... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Freedom Party.-- Political prophets are more often fool's-capped than laurel-crowned, alive or dead. A man cannot read the memoirs and biographies covering the last 150 years without reaching the conclusion that the political cat is a most unexpected jumper and the politician rarely capable of seeing beyond the tip of his nose. To-day the bulk of the Socialist ...

... T'he decision to move the Royal Observatory from Greenwich to Hurstmonceaux Castle, in the heart of rural Sussex, occasions no surprise, as it stands to reason that the smoke ascending from the industrialised area around Greenwich has a markedly serious effect upu:i atmospheric transparency, and this, in turn, affects the accuracy of astronomical observations and the taking of photographic ...

... FIELD-MARSHAL LORD ALEXANDER WEARS HIS NEW UNIFORM The new Governor-General of Canada and his wife at the entrance to the Peace Tower, Ottawa, where they witnessed a march-past in honour of their arrival. Lord Alexander wore a top hat and morning coat in place of service dress, striking a somewhat unfamiliar note. His arrival in Canada has been greeted with much enthusiasm, and it is felt that ...

... Gouth Africa may well be proud of the part she played in the sea war against the Axis Powers. During those anxious years her ports hummed with feverish activity and, with the virtual closing of the Mediterranean to shipping. Cape Town regained the important position she once occupied as The Tavern of the Seas, while Durban's part as clearing-base for Middle East operations cannot be ...

... Hindu rule of -the whole vast sub-continent of India, with jj 100,000,000 Muslims in the minority, or Hindu rule in some j States and Muslim rule in others. This is the broad issue i with which India is faced, the issue of Hindustan and Pakistan. In the accompanying pictures are shown Gandhi, Nehru and Jinnah, three of the most outstanding protagonists in this great v political drama, during ...

... On right San Diego, the great naval base lying just to the south of Los Angeles, on the Californian coast, has been chosen as the base for America's Fifth Fleet. This Fleet, which is to be the only remaining striking force in the Pacific, is modified in accordance with the latest strategical ideas, five or six carriers forming the spearhead and the battleships occupying a subsidiary attacking ...

... A fter six lean years lawn tennis has come into its own again, and at the Surrey Hard Court Championships held just before Easter at Sutton, our men and women players made their post-war debut in tournament play, and a very heartening performance they put up. Already our trial teams for the Davis Cup and the Wightman Cup have been chosen, and it is good to see such familiar names as Oliff, ...

... THE BRIDE IS MOBBED Jean Kent watched by admiring crowds on arrival at St. George s, Hanover Square, for her marriage to Mr. Yusef Ramart. In the evening the bride and bridegroom went to see the first presentation of the film Caravan in which Jean Kent stars with Stewart Granger CARRIED ACROSS THE THRESHOLD OF THE HUNGARIA RESTAURANT Mr. Yusef Ramart and his bride, Jean Kent, arrive for the ...

... In the present state of medical knowledge 99 The doctors of the Golden Age were the sun and the good fresh air, and man's leisure to enjoy them. As life became more complex it imposed an increasing strain on human nerves a strain which has perhaps reached its climax in the last few years. That is why even the strongest nervous system to-day must be kept adequately supplied with organic ...

... All the rare qualities of Highland liqueur whisky its subtlety, its strength, its tang, its softness, its stimulus, its comfort all are expertly balanced in Old Angus. The war has, of course, sadly reduced sunnlies. but Old Angus is still obtainable may your search be rewarded. A NOBLE SCOTCH Gentle as a lamb OA5a jMg) UNEXCELLED BUT SUPPLIES joST RESTRICTED fm etljoy Jw wnt,n2 /W with an ALL ...

... YY/hile the rest of the world watched and wondered at the activities of the Russians in Europe and Asia, and there was every sign of a mounting crisis, the first good news for weeks came from Bornholm, in the Baltic, when it became known that the Russians had started tKeir evacuation of this Danish island which they took over from the Germans in May 1945. It was felt that the departure from ...

... With the approach of her sixteenth birthday Princess Margaret is making increasing appear ances in public, and last week she fulfilled her first solo public engagement when she visited two junior clubs under the control of the Save the Children Fund at St. Pancras and Bethnal Green. At the St. Pancras Club, known as the Hopscotch Inn, the Princess was given an enthusiastic welcome by the ...