... THE Kendal and Dis trict Otter Hounds held their first meet of the season on August2ist. The Master, Sir Maurice Bromley-Wilson, of Dalham Park, Milnthorpe, was out with the pack, which turned out in fine fettle. The river Bela, or Belah, a tributary of the jEden, is usually a good hunting ground, but on this occasion there was no kill only good hunting! THE RIVER BELA: Hunts man and hounds ...

... THE Metropolitan Police Horticultural Society (A, B, C, F, T and V Divisions) held a Victory Garden i Show at the Royal Horticultural Hall on August 24 and 25. The Hon. Secretary is Police-Constable R. S. Trickett, F.R.H.S., of Ealing, who is an authority on water plants, and carries out research work at Kew in his spare time. The show attracted a good attendance, and the exhibits showed how ...

... Mrs. carlota oppenheimer, of Lantern Cottage, Gerrard's Cross, continues to sustain the r61e of Fairy Godmother to the armed forces and hospitals, as described in previous issues. Last year she turned out single-handed over 6 tons of jam, in addition to quantities of bottled fruits, cakes, spiced bread, cheese, etc. She is here checking the weekly supply of good things from her garden and ...

... Ey A. Croxton Smith MRS. J. G. WINANT had a day off when she opened the Woodford Canine Society's show at Hendon in aid of the Kennel Club's Dogs of Britain Red Cross Appeal. It was the first she had had the opportunity of attending since Mr. Winant came as the American Ambassador to London, and one can believe that she enjoyed herself thoroughly, although, in consequence of the restricted ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 209 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.I. No. 208.-- I noted the number at the head of the Newsletter of August 28. No. 208 War Newsletter. If some seer had warned me during the first week of September 1939 that that number would one day be hoisted, what thoughts, what anxiety, what vacillation, would have troubled the waters of my inkstand? Behind that No. 1, 1 admit, lay, back ...

... When Downing Street Was (Nearly) Bombed Two Pictures Token During the Big Blitz in October 1940 Which Have Only Just Been Released for Publication AFTER THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 17-18, 1940 The Treasury Building in Whitehall, next door to No. 10, Downing Street, wrecked by a German bomb whilst the Prime Minister was at supper at midnight A CLOSER VIEW OF THE BOMBED TREASURY BUILDING, with A.R.P. ...

... Germany and the Eder Dam UNew and Very Interesting Reconnaissance Picture the night of May 16-17, Romber Command of the K.A.r. yrried out one of its most out- ■landing raids of the war, when force attacked the great hder J Mohne Dams. As a result, arts of the Ruhr Valley were (coded and great damage was aused over a very wide area. Since then, reconnaissance pic- ures taken exactly two months ...

... This is the right time to focus attention on winter, to plan a comfort campaign and by-pass those mistakes which have made previous wartime winters comfortless. A Start overhauling last winter's wardrobe in good time, so that cleaning and renovating musts can be well in hand before cold-weather clothes come into regular use. New trims tor last years hats, turning last season's coats and ...

... While farmers in the south by the end of August were gazing with some complacency at fields already ploughed after corn, many of their brethren in the north were looking in despair at fields of oats beaten into pools of water. This picture of floods is from Lyth, West morland, where the oat crops have indeed been in a sad mess. Rain there fell on 24 days in August. Below is a happier scene ...

... TURF Headquarters recently held a show the first of its kind in aid of the R.A.F. Benevolent Fund, and collected £200 towards an institution especially dear to Newmarket people. There were fourteen classes and competitions, the strongest of which was the children's pony class, with thirty entries. The Newmarket Heath Hack Class attracted twenty-seven entries. Lord Derby, who presented a cup ...

... (ytts Prospects of an Historic St. Leger Miss Paget's Great Year THE two-day Newmarket September Meet ing opens on the July Course at noon to-day, and will conclude to-morrow, when the Cheveley Park Stakes and New St. Leger Stakes will be decided. There are 15 acceptances for the St. Leger, including the Derby winner, Straight Deal, the 2,000 Guineas winner, Kingsway, the One Thousand winner, ...

... AT the request of the British Council, the University of Reading recently held a week-end course for members of the U.S. Forces who were put up at the University residences. The visitors represented seventeen States, and were either graduates in agriculture or connected with the farming industry. The course, which was under the direction of Mr. J. S. L. Waldie of the Faculty of Agriculture and ...