... FEBRUARY 20, 1942 TripleX-- the safety glass fortnightly (1^) The Illustrated PI S ill J m/ J I II 1^1 o.-vi'- W r| H ft ^RT j.. -A J j J J w a ■'I A^ aK and DRAMATIC News r i u -4 r jffiL.- V' I; K 1 77 M i\lt J\T u jPJ SPORT COUNTRY I FBKV i-- I II ill'! ...

... THE eighty-eighth Show and Sale at Exeter, held under the auspices of the Devon Cattle Breeders' Society, attracted a large attend ance 144 hulls were catalogued and an excellent sale resulted 23 bulls reached three-figure prices and the 123 bulls sold averaged approximately £70. The judges, Messrs. Cecil Brent, Robert Maunder, G. C. Skinner and Fred Yendell had a difficult task. The cham ...

... By J. S. Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. (Institute for Research in Agricultural Engineering) THANKS to the recent developments in Malaya and the Far East, the tyre situation has quite suddenly changed from difficult to something very near the impossible so far as motor tyres are concerned, and there is little sign of the rubber position easing for at least a year or two. Eight years ago, or even less, ...

... SUITS FOR THE SPRING GALADALE TWEEDS AND NAPPA HATS A NOTABLE doctor once declared that there is no better mental tonic than a new hat, especially in the spring, when the longer days are coming. Harrods, Knights- bridge, are showing their new collection, which may be divided into two classes those for sports and country wear, and those for social functions. The latter are cheerful and prac ...

... The Tote and its Possibilities Meyrick Good's New Book I AM obliged, owing to shortage of space, to write a rather patchy article this week. First of all, a note has come from the friend who supplied me with some details of the Flemington racecourse. Why, he asks did you cut out the i most important part my reference to the 1 kind of Tote used and the fact that the meet ings are run for the ...

... AT the Church of England School at Little Gaddesden, Herts., great work is going on. The children, half of whom are evacuated from London, are all members of the Young Farmers' Club, and with the encouragement of the local food and educa tion authorities, they rear pigs, rabbits,, poultry and goats. Everything is run on strict business lines, and they have converted a grant of f\2 into animal ...

... The No Trouble Investment Issued by The National Savings Committee A Yes I've got Dad to buy some of his Savings Certificates through our School Savings Group. Every 15/- he puts in will grow like billy-o till it's £1. 0. 6 in ten years and he won't have to pay a penny Income Tax on the increase. DAD'S GONE BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN i ...

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... Food Will Beat the Guns A Million Starving Germans Behind a Million Guns. They Cannot Win THE answer to the Nazi edict, Guns Before Butter, has been slow in coming, but it is at last being framed in terms which must chill the hearts of Hitler and his associates. Their system, which served its purpose well in the early days of the Dictatorship, was a short-term system, designed to cover the ...

... A Memorable Waterloo Cup Swinging Light Wins for lecond Year in Succession By D. H. Watson-Wood A WATERLOO CUP record that has stood for over forty years was equalled when Mr. C. Molyneux Cohan, the well-known Liverpool sportsman, won the trophy for the second year in succession with Swinging Light by Dee Rock out of Beaut. Last greyhound to perform such a feat was Fearless Footsteps in 1900 ...

... Look to Our Woods Germany, Too, Cuts Her Timber, but Replants Everywhere TIMBER is now an all-important product of our island. Imports from Scan dinavia and the Baltic countries have ceased, and though timber is available in other parts of the world, shipping space is needed for more vital sinews of war. So the tall trees of our wooded countryside are being felled by thousands to replace at ...

... When the trunks arrive at the saw-mill, a wire hawser is fixed round them and, by means of a low-geared winch on the lorry, are hauled off the timber-carriage sideways. Hauling in a load. In wet weather 44 roads in woods are so bad that lorry is unable to pull loaded carriage. Lorry goes forward about 50 yards, then carriage is pulled up to it by means of the ivi,nch. This is repeated until ...