... aa/zd&mz IN a recent talk to the Rotary Club at the Connaught Rooms, Mr. Hudson gave an admirably clear account of the changed conditions of British agriculture and the necessity for maintaining home production of food. The Minister said that 150 years ago Britain was primarily an agricultural country producing most of its own food. To-day the nation was an industrial and manufacturing country ...

... j H0II5 luaW 5 Our Christmas Number is now on Sale price 2, 6d. i S The demand for grazing in certain districts is still acute. At Peterchurch Market, Here fordshire, areas of sheep keep at Bonnylands, Dorstone, some of which lie at an altitude of 1,400 ft., were recently offered for sale. They made from 45s. to 8cs. an acre. These prices are of some interest as the land was originallly shrub ...

... THE Sussex Herd Book Society's Autumn Show and Sale was held at Ashford on October 25, .when a repre sentative selection of pedigree bulls, cows and heifers, with 204 heifer and steer calves, were entered. The large num ber of young stock was a very healthy sign it provided evi dence of the popularity of the breed as beef animals, and the energetic secretary, Mr. A. G. Holland, may be con ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent THE planting of young fruit-trees is a job which may be confidently tackled by any able-bodied person without pre vious experience. If, therefore, you are one of the many who cannot find skilled labour to plant your new purchases this autumn, there is no need for serious concern. Careful attention to detail and the exercise of a little common sense are ...

... By a Land Agent FOR the last few years the Estate motto has had to be, make do or mend; but without being premature I think we may now alter our slogan to Make do or Re-new. Let us therefore start trying to de cide whether to repair or renew, the old familiar friends, stable, garage, potting sheds and greenhouses. Are the old buildings in the right place, and of the right size Having ...

... THIS competition, which before the war was one of the best golfing and social events in the whole calendar, has continued throughout the war without a break, and apart from maintaining golf interest, it has been used by the organisers as a means of collecting money for charities. Some £2,500 has been passed to various organisations since 1939. i lie wxiuie lucd lo d gUuu uiiCj gUiidj ui ...

... Lisbon Story Re-told An Old Success in New Surroundings at the Stoll The Lisbon Story described as a cross between a topical melodrama and an operetta, which proved such a success at the London Hippodrome, has moved to a new home at the Stoll. Here, with Maria Eisner playing the part origin ally created by Patricia Burke and Karel Stepanek as Carl von Schriner, this exciting drama with music, ...

... An October Bride the Hon. Mrs. J. J. Astor On October 23rd Senorita Ana Inez de Ctircano was married in London to Major the Hon. John Jacob Astor, youngest son of Viscount Astor and Viscountess Astor, M.P. She is the younger of the two pretty daughters of Or. Miguel Angel de Cdrcano, Argentine Ambassador in Britain, and of Senora Stella de Morra de Ciircano. Her father was appointed Ambassador ...

... Commander of the 14th Army t he King recently conferred a knighthood on Lt.-Gen. Sir William Slim, in recognition of the victory won by the Fourteenth Army in India and Burma. This portrait of the General was painted by Capt. Metcalf, an official artist of Indian Public Relations Admiral Decorates an Indian Sailor Rear-Admiral Rattray C.I.E., R.I.N. pinned the ribbon of the D.S.M. on the ...

... A Busy Mother And Her Family of Four A Balancing Feat on the See-Satv In the Store Cupboard The Hon. Mrs. Sherman Stonor's family, Julia, Thomas, Gcorgina and Harriet, arc fast growing up, and all four of them are now proud possessors of tricycles. Their father, Major the Hon. Sherman Stonor, Lord Camoys' only son, is in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and in his absence Mrs. ...

... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere CHARLES DERRICOTT, in the paper Coronet, tells the following: The Nazi crew of a sinking German raider was transferred to a British vessel. British officers were reminded that the captives were to be treated just as if they were gentlemen. I he next day a German officer was sporting a beautiful black eye. The British captain was enraged. Who did that? he ...

... Ci. /)ty A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Christening THERE was one of the largest gatherings of the Royal Family for some considerable time at the christening of young Prince Richard of Gloucester, who received his baptism, and the four names of Richard Alexander Walter George from Archbishop Lord Lang of Lambeth, an old and close friend of the Royal Family, who has officiated at so ...