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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1955.

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RELAXING from a busy round of Royal duties, Queen Elizabeth went on shooting party at the Perthshire estate of her cousin, the Master of Elphinstone. The Queen is shown here in the front rank of the party at the end of the day's shoot. On her right is the Master of Elphinstone; on her left Lady Dalhousie. (Express)

THESE three cule youngsters will appear as the youngest triplets in the 1956 the blue bloods. edition of Debrett's, British guide book to who's who among Mark, Sean and Patrick Armstrong are one year old, and their pedigree goes back to the 16th century, when their ancestor, John Armstrong, was the most famous (Express) leader of the clans who crossed the Border to raid the English.

THE grey, grim port of Liverpool is not the most romantic background for a proposal of love. Nevertheless, it was in Liverpool that Italian opera stars Andrea Mineo, 27, and Maria Grazia Ciferri, 29, became engaged. Andrea pro- posed as the curtain was falling on the third act of "Rigoletto." They are drinking to their future. (Express)

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service between them. Warrant Officer I Alexander. Beriment, who has been in the Army” sines 1919,

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GENERAL Sir Robert Mansergh, who has been appointed the new Commander-in-Chief, United Kingdom Land Forces. Formerly Commander, British Forces, Hongkong, General Mansergh became Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Northern Europe, in 1951. He is being succeeded in this post by Li-Gen, Sir Cecil Sugden, CBF Hongkong.

THE Duke of Edinburgh with members of York Corporation on their way to York Minister, where

he unveiled a memorial to fallen RAF officers

and men. The Duke earller visited the British Railways Carriage Works, escorted by the Mayor, Alderman Fred Brown. (Express)

KEENLY interested as Dr R. H. Girdwood, of Edinburgh University, conducts an experiment is Professor L. G. Bogomolova, Soviet woman scientist visiting Britain. She is a Professor at the Leningrad Institute of Blood Transfusion,

(Express)

ON an average, you turn over in bed seven times during a night's sleep. Now a 34-year-old English inventor, Mr P. F. W. Fanghanel, of Harlow, Essex, has produced a machine which gauges the effect of this restlessness on spring mattresses. Metal "bodies" turn over automatically, and the machine is kept going for 60 hours, which approximates 10 years' wear for the mattress. (Express)

CHEERFUL smiles from members of the Plessington, Lancashire, soccer team as they lle on their beda while donating blood for their manager, Cuthbert Turner, 63, who had both legs' crushed in a works accident. The whole team turned out for the gift of blood, made at Blackburn Infirmary. (Express)

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CHARLIE, Australian cockatoo (left), is considered to be the most talkative bird of his kind to have been taken care of at the London Zoo. Non-stop, so they say--but no impolite words, though. Prince Charles was visiting, the Zoo one afternoon when Charlle yelled, "Hello, Charlie!" Starting back, the young Prince pronounced solemnly, "I didn't really think

.. cockatoos could talk properly." -(Express)

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