FOOTBALL

Hokitika Guardian, 23 April 1928, Page 4

FOOTBALL

(United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)

SOCCER CUP FINAL. (Received this day at 8 a.m.) LONDON, April 21

At AYembley the Association Cup final was played in dull weather. There were 93,000 spectators, including Their Majesties, and the Duke and Duchess of York. Blackburn heat Huddersfield 3 to 1.

LONDON’S .MOTTO. For Londoners to boast of their attachment to their city in these days of the week-end habit and the donni-toi.v-subnrh would have something ironical about it, if not positively eyni eal. But we must not. perhaps, ex’>cct a motto to teil the truth : it should he enough for us if it hears an intelligible meaning. Nothing so suitable in English has yet emerged. AYhat has been considered expressive has also seemed a little undignified, which is. fortunately, tiie way of mottoes in 'no.! •->rit bullish. There was once a

■ ikcc-sf::! business man who received a | knighthood, and was asked what he would l>ke for a m itio. Ha renliel: “The d earner whoso d ; earns came true,” which *s reported to have rmdthe tail ire College of Heralds feci a ’ittle <hiut. AA’c must remember, how'ver that such mottoes as exist in English and have on them the respect V" st"mp of antiquity were formed ■nr i ‘V vernacular of tlio period udi tms-' and vigorous phrases a l ' • 1 Ive Ivt dread.” “Live to live.” and • iv. r-w ” -.-ore no doubt culled from ~,,n . ,in , . roHrquilisms of a time which was not so anxiously eonscmu<of its dignity as onr time is—Tit- “ Evening Standard.” :