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MOSS BROS & CO. LTD

... MOSS BROS MOSS BROS O F F I r F R S SfUV/ff MACKINTOSHES and Raincoats Moss Bros, have been making Service Mackintoshes and Raincoats these fifty years-- time enough to have seen a few nasty downpours and proved their worth They are scientifically made, cut to the accepted pattern for Navy, Army and R.A.F., (and for Women's Services too) and are supplied in all sizes. We need hardly add that ...

Quetta Hunter Trials

... psi -ns TAKING A KEREZ Captain R. A. G. Binny, M.F.H., on Major Shaw's Desperation, which ran first in the Individual. SECOND in the Individual Captain Rcjfey, of the Guides Cavalry, on his Black Auster. A NATURAL GRANDSTAND for spectators The four on the left are Mrs. Larson, Mrs. Walton, Mrs. Elliot Lockhart and Captain Elliot Lockhart. (Below) MR. D. J. MONTEITH on his Iron taking the first ...

A Return to Rugby at Last: The Army beat the Empire in a great game at Richmond

... A Return to Rugby at Last The Army beat the Empire in a great game at Richmond y^FTER an almost complete stoppage of Rugby since Christmas, players and spectators were overjoyed to be out on the Richmond pitch last Saturday. The occasion was the meeting of the Army and the Empire, and a grand match it was. The game was a trial for the Army who have to send a side to play the French Army in ...

French Army v. British Army: The Allies Share Goals at the Parc des Princes

... French Army v. British Army The Allies Share Goals AN EXCITED CRO WD of 35,000, half of whom were British soldiers watched an enthralling drawn game between the British and French Armies in Paris last I Sunday. The match was the first of a series of three one of which was due to be played yesterday the other next Sunday. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS From the left, Colonel A. M. Green General Raymond ...

The Royal Naval College, Dartmouth

... A SUCCESSOR to the famous Britannia, the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth con tinues the work of producing officers for the Royal Navy. Here, in what is one of the most modern public schools in the country, a specialised naval training is carefully blended with a first-class general education. Boys are taken from the age of 131/2, and a four years' course at Dartmouth sees the first stage ...

'Varsity Cross Country: Cambridge Spartans beat Oxford Centipedes

... 'Varsity Cross Country [Cambridge Spartans beat Oxford Centipedes THE substitute 'Varsity cross-country race run over a six-mile course at Shotover last Saturday, resulted in a win for the Cambridge Spartans, who totalled 36 points to Oxford's 42. Cambridge's captain, Still, was first man home, winning by more than 200 yards, his time being 37 min. 9 sec. Walden Jones, who took second place, ...

Motor Racing in 1940

... By Highwayman DOES it sound too good to be true that there is to be a regular programme of motor races this year? An international calendar of events has been drawn up and published-- rather later than usual, it is true, but in the usual form and covering the usual period, from April to October. The only differences are that the list is about a quarter of its usual length, and that we shan't ...

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Poodles Rate High in Brains

... By A. Croxton Smith EVERYONE sympathises deeply with Mr. Basil and the Hon. Mrs. Ionides on the damage done by fire to their beautiful Sussex home. It is a calamity that will hit them badly, I am afraid, although, of course, they still have Orleans House, Twickenham, which is a mansion with a history. It was there that Mrs. Ionides first got together her well-known kennel of Griffons ...

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Rapier on Racing

... Prices on the Spring Double Flat Racing Fixtures for 1940 Attractive Cheltenham Entry The Lancashire 'Chase Death of Mrs. Hollins MY Black Out Blues were considerably relieved at the week-end by the receipt of a list of prices on the Grand National and Lincolnshire Handicaps, compiled by a well-known firm of London bookmakers. There is so much money to be won that the only problem is whether ...

Royal Marines Beat King's School at Canterbury

... KING'S entertained the Royal Marines at Canterbury, and had an enjoyable game, though the School were no match for the Royal Marines, who won by 10 goals to 2. Marines were the more experienced side, and Lieut.-Col. C. W. Adair, the captain, was a tower of strength to their defence. Marines were soon on the attack, Sec.-Lt. Blake, the inside-right, J. D.Wakeling, the centre-forward, and Sec.- ...