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... Wresting Food from the Flood Engineers' Unceasing Fight in the Fens CATCHMENT BOARDS were set up in England by Act of Par liament in 1930 to deal with the drainage of various river systems which, until that time, had been suffering from great neglect. There are now over forty of these bodies and the writer recently saw something of the activities of one of the larger ones, the River Great Ouse ...
... THE amount of useful material and food which can be produced on an ordinary farm with a little forethought and care is much more considerable than might be supposed. Two main factors are concerned-- one being the difficulties of labour or implement shortage, and the other, which is really part of it, is the question of time. Under war conditions the question of cost is of secondary importance ...
... 41 THE GHOST OF ST. MICHAEL'S Hilary Tisdaile, the very odd games-master (Claude Hulbert), and Will Lamb, a most unscientific professor of science (Will Hay), hear the phantom piper of St. Dunbain Castle and the ghostly pipes usually herald another murder. Charles Hawtrey (left), so bril liant as the beautiful woman spy in 44 New Faces, is becoming a 44 regular in Will Hay films. Here he is a ...
... (_ ^acLttuh to Port HE: Yes, beautiful, I learned what was right at my mother's knee. She Well, you're not going to iearn what's wrong at mine. Is Martin effeminate Yes, the big sissy carries a whisky glass with his bottle. Two Tommies, billeted in a remote village went into the village hall for a game of snooker. All the balls looked the same colour, and one of them picked up a ball and ...
... and dramatic news Go loir with Triplex -aria Get There. Friday, JANUARY 10, 1941. The illustrated i and DRAMATIC News MaSKBm MS* ..flaw*'' I NCO RP O R ATI NG SPORT COUNTRY ...
... By Ashley Courtenay THERE are some people who, no matter what time of year they take their holiday, must be in sight and sound of water. In winter time there is a good deal to be said for the river, as opposed to the sea, for the latter can be grey and bleak, whilst a river such as the Dart, sheltered by steep valleys, is often tranquil and soothing and always colourful. I have recently been ...
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... NUMBER EXTRA QUALITY CIGARETTES 3 7, FERRY ROAD, TOPSHAM. The House of Sir William Follett, born 1798, famous Attorney-General who, being paralysed, addressed the House of Commons from a high chair. Yet another famous number with smokers is Player's No. 3 that well-known cigarette of delight ful mellowness and excellent flavour, distinguished for the finer aualitv of its selected leaf. ___ ...
... CLASSIC IN SIMPLICITY LEISURE COATS AND PYJAMAS THERE is nothing to (late in this leisure gown from Dickins and Jones, Regent Street. Furthermore, it is light in weight, warm and decorative. It silhouettes the figure in a graceful manner, such an advantage it has a slimming effect. Fancy printed chintz has been used for its fashioning. Another strong point in its favour is that it is lined ...
... The following is an untouched account of the sports organised by prisoners of war in Germany and sent by Lieutenant B. D. Oldman, K.O.Y.L.I., the sports officer. It is necessarily very short as it all has to be written on one letter card. ''IN the last war sport was never far from the minds of the British, and whenever the necessities of war, such as fighting and feeding, permitted, ...
... T a^Ld dramatic news Better safe than sorry-- fit IripMeJL all round Friday, march u, mi The illustrated and DRAMATIC News INCORPORATING I SPORT COUNTRY MB ...
... By Ashley Courtenay IF I were to analyse my weekly inquiries there is little doubt that the greater number would emphasise the importance of restful places, so I shall be serving a useful purpose this week if I write of three sanctuaries, each excellently run. With spring in the air and the trees showing signs of donning their 1941 apparel, a natural resting place is the New Forest. But war ...