... I l and Down tlie Land REPORTS coming in tend to show that the rationing scheme has made a much better start than was prophesied for it. Where there were delays in issuing coupons the temporary measures provided a good stop-gap for immediate needs; the merchants seemed only too pleased to supply a fortnight's feeding stuffs against farmers' promises to repay (in the shape of coupons). The ...

... By our Horticultural Correspondent I PRESUME that by now you have obtained your supplies of vegetable seeds, and if your reactions on their arrival are the same as mine your fingers will be itching to put some of them into the ground, for this is surely one of the most congenial tasks in the whole gardening calendar. The greater part of the hard slogging which the digging involves has been ...

... GARTH MEMORIES This picture (right) will bring back many happy memories to followers of the Garth. It is of Martin who was for many years head keeper to the late Duke of Wellington, and W. Daniels, huntsman to the Garth since 1920. Martin's presence has become inseparable from the Friday meets of the Garth. The Hunt's recent meet at Heckfield is the subject of our cover illustration this week. ...

... Winchester Too Good for Eton --6--0 Win in Revived Fixture PLAYING Eton after a lapse of several years, Winchester, on their own ground, won a fast game by 6 goals to nil. They might have had more goals had their shooting been more accurate and had not Pemberton, the Eton goalkeeper, made several splendid saves. For Winchester, Stow played a brilliant game on the left wing and had an effective ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent ON February 15 the Royal Air Force again demonstrated its ability to reach out far over enemy country. It made a leaflet raid on the Polish provinces of Katowice and Cracow. It was the longest operational flight of the war, exceeding even the bombing raids on Italian positions in the north, and the bombing raid on the port of Danzig on November 10. What distance did ...

... Sauce for the T roops Atlantic Ferry Strike Up the Music (Coliseum) THE Coliseum's new revue is well up to the level of its £20,000 panto mime in the matter of lavishness. It also comes near to the pre-war Paris revues in the matter of nudity; the most nearly nudes stand stock still while displaying themselves, that being the law of the land, but the more active females are not overburdened ...

... ITALY UNDERGOES A NEW WARTIME EXPERIENCE: THE DROPPING OF BRITISH PARACHUTE TROOPS IN CALABRIA itler's unhappy Axis partner has again received a rude shock the toe of her very vulnerable boot has been invaded by British parachute troops dropped from the skies to wreak havoc in a strategically important area. The idea of parachuting troops to earth, which Germany now claims as her patent, ...

... 7> HHHAnHHHlHHI THE COMING OF THE RAINS 'M';: 'P A Problem for the British Command in the Abyssinian Campaign NOT a single traveller who has written about Ethiopia but has been struck by the succession of deep valleys through which wind rivers, large and small, all tortuous, all with sharp falls over pristine rocks, alternating with long stretches of gently-flowing water. These latter are the ...

... Britain's Latest Battleship --A View From A Unique Angle LOOKING DOWN ON H.M.S. KING GEORGE V: A VIEW TAKEN FROM ABOVE BY AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHERS AS SHE STEAMED UP CHESAPEAKE BAY In a previous issue of The Sphere we published photographs of Britain s newest battleship, and last week we presented a double-page drawing by Mr. Montague Dawson. The sensa tional air picture reproduced here was ...

... THE CHIPCHASE LIFE-SAVING RAFT BEING STOWED ABOARD READY FOR INSTANT LAUNCHING WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE RAFT IS LAUNCHED THE CLEVER WAY IN WHICH IT HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO FORM A BLUFF-BOWED SAILING CRAFT It is the Merchant Navy of Britain which is, at the moment, the object of the Nazis' unrelenting attacks by U-boat, surface-raider and aircraft, and numbers of fine ships have been sent to the ...

... No. 2 Charles I and Oliver Cromwell WHAT were the King's thoughts on this memorable January 30, 1649, when he nothing common did or mean? The morning was grey and snow was falling. Ten o'clock had just struck as the King stepped from the eastern door of St. James's Palace. He had wrapped around him a black velvet cloak, but was bareheaded. Ironsides in leather doublets and steel helmets wall ...

... S hip Models The Collectio?i of these makes quite a Fascinating Hobby By Frank C. Bowen FROM a few years before the outbreak of the last war until the great Wall Street slump the supply of ship models to American collectors was a big business, especially when these collections became a fashionable craze after the end of the war. After American collections and museums had contrived to get the ...