... TAKING dogs by car is such a commonplace nowadays that the younger generation has no idea of the benefit that was conferred indirectly upon our four- footed friends by the introduction of motors. As this form of trans port became general, the use of horses declined and numbers of veterinary surgeons, finding their incomes declining, turned their attention to dogs, which were then becoming of ...

... IF you cross the bridge at Chinon (waving to Rabelais as you go) and drive south-east, in about twenty minutes you will be at Loudon, a gently-dying little French town. Once it had 20,000 inhabitants; now the figure is nearer 5,000. tn the Wars 01 Keligion, Loudon was one oi the fortresses of Protestantism. It still stood erect at their close. So much so, that Richelieu, fearing a revival of ...

... ^hrist's Hospital, founded in London by King Edward VI in 1552, was removed in May 1902 to the new buildings at Horsham, and there it has remained ever since, with its traditions and its customs substantially unaltered. Once every year, on St. Matthew's Day, the boys of Christ's Hospital and the girls from Christ's Hospital, Hertford, pay a visit to London. The boys march behind their band ...

... SHE BROKE IN TWO IN THE GRAVEYARD OF THE PACIFIC The Greek freighter Loannis G. Kulukundis seen off Point Arguello, near Santa Barbara, California, after going aground in a heavy fog and breaking up about 100 yards from the shore. The crew was taken off with out mishap, but efforts to save the ship's very valuable cargo of 10,000 tons of wheat have, at the time of writing, been unsuccessful ...

... MAKING PLANS FOR THE RESTORATION OF NEATH ABBEY Mr. F. H. Williams, Assistant Superintendent, making an examination of the sixteenth-century part of the structure before the start of a new phase of the Ministry of Work's plan of restoration. The work began in 1 946, but it will not be finished for several years. One aspect of the task of preserva tion is the removal of modem additions to the ...

... THE 34T INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SHOW AT EARL'S COURT Jhat the very handsome new Jaguar, illustrated at the top of this page, is not remarkable only for its appearance has already been thoroughly proved. Among the mechanical details of interest are the four-speed gear-boxes with p|| synchromesh on second, third and top independent front suspension by wish bones and torsion bar, and Girling ...

... THE FOURTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DESCRIBED BY ITS NEWLY-ELECTED PRESIDENT. BRIGADIER-GENERAL CARLOS P. ROMULO OF THE PHILIPPINES AS THE PEACE ASSEMBLY This general view of the proceedings was taken on the opening day before President Truman had re vealed the news of Russia's possession of the atom bomb secret and before Mr. Vishinsky delivered his peace offensive. ...

... THE WORLD'S FIRST HOSPITAL DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND ATOM-BOMB ATTACK The hospital is to be constructed partly beneath the ground at Long Beach, California, by the trustees of the Seaside Memorial Hospital. This 8,000,000-dollar project is designed to protect 700 patients during a major atomic attack, also a full staff and an undetermined number of civilians. The announcement from the trustees of ...

... The Ministers of the first West German Cabinet are as follows Front row, left to right Anton Storch (Minister of Labour), Professor Ludwig Erhard (Minister of Economic Affairs), Dr. Konrad Adenauer (Chancellor), Franz Blucher (Vice-Chancellor and Minister for E.R.P.), Jakob Kaiser (Minister for All-German Questions), Dr. Hans Lukaschek (Minister for Refugees). Second row, left to right ...

... Revaluation, described by the Chancellor^ an act of free will, shocked every capiul in the Western world, and the repercussions were many and various, as witness the pictures on these pages. Neither statesmen nor busi ness men really knew how to take the news, and there were so many ifs and 4 buts about the whole question that initial confusion was inevitable. Paris reacted with indignation; ...

... THE Channel Island breeds headed the list of cattle entries at the Newbury and District Agricultural Society's annual show at Elcot Park, Kintbury. Guernseys were the most numerous with more than 130 and Jerseys mustered over 70, Ayrshires, also popular in Berkshire, being close behind them. In addition to the live stock sections, there were classes for corn, rick-building and thatching, roots ...

... THE removal of some of the price controls on home-grown fruits and vegetables has transformed the looks of many of the fruiterers' windows. Instead of good and bad pitched almost anyhow into the win dow, a new pride in displaying the goods has developed. Lovely boxes of perfectly-graded Cox's and other apples are on view. Growers are still handicapped by having to use any sort of box shabby ...