1957-08-17 — Page 1

THE CHINA `MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1057.7

The World Scout Jubileo Jamboree at, Sutton Coldfield, at which a Hongkong contingent is present, is opened by the Duke of Gloucestor, Prouident of the. Boy Scouts Association. He is seen making hir speech of welcome to the 35,000 Express Scouts from 82 countries who are attending.

Seventy wire frames took hundreds of man-hours to make. Thousands of helpers worked three days to cover them with Channel Island blooms for the Jersey Battle of Flowers. But when the bugle sounded "Opon Fire" it only took the Express 'crowd ten minutes to rip them all to bits.

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Sixteen, and, not far off six foot, Christine Truman who was not far off the Wightman Cup ofthor, sats out for America-for more tennis, naturally, "Express

Her eyes half closed with oxhaustion, but hor stroke as strong as when the sot aut, Florence Chadwick (36) of the United States ploughs through the dark

to 11 mile stretch

6 hours 7 Bristol Channel to reduce the record for this minutes.

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No trumpets, no starlets jostling the photographers, just personal friends and local neighbours when actress Shirley Eatón (20-year-old girl with a £40,000 film contract) went to the parish church at Kenton with her favourite Director of a local building Express firm, Colin Rowe (27).

Dr Stevens, director of the National Spastics Society, confesses that his Opera- tion Measles was a flop. He believes that if on expectant mother gets measles the may have a spastic baby, so the nine Stovens daughters were exposed to all the measles they could 'find--to get it over and done with. Not one of them got a spot.

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Lillian Gish; one of Hollywood's, first, stars (Birth of a Nation-1914), is now 56

and in England to make a now film,

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All was not so well all of the time at Sutton Coldfield, · -Pumps, duck boards, and plenty of spade work wore needed to defend the Scouts' canvas city from the Express rain, and camp fires were used for more than singing round.

Princo Philip was the main attraction at a charity cricket match at Arundel Castle,, Sussex. Toam mate (Australian Captain) Ian Craig said, “Considering the Prince only plays two games a year, he shows promite,. If he had the time and we could persuade him to do it, I'd like to have him in the Australian team."

Ho bowled test player Tom Graveney, Desmond Eagar, Alan Moss, and the Duke of Norfolk (blackfia—right) clocking up four for 60. Batting, he hit a 6, two 4t, and was clean bowled (that's the Fatal ball centre) by George Teiba. Result was a drawi Norfolk-157. Prince Philip~254 for B.:

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