... THE GREAT MOMENT ON BOARD THE U.S.S. MISSOURI On behalf of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, General Yoshira Umaza signs the surrender document. Standing in front of him is Lieut.-General Richard K. Sutherland, Chief of Staff. General Douglas MacArthur, the Supreme Commander, stands by the microphone on the left CHARTING TOKYO BAY for the entry of the Allied Fleet: A conference on ...

... Among the many merchant ships which have been doing wartime jobs are the armed merchant cruisers. These will probably be the first to return to their normal peace time business of cargo and passenger-carrying. To reconvert these after six years of war is no light task. To remove the guns and gun positions is comparatively easy, but this is not all. Much internal structural work has to be done. ...

... HThe new Vampire, of which two pictures just released by the Air Ministry are given here, is believed to be the fastest jet-propelled plane in production in the world to-day it was the first in Great Britain or America to exceed by a handsome margin 500 m.p.h. in level flight, which it did in the spring of 1944. The aircraft is of all-metal con struction except the cockpit, which is of all ...

... THE WORLD'S DUAL PURPOSE SHEEP FOR ARABLE LAND OR PASTURE LAND THE FINEST WOOL AND MUTTON FOR INFORMATION SECRETARY, 49, CANAL, SALISBURY ...

... HIGHLY as our sugar beet industry is organised, its importance is such that the Ministry of Agriculture, in agree ment with the Ministry of Food, has decided to send a mission to North America to study the progress which has been made there in research and development. The suggestion originated from Professor Bainer of the University of California, Davis, U.S.A., who recently visited this ...

... Keen Bidding for Red Polls The Popularity of Dual-purpose Cattle THE Autumn Show and Sale of Red Polls, at Reading Cattle Market, went with a swing. Attendance was good, and the bidding particularly for attested cattle was spirited. From the start when Bromborough Estates went to 320 guineas for Captain Richardson's very fine cow, Seven Springs Quinoa it was obvious that all was set for a good ...

... Staggering Bids for Cheviot Rams Border Leicesters Disappoint THE reputation of the Cheviot already so securely estab lished in the northern areas of England, and throughout Scotland was further enhanced by the enormous prices recorded for the breed at the annual sale at Lockerbie. Mr. J. Beattie, of Eskdalemuir, whose stock is a byword to Northern sheep farmers, offered several lots with ...

... Cubbing and Driving In the Home Counties THE Old Berkeley Hunt (East) held a cubbing meet for members of the Pony Club only, at Solesbridge Mill, near Chorley Wood, on the Bucks-Hertfordshire border. The country, a very popu lar rambling ground for Londoners, affords plenty of good riding, although there is overmuch wood land for hunting. The Master, Major S. G. R. Barratt, was assisted by Mrs ...

... BROOKE MARINE combine a long experi ence of boat-building with a very progressive and receptive attitude towards modern trends in design and the use of new materials. Above all they study the Owner's desi re for bet ter perform ance, greater comfort at a reasonable cost, and these advantages are con spicuous in the BROOKE i MARINE craft now being planned. This 9-ton 35 footer is suitable for ...

... Jill Hulbert is the eighteen' year-old daughter of Claude Hulbert and his actress-wife Enid Trevor. She was photographed out side her parents London home in Sydney Place Left Deborah Kerr, the young British actress, is to marry SfLdr. Anthony Bartley, D.F.C. eldest son of Sir Charles and Lady Bartley, of Swanbourne Bucks. SJLdr. Bartley is credited with at least eight enemy planes shot down in ...

... OA AID OFF DUTY A Chronicle of Town and Country Government Hospitality IN spite of the Government resolve that the first meeting of the Council of Five-- the all-important permanent conference of the Foreign Ministers of the United Nations-- should be characterised by strict austerity, with enter tainment cut down to the barest minimum, the presence of the foreign representatives in London, ...

... The September Sales at Newmarket And a Record Price for Dante's Brother The Duchess of Norfolk wore a gay-coloured scarf over her hair which, owing to the uncertainty of the weather, was the fashion of the day at the Sales Prince Aly Khan, who was also bidding for his father, the Ago Khan, bought a filly by Fairway out of Dona Sol for 3,000 guineas. He is with Mr. Fred Darling, the trainer A ...