... fr 23, 1943 IripleX the safety glass fortnightly ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS SPOKTACOUNIK&t Mil ...

... NIAB THE National Institute of Agricultural Botany carries on its very valuable work under a council composed of members nominated by the Ministry of Agriculture and by all the large associations interested in the work of supplying farmers with pure tested seeds and new varieties of agricultural crops. The Institute also acts as an advisory centre for all purposes connected with the many ...

... THE difficult problem of efficient weed control on arable land, with the shortage of labour, has made the ordinary farmer disinclined to embark on the cultivation of any crop that requires more hand labour than the normal. For this reason the Government appeal for an additional acreage of onions has not met with a very ready response. Labour and production costs are high and agricultur alists ...

... LADY DENMAN, Honorary Director of Ji Women's Land Army, was the guest at tH week-end of Lord and Lady Onslow, *3 gave facilities at Clandon Park, Guildford, forB rally of Surrey W.L.A., in conjunction with tffl Surrey W.A.E.C. The Rally, or Festival, wasB tremendous success and attracted a crowd of 8,0 Demonstrations included general forestry (includi#! loading, cross-cutting and measuring) by ...

... Gwicf ^^ozon. GROWERS are concerned over the development of de-hydrating pro cesses as applied to fresh vegetables. Large supplies of cabbage, spinach, carrots arid peas are being shipped every day from home to the Forces overseas; one East Anglian firm alone is producing 250,000 tins of dried peas daily for this purpose; 50 tons of cabbage, de-hydrated, become one ton nett. This is splendid ...

... IN common with breeders of all pedigree stock, breeders of bloodstock continue to look forward to the time when the export market will again be open to them. It is probable that there will be a very limited trade with Europe in the early stages of re construction. Priority in shipping will go to cattle, sheep and pigs. JtSut it should not be long before the ships will be carrying blood stock ...

... , rhe Standard Motor Company Ltd., adaptability Her day is a hard one, her work heavy and fatiguing. But she shoulders her unaccustomed tasks with cheerful vigour. And success- We can't all be women railway porters. But we can all remember their example of willing adaptability. We can think of them when faced with war-time jobs that seem new and strange and unsuited to our strength. We can all ...

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... THE INVASION ARMADA GATHERS IN THE NORTH AFRICAN PORTS. THE AMAZING SCENE IN ONE OF THE HARBOURS AS THE GREAT ALLIED FORCE MASSED FOR THE JOURNEY TO SICILY Some of the men are resting on the beach whilst others board the new-type landing craft FOR months before the actual invasion date, landing craft had been gathering in the North African ports. They nestled in small harbours strung all along ...

... HE ARMADA SETS SAIL The Great Fleet of Invasion Craft Heads for Sicily in the Evening of July 9 po ntbs before July 9 the day on which the invasion armada sailed hips had been gathering in the North African ports. When the gre came, the little ships came out of their harbours and steamed through the Mediterranean towards Sicily vast convoys of them extending for miles, and each ship packed ...

... Htc -w I* 'iW the CANADIANS I -iDE their LANDINGS at PACHINO THE ROADS FROM THE BEACHES ARE LEVELLED FOR THE SCORES OF TRANSPORT COLUMNS FROM BEACH-HEAD TO THE INTERIOR. Bull-dozers were used for this task, and soon the roughly-hewn roads were swarming with vehicles hurrying to meet the enemy. Note in this picture the amazing array of shipping anchored off the Sicilian coast and entirely ...

... The SUSTAINED ATTACK on COLOGNE Heavy Attacks on the Industrial Districts on the East Bank of the Rhine (in foreground) Follow Those on the West Th\ r ...