... Hundreds of little ships of the Royal Navy are at work to-day clearing the great defensive mine barrier which was laid during the war around the coast of Britain. The field extends from Duncansby Head, at the north tip of Scotland, to the Thames Estuary it was put down to protect British coastwise shipping. Thousands of moored and magnetic mines were laid in these waters by both sides. The ...

... It seems only a very short while ago that Shirley Temple was a baby star in Hollywood films. To-day she is seventeen years of age, and has just married a twenty-four-year-old Army sergeant John Agar. The ceremony was performed in the Wilshire Methodist Church by the Rev. Willsie Martin the picture above was sent by radio, and shows the newly-married couple leaving just after the marriage. For ...

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... MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL AT THE GREAT VICTORY PARADE IN BERLIN IN THE UPPER PICTURE, GUNS OF THE THIRD REGIMENT, ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY, HAVE JUST FIRED THE VICTORY SALUTE AS MR. CHURCHILL ARRIVED BACK AT THE SALUTING BASE AFTER INSPECTING THE RANKS BEFORE THE PARADE. IN THE LOWER PICTURE, THE PRIME MINISTER IS SEEN ON THE STAND IN THE TIERGARTEN with him are Field-Marshal Montgomery, Field ...

... When war came in 1939, the Queen Elizabeth was lying unfinished in the Clyde. Under Admiralty orders, work on the world s largest liner was hurried forward and, early in 1940, she slipped down-river out of Greenock. In March 1940 she was safe in New York Harbour. Thereafter she disappeared from the public gaze. It has now been disclosed that she made thirty-six wartime crossings of the ...

... i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. British Foreign Policy.-- Great minds clearly think alike; or else Mr. Bevin is a careful reader of THE SPHERE. A thousand millions want peace and freedom from fear. Are their longings for ever to be thwarted by the personalities of half-a- dozen (even sane and decent) individuals? 1 To-dav, every leader ol a State has a sacred duty, never more clear, to speak for ...

... The future of Italy's Colonial possessions is a matter which no longer concerns Italy alone-- it vitally concerns the Great Powers. Russia's claim to Tripoli- tania has not been underlined in International comment recently, but the claim evidently still stands, as was evidenced by Mr. Bevin's recent vigorous outburst in the House of Commons. Italians desire especially the retention of Eritrea, ...

... na On the death of the late Julian Wylie, Mr. Emile Littler succeeded to the title of Britain's Pantomime King. This year he is to present four of these Christmas attrac tions. The dresses for them are now being prepared at the Pantomime House in Birmingham, where work goes on all the year round and where dressmakers turn out all the glamorous costumes worn by the pantomime principals. Some 5 ...

... One of the mostly lively sights in post-war London on Sunday mornings is Petticoat Lane: it has for long been a favourite with our American and Colonial visitors in the Forces. It runs between Bishopsgate and Aldgate, under the official designation of Middlesex Street. The market, however, overflows from that street into the lanes and alleys that run out of it. i ne marxet nas a very ancient ...

... There can be little doubt that one of the major causes of the collapse of Germany towards the end was the breakdown of communications among the Wehr macht formations in the field. It will be recalled that during the later stages of the rapid advance of the Western Allies a black out on all details of places reached by the advanced forces was frequently imposed. This seemed irksome at the ...

... Through pipe-lines laid along the bed of the English Channel over 1,000,000 gallons of petrol have been fed every day to supply the Allied armies on the Continent. This triumph of British private enterprise, known as Operation Pluto (Pipe-Line Under the Ocean), was revealed recently. 1 he petrol is delivered trom a I ,UUU-mile net work of pipe-lines in Britain, running as far north as the ...

... Bodies of elegance and faultless craftsmanship built individually to customers' exact requirements by coachbuilders of more than a century's experience and continuous service to the Royal House. A wide range of Rolls-Royce, Daimler, Bentley and other makes, in normal times, will be on view in our famous St. James Street Show rooms. In the meantime we can offer a fine selection of pre- war cars ...