... By Frank H. Shaw A JAPANESE shipping agent in Kobe presents himself obsequiously at the British consul's office, bringing bills of lading and manifests of a cargo designed to be carried in a Maru ship to-- say-- Greece. The manifest is a sworn document, listing the cargo designed for Greece; the bills of lading are the vouchers authorising the manifest. Unless the British consul in Kobe, after ...

... By Winifred Lewis Clothes Everything points to the necessity for simple clothes this winter. We are living the kind of life which makes immaculate grooming difficult. Choose your winter outfits with this in view. Go for tailored suits and dresses, well-cut skirts and jumpers, simple things and no furbelows. Garments should be easy to put on. Intricate fastenings are a nuisance. The enforced ...

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... Keep that happy expression When the problems of the day seem beyond you, light up a Player. In the enjoyment of its fragrant aroma difficulties become less formidable, and composure is restored. Remem ber at all times that happy expression . r m ^rwmfTtrmr i tt S s ^sbbia^BSB C MEDIUM OR MILD PLAIN OR CORK-TIPS 10 for 9° 20 for 1/5* N.C.C.529D ...

... TONIC If you're wearing last year's suit, or if you feel tired after long hours on duty, or if your nerves are all shot to pieces, try a little of this feminine tonic Take a bottle of nail varnish. Apply polish to the nails from half-moon to tip. Draw a fine white hairline round the rim. Look at your hands, and see if you don't feel a return of gaiety, a little flame of courage and excitement ...

... PONDS PONDS Analysis of Ih^^y' IHIwy' features I* Brow: Broad, white and unlined. and keep it lovely with the minimum of 2. Eyes Hazel -coloured, sparkling, with bother and in almost no time at all. white lids and dark lashes. ith Pond's Creams you, too, will see a 3. Nose: Straight, well -formed, with no wonderful improvement in your skin, large pores or shine. Tines of strain will ...

... TO what extent the Government is taking a long view of the future of farming is de batable. The inescapable position, how ever, is that we must produce food for the coming year and for the years immediately following it. Were all the ships in the world to bring us wheat and meat, we could not win the war on that alone. Ships are needed primarily for oil and machines of war. Hence it is the ...

... Seasonable Hints By our Horticultural Correspondent. Too Much Wood on Apple Trees NOT enough fruit spurs have been made by these apple trees, and the cause is dining well but not wisely on rich soil. The remedy is root pruning. Take out a trench about three to four feet from the stem of the tree and half-way round it. Cut out all roots in the trench and replace the soil. This work must be done ...

... South African Developments of Primary Importance rpO the average Britisher, the idea of South African wine is -L something rather strange and novel. Little does he know that the first vines were actually planted in the Cape Provinces by their first Dutch Governor, Van Riebeek, in the year 1658. Thirty years later, moreover, one of those accidents of history occurred which so often favour bold ...

... IN ths latter part of the summer of 1929 I was visited at Langley Park by two complete strangers, who came to see if I would consider visiting the Argentine during the coming winter, to teach golf and play in tournaments and matches. Although there was no financial guarantee, I was to travel there and back and live there as their guests, and all the money I could make on the trip would be my ...

... By B. Bennison MR. W. J. DEES has been killed on the home front, and amateur boxing is immeasurably the poorer. He was of the champions, and never did a man preach sport for sport's sake with greater persistence or such rugged eloquence. For more than 40 years he stood for all that is best in boxing; in the ring, so in life he was the straightest puncher, in tolerant of shams, just Bill Dees ...

... Xo-day in Besieged HONG KONG Britain 'r outpost in called upon to face has therefore been the Far Fhist has been special problems and prepared for defence By Harold J. Shepstone HONG KONG, our naval base and ship ping centre in the Far East, is, like the mother isle, in a state of siege. She is blockaded by land. True, the ocean is open to her, just as the seas are to Britain, thanks to the ...