THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1949.
PICTORIAL
AMARITA
NEWSFRONT
PILING UT-While sanitatlon men in Paris staged a walk-out for higher wages, rubbish piled high in the streets. This scene is at the market
Soldiers were put on street-cleaning detail in Paris.
Les Halles.
FLYING THROUGH SPACE The angle of this shot of two of the horses of the Quadriga on the Wellington Arch, Constitution Hill, in London, creates the optical But illusion that they are flying through space.
they're fastened firmly enough,
GET FILM AWARDS Sir Laurence Olivier and Anna Neagle with their Gold Trophy awards in London. The awards, Britain's oldest International-film honour for merit, were given for the two outstanding film performances of the year in British pictures.
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THINGS TO COME-Because an unexpected snowfall covered the area around Lebec, California, threatening the multi-million dollar citrus crop, Mrs Charlotte Hernandez, left, took a picture of Mrs Mary Bibbs. They went on to warmer climes, but wanted to prove what they had seen.
HOLDS CONVERSION RECORD As Bob Kennedy holds the pigskin, New York pro football Yankees' Harvey Johnson place-kicks. Johnson has 88 con- secutive conversions to his credit, which is an All-America Conference record.
PRACTISING-Marie
Roe is one of 50 pretty chorus girls who will match their curves in a at Las competition Vegas, Nevada, and she looks like certain
winner.
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE—A civil defence and fire- fighting squad in Easingwold, England, is demonstrat- Ing a rescue nuethod when the victim is trapped in a high building. They hope their experiences will be useful in any possible future emergency.
Coolad LOBSTERS
ALIYE
IN SEASON
UNDER THE WEATHER A section of the Municipal Pler in Redondo Beach, California, sags Into the sea where storm-churned waves pounded the pilings until 30 feet of It collapsed.
shops along the pier was enormous.
Damage to sea-food
Actress
FOR DINNER Arlene Dahl wears this dinner dress of rustling black taffeta which fen- tures a rosette-dotted bodice of souffle over chiffon.
THE LONG WAY HOME When Mr and Mrs Arnold Briddon, Jr., went for a stroll in Rochester, N.Y., their pet cat Belgique, went along. But the cat kept right on going all the way to Culver, Indiana, which is 550 miles as a cât walks. When Belgique returned six weeks later, he had lost half his original
yweight.
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