... THE human Milk Bureau, founded by Miss E, G. Dare, Matron of Queen Charlotte's Hospital, collects milk from approved nursing mothers for distribution to forty-eight hospitals, and also to other institutions all over the country. Miss Dare, who founded the Bureau four years ago, and who got it going again after it had been closed at the outbreak of hostilities, has studied at first hand in ...

... RABBIT-KEEPING SIMPLIFIED Where there is a Lawn FOR some years we have been rearing young rabbits on grass alone through- out the summer months when the grass is long and juicy; the results have always been good. There have been no deaths by disease; growth and weight of meat have both been satisfactory and the fur has always benefited, being close and glossy with none of the looseness and ...

... Rain (St. Martin's) IT is seventeen years since Rain, the play founded on Somerset Maugham's short story of the South Seas, Sadie Thompson, was first produced in London. I have seen in the leading part Miss Jeanne Eagels, Miss Tallulah Bankhead, Miss Olga Lindo and Miss Claire Luce, all of whom brought out the sadness of poor Sadie, who, although she could flare up at times in a flash of ...

... AT the Coliseum, Sonnie Hale told us how his rabbit farm at The Old House, Hampton, came into being. When war started, his gardener's wife became housekeeper, and as she had to live in she asked if she might bring with her five pet rabbits from which she was inseparable. There's nothing to worry about, sir, they're all gents, were the actual words she used. Permission was given and when ...

... By A. Croxton Smith ONE by one old friends who helped to make dog-showing what it is are passing away, links with the past are being snapped, and in a short time those of us who came into the sport while the founders of the Kennel Club were still active will be regarded as survivals of an age that is almost extinct. Within the last few weeks we have had to note regretfully the death of Lady ...

... A Derby Winner Takes the Gold Cup at Last THE success of Owen Tudor in the Gold Cup-- a triumph which even his great sire, Hyperion, failed to accomplish-- is an event of more than ordinary importance. The last Derby winner to bring off the double was the brilliant Gainsborough, Owen Tudor's grand sire, in the wartime series of 1918. it may oe tnat (Jwen 1 udor was not opposed by a very good ...

... TLLUSTRATED SPORTING AND -L DRAMATIC NEWS presents a fine example of a unit whose mem bers give their spare time to a well- planned, self-supporting effort. One of the northern aerodromes of Bomber Command has not only culti vated more than 30 acres of land, but has its own dairy and chicken farms. There are rabbits, too, and geese, to supplement the Station's rations. The Squadron Leader ...

... WINCHESTER Owing to the difficulties of transporting boats these days, only five eights were able to take part in the regatta arranged by the Eton rowing masters at Henley last week. Winchester are seen here trying out their borrowed boat. They met Eton's second crew in the first race and beat them by H lengths. The races were from Remenham Barrier to the Regatta winning-post about a mile. The ...

... a/ticf 2^c?ii?n ONE of the best things about t he Govern- ment's eggshell coupon scheme for the rationing of domestic poultry is that it affects so large a number of ordinary citizens. This is not a cynical reflection. Nothing but good, surely, can come from a state of affairs which brines together a million persons and their friends so closely. The opportunities for real co-operation are ...

... VERY little garden or yard space is required to enable the average family to help themselves with eggs and meat and help the country with more home-pro duced food. Apart from the balanced meal rations for the chickens and bran for the rabbits, the only other feeding-stuffs used in this typical instance are scraps, such as potato- peelings, kitchen waste, or garden waste. A condition for ...

... AFTER many heart-searchings, I sent my very beautiful, one and only golden labrador bitch to the War Dogs Training School-- on trial. After a week I got her back. She nearly knocked us all over, rushed into the kitchen, ate and drank every- thing she could find, made for her basket and slept straight off for eight hours. Her coat was shining and she was about twice as fit and happy as she had ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent ALTHOUGH fruit and vegetables are growing apace, and some have already reached maturity, there is little respite for the grower during July. He must not relax his efforts to keep growing crops clean and healthy, and there is the all-important matter of food supplies for next winter and spring. Fruit pests have been particularly trouble some this season. They ...