... Mr. Harry Hohler was appointed First Secretary at the British Legation in Berne last November. His young wife, who is the former Miss Susan Hood, is a daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Neville Hood, and a cousin of the present Viscount. Mr. Hohler has held many diplomatic- posts in Lurope. and is a great-nephew of the late Sir Thomas Hohler, a former British Minister in Copenhagen. This ...

... AT THE PICTUKET A Jolly Film JAMES AGATE SHOULD hangmen marry? This intriguing subject has not received the attention it deserves, and I suggest that the Govern ment might take it up when it has finished its arrangements for ensuring that nothing is done about anything by anybody pending the time when everything will be done by the State acting for everybody. The date for this latter? The day ...

... Brodrick Haldane has been in Switzerland for several weeks, and on his travels has met many personalities who were holidaying over there in the spring sunshine. Among the places that he visited on his Swiss holiday were Berne, Bahl, Zurich, Zermatt, and that beautiful mountain resort, Kleine- Scheidegg. These pictures were taken in Lausanne Miss Given Kingham is a British subject living in ...

... 'PATENT' BARLEY Grand stuff this, sir says OLD HETHERS It's just the drink for a thirsty man. No, it isn't Robinson's Barley Water out of a bottle, though I'm not surprised you thought it was. It's made from Robinson's 'Patent' Barley, sold in tins. Bless you, no sir, it takes no time to make just like a pot of tea. You're thinking of that old pearl barley you stewed for hours. I agree, sir, ...

... may 24, 1946 TripleX. and be safie- fortnightly (j6 ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS ...

... I AST Saturday was a great day for the delegates to the International Con ference of Agricultural Producers. They had been invited to Windsor to see over the Royal farms, and despite a day of heavy rainstorms, the King and Queen and the two Princesses were there to show their guests around. It was altogether a cheerful and informal affair and the showers failed to damp anyone's spirits, ...

... THIS was the scene at the Savoy Hotel, London, last Monday night. Delegates from 31 nations, the guests of the National Farmers' Union of the United Kingdom. It was an historic occasion in agriculture, the gathering of food producers from all over the world who are now meeting to see what can be achieved by international co-operation. The ideal of this International Conference, called by our ...

... THE Unions of Agricultural and Transport and General Workers say that eighty shillings a week will neither attract new workers to the land not keep those now employed. They are probably right in their facts but not in their reasoning. Farmers as soon as they can are going to be more dis criminating in whom they employ-- they will have to be. 1 he more intelligent tarm hands are getting ...

... rPHE Royal Dublin Society's Spring Show at Ballsbridge had the -t largest entry of livestock for over a quarter of a century and was attended by 136,000 people. Among the cattle, Shorthorns were predominant with 204 entries, and for the first time there were classes for British Friesians and Ayrshires. Jerseys numbered 101 and Here- fords were also well represented. Jumping, as usual, was a ...

... Reseeding By Air 80 to 200 Acres a Minute AS a large-scale Government-subsidised experiment, 4,500,000 seed packages, scientifically designed and tested, are being scattered from the air over 10,000 acres of barren Arizona pasturelands. The reseeding is being carried out at the Sells, Arizona, Papago Indian Reservation, the home of one of America's oldest agricultural people, who will thus be ...

... BY OUR HORTICULTURAL CORRESPONDENT KITCHEN garden work may be said to fall roughly into the following four separate phases-- 1. Ground prepar ation in autumn and winter; 2. Early spring sowing of hardy crops; 3. Early summer sowing of tender crops and outdoor planting of seedlings raised under glass; 4. Harvest. The end of May marks the beginning of stage 3, though the oft-repeated warning to ...

... THE START favoured the winner, who broke from gate No. 3. The field has only 411 yards to go before it passes the judge's box for the first time. The circumference of the course is just under a mile, the distance of the Derby being 1 I miles. FIRST TIME ROUND Spy Song, who eventually finished second, is in the lead. The record crowd numbered over 100,000, and the average bet for each person ...