... Co., Ltd., fifty of which have been bought by the Minister of Agricul ture for distribution among War Agricultural Executive Committees. -T he Spider's great virtue is that it can be worked by unskilled hands, and it enables farmers to make their mats during the winter, and store them until needed. TO MEET NATIONAL NEEDS: Reeds being stored note and protected with reed thatching will come in ...

... HOCKEY AT IMBER COURT These two pictures show the Metropolitan Police attacking the Polytechnic goal during a match at Imber Court. Like many clubs whose members are serving in the armed and civil defence forces the Poly finds it difficult to get an XI. together. Their membership of eighty-eight has dwindled to fourteen and they have only two of the old First XI. left. In this match with the ...

... A J4 It ait Proud of It I DO not count myself as a very long driver; I rather pride myself on being adequately long and straight from the tee. I have hit some long drives at various times and under certain conditions can produce an extra long one, but I always feel that unless they are straight these do not mean very much. I hit two really long drives at Sandwich in 1938, in the last round of ...

... Heavyweights' CoinoKaok Ity IS. ISeniiison TO-MORROW, Sergt. Larry Gains, one time heavyweight champion of the Empire, and Sergt. Jack London, of West Hartlepools, on leave from the Royal Air Force, will meet at the Stadium Club, Liverpool. We are promised an especially pleasant Saturday afternoon with Gains and London happy in con templation of a holiday after their hearts. What ever Lucy ...

... D OXING returned to London on Monday with a Services programme at D the Cambridge Theatre. There was a full house to see Kid Berg, now in the R.A.F., make his first appearance as a middleweight in a bout with Karry^Craster. Showing much of his old skill and strategy, Berg won on points. In a much less spirited fight than the Berg-Craster affair, Dave Crowley easily beat Johnny Cunningham of ...

... In tlie Sporting' News PAT SPENCF., the South African Darns Cup player, was married at Sheffield to Joyce Valerie Robson, of the Vic-Wells Pallet. Pest man (behind the bridal pair) was Flight-Lieut. P. Murphy. Spence, now in the medical branch of the li.A.F., is outstanding as a doubles player. SGT.-INST. TOM LAWTON, the Everton and England centre-forward and Rosaleen May Kavanagh were married ...

... THE PREMIER SPEAKS TO THE DOCKYARD WORKERS Mr. Winston Churchill recently paid a visit to the North, where his programme included visits to various naval units. With him was Mr. Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's special envoy to this country H THE LORD PROVOST OF GLASGOW The Premier's tour also in cluded a visit to Glasgow, where he inspected the Civic Defence Organisation. Besides Mr. ...

... AN ESCAPE FROM THE WAR The Romance of a Peerage: Lord Nuffield's Pedigree: The Year' s Rainfall Green Peas at Christmas A Coming Centenary VOLUME XIII. COM- PLETE PEERAGE.-- The XUIth volume of the Complete Peerage deserves a special notice. If you have never looked inside this monumental work, begun by Mr. Vicary Gibbs and continued by Mr. Doubleday (with many strong supporters and helpers) ...

... By Our Special Correspondent HOW many people, when they see a loaf of bread on their table, ever stop to think of the long chain of complicated steps which are in volved in its pro duction or the scientific control work which is responsible for its satisfactory quality? Not only nave tne various types of wheats to be grown and harvested, but the grain has to be handled, stored and distributed. ...

... Up and Down the Land If You are Thinking cf Week-end Work on a Farm ONE thing is certain about the Govern ment's food production campaign; more labour will be wanted. The War has given impetus to the greater use of machines, but there is a limit to the extent to which farmers can dispense with labour, and the great increase in the area under the plough necessarily means a larger demand for ...

... The Illustrated fiSPOATILJ 5s A and DRAMATIC News Ji at? 1 k||jl INCORPORATING P* SPORT COUNTRY El* -y-yr _ ...

... THE Duchess of Windsor, watched by the Duke, presents Ted Pyfrom, Captain of the Blackhawks, with the trophy his team won in their game at Nassau against the Pistols. Match was in aid of the Bahamas Red Cross, of which the Duchess is President. The Duchess is wearing her favourite buttonhole, a jewelled flamingo. ...