... 2^3 I- i By Our orticultural fe;., .__ Corre ondent TO obtain a greater quantity of food from a given area is the whole country's aim. For the gardener, intercropping --or catch cropping-- is the principal means to this end, and as soon as the main spring sowings of vegetables are made, every grower should consider it his vital duty to, study the possibilities of his own garden. Briefly stated ...

... Six-a-Side Hockey at Bournemouth b4 Matches in One Afternoon Thirty-six teams took part in the Bournemouth Sports Club's second an nual Six-a-Side Hockey Tournament held for the benefit of the Red Cross on Saturday, April 18. After five and a half hours of non-stop play on four pitches, the honours of the day went to an Infantry Regiment, who defeated last year's winners, a Training Regi ment, ...

... THE BRITISH SAILORS SOCIETY earnestly appeals for help lo enable them to keep pace with the urgent and increasing cost of maintaining Homes and Hostels in ports all over the Empire for our Seafarers' needs. Donations welcomed by Hon. Treasurer, The Rt. Hen. Sir Frederick Sykes, P.C., 6 80, Commercial Road, London, E.14. Mr. Herbert E. Barker, General Secretary. VANTELLA SHIRTS made to match ...

... In happier times Kershaw all British Binoculars will be available again for your enjoyment. SOHO LTD., COLHAM MILL ROAD, WEST DRAYTON, MIDX. (Branch of A. Kershaw Be Sons Ltd.) Last year, thanks to the warning we issued about the shortage of books and thanks to the heed that was paid to it most of our customers were able without undue difficulty to make a satisfactory selection for their ...

... By Our Motoring Correspondent IT is one of the great regrets of all motoring critics that the interests of security dictate that nothing or very little shall be said of the manner in which the great motor-car manufacturers have turned their works over to the production of war materials and especially to those needed for building up the air power of the United Nations. In the days before the ...

... vmm l, _ I H.M.KING GEORGE Vl I v BHEk lots./ THE ONLY GIN THAT HOLDS THE BLUE SEAL Of THE INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE ^uTTM ...

... WINTER FASHIONS TAILORED SLACKS AND SKIRTS TRUBENISED COLLARS AND CUFFS A PARTICULARLY interesting exhibition of all kinds of Utility clothes was recently held at Simpsons, Piccadilly. There were about sixty models which, being Utility, were sold under the Government Price Control. The highest price for a suit now that the purchase tax has been removed is 97s. 4d. others are a little less 92s. ...

... Dear Brutus (Globe) THERE was more of the atmosphere of the normal first night about the launching of the revival of Dear Brutus (although, of course, it took place in the afternoon) than about any other theatrical occasion since last summer. The stalls were crowded with stage and other celebrities those of them old enough to remem ber the original production of the play in 1917, with ...

... 5USSEX HERD BOOK SOCIETY No Cattle are HARDIER sussex cow or more THRIFTY than the Farmer Stockbreeder Photograph SUSSEX Sussex Cattle by E. Walford Lloyd (10/6) tells you all about them BROADWAY EAST, DENHAM, near UXBRIDGE, MIDDLESEX ...

... By A. CROXTON-SMITH STALIN, whose picture appears on this page to-day, is claimed to be the only white Alsatian in Australia, and so in a way has a distinction that does not belong to the common run. He is owned by Mr. J. McCarthy, of Glebe in New South Wales, and is one of a Utter sired by a black-and-tan guard dog at an aerodrome. This colour, or rather absence of colour, would excite no ...

... By A. Croxton Smith WHEN Longfellow wrote that Things are not what they seem he was not thinking of dogs and horses and other animals that sometimes undergo singular metamorphoses at such times as they may be for sale or exhibition. His little moral commonplace may well be taken to heart by unknowledgeable folk who are undertaking transactions with people whose character is un known to them. ...

... UP IN THE REMOTE ALA-TAU MOUNTAINS at altitudes of 3000-3500 metres the Kirghiz hunter finds his quarry. The party, generally three or four people, first study the rocky crevices of the mountain through their binoculars, searching for an eagle's nest. Having located one, the most agile of the party is lowered to it by a strong rope there he sets a trap with a weak spring so as not to injure ...