... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Great Dock Strike --It began in 1888. It was hailed in subsequent history as the winner of the Charter of Trades Unionism. The tanner-an-hour strike had four main issues: (1) the four-hours minimum term of employment; (2) the employers' right to engage labour at any hour; (3) contract work let to private contractors who tended to pay less than the company; ...

... In the archaeological wor, all eyes are turned to-i on Sakkara, with its sepn chral monuments represer: ing nearly every period: Egyptian history. Saldar, has a new importance; fo as a result of the finds mad by Mr. Walter Emery intl '30's it is now realised tls it is the true buria -placet the First Dynasty rulers, an that the so-called ombsi Abydos, for all the r magn licence, are really ...

... I ^M]^Ai/T|r^wJinf^flK 1 and 2. NEWS OUT OF EGYPT: Following the divorce of King Farouk and the divorce of the Shah of Iran, members of the Egyptian Royal Family were not seen widely in public for some weeks. The ex-Empress of Iran, who is the twenty-seven-year-old sister of King Farouk, has now re-married. The bridegroom, Ismail Sherine Bey, a member of one of Egypt's leading families and a ...

... HELP BY CARAVAN FOR DRIVERS IN DISTRESS Easter motorists who ran into difficulties were able to call on this new service inaugurated by the Automobile Association the Mobile Road Office. The purpose of the service is to place A.A. facilities at the disposal of members who are not within easy reach of London headquarters or an area office. At each mobile office travellers can obtain help under ...

... HThe problem of wild birds colliding with aircraft is as old as the history of flying. In fact, it was recorded in 1910 that an aircraft flying at Long Beach, California, collided with a seagull which got wedged between the fin and rudder. Unable to steer, the pilot lost control and was killed. Since then countless aircraft of all kinds have been damaged or destroyed in acci dents caused by ...

... , , Y ou '11 like its taking ways Twelve or Sixteen pictures on a standard roll film pin sharp focussing at all distances with coupled range-finder a shutter release which positively prevents double exposure that's the Ensign way to better, more successful photography. F/3.5 Lens and Epsilon shutter speeded to 1/300 second are fitted to this Commando Camera. Leading example of modern British ...

... Safety Record Did you know that every journey made by a French locomotive is exactly recorded every yard of it on the Flaman apparatus carried in the cab? As the train runs, a mechanical pen draws a chart of its speed and punctuality. So precise is this record that when a signal ahead is at danger, the Flaman records the fact auto matically as it passes the preceding or distant signal. The ...

... THE GREAT L.C.C. CONTROVERSY_THE FIRST MEETING OF THE GOVERNMENT OF LONDON AFTER THE ELECTIONS IN WHICH CONSERVATIVES (WITH 64 MEMBERS) DEAD-HEATED WITH LABOUR AT THE POLLS Presiding is Mr. J. W. Bowen, the Labour nominee for the decisive office, who, after being defeated in Wandsworth Central, was brought in as chairman. The Socialists are seated on the left of the Chamber and the ...

... EASTERTIDE BROUGHT THE CLIMBERS OUT ON LAKELAND HEIGHTS Arthur Black, a Manchester bank clerk, climbing a rocky pinnacle on Windgather Rocks, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, an area very popular with week-end climbers. The North Country abounds in experienced climbers, such as Arthur Black, but at holiday-time a number of tyros try their luck among the mountains, and more often than not the call ...

... *P o-day there are just under 1 ,000,000 Arab refugees within the borders of Palestine, and 26,000 of them are in pitiful plight at the Jericho Refugee Camp, described as a Near Eastern Belsen. The pictures on this page relate to the Arabs of Faluja, who, following the Rhodes Armistice, have elected to live in the Arab-held part of Palestine. The pictures show the transfer from Faluja to ...

... THE REDECORATION OF YORK HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, HOME OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER Scaffolding has gone up and the house is now having its first exterior coat of paint for over ten years, and rooms which were occupied by a caretaker while the Duke was Governor- General of Australia, are to be redecorated. St. James's Palace came into Royal possession in 1532, when Henry Ytlt ...

... A udley End, a relic of the days when domestic building was on a scale of vast magnificence, is to-day but a fragment of the great house built in the seventeenth century and covering almost five acres. It is a truly remarkable fragment, however, and when the news became known last summer that Audley End had passed into the hands of the nation for preservation as an ancient monument, it was ...