... THE idea of combing off and threshing the ears, leaving the straw standing, is nearly a century old, for in 1845 the first Combine Harvester was used in Australia. Forty years later California started manufacturing Combines commer cially, and by the beginning of the century enormous machines like the one shown here were working on the great wheat-growing lands of the States and a few had been ...

... Scenes at the Weybridge Red Cross Regatta A successful day of mixed events organised and planned by the Weybridge Rowing Club SONS OF ISIS, Oxford, are victorious over the Barnes Rowing Club in the final of the Senior Eights. IN HEAT UB of the Clinker Eights, the Crowland Rowing Club (centre) are seen when they have just been beaten by the London Fire Force. THE UNITED HOSPITALS EIGHT: A ...

... L'UN et settlement, that is how his intimate friends often addressed him, for there was nothing of a type about Michael, he was an original one, one out of the mould only, and how sad it is to think we shall be without him for ever. There will be more awful tragedies in the war yet alas! we all know, but I feel it is the least I can do to pay tribute to one of my best friends and a fine golfer ...

... rv!L!?i ^^81 ^5SB3jBLut e *-1 I 1 I|P|& .^l' j- '-1 .f> t 1^7* l'^% v y i; j- r ...

... (See also pp. 298-301 of this Issue DAWN OUTSIDE DIEPPE Wednesday, August 19. The Channel was crossed under cover of darkness, and the principal attack was launched at dawn. The naval vessels engaged were protected by a strong air umbrella, which covered the landings and allowed the withdrawal to take place as planned. A feature of the whole raid was the absence of enemy surface craft to ...

... What Happened to the Twenty-eight Fighting Vehicles Landed on the Beaches How They Behaved During the Great Raid And the Possibilities of the Tank in Further Similar Operations Special Sphere Drawings and Notes ONE of the most interesting features of the Dieppe raid was our employment of tanks during the operation. Their landing from special craft at the water's edge, awkward crunching up the ...

... AIR-CONDITIONED TANKS? Methods the Germans May Have Adopted in Libya TRAVELLING at the equivalent of naval action stations, a tank is almost completely battened down. Direct visibility is limited to a few square inches of bullet-proof glass, and direct ventilation to what air can be induced through ventilation louvres on the under side of the tank-- those on the upper deck, so to speak, ...

... CAN MERCHANTMEN DESIGN BE IMPROVED? The Construction of the Tanker and the Freighter Compared 1 1 A considerable number of suggestions have been made from time to time concern ing methods to circumvent torpedo attack on merchantmen. Many of the suggestions such as giant submarines, or vessels lying so low in the water as to be almost awash, and others are not immediately practical but here is ...

... Before and After its Bombing by the R.A.F. in Occupied France Official Air Ministry Photographs The following is a key to the damage done as indicated in the photograph on the right 1. Main shop of nine bays area 3,000 by 130 ft. One hit, and possibly a second. A large area of the roofing has been stripped and part of the west wall shattered. 2. Long building, area 500 by 40 ft. Roof damaged ...

... It was with great sorrow that the peoples of the Empire and of the United States of America learned of the tragic death of Air Commodore H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, while flying to Iceland on active service. Ever since the outbreak of war the Duke has devoted himself to the service of the R.A.F. It was in the performance of his duties as Chief Welfare Officer that he died. With him went two of ...

... Mrs. Robin Wilson now lives at Chobham, and her time is divided between looking after her three children, Caroline, James and Sarah, and running a small farm, which helps to feed the family. She is the wife of Captain Robin Filmer ilson, whom she married in 1937. Her husband in peace-time is a banker, and is now serving in the Leicestershire Yeomanry. Lady Caroline Child- Villiers is Mrs. ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Foljambe F/twtf Captain Peter G. W. S. Foljambe on/y son o/ Major the Hon. Bertram and. Mrs. Foljambe o/ Higkwood Hertford Heath Hertford married Elizabeth Joan Flint daughter of Major E. C. M. Flint of Rock Lodge, Folkestone, and the late Mrs. Flint, at St. Paul's, Knighlsbridge Hewan Bartholemew Flight Lieut. Timothy A. D. Hewan, R.A.F.V.R. son ...