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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1952.
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HOMESIDE PICTORIAL •
THE arrival recently of a third '95-year-old ex-soldier at Chelsea Royal Hospital has stirred up a bit of an argument as to who is the oldest pensioner. The two previous claimants ure Pte Joseph Kelly (left) whose birth certificate is lost but who was christened on August 17, 1857, and Pte Francis Keerslake, who was born on July 20, 1857.
AT the St Patrick's Day ball in London, Mrs Boland, wife of the Eireann Ambassador, chats with the piper, Mr Samus Ennie. The pipes are 140 years old. (Express).
AT a reception to meet
General Orescamin, the
new Yugoslav Military
Attache in London, his
wife, Sonja (centre),
helps the wives of other
diplomats to refresh- ments. (Express).
WINNER of the London telephone exchanges beauty competition: Miss Jean Simms, aged 20, of Water- loo exchange. She retained her last year's title of Telephone Beauty Queen of London. (Express).
A party of students in fancy dress return to the University College fancy dress dance with a trophy in the early hours of the morning. Right: 19-year- old Elizabeth Jogee, of Westfield College, repre- senting the Spirit of Rum, being helped into a barrel before the start of the parade.. (Express).
LEFT: Four men of the 8th Hussars, who are all Yorkshirenfen, ride on top of a Centurion tank being put through its paces .at the Leeds Ordnance Factory. The Centurion has been called the best tank operating in Korea.
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PHOTOGRAPHED at Trafalgar Square are two sergeants of the WRAC-Sgt Pat York of Northumberland (left) and Sgt E. Lyle of Glasgow - wearing the new uniform and recruiting badge in connection with "Lend Strength to Bri- tain" week.
FEEDING time for the fargo flock of Kerry and Clun sheep owned by Mr Hector Smith of Snows- hill, Gloucestershire. He farms some of the high- est and most open land in the Cotswolds.
LEFT: - Japanese greet- ing at a West End cinema between Lord Sempill and Mrs Asakai, wife of the head of the Japanese Government Agency in London. They, were both guests at the premiere of the prize winning Japanese film, "Rashomon." (Express);
NANCY
Add-mire
NANCY-- I HEAR THERE'S A NEW BOY: IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OH, YES, MA'M-- HE'S VERY NICE
I'VE LOST MY HEAD. OVER HIM
By Ernie Bushmiller
SO I'M TRYING-
OUT YOUR· BEAUTY MUD.
Talm
THE PE
Toffee