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... Mr. THOMAS PEACOCK, president for three successive years of the N.F.U., has given us this greeting on the occasion of his New Year s honour- he is now a Commander of the Order of the British Empire I am very happy to take this opportunity, through the courtesy of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, of sending New Year's Greetings to my brother farmers throughout the country, and to ...

... IN September 1941 Mrs. R. S. Hudson, wife of the Minister of Agriculture, bought Kilkenny Farm, at Brize-Norton, Oxon. Kil kenny is a mixed farm of some 330 acres-- chiefly arable-- and most of the soil is stone brash. The farm was only in fairly good condition when taken over, but both Mrs. Hudson and her manager, Mr. All Wright, are determined to show vast and rapid improvements. Work now is ...

... SILK-- the word has a magic appeal to women, and nowadays conjures up a nostalgic vision of the days when silks were plentiful and not too expensive, and clothes coupons were unheard of. The women in this country have had to learn to do without pure silk garments for the duration of war. Stocks are conserved for military purposes, for war, grim though it is, has need of silk as well as iron ...

... ONE of the Ministry of Food's many war time duties is that of helping to bring variety and a high vitamin content to our war time diet, and of finding new, unusual and nutritious ways of preparing dishes from food that is home produced in abundance. The Ministry has made us all realise that carrots are not simply vegetables one has in a stew, but few people know of the endless trouble and work ...

... THIS recent Pig Club Show was organised by Miss Violet Hudson, and was held under the auspices of the Small Pig Keepers' Council and the South West London Federation of Pig Clubs. Miss Hudson, whose untiring efforts in forming pig clubs at Wimbledon and other places have already been recorded in this journal, is certainly rewarded by the excellent practical results of her endeavours. Here we ...

... IN looking back on 1941, it should make every golfer feel proud that golf has contributed more to the Red Cross than any other sport. In the series I have organised and played in, nearly £36,000 has gone to the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund, in which fund Billiards and Football are both around the £30,000 mark, but there are many other matches where the money has gone to ...

... The lovely Surrey country was at its best as the field moved through the icoods. The West Surrey and Horsell Beagles met at The Hut, Wisley. There was an excellent field and the weather was fine and seasonable. A little exercise after Christmas festivities was enjoyed by all. Miss A. Horne discusses the day's prospects with Mr. H. Smith and Dr. W. Letham. The Reverend John Barton Huntsman and ...

... By Playbill Warn that Man (Garrick) IF it has no other distinction, this comedy-thriller may at least claim that it is the first play produced in London in which Mr. Winston Churchill is an integral part of the plot. It is true that we do not see the Prime Minister (and I recall having seen him represented on the stage quite a number of years ago. mainly as the wearer of comic hats) But the ...

... By Playbill (Pantomimes) 44 Jack and the Beanstalk (Coliseum) 44 Jack and Jill (Palace) 44 Babes in the Wood M (Stoll) London is fortunate this year in having three full-size and even outsize panto mimes in its West End. All are good and well worth a visit, so I am indulging in no comparisons. 44 Jack and Jill, at the Palace, is mainly notable for the- brilliance of Miss Florence Desmond ...

... PR* MOSS BROS I MOSS 7 BROS Tito Tony mill Short of it Army Officers wanting greatcoats in a hurry can have thein in a hurry from Moss Bros, range of ready-for-wear. A fort- night's individual tailoring couldn't achieve better cut or fit. f And this applies not only to the average figure hut also to ex treme under and over sizes all come equallv within the scope of this unique depart ment. Y\ ...

... .-v. .v 9 _ THE men of an R.A.F. squadron stationed in the Sudan on the banks of the Nile have formed a boating club and all the members have made their own craft. There are three classes of craft canoe, sail and power and three corre sponding classes of membership. The simplest form of boat is made from old petrol-boxes. It holds one person and is paddled by hand. From this primitive craft ...