... By Highwayman IT is a solemn thought that nobody yet has got a completely satisfactory car. The nearest approach to that stage of bliss is, no doubt, attained by a Campbell or an Eyston when his record-breaker is handed over to him by its builders; presumably he then believes he has the ideal car-- and continues in that belief until a Cobb comes along with a still faster car. For the ordinary ...

... THE SPALDING Needled TOP-FLITE always incorporated uniformity, long carry, control and durability. After four years' increasing popularity, it justly claims proved performancein play. All the unseen mechanical, scien tific and manufacturing improve ments that practice alone perfects, brought about by the experience gained in largely increased pro duction from year to year, are included in the ...

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... THE motto of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany at Cambridge is: . Seed-testing, twenty-five years ago, had yet to be regarded as a matter of national importance. The Institute, however, founded at the end of the last war, has made great strides since its inception, and is now making a vital contribution to the winning of the present war. The starting-point of all plant life is the ...

... TO stimulate the interest of the public in physical activities of all kinds and so to improve their mental and physical health is the aim of the Central Council of Recreative Physical Training. And in pursuance of this aim the Council sends women instructors to omens Institutes, Polytechnics, schools, settlements, girls' clubs and other organisations. The instructors are in two categories ...

... LAST week we reviewed the many excellent individual performances of the public schools' cricket season and in this article it will be possible to discuss the achievements of the leading schools. Among the Lord's Schools, Tonbridge and Rugby had probably the best sides. Tonbridge, as was the case last season, were unbeaten in school matches and ended the season with a convincing win over Stowe ...

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... 1 ANKY Frank L. Kovacs from California looks like going a long way in American lawn tennis, for the staid and almost sacred precincts of the top flight Eastern Courts never did witness such goings on as Frankie in dulges in while in the throes of an important match. Last month he beat Bobby Riggs, Wim bledon Champion in 1940, in the Southampton tour nament final and he has some of his cuter ...

... The most entertaining of all Magazines. SEPTEMBER ISSUE, ON SALE AT ALL NEWSAGENTS AND BOOKSTALLS O STORIES LIKE THESE MAKE LONGER NIGHTS BRIGHTER HEART OF BRITISH OAK THURSDAY NEXT AT TEN A TRAITOR HAS NO HOME By PETER B. KYNE. By RICHARD OLIVER. By MAY MURRAY. They had a wireless signal when they were well on their way a ruddy spy in this country that's what happened, said the Wing ...

... and dramatic news (vo ersatz MTipACA. is qe+uune safety quiss Friday, October 11, 1940 The illustrated SPORTING and DRAMATIC News Potato Time in Derbyshire. Evacuated schoolboys at work. ...

... EIGHTY-TWO PAGES Crammed Full of Sensible Reading A FIRM HOLD ON LIFE HONOURS EASY BOMBER COMMAND By FRANK H. SHAW. By F. TENNYSON JESSE. By CECILIE LESLIE. The soldiers closed round Mr. Mullins and Doctor Jackson in an unpleasant manner, and while Mr. Mullins, his round red face more suffused with blood than usual, waved his stick in an effort to clear the path in front of him, he found ...

... HEREFORD County W.A.E.C. report that the crops generally are above the average, both as regards quality and quantity. The quantity factor is all the stronger as the result of last year's effort. Twenty-seven thousand acres of grass land were ploughed up-- five per cent. of the total acreage of the county. Per haps it is easier to regulate employment and production in the smaller counties, but ...