... The elaborately constructed cause way system at Scapa Flow which was built after the Royal Oak was sunk, early in the war, is rapidly deteriorating, and it may be aban doned because of the high cost of maintenance. The causeways were built by Italian prisoners of war and, besides their strategic purpose of sealing the entrances, they have proved a great boon to the islanders, who used them ...

... f^hristmas 1946 has not completely cast off the spell of the war years. Prices are high and goods are not plentiful but London is gay, if unpainted, the licensed houses have their extensions, although the fare is limited, and the theatres and the cinemas are booming as never before. In Oxford Street the pavements have been thronged these three weeks past as hopeful shoppers have sought ...

... Throughout last winter and spring, the gales which lashed the East Coast gradually undermined the concrete sea wall at Lowes toft, and at times there were grave fears that the town would be flooded. Now, as a result of the recent storms, the Lowestoft defences, partly built up during the summer, have again been undermined. One gap of over 5,000 ft. has been made in the old sea wall, and a ...

... THE 44 EUROPA SINKS IN SEVEN FATHOMS OF WATER The 49,000-ton liner with a 45-degree list after she had broken her cables and been swept by a gale across Le Havre harbour. She hit the half- submerged wreck of the liner 44 Paris, tore a wide hole in her starboard side, and then began to settle into the harbour bed. The Europa which was made over to the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique as war ...

... On both sides of the Atlantic aircraft design is undergoing swift and radical changes, partly by reason of the fact that air speeds are approaching the sonic barrier and partly because air-liners are seeking to go ever higher in their search for smoother flying conditions. A notable feature of current constructional technique with regard to the larger flying-boats and wheeled aircraft is the ...

... TURKEYS are rather delicate-- they origin- ated in a warm climate-- and they are greedy feeders, needing plenty of fresh air and exercise with large quantities of succulent green food. The birds shown in the pictures were given a mash of roots mixed with kale, cabbage, waste potatoes, and other home- produced green crop plants. This mixture was cooked in large steam-heated tanks with a small ...

... PR A CT ICE Now they can slip collar, bridle and pad on the horse themselves without assist ance. The student is buckling the throat lash like an expert. PASSENGERS They thought it a great joke, when they were mere visitors, to travel in the farm catt around the grounds, and smiled a little self-consciously at the camera. WORKERS They appreciate the toughness of work with the farm cart and are ...

... THE remarkable war time developments of radio telephony (the original means of communication between pilots and their aerodromes) seems to offer considerable opportunities for use on the larger British farms. Certainly a great deal of interest is being shown in this means of communication overseas, and it is expected that it will be taken up on ranches, rubber plantations and large-scale wheat ...

... PUPPIES are now frequently given as Christmas presents, and are often acceptable. If one has the facilities and can spare the time to attend to them, much may be said in favour of getting puppies. The pleasure of watching their development is intensified by the intimate association that is formed. In the best sense, they become one of the family and exhibit an attachment for those who care for ...

... Houston Rogers South African-born is not only well known as an actor, but his name will always be associated with the founding of an original and extremely successful theatrical enterprise, the Players' Theatre, through which many successful young actors and producers have had their initial chance. founded the Players' Theatre with Peter Ridgeway in Covent Garden in 1937, and was its ...

... Mr. Scrope and Mr. Jack Clayton who were talking to the Duke of Norfolk (right) Lord WiUoughby de Broke and Mr. Jack Leach, the trainer Major H. Fleming and Mr. R. J. Colling Captain Cecil Boyd-Rochfort going through the catalogue with Mr. Bellamy Colonel and Mrs. Corcott, of the Abberly Stud, Worcester ...

... Fashion Page by Winifred Lewis At Christmas, there can be no question about it, the right age is under ten, when Miss Two-year-old steps out delicate as a butterfly in shell- pink organdie, hand embroidered (from Treasure Cot Company), and Miss Eight-year-old goes revelling in lime-green heavy pure silk, deeply smocked in colour. From Jaeger Shops Photographs by Joy smith ...