THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1959,
AT the 3rd Commando Brigade athletic sports held at Boundary Street last week. Above: The Hongkong Defence Force team, winners of the invitation medley relay. Above right: Marine Flack winning the 880 yards. Right: The GOC-in-Chief, Licut-Gen. Sir Robert Maniergh, presents the Brigade Sports Cup to the captain of 40 Commando. (Colden Studio)
A
recent distinguished visitor to the Colony was the Countess Mountbatten of Burma, who was on a tour of far-flung British territories in her capacity of Superintendent-in-Chief of the St John Ambulance Brigade. She was welcomed (above) at the airport by Commodore L. N. Brownfield.. Below: Countess Mountbatton (in dark glasses) watches a first aid competition. (Telegraph Staff Photographer}
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TWO happy groups taken at the annual Ball of St Patrick's Society
of Hongkong, held in the Hongkong Hotel last week.
Staff Photographer)
(Telegraph
LEFT: Picture taken at St Joseph's
Church last Sunday on the occasion of
the christenlag of Norman Thomas, son
of Mr and Mrs T. M. Castilho. (Ming
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YING WA Girls' School celebrated its Diamond Jubilee last week. Picturas chow girls taking part in 1 cookery contest, and others entertaining visitors with a dance. (Telegraph Staff Photographer)
THE Police team from
Hongkong, who defeated
the Kowloon Police in
the semi-annual McTattie
Cup "Twenty-fives" con- (Telegraph Staff Photographer).
test,
GROUP picture taken on the occasion of the christoning
at St John's Cathedral of Alan Michael and Joyce Sylvia, children of Mr and Mrs J. H. Woodier.
LEFT: Capt. Arthur Joseph Raby and Misi Aileen Buchanan Thomson, who word married last Satur-· day, photographed with friends at the reception. (Ming Yuan)
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MR. T. A. Martin speaking on the Colony Budget at Tuesday's meeting of the Reform Club. On the Jeft in Mr Brook A. Bernacchi,, chairman of the Club. (Telegraph' Staff Photographer),
MR. Austin Coates, one of Hongkong's delegates to the Fifth World Congress of Junior Chamber International at Manila, reporting_to-s-meating of the Hongkong Junior Chamber of Commerce held in the Hongkong Hotel.: (Telegraph: Staff Photographer),
PICTURE taken on the occasion of the christaning. Richard Hans Eric, son of Mr and Mr H. E. Waony,
at the Hongkong Union which
took place last Sunday thend
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