... THE MEN WHO DO THE WORK The Officers and Sergeants of the Royal Air Force RANKS in the Royal Air Force seem to be more confused in the mind of the average man than those of any other Service. That is perhaps natural, for there are Flying Officers who have never flown, Squadron Leaders who have never commanded a squadron, and even some Wing Commanders who do not know one aeroplane from another. ...

... OTHER THINGS THAN WAR The Passing of Dinner and of Courtesy in Diplomacy Chance Immortality The Fog of Political Controversy AND NOW DINNER. --You may remember Duffer's Drift and how in one of his dreams of its defence, Lieutenant Backsight- Fore thought, beaten as usual by the Boers, had been ordered by his captors to surrender one by one his arms and pieces of equipment, and how at last ...

... FOR RAIDS ON GERMANY Preparing Fresh Surprises for Military Objectives on the Continent Mr. Churchill has told us, more than once, that after having endured for months the terroristic bombings of German airmen, we shall soon be in a position to give it back with interest. Lord Beaverbrook, the Minister for Aircraft Production, has also paid tribute to the boys in the back room who have ...

... The U.S. Coast Guard Cutters Ten of which have been Sent from the U.S. MR. CHURCHILL'S announcement to the House of Commons that ten U.S. Coast Guard cutters had been placed at the disposal of the British Navy and would soon be in action, is of great importance, for this is a type in which the Navy is absolutely deficient and which can be of immense use for protecting the food ships. The title ...

... One of the Boys in the Back Room His Farm in Bucks HOW the hunting man can often be the friend and not the enemy of the farmers is shown by the example of Colonel W. C. Devereux, Joint-Master of the Old Berkeley Foxhounds and one of Lord Beaverbrook's boys in the back room. When Colonel Devereux took office with the O.B.H. and needed a place in that country, he bought Round Hill Farm, Kimble ...

... U.S. Citizens Send Arms To Britain WHILE their Government gets on with the job of producing V V tanks and aeroplanes,' private citizens in the United States have been rummaging in attics and trunks and dis covering tin hats, binoculars and small arms of all kinds which they are happy to send to Britain, though manv of these things are treasured souvenirs of the last war. The collection and ...

... Replacing Timber Work of Extreme National Importance A VISIT to one of the Forestry Commission's Nurseries in the New Forest is some indication and proof of the fine work that is being done throughout the land in replacing timber. All over the country, trees are being felled to provide the very necessary timber, and a drive is being made to ensure that this loss of trees shall be only ...

... RAPIER ON RACING ISreetling of fhe Classical Colts Is it to foe a Good Year after all.' I HAVE more than once expressed the view that the classical colts of the present season may well be up to standard. With- out knowing the result of, or the runners in, the Guineas, I still feel justified in having championed the three-year-olds, on the score of their breeding as well as on what other ...

... J [MOSS B V aval M litary R.A.F. Outfitters. M J MOSS BROS.) V aval M litary R.A.F. Outfitters. M O fficers UNIFORMS lor all the Services ready for wear Even Dominion pilots from, lands overseas where hustle is the general rule, are sur prised at the speed with which we in the old country can supply complete Outfits, thoroughly w e 1 1 tailored and correct to the last detail. Furthermore, with ...

... Water Culture Vegetables and Flowers Without Soil By R. H. Stoughton, d.Sc. (Professor of Horticulture, University of Reading) and Capt. S. R. Mullard, M.B.E., M.I.E.E. THE growing of plants in liquid nutrient solution, or in sand or gravel watered with such a solution, has recently at- tracted much attention in fact, the deplorable word hydroponics, imported from California,' where it is ...

... by L. F. Newman THE post-war basis of agriculture turns on one fundamental question. Is the home food position so important that the production of basal foodstuffs must be encouraged even if the cost of production is uneconomic? In an ideal world where inter- nationalism and a state of assured peace are established, there is no doubt that wheat and meat should be imported. Low costs of ...

... by E. L. Hawke, M.A., F.R.A.S. OLD beliefs die hard. Over 2,000 years ago an astronomer named Geminus, who lived on the island of Rhodes, wrote a book in which he took it upon himself to declare that Spring and autumn began at the times of the equinoxes, about March 21 and September 23, and summer and winter at the times of the solstices, about June 21 and December 22. 1 hese definitions of ...