... AUSTRALIA'S REPRESENTATIVE IN LONDON DR. H. V. EVATT, WHO HAS COME FROM AUSTRALIA TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE WAR CABINET IN LONDON, AND TO REPRESENT THE COMMONWEALTH ON THE PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL r\r. Evatt is the Australian Minister of External Affairs (or, as we might say, Foreign Secretary) and Attorney-General he has recently been on a mission to the United States. A few days ago he arrived in ...

... The Tale of Three Cities: the Towns of Bath Norwich and York As a retaliation for the very heavy raids on Liibeck and Rostock by the R.A.F., the enemy have now openly declared their intention of bombing towns in Britain of great historical importance taking as their guide Baedeker which lists buildings of architectural value despite that they stated in February that the bombing of British ...

... THE GREAT CONUNDRUM OF THE WEST What are the Chances in the Event of Allied Action in One of the Occupied Countries Here, Two of Them Denmark and Belgium are Considered in Detail, and the Possibility of an Attack in Force Through One or the Other is Discussed By FERDINAND TUOHY BY the time this appears, the balloon may have gone up. In the East? In the Wes?t In both? Or, again, the curtain may ...

... MEN IN THE SCOTTISH COMMAND COME ASHORE IN SPECIAL LANDING CRAFT UNDER COVER OF A SMOKE-SCREEN: A scene which might well be duplicated duringa is armoured as protection for the soldiers during their passage to the objective and it has a special bow for running right up on to a shelving beach thet and all are full/ equipped and armed. Exercises aimed at toughening the troops and teaching them ...

... TV/I inelaying is a very necessary part of all naval warfare, and par ticularly so for Great Britain, which has a great volume of shipping to protect and a long and exposed coastline. The mines can be laid by almost every class of vessel there are, of course, special minelaying ships in the Royal Navy and converted cargo vessels have also been largely employed. In this country, at the outset ...

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... 1/Jcl By Elizabeth Bowen Portrait of an Englishman WHILE this war is still upon us, dare we even begin to count our losses? That depends, I feel, in what spirit we make the count. Mr. Winston Churchill's Preface to Ronald Cartland, by his sister, Barbara Cartland (Collins; 12s. 6d.), suggests the light in which this life should be read, and in which this death should be seen: Ronald Cartland ...

... HIS GRACE THE archbishop of CANTERBURY writes The Royal Cancer Hospital deserves the fullest support that can be given to it by all who have sympathy with suffering, and its appeal should be met with a most generous response, especially from those who, as Christians, are pledged to do what they can to br ng comfort to any who are in distress, PLEASE SEND GIFT TO THE SECRETARY (D e (Koiiat ...

... BOUND FOR WAKE ISLAND TO AVENGE ITS CAPTURE BY THE JAPS A U.S. Navy fighter takes off from an aircraft-carrier at dawn, and despite the heavy sea-mists (see also the two large pictures on the right-hand page, taken during this attack) THE NEW STEEL HELMETS OF THE U.S. NAVY AND ARMY A picture taken on what was once the tennis deck of a crack passenger liner. It was one of a great convoy which ...

... SWINGING OUT OVER TINY WAKE ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC, one of a squadron of U.S. fighter aircraft, accompanying the bombers, gets a good view of the installations of the Jap occupants before the big raid carried out by the U.S. Navy on February 24 The big raid by the U.S. Navy on Wake Island was carried out on February 24. On March 4 another raid was carried out on Marcus Island. But pictures of ...

... THE WAR BY AIR Special Sphere Drawings SIX OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST BOMBERS-- all in THE SERVICE OF BRITAIN, to help make good the Air Minister's promise to keep up a constant offensive over Germany. These Stirlings have just been serviced and bombed-up, and are ready for the take-off for a raid In recent operations over Germany, Bomber Command have made use of Halifaxes, Manchesters, ...

... SURFACE COAL TO AUGMENT THE COUNTRY'S FUEL SUPPLIES Marking the top of the coal seam in a trial hole A GENERAL VIEW OF A SURFACE COAL SEAM IN WARWICKSHIRE It has been estimated that there is a minimum of 50,000,000 tons of surface coal available for tapping in this country. I his would be an appreciable addition to the country's present supplies, and do much to ease the shortage. There are ...