... -BY MEL CAME DOWN GOLF CLUB, DORSET- BY MEL The Came Down Golf Club is situated on the downs midway between Dorchester and Weymouth and overlooking Portland and Wey mouth on the south-west and commanding splendid views looking north and east. The course is all downland turf, which always plays well owing to the chalky subsoil, which gives good drainage yet never dries things up. Although ...

... - -by Graham Don't forget the usual dozen stouts with the wine order Alf you know -by Graham ...

... EMM WOOD'S AVIARY: AO. I A bird of the vulture tribe is Emmwood's latest exhibit, acquired at great risk to life, limb and reputation The Common Lairybird or Spiv (Smartalic Inextremus) Adult Male General colour off-white bluish, sac like protuberances below eyes beak pinkish, inclined to be mottled or blotchy head feathers generally blue-black and greasy, impervious to water brightly-coloured ...

... . SOME NOTABLE GUESTS--! BY FRED MAY At the recent dinner at the Connaught Rooms in aid of the funds of the Queen's Hospital for Children at Bethnal Green, and at which H.R.H. the Duke of York, President of the Hospital Committee, took the chair, a sum of nearly £8,000 was subscribed, this leaving more than £10,000 still needed to enable this magnificent philanthropic enterprise to carry on. ...

... FRA' EDUNBOR' TOON SOME OF EDINBURGH'S CITY FATHERS- -BY FRED MAY Edwi3 K- F caP'ta'> *he Athens of the Western world, derived its name, as most properly brought-up people know, from tjje n' nS Northumbria in the seventh century, was elevated to the status of a burgh in 1329 by The Bruce, and recognised as charae?' ?cot'ab^ under the Stuarts. Its venerable walls, now non-existent ...

... CARDIFF'S CUTY FATHERS THE LORD MAYOR AND HIS ALDERMEN- -BY FRED MAY Cardiff's civic buildings are acknowledged to be the finest in the whole country, and the Lord Mayors of the capital of Wales and everyone who has ever been an alderman or in any way connected with the City Council are very justly proud of them. This gallery of speaking portraits is almost sufficiently eloquent ol itself, but ...

... SOME M.F.H.'S AND OTHERS- -BY FRED MAY Of the portraits on this page, Mr. W. S. Buckmaster, who was joint master of the Warwickshire, had a very bad fall in the middle of the season, and it is considered doubtful whether he will ever resume a mastership of hounds. Lord Chesham is resigning from the Bicester, and Sir H. R. Cayzer from the Garth. Lord Dalmeny has shown great sport with the ...

... THE ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED HAVAL OFFICERS. SOME PROMINENT MEMBERS- -BY FRED MAY The Association of Retired N.O.'s held its annual meeting at the United Services Institution in Whitehall. It is a most admirable organisation, and was started in 1925 with the object of bringing together all officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines for the purpose of mutual help to officers who have retired ...

... THE E.E. LEAGUE DIMHEE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAH XI„ AMONGST THOSE PRESENT LY FRED MAY All these striking portraits were collected at the British Empire League Dinner at the British Empire Club, St. James', to the South African Cricket Team. H.R.H. the Duke of York was present and made a very good speech. Lord Southborough presided over a gathering numbering about one hundred. Many amusing speeches ...

... The Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society was formed in the year 1761 and is among the oldest of golf clubs. In 1897 the Club came to its present course, which was reconstructed in 1923. Having some 650 members, the Club is a most popular one, as it stands in part of the old Barnton estate nearer to the Firth of Forth than its neighbour, the Royal Burgess G.S. Some wonderful views of the Firth and ...

... THE SAFETY FIRST DEPARTMENT- PORTSMOUTH NAVY WEEK-- BY FRED MAY The fact that the Navy Week (August 17-24) went so satisfactorily was principally due to Captain J. A. G. Troup and Paymaster- Commander J. D. M. Cavanagh, who did such good staff work. Everything went like clockwork and with the customary touch of Navy spit and polish, as may be said. The big idea was to bring the public into ...

... HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF THE FESTIVE SEASON BY HELEN McKIE ...