... By Ashley Courtenay IN pre-war days to describe a place as at the back o' beyond was to sound a little derogatory. Nowadays the opposite is the case. To be able to enjoy quietude in Britain at the moment is a rarity, and an hotel that can provide this and lovely surroundings as well, has an asset, not a liability, to offer. What more attractive sanctuary than the subject of this week's ...

... Don't Waste Your Fruit-- Can It IN 1938, the last complete year of peace, we imported, according to the Ministry of Food's figures, approximately £9,000,000 worth of tinned fruit. Even if it were possible nowadays to import such an amount it would not be necessary, for up and down the country housewives who previously have either given away the fruit from their gardens, or sold it for ...

... THIRTEEN thousand people were at Lord's on Saturday for the return match between London Counties and M produced a day of perfect cricket and ended within five minutes of time with the defeat of the London CouniB by 104 runs. It was their first this season. The Empire XI declaring at 308 for 4, dismissed their opponents for 255 B of Northants and Cambridge, gave the Empire XI a flying start ...

... Bahram for U.S.A. Juvenile Stayers Races Sir Abe Bailey, Patriot and Sportsman THE Aga Khan's much-discussed Bahram has really been sold at last. The deal became operative at 6 p.m. on Thursday the 8th, although he was reported to have been sold many times previously to that date. The buyers were a syndicate of young American breeders whose names I, at any rate, am not permitted at the time of ...

... 'dK.mnrVhiyti wivv.i UiWKl. i9 twrilsVl rqUBP 1A4 qui IfnHkv7fH!V I BY VUPM ML In Dovedale, Derbyshire, there is snme of the most lovely country in all England, and the River Dove is one of the most famous of the trout-holding tributaries of the Trent. ...

... I DON'T suppose you know what to do with yourself these days, said my friend D.O.R.A., with some relish, with all the night clubs closed. Sorry to disappoint her, but, while sparing a tear for the Paradise, Boogie-Woogie, etc. (and registering a silent prayer for the success of their appeals there are still many clubs a thousand, they say, in the square mile round Piccadilly Circus where ...

... 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 ...

... Cambridge Beat Oxtord this Time THE return 'Varsity Rugby match was played at Oxford last Sat' day and this time Cambridge won by one point, a goal and three tr 3 to two goals and a try. The first half was almost all Oxford, but in the sc ond Cambridge played up grandly and E. R. Knapp, the left wing, was ove the Oxford line four times, C. L. Newton-Thompson, the Cambridge cai ain, adding goal ...

... IN common with other schools within the danger area in London, St. Paul's has been evacuated to the country, and their Hammersmith buildings were commandeered by the authorities. The school is now housed in the Marquess of Downshire's mansion at Easthampstead Park. This house is situated between Crowthorne and Wokingham, and most of the 600 boys in the school are accom modated in Crowthorne, ...

... jj^B! TV/TINIATURE rifle shooting is a -tV-L fascinating sport, and in these troubled times more popular than ever, for a good many men (and women) feel that it is as well to be able to handle a rifle. It is miniature only in bullet and range, for the rifles are full- size weapons fitted with a heavy barrel to take the -22 bullet the ordinary Service rifle bullet is eight times larger than the ...

... V. J. LTTTLE the Irish left wing three-quarter was married at St. Peter's H arbor ns, to Sylvia daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt of Harborne Birmingham. The best man {right) was a fellow Bedfordian C. O'Z?. Power zifry wear /o getting his Irish cat) as a centre. CAPTAIN A. R. V. LUKE Imperial Services boxing champion was married to Peggy daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Heaton, of Worcester at St ...