1929-01-19 — Page 9

SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1929.

THE CHINA MAIL,

OUR HOMESIDE PICTURE SERVICE.

INTERESTING CHRISTMAS WEEK WEDDING. - The ' marriage took place at St. Margaret's, Westminster, London, of Miss Joan I. Pears, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Pears of Lingfield, Surrey, and Mr. W. Shirley Worthington-Evans, only son of the Rt. Hon. Sir Laining Worthington-Evans, Bt Secretary of State for War, and Lady Worthington-Evans. The bride and bridegroom are seen outside the church after the ceremony. (Sport and General).

""FATHER CHRISTMAS," WHO IS PARTICULARLY FOND OF SICK CHILDREN,

VISITS SIR WILLIAM TRELOAR'S CRIPPLES* HOME AT ALTON, HANTS., TO DISTRIBUTE HIS "GOOD THINGS."-Some of the cripple boys of the Home, welcome "Father Christmas" (Sir Henry Gauvain, the medical superintendent) and his assistants on his arrival at their gates in a donkey cart-(Sport and General).

A SURE SIGN OF THE PRE-CHRISTMAS SEASON.-Pre-

parations for Christmas poultry at the famous London markets.

**

A fine display of turkeys which arrived at Leadenhall Market

in large quantities. A record one from Norfolk is seen dis- played, weighing 361⁄2 lbs. (Sport and General).

HISTORIC CEREMONY OF THE KEYS. AN UNCHANGING 600-YEARS-OLD CUS- TOM. The age-old "Ceremony of the Keys" is performed nightly at the Tower of London with the same old challenges and replies of 600 years ago. The Chief Warder, with an escort drawn from the Battalion of Guards quartered in the Tower, locks up the various gates, receives the age-old challenge, and reply at each, and finally deposits the Keys in the King's House after a supplication of "God preserve King George." The ceremony, which only lasts five minutes, from 9.55 p.m. to 10 p.m., has been successfully broadcast with des- criptive detail. The Chief Warder, in his ancient costume of the Yeomen of the Guard, is seen locking the Gates of the Byward Tower-Sport and and General).

LORD BIRKENHEAD, AND FAMILY LEAVE ENGLAND TO SPEN

MADEIRA. Amongst the Society people who left

Blue Star liner “Avila” for their Christmadzho

Birkenhead and family. On deck before sailing

E. W. Moulton (master of the

Furneaux(Sport and General)

PROMISING YOUNG AVIATORS. THE PASSING-OUT INSPECTION OF CADETS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE

BY AIR MARSHAL SIR HUGH TRENCHARD, AT CRANWELL AERODROME, LINCOLNSHIRE-Photo shows the

march past of the Cadets, in a slight resemblance to the "goose step."—(Sport and General).

EXPLOSION IN BLOOMBURY HALF A MILE OF HAVOC TAXI BLOWN OVER. Ten people

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