... 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 ...

... IN the surroundings of its war-time home at St. Bees, Cumberland, the Mill Hill School's O.T.C. is find ing opportunities for tactical exercises which were out of the question in Greater London. The seashore with a good beach, the moorlands and the mountains provide field experience of immense value. On the moors the problem of taking cover from enemy troops and aircraft assumes more difficult ...

... THE WAY OF THE WAR By FORE-SIGHT Exit the French Embassy HEADED by the Chargé d'Affaires, the Marquis de Castellane, the French Embassy party left London last week and Albert Gate House, scene of so many brilliant international gatherings of the century, stands empty and forlorn. During the last days there was some thing infinitely tragic in the atmosphere which pervaded the place. Here were ...

... WITH SILENT FRIENDS By RICHARD KING Frankness Without Malice HOW few people can be frank with out being rude! Often because they so enjoy their frankness that they make it the covering for malice, yet feel they have achieved perfect honesty. I think it must be a very com forting illusion because I so seldom experience it myself. The trouble is that to speak one's mind leaves too often the ...

... THE CONSTANT WATCH ON BRITAIN'S COAST An Anti-tank Crew on Guard on the Foreshore When, last week, Germany's leader summoned Great Britain to capitulate to his will, the reply of this country was one of definite and complete defiance, with an immediate intensification of our determination to resist every effort he can make against this sea-girt land. At every point the front line watchers, the ...

... Barfolomeo Colleoni by H.M.A.S. Sydney AN OVERHEAD VIEW OF H.M.A.S. SYDNEY (6,830 TONS), ON WHICH THERE WERE NO CASUALTIES The view shows the four bow guns of the cruiser which did such good execution. Our forces, says the official communique, rescued no fewer than 545 men from the Colleoni, including the Captain. Our ships were bombed by the Italian Air Force while carrying out this ...

... NEWS of FRANCE Scenes at Bordeaux and the French Legation in London DHMBHBM1 Ml I IIIBI-- r |-1M M. CORBIN SITS FOR THE LAST TIME AT HIS DESK IN THE ALBERT GATE HOME OF THE EMBASSY n i 4 fB M. Corbin is 58. He is here seen seated under a portrait of the Due de Broglie, Ambassador to London in the early '70's and twice Premier of France. It was on June 27 that it was announced that M. Corbin ...

... THE BRITISH ARM TRAINS FOR DEFENCE --AND OFFENCE THE ARMY TAKES AN ACTIVE These circular masses of wire are slender and tenuous- PART IN PREPARING looking, but it is advisable not to try to rush them one nppPMr_c 0 D.OBC u#idc wi be held up in a n'6^tmare tangle. Below-- The coils of ucrcMV-O Ur bAKBtu WIKt wire are being spread out over a wide stretch of meadow land THE VERY USEFUL ART The ...