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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1953.
HOMESIDE PICTORIAL •
BALLOONS being released at the Chelsen Arls Ball, held on New Year's Eve at.. London's Royal Albert Hall. The ball was attended by over 6,000 costumed guests. Right: Seventeen-year-old Valerie Hodgkinson, dressed as a bus stop, dancing with
"Burgeon" John MacFarland. (Express)
CORONATION robes for peers and peeresses na displayed in London. Actor John
· Hazell (centro) models the Çap of Siate to be worn by barons as an alternative to the coronet. The cap is being revived for the first time since the coronation of James II. On left is the new-style robo for a baroness, compared with the old on
the right. (Express)
FIVE-YEAR-OLD Helen Cook, from the National Children's Home, makes friends with. Compo, the London Zoo chimpanzee, at a beneßt in ald of the Home at the Central Hall, London, (Express)
PAUL ROGERS as Shylock with (left) 'Claire Bloom as Jessica and Irene Worth as Portia are seen offstage at the Old Vic Theatre, where they are playing in "The
Merchant of Venice,” (Express)
MISS Catherine Dorrington-Ward, who wrote moet of the music for a revue given by the doctors and
students of St Thomas's Hospital, London, helping
members of the cast with their make-up before the show (Express)
A detailed scale model of the City of London around St Paul's Cathedral, in a National Physical Labora- tory wind tunnel at Ted-' dington. When plans were made for a new power
for a ne
station at Bankside across the Thames, the staff of the Laboratory were asked to advise on the height of the chimneys to ensure that the smoke did not pollute the City." (Army News)
NANCY:
:YOO-HOO- SLUGGO--
IT'S ME
Some Lump!
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR CEILING. ?- THE PLASTER IS.
ALL CRACKED ?:
POLICEMEN who cornered the young gunmen Craig and Bentley in a Croydon roof-top gun battle have been awarded medals for their bravery. They are (from left) James McDonald, Frederick Fairfax, Norman Harrison and Robert, Jaggs,
(Express)
CHIEF Ladipo Solanke, wearing tribal costume, welcomlog Miss Tunda Johnson (left) at the West African students' dinner and dance held at the Cafe Royal. On the right is the Chief's wife, Olu. (Express)
By Ernie Bushmiller.
THE SPRING
IN AMY:
POGOLA STICK”
IS TOO STRONG
SMARTIES
DOWNTREES CHOCO