SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1929.
THE CHINA MAIL,
OUR HOMESIDE PICTURE SERVICE.
OPEN-AIR BAPTISMS.Nearly 300 new converts (men and women) Lo the Elim Four Square Gospel Alliance (ef which Mrs. Aimee McPherson is a well-known Principal) were inmersed in a great Laptismal tank in the grands of Elim Bible College, Clapham Park, London, on June 15, by Principal George Jeffreys. Some 4,000 took part in the ceremony, the converts being robed in white. Our photograph is of some of the baplisinz
king place.-(Sport and General).
TT. RACE. The most popular sporting event in the Isle of Man. Thousands of spectator.attended the Tourist Trophy races where well- known racing motor cyclists and dirt track riders created new speed records. The Lightweight Touriad Trophy was won by L. C. Crabtree with the record average of 68.47 miles per hour. The competitors are shown here at the start (Sport and General).
RETURN OF CRANWELL-KARACHI FLYERS. Squadron Leader. S. G. Jones-Williams, M.C., and Flt Lt. N. H. Jenkins who recently set up a new British long-distance flight record by travelling from Cran- well, Lines.; to Karachi, India (a distance of 4,180 miles) in 60 hours 38 minutes, returned to Granwell aerodrome in their giant R.A.F. Fairey (Napier) monoplane, and were grected by Air Vice Marshal Sir John Higgins, Left to right, Squadron Leader A. G. Jones-Williams, M.C., Flight Lieut. N, H. Jenkins, and Air Marshal Sir John Higgins-(Sport and General).
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SEARCHLIGHT TATTOO.—The magnificent grand finale at Aldershot on June 22, when 4,000 soldiers performed evolutions resolving into the Star of the Order of the Garter. The scene on right (background- is reminiscent of Edinburgh Castle, Hong Kong, last year).—(Sport and General).
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CROSS-CHANNEL RACE. Prior to the start of the outboard motor bo at event at Dover, in which none of 40 competitors finished owing to accidents and fog The boats look very small indeed for the stormy pase- age(Sport and General).
LONDON AIR LINER FALLS INTO SEA.-Seven persons, four of them women, were trapped in the water logged fuselage and drowned when an Imperial Airways liner, "City of Ottawa," made a forced landing in the English Channel three miles off Dungeness. The air-liner left Croydon en route for Paris and Switzerland with 13 people aboard on June 17. Trouble developed when the machine was half way over the Channel and the pilot turned for home. He could not reach land and came down beside a trawler which rendered great assistance in rescuing some of the pas- songerz. The wreckage of the air liner is shown being towed by the trawler-(Sport and General).
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THE QUEEN'S WONDERFUL WELCOME.-In the East End of London. Hoxton received Queen Mary, when her Majesty opened the Girls' Hostel, recently built by the Girls' Guild of Good Life at a cost of about £16,000. The streets were packed with people, children waving flags enthusiastically, while houses were gaily decorated with bunting. Here are seen some of London's famous coster "pearlies" arriving to greet the Queen (Sport and General)..
FEEDING THE PIGEONS In Victoria Gardens, Westminster, London.
A typical sight in England's capital Photo shows the pigeons gather-
ing for their morning meal around two Httle bird-lovers, who delight in
their task. (Sport and Genoral).
PEACE TALK Generel Dawes, the new American Ambassador to Great Britain, met the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay MacDonald. at Logie-house, Torres, Morayshira, NB, on June 16, for an informal talkı on the question of, naval disarmament, í Logie-house was placed at the Premier's disposal by General Sir Alexander Grant, Last to right, Generat Dawes, Mr- Ramsay MacDonald and hia daughter, Miss Iehbel MacDonald,
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