... NORWAY'S CHRISTMAS GIFT TO LONDON-- THE 64-FT. CHRISTMAS-TREE GAILY ILLUMINATED BESIDE THE FOUNTAINS OF TRAFALGAR SQUARE AFTER IT HAD BEEN HANDED OVER BY THE MAYOR OF OSLO The hundreds of coloured lamps were switched on by two British boys who had travelled to Scandinavia to helD in choosing the tree from its native forest In the week before Christmas, tens of thousands of Londoners flocked to ...

... On left-- Since the last October meeting at Ascot workmen have been busy with mechanical devices moving tons of sand and earth. As a result of these modifications, horses in long-distance races will not race so far before turning into the Swinley course, and the course itself has been raised 6 ft. at Swinley Bottom to give a better view. Some of the mechanical equipment used in re-making the ...

... HEADED BY A PHALANX OF MOTOR-CYCLISTS THE PRESIDENT DRIVES FROM BLAIR HOUSE TO THE CAPITOL FOR THE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES A striking view looking down Constitution Avenue, Washington, D.C., as Mr. Truman and Mr. Barkley made their triumphal way through the city. It was estimated that 500,000 people lined the route. One explanation of the fact that all stand accommodation was not occupied was ...

... TWO MAJORS, A CAPTAIN, TWO SECOND-LIEUTENANTS AND A SERGEANT-MAJOR GATHER ROUND THE STEPNEY BOMB Looking down into the crater in the back garden of a house in Brunton Place, Stepney, where a 2,400-lb. bomb, which had been embedded there seven years ago, was removed last Sunday. Major Knight, O.C. of London's Bomb Disposal Squad, tackled the fuse with Captain Shawyer, and by 10 a.m. they were ...

... THE FIRST-FLOOR FARM This pastoral scene comes from the heart of Berlin, where, in the Soviet Sector, ten minutes from the Brandenburg Tor, Karl von Gunten, a Swiss, follows an occupation originally fostered during the Hitler regime to ensure that fresh milk supplies were available to Berlin's children. Some twenty-five of these farms still exist in the city. Von Gunten's farmhouse is a ...

... THE PREMIER WITH THREE PORTFOLIOS AND THREE SECRETARIES OF STATE, WHO HAS RULED IN FRANCE FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS AFTER A PERIOD OF CONSTANTLY CHANGING MINISTRIES M. Henri Queuille, the Radical leader, seen during a holiday with his wife Marguerite on their estate at Cap D'Antibes. M. Queuille, in addition to being Prime Minister, holds the portfolios of Finance Minister and Minister of Economic ...

... _ A THIRTEENTH-CENTURY CHURCH TO BE PRESERVED Ruxley Old Church, near Foot's Cray, Kent, for the preservation of which Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District Council has made an Order, under Section 29 of the Town and Country Planning Act, in view of its architectural and historical interest. The ancient church, which was last used for ecclesiastical purposes in the sixteenth century, was ...

... A MEMORIAL TO THE LATE ERIC GILL This raised relief of the Crucifixion on the exterior of the East wall of the part-completed Guildford Cathedral was begun by Eric Gill and has now been completed as a memorial to him by one of his pupils, Mr. Anthony Foster n n THE GREAT CATHEDRAL ON STAG HILL A view of the part-completed building showing the St. Ursula Porch on the south front which has just ...

... A Ithough damage to Middle Temple Hall was severe, it has been found possible to repair it, and the famous hall, when work is completed, will be much as it was after it was built in 1572. Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was played in Middle Temple Hall before Queen Elizabeth in 1602, six months after the first perform ance at The Globe Theatre, and it is thought that Shake speare himself took part ...

... The new type of suc tion cutter-dfedger is being used at Amsterdam to help in the city's development plans, which amongst other things, calls for the creation of a new residential area at Slotermeer, on the west side of the city. There it is the intention to raise the level of the land by putting down layers of gravel and sand dredged from a new lake being dug in the centre of the area. An ...

... BIS39 /mi STUDENTS OF THE RAMBERT SCHOOL OF BALLET ON THE STAGE OF THE MERCURY THEATRE IN NOTTING HILL GATE Madame Marie Rambert started the school at the Mercury in 1927, and many celebrated dancers have been among her pupils Professional classes are held every morning of the week and the more advanced students return in the afternoon for support classes (double-work) character, mime and ...

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