... By the Way. By Vedette Whaling. The Scottish Report on Whaling shows that the industry is declining 1928 marks the falling off from 314 in 1927 to 184 fish. The value of the catch is in like proportion, £28,541 as against £45,377 and, if 1926 is included, against £70,259. The average price, too, for 1928 was higher than both the other years. So the oil ana wnaieoone are in demand, if the fish ...

... . The elephant shown here was the largest and most troublesome tusker captured on the occasion in question, namely, the keddah operations at Karapur, Mysore, which were witnessed by the Viceroy of India. Other pictures of the subject will be found on pages 20 and 21. The bran.ch olive) seen in the picture had been left by a tame elephant to help in pacifying the wild one. When the Prince of ...

... AND EVE Inveresk House, Strand, London. W.C Then in 1930 youlll like stall or better still, ask your newsagent to deliver every month. book Get your copy atthe next In 1929 BRITANNIA EVE earned an enviable reputation for good, astoundingly good, short stories. For 1930 the Editor has many new ideas in short stories, keyed to the pitch of our modern everyday life. The January issue, now on sale ...

... Men and Events. Prisoners of War under Czar and Bolshevist By O. F. THEIS. NO one need be ignorant of the seamy side of modern war. But those who knew it first hand for the most part are curiously disinclined to talk about it. The literary men, however, are different. They have been rubbing it in for the benefit of the non-combatants and the younger generation. Horror has been piled upon ...

... . By F. J. SELLICKS. PICKING THE FORWARDS IN A POST WAR TEAM-- THE PROBLEM OF THE NEXT ENGLAND XV-- DUDER'S BRIL LIANT DISPLAY. LAST week we were talking about the best England team that could be chosen from men who have played since the war. Having decided on the back division we come to the forwards, about whom there must, of necessity, be many conflicting opinions. J. S. Tucker is the most ...

... KEBDAH OPERATIONS AT KARAPUR THE TRAPPING, ROPIN VND TAMING OF WILD ELEPHANTS IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE. A LAGGARD BEHIND THE HERD. ROPED IN THE STOCKADE: SHOWING THE TRAP-DOOR THROUGH WHICH ELEPHANTS WERE DRIY LEADING A CAPTURED AND ROPED ELEPHANT FROM HIS WATERING PLACE. ROPING AN ELEPHANT TO A TREE WITH THE AID OF TRAINED TUSKEI TRAINED TUSKERS WHICH ARE USED TO HOLD A WILD ONE IN CHECK. JAMMED: ...

... . THE HERO OF THE UNIVERSITY SKI-INC. MATCH C. W. WYATT, THE CAMBRIDGE CAPTAIN, WHO HAS MADE A NEW BRITISH JUMPING RECORD. J. H. DICK (OXFORD) FINISHING SECOND IN THE LANGLAUF. P. QUALE (OXFORD) WINNING THE LANGLAUF IN SPLENDID TIME. THE CAMBRIDGE JUMPERS WHO FILLED FIRST THREE PLACES: (L. TO R.j, G. J. NIXCN (2nd), C. W. WYATT (1st), AND W. J. RIDDELL. SPECTATORS WATCHING A TURN IN THE SLALOM ...

... The British Walker Cup Team. A LIST OF FOURTEEN PLAYERS. BY A ROVING PLAYER. WITH the appointment of the Selection Committee for the British Walker Cup team, more than four months ahead of the match, the Royal and Ancient Club cannot on this occasion at least be accused of dilatoriness. Formerly, when the match has been played in this country, the selection of the players has been left to the ...

... STORMS AND AVALANCHES IN A MIGHTY ALPINE SPECTACI VOTHER MOUNTAIN-CLIMBING STORY ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN. AMONG THE CREVASSES IN THE UPPER ENGADINE THE CLIMBER IN DIFFICULTIES ON THE NORTH WALL OF PIZ PALtl DURING HIS ASCENT. EXHAUSTION OVERTAKES ONE OF THE CLIMBERS: THE THREE ADVENTURERS REACH A LEDGE WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO CALL A HALT. A PRECIPICE OF ICE AND SNOW: A SUPERB MOUNTAIN SETTING ...

... . SPLASHING THROUGH THE FLOOD: THE WINNER, C. WILSON, IN DIFFICULTIES NEAR HERTFORD, IN A MOTOR-CYCLE EVENT. ON BOXING DAY: AN ARMY OF SPECTATORS AT THE MEET OF THE FITZWILLIAM FOXHOUNDS AT MARHOLM, NEAR PETERBOROUGH. BEG FOR IT: WHIMSICAL WALKER AND JOE CRASTON, THE CLOWNS, AT TEA WITH THEIR WIVES AT THE OLYMPIA CIRCUS. THE TRAGIC DEATH OF THE GERMAN LAWN TENNIS CHAMPION HANS MOLDENHAUER (L ...

... Diana and a Salmon Rod Some thoughts on Eve and Angling by Major J. L. Dickie, J. P. YEAR by year more and more ladies are taking up the sport of salmon fishing, and although only a few care to brave the rigours of a Scottish riverside in January and February, there are many who pursue it with as keen zest and as great success as any man. It is in the months of June, July and August that they ...

... THE WORTHINGTON i meeting on Sunday morning at the ((Five Bells The boss keeps Nelson behind the bar when the house is open. Says he's as sweet-natured as a little child but the way nervous strangers jump when they catch sight of him hurts his feelings. Once, when a race tough started making trouble, boss opened the flap and murmured England expects Before he got to dooty, Nelson had ...