1929-11-09 — Page 9

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1929.

THE CHINA MAIL,

Our Homeside Picture Service

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THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS--The 24th annual band contest was held at the Crystal Palace. Surrey, 4000 men competing. Here is "the te with the mighty trumpet." This wee laddie did his best with the lugge Trumpet. (Spurt and General).

GREAT LONDON TRAIN SMASH.A London & North-Eastern express collided with a goods train near Tottenham Hale station. Eight people were injured. Photo shows the permanent way twisted high in the air and the main line engine embedded la the soil-(Sport and General).

SUFFOLK ANCESTOR OF GENERAL DAWES.-The American Ambas- sador to Britain is a direct descendant of a Puritan family known to have lived in Sudbury in Stuart times. He is seen here receiving the Freedom of Sudbury from the Mayor at the Town Hall.-(Sport and General).

BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER. - Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, with his daughter Ishbel, on board the R.M.S. "Berengarin,” during their voyage to Cherbourg en route for America (to meet President Hoover), after Life-hoat drill-(Sport und General).

THE R101. View in

of the promenades adjoining the lounge from which passengers obtain an outward view through windows in the outer cover of Britain's famous airship, seen also in Centre column.-(Sport and General).

BROUGHT IN BRITAIN Owing to the drought, a number of Britain's rivers ran very low. Look at this jumping the River Ouse near Willing. ton, Bedfordshire. In normal times it would take a strong swimmer to. cross at this, point.-(Sport and General),

SECRETS OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST AIRSETF-R.101 on view in the hangar Works, Cardington, Bedfordshire. An Indication of what it is like to be inside is given on a pletare at the Royal Airship at right(Sport and General).

PRINCE PETER OF MONTENEGRO With His wife, Princess Violette, vialling London. Princess Violette who, before her marriage, was an setrass, in the daughter of ax-Detective Bgt. William Wegner of the Criminal Inves- tigation Department. The souple are seen leaving their hotel.(§. & G.);

THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON (Bir Kynaston with the Sword bearer and Kace Bearer the traditional ppales (Sport and Genera

(Sir William Waterlow) They are been holding

EXHIBITION OF INVENTIONS.The "heliplane," a flying machine having a stream-lined two-bladed propeller and four specially designed elevating 'planes rotated horizontally in reverse motion on a vertical driv ing shaft. Mr. J. W. Purton is the Inventor(Sport and General),

ROWING POPULAR WITH WOMEN. --- Many exciting performances were witnessed at the finals of the Women's Amateur Rowing Association's annual regatta, at Putney,·· Photo shows Mias Joyce, cox of the Helen, Smith Rowing Club, urging her eyew on, in the Eights, Heat 1,—(8. & (I.),