... THE centenary of the Rothamsted Station the premier agricultural research institute occurs, appropriately enough, at a time when the debt owed by farming practice to science is realised. More than a hundred years ago, Lawes started a series of experiments on various problems of manures and plant nutrition, and was, later on, joined in 1843 by a brilliant chemist, J. H. Gilbert. The partnership ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 177 i. New Oxford Street, W.C.i. The Nelson Touch.-- The epic story of the latest Arctic convoy to Russia which is coupled with the names of Sherbrooke, and of the Onslow and the Achates, may rank in history in that unbroken chain of epics of the sea which from Tudor times to the present day adorn and point the moral of British sea power. It is early days yet to speak of ...

... The March of General Leclerc's Fighting French Force from Chad up to the Tripolitanian Fighting Zone. .Described by FERDINAND TUOHY GENERAL LECLERC'S march up from Chad to menace the fortified zone of Tripoli, some 1,500 miles north of his Fort Larny starting-point, would have furnished, in any but this monster con flict, a daily front-page story of high war adventure. One can visualise the ...

... HOW H.M.S. SCYLLA (5,450-TON CRUISER OF THE DIDO CUSS) CAUGHT AND SANK A LARGE GERMAN BLOCKADE RUNNER IN THE ATLANTIC -Drawing by Montague Dawson Royal Navy in five weeks. A Sunderland of an Australian Squadron of Coastal Command shadowed the enemy vessel and then flew on a parallel course, dr give the cruiser the exact position of the enemy. Night was coming on, so that it was essential to ...

... THE sequel to Bomber Command and The Battle of Britain has just been published; and it is undoubtedly already a best seller. Prepared by the Ministry of Information for the Air Ministry, it, is a magnificently produced volume of 144 pages at the price of 28. The I took con tains 140 photographs, many of which have not before been published, ami some of the more striking of these arc ...

... r'ROM THESE WARS. iViemories and Thoughts of the Years Between --A Fortnightly Causerie By J. G. THE Parish of Auburn Parva.-- It is always difficult to write with restraint and impartiality on matters of religion and, even if one succeed to one's own satisfaction, the result may wound or irritate readers. Auburn Magna is a argish, widespread parish in Wessex, and for many years, under ...

... COLONEL DENEYS REITZ IN LONDON as the new High Commissioner for South Africa. As Mr. Sidney Watcrson has relinquished this post to take up his new Ministerial appointment. Colonel Reitz has flown to Britain to succeed him. He lost no time in getting down to work at South Africa House in Trafalgar Square, where this picture was taken a few days ago. Colonel Reltz arrived here by aeroplane so ...

... rfj m I l W 4 n id P ^^OOD-BYE to that old bugbear of the placket skirt an ugly, shape- destroying hip bulge. Literally a placket without an opening, the new Gor-ray ZWOW Fastening has no buttons or metal fastenings on the hip to stand out, cause gaping, or pull the material. Smart women everywhere welcome this further addition to the high quality of all Gor-ray Skirts. Good fashion houses ...

... ALTHOUGH Bedfordshire is a small county it has an active and energetic War Agricultural Committee fully aware of the importance of their work in the great business of producing a maximum of home-grown food. Forty-five thousand acres of rough grass and derelict land have been converted into good arable fields producing heavy crops, and 70 per cent, of the total acreage of the county is now ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent NOW that fuel is no longer allowed for heating greenhouses in private gardens (unless they are run on commercial lines), those who intend to raise vegetable seedlings under glass will have to exercise considerable ingenuity and a little more patience than usual. The alternative method of starting seeds on hot-beds of animal manure is no less difficult. But ...

... Wepp Wepp 1 MALVERN SpA J as delightful blended with spirits See its sparkling clearness as it bubbles in your glass. Take a deep draught. How clean and crisp it is on the j tongue. Could you have believed that water could taste so satisfying ...

... M\ OF THE WAR By Foresight Progress WE are promised that the North African political tangle will be unravelled soon, and some go so far as to say that it will be a pointer to the pattern of the peace. There is considerable optimism in American quarters, which is reflected to some extent, but not as wholeheartedly, in Whitehall. Undoubtedly, as I write, we are on the eye of big developments, ...