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SATURDAY, MARCH 4 1933.

YORKSHIREMEN MEET

DINNER DANCE BIG

SUCCESS

One of the social events of the season, the annual cabaret dinner dance of the Society, of Yorkshire- men in Hongkong, was held at the Inst night, Hongkong Hotel

over two hundred members and guests, including His Excelency the Governor and Lady Peel, attending.

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In the course of his speech Lord Moynihan remarked that ke wondered what would have hap pened. to London if there had not been an invasion of Yorkshire- men, and added that in the previ ous year Yorkshiremen were presi- ⚫dents of the following bodies:

Prior to the main function, the President of the Society, Mr. 3.1

his Harston, entertained Scott many guests in the Bootham Bar, where hors d'oeuvres and cocktails were served.

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Among those seated at the Pre- sident's table in the Roof Garden

Yorkshire Characteristics. were His Excellency the Governor

Lord Moynihan paid further Sir William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.Etribute to Yorkshiremen in these Patron of the Society, and Lady words:

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Peel, Mr. J. Scott Harston," the "One of the great characteristics President of the Society, Mrs. of the Yorkshireman was his Scott Harston and Mias Famela capacity for getting things done." Scott Haraton, the Chieftain of St. He had always admired the Andrew's Society and Mrs. Greig, courage of the Yorkshireman. the President of St. George's What he liked best about him was

and Mrs. Society

Application. and Missa sort of grim taciturnity; his re Dowbiggin, the President of St. fusal in any circumstances to ad- Patrick's Society and Mrs.mit that he was second-best to Redmond, Mr. B. B. Davies, anybody; his refusal to admit de the President of St. David's feat; his honesty of mind and bed- Society, T. E. Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. rock integrity; his refusal to be Duxbury, Mr. M. H. Turner, Lt betrayed by the shimmer on the Stannard, R.N., Lt. Hope, Squadron surface of things; and his desire Leader Alford, R.A.F., Mr. and to seek out the real truth that lay Mrs.

Wylle, Miss Rosalie at the core of things." B.

I think you will agree Alabaster, Mr. and Mra. Brearley, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Ferguson, Miss Ainslie Hallifax, Capt. Mould, RA, Mr. Pilcher, Mr. Alec Pearce, Mrs. Pearce, Capt, Walter, A.D.C.

that theer's summat In respect

of which we can pat 'wersens of t'back.

I would add that Lord Moynihan A large symbolical spray of is an Irishman by birth. He had and. white roses had a place of honour however, the good sense

tuck to marry. a Yorkshire on the President's table.

The toast of His Majesty the lady!, and has been identified with King was proposed by H. E. the Yorkshire for at least 40 years.

Now I'm going to refer to some- Governor, and was followed by the! toast "Prosperity to the Society of thing else that I read in a news- Yorkshiremen in Hongkong," pro- papery to wit, The Harrogate Ad- the vertiser, in connexion with the posed by the President of Society.

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"The President's Speech. Addressing the large gathering, Mr. J. Scott Harston said:

celebration of St. Andrew's Day at the Annual Festival Dinner held in Harrogate last year, wherent one of the speakers (a Scotsman) remarked:

Your Excellency, ladies and

"When I lived in Lancashire, I' gentlemen,-in rising to propose imagined that all the virtues of the toast of the Society, I desire in the race were concentrated there as the first place to extend a hearty, a kind of essence! I believed that welcome to our guests, and parti-what Lancashiro said, to-day Eng-" cularly to the Presidents of the land would say to-morrow, and I kindred Societies, who have hon-always looked forward to a pos oured us by their presence here

sible defeat of Yorkshire at Old to-night.

Trafford or Bramall Lane!

Last year the felicitous task of

"Then years ago, I came to re-. proposing this toast fell upon the shoulders of our then President, side in Yorkshire and I quickly His Excellency Sir William Peel, realized the misconceptions under and so meritoriously did he dis- which I had laboured. The truth charge it, that, in following him is that Yorkshire with its towns this year, I feel as if I were about and villages, with all their evid to endeavour to undertake one of ences and their records of Eng- the "Labours of Hercules." Iland's Story is England at its best,. therefore ask for your kind in-and that Yorkshire Cricket is dulgence in regard to my short-supreme.

Yorkshire's comings,

"The beauty of

I remember that at the com- hills. The charm of its dales, and mencement of his speech, Is the efficiency of its numerous in- Excellency expatiated upon the dustrica-are not surpassed any- various attributes which he de-where.

scribed as being part and parcel of "I should like in passing to pay the Country of Yorkshire. While a small tribute to the world's lead- he was doing so, my energies were ing airwoman, and a famous York- concentrated upon watching the shire woman, Miss Amy Johnson countenances of our former lady or as she is now, Mrs. Mollison. committee member, Mrs. R. M.Miss Johnson has made history in Dyer, and her husband, the illus-no uncertain way, and, has brought trious Past Chieftain of Saint Au- enduring fame to her sex and her drew's Society-in regard to both

country." of whom, I am sure I am correctly interpreting your feelings in say ing that we one and all regret that they are not here with us to-night-and as I watched, I was acaused to observe the expression of acraphic joy which cerspread Mrs. Dyer's face as she gave sly glances at her "worse half"I

Some few months later, I read "in The Times a. repoft of the speech delivered by Lord Moynihan

Yorkshire Cricket.

Yorkshire cricket was certainly supreme last year, when, for the 16th time in 36 years, Yorkshire obtained the Championship hon- our.

In reference to cricket, I will tell you a little story of an inci- dent that occurred at one of the. "Battles of the Roses" at Old Traf-

at a luncheon given in his honour, ford. A Lancastrian and a York- as its new President, by the shireman' were sitting together in- Society of Yorkshiremen in Lon- tent on watching the match, when don.

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