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FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO TOKYO

... of the West Indies has not been a success. From the outset the M.C.C. under-estimated the opposition, sending out to the Caribbean a team that lacked colourful personalities and never looked like being a match-winner. Many cricket enthusiasts declared ...

Published: Saturday 27 March 1948
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1110 | Page: 15 | Tags: Photographs 

THE WAR SPREADS TO THE CARIBBEAN

... THE WAR SPREADS TO THE CARIBBEAN A bout the middle of February a new place-name suddenly appeared in the war news. It may safely be said that the name Aruba meant little or nothing to the average lay reader, although to the oil world this oil-refinery ...

Published: Saturday 07 March 1942
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 412 | Page: 16 | Tags: Photographs 

SPARKLE AND SHADOW IN THE CARIBBEAN: The Need for International Co-operation Among the Islands

... the British Caribbean colonies, and the problem has been rendered still more difficult by backsliding on the part of Jamaica or, better said, of its Mr. Busta- mente (formerly Clark). Here we come up with a cardjnal obstruction to Caribbean co-operation ...

Published: Saturday 05 March 1949
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1845 | Page: 10 | Tags: Photographs 

BATTLING WITH THE GIANTS OF THE DEEP: LANDING GREAT FISH WITH ROD AND LINE IN THE CARIBBEAN

... BATTLING WITH THE GIANTS OF THE DEEP: LANDp ;REAT FISH WITH ROD AND LINE IN THE CARIBBEAN. A FORMIDABLE FISH ARMED WITH A DEADLY DAGGER IN ITS TAIL LANDING A 260I.B. STING-RAY. A WOUND FROM THIS SPECIES OF RAY IS FOLLOJ1 BY DEATH WITHIN THREE TO SIX MINUTES ...

LIFE ON BOARD A WHALING SHIP: SCENES IN A FILM DRAMA OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA

... ucceaafolly harpooned in the Caribbean Sea. These pictures sre from a striking film, 'entitled Down to the Sea in Ships, which is now being shown at the Palace Theatre. The screen illustrates a thrilling drama of whaling in the Caribbean Sea, and, with the exception ...

Published: Saturday 24 November 1923
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 155 | Page: 21 | Tags: Photographs 

CARIBBEAN CRESCENT: Our West Indian Possessions and what they have to Offer the Winter Traveller

... they have to Offer the VTinter Traveller AMONG the many hundreds of islands which form the great crescent which girdles the Caribbean Sea it is difficult to choose the most fascinating. In this article I propose to deal with some aspects of the most southerly ...

Published: Saturday 06 November 1937
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1710 | Page: 39 | Tags: Photographs 

STORMING VIEQUES ISLAND: American Troops Stage a Spectacular Amphibious Exercise in the Caribbean

... of Vieques, a sun-baked island just east of Puerto Rico, they brought to a climax a week of spectacular manoeuvres in the Caribbean designed essentially to show in what measure the danger of atom-bomb attack affects the conduct of vast amphibious operations ...

Published: Saturday 19 March 1949
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 533 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs 

The Delights of Tropic Seas

... to the Caribbean Sea Undertaken under the Leadership of the Distinguished American Naturalist, Mr. William Bezbe Under the leadership of Mr. William Bcebc, the dis tinguished naturalist and explorer of America, an expedition to the Caribbean Sea has ...

Published: Saturday 23 July 1927
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 334 | Page: 31 | Tags: Photographs 

AMERICA'S ROCKET WARSHIP: The Norton Sound Converted for Pacific Tests

... HER EAST COAST NAVAL BASE FOR THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE PACIFIC OCEAN Left-- The helicopter landing platform in the forepart of the ship. Right A close-up of the superstructure. After a shake-down cruise in the Caribbean the Norton Sound will start her ...

Published: Saturday 23 October 1948
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 434 | Page: 11 | Tags: Photographs