... 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 ...

... *'f8 tn ihe fyarL THE PROMISE OF SUMMER IN ROTTEN ROW Ere breakfast time, to Rotten Row The country folk in London go, Canter sedately, trot or pace, Little suspecting that His Grace The Iron Duke, that martial shade, Inspects the passing cavalcade. Whilst atts, R.A., most mild of ghosts, Lingers benignly by the posts Pondering 011 Beauty, Youth and Art (And whether grooms are men apart) \et ...

... A brilliant occasion which raised a large sum for the Silver Jubilee Campaign of the National Playing Fields' Association The Playing Fields Ball, one o! the biggest and brightest charity balls held in London Tor many years, was organized to raise funds for that excellent cause the National Playing Fields' Association Silver Jubilee Campaign. H.R.I I. the Duke of Edinburgh, who is President ...

... DEBATE ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE! Mrs. Netvlytved (Hon. Member for MUCH CHORING) Darling, 1 mean Mr. Chancellor, my constituents and especially my hands and knees are tired of polishing floors. I move that an official VACTRIC Floor Polisher be appointed. M Mr. Neivlywed; Can it polish parquet and boards and linoleum and tiles Mrs. Netvlytved In minutes it will give every floor in the house a ...

... A MILITARY POINT-TO-POINT NEAR ALDERSHOT Members of fhe Staff College ^nd R.M.A. (Sandhurst) Draghounds Run a Meeting at Tweseldown Lt.-Col. D. A. K. W. Block's Wiseacre, winner of the Members' Heavyweight Race, takes the last fence but one A neat landing by Lt.-Col. Oxley's Mystery VIII. in th(T Lightweight and Heavyweight event All set to win at the last fence Mrs. D. L. Freer's Caley in the ...

... Members of the British Women's Squash Team with Mr. Cecil Bear at the Simpson s Services Club party Miss Joan Harris, Miss Janet Morgan, Mrs. Susan Powell (captain), Miss Margaret Carlisle and Miss Betty Cooke Major A. Huskisson, M.C., with Mr. Mahmoud el Kerim, the world squash champion, and Mr. Charles Arnold Mr. T. D. Richardson congratulates ivorld skating champion Miss Aja Vrzanova, and ...