... A FUND IS LAUNCHED TO SAVE THE ST. IVES ARTISTS' COLONY A general view of the town of St. Ives and the picturesque bay. For some time past the number of artists' studios at St. Ives has been dwindling and there is anxiety in the town that at no distant date suitable premises will be unobtainable. Mr. R. Smart was for many years the honorary secretary of St. Ives Society of Artists, and after ...

... IT would be difficult to imagine a greater contrast than that between Sandhurst and Cranwell-- its R.A.F. opposite number. It is the aim of Sandhurst to turn 1,350 cadets into officers every eighteen months. Cranwell, founded in 1920, has not yet produced that number of officers. The actual figures at the outbreak of war, when it was closed, were 1,095 graduates, of whom 931 were active. Of ...

... MORRIS RELIABILITY APPEALS TTIE WORLD OVER In BUENOS AIRES they're saying a v .y to fvdArC d morris rtrTl SS/ Morris Motors Ltd., Cowley, Oxford. Export Business Nuffield Exports Ltd., Oxford, 41 Piccadilly, W.l C.40J v\ What are they talking about? No, they're not talking about the Bag They are talking about Burroughs Gin. People who really understand, and really think about their gin drinks ...

... , , D Drif rot is a menace Its prevention and cure has always been of high priority, but the existing shortage of timber makes the need for Solignum imperative. For over 40 years Solignum has been used for the protection of woodwork against dry-rot and decay. It destroys the dry-rot fungus wherever Solignum is brought into contact and also gives complete immunity against attack. Solignum is ...

... A NEW WAVE OF VIOLENCE IN JERUSALEM-- ALL THAT REMAINED OF THE ATLANTIC HOTEL, BEN YEHUDA STREET, A^ER THE MVE-^TOREY EUILDING HAD BEEN BLOWN UP, KILLING ABOUT FIFTY JEWISH MEMBERS OF THE POPULATION Rescue workers are seen part o the city tragedy had immediate repercussions when jews, believing it to be the work of the British, attacked British troops and police every par cy I ast Sunday was a ...

... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. State-controlled Indus try: Salaries.-- A full list of the salaries and allowances paid to the chairmen and members of the Central and Area Boards of State-controlled industries has been circulated, and some of the plums have been quoted in the Press. From twenty-five such Boards quoted in The Times, we may judge that 7,000 a year plus expenses is considered an ...

... The rebel force which shelled Salonika was decisively beaten by Government forces after a two-day battle near Lang- hada in which tanks, artillery and aircraft were em ployed by the Government troops. Out of an estimated total of 350 guerillas, nearly 300 were killed or captured. The gun which fired on Salonika, killing one British soldier and three Greek civilians and wounding two British ...

... HThere are 1 ,500 species in the Aquarium of the London Zoo, and they are all entrancing subjects for the camera, from the grotesque turtle and king carp, with the ever-open mouth, to the elegant sea-horse and the rhythmically graceful angel-fish. Mr. Herbert Vinall has been Curator of the Aquarium for twenty years, and a tour of the tanks in his company can be a fascinating experience indeed. ...

... THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED EARLY ENGLISH GOTHIC WINDOW AT MILTON CHANTRY, GRAVESEND It has been revealed by the demolition of a brick annexe nearly 400 years old. Gravesend Council now intends to restore the window, putting in new tracery and completely reglazing it THE ORIGINAL EXTERIOR OF MILTON CHANTRY REVEALED The position of the early English Gothic window is shown in the flint and ragstone ...

... In the summer of this year of grace 1948 His Majesty the King opens the Fourteenth Olympiad at Wembley Stadium, and athletes from every corner of the globe, excluding the fleet-footed Japanese and the weight-lifting, pole-vaulting Germans, will converge on London. Many of them will find a temporary home in the Olympic village set on the highest ground in Richmond Deer Park, and together with ...

... : I rff K m. Iwt MM a 3V' i^^T, a J JANUARY 28. Salute to fashion by the Government Mr. Harold Wilson, Board of Trade's President, made effective export gesture by his get-together party at Lancaster House, for designers, foreign buyers, Embassy officials. World-famous names Hartnell, Creed, Molyneux, Hardy Amies, Delanghe, the Digby Mortons, Peter Russell were represented. Strange, ...

... BIRTHDAY QUARTET- MISS SKETCH AND THREE FRIENDS. TN 1893 the three distinguished men shown here and Miss Sketch too J- first saw the light of day. From her birthday greetings she has chosen their good wishes to quote and gives you characteristic portraits, without comment, except to say that their cordial messages are sincerely reciprocated. Commander Stephen King-Hall, R.N. I reciprocate ...