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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST · 4, 1956.
HOMESIDE PICTORIAL
THE Duke of Edinburgh watching troops en the assault course during his visit to the Regimental Depot of the Wiltshire Regiment, of which he is Colonel-in- Chief. The new intake has now set sail for Cyprus to join the 1st Battalion of the Regiment (Army News)
SOVEREIGN'S Parade at PanunuPNI. Her Roya hignness Princess Mar- Kure. (right), neting for ane tjueen, presenting the Sword
Honour 10 Senior Unger Onicer 2.A.2. 1loyd, the beyi omcer cuder of the term. Ire is bli Zan in height. The picture shows that- although the Princess IN Standing
he on a dais, Towas above her. (Army News)
LEFT: Captain Walther Westbork,
native of
Denmark, arrives at Mar- gate. England, in the "unsinkable lifeboat" in which he is planning to tour the world. The boat is built of steel and is powered by I Diesel engine. It has an enclosed cabin, topped by an air- craft-type perspex dome. Equipment includes 51 two-way radio and auto- matic pilot. (Express)
QUEEN ELIZABETH meeting her alom age chiefs at Marham Royal Air Force Station in Norfolk, where she and the Duke of Edinburgh were shown an actual Air Chief atom bomb. Much-bemedalled RAF officers in picture are, from left: Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle, Air Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, Air Vice-Marshal Sir John Whitley, Air Vice-Marshal Kenneth Cross, and Group Captain L. M.
Hodges. (Express)
ACTRESS Vivien Leigh, wife of Sir Laurence Olivier, is leaving the cast of the London production of Noel Coward's comedy, "South Sea Bubble," because she is expecting a baby at Christmas. She is seen with Elizabeth Sellars (left), who ls to take over from her. (Express)
JOAN CRAWFORD, £75,000-a-film "Queen of Hollywood," has landed in England after an absence of 23 years. With her is her fourth husband, Alfred Steele, chairman of the £90,000,000 Pepsi-Cola soft drink company. "The Story of Esther Costello," adapted from the book by Nicholas Montserrat, is the film she is making in England-and it is her 73rd film. (Express)
PICTURE shows the "úrunkometer" for testing the alcoholic content of arrested motorists which may be introduced in Englund. By a system of rubber tubing, glass bottles and a liquid pressure guage, It can tell to what extent—if any—a
motorist has been drinking. (Express)
NANCY
LEFT: Gold medal for Cyprus hero. Major Brian Coombes, of the Royal Engineers, pictured out- side Buckingham Palace after an investiture when he received the George Medal awarded him for defeating a
terrorist ambush in Cyprus. (Express)
NANCY...
WHY DID YOU LET ALL THOSE BUGS IN 7
PRESENTATION of Colours to the 4/5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, by the Duchess of Kent at Tonbridge. The Duchess, who is Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, is seen inspecting the men during the ceremony. (Army News)
LEFT: Defying cries of "scab” and “blackleg," these British Motor Corporation workers walk back to work at the Austin factory in Birmingham. Some 50,000 workers are employed by the BMC's 13 factòries; about half obeyed the strike call. (Express).
By Ernie Bushmiller.
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