... 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 The battleship Du^e York is being withdrawn for a refit, aai her place as flagship of .Admiral S Rhoderick McGrigor will he taken the aircraft-carrier Implacable, whid has been specially fitted out for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 ...

... , I I DRY HAIR? NO FEAR WITH 1 a When you brush your hair after using Brylcreem, you notice that it is soft as well as glossy in perfect position yet without trace of gumminess. There's nothing like Brylcreem for giving that well-groomed look sought after by all smart men. And Brylcreem does it the healthy way. Its pure mineral oils tone up the scalp and help promote luxuriant hair growth. ...

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... , v Wherever Timber is Used Solignum Protects it J The preservation of timber has been always important, but its present shortage renders the need for Solignum even more 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 brought into contact with it and gives com plete immunity against attack. ...

... THE LIGHTS GO UP IN LONDON--GREAT CROWDS JAM PICCADILLY CIRCUS AND ITS APPROACHES WITH THE RETURN OF ILLUMINATED ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE SEPTEMBER 1939 Large traffic blocks developed throughout the West End, and extra police drafted into the area succeeded after tremendous efforts in getting the traffic moving again. This view, looking towards the Eros statue, was taken ...

... The famous marshalling yards at Hamm, which were built in the First World War and bombed with such devastating frequency during the Second World War, are in full working order once again, and now nearly 5,000 freight cars every day pass through the Westphahan Swindon, north to Munster and Emden, north-east to Bielefeld, Osna- bruck and Bremen, south to Soest, and west to the cities of the ...

... LEICESTER SQUARE AFTER THE SWITCH-ON This was one of the brightest spots in the West End. The red, green, gold and white legends, with their staccato flickering devices, on the theatres, cinemas and shops have gained in effect because their background still lacks the brilliance of ten years ago. Leicester Square, like Piccadilly Circus, was jammed with pedestrians last Saturday night A SEA OF ...

... THIS week-end sees the continuation at Lake Success of the adjourned regular session of the United Nations which failed to finish in Paris last December. To the man in the street the words United Nations generally conjures up images of Russian and American delegates shouting at each other, with sarcastic comments by other delegates and a series of grimaces and grins photographed close-up by ...

... KERENSKY AT AN ANTI-COMMUNIST MEETING IN NEW YORK The former leader of the Russian people, whose short-lived provisional regime preceded the October Revolution staged by Lenin, talking with Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, (the Russian schoolteacher who leaped from the Russian Consulate last summer), at the rally at Freedom House, New York, held as a counterblast to the Cultural and Scientific ...

... I and 2. FLURRY IN THE CARIBBEAN: Lord Baldwin, Governor of the Leeward Islands, who returned to London earlier in the year to meet the Colonial Secretary, journeyed back to Antigua in the S.S. Barfleur, from Dieppe, and on arrival received a welcome from the islanders that betokens his enormous popularity. As his launch touched the jetty the Governor waved once to the multitudes ashore, and ...

... J-- J anover Square was built as a fashionable place of residence in 1718. It is now almost entirely commercial. The famous Hanover Square Rooms stood on the site of No. 4. Beau BrummeU's celebrated inquiry concerning the Prince of Wales Sherry, who's your fat friend? is said to have been made at the Hanover Square Rooms, which later were renamed the Queen's Ancient Concert Rooms and used as ...