... The first Royal Ascot Meeting since the ending of clothes rationing did not quite produce the amount of colour expected. Those who arrived in summer dress on the first day were compelled by the grey skies in the morning to carry coats, but as the day wore on and as the Royal procession made its way to the Royal box, the sun broke through and the grey clouds gave way to a brilliant sky. It was ...

... THE MASSED PIPE BANDS ENTER THE ARENA AT OLYMPIA DURING THE ROYAL TOURNAMENT Although pageantry has to some extent been replaced by displays of modern arms, the massed pipe bands of the Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards remained one of the most popular items. The Tournament was opened on Thursday of last week by Field-Marshal Sir William Slim THE MOTOR-CYCLE DISPLAY BY THE ROYAL CORPS OF SIGNALS ...

... The 22,400-ton liner, Monarch of Bermuda, which was burnt out at Hebburn-on-Tyne, in March 1947, is rapidly taking shape as a new ship. She is expected to sail again early next year as an immigrant ship but she will then have a new name which is, as yet, undecided. The Monarch of Bermuda had three funnels and two masts the new liner will have only one funnel and one mast and will carry about 2 ...

... 1. TWO LEADERS OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONFER Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan, Prime Minister of the Dominion of Pakistan, paid a week's visit to Teheran on his way back to Karachi from the Commonwealth Conference in London. This picture was taken when the Shah and Mr. Liaqat Ali Khan conferred in the presence of the Persian military leaders. On Premier Liaqat Ali Khan's left hand is Marshal Ali Razmara, Chief ...

... Inhere is still a tendency among fixed-wing aircraft designers and technicians to regard the helicopter as a toy. Mr. Rowe, Controller of Research and Long-Term Develop ment in B.E.A.C., has put himself on record as a believer in the fact that the helicopter has arrived and, with every passing month, the evidence in favour of that view piles up. The helicopter's use as a pest-destroyer is ...

... I and 2. ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR AT ROEHAMPTON John Gielgud and Gertrude Lawrence were the official hosts at the Theatrical Garden Party at Roehampton, and Sir Laurence and Lady Olivier were among the many cele brated stars of stage and screen who gave their help in extorting money from a willing public on behalf of the Actors' Orphanage to which the Garden Party proceeds go. One of the ...

... FEW possessing power and wealth can ever have come down so quickly in the world as India's maharajahs. It seems only yesterday that we were reading accounts of their fabulous riches and extravagances. Of that eighteen-year-old Maharani of Jodhpur, the weight of whose jewels was so great that she could not stand without the support of two attendants. I calculated, wrote Miss Rosita Forbes, in ...

... YY/hatever may lie in store for the Federal People s Republic of Yugo- slavia, it will always be remembered for the refusal of Marshal Tito, its leader, and its Government to toe the Moscow Party line. It will never be forgotten that it was the first land behind the Iron Curtain to glance Westward, when to do so was to court extinction. To-day Yugoslavia is in hopeful and defiant mood. Marshal ...

... Just about 100 miles from Berlin, on the borders of East and West Ger many, there has arisen a temporary town built on the basis of frustration and fear. It is here, in the Helmstedt area, that travellers make a halt before pro ceeding on a journey to freedom. For -i want of a better name, this area may be called Checkpoint Germany. Refugees, fleeing from the Eastern I Zone, rest awhile ...

... I l°n as meat remains on the ration, Grimsby can look forward to a period of prosperity. It is prosperous now. The fishermen who return with full holds from the Arctic and the North Sea may receive as much as £500 as share in a catch, and the skipper may receive £1,000. Deck- jj hands, with basic pay, a share of the gross earnings, and cod-liver-oil money, can expect as much as £90, but when ...

... IN THE OFFICE An engineer checks the instrument panel of the Shell Oil Company's jet research plane. The twin-engined aircraft has a jet engine specially mounted in the fuselage in addition to the reciprocating engines in the wings, and is the first plane equipped for jet research by an oil company. Elaborate analytical and recording instruments in the cockpit allow tests of fuels and ...

... 44 LIBYA THANKS ALL NATIONS THAT SUPPORTED HER LIBERTY Arabs parading through the streets of Tripoli carrying a banner proclaiming their thankfulness at the United Nations decision. On the previous day the General Assembly of the United Nations, meeting at Flushing Meadow. New York, agreed by 48 votes to 1 with nine abstentions, that the former Italian colony of Libya should be independent by ...