... THE Third Programme has now been in existence for a month. On the whole, it has been given a friendly welcome by the Press, although there have been some very natural complaints about the actual reception. Officially the programme can be heard on wave-lengths 203 and 514. Unfortunately, only one person in two can get the programme, and even then a powerful radio set is necessary. 1 he reason ...

... The visit of Pandit Nehru, India's new Chief Minister, to Pesha war and the Khyber Pass, on the North-West Frontier of India, brought him into considerable danger and, as noted on page 138 of this issue, he was ambushed, stoned and fired upon by the tribesmen as he pene trated the hinterland of Waziristan in order to learn the views of the turbulent peoples of the frontier. Some of the ...

... Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's drive against the Communists in North China continued to prove successful in October, and by the middle of the month the Communists had their biggest reverse to date when two columns of Nationalist troops swept down on Kalgan and captured it, thus driving a deep wedge into Communist-held territory. Meanwhile, political activity was intensified. 1 he ...

... 'T* o-day Britain's most vital industrial need is coal in abundance, and it is good news indeed that a rich coal- seam has been discovered in the Garw Valley of South Wales. At the same time, Mr. Shinwell, who has issued dire warnings regarding what will happen to industry un less we get adequate coal, has announced the success of a new coal-cutting machine, and it is hoped that this may ...

... In last week's big housing debate in the House of Commons, the Minister of Health, M' Aneurin Bevan, announced that practically all the materials for temporary houses ha* now been made, and that the long-awaited switch-over from temporary house- building t permanent house-building is now taking place, equipment for permanent houses ben produced at a rate sufficient for 200,000 houses a year. ...

... ^Phe problem of lifting heavy air-liners into the air is one that is demanding increasing attention in civil aviation circles, and of recent weeks much publicity has been given to the Brabazon I, or Bristol 167, which is now well 011 the way towards completion at Filton Aerodrome, near Bristol. The construction of the Brabazon, with its 177 ft. fuselage and its wing span of 230 ft., indeed ...

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... pandit Nehru, the chief 0f India s Interim Government, was twice ambushed, stoned and fired upon during his visit to tfo North-West Frontier in company with Dr. Khan Sahib, Premier ol I the Province. It was a wholly hazardous trip throughout, and when Mr. Nehru's car was fired upon as he rounded a hairpin bend in the Khyber Pass, he fiad to run the gauntlet of 500 armed tribesmen. The general ...

... A GOOD MAN IN THE FIELD W. J. Edrich (right) stopping a hot shot from Dr. Robinson, the West Australian captain, in the second match of the M.C.C. tour played at Perth. Edrich is a really first-rate fielder and may well prove the best all-rounder of the tour TOO LATE FOR A LATE CUT P. Smith, another of the M.C.C.'s all-rounders, just fails to intercept a ball at third slip. The batsman is D. ...

... 4 ,s i T* WEDDING GROUP AT ROMSEY After the marriage of Lord Brabourne and the Hon. Patricia Mountbatten. Left to right, back row Duchess of Kent, Viscount Mountbatten, Lord Brabourne, H.M. the King, Vis countess Mountbatten and Sqd.-Ldr. St. John. Centre row Doreen Lady Brabourne, the Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven, the bride, H.M. the Queen, and Agatha Marchioness of Sligo. Front row ...

... YY/ith the Eighth Army's shield at the back of the platform, and Corps and Divisional signs adorning the rest of the Albert Hall, an audience of over 5,000 ex-soldiers, the men vho fought at the decisive, never-to-be-forgotten Battle of Alamein, gathered on the evening of Alamein Day to hear the wartime leaders, Mr. Churchill and Viscount Montgomery, recall the achievements of the past. ...