... There is no doubt that a planetarium is much needed in London, and since the matter has been raised in Parliament, it is clear that there is enthusiastic support for the project. It appears that the German firm of Zeiss, whose Jena factories are in the Russian Zone of occupation, has in the past enjoyed a monopoly in the production of the delicate ann rnmnliraten instruments neressarv fnr ...

... A TRIBUTE TO WELSH VALOUR-- CAERNARVON CONFERS THE FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH ON THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS Lieut.-Colonel F. Laugher, M.C., addressing the gathering in the castle grounds after his battalion had been honoured The 6th Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers was honoured by the town of Caernarvon last week, when the freedom of the borough was conferred upon them for thejr gallant ...

... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Dr. Dalton's Medicine.-- About seventy years ago, Queen Victoria, on the advice of Canon Prothero and with the approval of the Prince of Wales, selected John N. Dalton to be the Governor of the young princes, of whom one became King George V. A few years back X was concerned to probe into Mr. Dalton s secret heart, and I often wondered what his political views ...

... As international tension mounted in the closing days of March and U.N.O.'s Security Council in New York was facing the intensely complicated problem of the Persian appeal, Russia suddenly announced her decision to evacuate Persia, thus belatedly honouring the terms of the 1942 Agreement made between the three occupying Powers. The Russian departure from the Teheran area was as swift as it was ...

... A RECENT series of visits by the Home and Mediterranean Fleets to Lisbon, Tangier, Toulon and the Riviera passed unnoticed at home. Yet it ought not to have been so in a country parched for lack of sunny tidings. We could have done with a message or two From Our Special Correspondent. The resumption of sunshine cruising by the Royal Navy implied more than exercises. The Spring Cruise used to ...

... THE GARDEN TOMB Was This the True Sepulchre of Christ For i,6oo years Christen- dom regarded the Tomb of Christ as lying within the walls of the Church of the Holy Sepul chre but it now seems clear that this belief must be discounted and that the tomb of Joseph of Arima thea, in which Jesus lay, is probably that discovered by General Gordon on the Nablus Road beyond the Damascus Gate. We read ...

... TYiring the Spring Cruise of the Home Fleet, which included elaborate manoeuvres in the Bay of Biscay, the uses of radar equip ment as a defensive and an aggressive weapon were amply demonstrated. In the course of the manoeuvres H.M.S. Nelson, wearing the flag of Admiral Sir Neville Syfret, was attached both by destroyers and Mosquitoes. Both against surface craft and aircraft it was shown how ...

... HI HHBBHH After six lean seasons, yachting is already coming into its own again, and during the recent spell of warm weather sailing-boats and motor-boats have been appearing in increasing numbers in the pleasant waters of the Solent. Many craft, which have been put away during the war years and carefully preserved from the ravages of damp, are now onqe again in commission but enthusiasm in ...

... mmmmM i ■JB.8.MJIliWMIJIJ.yLllMJ[|]lllWI.UJJlM MEET THE PRAYING MANTIS In the world of aircraft :j production the test pilot is inevitably a key man, but if it was not for the modern wind-tunnel his task would be in finitely more complicated M and more dangerous. At the Royal Aircraft Estab lishment at Farnborough, the new high-speed wind- tunnel is proving invalu able, being employed for ...

... (fj! i (J[ 17 HOW LOVELY! Hawthorn hedges, frilled into delicate emerald leaf, pearled with milk-white buds. Below, the church spire shining silver in the April sun. Soon, we'll breathe intoxicating fragrance from a thousand starry blooms. Before long we'll re-discover loveliness in our comely, comfortable, compan ionable Ford. FORD FIRST IN VALUE CONSTANT IN PERFORMANCE FORD MOTOR COMPANY ...

... GET THEE TO A NUNNERY John Ainsworth as Hamlet and Barbara Cole as Ophelia in a dramatic moment from the Reunion Theatre Guild's production of Hamlet. The play was given recently at Toynbee Hall on behalf of the Reunion Theatre Association for ex-Service Actors and Actresses. Many members of the cast were themselves in the Services, and they had as producer eighteen-year-old Karis Mond, ...

... ESTB. 1742 WHITBREAD Co. Ltd. Brewers of ale and stout for over two centuries Miles are manf Vj I fyres are scarce I NORTH BRITISH -rmcs THE NORTH BRITISH RUBBER COMPANY LTD. EDINBURGH AND LONDON T. 2 2 dJAURIER The filter tip cigarette IN QUEST OF GOOD HOTELS ADVICE BY ASHLEY COURTENAY Letters, accompanied by a stamped, addressed envelope for reply, should be addressed to him clo The Editor, ...