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Up and Down the Land

... ancf 2-^crii/n. THERE has come to this office a number of pictures of last week's Gift Sale at Sevenoaks, organised in aid of the Red Cross Agriculture Fund. By the same post arrived a picture of a Red Cross ship leaving a British port and bearing its precious cargo of comforts for Prisoners of War, of whom 4,000 came from the fair land of Kent. Alt honour goes to tne people wno slave, weeKs ...

Aberdeen-Angus Show at Banbury

... Aberdeen -Angus Show at Banbury A GREAT fillip was given to English breeders at the 41st Annual Spring Show and Sale of the English Association at Banbury, when breeders in search of herd sires looked to their co-breeders south of the Border to fill the gaps. An exceptionally large entry was catalogued, that of both females and bulls being considerably in excess of the entry of a year previous ...

Phantom Ryder Cup Teams

... THIS year, if the war had not upset everything, the U.S. Ryder Cup team would have been visiting us again, and we would have been playing our Open Championship at Carnoustie once more. Although it looks almost certain there will be no match for the second time during the war, the U.S.P.G.A. have paid the memory of Mr. Samuel Ryder, donor of the trophy and a great supporter of British golf, the ...

Jersey Cattle at Reading

... lersey Cattle at Reading BREEDERS of Jersey stock had a great day at Reading on Feb. 18, when the auctioneers, Messrs. Thornton, Hobson and Co., found a group of purchasers willing to give good prices for attractive animals. The occupation of the Channel Islands has made the position of the native herds doubtful and given prominence to the English Jersey Cattle Society and its high-class stock ...

WEDDING OUTFITS

... /A^S throughout all ages have had a potent influence on fashion to-day, as in the past, simplicity is regarded with the greatest favour.- Peter Robinson, Oxford Street, have assembled in their salons-a collection of austerity wedding fashions, among them being the dress pictured above. It is carried out in white moss crSpe, the crossover bodice and modified housemaid's skirt being a becoming ...

MOSS BROS & CO. LTD

... MOSS BROS MOSS BROS Naval, Military R.A.F. Outfitters COVENT GARDEN Corner of King St. Bedford St., W C.2 TEMple Bar 4477 02 linei) Also at Manchester, Bristol, Aldershot, Portsmouth, Camberley, York, Hove, Bournemouth, Harrogate, Heysham, Salisbury, Grantham, etc. LADIES' JODHPURS and Complete Riding Outfits Over sixty years' experience as Military and Mufti Outfitters en- sures that clean ...

Playbill Looks at the Shows

... 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 ...

A Berkshire Valley Farm

... 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 ...

Red October as a Classic Proposition

... 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. Ltd

... 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 ...