... MARCH 15, 1946 _ WTriplcX- cuut (>e SAtfe, FORTNIGHTLY (||jj|) ...

... HARBOURS Of TAf WORLD LIVfftPOOL the second Port of the British Empire, stands on the Mersey, the river that carries traffic to and from the inland sister port of Manchester. Here is seen a constant stream of cargo and passenger carrying vessels of all sizes in which Lister -Blackstone marine engines for auxiliary and propulsion duties take an important part. ...

... LILLINGSTONE WHAT'S WANTED, a five-year-old bay, carried off the highest honour for Shire Stallions at the great Spring Show and Sale of the Shire Horse Society at Derby last week. This grand horse was sired by Our William his dam is Lillingstone Destiny by Theale Hillsman. He takes his name from his granddam, Lillingstone Discreet by Tilton What's Wanted. He was bred and exhibited by H. Eady ...

... PEDIGREE bulls from all parts of Ireland, including a large entry from Northern Ireland, were to be seen at the first peace-time show of the Royal Dublin Society. For the first time since the war, the show was held in the spacious grounds of the Society at Ballsbridge, Dublin, where Shorthorn, Hereford and Aberdeen-Angus bulls were all judged on the first day. Comparative figures showed ...

... Seed Potatoes For Export Maintaining Scotland's Good Name the World Over THE Ministry of Food's Seed Packing Station in Glasgow is the only one of its kind in Britain whose purpose is to ensure that the extensive shipments of seed potatoes for abroad represent a clean sample of the selected varieties. Great care is exercised also to see that the potatoes are correctly packed for the sea ...

... Countv Committees to be Reconstituted FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT Westminster, Monday March II. MANY questions have recently been asked in the course of debates on agriculture in both Houses about the future of the county committees and par ticularly of the district committees. The county committees are to be reconstituted to fit them for their new duties under the Government's long ...

... By A. CRDXTON SMITH PEACE hath its difficulties as well as war. Many of my doggy friends imagined that within a few months of the cessation of hostilities we should be able to a large extent to go back to the old order of things, and they were impatient with the Kennel Club for not getting championship shows going. The governing body has been able to meet them to the extent of permitting breed ...

... RUTH DRAPER Supreme Artist THE superb artistry of one woman --Ruth Draper-- is enthralling audiences which on four after noons a week fill the Apollo Theatre to welcome back to Britain, after seven years' absence, the great American diseuse. Born in New York, the sister of vocalist Paul, Ruth Draper is slim, little more than 5 ft. tall and fifty-seven years old. Enormous dark-brown eyes still ...

... H.R.H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH honoured Mrs. Gerald Constable Maxwell and Mrs. Anthony Buxton with her presence at the dance they gave recently for their daughters, Miss Anne Constable Maxwell and Miss Elizabeth Buxton. This was a gay affair, attended by nearly 500 guests, which went on into the early hours of the morning. Princess Elizabeth looked radiant in a dress of palest pink tulle, and ...

... Cdr. Sir Edward Micklem C.B.E., with his wife and son received the order of knight hood. He is Deputy-Chairman of Vickers-Armstrong and was Chairman of the Tank Board and Armoured Fighting Vehicle Division at the Ministry of Supply from 1942-44 Brig. J. F. Walker j who received the D.S.O. with Mrs. J. F. Walker, and Mrs. H. W. Dinwiddie Capt. Alastair Martin, D.S.C. and two Bars, with Mrs. ...

... I Trinity College Union Ball At the Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge Miss Patricia Chilton, Mr. Peter Pot tins on, Miss Elizabeth Hunt-Lloyd Mr. Tobert Stevenson-Clark Lady Maureen and Lady Patricia Le Poer Trench daughters of the Earl and Countess of Clancarty, Mr. G. C. de M. Rogers Miss J. de M. Rogers, Mr. G. Butler Clark and Mr. B. O. L. Duke Miss Field and Mr. Golbeg Mr. G. S. Thompson, Miss ...

... The H. H. Wire Fund Ball At the Guild Hall, Winchester A general view of the dancing in Winchester Guild Hall. The ball was attended by many members of the hunt who brought parties Viscountess Cantelupe, her husband, Gen. Sir George Jeffreys with Lady Smiley (centre), wife of Sir Hugh Smiley Mrs. H. A. Andrae, wife of the Master of the Hunt, and Sir Hugh Smiley, Bt. Mr. D. A. L. Dwyer, Mrs. ...