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THE Vitabuoy

... Vitabuoy Reed. Trade Mark And thi man is still alive I Most Naval inen choose the itabuoy because its buoyancy might be invaluable in emergency. Paymaster Lieutenant R.N., found its fire-resisting properties almost as valuable. After a long spell on the bridge, he lay down on the chart-house floor. Sud denly he woke. There was the dickens of a bang and a shower of sparks. The pistol ...

JACK OLDING LTD & CO

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Potato Planting

... jVyf ANY farmers have been called upon by their War Agricultural Commit tees to grow some acres of potatoes. They are faced with the problem of getting the seed in with very little labour; thus the dif ferent potato-planting machines shown at Witley Park were a great attraction. HOME-MADE This is very much a wartime weapon. The idea was sent by Mr. Bomford to the Institute of Agricultural ...

Up and Down the Land

... tyfr. cmdf Lsoum tfck./a*tc( THE conscription of German children of 10 years and upwards for work on the land was announced by the B.B.C. with that little air of smugness which that organisation seems incapable of keeping out of its broadcasts. The announcement, as a news item, would have been better justified had it been explained what a serious sacrifice was being made by the German people ...

Article

... 2^3 I- i By Our orticultural fe;., .__ Corre ondent TO obtain a greater quantity of food from a given area is the whole country's aim. For the gardener, intercropping --or catch cropping-- is the principal means to this end, and as soon as the main spring sowings of vegetables are made, every grower should consider it his vital duty to, study the possibilities of his own garden. Briefly stated ...

Six-a-Side Hockey at Bournemouth: 54 Matches in One Afternoon

... Six-a-Side Hockey at Bournemouth b4 Matches in One Afternoon Thirty-six teams took part in the Bournemouth Sports Club's second an nual Six-a-Side Hockey Tournament held for the benefit of the Red Cross on Saturday, April 18. After five and a half hours of non-stop play on four pitches, the honours of the day went to an Infantry Regiment, who defeated last year's winners, a Training Regi ment, ...

Advertisements

... THE BRITISH SAILORS SOCIETY earnestly appeals for help lo enable them to keep pace with the urgent and increasing cost of maintaining Homes and Hostels in ports all over the Empire for our Seafarers' needs. Donations welcomed by Hon. Treasurer, The Rt. Hen. Sir Frederick Sykes, P.C., 6 80, Commercial Road, London, E.14. Mr. Herbert E. Barker, General Secretary. VANTELLA SHIRTS made to match ...

Prinknash Abbey: A Community War Effort

... Prinknash Abbey A Community War Effort RELIGIOUS communities in this country are, of course, exempted from military service. In practice, the exemption is rarely claimed, because so many priests and padres have volunteered for the Forces, and because the majority of those that remain are engaged in all-important national work. Prinknash Abbey, under the direction of the Right Reverend Dom ...

Building Up the Swing

... SOME years ago an American patent made its appearance on this side of the Atlantic. It was a patent for a heavy metal casting shaped to fit over the head of any wooden golf club and to slip on to the head by going down the shaft, to be fastened to the head by a spring clip. This invention was known as the Swing- master and was devised to make a heavy practice club out of any wooden club, ...

Look Out for Trouble!

... Look Out for Trouble By Our Horticultural Correspondent PESTS and diseases, late frosts, cold, boisterous winds, drought and weeds-- such are the potential troubles against which every gardener must now be on his guard, I am sorry to begin this week's page on such a gloomy note, but one or all of these abominations are an ever-present problem, and nobody-- much less a gardening writer-- can ...

At Lord's Again

... /\N May 2, the first of an interesting series of Saturday matches took place at Lord's, and the London Fire Service were successful in winning a single-innings match against Reading University by 8 wickets, or a two-innings game by an innings and 15 runs. On which basis the victories of these one-day matches are decided is a point which needs some clarification, but why worry the historic ...