1959-12-26 — Page 4

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1959.

HOMESIDE PICTORIAL

ABOVE:

Olivo-skinned Tommy Beecher, 2, whasa British parents were ordered out of South Africa for adopting him, recently arrived with them at London Airport. The Beachers adapted him when he was found abandoned in a Cape Town church; then local officials decided he was coloured, and ordered: "Giva up the child or go home." So they come home, the £600 air fares paid by father Frank's old union. The Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, to his old job at Epsom. They have two other children.

ABQVE: Five Malayan girls, mambors of the Cultural Society of Malaya, give a display of Malayan dancing of the Crone Theatre, Liverpool, England. The dance was performed during a programme of music and dancing from the Common- wealth countries given of the Crone Theatre in connection with Liverpool's Com monwealth Week, recently inaugurated by Princess Margaret.

ABOVE: Splashing their way through a 5-foot doop pond during the British Army Mechanical Transport championship at Bordon in Hampshire are two drivers with their specially waterproofed "Champ” vehicles. The championship--the British Army's "Grand National on Wheels”—was held to find the champion driver of the British Army. Eliminating contests brought down the total of competitors to eight. The Champion driver was Warrant Officer Asbury of the Royal Army Service Corps.

ABOVE: British film clown Norman Wisdom seen at

a special Press lunch given in his honour at the Dorchester this month by Mr John Davis of the Ronk Organisation, preceding the Press show of Norman'ı new film, "Follow A Star."

A gracious welcome to your guests

ABOVE: They used to call it the hub of the Empiro. Today it's still the hub of the Commonwealth-which is why the proposed plan for the redevelopment of Piccadilly Circus has created so much fuss that a public inquiry is being held by the Ministry of Housing. Or rather the lack of a plon; for the chief criticism has been launched against the LCC for ollowing a private firm to build a 172-feet high tower block which most architectural experts have con- demned as a monstrosity. Picture shows an artist's impression of the proposed block in situ.

ABOVE: After years of hard work by character actor Bernard Miles, raising, funds by public subscription, his Mermaid Theatre, first in the City of London since Shakespeare's day, is now well in the black. The other night Miles himself appeared to stor in the Theatre's Christmas production of "Treasure Island” as Long John Silver accompanied by a parrot called Jack Sprat who has been his inseparable componion over since he was bought six weeks ago.

ABOVE: Pretty Private Pat, Kolly grins across à pile. of Christmas mail at the Home Postol, Depot, Royal Engineers (Sorting Office) in London. This is the Army's Mount Pleasant, and it is thought that during the festive season some 20,000 bags of airmail and 150,000 bags of surface mail were despatched to 65 overseas destinations.

DRY FLY SHERRY

DRY FLY SHERRY

More & more people are drinking DRY FLY SHERRY

ABOVE: Teenagers were prominent at a recent evening service in the chapel of Pembroke Col lege Mission, Walworth, London - and so was a borrowed red-and-blue juke box standing undar. - a crucifix noor the pulpit. For the Rev. Christopher Gardner was just opening his coni- paign to get young people into, his church, with, among other things, modern, rock 'n' rall, hymns. As well as the juke-box, with records of rack 'n' roll hymns written by Anglican monk Father · · Geoffray Beaumont, there Was alsa 18-year-old pop star Gary Mills singing hymns like.../Living, Lord," "A Big Story is "Breaking," and "The Great. I ́Am.“ "Instead of the usual dozen or so, the congre gation was around 200 —but two middle-aged women walked out.”

NANCY

OH, DEAR-- TODAY IS IRMA'S BIRTHDAY AND I CAN'T AFFORD

A GIFT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IRMA

OH, 'BOY-***

WHAT'S

IN IT?

ABOVE: Looking for Christmas presents in a London store iz Princess Grace of Monoco. What did the buy? Tea towels and handkerchiefs. Her companion paid for them and they went away again-completely unnoticed '(except by” the cameraman).

I KNOW YOU'LL

BE DELIGHTED

By Ernie Bushmiller

WISH FOR

ANYTHING

YOU WANT

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DELICIOUS

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