1952-03-08 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1952.

HOMESIDE PICTORIAL

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FIELD-MARSHAL Sir William Slim, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, using a helicopter for the first time. Fog brake up his plan to fly from Chelsea Barracks to the Military College of Science at Shrivenham, Berks. The CIGS, however, flew several times up and down the parade ground. (BANU).

EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Peter Ascher, who

has to wait until 1991 to inherit £25,000 left by his father, is happy now with his pocket money of one shilling, The will gives Peter the money "upon his attaining 48 years of age and not being in the meantime convicted of any offence involving theft, fraud or dis. honesty," Of the future, Peter says: "I want to be a policeman, I want to

catch lots of people." (Express).

SOME of the 41 Indepen dent Commando, Royal Marines, greet their home- coming at Southampton with 1 mighty cheer. They returned to England from Koreu in the troop.

ship Empire Orwell,

RIGHT: Lounging luxuri. ously amid a dream of furs is television actress Petula Clark, rehearsing a scene in a TV play. The photo was made in a Brompton Road store. (Reuterphoto).

AT the annual dinner dance of the Half Litre Club at the Park Lane Hotel.. Pictured here are Stirling Moss, the racing motorist, and Miss Sally Weston. (Express),

SPRING hair fashion competition at the Empress Rooms. Here, Miss Juno Beale protects the com- pleted wayes while the remainder of her hair is Inished. (Express),

NOT music nor the call of Spring brings the London Zoo, goat, Pinto, to his hind legs. It's the tempting tidbit in the hand of Keeper Sam Smith,

photo).

(Reuter-

FIXING the headdress of Benzi, a canine actor, is actress Pat Kirkwood. The picture was made at Pat's wedding reception ai the Dorchester. (Ex- press).

BELOW: The Vampire NF 10, one of the RAF's two jet night fighters, warming up for the lake- off at West Malling sta- tion. These two new models will bring the per- formance of the night fighter force into line with. that, of the day Inter- ceptor squadrons.

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