SOCIAL AT CARDIFF.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 84, 7 August 1915, Page 3

SOCIAL AT CARDIFF.

A PLEASANT FUNCTION. Over sixty people wove present at tlio Schoolroom, Cardiff, last eveningH'hen it farewell social was tendered by the Cardiff Home. Defence ■Corps and the residents of the* districts of the district to Messrs Carley, Hancock and Belcher, who are going into camp on the 18th inst. Mr G. A. Marehant presided, and in his opening remarks, detailed the operations of the Army and Navy. His speech was much appreciated, and on resuming his seat, he was loudly applauded.

Alter the toast of "The. King," proposed by Mr Marehant had been honored, the following toast list was gone through: "Army and Navy" proposed by Mr J. W. Rogers, responded to by Captain Wilson and Lieutenant Gray; "Our Allies" (Mr J. T. Belcher and Captain 0. J. Ha worth); "Our Guests" (Mr G, A. Marehant and Messrs Belcher, Carley and Hancock); "Sport" (Mr Belton and Mr A. David); "Health of the Cardiff Home Defence Corps" (Lieutenant Gray and Mr R. W. Belcher); "Expeditionary Force" (Captain Wilson and Sergeant Davis); "The Visitors" (Mr W. Richards and Mr G, King); "The Ladies" (Mr G. Rogers .nd Messrs Abbott, In wood and Hamhtjn).

In, responding to the "Army and Navy." Captain Wilson gave a jjood outline of what the Allied forces are doing, and said that if we leave everything in Lord Kitchener's hands, we would come - through alright. He admitted that the Russians had suffered a set back, but when they receive a full supply of munitions they would go hack and recapture all the ground lost.

Lieutenant Gray, who spent l.'tt years in the'Navy and served, with Admiral Seymour's naval brigade in tho Boxer rebellion: in 1900-1901, referred to the good work done by tho British fleet. He stated that there was no fear of tho Xavy l)eing challenged by the "broom" hanging from the masthead of a German battleship. The sea had been cleared of a ruthless enemy, the German navy. One of the greatest,'feats of submarine work was the daring displayed by the Australian AE2 in entering the Sea of Marmora, through the Dardanelles. "Der Tag," ("Here's to the day when we defeat the British Xavy and become rulers of the waves") is a daily toast on board the German battleships, but that day of toasting' is past; the.-toasts are confined to the bottles, weli corked,, like the German fleet in the Keil Canal. He-felt sure that so long as the Union .lack flies j on the seas, tho shores of England and her dependencies jvould. be secure from the murderous and piratical attacks of the Germans. . .