... Russian Treaty Talks Soviet Ambassador Maisky B Negotiates With Lord Halifax and M. Bonnet LORD HALIFAX AT THE FRENCH WAR OFFICE: The British Foreign Minister being greeted by Commandant Beze; ier as he arrived with Sir Eric Phipps (centre), the British Ambassador in Paris, to meet Premier Daladier nd i Foreign Minister Bonnet and discuss with them the drafting of proposals for the three-power ...

... Summer Sport HELEN II TRAINS WITH BIG BILL: Miss Jacobs and Tilden pictured at 1 the Melbury Club, Kensington, where the latter is coaching the former in preparation for her Wimbledon bid. Tilden retains all of his old fire, despite his forty six years, and only a few days ago he beat Vines I THE MASTER As an amateur Donald Budge dominated Wimbledon, standing head and shoulders above every ...

... ROYALTY AT BLUE PETER'S DERBY The Duke and Duchess of Kent, the Princess Royal, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester enjoying the sunshine in the paddock at Epsom before last week's big race. The Princess Royal is quite the keenest of all Royal racegoers and is frequently to be seen at many of the northern meetings near her home. Queen Mary did not attend on account of her motor accident ...

... The N ew Austin Ten An Appraisal of a Neat and Roomy Model By A. PERCY BRADLEY, M.I.A.E., A.M.I.Mech.E. (C/erk of the Course, BrooMancfs ONLY a few weeks ago the Austin Motor Company introduced an entirely new 8-h.p. model and now they have followed this up with an entirely new 10-h.p. car. It must almost be a record for a leading manufacturer to introduce two entirely new cars in such a short ...

... The Quins See the Queen Canada's Famous Children who Journeyed to Toronto To Be Received by the Royal Visitors For the first time in the four years and fifty-one weeks of their cloistered lives the five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Oliva Dionne left their nursery in Callander, Ontario, and journeyed by special train to Toronto where they were presented to the King and Queen. With the Quins was Dr ...

... Jewry Resenfs the New Palestine Policy Demonstrations in Jerusalem and Haifa Following the Government's Announcement JEWISH WOMANHOOD MAKES ITS PROTEST: Marching through the streets of Jerusalem during the monster demonstration held in the city after the announcement of the British Government's proposals for the future of Palestine. While the Arabs are not particu larly enthusiastic about the ...

... ZURICH -MAY 6 to OCT. 29 Peaceful SWITZERLAND Escape from everyday care For a happy holiday in a tranquil land unvexed by restrictions, come to Switzerland. Swiss hotels lead the world in variety of choice, friendly personal service, and value for money. Travel is direct by rail or air. There are special fare reductions and a petrol price concession for motorists. The buys around 21 Swiss ...

... BELGO-DUTCH accord What Lay Behind Queen Wilhelmina's Successful State Visit THE Royal train draws up, exactly on time, at a platform of the Nord station in Brussels. On the platform, slightly in front of a group of palace and civic dignitaries, stands the slight, shy figure of King Leopold of the Belgians. Queen Wilhelmina emerges from her compartment and the two sovereigns advance to greet ...

... News on the A.R.P. Front Progress of Evacuation Flans: Valuable Work of the Air Raid Defence League APART from the 3,000,000 children and the special classes to be evacuated at once in emergency, as now arranged, the Government no longer asks the public who wish to move to leave well in advance of hostilities, lightning war prohibi ting any reliable forecast of available time. People are now ...

... THE STRAND ROUNDABOUT PLAN A GRANDIOSE TRAFFIC SCHEME £2,000,000 To Be Spent On Creating An Island Site at the Northern Approach to Waterloo Bridge A KEVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTION A diagrammatic drawing specially made for The Sphere to show the magnitude of the alterations the London County Council proposes to carry out at the point where the northern approach to Waterloo Bridge meets the Strand. ...

... MONTREAL'S GREAT V\ijfe€OME r WHERE 80,000 FRENCH-SPEAKING CANADIAN CHILDREN GATHERED This was the brilliant scene in Montreal Stadium as the King and Queen drove slowly round the arena while their youthful subjects J sang God Save the King. Some of them were formed up to make a representation of the Union Jack. The Royal car then continued j its 26-mile drive through the city. Below An ...

... Bathing Girls or Shikinejima A QUESTION OF BALANCE A handsome young woman of Shikinejima carrying her children by means or a balancing pole and baskets a form of transport widely used on this remote and lovely island off the east coast of Japan. Shikinejima is nine hours journey from Tokyo and is gradually becoming known among the Japanese as an ideal resort in which to spend a quiet holiday ...