... r 7 s End of a Run: The young son of 1. ly Orr-Leivis ivho is back again in Europe after six years in Canada A Winter Sleigh Ride The Marquise Ada Mary de Cramayel the English-born younger daughter of Sir John Latta Preparingfor a Downhill Run Captain Bill Bracken and his wife with Lieut. -Cdr. Nigel Cox who recently suffered a serious ski-ing accident A Stiff Climb Captain Philip Pratt with ...

... PUSOILLJ i PARIS If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter Addison A few weeks ago I rather spread myself on this page over a description of a revue rehearsal at the Theatre Pigalle. The letter, however, went astray in the Christmas rush, and I felt somewhat foolish when I met pals of the Show Business and various other Pen- ...

... WITH the world food shortage the most urgent problem of the new year, perhaps it is as well that there is a paper shortage. There is no evidence that the Ministry of Agriculture, the N.F.U. (chivalrously acquitting the past and present Governments of blame for what, in the main, is the result of the world crop failures), or other agricultural organisations are short of it. Exhortations to grow ...

... Tanks to Plougjis BRITISH manufacturers, since the autumn of last year, have had difficulties which American producers never had to face or were able to put behind them on VJ-Day. This is particularly true of the agricultural implement industry. In the States this production never had to close down indeed, it was increased through the huge orders from Britain and Russia. The actual weapons of ...

... SUTTON'S READING SUTTON'S READING FOR ALL FARM SEEDS Wrife (or a copy of SUTTON'S FARMERS' YEAR BOOK for 1946 FREE ON REQUEST J ...

... RAT IN foreshadows the doom of RATS The operators of the British Ratin Company know all about rats and their filthy and destructive habits. They believe that the only good rat is a dead rat. A belief that foreshadows the doom of rats wherever they may be found if the British Ratin operators are given the opportunity to get at them. The surveyors and operators of the Ratin Service are highly ...

... r-- 1 MIMSOMFS 1 3ANAOMFS t PLOUGHS L C/et clwri 1 1 J IfCj U S? ORWELL WORKS. IPSWICH. ...

... Miwel/s OF PERTH m. Miwells OF PERTH tT 1 ALTHOUGH high-grade shoes are restricted, Norwell's may still be able to help you. Write to-day your enquiries will have the personal attention of The man behind the boot. NORWELL'S PERTH FOOTWEAR PERTH, SCOTLAND. TRUST THE MAN BEHIND THE BOOT ...

... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Ministerial Inquisition.-- The present Government has been long enough in office for each chief Minister, whether in or outside the Cabinet, to have furnished proofs of his ability. Everyone has had his own particular day in Parliament-- some have figured in the House as principals on many occasions. There has been plenty of time to test the merits of each ...

... ANOTHER TRANSPORT COMMAND DISASTER The wreckage of the Royal Canadian Air Force Dakota after it had crashed at Chelsham, near Caterham, Surrey, with the loss of nine lives. In the foreground is the smashed tail unit, and the greater part of the fuselage lies in the distance. The plane, which was bringing Army and R.A.F. personnel home from Germany, crashed into the side of an 800 ft. ridge, ...

... WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN THE PACIFIC ON MAY I, WHEN AMERICA STAGES THE ATOM BOMB TESTS :A diagrammatic impression of the scene as an atom bomb explodes above the surface of the water and in the midst of the shipping arrayed by the American Navy Department for its vital experiments, the outcome of which wil' doubtless determine the future of capital ships. As the detonation takes place it is expectea ...

... pearl Harbour, the scene of the devastating Japanese attack in December 1941, when America's Pacific might was crippled at one blow by the Japanese carrier-based onslaught, is to-day better equipped by far than at the time of the disaster, and remains, as ever, the focal point of American naval activity in the Pacific. Such was the rate of naval construction in the fifty months between July ...