... The Wellington T radition WELLINGTON COLLEGE was founded by public subscription in memory of the Iron Duke for the education of the sons of deceased officers who held commissions in the British Army or the Army of the Honourable East India Com pany. There are 90 of these boys on the Foundation and 100 who are sons of living officers of his Majesty's Army. The rest are Non Founda tioners, but ...

... IT seems almost impolite to write in appreciation of my three most recent Red Cross matches all in one article, for their efforts deserve at least a whole story each. This is not possible and I hope that the organisers and supporters will understand that it is not in proportion to the number of words I write on their particular effort that I value what has been done. The first of these three ...

... THE FRUSTRATION OF AN ENEMY HOPE The Fleet Air Arm Bomb a Big New German Gun Emplacement Cut in the Chalk Cliffs of Calais It has for long been a boast of the Germans that, when the Channel ports were in their hands, Britain would be bombarded by land guns. Well, the Channel ports are in their hands; at Calais the enemy hastened on with the work of building new gun emplacements in the chalk ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER- -No. XLIV 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 THE LAST DOUBLE-CROSS. --One or two Empire journals gave us in the first moment of complete disillu sion at the Bordeaux treachery this one grain of comfort. We have reached the end of one kind of bad news. We have reduced the number of our European nigger-boys (those allies who swore solemn oaths to fight by our side to the last, only ...

... rT>he. national response to the L.D.V. movement has been remarkable for its wide spread character and the in tensity of feeling underlying the outward signs of drills, practices and marches. It is evident that the Govern ment has here an assurance of the determination of the people to resist invasion at all costs THE USEFULNESS OF THE MOUNTED MAN IN ROUNDING UP PARACHUTISTS: I A mounted L.D.V ...

... In his review of the munitions and armament situation Mr. Herbert Morrison, the Minister of Supply, gave some remarkable figures of increases in output. The production of various types of tank has increased by 115 per cent., whilst other arms have been increasing by leaps and bounds. The pictures reproduced here were taken at an Army distributing centre, and show some of our latest tanks ...

... THE wisdom of the M.C.C. in staging another attractive fixture at Lord's was on Saturday fully justified by the presence of a large and appreciative crowd which included many serving men glad of the relaxation which the game between the Lord's and Middlesex XI's provided. It was an exciting affair, with the result in doubt up to the last ball. But for missed catches the Lord's XI must have won ...

... SO-CALLED heavyweight championship boxing continues in America on the same monotonously farcical plane. The latest piece of nonsense was the fight between Tony Galento, self-styled No. i Heavyweight Challenger, and Max Baer, who won on a technical knock-out after the seventh round. An American onlooker comments The good Marquess' of Queensberry is probably tossing in his eternal sleep after ...

... A MORE exhilarating game than that between Repton and Rugby, at Repton, could not be wished for. Heavy showers having curtailed the play, Repton declared at 91 for nine and left Rugby 50 minutes in which to get the runs a sporting decision, in view of Rugby's batting feats this season. Rugby's opening pair, L. G. H. Hingley and M. R. Holman, put on 50 in 25 minutes, but both left at that total ...

... FOR THE COOLER f WEATHER FURS AND SUITS ARE PRACTICAL NOW that our clothes are to last so much longer, a fur coat is a sound investment. If you choose a hard-wearing fur it will not moult or rub thin, and it will be a stand-by and protection for years. It is important, however, to buy soon, for fur prices are rising rapidly and many skins will not be coming into this country again until after ...

... ALIPPIZAN stallion and a Russian ballerina are the outstanding features of this film about the fall of the Hapsburg dynasty, which had its London premiere last week, and will be generally released next Monday. The Lippizan is one of four that the Austrian Government presented to opera-star Maria Jeritza, wife of Winfield Sheehan, the producer the dancer is exquisite Irina Baronova, lately of ...

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