... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 117 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Libya-- Waiting for News. --Until the Cunninghams and Coning ham cry Hold! Enough! all news from Libya must be partial news and (to those on the spot) stale news. In the ocean of sand, our land ships range in silence, and only once, perhaps, in twenty-four hours can communica tions from detached units be collected and collated. We at home ...

... SCOTLAND'S HARDEST WOVEN CLOTH FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY WEAR focinfl W°rW wardrobe one-* Now that it looks as though the time may come when otCll he facing the world with a one-suit wardrobe ask your tailor to cut it in Sportex. A suit of this firm-woven Scottish cloth will keep you looking serenely well-turned-out in town 01 country long after the average suit would be showing serious signs of ...

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... TWr/1 1 produces Daimler Cars Lanchester Cars B.S.A. Bicycles B.S.A. Cars and Motor Cycles Jessop Saville Special Steels B.S.A. Burton Griffiths Tools Monochrome Hardchrome Process B.S.A. Guns and Rifles 1 Daimler Buses The Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd. England Cottage Interior, by de Pape (1620-1666). tL ^vcV'hiniing >v(iecf Once women could meditate beside their spinning wheels. All was at ...

... The General Electric Co. Ltd may: AaayA a/ J /9/^. magnificently ornate pendant in rich gilt colour brass was the last word in G.E.C. lighting fittings for the smart drawing room of 1914. But designs change. Lighting methods improve. Science never stands still. The G.E.C., pioneers in everything electrical for the home, continued to progress during the last war. In this war, also, the G.E.C. ...

... PERSONAL-BY AIR Dear Mr. Gerald: I take up my pen in good time in order to send you Best Wishes on the occasion of your Birthday which should reach you five weeks from today. All at the Hall are well except old Mr. Macgregor who sustained a slight flesh wound near his asparagus beds by a bow and arrow dis charged by a young evacuee. This evacuee is one of the ones stopping at the Lodge, and Mr ...

... In olclen times only the fittest survived. The same is true today: only the fittest can survive the strain and worry of war conditions while keeping their health and vitality. Nerve versus Nerves --yesterday and today Once life was calm and unhurried; now for most of us it means extra worries, long hours of unaccustomed work and extra strain. Small wonder that seven out of ten people today ...

... Wearing the King's Uniform The good looks of a uniform depend largely upon the art of tactfully suiting its austere lines to the individual proportions of the feminine figure. Our experts give special attention to the all-important set of the shoulders and hang of the skirt. We can also give advice on the less conspicuous but equally important adjuncts of service dress, and produce uniforms ...

... MOBILE DEFENCE AGAINST AIRCRAFT As Practised by the Germans in Defence of Their Transport THE paramount importance of aircraft in support of military operations is now generally understood, even by the layman. In his recently published Despatches, Lord Gort has further drawn attention to this subject by his references, not only to the enemy's aerial attacks, but also to the anti-aircraft ...

... RONSON REGRETS that owing to the difficulties of obtaining spare parts from America and the shortage of skilled labour the Ronson Repair Service cannot accept any more repairs until after Christmas. We regret this interruption of our Repair Service which has helped so many of our friends to make light of the acute match- shortage. RONSON PRODUCTS LIMITED Dorincourt Leatherhead Surrey Ronsonol ...

... ONCE UPON A TIME Slowly, laboriously, the plough-horse plods its way across the heavy soil. To and fro it passes, part of the old picturesque landscape of our country. For many farms are still not mechanised. Britain is at peace. What need for hurry But over the seas the clouds are darkening. Then September Third, 1939. Britain is at war. The U-boats are out. Will Britain starve? From one of ...

... The Destroyer of To-Day Its Development Into the Efficient Ship of War which is the Terror of the Mediterranean, and Other, Seas DURING the present war, as in the last, the destroyers have proved themselvei invaluable ships for a hundred duties-; they have been worked tremendously hard, but have proved wonderful vessels for standing up to a great strain. The type is actually under fifty years ...