12 MARCH 1937, page 8

An Age Of Plastics

By F. SHERWOOD TAYLOR T HE discovery of a new class of material is a great event in human history. The use of wood, leather, bone, ivory, pottery, brick, plaster and metal dates......

Addis Ababa Civilised

By G. L. STEER I Addis Ababa there are 25,000 soldiers of Italy, Savoy 1 Grenadiers, Blackshirts and Eritrean Askaris. There are many aeroplanes at Akaki, on the tawny plain......