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Round the New Shows: At the Theatre

... Round the New Shows At the Theatre Boys in Brown (Gate) IN spite of its title, this play has nothing to do with Nazis. It concerns criminals of a far milder brand-- the boys of the Borstal breed. The author is Mr. Reginald Beckwith, who has been making a name for himself as a revue comedian and a character actor. Many people will recall his truly comic strip-tease act in a revue at the ...

The Good Earth

... THE BOTS OF T.O JfB RIDGE SCHOOL are giving valuable help to a nearby farmer by spending their leisure hours in land work. Here they are clearing a wheat field of weeds. THEIR DOUBLE SERVICE These Wrens devote their off-duty time to gardening [and are all set to j raise a fine crop of that standby of all house wives, the cabbage. .1 HEW IDEA for the rose bed is to plant a border of cabbage ...

Sport Plays Its Part

... SAILORS-TO-BE LEARN TO SWIM Many men who choose the Royal Navy for their service cannot swim, so Airs. Hilda Anderson of Liverpool has started a class for those who have registered and have not yet been called up. THE GENTLE SPORT of archery provides a pleasant and not too strenuous diversion for B.E.F. casualties who are convalescing at a north-country resort. ...

Deal With Them in the Air: Famous Gun Expert's Advice to Parashots

... 'Deal With Them in the Air Famous Gun Expert's Advice to Parashots By Robert Churchill (Author of How to Shoot I HAVE listened carefully to the many suggestions put forward for dealing with enemy parachutists, and firstly, to the musketry instructor who is convinced of the hopelessness of firing until the enemy has touched down, I would say here is some thing new for you to learn and teach. ...

England Gets Down To It

... FIRST FITNESS J England is showing that it intends to get Jit and keep Jit. All that was wanted was a lead and at last the lead is forthcoming. Last Saturday, on all the chief football grounds and parks up and down the country, thousands oj men began the good work and they enjoyed it. This is at Charlton Athletic football ground, where Mr. J. F. Pinfold, Metropolitan representative of the ...

Getting Fit: Exercises for Third Week

... Getting Fit Exercises for Third Week MAY we again urge all who cannot find time for regular daily exercises out of doors to devote a quarter of an hour each morning to some form of physical jerks. The series of progressive exercises illustrated here were specially drawn up for the person of average physique not too strenu ous for the middle-aged, yet strenuous enough to make all the ...

Rapier on the Future of Racing: Finding Some Plan to Save the Best of England's Bloodstock

... Rapier on the Future of Racing Finding Some Plan to Save the Best of England's Bloodstock THE Stewards, both of the Jockey Club and of the National Hunt Committee, have plenty with which to occupy themselves just now. It is well for racing that they are all practical men and not amateurs. Their problems now become similar to those experienced by many big leaders of other industries, inasmuch ...

Lawn Tennis at Queen's

... THE OL TSTANDING MATCH of the exhibition in aid of the Red Cross on Saturday was that between Mrs. Kay Menzies and Jean Nicoll against Mrs. (Dorothy Round) Little and Billie Torkc. Here Kay is arriving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stammers. Left MRS. MARCUS MARSH Eileen Bennett) is playing again after several years away from the courts. She partnered Shares. ERNEST WITT MAN (centre), the ...

Winchester Avoid Defeat by the M.C.C

... THE WINCHESTER XI. taking the field against the M.C.C. on the School ground. The match was drawn, the M.C.C., for whom Lord French and Watkins, the opening pair, scored 47 and 50 respectively, declared at 100 Jor seven wickets, and the School s total was iog for eight. On June 20 Winchester are due to meet Harrow, and on June 29 Eton. M. R. BONHAM-CARTER, the uiicketkeeper and opening batsman, ...

Ashley Courtenay's Answers to Correspondents

... H. W. F., Birmingham.-- The present prejudice against the coast is based on an erroneous knowledge of our coastline. There are many points which would never figure in an invader's plans, and the coastline of Cornwall in particular is naturally defended by rugged cliffs, treacherous currents and submerged rocks. But intermingled with this are sheltered, sunny sanctuaries, where sea-bathing and ...

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... ILLUSTRATED SPORT, NC SUPPORT NATIONAL SAVINGS I m AND DRAMATIC NEWS bf mm I Friday, JUNE 14, 1940. \vj The Illustrated and DRAMATIC News ...

NOTABLE NUMBERS

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