... . A Crowd of Arab Villagers on the Banks of the Tigris Seen from a. River Steamer The Arabs encountered by the Mesopotamian forces seem to have created an unfavourable impression. A British medical officer, on his way to Bagdad as a prisoner, writes: The country was as flat as ever, mostly desert and desperately uninteresting. Here and there we passed an Arab village, the denizens of which ...

... THE TACTICS OF THE AIR Seeking Cover. Copyrighted in the U.S.A. Approaching an Enemy's Country in Bright, Misty Weather In the above diagram the aeroplane is supposed to be largely hidden from view by the bright haze of a summer morning DRAWN BV G. BRON Gaining an Objective without being Seen from Below DRAWN BY G. BRON Copyrighted in the U.S.A. The aeroplane is here seen passing above ihe ...

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... NEWS NOTES OF THE WEEK from FAR and NEAR. Piccadilly Shops in a Rest Camp We reproduce on this page a picture of a shop in a rest camp in Italy which is familiar to many thousands of our officers and men who have stayed there on the long journey to or from the East. It is divided into two sections, one for officers and the other for men, and the camp is beautifully laid out in streets bearing ...

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... . By Olivia. The royal wedding is giving a good start to the season's fashions, and the great dress houses are as busy as they can be with preparations for the year which is to inaugurate Peace. Princess Patricia, as becomes a princess of Britain, is having her entire trousseau made in this country-- most of it has come from round about Hanover Square, in fact. In this she has shown a good ...

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... . By R. P. Hearne. Although the war is over, the special super war tax of sixpence extra on every gallon of petrol has not been abolished. Benzole has been released, but, so far as can be seen, there is no prospect of control being removed and the super-tax on petrol being withdrawn until the presentation of the Budget in April. Even then the motorist may have a rude awakening, for it may be ...

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... . The First Train to Run on the Romanov=Petrograd Railway Ships can bring their cargoes of war material to the natural harbour of Romanov, from whence they will be taken by the new railway to Petrograd. The first train to run is here seen on the line not lar from Romanov The Wooden Bridge Across the River at Kem This woocen bridge, by which the train crosses the river after leaving the little ...