... AS there are few fittings on an estate more essen tial than good gates, so the effective working of a gate depends largely upon the excellence of its fittings, or furniture, and their proper adjustment. Gate fittings should be as simple, strong and efficient as possible, and in hunting dis tricts easily operated from the saddle. Gates, we must remember, are but a temporary means of access ...

... ALFA-LAVAL C O M P A N Y, L I M I T E D ALFA-LAVAL C O M P A N Y, L I M I T E D MASSEY-HARRIS LIMITED. OFFICES: MASSEY HOUSE BROOKLANDS ROAD SALE MANCHESTER has 'for many years been a valuable fo making paper, ropes, baskets and mats. It ^jBk£M0£>r needs great care and attention to raise Alfa grass from seed; in fact it cannot be harvested until twelve to fifteen years after sowing. ALFA-LAVAL ...

... RAN SOMES RAN SOMES PLOUGHS ^Jx/at itt/fayt>u>z ^ansomes in i if! SIMS JEFFERIES LTD., T ORWELL WORKS. IPSWICH. C\.T|Jl ...

... ■Ml ■nans i THE NEW BRITISH AIR POLICE IN OCCUPIED GERMANY, and the tvDes of famous aircraft which thev are flying Spitfire, Typhoon and Mosquito- --Drawing by Roland Dovies The British Air Force Occupation authorities in Germany will enforce a complete ban on German civil flying, designing or construction, in accordance with the Allied terms of surrender. Announcing this, Air Chief-Marshal ...

... The great Allied armada was drawn up in three great columns across the broad Sagami Bay whilst preparations for the first seaborne landings on Japanese soil were being made. Forty miles away to the south-west could be seen the towering peak of Fujiyama piercing the thick, white clouds. Before the Fleet was a picturesque, green, hilly shore. Our destroyers stood close in to the attractive ...

... Before the end of the war, Japanese balloons, carrying high-explosive and incendiary bombs, landed in densely wooded areas of British Columbia and the Prairie Provinces. Here is the chandelier which carried the balloon's mechanism and bombs. The balloon itself is constructed of tough papier, 33 ft. in diameter and carrying 1 9,000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas it was designed to operate at a ...

... Lady Worsley-Taylor with Annette Pamela Marcus Adams Lady Worsley-Taylor, who is holding her one-year-old baby daughter, Annette Pamela, is the wife of Sir John Worsley-Taylor, the Scots Guards. Lady Worsley-Taylor was formerly Miss Anne Paget, and is the only child of the late Captain J. Otho Paget, and of Mrs. Paget of Burrough, near Melton Mowbray. Her husband is the only son of the late ...

... Premiere Of A New British Film Perfect Strangers At The Empire Viscount Camrose ivho is one of Britain's greatest newspaper magnates came to the premiere with Lady Camrose Lady Cunard whose son Sir Edward Cunard is private secretary to the Governor of Trinidad, talked to Mr. Harold Macmillan Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, who was one of the three war chiefs to be created baron ...

... ON AO OFF DUTY A Chronicle of Town and Country Great Changes WHILE Their Majesties are enjoying quiet holiday days on Deeside, a great return to peacetime conditions is going on at Buckingham Palace, in preparation for the Court's return to London. Throughout the war, the intricate organisation that is the Royal Household has been split between the two centres of Buckingham Palace and Windsor ...

... Large Country Wedding Col. the Hon. C. M. Woodhouse and the Countess of Erne Col. the Hon. C. M. VEoodhouse D.S.O., Lord and Lady Terringtons second son, is seen leaving the church with his bride, who was formerly I the Countess of Erne. The wedding was at Knebworth Parish Church Mr. Winant, the American Ambassador in London, was with Lt.-Cdr. Herbert Agar, who is special assistant to the ...

... A Family in Bedfordshire Lord and Lady Luke and Their Children The home of Lord and Lady Luke is attractive Odell Manor, Bedfordshire, for Lord Luke's place, Odell Castle, was unfortu- nately partly destroyed by fire several years ago. Lord Luke, who is the second Baron, and succeeded his father in 1943, is in the Bedfordshire and Herts Regiment. Lady Luke was formerly Miss Barbara Anstruther ...

... PICTURES IN THE FIRE By Sabretache Ret ie Hooper WE on this paper never knew him as any thing else, and, therefore, to say that his sudden death is a very personal sorrow to all of us is no mere empty phrase of words We, who have worked with him, have lost something much more than a first-class strol a to the boat-- a friend. Reggie Hooper was incapable of an unworthy action. Requiescat! Hip ...