... COAL TO LONDON The women canal boatees open their winter campaign. Many of the Londoners who will be able to purchase coal this winter will owe it to the hard work of a gallant band of women volunteers who bring coal to London in canal barges-- or, as they ...

... ago, the Erma passed through the Caledonian Canal, in Scotland, and is now making its way across the Atlantic. Among the five women on board, two are grandmothers. Here the small yacht is seen in Caledonian Canal on the first stage of its journey ...

... enemy bombers broke up the midnight service t ■anrii imirmnrwnn 1 1 iwn-- BRITISH TROOPS IN HOLLAND SKATING ON THE FROZEN CANALS AND DYKES with young Dutch boys and girls as teachers. Among the soldiers are Canadian Air Force personnel and men resting ...

... removed and are being handed over to the Grand Union Canal authorities. They are known as the Poplar and the Cardiff the former worked in the Surrey Canal, and the latter was employed in the docks and canal. Here they are seen in tow, passing the Tower Bridge ...

... AFTER THE LITTLE TOWN OF CHANTHA HAD BEEN FINALLY CLEARED OF THE JAPS Native women and children outside the church after the service conducted by a British padre. On the Yeu Canal in mid-Burma, not far from the railhead town of Yeu; is the village of Chantha ...

... labour is there, but -tne railways and canals have been so battered that the distribution of the precious commodity throughout the Reich is still a matter of the greatest difficulty and complexity RUSSIA'S WOMEN SOLDIERS IN BERLIN These are the counterpart ...

... passing a food queue. Germans stare at the queer figure as he wanders aimlessly through the streets IN iREECE, THE CORINTH CANAL IS NOW SPANNED BY A BAILEY BRIDGE Formerly it was crossed by a fine road bridge on the upper level, i J.N.R.R.A. in Greece ...

... There were 7,000,000 women who had never been allowed to vote before. There were also 3,000,000 more men who had reached the age of twenty-one. Altogether, it was very difficult indeed to forecast what the result would be. Only a few women candidates were ...

... barges are of a special type, with a great carrying capacity and with a long radius of action for use on the many rivers and canals with which the Reich abounds THE GREAT QUESTION IN BELGIUM-- the abdication of King Leopold The con I stitutional crisis in ...

... Coward's Blithe Spirit. Electrical Exhibition The First Women's Elec trical Exhibition was held recently at Dorland House, to celebrate the twenty-first birthday of the Electrical Association for Women. The Association was founded shortly after the last war ...

... many of the women. Clogs were worn by some of the boys, and I noticed a number of gum boots and Wellingtons. What is more, the children themselves looked sur prisingly well with pink cheeks and sturdy legs. It was the same with the women out shopping ...

... PAINTED BOATS OF BRITAIN'S WATERWAYS have their vivid designs repainted The men and women who spend their lives wandering over the thousands of miles of Britain's canals have an innate love of colour. Perhaps it is because many of the bargees are of gipsy ...