... The contested crossing of a wide river such as the Rhine is not a light undertaking. Apart from the railway bridge at Remagen, all the permanent structures across the river were blown by the retreating Germans therefore, our heavy equipment and armour had to be taken across over pontoon bridges, often under heavy fire and in despite of a fairly swift current, which did not ease the engineers' ...

... AN IMPRESSION OF THE NEWEST TYPE OF BRITISH DESTROYER Ships of the Z class steaming fast through northern waters on the return from Norway Drawing by Montague Dawson Although not given in the usual authoritative reference books, the British Navy now has destroyers of the Z class, which must obviously be of the very newest type. This became apparent when the announcement was made recently of ...

... THE TRUTH ABOUT DEMO CRACY.-- For some years now I have been a voice crying in the wilderness for a definition of that word Democracy which is for ever on the tongue (in cheek) of statesmen and politicians. Recently Lord Quickswood tried his hand and, as I think, made a good job of de-bunking our brand of Democracy. A f a nv rate he made verv clear to me that the ideal of Democracy is one ...

... RO]OL AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT rOR .PASSEN8ER AIRCRAFT R 0 T 0 L LIMITED CLOUCESTEP. i j 9 RA.164 There comes a tide in the affairs of Empire, as of men, which taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune. That tide of air transports will How over the post-war world, and those transports which will carry the citizens of Empire should be the fruit of their brains. The Ri. Hon Son mill fi/litHS ...

... THE problem of reducing the amount of damage caused by wireworms among crops is still taxing the ingenuity of the economic entomologists. The Ministry of Agriculture has, through the Advisory staffs of the provinces, carried out an elaborate census of the wireworm population in the superficial layers of the soil. With the aid of a separator which removes 95 per cent, of the larva, large areas ...

... AYRSHIRE cattle are increasing rapidly in popularity, largely owing to their hardiness and ability to do well on poor grass land. These characterisdcs, inherited from their northern ancestors, with a steady milk yield and a good butterfats percentage, have made the Ayrshire dairy cattle widely known and appreciated in England. Strains adapted to heavy land have been evolved and have extended ...

... First Steps in Market Gardening The Course Ends By Carola Cochrane ANY vegetable which imagines it will have a frame or bed to itself at Oaklands, the Hertfordshire Institute of Agriculture, is making a big mistake, for intercropping ruins all its chances of privacy. We have sown carrot-seed between the rows of lettuces, and it would be equally useless for the carrots to think that when the ...

... THE 'annual and well-nigh traditional Woodbridge Horse Show once again attracted huge crowds on Easter Monday. People came from all parts of East Anglia and beyond to witness the county's finest horses on parade, and did not return home disappointed. The highest honours for stallions fell almost exclusively upon the entries from Stody Farms of Melton Constable who really recorded some re ...

... THE long-awaited match between Great Britain and the Dominions a fixture only possible, perhaps, in wartime was an Easter attraction at Leicester and ended in a decisive victory for the Mother Country by 36 points to 13. It was, of course, a Services affair, and the fact unfortunately deprived the Dominions of a number of their best men. The British fifteen included a powerful Welsh contingent ...

... QUALITY rather than quantity was once again the keynote of the Large Black Pig Society's Sho\V and Sale held on April 17 at the Cattle Market, Peterborough. In perfect weather, repre sentatives of the finest herds of this comparatively small breed were paraded before an interested audience. Both served and empty gilt classes averaged £26, bidding being moderate. However, the demand for boars ...

... Classic Colts and Fillies Some of the Prominent Candidates for the Guineas Events NEOLA (br.f. by Nearco Sansonnet). Mr. Dewar's neat filly is very fast and very game. She will be dangerous if she gets the trip. CHAMOSSAIRE (ch.c. by Precipitation Snowberry) Squudron-Leader Joel's horse has a good chance of winning if he stays. ...

... By B. Melville Nicholas APRIL is a month of thrills, and a walk down the lane, along the stream-side and into the woods allows us to see many happy family parties, none more interesting than the long tailed tits. These fairy-like creatures in neat black and white attire are expert architects showing a hereditary liking for lichen and spider cocoons combined with moss and other materials. They ...