... THE motorists who will be on the roads again to burn up their modest basic rations will find the whole tempo of road transport has been greatly speeded up during their absence. While they were sadly covering their precious cars with dust-sheets, huge convoys were moving in fits and starts along the roads outside. The slightest hill invariably brought the whole convoy to a halt, and there was ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Getting Started TO START YOU TALKING (Pilot Press; 6s.) is the record, in print, of an exciting experiment in broadcasting. The book has no one specific author: of the introductory chapters the first is by Charles Madge, the second by A. W. Coysh, programme assistant in charge of the series, and the third by George Dixon, the producer. The main part consists of the nine ...

... Furs are beina Tailored now! For the tall, slender figure, there's nothing quite so smart as a tailored line. And the flat furs which are having such a vogue just now lend themselves per fectly to this type of styling. This model is in beautifully marked Ocelot, with collar, cuffs and pannier-pockets of Nutria. Vickery's new collection includes many other designs-quite differ ent, but equally ...

... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere IN a town in the wild and woolly West, a boy reached the age of fourteen without ever having spoken a word. One day he was loafing around the corral where they were branding calves, and somehow managing to get in the way of the man who was handling the branding irons, he got burned pretty badly on the seat of his pants. As he felt the hot iron, the dumb ...

... BOOK ENDS, ALSO TOBACCO JARS Historic Relics from the Housed of parliament are being processed into articles of enduring charm and priceless value for home and garden to the designs of eminent artists and sold to benefit THE RED CROSS AND ST. JOHN FUND --owners of the material. CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY by the Red Cross with every piece List illustrating many designs for home and garden sent ...

... O B I NSON'S Make it my way, Madam says OLD HETHERS Since you cannot buy Robinson's Barley Water in bottles for the time being, you will do well to take Old Hethers' advice and make it for yourselffrom Robinson's 'Patent' Barley. The simple directions are on the tin and if you cannot get hold of a lemon or an orange for flavouring, use the juice of stewed or tinned fruit; honey or jam. Barley ...

... WELL SPACED A good crop of large, high-quality peaches. About one half of the crop had been gathered when the picture was taken, but a good idea of correct thinning is given. SUMMER PRUNING The work on apple-trees should commence about the third week in July but where many trees are concerned an earlier start would do no harm. All new laterals on trained trees should be shortened so as to ...

... DERBY DAY, but not for them. Early arrivals I at Hendon set off for their London offices. 2 ON THE ROAD Mill Hill Golf Club has its attractions, but to-day's goal is Newmarket. 3 HATFIELD: Jack Olding's famous caterpillar tractor factory and showrooms at 9.15 a.m. A KNEBWORTH Woolmer Green and the quaint exhibition of carved figures. Now left turn C STEVENAGE, with its broad High Street. An ...

... TWO FURLONGS TO GO Left centre, and fourth of the prominent horses, is Sun Sfo/I Concentration, with Lowrey in the green and pink-striped jacket, is Chamossaire. In front oj\ Smith's brother, Douglas, is racing with him on the King's colt, Rising Light. Dante anl I just in front of Concentration (with star). Level with 1/ im, with Newmarket boots, is Midas, Eph Smith up. if Court Martial have ...

... Last of a Series My Red Cross Matches end on a high note THIS is it chaps So spoke that great Irish fighter ace, W /Cmd. Paddy Finucane, into his radio transmitter to his pals, as his wounded Spitfire, after losing height rapidly, crashed into, and disappeared for ever beneath, the choppy waters of the English Channel some four years ago. So ended a brief but memor able episode in the ...

... By Land Agent Without drainage, all labour is lost. (Hints on Farming, Duncan Macdonald, 1868.) FEW people to-day would admit that they needed to be reminded of the profound truth underlying Mr. Macdonald's dictum yet when the war broke out, it might have seemed to an observant visitor from a distant planet that exceedingly few people had ever heard of the necessity for the main- tenance ...

... Mr. CECIL MATTHEWS, of Messrs. John Thornton, Hobson Co., conducted a very satisfactory sale of Messrs. C. Norman's attested Guernseys at Much Hadham, Herts. The herd was founded in 1887 from Island-bred stock and included some of the best Guernsey blood. The original type has been retained in the herd as Mr. Brooks, who was agent for the estate, purchased from time to time new Island stock to ...