... AND^rAMATIcSr Go To It IVlth TjtMpleK T and Get I here! Friday, april a, 1941. (j$ The Illustrated SPORTING and DRAMATIC News SPORT COUNTRY ...

... By Ashley Courtenay TRAVELLING on that slowest of trains, the Tivvy express, which seems to invariably start late from Exeter and dawdle its way up the Exe Valley, I got into conversation with a parson from Kent, who enquired tenderly after the fishing prospects in the Exe and the Barle, and from fish the subject naturally drifted to hotels. He asked about the Carnarvon Arms at Dulverton and ...

... The Army's Agriculture cheme THERE is a popular idea that the Army authorities are encouraging the troops to establish pig farms, to help in the harvests and, in their spare time, to cultivate little garden plots. This is so, but what is not generally realised is that, for some time past, the military have been creating an organisation designed to achieve a serious food-producing effort. This ...

... CONSIDERABLE areas of land are, of course, already being farmed by War Agricultural Executive Committees, and the scope of their work is being extended every day. One wonders, in fact, where it is all going to end. The answer, we suggest, is that appropriate action should soon be taken by the Government to take over and farm some of the larger areas permanently, that is, after the war. It is ...

... Stocking thi Tool Shed By Our Horticultuil Correspondent TO completely stock the tool shed with every implement and every item of equipment which one may require at some future date may cost as much as the value of the produce in the first season. A good many people therefore adopt the very sensible plan of buying the tools required for immediate use, adding others as their use becomes ...

... SPLENDID trade with average prices well in advance of last year's figures is reported from the Reading Cattle Market where the fourth spring show and sale of Dairy Shorthorns organised by the Shorthorn Society was held last week. A number of beef shorthorn bulls were also entered by members of the Southern, Midland and Welsh Shorthorn Breeders' Association. Entries were good though slightly ...

... Current :ilms Stories by Shaw and after Conrad, direction by Hitchcock and the Co-operation of the U.S. Navy, make a lively selection MAJOR BARBARA With a suitable flourish of trumpets the first film premiere for a long long time in fact 44 Major Barbara has come to the Odeon. Like 44 Pygmalion the film has had Shaiv's special care and attention he wrote the scenario and all the dialogue and ...

... Worth-while Easter C*it*ts IN the main, the giving of presents this Easter should be dis couraged, but there is one form of gift-- the gift of money to deserving causes-- that should not be discon tinued, whatever other economies are ractised. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, is in urgent need of funds. Bombed homes, evacuation, and the loss of a parent on active ...

... O. G. N. Turnbull and His Pigs Tennis Star Producing Porkers O.G. N. TURNBULL, the well-known lawn tennis player, has turned pig-breeder and is doing well with a pedigree herd of Large Whites at Maidenhead. At lawn tennis he was at his best in the '20's, when he represented Britain in several Davis Cup matches, at the Antwerp Olympic Games, and formed a formidable doubles combination with Max ...

... IT is practically the end of a hockey season which, despite transport difficulties and scratch teams, has been enjoyable. An exciting game, in aid of Guildford's Comforts Fund for the Forces, was played between the Guildford and M. D. Leyland-Naylor's Internationals XI. (a side bristling with famous names), the home team winning 6 5. At Laleham Ground, the Old Kingstonians beat Staines Llamas ...

... Eastern Counties Sevens hollared by Services T'HE first of several seven-a side rugby tournaments, with which the season will end, was that organised by the Eastern Counties Rugby Union and arranged in four sections at Norwich, Ipswich, Colchester and Wanstead. The aim was to provide as many games as possible for Services players, and this was achieved with the entry of over 60 Service XV's in ...

... - they rely on you You depend on the Royal Navy to maintain our life-lines and defend our coasts. They depend on you to provide food for those they have left at home. Top-dress corn and grassland. Grow more food with SULPHATE of AMMONIA - ...