... THE FIRST HELICOPTER WITH A JET-- THE CIERVA W9 CREATES A SENSATION AT THE AIR LEAGUE'S FLYING PAGEANT AT SOUTHAMPTON The wingless machine hovering above the aerodrome after demonstrating the vertical take-off. The j'et unit is at the rear Visitors to the Air League's Flying Pageant at Southampton Aerodrome, Eastleigh, which provided a spectacular finale to the Southampton Aero Exhibition week ...

... CHARLES DE GAULLE is one of those person ages about whom it is always safe to write in advance. He may go out of power; he may be sped into the political wilderness; he may be deposited safely with history. Barring acts of God, his tall shadow goes strolling on. That seems to me just what the General has been doing since he abruptly closed down his Government in January a sort of ambulatory ...

... The history of modern Italy is linked essentially with the fortunes of the House of Savoy, and the recent abdication of King Victor Emmanuel III, followed a few weeks later by the abdication of his successor, King Umberto II, brings to an end an epoch in Italian affairs. In the task of unification the name of King Victor Emmanuel II, of his brilliant Minister, Cavour, and of the ...

... Hli 'IiiMIII B liHl The economic battle of the Ruhr depends almost wholly on the restoration of the mining industry in this vast industrial area of Germany, and in getting the mines restarted the North German Coal Commission has met with a large measure of technical success. Although the surface equipment of the mines was damaged by Royal Air Force bombing and during land fighting, many of the ...

... HMVIM9V Erbil, reputed to be the oldest inhabited city in the world and famous by reason of Alexander the Great's decisive victory over Darius at the neighbouring Gaugamela River, is to-day the scene of a new kind of activity as the Iraq State Railways engage in the work of extending the line a further 68 miles north of the Kirkuk oilfields. In due course the comparative peace of Erbil will be ...

... i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Breaking-point in Pales tine.-- The outrages committed by Jewish terrorists in Palestine go from strength to strength. It is perhaps a justifiable generalisation to declare petulantly that this policy of terror seems an odd way of recommending to civilisation that Palestine should be in deed, and to capacity, a home for Jewry. The British, whose soldiers are Ruled ...

... Music-lovers have for long contended that London should have its own music centre, and now it is highly possible that their desires will be met. A sub committee of the London Society, having won the support of representative musicians, is urging that Park Square, at the top of Portland Place, should be taken over from the Government and handed rent free to the Arts Council. It is suggested ...

... ROYAL CHARGER was the topical winner of the first race of Royal Ascot last week. And indeed, as far as it was possible, it was a Royal Ascot, with the King and Queen and their Windsor Castle guests arriving in open landaus through the gates into the Royal Enclosure. This (the Enclosure) was much less full than before the war. The reason was not far to seek. Certain formalities are necessary ...

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... With the permanent establishment of a meteorological station at Tristan da Cunha a new era is opened up for the islanders, and they can expect from now on more regular visits from warships bringing them much-needed mail and supplies. Tristan da Cunha, the largest of a group of three small volcanic islands in the South Atlantic, was dis covered in 1506 by the Portuguese admiral after whom it ...

... Test Match cricket at its best delighted a crowd of 29,000 which gathered at Lord s last Saturday to watch the Indians in action against the England XI. In brilliant June sunshine they saw the young Surrey bowler, A. V. Bedser, put up a spectacular performance by taking seven wickets for 49 runs. The series of matches with the Indians is of special interest, as on the performances in these ...

... After a comparative lull of several months, trouble in Palestine has flared up anew, and on June 16 there was a concerted attack on the bridges linking Palestine with the State of Transjordan, four railway and four road bridges being destroyed in a period of twenty-four hours. It was known almost at once that these widespread attacks were the work of armed Jews, and at the Allenby Bridge, the ...