... By H. P. Bayon, M.D., Ph.D. SOME time ago an eminent official impressed upon a poultry-farmer that the preserva- tion of pedigree pigs and poultry in war time provided one of the most pressing problems of the present time. To avoid raising any false hopes, it may be added that subsequent action on the part of the Ministry with which he was connected, did not seem to afford much evidence of the ...

... SUNDRY hints and warnings (alas, only too authoritative!) that invasion is imminent, and reminders that gas-masks should always be carried, can hardly be described as an inducement to people to put time, money and energy into preparation for theatrical shows. None the less, such preparations are going ahead, and I consider that the profession deserves an extra pat on the back because of them. ...

... By Ashley Courtenay DUNKERY Beacon was shrouded in cloud. The fine driving rain-- Exmoor's best vintage-- had little respect for rain-coats. Yet driving along the Exe Valley there was little for regret and much to rejoice over. We came through Timberscombe, most appropriately named of all villages, we rambled through feudal Dunster and here the old houses, the Market Cross and the Luttrell ...

... By A. Croxton Smith SINCE my last article was written news has reached me of shops being opened for the sale of dog's meat, the necessity having ap parently produced the remedy. Whether we are to get plenty of food or not seems to be, in many districts at any rate, a matter of organisation. As I said before, horse flesh and old cow beef are to be had, the question being how they are to be ...

... Ten Million Moleskins Urgently Required Many Can Help in This National Effort TEN million English and Scottish moleskins are needed immediately to bring in foreign exchange and help pay for war supplies from abroad. The Fur Trade Export Group, with the support of the Export Council of the Board of Trade, is appealing strongly to farmers, game-keepers, professional trappers and others to trap ...

... IT is not easy to keep up to date with every thing that is going on, least of all when this particular journal goes to press at an early date. We may therefore be late in raising a point which will already have been solved: What arrangements is the Ministry of Food making as regards rations for agricultural workers? Heaven forbid that we should add to the many complex problems they are ...

... TONBRIDGE hit upon the excellent idea of rounding off their War Weapons Week with a sporting en gagement and the soundness of their scheme is to be commended. The Tonbridge R.F.C., which keeps open house for Service players, got together an Army XV for a match with Tonbridge School, and well over a thousand tickets were sold before the day. It was a grand match, for what the School lacked in ...

... The Long: Voyage Home A piquant contrast to the sugary, pink and white prettiness of Anna Neagle is Carmen Morales, the luscious Mexican charmer who gels her first real Hollywood break in this film. In a varied career. Carmen has danced in Mexico City and Rio, made films in Buenos f Aires, and has sung over the, Los Angeles radio. i is and not as directors in California imagine it to be. Mr. ...

... V m 11 I Golden Boy William Holden is almost unrecognisable in the uniform of a sergeant in the Union Army. Period of the film (at the Regal next week) is the American Civil War and the scene mostly set in and around the adobe-walled city of Tucson. Shaven and more conventionally hatted, Peter Muncie William Holden arrives to claim his bride Jean Arthur). Immediately after the ceremony the ...

... Film Premiere Some of Those Who Saw Quiet Wedding at the Plaza Dai Tomlinson gets his first important film part in Qu Wedding. He is with Mr. and Mrs. John Mills who oivn quiet ivedding took place last month. John Mil. will appear in the film version of the stage thriller Co e To Let now in production at Shepherd'' s Bush Studios The Hon. Ann Curzon was enjoying a joke in the foyer with ...

... Five L Engagements Scr°Pc M^sS ^prydcTl °T \^.1 Nod stret a ive SlT lS ArUngt^ CIlgag^ Step* I r^f^?^?^ 1 rss&sjsf1- Miss Clemency Core Browne Clemency Gore Browne, elder daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Eric Gore Browne, of Glaston House Uppingham Rutland, is engaged to David Stephens, II. M. Treasury, only son of Mr. and Mrs. B. J. B. Stephens, of CoxweU St.. Cirencester Bertram Park Major ...

... Potato POT-POURR W X^vxv^ A\uV\ Now is the time when potatoes, so warmly recommended by the Ministry of Food, are apt to get a cold welcome when they appear day after day. They are old, they are tired, they have lost the charm and adaptability of youth. And their glamour is not enhanced by the fact that so many cooks try to drown them in a watery grave. With a little skilful rejuvenation, how ...