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... 1> fkJVT H /t r^llVTr^ Thoroughfare as a Derby Outsidei VlTJ Whitsuntide Sport Fast Times I FEEL that I must nip in before anybody else with the grand old cliché that this year's Derby is the most open Derby that ever was. It is only fair, after all, that the public, which gets so little for its money nowadays, should be stimulated by the thought that this is the problem of a century. And is ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent OUR annual struggle with the insects has commenced, though a little later than usual because the pests have had an un- comfortable time from the frequent severe night frosts. But present conditions favour them and the vegetable grower must overhaul his defensive weapons without delay. In large gardens a knapsack sprayer is almost indispensable. But the small ...

... Next Week's Work in the Garden Vegetables CLIMBING French Beans may now safely be sown out of doors. Their flavour is preferred by some to the runner bean and food value is said to be greater. Sow the seeds in a flat-bottomed drill 6 in. apart, in a double row. Light stakes 4 to 5 ft. high should be provided and the growing point of the plants pinched out when they reach the ton of them. Soil ...

... MR. GEORGE SIBLEY represents the fourth generation of wheel wrights in the picturesque village of Berden/West Essex The business was started by his grandfather's uncle in the year 1730, but the original premises no longer exist On two previous occasions the workrooms have been blitzed, not by bombs, but by serious fires caused by the thatch roofs catching alight. Mr. Sibley, however, has put ...

... Draining The Land Surrey Enlists Pioneers LAND drainage is one of the country's biggest agricultural problems, and the Government's realisation of its urgency was shown by Mr. Bevin's recent appeal for 10,000 over-age men to help with the job. He wanted that number within a month to enable one million acres to be put into cultivation. Hitherto land drainage has been carried out somewhat ...

... Round thf lew Shows Up and Doing (Saville) THERE is no doubt that bright musical shows, now that long, light evenings allow theatregoers plenty of time to get home before dark, even with a 7 o'clock curtain-rise, are the type of fare London likes just now. All of them are doing well. Up and Doing has bobbed up again at the Saville Theatre and is doing better than ever. This is, I think, the ...

... BRITISH AIR FORCES/ BRITISH AIR FORCES/ Published by The ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS A magnificent publication, uniform with the now famous British Warships, giving in panoramic form every aeroplane (except for those still on the Secret List) now in the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm. In addition are given the types that come from the United States of America to supplement those of ...

... 'jk&i REMEMBER the potato race at j the school sports the carefully- i jKgP'ga spaced row of potatoes and the bucket I MJJsBS into which they were dropped one by one by the panting competitors jjffl Beal Modern Girls' School, whose war- time home is a camp school in Bucking- SgjSjsBI hamshire, staged a potato race in which the process was reversed. On an acre of ploughed ground each of ri ...

... THE Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn Associa tion has been in existence for 47 years, but Lincoln Red Shorthorn cattle have been bred for more than a century. The breed is distinguished by length of frame, wondrous hardiness, capacity for milk and quick feeding propensity their hardy nature has produced a type of cattle pre-eminent as a dual-purpose breed and a perfect tenant farmer's animal. The ...

... Cambridge Beat the R.A.F. AS I stood on the first tee on the beautiful Ashridge Course, I thought of Harry Bentley's favourite French expres- sion, which, incidentally, he pronounces with the broadest Lancashire accent in the world La vie est belle, for on that beautiful warm sunny April morning, with the inviting first fairway stretching out before me, and the possibility of forgetting our ...

... CAMBRIDGE University's victory in the Middlesex seven-a-side tournament at Richmond was the result of splendid team work and an understanding of sevens' tactics which suggested careful preparation. In the final they defeated a strong Welsh Guards Training Battalion 6-0 and thus finished the day with a total of 51 points and none scored against them. The Guards, captained by Haydn Tanner, and ...