... H.R.H. PRINCE CHARLES AT NINETEEN WEEKS-A NEW PORTRAIT OF THE FAIR-HAIRED, BLUE-EYED INFANT PRINCE, HEIR TO THE DUKEDOM OF EDINBURGH, WHO WAS BORN AT 9 14 P M ON NOVEMBER 14, 1948 When this picture was taken at Buckingham Palace, Prince Charles weighed 16 lb. 2 ois. Princess Elizabeth's first child stands second in succession to the throne, the title to which is regulated by the Act of ...

... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Meat Issue.-- The debate last week on meat gave the Govern ment one of its lowest majorities in the House, although sixty-two is normally an ample enough margin. It was an angry, unpleasant debate, and many a wild or irrelevant charge or jibe was exchanged. From the first opening it was obvious that the b ood Minister and his Private Secretary were uncom ...

... bringing about the signature of the Armistice between Israel and Transjordan, Dr. Bunche, the United Nations mediator, has achieved a diplomatic triumph and has done much to raise the prestige of U.N. in the eyes of the world. Israel made several big concessions, thanks to the reasoning of Dr. Bunche and his colleagues, and the Rhodes conference ended on a note of marked good will. Before this ...

... Rail wnmmmi THE LAUNCH OF THE OSLOFJORD --THE ANIMATED SCENE IN THE AMSTERDAM DOCKYARDS AS THE NEW NORWEGIAN LINER TOOK THE WATER AFTEf BEING LAUNCHED BY CROWN PRINCESS MARTHA OF NORWAY Norway's merchant fleet, so much depleted during the war years by U-boat sinkinj will receive another new addition in 1950, when this 16,000-ton vessel goes into service on the Western Ocean, operating between ...

... NEW SLANT ON SPEED RECORD BREAKING Mr. Bob Berry, of Manchester, aspirant for the motor-cycle speed record with his Brough Superior, demonstrating the lying position which he adopts in action. He grips the long padded saddle with his thighs, and his right foot at the same time operates the controls TO SPEED PRODUCTION IN THE YORKSHIRE COALFIELD The drum shaft, weighing 55 tons, the heaviest ...

... YY/ork has been going steadily ahead on the pedestrian tunnel under the Tyne, the first of the three to receive attention. This thoroughfare goes underground close to the water s edge, and breaks through again with another escalator shaft on the other side of the river. The main vehicle tunnel will be 900 ft. in length. It will go underground well within the city limits of Jarrow, and will run ...

... B mwnr m iTm jd7*ViTii'^M 1. THE OLIVIERS HOLD COURT AND AN AUCTION: Eighteen Ambassadors, ten Ministers and Charge d'Affaires and more than 300 stage and screen celebrities, thronged No. 96 Piccadilly, last week, at a cocktail party and reception in connec tion with the annual Theatrical Garden Party to be held in May in the grounds of the Roehampton Club in aid of the Actors' Orphanage. The ...

... YY/ith the end of the spring cne the Home Fleet is to undergo1 significant change in its constitute From now on the accent is to be oiu- craft-carriers. The battleship Du^e York is being withdrawn for a refit, aai her place as flagship of .Admiral S Rhoderick McGrigor will he taken the aircraft-carrier Implacable, whid has been specially fitted out for Admiral and his staff. The fleets of to ...

... TTKe news that Longleat, the ancestral home of the Thynnes, and Knowsley, the ancestral home of the Stanleys, are being reopened to the public is welcome indeed, for each in its own way is of surpassing interest. Longleat, home of the Marquess of Bath, was erected on the site of an Augustine Priory by Sir John Thynne, the foundations being laid in January 1 567. It is tradition ally asserted ...

... RUSSIAN HERO'S GRAND NATIONAL--THE FIELD CROSSING BECHER'S BROOK, SECOND TIME ROUND, WITH FIFTEEN HORSES IN A FIELD OF FORTY-THREE WELL TOGETHER AT A CRUCIAL PART OF THE RACE The winner, Russian Hero (L. McMorrow up black and white check jacket), is seen taking the fence with the favourite, Cromwell, beside him. Leading the field (on right) is Royal Mount (P. Doyle up), which came in third. In ...

... 1,300 deputies from all parts of the Soviet Union packed the Andrews Hall in the Kremlin and strolled beneath the great chandeliers of the Geogievsky Hall when they met in Moscow recently to hear the Budget with its mighty alloca tions for the armed forces. Their meeting took place shortly after the replacement of Mr. Moloton by Mr. Vishinsky, and it was noted that Mr. Moloton and ...

... reed roof well laid will last for half-a-century without repair, and the life of a straw thatch is at least thirty years. Country folk know these qualities full well, also the warmth which thatch imparts in winter and the coolness in summer, and for these very solid reasons it is doubtful if the thatchers art will ever die out in this country. Mr. E. J. Pearce, who is seen engaged in thatching ...