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TRANSVÃAL WAR: ON ACTIVE SERVICE.--PART IV

... who commands the First Battalion of the Liverpools, now at Ladysmith, was in the Afghan War of 1878, and saw service in the Kuram V alley and the capture of Pei war Kotal. He joined the Army in 1873, and obtained the command of the Regiment in 1899-- this ...

TRANSVAAL WAR: ON ACTIVE SERVICE.--PART VI

... rough service. He went through the Afghan War, 1S7S-1SS0, Is A.D.C. to tho G.O.C. the First Division of the Peshawar Field Force, an.l was mentioned in despatches. He also took part in the Soutli African War of 1881. CAPTAIN KNAPP, I.L.H., KILLED AT LADYSMITH ...

MEN AND EVENTS: FOUR WISE MEN IN EAST AFRICA: KENYA OBJECTS

... pages of the Hilton Young Report on the closer union of the dependencies in Eastern and Central Africa, the whole tangled and in volved problem of East Africa, must seem as easy of solution as a schoolboy sum. The four Commissioners, Sir Edward Hilton Young ...

The Tsetse Fly and Sleeping Sickness: In Africa They Have Sought to Exterminate The Fly Itself

... Antrycide in parts of Africa where sleeping sickness is most prevalent, with considerable success, proving that Antrycide provides protection for months at least. These pictures are of earlier efforts to exterminate the tsetse fly in West Africa. SURVEYING The ...

THE LIBRARY: THE GOLFING ANNUAL.; BOMBAY DUCKS.; THE M.C.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA

... be read with pleasure by everyone whose tastes incline to natural history and open-air life. THE M.C.C. IN SOUTH AFRICA. South Africa achieved greatness at cricket when, during the winter of 1905-6, the M.C.C. team toured in that colony, and the story ...

Food From West Africa: Palm Oil Production and a Swamp Reclamation Scheme

... Food From West Africa Palm Oil Production and a Swamp Reclamation Scheme T)RITAIN'S fat ration depends to-day to a large extent on the efforts of the people of British West Africa. The bulk of the oil seeds we obtain for the manufacture of margarine comes ...

DOGS OF THE DAY.: An Irish Kennel of Deerhounds; Hounds for destroying pests in Africa and Australia

... DOGS OF THE DAY. An Irish Kennel of Deerhounds. Hounds for destroying pests in Africa and Australia. By A. Croxton Smith. LONDONDERRY is a long way from London and most of the English shows, but distance does not seem capable of damping the ardour of ...

Big Game in ... ... War Zone: North Kenya, Where Water is Scarce

... Big Game in A w 'ican War Zone North Kenya, Where Water is Scarce From Lieut. -Col. C. H. Slodcley THE Northern Frontier district of Kenya, where our troops have been engaged with the Italians, is a barren country of thorns, stones and intense heat, where ...

TEST MATCHES OVERSEAS: The Australians in South Africa and the M.C.C. Side Now in New Zealand

... TEST MATCHES OVERSEAS The Australians in South Africa and the M.C.C. Side Now in New Zealand (Above) H. D. READ Bowling fast to three slips. Note the fields I man standing very close in on the off-side to snap up the cocked I shot. This picture suggests ...

TRANSVAAL WAR: ON ACTIVE SERVICE.--PART XXX; THE LATE MAJOR J. A. ORR-EWING

... ORR-EWING. ANOTHER well-known sportsman has to be included among those who have fallen in the cause of their country in South Africa. In the recent operations which took place in the neighbourhood of Senekal, Major J. A. Orr-Ewing, who was serving with the ...

THE WAY THINGS HAPPENED AT WIMBLEDON: MANY NATIONS AT WAR FOR THE SUPREME LAWN TENNIS HONOURS

... THE WAY THINGS HAPPENED AT WIMBLEDON: MANY NATIONS at war for the supreme lawn tennis honours. BASE-LINE EXCHANGES: MISS EVELYN COLYER ON THE CENTRE COURT. S. M. JACOB, THE INDIAN DAVIS CUP PLAYER, ASKS AND GIVES NO QUARTER. MISS JOAN FRY, WHO PLAYED ...