... AIR MARSHAL MONSOON-A New Strategist in the Japanese War in the Bay of Bengal THERE are two main sets of monsoons, although the range is diversified by several subsidiary currents. Blowing roughly from May to October in a north-easterly direction are those north of the Equator; blowing approximately from October to March in a south-westerly direction are those south of the Line. How are the ...

... Described and illustrated by Wm. McDowell DEEP diving (so called to distinguish it from diving in aquatic sport) has been attempted for many centuries. Aristotle, in the fourth century B.C., refers to divers, employed in warfare, who used a tube held in the mouth with the upper end supported on a float; he also speaks of an apparatus which is obviously some form of diving-bell. Kylser, a ...

... A Note by Francis McMurtrie WHEN the last war closed, anti-aircraft gunnery was in its infancy, and the heaviest anti-aircraft piece in general use afloat was a 3-in. semi automatic. A 4-in. weapon was being introduced, the first of H.M. ships to carry it being the aircraft-carrier Argus, completed in September 1918. At first she was given only two of these, mounted singly on either side ...

... The DEFENCE of AUSTRALIA New Guinea Stands up to the Japs and Frustrates the Attacks on Port Moresby NEW GUINEA is a key point much desired by Japan. Once fully in her possession she would com mand the Torres Strait, and would be within easy flying distance pf the north of Australia. The fringe of outer islands, regarded by Australia as her bulwark against in vasion, have been falling to ...

... ANGLO-AMERICAN NAVAL CO-OPERATION Admiral Stark and his Staff at the Admiralty Admiral btark, ot the U.b. Navy, is the Commander of his country's Naval Forces in Europe accompanied by Mr. J. G. Winant, U.S. Ambassador in London, and by members of the U.S. staff, he visited the Admiralty recently. It was an historic occasion, being the first gathering of its kind at the Admiralty since the days ...

... The MERCHANT SERVICE of the AIR The Network of Communications Still Operated by British Civil Aircraft in War-- as in Peacetime Described by CHARLES GRAVES IT is two years since Imperial Airways Limited and British Airways Limited joined forces. The men of the Merchant Navy have to keep open the mari time communications of the Empire at all costs. The captains and crews of the Merchant Air ...

... MACDONALD MUIR. LTD., MACDONALD MUIR. LTD., J'cwlou,* Queens 4l- (DYie Queetft Choti)lKuS6cViA Raised independently and regimented under Col. the Hon. John Berkeley in I68S as the Princess Anne of Denmark's Regiment of Dragoons. In 1788 it was j ordered to adopt the title Queen's Own Dragoons. Made Light Dragoons in 1818 and became Hussars in 1861. M M mm I c£^-. Like this famous regiment ...

... C^ocLl at Is to Port AT a council meeting there was a discussion regarding mill for school-children. Said the chairman What this town needs is a supply of clean, fresh milk, and the council should take the bull by the horns and demand it. Visitor Why do you use such a heavy roller on your potato field Farmer Silly. We're growing mashed potatoes. Scientists have definitely proved that the ...

... ^£L ancf 2^otvn Cfte/aFtc^ THE deplorable way in which the news papers (whether by request or other wise) handled the early news from Libya has angered even the most unthinking sections of the electorate. Allowing for con cessions to Government suggestions or wishes, the headlines for a whole week, in some journals, gave an entirely false view of the situation. We blame the headline writers ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent THE gardening novice must often feel discouraged and even baffled at the confusing and apparently contradictory advice which is so freely offered. The ways and means of promoting steady and vigorous growth in vegetables always seem so con troversial, but having expressed my opinions, in the last issue, on surface cultivation and feeding, I now turn to the ...

... England at Play The King and Queen at Newmarket THE third wartime Oaks and Derby were made memor able by the visit of their Majesties, who, as shown overleaf, were on tour in East Anglia. Sun Chariot, the hottest favourite in memory for the Oaks, won in the royal colours, but Big Game failed to stay the course in the Derby, which was won by Lord Derby's Watling Street. Our exclusive pictures ...

... WAY OF THE WAR By foresight Tactics, Not Strategy HITLER'S attack on the Kerch Peninsula now appears in its proper perspective. It has been purely tactical, and only a preliminary to his grand spring strategy. Stalin was quick to appreciate this. Timo- shenko did not waste any time in launching a counter tactical offensive at Kharkov. This was to create a nuisance and if Hitler was compelled ...