... This 2\ ton sailing yacht has an overall length of 18 ft. tcith a beam of 6 ft. 6 ins. and a draught of 3 ft. Auxiliary engine of 4 h.p. 2 settee berths. A sturdy little craft for sea or estuary cruising. BROOKE MARINE LTD., OULTON BROAD, LOWESTOFT mmmmomm :--r--v-z m BROOKE MARINE occupy an honoured place in the yachting world but their approach to boat building. so far from being rigidly ...

... Dwarf Trees A neglected but fascinating horticultural hobby By COLLINGWOOD INGRAM IT is a common belief that the practice of dwarfing trees by artificial means is a branch of horticulture peculiar to the Japanese people. Actually it was practised by the Chinese at least a thousand years before it was known in Nippon and in all probability it did not reach that country until the seventh century ...

... Soutlidowns at Chichester Good Quality Entries at the Annual Show and Sale THE annual Show and sale of registered Southdown sheep at Chichester on August 16, attracted a good entry of about 300 Shearling rams and ram lambs and 1500 ewes and ewe lambs. A fair number of the lots were entered for show in six classes and for three challenge cups, the latter presented by Lady Fitzgerald for the two ...

... IN our issue of July 20 we pub lished pictures of Prince Charlie's country where 200 years ago he raised his standard and de clared war against I George the Second, Elector of Hanover. Here are pictures of the celebrations which have just been held to commemorate the Rising of 1745, I and at which High- I landers gathered again in force by the bright sunlit waters of Loch Shiel. WHERE 200 ...

... M\rshALI& SMELGROW M\RSttALl& SNELGROVE L ONDOU cJfie, Famous Name dor QuaCitt^ BELL BOY A new moiFeC frvnu OUR AUTUMN collection. of TA1LOH SUITS Moc/T Suit Sa['o)i. Ground] floor ...

... The younger daughter of the Earl and Countess of Minto, Lady Willa Elliot, is serving with the Red Cross in North-West Europe. She formerly worked in an aircraft factory so has had experience in two completely different types of war work. Born in 1924 she is the second of Lord and Lady Minto's four children, and has two younger brothers, Viscount Melgund and the Hon. George Elliot. Her elder ...

... Way of the World By Simon Harcourt-Smith Extravagant Nigger, Don't You Dare FROM Oxford, till the war, fast cars were the scourge of my flimsy bank account. These last earless years as I prayed for Queensberry rules in the Tube or tried to snatch taxis from under American noses, I would grimly condemn past fecklessness. Who, I asked myself, would ever want a grand motor again? All one needed ...

... On and Off Duty A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country The Ulster Visit THEIR MAJESTIES' three-days visit to Ulster was an unqualified success, as every Royal visit to the Six Counties, with their traditional loyalty, may expect to be: and this time there was the added interest of Princess Elizabeth, who won the hearts of all Ulstermen and women, meeting her for the first time in their own ...

... Long Frocks and Uniform Lights Up Ball at Grosvenor House The 44 Lights Up Ball at Grosvenor House, which was given in aid of the National Association of Girls* Clubs and Mixed Clubs, was a great success. The chairman was Lady Hamond-Graeme, and patrons were the Duchess of Buccleuch, and Lady Ravensdale and Mrs. Walter Elliot, who were both at the Ball. A very amusing cabaret was provided by ...

... Echoes of Eton More Pictures from This Year's Eton and Harrow Match A mother and son who came down for the match were Lady Bethell and her son, the Hon. Guy Bethell, an old Etonian. Lady Bethell is the wife of Lord Bethell, who succeeded to the barony on the death of his father in May this year Another released P.O. W. was Mr. John Wiggin, Grenadier Guartls, Sir Charles and Lady Wiggin' s only ...

... zfUintl not prefer to hare done at 's. telephone as before May/air 5245/6. .^^0 there will be no beauty treatment you would fully spacious, the equipment planned for comfort. There are new treatments, and more on their way. Soon modern decor on historic setting.- The Salons are peace- 1 n, i X JLcrdrvL, KcnJ With cool, impertinent, brilliance has imposed ...

... Way of the World By Simon Harcourt-Smith Symbolic Litter THE first, the premature VJ-Day, among all the litter, the old ticker-tapes and papers of an almost unobtainable description, that drably celebrated victory, I happened to notice some firm's tattered cash register for the year 1931. I disapprove intensely of this transatlantic taste for expressing joy by tearing up paper; it seems to ...