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A Brilliant Explorer Like Scott And Shackleton, Mr. H. G.

Watkins has died among the ice on which he had stamped his person- ality. Like them he had great achievements to his credit. Unlike them he had before him almost a life-time's......

The Xi For Australia With The Addition Of Mitchell, Of

Derbyshire, the M.C.C. cricket team for Australia is now apparently complete. The Selection Committee may reasonably claim to have picked the strongest team available, Bowes, of......

Stamping Out Slavery The Steps The Emperor Of Ethiopia Is

taking for the abolition of slavery in his realms justify some faith in the reality of human progress. The world has been shocked in recent years by the publication of......

Bank Rate 2 Per Cent., Changed From 21 Per Cent.

on June 29th, 1982. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 102 ; on Wednesday week, 1011 ; a year ago, 1001. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1061 ; on Wednesday......

Into The Stratosphere The Belgian Physicist, M. Piccard,...

balloon ascent last week into that region of the upper air which is known as the stratosphere. He had made his preparations with such nicety that, starting from Zurich, he......

Family Cars Sir William Morris Opens Up Attractive...

he foreshadows the day when every well-conducted family will own a suite of cars, a large one for family use and smaller ones for the individual members of the household. But......

Returning Emigrants For The Time Being, Emigration To The...

open spaces of the .Dominions cannot be regarded as a means of relieving the congestion and unemployment in these overcrowded islands. The Oversea Settlement Com- mittee in its......