... roach of five ounces has gained its lucky captor a championship before now, amid host aspirants for the honour. Today’s Nature Note: The weather (writes Mr S, Banks, Portsmouth, near has been better the seaside than inland. It has been better Crange-orer- ...

... there was no sign of an advancing depression. It is not the first time forecast and fact have been at loggerheads, To-day's Nature Note: Migratory birds, such as warblers, kept in cages (writes an Acerington correspondent) are having a reetless time just now ...

... Corporation work. If the selection of Mr Leech is confirmed, it will, of course, mean his severance from the company. To-day’s Nature Note: In recent years opinions on bird migration have undergone much modification. It is known now that so-called resident birds ...

... legal friends of his former court days in Manchester—to say nothing of euitors whose faces may also be familiar. To-day’s Nature Note: An interesting story, designed to show the * homing instinct” in birds, is reported by a “* Scotsman ™ correspondent. When ...

... This is probably not the only link of its kind amongst_the long-lived Cumbrians with the stirring days of '45. - To-day’s Nature Note (by Mr 8. Banks, Portsmouth, near 'l'odmordem‘ith springlikeweather, Nature on every is rejoicing. Bright sunshine has a ...

... lived in Harnoldswick all their lives, have watched its development hum a email t illage to a prosperous town. To-day's Nature Note: The large Siddiel Pond.: at Workington, with rivulet. flowing into the River Derwent, are considered the finest feeding ...

... Day. The Conservatives are hoping Lord Derby will perform the formal opening of their new premises about April, To-day’s Nature Note: Birds (writes Mr 8. Banks, of Portsmouth, near Todmorden) are getting much more lively, as one may see on every hand. The ...

... arista nee. Hence the proposed additional expenditure, which is a fitting testimonial to the cost of red tape. To-day’s Nature Note: The flora of the fields and woods is dying fast (writes Mr 8. Banks, of Portsmouth, near Todmordeo). This is seen the fewness ...

... sense it must have been a great satisfaction to MacLaren that he took the chance yesterday that Fry gave him. To-day’s Nature Note (By Sam Banks, Portsmouth, near Todmorden): After the blossom comes the fruit. This we see when out for a ramble through ...

... proving to Sir Edward Strachey that though soft of manner and delicate of triad he could yet giro a nasty scratch. To-day's Nature Note: Further evidence of the early spring in West Cumberland (writes a correspondent to-day) is the feet that a yellow-hammer's ...

... economical power than electricity in the workini of certain lengths of tramways in towns other than Morecambe, To-day's Nature Note, by B. Banks, Pottsmouth, near Todmorden): December is with us, giving us a little sunshine, a little gloom, with rain and ...

... hours of Torquay was a high reading, and brilliance itself compared with the one hour of the Lancashire coast, To-day's Nature Note: On every hand (writes Mr 8. Banks, the Todmorden naturalist) bird, leaf, and blade are pushing forward once more, and it ...