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THE “CHINA MAIL,

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1955.

HOMESIDE PICTORIAL

MI Colin Tennant, one of Princess Margaret's greatest friends, is to marry 23-year-old Lady Anne Coke. They are seen here at the Royal College of Arts bail in London, Mr Tennant has escorted the Princess often to the theatre, Lady Anne Coke was a maid of honour to the Queen at the Coronation.

(Express)

LEFT: Mr Edward Port- man, 21-year-old nephew of Viscount Portman, and his bride-to-be, 20-year-old Rosemary Farris, grand- daughter of the village blacksmith of Coombe Bissett (pop. 248). He is an agricultural student. (Express)

HER Majesty the Queen unveiling a plaque to com- memorate the opening of the new Central Terminal Building at London Airport. She is accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Minister of Trang- port, Mr John Boyd-Carpenter. (Express)

ONE man distinctly displeased by the election of Mr Hugh Gaitskell to the leadership of the Labour Party is 79-year-old Lord Amwell, who resigned from the Party shortly after news of Gaitskell's victory. Lord Amwell, formerly Fred Montague, sold newspapers at 12, became a worker In London's Caledonian Market, and was made a baron in 1947. He is a Morrison man.

(Express)

LONDON'S ritzy Mayfair Hotel was the scene of a charity dance in ald of invalid children. Many notable figures in society turned up for the affair, voted one of the most successful of the season. Picture shows Mr Billy Wallace with Miss

Judy Montague. (Express)

ONE of the most promising young newcomers to the screen, Italian charmer Anna Maria Bandr), is here seen with British actor Anthony Steel on location in Libya for "The Black Tent,” an adventure story set among the Bedouin tribes. (Express)

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THE great cricketer, Sir Jack Hobbs, reading congratulatory tele- grams on his 73rd birthday. He is very fit, plays golf regularly, and looks after a sports business in London. (Express)

BELOW: The Christmas wish of a 10-year-old girl from behind the Iron Curtain came true last week when she met her mother for the first time in seven years. Regina Koubikova from Czechoslovakia is seen with her mother, Mrs Georgina Barton, of Edgware, and father. (Express)

ADMIRAL Sir Michael Denny, who has just re- tired as Commander-in- Chief, Home Fleet, with some of the 33 dolla which he has collected on his travels. They are all different, and dressed in their distinctive nat- ional costumes. (Ex- press)

NANCY

AUNT FRITZI-DID

YOU BUY SOME ( | NOISE-MAKERS · TO

WELCOME THE NEW

YEAR?

BRITISH actress Lynette Mills, 18, had to learn to roller skate by Christmas for a television play, so she had to betake herself to a rink and learn the art she neglected in childhood. As you can see, she

didn't have a very happy time,

OH, DEAR~-

I FORGOT

ALL ABOUT ·

IT

(Express)

WELL--NO NOISE FOR: US TONIGHT

BACK home in England after a motor-cycle tour of 25 countries are 38-year-old Ernest Bell, of Peter- borough, Northamptonshire, and Valerie Welb, 22, of Teddington, Middlesex. Their 16-month trip saw them dining with rajahs and Arab chiefs, camping out in forest and desert, and getting in and out of many narrow escapes. (Express) ·

By Ernie Bushmiller.

THAT'S WHAT

YOU THINK

WE'RE OFF TO GET OUR SUPPLY OF DELICIOUS

ROWNTREES MILK VALE CHOCOLATES.