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... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Election Weapons.-- it is clear enough that Mr. Attlee's team has decided-- with or without his consent-- that mud and stones shall be the election brickbats. Even Sir Stafford, fresh from the pulpit, champion of the Sermon on the Mount, is hurling his quota at the Tory giant. And Mr. Bevan, so pained and shocked if he should meet with bad manners on his platforms, ...
... A DESPERATE FINISH IN THE POLO SCURRY EVENT AT THE MALTA RACING CLUB GYMKHANA Lieut-Commander Peter Howes, Earl Mountbatten's Flag-Lieutenant, is seen (second from right) winning by a head from Major-General Heath, the newly appointed General Officer Commanding the Malta Station. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip watched the race with Earl and Countess Mountbatten THE PRIMATE AND THE ...
... REPAIRING THE FOURTEENTH-CENTURY MOATED MANOR HOUSE OF LOWER BROCKHAMPTON This comparatively unspoiled example of Medieval half-timber work, which passed into the hands of the National Trust in 1947, is now undergoing careful restoration, the rafters being replaced with timber from the estate. On the Brockhampton Estate, which lies near Bromyard, Herefordshire, are two principal houses. The ...
... AN OIL PIPE-LINE TO THE GROUNDNUTS AREA Sir Edward Twining, Governor of Tanganyika, has lately declared open this 127-mile-long pipe-line which runs from Mtwara, on the coast, to Mtua, near Nachingwea, in the centre of the Southern Province groundnuts area. Laid through virgin territory, the 6-in. welded steel pipe-line, built for Shell Transport, rests on 6- ft. timber bearers which cope with ...
... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Christmas 1949.-- To all readers, very old friends and critics, or new, a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year. Within the compass of the twelve months ahead, we shall have had a General Election and a new Govern ment, and I dare say a number of other jolts or pleasant surprises. But this is not a time for party propaganda. The Christmas holidays, if ever, is a ...
... THE JOY SULLIVAN CONTINUOUS MINER --underground workers gathered round the giant American cutter-loader in the pit-yard of the donis- THORPE COLLIERY, NEAR SWADLINCOTE, DERBYSHIRE, WHERE IT IS TO BE PUT INTO OPERATION The Joy Sullivan, which is said to be able to shift two tons of coal per minute, consists ol a set of cutters which rip -the coal from the seam and throw it back on to a ...
... THIS TAXI SCOOTER WAS ONE OF THE HITS OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CYCLE SHOW AT MILAN The taxi is called the Innocent, and, being very low in price and notably economical in running, it is hoped that it will be used by city cab companies IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING IN THE WEST COUNTRY WATCH OUT FOR JAD 347 This futuristic light car has been built during his spare time by Mr. Ralph Nelson, ...
... CHRISTMAS COMES TO THE LITTLE ESSEX VILLAGE OF SOUTH WEALD Young choristers rehearsing in the parish church before going out to spread the Christmas message by singing outside the village inns, the almshouses, and in other parts of the parish. South Weald has long prided itself on the high standard of its choir, and the choristers are always sure of a welcome CHRISTMAS PARTY, A SEASONABLE ...
... RABAUL, ONCE THE SEAT OF AUSTRALIAN ADMINISTRATION IN NEW GUINEA AND A FLOURISHING SEAPORT, NOW LANGUISHES BENEATH THE PACIFIC SUN, ITS WHARVES DERELICT AND ITS HOUSES IN RUINS An aerial view of the town and harbour, showing in the foreground the Lakunia airstrip used by the Japanese. The cumulative effects of Allied bombing are still apparent in the scarred landscape, where the lush tropical ...
... i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. 1950.-- A happy New Year. Hope is still not taxed and good wishes are not quite out of fashion. 1950 is the last year of the first half of what has been called this horrible century. And rightly so-called. In our history there have been other dark centuries and dark ages; long wars, plagues, starvation and misery and oppression. But the whole argument on which a ...
... THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA, WHICH NOW STANDS OVER 161 FT. OUT OF THE PERPENDICULAR, HAVING INCREASED ITS TILT BY A QUARTER-OF-AN-INCH IN THE PAST TWELVE YEARS Beside the campanile is the celebrated marble cathedral, the â– roof of which was slightly damaged by shell-fire in 1943, but which has now been repaired. The Ministerial Commission responsible lor the care of the Leaning Tower met last ...
... The determination of the villagers of San Lorenzo Bellizzi to set up a Republic, an ambition which they will probably never be allowed to achieve, draws attention, as much as any other single piece of news of recent months, to the stricken people of Calabria. San Lorenzo typifies the utter poverty and despera tion of this Southern province of Italy, which, despite promises by the score from ...