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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1952.

HOMESIDE PICTORIAL.

WHEN the Prime Minister was recently made an honorary member of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, he was presented with a silver model of Glasgow's Iron Steeple at the same time. Mr T, W. Oman (right),. President

of the Chamber, is seen making the presentation. (Reuterphoto).'

QUEEN Mary photographed going out for a.drive round St James's Park from Marlborough House, This was her first time out since Aprit 3 when she

caught a cold. (Express) ·

KING Frederick of Denmark honoured The Buffs when, as their Colonel-in-Chief, he visited Canterbury to unveil a window in the Warriors' Chapel of the Cathedral to the memory of 1,277 officers and men of the sister regiment, the Queen's Own Rifles of Can ada. (Army News, Service)

THE great-great-grandson of n Negro slave preached. the sermon the other night at St Paul's Cathedral, being the first Negro to do so., He is the Rev. Marcus James, a small, cheerful 29-year-old *Jamaican, who decided as a child to become a preacher. He is the only Negro clergyman to win a Doctor of Philosophy degree at Oxford. (Express)

MR Harry Owen-Hughes (left), leader of the official BIF delegation from Hong- kong, greeting Mr Peter Thorneycroft (centre), President of the Board of Trade, -und Mr. Oliver Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, when they visited the Hongkong stand at the British Industries Fair on Commonwealth Trade Day. (Express)

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HER Majesty the Queen walking in the company of the Duke of Beaufort to the opening of the Olympic Horse Trials held in the grounds of Badminton House.

Box cameras were in evidence among the spectators.

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DEBUTANTES receiving their pieces of cake at Queen Charlotte's Ball, the big- gest event in the debutantes' calendar. An unknown joker this year had wired few crackers under the cake, with a 12-minute fuse, timed to explode when the cake was to be cut by the Duchess, of. Roxburghe, But they exploded in the wings after the cake had been wheeled out. (Express)

DRESSED in, a dark-coloured sarl, the 37-year-old Rani Shanker and-hör Husband, the Nepalese Ambas sador, leaving the Embassy in Kensington Palace- Gardens for Buckingham Palace to attend an after-,

• noon party given by the Queen. (Central Press)

THE gardens of Frog- mere, at Windsor, were open to the public for two days recently by permission of the Queen. With its lakes and beautiful trees, Frog more is one of the most delightful, spots in the south of England; The grounds became Royal

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the reign of Henry VIII. On the left, in this lovely vlow, the Gothic Ruin Summer

House

NANCY

A Tall Story

WANT TO BORROW

.MY. STILTS?

NO- HATE EM

"WHY?

IT'S FUN BEING UP ON STILTS

NOT

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THAT'S

WHERE

I LIVE

Ernie. Bushrailler

Warblers

Talm

Toffee

THE PERFECTION OF

CONFECTIO

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