... The State Banquet to the delegates assembled In London for the first meetings of the United Nations General Assembly took place in St. James's Palace in two apartments which are reached by entry through the St. James's Gate, the towers and clock of which are a familiar sight to those passing up and down St. James's Street. Entry is through the archway of the gateway admitting at once to the ...

... Tn a room hung with rich crimson tapestry and warmed by blazing log fires in Tudor grates, eighty-six guests sat down to dinner with the King at St James's Palace on the night of January 9. Fifty-one of the guests were delegates to the General Assembly of U.N.O., which opened its delibera tions on the following day at the Central Hall, Westminster. The State Banquet three courses of which were ...

... THE vast amount of writing and talking about German re-education that we heard at one time has dried up considerably. But we have now been nearly nine months masters of the Germans in their country and an answer to the question: How far have we got with re-educating them? is overdue. Let the following letter from a friend at Nuremberg set the ball rolling as the most up-to-date report: If ...

... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Full Support.-- Mr. Byrnes' speech to the Assembly must have warmed millions of hearts. This time, as far as America is concerned, and if America follows Byrnes, it is to be all right. That great nation, through its chosen spokesman, was big enough to admit a false move in 1919, and to learn by bitter experience of failure. And Mr. Byrnes has pledged even the ...

... The choice of the Royal Naval College as the setting for the Government's banquet to the delegates of U.N.O. was unusual but most appropriate, for the College has abundant associations with the nation's past. After receiving the guests in the Anteroom of the Queen Mary building, Mr. Attlee and his guests took their seats in the Painted Hall beneath Sir James Thornhill's famous painted ceiling. ...

... At the end of the first Great War both Russia and Turkey were left fighting for their independence. Lenin and Kemal Pasha decided to make friends, and by the Treaty of 1 921 settled the frontier of Geor gia. The districts of Kars and Ardahan, by plebiscite, voted for Turkey by a huge majority, though it is now suggested by Moscow that they were seized during Russia's weakness. Russia and ...

... T'he High Park whose experiences en route 9 from Canada to Eire nearly resulted in j her loss, is only one of many vessels that have j been buffeted by the severe New Year gales j which have occurred both in the North and (1 South Atlantic. The High Park bad a cargo of V 8,000 tons of oats, and at the height of the great storm in which she was caught she took on a E 30-degree list. All hands ...

... IV) ot since 1939, when E. Smith rode Blue Peter to victory for the Earl of Rosebery, has the Derby taken place at Epsom, and although Pont l'Eveque, Owen Tudor, Watling Street, Straight Deal and Ocean Swell has each won his niche in fame, somehow the wartime substitute at New market lacks the magic of Epsom, and racegoers are thankful to return to the old course, which has been the scene of ...

... rVchids worn by Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Stettinius and other American women at a recent U.N.O. reception were a present from Mr. Clint McDade, the Tennessee orchid- grower, who is now in England adding to his collection by the pur chase of the Armstrong and Brown orchids at Tunbridge Wells. British orchids are the best in the world, says Mr. McDade, and they surely must be, for during his stay ...

... lit* AN GLEPOISE S, LAM P Vl One c/atj 9m (jftrinytb tnnj cm Cftiy&jjcise ?o the millions of women who have nade this promise to themselves luring the days of war-time short- ges we make our promise that we hall soon be producing the Lnglepoise for the public again. End this wonderfull, 001 angle lamp vill be better than ever will hrow its gently focussed light on he object, not the user's ...

... Drtf rot is a menace Its prevention and cure has always been of high priority, but the existing shortage of timber makes the need for Solignum imperative. For over 40 years Solignum has been used for the protection of woodwork against dry-rot and decay. It destroys the dry-rot fungus wherever Solignum is brought into contact and also gives complete immunity against attack. Solignum is also ...

... A MONSTER THAT NEVER SAW THE BATTLEFIELDS The German tank E.I00, which without turret and gun weighs 87 tons, pictured on a transporter while en route from Germany to England, where its various technical improvements are to be studied by tank experts. Note the strength of the frontal armour ayB^Y-ra&rct SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY This 67-ton transporter, known a; the Grille, was designed, but ...