalion Lancashire Fusiliers landed on a little strip of at night, when darkness had fallen cliffs lined with hostile riflemen, in sand, surrounded on all eides by to blind the vigilant enemy. trenches behind the barbed wire, who took fearful toll of the batta llon as it struggled ashore. and the trenches stormed-at fearful The wire was cut, the cliffs scaled, cost, yet with such surpassing brav- to select from its own ranks three ery that the battalion was permitted men to be awarded the Victoria Cross, in token that all had done too splendidly for any mere spectator to be able to say who most deserved reward.
style.
The primary problem of Far away to the north, at Anzac finance has been.solved by the levy- Cove, the splendid men of Australia ing of a 2d. rate, bringing in £850.
cricket There are to be glitz, their landing. and Now Zealand had also effected
matches, dances and jollifications for Thrusting their way forward over everybody, and a thoughtful sub-
thorn-entangled
country, communice, that non-smokers among of the council has re- through slashed gully and precipiced the old folk be given a tin of sweets, blind and over towering peaks and jagged rocks, they, too, established them-"the tin to be of lasting and durable selves firmly in the heart of the quality and ruch as may be used enemy lines, and there, despite all subsequently for the storage of tea, attempts to expel them, they held sugar, etc."
About £40 is to be spent on 2,250
fast
She dared not eat the food she fancied; and she was afraid to salisty her appetite to the full. She had a constant dread of becoming too fail
V bench saw the most tragle scene All that is changed now. She tells force landed, there was pinned to of all. Here an old tramp steamer, beach parties, and but for the similar number of oranges for the
As soon as these emerged from be-
children.
with Navy co-operated gallantly buna of Boz. weight and £20 on 8
covering are, and with boat and
you how she did it in this letter;- its ground, and unable to exercise the River Clyde, was run ashore full powerful aid Lo landing anywhere:
In keeping with the robust tradi- "I have been
that pressure on the hostile flank of troops, like a second horse of would have been possible. taking Kruschen Salts for the past six weeks for Teful to our troops fighting and dying
which might have proved so help Troy.
But the Twenty-Ninth Division tions of the West Country, an ox is and tie. Anzac Corps gained the to be roasted on the promenade. This ducing weight, and I'am quite sails-
will be about £25. fled with the result. I have lost 6 bs. I have not reduced my food.in any way except that I eat brown bread now, instead of white. I feel so happy to think I can still enjoy all my favourite dishes-thanks to Kruschen-without the dread of getting fat that I used to have."- (Mrs.) C.D.
The "little dally dose" of Kruschen Salts keeps the organs functioning properly every day, and fills you with such a feeling of radiant vitality and vigour that before you know it you are fairly "Jumping out of your sldin" with energy, instead of moping around and reduction follows as a matter of course,
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far cry from proud Penzance, with £850 as a harvest of 2d. rate, to tiny villages where a similar levy yields scarcely one-fiftieth of that-
sum.
In the Berkshire villages of West and East Shefford, for instance, a 2d, rate will provide just under £20, but the parish council has already ar ranged for a public ten, sports, gifts to children, pounds of tea to women old-age pensioners, and hundred- weights of coal to the old men.
In 1 the neighbouring county of Ox- fordshire clusters of villages are joining and making house-to- Thouse collections to defray the costs.
of celebration.
After much debate, a commitice formed of one representative of each village has been appointed to draw up plans for a day's fun and games on one of the projects under discus- sion is the planting of a Coronation. tree.
Evening Sports
ONE, particularly hearty ned in the far north in the little
village programme is plan community of 23 houses and an inn which make up Dalton-on- Trees, a mile or two south of Dar
lngton.
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am on Coronation Day, every able- bodied villager will take part in a church service, tree-planting, dinner (and what a dinner!), sports, tea, competitions and side-shows, whist drive, and supper.
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OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS
ACROSS
Erin seems un- 1 A clash with
avoldable in this county. 6 Weapon known to the fencer, 9 Silk, Dennis? (anag.), 10 The tune sounds spacious, 12 Maiden name.
Gin, O Glnl (anag.).' 16 A number in 25 Down. 17 In the ordinary way. 19 The English are geographically, but they hate to be told they
arc.
21 Are they the headgear of Liberty? (hyphen, 3 and 4). 24 Medicine to obtain for the floor. 26 UUU.
27 They certainly have their points.
20 Noticed,
Something like 150 people will sit down just after midday to make short work of 201b. of roast beef, a couple of 201b, hams, five tongues, salads, fruit fellies and trifles, and wine, beer, and lemonade.
The sports to be enjoyed in the 31 You have come to suspect this cool of the evening, when that dia- ner is but
cherished memory, in- a clude tug-of-war battles, pillow Aghts for prizes, and scrambling for 5 and 5), sweets. A wonderful duy Dalton-on-Tees!
Outdoor Dancing
for
CONTINUING our journey, we find that in the noble city of Lincoln the council has de- cided that a 2d. rate, bringing in about £3,600, is a more equitable method of raising necessary funds than a public subscription.
The 60,000 celebrants of Lincoln
of outdoor
in my clues.
32 Rescue a cap in disguise and dance with relish (two words,
33 Up-to-date quarry, 34 No lump sum.
DOWN
1 Less than love though similar. 2. After this, ties become lust?
century.
3 An unusual shower for an old- fashioned greeting" (two words, 3 and 4).
4 Not the sort of plant for the
swindler's garden. Composed "The
Seville,
7 Banter.
6 Pile it on.
Barber..... of
purpose runs, says Tennyson,
are hoping even more devoutly than 11 Through them one increasing most people that fine weather will be vouchsafed for
for that all-important week In May, for they are hoping
to engage in a remarkable programme Breworks events sports, displays, boxing matches, gymkhanas, and performances of "Merrie Eng land" by: local amateur actora.
Even one of the biggest dances 18, all being well, to be enjoyed in the open air and on a floor ingeniously mado of hundreds of elose-fitting wooden blocks laid on a surface of asphalt.
Edwin Tetlow.
14 A toy suggests the head of the echt prize-fighter when he's spinning (hyphen, 7 and 3). |15 A charity-worker's stunt is
here--a mixture of brandy- maps and beer (hyphen, 6 and 4).
18 The
cat will, and there it's happy.
20 A
A negative word,
22 When beneath notice it is
prominent.
23 Hold up and yet keep going. 24-Spoon over the walnuts and the
wine.
25 Pot or pan."
29 On the large side, certainly! 20 One of the earlier races,
Yesterday's Sciation.
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