... . E Fred May's running commentary gives us a little idea of the fighting ivhich took place at HALTON CAMP, AYLESBURY, when R.A.F. officers took on the Oxford University boxing team, only to be beaten by six ivins to three a good night and some pretty boxing! The HALTON CAMP SCHOOL OF TECHNICAL TRAINING is housed in an original home of the Rothschild family. At the outbreak of ivar the park was ...

... . The meeting of the GRAND COUNCIL OF THE FEDERATION OF BRIT ISH INDUSTRIES inspired Fred May to the caricatures on this page. LT. -GENERAL SIR CEORGI MACDONOGH C.B.E., K.C.B. is President, and LORD HERBERT SCOTT, C.M.G., D.S.O., is the President-elect, uho takes over office in April. The British Industries Fair opens at Birmingham and Olxmpia in mid-February. SIR PETER RYLANDS, LORD GA INFORD ...

... I.CE*CKEAM TIME: A JULY FETE CHAMPETKE. From the Water Colour by Alfred Hagel. ...

... RAF. MIDDLE EAST DINNER. The ROYAL AIR FORCE (MIDDLE EAST) DINNER CLUB held its fifteenth annual dinner recently. It was started the year after the Armistice, with the object of holding a gathering of officers of the R.F.C., the R.N.A.S., and the R.A.F. who served in the Middle East from August 1914 to January 1919. Those who served in Iraq to, and including, 1923 are also eligible. It is ...

... . The regiment noic known as the 6 1ST (FINSBURY RIFLES) A. A. BRIGADE, R.A. (T.A.), has an exceedingly interesting history claiming as its remote ancestors the Archers whose Grand Arena was the fenland north of London reclaimed in the early sixteenth century bv one Roger Ardley Lord Mayor. This land was later known as Fensbury. The Battle Honours of the Great War are carried on the old cap ...

... . S.O.S. IS A MUSICAL TERM MEANING 'SAME ONLY SOFTER.' COAL IS DECAYED VEGETARIANS. YOU CAN SEE IT IS. SOLOMON HAD 300 WIVES AND 700 CUCUMBERS. GUY FAWKES WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IF HE HADN'T SMELT A RAT. Howlers chosen by CECIL HUNT for illustration by EDMUND BLAMPIED. ...

... . FATHER What happens to little boys that tell stories CHILD They 're kept in after school. FATHER And what happens when they grow up CHILD They 're kept late at the office. Specially Drawn for The Sketch by Bert Thomas. ...

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... COTTON DINED AND THIRTY -ONE. Lord Rosebery the Club President was in great form speaking at the ASHRIDGE GOLF CLUB'S DINNER to HENRY COTTON, British Open Golf Champion. To twist his racing simile a little, Cotton's achievement in following up his success in the British Open last year by the beating of Densmore Shute U.S.A. match-play champion was comparable to the rare achievement of a Derby ...

... . I 1HESE caricatures by Mac depict the selected team of Gentlemen for the GENTLEMEN v. PLAYERS match at Lord's last week. They are all front-rank cricketers who always play cricket, but they are able to enjoy some alternative amuse ments and occupations at times Their zest for playing the game is directed in some instances to billi ards, football, and winter sports, as our caricaturist has ...

... . The 57TH (WESSEX) A. A. BRIGADE, R.A., is entirely responsible for the Anti-Aircraft Defences of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. It started life in 1883 as the 2nd Hants Volunteer Brigade R.G.A. with Field-Marshal Lord Roberts as its Hon. Colonel. After serving with distinction in India and Mesopotamia during the tear, in 1932 it was converted into an A. A. Unit with Brigadier Cameron as ...

... RAF. AT UPPER HEYFORD. This Oxford station, which is under the command of Wing Commander Fall, was formed in 1927. After re-organisation and rebuilding, it is now fully equipped with the latest gadgets. It consists of H.Q. and three Bomber Squadrons, the 18th, 57th, and 218th. The occasion illustrated was not only a send-off to the Old Year, but a celebration dinner of the 18th Squadron, when ...