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... ^PATENT' BARLEY^ 1 Y°u H 7 1 he\p „sK 0,0 As you know, Robinson's have had to give up making their Barley Water in bottles for the duration of the war. As a result the making of barley water from Robinson's 'Patent' Barley has again become popular. Many people have consulted me on the question of flavour and I've recommended juice from stewed or tinned fruit, a little honey or jam, and ...

... THE practical importance and the tech nique of land drainage are of great interest at the present time, because most of the available area has now been taken into cultivation and the remainder is either barren waste or wet and undrained soil. It is often suggested that in pre-war times the farmer has been remiss in not carrying out extensive schemes of drainage work for his own holding, but it ...

... THE KING ATTENDS DIVINE SERVICE. On Sunday, June 13 (the day after his arrival) the King went to church, the service being held in St. George's Chapel, on the second floor of a huge warehouse on Algiers waterfront which has been converted into a naval canteen. Some 500 or 600 bluejackets, in their summer white, were present. Before entering the chapel the King was introduced to a number of ...

... The SMASHING of an AXIS AIR CONVOY A Remarkable Battle Picture Taken Over the Sicilian Narrows During the Tunisian Campaign HOW THE ENEMY SUPPLY CONVOYS WERE SHOT DOWN INTO THE SEA OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN An actual combat picture taken as a body of thirty-five big Junkers Ju.52s were attacked by American bombers and fighters from North Africa at water-level During the North African campaign, ...

... Our Mediterranean Air Strength From the North Sea to the Suez Canal, the Allied Air Forces must now be able to muster probably almost a 2-to-l numerical superiority in medium plus heavy bombers over the Axis forces in the same area, and certainly much more than that in terms of bomb-carrying power. Not only have our bombers grown in numbers, but in range. The radius of action of home-based and ...

... HlOW THE MOSQUITOES WORK IN DAYLIGHT RAIDS OVER GERMANY An attack on the large and important railway workshops at Trier (Treves). The Mosquitoes' bombs smash into the roots ot workshops and send the debris higher than tne planes even before they explode Drawing bv Roland Davies The tack on the power station and the important railway workshops at Trier (better known as IjTreve), just on the ...

... HOW AUSTRALIA DEFENDS HER PORTS By Means of Strong Boom Defences Which Stretch Across Her Harbours STRIPPED to the waist in tropic heat, men of the Royal Australian Navy work day by day at sea and ashore on the unspec tacular but vital task of operating and maintaining the harbour boom defence system. the basic func tion of boom de fence is to throw out a protecting screen of giant nets ...

... ANOTHER, AND DIFFERENT, KIND OF R.A.F. RAID Two airmen go prospecting for gulls' eggs at an English bomber station THE RESULT OF THE RAID Four more gulls' eggs are discovered in their nest in the gulls colony. These two men were both brick layers in civilian life, and both came from Aldgate one is now a runner in the Operations Room, and the other is fully trained for gas defence. After their ...

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... THE three things that stand out in my mind as I sit down to write of another Red Cross goif match, this time at the Cuddington Golf Club, Banstead, Surrey, are (1) that James Braid, our referee, had already covered eighteen holes on his beloved Walton Heath before coming on to us, to get a little walking practice, as it were; (2) that one enthusiast cycled 35 miles to watch the game-- he still ...

... A BANK HOLIDAY crowd of some 20,000 at Lord's saw the defeat of the Army (8 wickets declared, 168) by the R.A.F. (1 wicket, 169). The R.A.F. won the toss and put their opponents in first. The Army did not declare until 5.15, but the R.A.F. were 100 up within an hour, and, after a fine innings for 73 (not out) by L. G. Berry, partnered by W. J. Edrich, made the necessary extra run. Matthews, ...