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The All-Important Winter Spraying

... Spraying follows pruning. Last week our Horticultural Correspondent described the best way to go about pruning. This week he stresses the importance of spraying and explains how it is done. THE two most important winter jobs con nected with fruit-growing are pruning and spraying, and I strongly recommend that pruning be completed as soon as possible in order to give a margin of time in which ...

Graphic

... (inset), the head of the School, scored his 2g points for Wellington by crossing and kicking a penalty goal to bring his total of successful place-kicks to eight. STOWE ARRIVE with iheir captain, A. D. Thomson, holding the ball. This season injuries have made them much less formidable than usual. W. A. F. STKES GOES OVER Wellington's sixteen-year-old stand-off half scores between the posts. He ...

Compston's Shot in a Million

... I HAVE seen quite a large number of really memorable golf shots in my time, and had quite a number played against me, but one that stands out very clearly was that Archie Compston played in the Daily Mail £2,000 professional competition in 1939. I do not remember this shot because it was skilfully played, but because I consider it was lucky, daring in conception if you like, but frightfully ...

Rapier on Racing

... Records of French-bred Winners-- Is an Enquiry Necessary? Plea for Two-day N.H. Fixtures. LORD ROSEBERY, in his Presidential address to members of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, rightly stressed the fact that the season's Derby winner, Pont l'Eveque, was British bred. Pont l'Eveque, in fact, was foaled in the Banstead Manor paddocks, Newmarket. Stressed also in the President's speech ...

The Great Profile

... JOHN BARRYMORE is as good, if not better, an actor off stage than on, and certainly no screen player has given the sensation-loving public more to talk about than the youngest of the Barrymore clan. Other actors, on both stage and screen, have burlesqued him in this new film (coming to the Regal) he burlesques himself and has all manner of fun. John Barrymore as Evans Garrick, the Great ...

ENO'S

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Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 6 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

THE CAMPAIGN BY THE ATBARA: THE STRUGGLE FOR GALLABAT AND KASSALA

... THE CAMPAIGN BY THE AT BAR A THE STRUGGLE FOR GALLABAT AND KASSALA AFTER being in the hands of the Italians for just four months, Gallabat has now been recaptured by the British forces. When the Italians captured it on July 3 it was hi-id by a small force of Sudanese troops, too small to Lrep off the heavy masses brought against them, and who consequently had to retire after giving a very good ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 895 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Maps  Photographs 

AFTER the AIR RAIDS: Pictures Showing Scenes in Various Parts of the Country After the Passage of the German ..

... AFTER the AIR RAIDS Pictures Showing Scenes in Various Parts of the Country After the Passage of the German K[ight Raiders LEARNING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CASUALTIES: Inhabitants of a Midlands town reading the Ministry of Information notices. These give the actual facts concerning raids and thus dispel rumours THE C OUT WHICH IS THE NERVE-CENTRE OF A RAILWAY: This ig narrow dug-out, 6 ft. under ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 348 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

RONSON

... d ^uSwuncj Quest am- urud -the. Th ERE may be a shortage of matches but who cares when Ronson lighters are as slick and dependable as ever? With their perfect finish and never-failing one-hand action, Ronson are gifts to brag about. And remember when you give a Ronson you give something that lasts a lifetime. I. Cigarette Box 2* Touchtip. 3. Rondelight. and Touchtip. 2104. Enamelled 14407. ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 117 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Photographs 

Schweppes

... CAt Jm ^5 VA. JS? I _ r 14 '■et Home Guards fortify their steps 1 Hh Fonic Water made by ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 22 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Photographs 

Advertisements

... weig/il FOR NIGHT-LONG RAIDS Do you prepare a 'shelter snack' to break the monotony of the long night raids? Often, such a meal, if properly chosen, will help the family to sleep and will replenish stores of much needed energy. First rule for the shelter snack is to avoid starchy foods. For starch overloads the stomach, hampers the digestion and may even increase nervous tension. One of the ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 734 | Page: Page 38 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

JOHNNIE WALKER

... IHR ''J'*. qfi* JOHNNIE WALKEE Good work -good whisky liorn 1820 still going strong ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 16 | Page: Page 40 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs