THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1956.
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BALLBIINA Margot Fonteyn, who was made Dame of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours, is seen with the insignia after an investiture at Buckingham Palace. Holding the investiture was Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, in place of Her Majesty the Queen who was on tour In Nigeria with the Duke of Edinburgh. (Express)
MAJOR Brian Coombe, 34-year-old Army officer who killed one terrorist, wounded a second and captured two others after they had murdered his driver in Cyprus, was flown back to England after his life had been threatened. He is seen with his family in Maidstone, Kent. (Express)
PRINCE Aloysius Daniel "Lord" Ganda, 28-year-old ruler of 50,000 Nigerians, has recorded a best-selling calypso in honour of the Royal tour. The Prince is in England on a music-drama scholarship. He.. composed his opus in two days on the back of an envelope. (Express)
BRITISH singing star Shirley Bassey is currently making a hit in the West End and on television. She is pictured just before going on to perform at a London charlly concert. (Express)
BELOW:
Interior of Salford Cathedral, England, at the installation of the new Roman Catholic Bishop of Salford, the Rt Rev. George Andrew Beck. Twelve hundred persons attended the ceremony. (Express)
ACTRESS Dorothy Tutin, runner-up for the Evening Standard "best actress" award, received the prize (left) on behalf of the winner, Siobhan MeKenna, now playing in
New York, Miss McKenna was chosen for her per- formance in Shaw's "St Joan." (Express)
RIGHT: Gift to Regent's Park Zoo, London, from the New Zealand Depart- ment of Internal Affairs
Is this tuatara, a reptile
of lizard-like appearance. It replaces a previous one
which died. (Express)
PRINCESS MARGARET on
her visit 10 the London television studios of the BBC. She watched.a. panel game, was twice telovised while in
the audience and later
attended a champagne party
in one of the studios. Back
to camera is Francis Essex,
producer' of a variety show which the Princess also Baw,
(Express)
HELD by hopeful owners, these cats were aspirants for stage stardom. They were auditioning at Sadler's Wells, London, where a cat was needed for n walking-on part, în, the revival of “School For Fathers” Winner was a' four-year-old cat from Canada named "“Keats” His owner is a London woman, also with a postic name, Mrs John Donne, (Express).
RIGHT: When anyone calls "Nurse Clancy" in Bexley Hospital, Kent, there's likely
to be some confusion. For there are six nurses named
Clancy there--and they are all sisters. Top, left to right, they are Imelda, 16, Ester, 18 and Margaret, 24. «Front, from left: Maura, 27, Lilly, 25, and Clare, 20. (Express)
NANCY
THIS IS RIDICULOUS
ABSOLUTELY
RIDICULOUS
IMAGINE SENDING ME OUT IN A BLIZZARD---
YOU'D think that Eros, the god of love, wouldn't have much trouble keeping warm, but his statue in Piccadilly Circus suffered Ülke everyone else in the big frost that hit Britain this month. Picture shows how it looked one morning. (Express)
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