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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1955.

HOMESIDE PICTORIAL ·

THE traditional ceremony of presenting sprigs of shamrock on St Patrick's Day was carried out at a parade of the Irish Guards at the Guards' Depot, Caterham. HRH The Princess Royal, who represented the Queen, Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, receives her shamrock from Lt-Col J. Keatings. (Army News)

DR Roberto Arias, the new Panama Ambassador in London, alights from the state coach after his return from Backingham Palace, where he presented his credentials to Her Majesty the Queen. He recently married Margot Fonteyn, the famous ballerina. (Central)

PRINCESS MARGARET

last week attended the

service of consecration

of the Church of St

Philip, Plaistow. The Brownies and Guides who formed the guard [of honour receive a smile

from the Princess on her departure after the ser- vice. (Central)

A "Redskin" in full in dian hunting dress stalk. ing on the Sussex Downs. He is 17-year-old Colin Taylor, of Brighton, He is an authority on their sign language and the history and customs of their tribes. He is known to other Red Indian ex- perts as "Kang Iy Tawka," or Sitting Crow.. (Reuterphoto)

LEFT: The village black. smith of Kingham," Ox- fordshire, Mr James Rathbone, watches his. sons putting a first coat of paint on the 15-feet- high wrought-iron gates ordered for the Royal Enclosure at Ascot in commemoration of the Queen's "Accession,

(Reuterphoto)_____

BELOW: Battle is joined by rival supporters from Guy's and London hos- pitals before the start of the final for the Hospitals Rugby Cap at Richmond. (Central)

BRITAIN'S new-65-ton Conqueror tank, which will shortly be going to the British Army of the Rhine to undergo extensive troop trials, photographed at the Fighting Vehicle Research Establishment at Chobham, Surrey. It is more heavily armoured than the Centurion, and is driven by the latest high-powered Meteor engine. (Army News) .

SIR Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin, who died on March 11 from a heart attack at the age of 73, is seen in this World War One picture (extreme right) with some of his fellow officers in the RAMC. This picture hangs today, in the Wright Fleming Institute, where Sir Alexander worked.

DONALD CAMPBELL'S turbojet hydroplane, Bluebird, being launched at Ullswater, Cumberland. It has been taken for several trial runs in preparation for the attempt on the world water speed record. (Reuterphoto)

NANCY

I FEEL SO SORRY

FOR YOUR DOG

HE SEEMS TO BE SO FRIENDLESS

YER WRONG

LIN THIS COLD: WEATHER HE

HAS LOTS OF FRIENDS:

DON COCKELL, British and Empire heavyweight champion, who is to fight. Rocky Marciano in San Francisco in May for the world title, relaxing and enjoying the sunshine at Eastbourne, where he has set up his training headquarters.

By Ernie Bushmiller

WHY?

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DAIRY BOX

MILK CHOCOLATE