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Agriculture in Great Britain

... . Part 3 By L. F. Newman. M.A., F.S.A., Dip. Agric. (Camb.). THE latter part of the seventeenth century saw a further development towards the basis of modern English agri culture, the four-course system, which provided winter food for farm animals. It enabled the farmer to obtain enough farm yard manure to maintain the fertility of the soil and to produce larger quantities of cereal foods. ...

Jack Olding & Co. Ltd

... Jack Oldinq Co. Ltd., Jack Oldina Co. Ltd., ymtb CATERPILLAR CTUDY the Operators' Instruction Book, and get to know y°ur Caterpillar thoroughly. It contains essential information regarding day-to-day lubrication, operation and maintenance of the engine. Careful attention to these instructions will contribute toward obtaining long and satisfactory performance. If you need advice or ...

AUSTIN

... LUSTIN Keeping (an Iti ft Centred in Regent Street, London, and with branches up and down the country, the Austin Reed service enables men and women in uniform to have a complete service at all times in the following towns Aldershot, Bath, Bournemouth, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Man chester, Oxford, Southampton. REED I of Regent Street Telephone Regent 6789 ...

PIGEONS AS NIGHT FLYERS

... On at least two occasions recently homing pigeons in the service of the R.A.F. were released after dark and arrived at their lofts next morning with messages from aircraft about to make a forced landing. Normally, pigeons do not fly after dark, but it may be remembered that the famous R.A.F. homer. Winkie. flew for at least one hour in darkness to reach land with her wings smothered in oil. ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 448 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

RESCUED FROM THE SAND SEA

... A Hazard Which Awaits the Airman Flying Over the Libyan ana I ripolitanian Deserts In this drawing the damaged plane is a Liberator the rescuing aircraft are Douglas Dakota transport planes Often when a forced landing has been necessary during the air fighting in conjunction with Eighth Army operations, the air- craft concerned has had to land somewhere on the belt of stony desert which ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 492 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

HORLICKS

... yrsm i [i TBTrnrtrg m .m I i I i I Mix the children's Horlicks with water only the milk is already in It Mothers who keep Horlicks The milk is already in it. Mixed for their children, because of with water only, Horlicks is a its energy-giving and body- complete food-drink for iSS building value, find it a comfort children. to know that this delicious drink makes no demands on We otk you to be ...

Published: Saturday 23 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 130 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

A Bride of 1942: Lady Sykes. By Olive Snell

... On September 29th, 1942, Miss Virginia Gilliat was married to Sir Mark Tatton Richard Sykes Bt at St. James's, Spanish Place. She is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Gilliat, of 3, Stanhope Place U Sir Richard Sykes is a Lieutenant in the Green Howards, and served in France earlier in the war He succeeded his father, Colonel Sir Mark Sykes, a former M.P. for Hull and Kingston-upon-Hull ...

Published: Wednesday 27 January 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 99 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

With Silent Friends: Truth

... By Elizabeth Bowen Truth The truth-- can one take it? Since the start of the war, many truths have been unpalatable. So much so, that the more popular war books have been those that, while they underline fighting courage, tend to gloss over mistakes and muddles that, too often, brought that courage into tragic, forlorn-hope play. The forlorn hope commands our imagination but it is none the ...

Published: Wednesday 27 January 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1053 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Illustrations 

BROCKHOUSE

... prompt PflpMP^ Converter in action at one y I of fhe Brockhouse branch Works where Steel castings are manufaclured. J. CO. LTD. VICTORIA WORKS WEST BROMWICH, STAFFS. ...

Published: Wednesday 27 January 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 28 | Page: Page 30 | Tags: Illustrations 

Advertisements

... Chemists perform a vital National service. They com prise a highly important part of the machinery for maintaining the nation's health the medical profession unhesitatingly relies upon them to dispense prescrip tions accurately. They are authorities on toilet prepara tions as well as drugs, and their opinion is always worth atten tion. For over forty years they have been recommending Euthvmol ...

Published: Wednesday 27 January 1943
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 276 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations 

Graphic

... ANGEL! THANKS A MILLION FOR THE COD'S HEAD! DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

Published: Sunday 24 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 12 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

Graphic

... LUMMY! WHAT'S THIS? A RUDDY FISH QUEUE DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

Published: Wednesday 27 January 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 11 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations