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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1950.

PICTORIAL

NEWSFRONT

LIVERPOOL

DEPARTURE

Now that the liner Aquitania has been taken out of service for serapping at Southamp- few of his ton, crewman James Purvis carries a souvenirs off the 15,000-ton vessel. Since her maiden voyage in 1944, the Aquitania has carried 1,200,000 passengers and travelled almost 3,000,000 miles,

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ON GOODWILL MISSION--The Canadian Pacific, feboat of the town of Selsey, England, plonges from The towns. her slipway, bound for a lightship which is maintained as a navigational aid to mariners. people had gathered a repast for the men who live on the lightship, so they could welcome the New Year

in the proper festive manner.

FRESHMAN AND FOX-Wyman Carroll, a freshman at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, studies a school directory ns his pet fox, Princess, sits patiently on his arm. Although the student claims he has caught and tamed every type of small North American animal, Princess was given to him by a friend.

TAKING NO CHANCES-Paulette Hendrix and Toni Webster, modelling summer play suits in New York's winter weather, take extra precautions to prevent catching colds. It can be chilly even indoors when one has on so little clothing, and the girls do what they can about the situation by taking cold-preventing pills.

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HOME AGAIN-Arab familles are reunited in Acre, Israel, following the repatria- tion of Arabs, both Christian and Moslem, who fled from Palestine during the fighting. Many of these refugees have been separated from their families for 18 months or more.

ONE OF THE BEST— Actress Mary Martin, starring in Broadway's biggest musical hit, has also been chosen as one of the world's 10 best dressed women by the New York Dress In- stitute. The outfit shown here is one of the reasons why Mary was chosen.

SUN VALLEY

SUNNY SKIES ON SKIS Teens Haggman and Les Outzs wear these light outfits as they take to their skis at Sun Valley, Idaho. After they've finished gliding down the snowy hills, they can go for a swim in one of the resort's warm outdoor pools.

HE LOOKS GRATEFUL-Silver, a work horse drawing mail wagons in Philadel phlo, was bought out of servitude when he began to go lame. Irene Neff, receiving a kiss from Silver, used all her next year's vacation money to buy the horse and put him out to pasture. Silver was to have been destroyed because

legs had given out.

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THE SAME OLD WAY-These labourers near Rome use the same system of shovelling stones for road building which their forefathers used 2,000 years ago. Two men pull a piece of rope tied to the fork-handle, which is manned by a companion.”

GUTTED SHIP RECONVERTED-The New Australia lles in dock in Southamp ton during the final stage of her reconversion after being gutted by fire in 1947. Formerly the Monarch of Bermuda, the ship will malo her first voyage since

repairs in March or April, carrying emigrants to Australia.