1929-05-04 — Page 9

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929.

THE CHINA MAIL,

OUR HOMESIDE PICTURE SERVICE.

PARIS PAYS TRIBUTE TO DEAD AMBASSADOR-Impres sive scenes at the funeral of Mr. Myron T. Herrick, the United States Ambassador to France. The coffin was after- wards taken by special train to Brest and embarked for New York on the French cruiser "Tourvilie." The cortege is shown passing through troop lined streets.-(Sport and General).

THE ATLANTIC FLEET. → Warmly welcomed on return to Plymouth after the recent Mediterranean manoeuvres. Here is a picturesque view of HM.S. "Rodney" passing Devil's Point into Devonport harbour.-(Sport and General).

SCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS. During the recent holidays at Home. Bradfield College sports at Bradfield, near Reading, "Berkshire. A welcome obstacle in warm weather! Competitors in the Senior Steeplechase taking the weir before the finish.— (Sport and General).

"FLAG DAY."--Collectors in period costume raided London night clubs for charity (the Greater London Fund for the Blind) on "Geranium Day," April 9. Above are some of the charming collectors with their decorated car.- (Sport and General).

HAPPY EASTER HOLIDAY SCENES --Easter in the Old Country was a record open air holl- day, Here is a scene at Margate How a family spent Easter on the sands1 Mother inter- ested in the seaweed, father as eep, and some of the children digging in the sands (Sport and General).

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LONDON DURING EASTER - A scene at the zoological Gardens, always a popular resort for the holiday crowd. elephant "investigates", with his trunk and causes a little uprðar among the feminine visitors to the Elephant Walk —{Sport and- General

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BLESSING OF THE HOLY FIRES AT WESTMINSTER.-In accordance with ancient custom, the ceremonies of lighting and blessing the holy fires were carried out with the usual imposing ritual at Westminster Cathedral, London, on Easter Saturday. The Bishop of Cambysopolis is seen blessing the Fires-(Sport and General),

DISTINCTIVE HEADGEAR.The famous Harrow hats at the school sportsLike Eton, the Harrow schoolboys wear distinc- tive headgear as will be seen by this group of Harrow boys. keenly interested in their school sports at Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex The Tats are of straw, low crowned, broad-brimmed, elastic attached at the back, and worn summer and winter- (Sport and General)..

TAKING THE JUMPS WELL. At the Berks and Bucks. Farmers Staghounds Point-to-Point races at Sonning, Berk shire All astrido, in defiance of side-saddle advocates, com- petitors are seen taking the first fence in the Ladies Adjacent Hunts Race, won by Miss C. Mann-Thomson's "Socks II" (No. 12, in centre, rider without jacket) (Sport and General)..

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