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Argentine's Great Hosting at Congress BATTLE FLEET'S GREETING TO PAPAL LEGATE
President and His Cabinet at Pontifical High Mass salute from the guns of the entire battle fleet of Argentina lowed by scenes of truly . Latin excitement and emotion, greeted , folHis Eminence Cardinal Pacf_oh, Papal Secretary oi State, when he arrived at Buenos Aires to prnQide as Papal Legate at. the Thirtv-Se.cild international Eucharistic Congress. Escorted by deJrJyers, the liner Conte Grande, flying the flag, passed down an avenue of thickly-clustered passenger-vessels Papal host of smaller craft filled with spectators, while speed boats and a dashed about excitedly. On land, the Legate was c,reetecl by the Archbishop of Buenos Aires.; and by the President of Argentina and his Cabinet, and then drove to t he Cathedral through street.; paz:k2‘-I with cheering men, women and children. In the presence of six other Cardinals, more than 150 Archbishops and Bishops, the President and Ministers, leading officers of the Navy and Army, thousands of priests, and some 600.000 people, the Legate opened the Congress by pr -siding at High Mass at a magnifi..ent set amidst the flower garde' - and shimmering lakes and streamlets in the centre of Palermo Park. Loud-speakers carried the Legate's voice to crowds in all the main streets of the city. The weather was glorious for the Legate's reception. C . E. Rhodes Harrison, writing from en eagle holding aloft a golden monBuenos Aires to the "Universe,- on the strance. the sign of the city's Euchar9th. ult., says: istic triumph. Buenos Aires gave her princely From noon onwards, thousands of guest a royal welcome to-day. people poured on to the esplanades HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL On every balcony shone the gold, that front the River Plate. P ACELLI. blue and white of the Congress shield. From the Presidential Palace, where Papal Legate. who opened the great Every street was hung with the flag:: the statue of Columbus keeps frozen International Et:(•haristic Congress at of the many nations that throng the Nigi1 across Palermo Park. Buenos Aires, last metropolis. Alike in fashionable s.11,- right down the 36-mile wide river, to the English Clock Towmonth. lir') and sordid slum gleamed the gold- er, whence the Westminster chimes
ring out, the dense crowd was one throbbing mass of expectation. Before long all the standing room in the Puerto Madero, where the CaTdinal Legate landed, was filled, and many s warmed on the roofs of adjacent warehouses. Others hung precariously from cranes that line the docks. The river front—with its fringe of tine buildings, overshad9wed by the jagged heights of skyscrapers—presented a scene of brilliant animation, for the whole Argentine Battle Fleet, its grey lines broken by fluttering ensigns, was moored before the city. The Government has decreed the attendance of the Navy both to honour the Legate and that the sailors might take part in the Congress. Festoons of flags and gaily-coiloured bunting danced from the rigging of the cruisers, and the host of passenger vessels, among them the 27 ocean liners that have brought pilgrims from many a distant land. Speedboats chugged importantly across the varied swarm of smaller craft, motorboats chugged .importantly acdoss the harbour, and in mid-stream a snowy yacht glided out to bear a greeting. For a while there was no sound upon the shore, but the murmur of multitude and the snap of buntingthe in the breeze. But suddenly a shout
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C,B.C. OLD BOYS' COMMITTEE Eighty-four members attended the Old Boys' Association Luncheon at the W-A.C.A. Ground. on Wednesday, Nov. 7. The chief guest was Rev. Brother Keniry, Principal of the College Cricket was played throughout the day between teams representing Past Captains and the College, and between Town and Country Old Boys. The College and the Country Old Boys were successful. The Committee deserves to be congratulated on the success of the function.
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Sitting (left to right) : H. A. Solomon, Dr- H. Barnard, A. Scott, J. W. Smith (vice-president), Dr. J. W. Horan (Presiden t), J. J. Minihan (vice-presiden t), T. A. Hartrey, J. Lavan. S tanding (left to right) : M. Cogan. M. Ahern, W. McManus (hon. treasurer), P. Adams, P. Collier (hon. secretary), 0. Silbert and C. Cogan. 10-