THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1948.
WORLD NEWS IN PICTURES
AIRPORT OPENING-Interested crowds attended the inauguration ceremonies of Limatambo, the largest airport in South America. Expected to be the hab of all future South American air travel, the fleld is located near Lima, Peru. The first plane landing on the new strip was witnessed by a wildly cheering
crowd.
WADING ALONG-These youngsters, plod 'through flood waters which inundated large areas of southefn Florida during a recent hurricane. The Orange Bowl Stadium, scene of the annual New Year's Day football classic, can be seen in the background."
POETS' FOUNTAIN TO GO-The Westminster City Council recently decided to remove what is known as the Poets' Fountain, which stands at the southern end of 'Park Lane. The statue, which is a relic of the days of horse traffic, was damaged during the war,
PRIVACY PREFERRED—The cameraman, besides getting a good picture, got a great big Inhospitable hiss from this Canadian goose guarding her nest near a tee on a Chicago golf course.
NO NEW LOOK HERE-Dutch housewife Corneles Ckees and her two children go for a stroll in their everyday dress. The little boy's clothes are fairly up-to-date, but mother and daughter wear the same styles popular in Volendam, Holland, 300 years ago.
FLAMES IN THE FOREST-Smoke and flames erupt from a 92-year-old Newburgh, N.Y., mansion in this nerint. view. Firemen stood by helplessly, watching the fire cause $100,000 in damage, because there was A 91-year-old Invalid, no. water supply available.
owner of the mansion, was carried to safety.
ROUGH-RIDING CHIMPANZEE—Andy, the roughest, toughest chimp wrangler In the St. Louis Zoo corral, shows how he, tames even the meanest bronco as he Here takes on a spirited donkey named Sixty-Six. Andy makes a neat leap into the saddle as his mount passes.
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