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... Treasure House of the World's Diamonds Where And How The Rough Stones Are Graded And Sold By L. W. Phelps-Orion THERE'S nothing unusual about No. 32 Holborn Viaduct, except perhaps the cleanliness of its windows in a blitzed zone of London. It is a craggy, old-fashioned office building, its cornices chipped by bomb fragments and its chimney-pots set askew. Yet if you happen to own just a ...

... AJ MATERIALS 10 ozs. of 3-ply Copley's Excelsior Wool. One pair of No. 6 knitting needles. One pair of No. 11. MEASUREMENTS From the top of shoulder to lower edge 23 in. Across the back and front underarm, 23 in. Underarm of sleeve seam, 18 in. TENSION: 11 sts. to 1 in. THE FRONT. With No. 6 needles cast on 148 stitches. Rib in k. I, p. I, for 3 in. Change to the following main rib: 1st row: k ...

... The great rectangular space bounded by Whitehall, Horse Guards Avenue, Richmond Terrace and the Victoria Embankment, was scheduled over a decade ago to be occupied by the biggest Government block of offices ever envisaged in this country. It was stated as long ago as 1936 that this block would accommodate at least four Ministries and would have a main frontage of 550 ft. and a height of 128 ft ...

... AUSTRALIA'S ROCKET RANGE: Since the close of the war the United States has gone ahead rapidly with rocket research, in large measure, perhaps because it has pressed into service a number of eminent German scientists with a particular knowledge of these projectiles. Britain and Australia, jointly interested in the vital question of Imperial Defence, are planning researches along the same lines, ...

... ]V4any plans, complex and far-reaching, have been made by Palestinian experts and others for the irrigation of the Negev. Negev is a Hebrew word meaning The Dry. It is applied vaguely to the lands lying to the south of Beersheba, an immense territory covering almost half the area of Palestine and with a nomadic population of 80,000 bedouins. With the exception of a few scattered cultivable ...

... picture restoration is very much a vexed question these days, as those who saw some of the Velasquez masterpieces at the National Gallery Exhibition will be prepared to testify. In some instances there is little doubt that cleaning has gone too far, but, on the other hand, the patina of time, or, to put it more forthrighlly, the collective coatings of the city's grime, are no less destructive. ...

... IN these notes a fortnight ago we wrote of some of the reasons why there is a shortage of agricultural machinery and why pro duction cannot keep pace with de mand. To the shortage of machinery is added the scarcity of spare parts, and if that could be alleviated there would certainly be some relief of the pressure for new machines. Tools are also in short supply, and there is a serious gap ...

... The Hunters' Sho Prizewinners at Shrewsbury THE Shropshire and West Midland Agricultural Society's showground at Berwick Road, Shrewsbury, was the j scene of this year's summer show of the Hunters' Improve ment and National Light Horse Breeding Society, the Agricul tural Hall in London not yet being available. There were some promising young horses on show and the winner of the Edward Prince ...

... PRE-WAR glories were revived for the first time since 1939 at the splendid meeting on the Royal Heath. Their Majesties and other members of the Royal Family had a great reception from the huge crowd, and so, later in the afternoon, did the greatly-admired French-bred Gold Cup winner, Monsieur F. R. Schmitt's Souverain. French-bred horses took their share of the prizes at the meeting, but our ...

... THE GOLD VASE was won by Mrs. Alec Johnston's grey colt, Auralia (D. Smith), by The Satrap out of Aura by Dark Legend. The field has just started and is led by Mr. B. J. Hilliard's Billet. QUEEN ANNE STAKES The first race of the meeting, appropriately named after its founder. The winner tvas Mr. J. A. Dewar's Woodruff e (Clifford Richards). Swiss Flower and Solina were second and third. I ...

... By Cjl^ MESSRS. TATTERSALL will hold their Second July yearling sales at New market from July 14 to 17, begin ning on the Monday. Some 250 lots are catalogued. The numbers are in excess of those of last year when, of 208 lots offered, 184 sold for 155,489 guineas-- an average of 845 guineas. A few new names appear on the list of( sires of yearlings to be sold. They include notably Brunei, Fun ...