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... r Brough Hill horse fair attracted its usual calling of gypsy folk, and Gypsy Mary Lee and her daughters came up from Manchester in their gay vans so spick and span inside and out. Everybody is horsey at Brough Hill on fair day, and everybody seems to have money in their pockets for e bargain. Most of the deals are in cash, and reads of £1 notes changed hands. PIT IT THERE- IT'S YOUBS The time ...
... 1 TWO of the 135 Large White pigs on show at Peterborough, a young boar and a gilt, were sold for 140 guineas each. Demand for first-class animals was very brisk by would-be buyers from many parts of England and from Scot land. Eighteen boars averaged over ^44, fifty-three gilts born in 1941 ^29, and twenty-three gilts born in 1942 22 5s. RUNNER-UP Mr. S. J. Callwood's seven- months-old boar ...
... AS a result of the season's first big representative Rugby match be tween South Wales and the British Army at Swansea, over £600 was raised for Army, R.A.F. and local Red Cross charities. This reflects great credit on the organising secretary, Mr. Cliff Jones, and his committee, who had to contend with many last- minute difficulties weather included. The game also produced Rugby football of a ...
... Blue Peter and Nearco Yearlings in Demand I HAVE not been able as yet to analyse the return of the October Sale at New market-- the sixth sale this year held by Messrs. Tattersall. The totals, however, for the two days were approximately 40,278 guineas and 21,560 guineas, a grand total of 61,838 guineas. Added to previous returns this means that about £270,000 worth of bloodstock has been ...
... OUTLOOK FOR WINTER COATS OF FUR FABRICS THE war is teaching us many things, among them that it is possible to dress well for a modest outlay. This does not mean that clothes need be unattractive. A visit to Selfridge's, Oxford Street, will emphasise this fact. They are making a feature of coats of fur fabric, which wears well and silhouettes the figure in a becoming manner. Illustrated on the ...
... C^vcLtalL to Port A NEWLY ARRIVED private in India was complaining about the mosquitoes, when the R.S.M. who was interviewing him said, Mosquitoes? They don't bother me, my lad. No, said a corporal, sotto voce the first 'alf of the night e's' so tight 'e can't feel the mosquitoes bitin' 'im, and the second 'alf ef the night the mosquitoes whats bit 'im are so tight they can't bite 'im. Say ...
... THE FIRST PICTURE FROM THE FRONT IN EGYPT SHOWING HOW THE 8TH ARMY'S OFFENSIVE OPENED: A GERMAN STRONG-POINT IS CAPTURED AND THE WAY PREPARED FOR A FURTHER ADVANCE- -Picture by radio This picture was sent to Cairo from the front line in the Desert, and radioed by Cable and Wireless to London. It shows how our troops went into action as zero hour came at 10 p.m. on Friday night of last week. ...
... r|Ao every corner of the globe General Smuts' fine analysis of the war situation has now penetrated through the medium of the Press and radio. The South African statesman, paying his first visit to this country for ten years, spoke for an hour to an Assembly which comprised members of both Houses of Parliament. He delivered an oration which closely analysed the events of the past three years ...
... CLOTHING the ARMY and the AUXILIARY SERVICES The Work of the Director-General of Equipment and Stores Described by CHARLES GRAVES ON the top floor of a building in a mean street in London is one of the most intriguing sights in Great Britain. For here is one of the main pattern-rooms of the Director-General of Equipment and Stores. As far as I can make out, no reporter has previously been ...
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... IT AM RATHE# W RARE- ONLY ASK j VOOR SHARE 'x It w tempting to search everywhere for Peek Frean's to enjoy that unvarying quality for which these biscuits are famous. But please don't do it. Trust your regular dealer, who will consider you all the more if you are patient and understand his many difficulties. BRITAIN'S CRISPEST BISCUITS 7 f I M226 Enquiries I Nicoll Clothes, Middlesex House, ...
... THE English Jersey Cattle Society held a most successful Show and Sale at Reading, in more ways than one. Members of the Society, backed by the Council, secretary and the auctioneers (John Thornton, Hobson and Co.), made a gift of eighteen calves, which realised £1300 for the benefit of the Red Cross Agriculture Fund. The occasion was thus stimulated and enlivened, and brisk business followed ...