1954-01-30 — Page 4

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1954,

• HOMESIDE PICTORIAL

IT-GEN, Sir Richard N. Gale presenting a certificate of merit to the champion recruit, Private G. Palmer, of 9 Platoon, at the passing out parade of recruits at the Airborne Forces Depot, Malda Barracks, Aldershot, (Army News)

MISS Ruth Cohen, 47-year-old economist, who will Rucceed Dame Myra Curtis aa Principal of Newnham. College, Cambridge. She will be the first Jewish woman ever to head a woman's college at Oxford or Cambridge. (Express)

A THREE-YEAR-OLD bull mastiff, Dingaan Simba, was the principal guard while the Royal plate was being moved from Buckingham Palace, and Windsor Castle to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Simba has been guarding art treasures for over

two years. (Express).

AT a party held in his Westbourne Grove, London, studio, Roger Wood, who has photographed ballet dancers and cover girls for magazines all over the world, asked his guests to take pictures of themselves. Here he helps Mrs Beryl Andrews to take Gill Howard, who has changed her party dress for a beach sult

and coolle hat. (Express)

AMONG the 800 guests at a reception given by the BBC to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their publication, The Listener, were publisher Victor Gollancz and actress Sybil Thorndike. (Express)

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HANGING head downward and escaping from a straightjacket while suspended from the roof of the Granada Theatre, Tooting, is 22-year-old locksmith Nick Janson, an amateur Houdini. He has gone one better by escaping from a padded cell, a feat which Houdini never accomplished. (Reuterphoto)

JOHN GWYTHER, seen here with his wife, Joan, and two children, plans to drift 2,500 miles across the Pacific Ocean in a canoe carved out of coconut trees. His object is to test Thor (Kon-Tiki) Heyerdahl's theory that the Polynesian islands were colonised from South America, and to develop the theory in relation to New Zealand. He will also make observations for the Department of Geography at

Cambridge. (Express)

WHIRLING into a barefooted solo is Marika de Rivera, rehearsing for her dance recital ai London's Princess Theatre. She is the daughter of the world- famous Mexican artist, Diego Rivera, and the wife of Rodney Phillips, the Australian wool- millionaire, (Reuterphoto)

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SIX sea lions sent to the circus proprietor, Billy Smart, arrived at London Air- port without permission and were sent to the London Zoo. The Board of Trade refused an import licence and suggested they be sent back to the United States. They were meant to be a surprise present for Mr Smart from his, daughters: Picture shows them being fei by Captain Teddy Fleming, the circuia trainer. (Express)

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