... A Bid fir Atlantic Air T rade By E. M. Ross iter Once more it may be -proved that the world was wrong and that a crazy inventor was right. A full scale test is to be made of a floating island for aircraft, with a view to the organisation of an air service spanning the Atlantic, from New York to London, in two days. AMONG foreign plans for great air routes none is more spectacular nor of more ...

... Jv/jl (o$$'Gl Consumption of new Lighter on Austin 18 S^7/ 1 wW f H e symONS writes THE CUTTING, GIVONS GROVE, LEATHERHEAD You may be interested to know that 1 used the appropriate grade of your new Lighter Patent in the course of a particularly arduous journey between the Libyan and Sahara Deserts. As you know, Sahara nights are usually ex tremely cold, but high temperatures are reached ...

... BY AIR TO IXDIA AXD AFRICA. Flying at 100 m.p.li. in daily stages of about 700 miles, with sloj>s for meals and for rest at night, India will be brought within 7 days of London, mid the East African Colonics within 8 days. A century ago, as much time was occupied on the journey from London to Edinburgh by stage coach. At the present point in the progress of air transport, the route is divided ...

... By CRAWFURD PRICE IT would almost seem, at this date, that little remains to be said on the subject of the late, unlamented Anglo-French Naval understanding. The object and scope of the negotiations are by now fairly common know ledge, and by his courteous and moderate Note, President Coolidge has let Britain and France down very lightly indeed. Despite an invita tion to continue the ...

... 1 SOUTHERN iASlWAY SOUTHERN iASlWAY j HUM The New Route of the MOTORISTS' SHIP S.S. I AUTOCARRI ER VIA DOVER BOULOGNE Cuts off the corners between LONDON and PARIS. Shortens the journey by over j 20 miles and saves petrol costs DAILY SERVICE 1 Dover dep. I 1.0 a.m. Boulogne., dep. 2.30 p.m. 1 Boulogne., arr. 1.0 p.m. Dover arr. 4.30 p.m. j Rates for Cars from 45/6, according to wheel-base. 1 ...

... Ijovlt lout WHERE THE SUMMER SEASON IS AS GAY AND INEXPENSIVE AS EVER EXPLANATION. The numbers indicated in the map of Austria correspond with those mentioned in each advertisement, ordinary numbers indicating a place, roman numbers indicating a province of Austria. o l. VIENNA City of beauty and art, surrounded by forests, and within easy reach of the mountains. Wonderful gardens and parks. ...

... Frost Dangers on the Road By the Hon, Victor and Mrs. Bruce LIGHTING- UP TIMES: JANUARY nth London 4.44 Manchester 4.44 Glasgow 4.58 Plymouth 5.or> TWO or three unexpected cold snaps this winter must have convinced even the newest of new motorists that the most treacherous surface upon which they can be called upon to retain control of their cars is a frozen road. A snowfall, followed ...

... A New Eastern Question By CRAWFURD PRICE J^£o>-£lVA/. IT is obvious that the importance of the present diplomatic goings-on in the Near East has not been fully recognised in this country. The actual conclusion of a Graeco- Italian pact and the impending conclusion of a Graeco-Yugoslav pact are welcomed, appar ently, as an indication that the nations con cerned have at last agreed to bury the ...

... Designer! by Vivien Ingham 3$ ftls. of 36 in. cotton tmil n couple of TO make up the tunic and shorts we chose a sprightly Loofah cotton by Marchington because of its firm texture. The colours are blue, yellow and black on a white ground (price approx. 8s. 3d. per yd.), but any gay combination will do. The prodigious fullness of the tunic means that it will fit anybody except perhaps the fat ...

... THE English have a reputation for phlegmatic coolness, sanity and unemotional behaviour. Yet, oddly enough, most of the famous eccentrics, those lunatic adventurers whose stories are told the world over, have been English. They have mainly preferred to live abroad, no doubt finding in foreign countries a more favourable atmosphere and greater tolerance for their exploits. Une ot the most ...

... By JOANNA LACEY DREW THE pundits who decreed in the early 1940's that no more English cheeses should be made for our home market were obviously no gourmets, or they would have blenched at such a prohibition. How heroically we bore it all Deprived 01 our Jtsntisn beef, our British beer, and finally our British cheese, we philosophically accepted slabs of mousetrap, synthetically flavoured and ...

... Is theSuif Stre Shifting TTZ7Y-\^ Wtfma M uckLeij J I The best known, the best defined and the most remarkable of all the ocean currents, and which indirectly modifies the climate of Western Europe THE weather in this country has always been a portentous subject for conversation and conjecture, for obvious reasons. It has also provided an easy get-out for the con versationally paralysed. Now ...