... H.M.S. CHEQUERS IN SLIEMA HARBOUR, MALTA: The Duke of Edinburgh joined the C -class destroyer last week as First Lieutenant. As such he is in charge of the ship's routine. H.M.S. Chequers, is scheduled to undergo a refit shortly, which will give her crew two months on shore LORD WAKEHURST, GRAND PRIOR OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN, LAYS A WREATH ON MALTA'S WAR MEMORIAL The ceremony took place ...

... I mmediately behind the Prince Consort's Work shops in Windsor Great Park has arisen the new Royal village, now almost complete. It is I in many ways a model village, and will accom- I modate the King's workers who, through lack I of accommodation, have had to cycle from as far I away as Ascot and Bracknell. The King in- I structed the architects, Sydney Tachell, Son and I Partners, to provide ...

... T n 1264 the ancient capital of Yennan became the capital of Kublai Khan's Chinese Empire, and it was there that the fabulous Prince built a new city for himself. In 1368 the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty transferred his capital to Nanking. From 1421, however, Peking again became the capital, and so it remained until 1928, when the Nationalists, bent on a unifying mission, suc ceeded in ...

... The 5,000 police, the troops and the Commandos who have been thrown into the battle against Salvatore Ciuliano are not only up against a determined killer who knows every inch of the country, but one whom the Sicilian people regard with awe mingled with affection. Many of them would shield this Robin Hood without hesitation, for Ciuliano makes lavish gifts to the poor, and sends money to the ...

... (^)n August 3, H.M.S. Amethyst was given her first great welcome, when she arrived at Hong Kong after running the gauntlet of the Yangtze. On Tuesday of last week, she received an even greater reception at Valetta. A great cheer went up from the St. Elmo breakwater and the U.S. cruiser Des Moines paraded a guard and their band played the National Anthem. Parties and official receptions ...

... BEN NEVIS DONS ITS WHITE MANTLE The First Snow on Scotland's Great Peak A autum advances, Britain's loftiest peak, the whitA ,.i°' i Nevis, assumes its mantle of lowintr A,retainS Until the sPring of the fol- lieiehts 11 year the snow has come to the theg .„nl ,'?efoJe the turninS of the leaves, and touslv .ni t o£ the mountain, towering precipi- Willisnf Loch Llnnhe and the town of Fort onlv ...

... THE FIRST NORFOLK WHERRY TO BE RESTORED BY THE NORFOLK WHERRY TRUST MAKES HER SECOND MAIDEN VOYAGE Children cheer the Albion as she sails up the River Yare from Great Yarmouth to Norwich SARAH CHURCHILL AND ANTHONY BEAUCHAMP The actress daughter of Mr. Winston Churchill married Anthony Beauchamp, a well-known London photographer, at Sea Island, Georgia, last week. The ceremony, performed by ...

... MAKING DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM AND THE RIVER RHINE The largest sluice in Europe seen under construction at Tiel. This project constitutes a further development in Holland's engineering masterpiece, the Rhine Canal, designed so that goods from overseas destined for Rhine ports can pass from the North Sea to Amsterdam and thence without transhipment through the Rhine Canal ...

... I A Streetcar Named Desire has been running for three years I on Broadway, where Jessica Tandy scored a great per- I sonal success in the leading role of Blanche Du Bois, played here I by Vivien Leigh. The story is sordid and violent in the extreme. H Blanche Du Bois married when she was very young a youth I whom she soon discovered to be a degenerate. She had been I deeply in love with him ...

... CENTREPIECE FOR THE NEW COVENTRY--MRS. LEWIS DOUGLAS, WIFE OF THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR, UNVEILING THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF LADY GODIVA IN THE GARDEN ISLAND ON BROADGATE, COVENTRY The statue, designed by Sir William Reid Dick, R.A., is a memorial to citiiens who lost their lives during air raids on the city. It has been presented to the Coventry Corporation by Mr. W. H. Bassett-Green The ...

... I, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Western Defences.-- General Bradley painted a gloomy picture for the House of Representatives Committee the other day in reference to the defence of the West. He put Russia's present strength on foot at 2,500,000 men, with an Air Force of 600,000 men manning 15,000 aircraft. Russia has no seas to cross before overrunning the Western half of turope. Against such ...

... MR OUGLAS TUGGED, THE ATTENDANTS TUGGED ND THE CROWD WAITED The wife of the nited States Ambassador seen during the remony of unveiling the Lady Godiva catue as a memorial to the people of oventry who lost their lives during air ids. The rain had swollen the flags wering the statue and in the end men th poles had to assist in the unveiling Mrs n UNyE,UNG BATTLE WITH THE TAPES sari; oug'as, ...