... THE GOLDSMITHS SILVERSMITHS COMPANY LTD THE GOLDSMITHS SILVERSMITHS COMPANY LTD i Through the ages the art of ring making has called for the exercise of the greatest skill on the part of the craftsman. The modern setting of precious stones in platinum may not compare In elaboration f/W with the chased hoops of Benvenuto Cellini, but it expresses the same eternal symbolism. 1 12 REGENT STREET ...

... /j j Ann certainly is a lucky lady for the last seven tiresome j years, cleaning and sweeping at least, have never bothered her. Her G.E.C. electric cleaner has always seen her through. No wonder her envious friends are keeping a very sharp look out for all the good things the G.E.C. are planning to provide in the months to come. Ease, emciency ana comiort wun I everything electrical are on A6 ...

... THE PROBLEMS OF GIANT AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION-- A COMPOSITE DRAWING OF THE BRABAZON AND THE HALF-SCALE MODEL CREATED FOR TEST PURPOSES: Building the Queen Mary of the air, the biggest aircraft ever designed in this country has produced novel problems, and to a certain extent shipbuilding methods of construction have been employed Drawing by Roland Davies Without building a half-scale model, it ...

... phe India talks in London, with Lord Wavell, Mr. Attlee, Mr Jinnah and Mr. Nehru in conclave, came and went with no tangible result. Mr. Nehru, as India's chief Minister returned to New Delhi for the opening of the Constituent Assembly, but the meeting of the Assembly had not the air of a great and significant occasion. The Hindus were there in force. The Muslims were absent. The emergence ...

... ate November and early December produced the usual crop of gales round Britain's coasts, and there were the usual stories of mountainous seas, waves 60 ft. high, and 100-m.p.h. gusts. The gales were particularly serious off the South Coast, and the vessels which received the biggest hammering in the prevailing conditions were the little tugs which went out to the rescue of the big ships or ...

... The grotto or manger at Bethlehem in which Christ was born has been cleaned. The Public Works Department of the Palestine Government have thoroughly overhauled the grotto, that historic under ground cavern in the great Church of the Nativity which, from as early as the second century, has been pointed out and accepted by the majority of scholars as the place of the Saviour's birth. They have ...

... THEY SANG TO THE KING AND QUEEN-- THE ROYAL CHOIR BOYS OF THE CHAPEL ROYAL, ST. JAMES'S, AS THEY SET OUT FOR BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH THi REVEREND W. H. ELLIOTT Dressed in their traditional costume, with mortar boards above their gay uniforms, and lace collars at the neck, they were picturesque Christmas visitors to the Palace. The Chapel Royal has a great musical tradition. Dr. John Bull, ...

... ROLLS-ROYCE LTD ROLLS-ROYCE ihe /Jest. Car in I he World CONDUIT SIR LIT. LONDON. W.I. MAYFAIR 6201 ...

... CHRISTMAS IN BALI NO ICE, NO SNOW, NO COLD. ...

... . These pictures painted by Michael Lync, were on view during his recent Exhibi tion of Water-colour Drawings of English Hunts and Hunting Scenes at Ackerraann's Galleries. 44 THE END OF THE DAY. Reproduced by permission of Lieut. -Colonel C. A. Wigham. 44 The Kestrel cruising over meadow Watched the hunt gallop on its shadow, Wee figures almost at a stand, Crossing the multi-coloured land ...

... Engaged to be Married: The Hon. Felicity Way ell Yevonde The Hon. Felicity Anne Wavell is the second of Field Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Wavell's three daughters, and her engagement to Captain Peter Maitland Longmore, M.C., has recently been announced. Her fiance is the youngest son of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore and Lady Longmore of Pipits Hill, Wentworth, Surrey. Miss Wavell ...

... A West-Country Occasion The Cotswold Hunt Ball at Cheltenham Captain and Mrs. Colville, Major A. A. Sidney Villar, the Misses Wilson, Joint-Masters of the Cotswold Mrs. Reynolds and Major Reynolds Lady Sibell Rowley, sister of Earl Beauchamp, with Lord St. Aldwyn Mr. Mews, Major Peter Herbert, the well-known G.R., Captain Colville and Mrs. Colville Miss Eleanor Allen, Captain P. F. Barry, Miss ...