... Playbill Looks at the $11111 The Carl Rosa Opera Season THE most significant feature of wartime entertainment in London has surely been the fantastic success of the season of opera just given at the Winter Garden by the Carl Rosa Company. The Winter Gar den is a large theatre, and on every occasion it has been filled to capacity; from many performances, notably those of La Bohéme and ...

... 1 i TEN years ago, Mr. E. B. Savory pur- chased Warren Farm, Streatley, and turned from town to country life. At the same time he did not realise that he was to become a farmer; he bought the land for its lovely views, its peace and cool breezes that never fail on the hottest summer day. As a farm, there was really nothing except y the name and some farm buildings, for the 600 acres of land ...

... THERE should be some authentic racing news in the post. Those who favour Newmarket as a testing ground for the classic horses wilt I think, be well pleased with the fixture list. Those who do not are very lucky, if they only knew it, that there is any fist at all. Fixing up fixtures has not been an easy matter. Having pointed out that-- shall we join the three-year-olds? I got as far as ...

... The Standard Motor Co.Ltc rhe Standard Motor Co.Ltd Coventry This |BflH perseverance IS^I The whirr and clang of machinery are now her daily serenade her brain and fingers, skilled by constant repetition, work at lightning speed the hours, days, weeks, months, wear on. (Every hour, she thinks, is one hour nearer to the war's end, one hour nearer to victory.) We can't all work in munition ...

... THE Essex Pig Society's Spring Show and Sale at Chelmsford produced some nice quality lots for which excellent all round prices were made. Averages for 15 boars were £39 12s. 5d., and 62 gilts worked out at £32 14s. 4d. The Benton and Cressing herds did very well, Mr. A. Buchanan and his sister, Miss G. Buchanan, winning 7 prizes between them; these included the male and female championships ...

... COURSING history was made at Altcai, last Friday, when a 20 months old puppy, Mr. T. Cronopolos's Countryman won the Waterloo Cup. This son of Chancellor and Constellation was whelped in July, I94x> anc^ so *s youngest winner in the long history of the cup. Next to Countryman, in point of youth, were Conversion and Golden Seal, both June puppies, successful in 1927 and 193 1 respectively. If ...

... Oxf; ird's Victory- it Radley THE second wartime Boat Race was rowed on February 13 over the Radley course, from Sandford Lock to Radley Boathouse. There was a very big crowd and the whole length of the course was thickly lined with people. The day was almost perfect a blue sky, flecked with white clouds, and a pale-gold winter sun. Both crews got away to a good start, from which Oxford ...

... GUINNESS, 1903 VINTAGE, was one of 636 lots offered at the Gift Sale in aid of the Red Cross Agriculture Fund. The auctioneer, Mr. Lionel Dixon, dealt with everything, from attested cattle to a Scotch tea cosy. Over £7,500 was raised. THE DOLL, offered by a Red Cross worker, Miss Wood, was in competition ivith musical instru ments, cakes, loaves, toys and unrationed meals. FOUR JOLLY FARMERS ...

... THE water supply is an important problem in war hygiene. The army must be protected from any danger of an impure drinking water, or diseases may be spread, and there is a possibility of wells or streams being poisoned by enemy action. ripe lines must be tested for the presenc; of dissolved metals or other contaminations, and R.A.M.C. officers exercise great care in the sterilization of water I ...

... By D. H. Watson-Wood FROM many points of view, this year's coursing classic will go down as one of the most memorable. First came Swinging Light's essay to equal Fullerton's record of three successive outright wins. The draw held on the eve of the event con tributed to render the atmosphere as tense as I remember, the three best backed grey hounds-- Swinging Light, Jealous Retort and Dew ...

... On Seeds and I Seedlings By Our Horticultural Correspondent ALTHOUGH Nature is capricious and appears at times to deal harshly with outdoor food crops, she usually contrives to balance things up so that the gardener who is reasonably efficient has more successes than failures. But in greenhouse gardening, where growing conditions are artificially created and controlled, success depends on the ...

... By Brigadier R. S. Scott, C.I.E. THE advance of mechanisation has resulted in a very great decrease in the number of horses and mules em ployed in Army formations, but in the Mountain Artillery, the mule, immortalised by Rudyard Kipling, still carries the screw- guns, as well as the equipment and ammunition necessary for the front line. No internal-combustion engine as yet devised can replace ...