... 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 ...

... 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 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 ...

... /\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 ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent IT is common knowledge that aircraft are becoming more and more exigent about aerodrome space. As the wing loadings, or amount of weight carried by each square foot of wing surface, go up, so the taking-off and landing runs are lengthened. Actual figures for British machines are not given. They are looked on and rightly as secret except where the machine is an old ...

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... 44 They Flew Alone The Screen Biography of Amy Johnson and Jim Twelve years ago an unknown girl took off from a British airport. Her destination was Australia. Little pub lic interest was shown until six days later, when it was learnt that this same girl had reached Karachi, thereby setting up a new record for a solo flight to India. From that time on the entire British public waited eagerly ...

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... THE DOGS OF WAR --Mobilised to Play Their Part in the Country's Struggle THE DOGS REGISTER FOR WAR SERVICE Vic puts his name down a call has gone out for more does-- big dogs who can assist in guard duties and message-carrying The Government have asked for the loan of such for the duration of the war and many owners-- harassed by difficulties of getting sufficient feed for their pets, and for ...